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Baby, Baby

Sunday in Sarasota...

Two days doesn't seem like a long time. Until there's something you're looking forward to on the other side of them. And then, two days feels like two years.

For Normani, that's exactly how it felt. She tried to stay busy - going shopping with Dinah and Daya while Layne and Rafael set out on a fishing trip - and that seemed to help for a bit. They'd already decided on doing everything very gender neutral regardless of the sex. Normani told Daya that she and Y/n had decided on painting the baby's rooms (there would be two of them here and her mom had already made plans for a nursery and play room at her house) with a very light blue after which the brown girl would lay out a mural. The baby's room at the apartment would be small - it had been used thus far as sort of a storage room for canvas', winter clothes, and other odds and ends. The baby's room at Daya's would be Layne's room - it was closest to Daya and Rafael's room, didn't have a way for the baby to escape and get to the pool, and it made the most sense because 'Jayne' had already informed everyone that Layne would be moving into the girl's apartment (if that was okay with Normani, of course). Normani had thought to ask Y/n to move in when she found out the news but decided to play it by ear, instead. Either way, the male twin's room was going to become the new nursery and to get a jump start on the process Daya and the girl's were out picking out the right color paint for the walls as well as looking at bedding and furniture.

Daya asked how Y/n was, respecting the fact that Normani only shared what she felt comfortable with. Conversations about 'lil bean' as well as their discussions about nursery colors and set up were shared. Daya laughed so hard she almost busted a gut when Normani told her about Y/n's minor mishap in Luna's kitchen which caused the smoke detector to go off and the security alarm to sound while simultaneously alerting the fire department. The brown girl shared the names that she and Mowgli had been throwing around. They loved 'Yana' for a girl and 'Brennick' for a boy but of course the child would need a middle name so they'd compiled a fair amount of both girl's and boy's names and a few unisex names as well. She explained that they were currently leaning towards one middle name, in particular, that could be used for either and that they would decide once they knew for sure. These were topics that were open for the public. On the other hand, she kept their texts and phone calls about their relationship private - it was how Y/n had always wanted it and she had come to appreciate that.

They were talking a lot now, too. They talked about how they met and who they'd dated before that. Normani had gone over things with Arin, sparing no details because the brunette had asked for complete honesty, and thought it fucking killed her to describe some of the nightmares she used to have about Arin, she still did it. She laid everything out for Y/n,including the whole 'being hit by a car' incident and their first fight leading up to it. Y/n laughed about it, calling herself 'so extra' and reminding Normani about the first night they'd spent together - well, the first night they'd spent together in Y/n's memory. Y/n asked Normani about her own previous relationships and Normani cringed thinking about the secrets she was going to have to divulge. She did it though. She told her lover the whole truth, helping her understand why she was so uncomfortable with the girl spending so much time with Cosima and her sister. To her surprise, Y/n wasn't upset. She hummed and offered a reply of 'Kinda glad I don't remember that. Thank God for small favors.' which the brown girl wholeheartedly agreed with.

They worked through their relationship piece by piece, little bit at the time, and she spread out all the pieces for Y/n to look at and decide what was worth holding onto and what wasn't. They hadn't quite made it to the topic of the accident that had changed both their lives or the baby, but there again, Normani didn't want to overwhelm her. She let her lover ask questions - hundreds upon hundreds of questions, it seemed like - and she answered them all accordingly.