What About Us

APPALLED | TWENTY-EIGHT

[Tris]  

{Earlier}

I love my kids. Everyone knows that, it's just something about a mother's love that makes you want to cherish and protect your kids. Meeting Tobias was one of best things that have happened to me, no doubt about it, but something is going on with him. Right after I put the girls down for their nap after eating lunch, he said he was going out, he told me that he would be spending the day with Zeke up at the bar. 

He's been very distant lately, every since we ran into Ophelia he's been acting weird. I am not oblivious to everything, I know it has to be something dealing with her or at least he feels some type of way that she's in town. I want him to tell me to my face what's going on and if it weren't for the girls interrupting us this morning he would have told me what he wants to tell me. I don't know how I would feel if he said something went down with Ophelia. I am carrying his son in my womb right now, a real live baby who kicks me constantly everyday, a child who wants to meet his father. 

Each day steps closer to my due date and that's just a step closer to the day we get married. I've been hurt and lied to once, and I don't intend on that happening to me again, so all I know is that Tobias needs to get his shit together now. 

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London begged Delilah to come over and play, which most likely meant to stay for dinner. Christina brought over Lilah. She stayed too, we sat at the kitchen table while London and Delilah played and Camryn trying to play with her older sister until she gave up and I put on a movie for her. 

"I swear you're going to pop one day now." Christina commented as she saw me rub my back in discomfort, of course I've carried kids before but I trained so hard to get back to my body like I was never pregnant that it feels like I've never carried a child before, or it's the fact that I am carrying a boy―I don't know what the hell it is I just know that this pregnancy is giving me hell. 

"I want to because I am really fed up with carrying this baby, I just want to see my son and get this house in some order." I look at the dishes piling up in the sink. Usually things would run smoother but with Tobias gone off the side of the earth everyday it's like I'm a single mom, "Uh, the pains are just flooding in now, I can barely sleep at night." 

She shakes her head with a little chuckle, "That's why I am waiting to have another child. I don't miss the pains," A look on her face tells it all and I already start laughing, "Will and Delilah want a baby and I do too, but I want to help you out as much as possible before I be in the same predicament as you. No offense." 

"Christina! If you don't start trying, don't wait on me because I have this ship under control. I've seen people with more than three kids, some who have three kids at once but I know I have some type of order. Especially when London is at school and Camryn is with her G.G." 

"Where has Four been? It feels like I haven't seen him in forever." 

Me too, "He's been all over the place. . . with work and things. New assignments each day." I lie and before she could detect it there is a knock at the door and my guess is that it is the pizza delivery guy. I grab my wallet and start to go to the door as the kids start cheering. I have to lie because if I tell Christina now we would be sitting at the table all day talking and if I do she would try to slap Tobias as soon as he walks through the door and I can't have that kind of stress right now. 

The pizza isn't expensive, Christina and I go half on the pepperoni and cheese pizza and get the kids ready to eat, which isn't hard. 

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Chris left with a sleepy Delilah about an hour ago, I bathe London and Camryn at the same time and got them in the bed. Tobias is still not home, but he did text me and tell me that he was okay and not drunk. Like that was supposed to calm my nerves. 

I was laying on the couch, half asleep with a sweatshirt and a messy bun with the tv playing and slice of cheese pizza with jalapenos balancing on my belly. Just as I started to get into a good sleep; mouth open, snoring, head tilted back there was a knock on the door. Tobias probably is drunk and don't know how to work keys or lost them, I thought to myself as I placed the pizza on a the plate. At least the living room was clean.

I looked in the peep hole and was so taken back that I didn't know what to do except for open the door, "Eric?" His eyes flew down to my belly and bulged his eyes out of his head. 

"Woah! It looks like--" 

"--I'm about to pop, yes, I've heard it before. What do you want?" 

"I wanted to talk to you." 

"The kids are sleep." 

"I know. I just wanted us to talk." 

"Why your girl left you and you want to come back?" 

"Tris--" 

"Eric? What are you doing here at 9 at night wanting to talk to  me?" I question 

"About us." 

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This chapter will to be continued I know I keep leaving you on edge but I am in the middle of moving and I am working on some other things. I didn't update on my spring break because some shit went down. So, just enjoy this for now!