Cheap Thrills

OH MY-

Toni-
I laugh as we all enter the house listening to China tell us about her school friends. "Alright guys everyone upstairs to get ready for bed" Ken says making the kids groan in protest. "But Uncle Ken it's Saturday" they yell in indignity. "Nice try but y'all know the family is coming over tomorrow so we all need to rest up" he says and with more mumbles of protest they walk up leaving me, Ken who is holding a sleeping Tamar, and Skai who is asleep in her stroller.

We stand there in silence for a good five minutes before I speak. "I had a lot of fun tonight Ken... I missed the kids a lot so thank you for letting me see them" I say sincerely making him smile. "They you a lot also Toni... I did too" he says making me blush which is foolish of me considering how...close we had gotten. "I should go" I say quietly adjusting Skais baby bag on my shoulder so I can grab a hold of Tamar. "Don't go Toni" he blurts out making my heart skip a beat.

"Ken don't do this to me now" I say with tears threatening to spill down my face. "Look let me just lay the girls down then we can talk" he says. I look into his sad eyes and find myself saying yes without hesitating.

Ten minutes later we are sitting side by side on his couch that seems to have gotten smaller since the last time I have been here. I let out a sigh of frustration since the only thing he has did since we sat down is keep stealing glances at me. "Ken what is this?" I ask referring to this back and forth he keeps putting me through. "Toni... I am so sorry" he says making me frown. Now that is the last thing I expected to come out of his mouth.

"What?" I ask dumbfounded. "I am sorry for the way I treated you and everything I said about you and most of all for making you hate me when I wanted to do nothing more but love you" he says making my heart speed up drastically at his confession. "The truth is Toni, I was scared to love you because I knew you had the power to hurt me like no other and when you left me on the floor that day I was scared like no other. But not for me, I was scared because I knew then how much you hated me. And I deserved every inch of it" he says leaving me speechless.

"Toni, I love you so much, more then I love myself and as hard as I tried to make it go away I couldn't because the moment you walked into my life I knew I would always be yours and I want nothing more for you to be mines" he says and he does something that stops my heart dead.

"Toni Braxton...will you marry me?" He says with tears matching my own is his eyes. I look down at the beautiful ring that glistens in the dimly lit room then back up at him the tears falling down both of our faces. "You hurt me" I said with emotion breaking my voice. "And I will spend every second of every day making it up to you" he says voice cracking more then mines.

"I don't know if can trust you with my heart anymore Ken" I say standing and walking to the opposite end of the room. A few seconds later I feel him press his self behind me so his front is pressed against my back and his arms wrap around me with the ring nestled against my breasts. "Let me show you then Toni" he says turning me around.

I look into his brown eyes that are filled with sorrow, love, and hope and I know that this is truly the only man I have ever loved. I feel myself draw closer and closer to his lips until my own finally connect with his and I know my answer.

I lean back and give him a small smile making him chuckle happily before he picks me up in his arms and runs up the stairs making me squeal happily. He enters the bed room and lays me gently on the bed. He looks down at me with a gentle smile and gives me a shy peck on the lips. "I love you Toni and I will spend forever telling you how much" he says making me melt. "I love you too Ken" I say to him smiling.

We stay up the rest of the night proving just how much we love each other until we finally exhaust our selves in our love making and exactly three in the morning we are fall asleep whsipering promise of love to each other while wrapped tightly in one another arms.

Denise-
I enter the house with Laila, Logan, and Shayla following behind me. "Ken? Kids?!" I call out as we walk through the kitchen towards the living room. "Hey Aunty Neice" China says entering the kitchen. "Hey baby where is your Uncle?" I ask entering the living room where I spot Miles and Yara playing video games.

"He is still asleep I guess" Yara says pausing the game to come hug us. "Still sleep its already near twelve he usually is an early riser" I say confused and they shrug before a cry sounds out in making me frown. "Whos baby is that?" I ask and Miles jumps up excited running up the stairs "it's Skai!" He says making the other kids follow him leaving me stuck for a second.

"Skai? Isn't that Toni's child?..." I ask myself before making my way up the stairs myself. I make my way to Kens room confused as ever. "Ken?" I call out knocking on the door. "Ken why is Skai here?" I ask opening the door only to be meet with a sight that feels me with joy.

"Aunty Denise Skai is h-" Miles says coming up behind me before his eyes almost pops out if his head at the sight before him "OH MY-" he starts to yell before I pull him out of the room and down the hall. "Miles I need you to not tell this to anyone until your Uncle says something his self" I say making his eyes widen more. "You mean you want me to tell a lie, but grandma always said that-" he starts to say before I interrupt him "this isn't a lie because it would mean that somebody knew the truth and since no one knows you aren't lying" I say making him squint his eyes at me before he shrugs "okay Aunty" he says in agreement making me smile in relief.

"Okay so what I need you to do is go distract your sisters and cousins while I wake up your Uncle and Toni" I say making him nod before he runs off. I sigh before going back to Kens room. God I hope they know what they are doing...