Thick & Thin

Chapter Thirty-Six; Little White Lies & A Lapdance

Nearly (a year) had passed and things were pretty much the same between the girls. The only exceptional change was that Kelly was now a mother to two beautiful little boys. Keith & Ryan were equally the spitting image of her and Roy. Joyous beyond belief- Kelly never knew she could love a human being as much as she did those two.

She damn near had an anxiety attack every time she was summoned to leave their sides. Even if that meant just putting them to bed for the night. On numerous occasions, she'd sit in their bedroom and watch them sleep until Roy would have to come drag her to bed. There was no doubt in his mind that she was going to have them spoiled rotten by the time they hit 2.

Despite the happiness her boys had brought her in the past three months they'd entered her life, she wasn't exactly happy with herself internally. Gaining a few extra pounds throughout her pregnancy, she was indeed a bit chunkier than before. No one else seemed to see a problem with it, but of course she thought they were all blind. Her confidence was decreasing by the day and even stooped so low as to avoiding mirrors on a daily basis.

The fact that Beyoncé and Shawn were getting married in less than 48 hours was raking her brains right about now. She'd been dubbed as the maid of honor and was down right disgusted with the idea of having to wear that form fitting strapless dress in front of the one hundred-something guest invited.

Filling a chair in the fitting room lobby of Chloe's bridal shop, Kelly frowned and watched Michelle's twig figure prance around in front of the mirror. "Cute." she commented; jiggling a half empty bag of skittles in her hand.

After spending half of the day shopping for shoes and getting their nails done; the two stopped by the store for the final fitting of their dresses. Unfortunately Kelly's mood had shifted after trying hers on and was now waiting for Michelle to put her clothes back on so they could leave.

"Will you stop looking like that! Damn." Michelle laughed at the pitiful expression on Kelly's face.

Continuously popping the rainbow colored candies in her mouth Kelly grunted and rolled her eyes. "Whatever just hurry up and get dressed, I'm ready to go! I've been separated from my babies all day, I know they're driving Roy crazy right about now. He can barely function with just one in his presence."

Michelle chuckled before pulling the curtain to the individual dressing room she was in before. Unzipping the golden gown carefully, she continued to talk.

"I hope you know I'm not taking you home!" she chided. "We have plans."

"What do you mean WE have plans?" Kelly grumbled; raising her brows.

"I talked to B earlier. She said Angie was throwing her a bachelorrette party at Silk."

Twisting up her nose at the idea of even being seen in some cheesy ass strip club, Kelly denied the offer. "That's alright. Count me out.I.."

Michelle cut her off in no time; knowing exactly what her excuse was about to be. "Don't even say you have to be home with your kids. It's just one night Kelendria." Chelle sighed exaggerating her reply with her friend's government name. Excuses, excuses- that's all that seemed to come out Kelly's mouth lately and frankly she was getting a tad bit annoyed with her friend's newfound prudeness. Ever since she had the twins Michelle noticed how different she'd been acting. She never wanted to do anything anymore.

"Besides, I've already talked to Roy!" she laughed coming out of the dressing room in fully dressed. "You know Shawn's friend Ty is throwing him a Bachelor party. Aunt Tina's babysitting and he already agreed to drop them off with her."

Pleased with her testimony, Michelle grinned and pinched Kelly's cheek. "You're going with us, no if ands or buts about it! You got that?"

Kelly snarled clearly upset, but she didn't care.