Free (Sequel to Trapped)

Ch. 49

Ariana

Saturday, 3:14 pm

After the flood of individual congratulations from pretty much everybody in the room, I was finally sitting down, with Toulouse in my lap, because Alexa is the best and found a place that allowed dogs.

"Toulouse, you're going to have a new little sister in your future." I say, scratching his head.

"She's not Toulouse's sister. She's my sister." Aviella says.

Ever since she found out, she had been talking about all the things she was gonna do with the new baby. They included playing tea party, dancing, singing, doing each others hair, and swimming. Unfortunately for Aviella, those were things that would have to wait until the baby was older. When I told her that, she was heart broken and near tears, until I said that she would be able to hold the baby and help change diapers.

"Toulouse is my son, Avi. You know that."

"Oh. But how did that happen? He's a puppy."

"First of all, he's not a puppy. Second, don't ask."

"We brought food!" Justin says.

Him and Frankie walk up to our table and place plates of fruit in front of me. It was the only thing I was in the mood for at the moment.

"Y'all are the best. I love you."

"I love you too." Frankie and Justin say at the same time.

"She was talking to me." Frankie says.

"I believe she was talking to me, Franklin." Justin replies.

"I was talking to both of you, thank you very much." I say.

I start eating strawberries and pieces of pineapple while Toulouse tries to eat everything on the plate.

"No. You can't eat that." I say.

He lays down in my lap and I laugh.

"Your dog is too much. He tried to hump Austin's leg yesterday." Frankie says.

"Who is Austin?"

"His new man." My mom says.

I laugh and Aviella comes back from wherever she was. Probably with Alexa. Those two have been everywhere together. And Alexa is coming with us to Disneyland for Aviella's birthday.

"Mommy, can I go home with Alexa?" Aviella asks.

"Sure." She smiles and runs off again.

"Frankie, you have had too many 'men' in the past month. Isn't this Austin guy, like, your fourth one?"

"Yes, he is. And I'm just trying to find the right man."

"You say that every time, but okay, Franklin." I take a sip of my water and start eating the fruit again.

"I love this." I say.

"I'm glad." Alexa sits in the empty chair next to me, which was Aviella's before she ran off.

"I know you worked so hard, Lexi. And I'm so glad you're my best friend." She smiles and hugs me.

"I gotta go check on everything. I'll be back soon."

"Okay."

She hugs me again before walking away I enjoy the rest of the baby shower.

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