Gutta Baby

Chapter Seventeen: Familiar Faces

" If I could go back to the day we met,
I would probably do it all over again.
And I would choose not to be your friend.
When you ask me,
I'd just say I got a man.
It wouldn't be no dates.
It would be no staying late,
At my house.
It would be no watching movies on my couch.
Shit went left,
And now I'm just trying to figure out.
Said "You'd always be my baby",
Then you bounced ."

- How You Gonna x Sydney Renae

---- Diamond ----

"FAMILY MEETING!" I yelled into the intercom soon after me and Silver got home.

"You gon ask in front of everybody?" Silver asked.

"May as well. Even though Quez looks out for Bree and helps with bills, the house is in her name. It's kinda her decision." I explained as we sat on the couch waiting for everybody to either get off the elevator or come down the stairs.

"Good luck." Silver whispered as we saw Quez coming down the long staircase.

"Silver, please have my back." I mumbled.

She nodded as Quez sat on the sofa next to us.

Mahalia and Bree got off the elevator and joined us all on the couch.

Bree was getting bigger. Her stomach was round, her cheeks were puffy, and she was starting to get that pregnancy waddle. Mahalia was still barely showing, but it was only about two months for her and almost five for Bree.

"What yall want?" Quez asked laughing.

"I want to ask yall something, but I want you to put in a lot of thought before you say yes or no." I said feeling my heart beat a little faster.

"No." Quez said seriously making me more nervous.

"Quez don't do that. Listen to her before you start giving out answers." Silver said.

"You see she's already nervous. Don't do that." Mahalia scolded.

"Continue babygirl." Bree said.

"Well, yall met Ice. I know it was some drama when yall met her, but she's a real cool person. She feels a way that I'm always at her house and never invited her over. Truthfully I would too if the roles were reversed. I even took her to yall's old spot, but it's pretty obvious we don't live there. I'm saying that I want her to be allowed to come over." I said holding my breath as I waited for them to say something.

"Didn't she curse at your twin sister?" Quez asked.

"Yeah she did, but we all hung out yesterday and will again today. She's actually cool people. She got a story just like we got a story. I don't hold no hate in my heart for her. Any beef we had is squashed. If you see the way they look at each other it's all love. I want my sister to be happy and I know having her girl spend time here with her and her family would make her happy. Like I'm one hundred percent team Ice and Diamond." Silver said shocking me.

"What if she's an opp?" Mahalia asked.

"I don't think she is, but all opps must die." I said.

"She too sprung to be an opp." Silver said.

I looked at Bree because she's the only one not saying anything and the only one whose opinion really matters.

"Bree, what do you think?" Silver asked.

"Ion want a lot of people knowing where we stay. It's not safe. We did some shit and I know it's people plotting on us. If you really love this girl then cool she can come over." Bree said.

I smiled wide.

"Thank you, Bree." I said hugging her.

"BUT." Quez started looking at Bree and nodding like they had telepathy or something.