Still Only You(BWWM)✔

36~Old truths will set you free

Marie-Anne's POV

"I don't know why you won't just tell her the truth," Esther says.

"You know my mom," I simply tell her. She nods her head not daring to say anything back. My mom is not controlling or anything. She'll just be so disappointed in me and I've never disappointed her before. Disappointing my mother is my sister's job not mine. I'm supposed to be the one who has my life figured out, do something good in life and lift up my family's name. "What if I just don't tell her?" I ask Esther thinking of the scenario. Sure it will be hard considering I have a small bump in my stomach.

"Marie, you shouldn't lie to your mother," Esther warns me.

"I'm not going to be lying, I'll just won't tell her."

"Then what are you going to tell her when she asks why you've gotten bigger?"

"I'll just tell I've gained some weight," she'll be suspicious of how since I've been the same size since I was like sixteen, but if I tell her I've been taking vitamins she won't ask any further questions. I think telling her that will work. She'll only be staying for the thanksgiving weekend anyway, it's not like she'll have a lot of time to study my body and behavior.

I do not know why she couldn't just stay home, sure I haven't seen her in a while, but we video chat all the time. "You are being ridiculous, you are a grown woman," Esther says.

"If you ended up being pregnant right now, would you tell your dad?" I ask her.

"No, I'm not crazy."

"That's what I thought," Esther's father is the craziest person I know. He would come all the way here to kill the guy who got his baby girl pregnant. "Now Thanksgiving is in a week, when she comes don't mention me being pregnant," I tell her getting up to grab a snack. I've been getting hungry a lot lately, I guess it's because I'm pregnant.

"Yeah, like she won't find out," Esther says sarcastically. "Marie you are always eating, you use the restroom constantly, and you still have morning sickness. Your mom has had seven kids, I'm sure she knows when someone's pregnant," I wish I could say she was wrong, but she's right. My mom will see through my lie the moment she steps foot in the house.

"E, you're supposed to tell me it will work," I say forming a frown in my face. She's supposed to be the friend encouraging me how this will all work out, not tear it down.

"I can't lie," she says. I fill my mouth with the Takis I am eating going over the scenarios that might happen.

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"Marie-Anne, just tell her the truth," Dylan says as we eat lunch together or should I say as I ate lunch. He is just sitting watching me eat.

"Nope, I will do no such thing," I say eating my sandwich.

"So, what will you tell her when you have the baby?"

"I'll tell her I was unhappy with my life, so I adopted a kid. She is always saying that I am unhappy because I haven't started settling down, telling her that will save my ass and get her off my back."

Dylan runs his hand over his face shaking his head, "do what you want, can't tell you what to do," he says raising his hands up in surrender. "Let's just hope the kid doesn't look like you, how will you explain that?" He asks. People look like people all the time even when they are not related. I'll just tell her it's just a coincidence. Who am I kidding? My mom will find out and she'll kill me. "Does your brother know?" He asks me.

"Which one?" I ask him. I have five brothers; he has to be more specific when talking about them.

"Marven," he says.

"No."

"I thought you guys told each other everything?" He asks doing air quotation around everything. I chuckle realizing what he is talking about. If it was old time, both Marven and Jane would have known by now, but my family and I have grown apart. I was supposed to move back home after law school, but it never feels like home anymore. And I guess distance does impact a relationship. If I was living back home, I would have never lied to my mom and she would have known by now that something was wrong with me. "Hey, you know if you tell your mom I'll be right there by your side right?"

"Mhmm," I simply say.

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Thanksgiving Eve

"What are you doing?" Esther asks as she walks in the kitchen.

"Moving my pills," I say moving my prenatal vitamins out of eye's view. I put everything that might give the idea that someone is pregnant in this house out of the way. "She'll be here any minute now," I tell Esther. "I am not pregnant," I remind her emphasizing on the not.

"Why are you wearing baggy clothes?" She asks me. "It's hot," she adds.

"I love baggy clothes, they make me comfortable," I inform her. I actually hate baggy clothes, I live in Florida, and it's too hot for that. I usually like wearing shorts with tank tops.

"Okay," Esther says walking back in the living room. The doorbell rings and I sigh. I walk pass the living room giving Esther a look. She gets up running to open the door. She opens the door showing my mother, Marven and my sister. "Mommy," Esther says hugging my mom. My mom gives her a big hug back smiling.

She lets go of Esther and gives me a big hug, she squeezes me a little too tight, but I do not say anything, "hey ma," I say. "Jane," I say giving my sister Marie-Jane a hug. Marven then comes pushing Marie-Jane off of me to give me a hug. He gives me a big hug lifting me up slightly. It's kind of funny because I am older than him, but I would never be able to lift him up. "I missed you guys," I tell all of them after we've hugged and greeted each other. I am being honest, I did miss them. I haven't seen them since Easter and no matter how much I talked to them over the phone or video chatted with them I would still miss them.

"Ah, we miss you too sis," my sister says giving me another hug. I felt like crying, I missed them and I was about to lie to them during their whole stay. "Sis, we love you, but have you lost your fashion sense?" My sister asks pulling away. I knew she was going to say something.

"No, I have not," I tell her. "Come in," I tell them. I close the door letting out a sigh to get this started with.

"Have you gained some weight?" My mother as I tell them to take a seat.

"Yeah, you look wider," my brother says agreeing with my mother.

"Marven, you never talk about a woman's weight," I say hitting the back of his head. "And yes, I gained a little bit of weight," Esther scratches her throat whistling shortly after. Everyone turns and looks at her, "she just thinks I'm a little fat with the extra weight," I say. I give her a death glare while no one is looking telling her to stop. "You guys must be tired," I say trying to change the subject.

"Yes I am, let me take a shower," my mother says. I get up showing her the bathroom and where she will be staying. I walk to the kitchen on my way to the living room to get some water.

"Marie," Marven says entering the kitchen behind me.

"Sup?" I ask him.

"You're lying about something."

AN

Marven might find out...

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