The Cheat

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Mya

The baby is due any day now so Odell flew in and decided to stay in a hotel so he could be here when the baby comes. Plus he has a game in Dallas so he had to come here regardless.

"Can you hand me the remote please?"

He put his phone down and handed me the remote. "How we gon' do this? Like the co-parenting thing. With us living in two different states that's not easy taking care of a child, I mean I don't mind flying back and forth but I won't always be able to do that and if it's an emergency I wanna get there as soon as possible"

"I didn't wanna tell you but I was considering moving to New York"

"No, you gotta move to Jersey, New York a whole hour away that's too long"

I rolled my eyes "You drive to New York every day for practice"

"True, but still just come back to Jersey"

"I'll see" I turned my attention back to the TV

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"Let's go O!" I put my head in my hands as my brothers and dad screamed at the TV while they watched the game. I don't know why they brought they loud asses to my house. I looked at the game clock that said they had 8 minutes left in the third quarter.

I decided to get up and go to the kitchen when I felt something wet running down my leg. "Oh my gosh" I mumbled to myself "My water just broke!"

All three of them turned their attention to me and started panicking. Brandon ran upstairs, Devin tried to get me to relax, and my dad started pacing the living room with his hands on his head.

"I just called the nurses, they'll be here in 10 minutes" Brandon came back down.

"Just breathe" Devin put his hand on my back. I trusted him right now, he's been through this enough times to know what to do.

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"Well Mrs.Beckham, you're 5 cm dilated which means we can start deliveri-"

"No" I shook my head "I'm not having this baby without Odell being here"

"Mya Odell gon' take too long just-"

"Shut up Brandon! I said what I said and I meant what I said. No odell, no baby. Simple as that."

The nurse sighed and left the room. Where the hell is he, I'm gonna have to start pushing sooner or later and this baby is ready to come out so it's gonna be sooner.

The nurse returned a few minutes later with Odell next to her. She told everyone else to leave the room and Devin didn't leave without mumbling something under his breath about Odell.

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"Where is he?"

The nurses handed the baby to me and I looked down to see he was sleeping. A smile appeared on my face and I admired him. Odell walked into the room and kneeled onside the bed. "Isn't he handsome?" He didn't respond so I looked over and noticed he was crying. I wiped his tears and handed the baby to him. "Hold him."

I watched as he gently took him away from me and held him in his arms. The sight warmed my heart and a few tears fell down my face. Brandon and my Dad walked into the room, immediately putting their eyes on Elijah.

Most of my family and some of Odell's family took turns coming in the room before it was time for them to leave. The nurse let Odell stay the night so he went out to get something to eat while I breastfeed Elijah. I looked down at him and softly touched his hair. "You have a lot of hair, I'll cut that off soon"

"You not cutting my son hair" Odell said as he walked in. I laughed a little and continued to touch Elijah's hair. Giving birth to him was all types of pain but it was worth, I just don't think I'll be doing this shit no time soon.

"I can't believe I really have a son" He spoke quietly as he laid in the bed with us "I love you so much"

"I love you too" I laid my head on his shoulder "I can't wait to go home, the whole point of having an at home birth was so I could be at home. I hate hospitals so much, why did they bring me here?"

"Shh, you talk too much."