Mrs.Devante Swing

Demita

-NEXT MONTH-

-At the Groom's parlor-

Devante: (wearing a tuxedo looking in the mirror) Damn! this suit looks nice!

Jo-Jo: it does! i love the velvet. 

Devante: yeah! im bein different, nigga! aint nobody ever rocked a velvet suit at their wedding before. (laughs)

Dalvin: ayye man! we're done tryin on our suits. when are you gonna be ready to pay De? cuz we got other things to do.

Devante: imma pay right now.

--LATER At Jared's Jewelers--

Devante: you think she would like this? (says holding the ring)

Jo-Jo: hell yeah! its says her name written all over it!

Devante: yeah! imma get her two bands, actually.

Jo-Jo: both of the same rings, or one different from this one?

Devante: She wants this other one where it has ruby or maybe red diamonds along with the regular, you know clear diamonds as well. like every other stone is ruby.

Jo-Jo: oohhh! got it. actually, i think that might be it right there. (points)

Devante: perfect!!

-LATER, BACK AT THE HOUSE-

Pilar: girl, i am so glad that we got this wedding all planned out.

Shaunte': same! i know everything has been stressful for you and De lately with the miscarriage thing.

Pilar: yeah, it really has. we picked out the church that we are gonna get married at. the invitations will be sent out next month. the groomsmen and the bridesmaids all have their dresses panned out. the flowers have been finalized. now, me and De have to figure out the menu for the reception.

Shaunte': where is the reception gonna be?

Pilar: at this place called "Martin's West". 

Shaunte': okay! cool! but, i have an idea that may help you and De out.

Pilar: what do you mean?

Shaunte':i want you guys to go to a psyched. she may be able to help you find out what the gender of the baby was.

Pilar: omg! thank you so much for that idea! we need to go today! where is this place?

Shaunte: its on Broadway street. its called "Destiny's Destiny Dilemmas" 

Pilar: okay. let me call De. 

-Pilar runs to page De. he then runs to a phone near by and calls Pilar.-

Devante: whats up babe?

Pilar: meet me on Broadway street, at this place called "Destiny's Destiny Dilemmas".

Devante: ard!

-They hang up the phone.-

Pilar: okay, im gonna go. help yourself to anything. ill talk to you later. 

Shaunte': okay. 

-Pilar leaves the house in a hurry.-

-45 minutes later at the free reading place-

Devante: (walks in) hey babe!

Pilar: (hugs him) hey! you ready?

Devante: yeah.

Pilar: good! she's waiting for us.

-They walk into her office.-

Devante: hello, im Devante. (sits down at the desk)

Destiny: hi! thank yall for joining me today. what brings yall here?

Pilar: we just suffered a miscarriage. and i was only 2 months. so because of how far along i was, the gender wasnt able to be determined. me and my fiancee want to see if we could at least get some type of direction of knowing what the gender was. if that makes any sense. (giggles)

Destiny: sure thing. so follow my lead. give me both of your hands. (Destiny takes Pilar's hands). close your eyes, and  i want you to tell me how your pregnancy was.

Pilar: the day that i found out about my pregnancy, i was extremely ill and tired. i was actually 2 months at the time. i was at a video shoot. before that day, i was feeling normal. my period for the first month of my pregnancy was short and very light! the day after i found out about being pregnant, i miscarried.

Destiny: i want you to tell me about what type of changes you have went through. like what hobbies did you take up, or drop during those 2 months?

Pilar: i was into a little bit of teenage baseball that came on TV. that didnt exist in my world growing up nor anytime before i had gotten pregnant, so that was something new. i did like to paint my nails feminine colors alot more lately. i would usually do a neutral or mellow color, but for some reason, i needed pink and red polishes. before i had gotten pregnant, i hung with the boys, i would go to the bar and chill with them, but during my pregnancy i preferred to either be at home by myself, or with my girlfriends.

Destiny: i can see in my head, you at like 6 or 7 months, painting the room pink. some of the clothing that people bring you at the baby shower is either pink, green, white or yellow. at the baby shower, you have a friend named Derrick...

Pilar: Derrick is Devante's high school buddy.

Destiny: yeah, Derrick is tall, dark and has a fade. he's saying to Devante that its crazy because of how as many girls as he's smashed, karma comes back to him that his first baby is a girl. finally at 9 months, 2 weeks and 3 days, you give birth at the hospital. it would be a huge room. number 101, same as the room that your mom had given birth to you in--- dont ask how i know (laughs)--- she comes out, and is instantly being rushed to get cleaned up. when she is placed on your chest, for some reason, your mother says extremely loudly, " whats her name! you gotta name her Maria". im not sure who Maria is. but then you say a name that starts with a D. 

Pilar: its not ghetto is it?

Destiny: nope! its not! you name her Demita Carmen Degrate. Degrate i take it is Devante's last name.  Carmen comes from somebody's grandmom. and Demita is this Spanish spin on the name "Demetria". for some reason, it's a culture or a tradition for your family to have Spanish names. but, as of December 17th, 1990, yall wouldve been parents. you can open your eyes now.

Pilar: (wipes tears off of her face) wow! you know my family very well.

Destiny: i could feel the spirits. who is Maria?

Pilar: that would be me. (laughs)

Destiny: makes sense. (giggles) now, is Carmen your grandmom's middle name?

Pilar: yes. my mom's mom. 

Destiny: yall wouldve been lovely parents to Demita. (smiles)

Devante: thank you so much!

Destiny: no problem! come back for any more advice.

-LATER AT THE HOUSE-

-In Pilar's room.-

Pilar: (laying in bed) im so happy about the reading. 

Devante: (gets in bed) i am to babe. (smiles) i feel like she was accurate with everything.

Pilar: i do too! i trust her opinion. i thought that it was gonna be a boy. 

Devante: yeah, but it was a little girl. i was trying to figure out why you was wearing so much pink and red though. (laughs) some of your outfits didnt even match. 

Pilar: boy shut up! im going to bed! goodnight! 

_______________________________________________________________________________________ this was a great chapter! im glad that they got their closure. and dont worry, i will start to add pictures in the headers, so yall can see the idea of the rings and the clothing for the wedding.