DÈJÁ VÛ -Norminah-

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It has been weeks since Dinah and Normani's reunion. 5 weeks to be exact, and in that time Dinah has contacted her mangement team and let them know her situation. They gave her the option to relocate or to retire altogether. Of course her manager thought it would be a good idea for her to think some things over for a couple of more days. She has even decided to fly out to Houston to help Dinah with the life changing decision.

Dinah knew that with either choice she made, she would still be here in Houston to be present in her son's life, and Normani's.

So far, she and Daniel have a pretty great relationship. Dinah takes him wherever he wants and buys him anything he wants or needs. Normani always yells at her for spoiling him, but she doesn't care. She will spoil him whenever she wants, he's her baby, her child, her son.

Normani and Dinah have been getting along pretty well lately, but that's only because they haven't really seen each other much within the five weeks. Okay maybe they haven't gotten along lately....

Dinah only calls her to speak to Daniel, which Normani gets pissed about because she always calls at the wrong times. Dinah only comes over to pick up Daniel, or to spend time with him while Normani is at work. It aggravates the older woman because they always end up doing something that throws off she and Daniel's schedule. They end up breaking her rules...

Dinah almost bought a phone for Daniel so they could talk whenever they wanted, but Normani wasn't having it. She always said, "He's only seven Dinah! What does he need a phone for?"

But Dinah didn't understand where she was coming from. Her brothers and sisters had phones when they were around Daniel's age, so she didn't understand what the big deal was.

I guess some people are different. She thought.

So as you can see, they haven't agreed with one another much, but they still make it work for their son.

But it was a little uncomfortable for Dinah seeing as she grew up with her parents being divorced and her brothers and sisters were divided. She didn't want Daniel to experience that, he's already had to grow up with one mother for 7 years, she doesn't want him to see what she saw as a kid growing up. It was a difficult time, that's why she wanted to get away from that as far as possible.

So when she got a call from New Zealand, offering her a basketball contract, she leaped at it. She was so excited for new beginnings, all of her life she dreamt of being a basketball star. She saw the opportunity, so she took it with no hesitation.

But she now saw that it was a huge mistake.

Dinah wished that she hadn't got on that boat to New Zealand. She wishes that she never left without telling Normani as soon as she found out, and not 2 days before her departure.

Maybe they would've still been together. Maybe if she told her girlfriend earlier, she would have known about the baby. That would've been enough to make her stay completely.

Maybe they would've had their forever together.

It was weighing hard on her as she thought about the past and what could be the present if she would've done things differently.

Dinah started to reminisce 5 weeks ago when she saw Daniel....when she saw Normani's features all over his face.

Meanwhile, it was nothing new to Normani because she had to go 8 years thinking about Dinah and what could've been. She always thought about calling Dinah's parents, telling them the news and asking for Dinah's number so she could tell her. But her mind always went back to that day Dinah came over, two days before her departure....