Thick & Thin

Chapter Thirty; A New Day

Consumed with about 50 emotions balled into one- if possible, Kelly paced the bathroom floor and stared at the tiny stick sitting on the base of the counter holding the results to her future. Less than two weeks ago had her girls brought up this exact topic and of course she denied it only because she hadn't been aware herself.

It didn't even dawn on her that she was indeed going through the symptoms that any new mother would- when it all finally registered giving reason for her overdue menstrual cycle and sudden morning sickness; surprisingly, she was beyond ecstatic.

Taking a seat on the edge of the tub she sighed and looked at her watch. 4 minutes left and the results of the pregnancy test would be official, either she was or she wasn't.

Thoroughly praying for a new addition to her and Roy's mended family, she thought back on how her life had changed so much over the years. Despite the many irresponsible decisions in the process, not once did she think her marriage would ever end up picture perfect again.

Greg was out of sight and out of mind; nothing but a mere mistake in her life that helped her realize what she really needed. Roy, a good loyal man who was now willing to do anything to keep his woman pleased and happy. Equally admitting to their faults the two were definitely back on track and were leaving the past in the past. Everyone makes mistakes and learns from them. Hopefully that would have been the last and only bump in their marriage.

While Roy cut back on his hours, Kelly was able to understand his situation better. Forgive and forget- that was the only way the two could continue the relationship they found it so hard to leave alone. Right now, a baby would sort of be like the icing on the cake to make their bond stronger.

Four minutes later; Kelly stood up and took a deep breath- silently praying to god that for once- he'd give her a little leeway and answer her prayers.

With one glance; the plus sign staring back at her appeared as some type of joke.

"Oh my gosh!" She whispered covering her mouth letting a heavy glaze of tears cover her pupils. The tears were definitely nothing of sorrow but of pure joy. "OH MY GOD!" She shrieked feverishly wiping away her tears but unable to get rid of the wide grin plastered across her lips.

"I can't believe this. I'm pregnant!" she mumbled before looking at her reflection in the mirror and saying it again. "I'm..pregnant!" she repeated herself; amazed with the whole ordeal that another being was now growing inside of her.

Calming herself down in seconds she put the eptT stick back down before jetting out of the bathroom in search for Roy. Unsure as to why exactly his wife had been locked up in the bathroom for the past 20 minutes; he left well enough alone and kept to himself in the living room until she decided to come out.

Of course when he heard the sound of her feet jetting down the staircase, he was caught off guard.

"You Alright?" Roy frowned watching her flop down on the sofa beside him smiling like she had just won a million dollars.

"Mmmhmm!" she nodded still trying to catch her breath.

"You sure?" he lowered his head and stared at her chuckling.

"Come here!" she grabbed his hand not being able to think of any other way to tell him. "I wanna show you something!"

Reluctantly, he stood up and slipped his hand out of her grasp. "You didn't redecorate the bedroom or anything behind my back again did you?"

"NO!" Kelly kissed her teeth and pulled him up the lengthy flight of stairs.

After entering their bedroom she made him sit on the bed. "Now close your eyes!"

Roy smirked and licked his lips causing Kelly to roll her eyes. "And get your head out of the gutter!" she chuckled.

"This better be good." Roy sighed before doing as he was told.

"Oh it is!" Kelly walked into the bathroom to retrieve the test. "Trust and believe!" she muttered descending back into the bedroom and standing in front of him.

"Okay! Open up!" She grinned and shook her head at the confused look on Roy's face. He had no idea what he was suppose to be looking at.

"It's a pregnancy test genius!"

With furrowed brows he stared back at her at a lost for word wondering what she was trying to tell him.

Slowly she nodded her head. "We're pregnant!" She laughed at the blank expression on his face and stepped back when he jumped up with his mouth ajar.

"Are you serious!?" he touched her stomach. "You mean.." his eyes darted back and forth from her face to her belly. "It's already in there?"

Kelly laughed laying her hand over of his. "Yes! It's already in there." she mimicked his question unable to stop the overflow of joy inside of her. "We're going to be someone's parents!" she stifled a laugh; wiping away a stray tear flowing down her cheek.

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"B!! TELEPHONE!" Shawn yelled.

Cringing at the volume in his voice, Beyoncé frowned before looking down at a sleeping Courtney and rubbed her cheek. After it took her about an hour to get her to lay down for a nap, Shawn wanted to start screaming with unnecessary shit.

Sitting all the way up; she through her legs over the edge of the bed just as Shawn made his way down the hall.

"Beyoncé!?" He shouted, wondering why she wasn't answering him.

Stopping dead In his tracks once he entered their bedroom; he spotted Courtney laying peacefully in the middle of the bed- surrounded by a barricade of pillows and figured it out.

"I heard you the first time!" Beyoncé hissed; shoving her bare feet into the slippers lying next to the bed. "Who is it?"

"Michelle!"

"Oh lord!" B rolled her eyes and mumbled knowing exactly why she was probably calling. Less than 2 hours after the cookout her mother threw a week ago, Brian asked for Michelle's number and she gave it to him freely- without even thinking. Beyond fed up with Michelle's school-girl antics and supposed 'secret' crush on her cousin, she'd had enough.

Sighing and grabbing a rubber band off of the nightstand; she swooped her hair into a messy bun and stood up; grabbing the phone from him. "Keep an eye on her and whatever you do- don't wake her up! Please!"

Shawn nodded; taking note of the tired look on her face before she left the room.

"Hello!?"

"Guess what!" Michelle said as if she had the juiciest gossip ever.

"What?" B replied unenthused and yawned before sitting down in the living room.

"So I just ran into Brian, right."

"Mmhm?" Beyoncé smirked.

Michelle chuckled and went on. "Oh and you're okay, I'm not even going to cuss you out for giving him my number already- BUT I was picking up that gumbo recipe from your Mom's house and he pops up outta no where!-" Long winded and filled with unimportant details; Michelle began telling her the deal.

"So what happened?" Tired of her beating around the bush, Beyoncé decided to cut her off before she got lost in the story. "Are you two losers going out somewhere or what?"

Michelle giggled. "As a matter of fact, we are- Friday night at 7!"

"Do you know what this means?" Beyoncé frowned in a joking manner as if she was truly disgusted. "If this works out- that means I'm going to really have to accept you as family!"

"WHOA! Slow down just a tad bit there. Can we go out first before you start predicting our future? You know what happened the last time y'all heffas did that!"

"humph. How could I forget?"