Thug-ish (Book 1)

14:Balloons

Jamiya

I've been waiting two weeks for this fucking party. It better be amazing because I will kill Leti if it's not.

"So when do we find out?" I ask.

"Babe, calm down. Everybody has to vote first and then we gonna eat and shit. Just enjoy the party." Malo tells me.

"You're right. I'm calm." I assure her. She pecks my lips before walking off to talk with her family. I see Leti by the voting table, so I head over to her.

"Are you here to cast in your vote?" Leti asks.

"What did you vote for?"

"I'm not allowed to vote because I already know the answer." She reminds me.

"Oh yeah." I nod. "So tell me what everybody else voted for."

"Most people voted for a boy because Malo threatened them." Says some guy standing next to Leti.

"Who the hell are you?" I ask him.

"This is my friend Patrick." Leti informs me.

"Oh, the one you slept with. Write my name down for boy then." I say.

A boy. Yeah, I can see myself with a son. We will dress him up like Malo and they will be twins all the time, but a girl would be nice too. I could dress a little girl up like me. We could be twins all the time and I can do her hair like mine because Malo hates doing hair.

"Change it to girl."

A girl. A little mini me. We can be best friends, but what if Malo won't be happy with a girl? What if she wants to keep trying until she has a boy? Then we will end up with a dozen kids.

"Never mind keep it at boy."

"How about I just put baby." Leti says sarcastically.

"Yeah do that." I sigh in relief and walk over to Malo's family. Her family is the complete opposite of mine. They are so supportive and understanding while mine on the other hand refuses to accept the fact that I'm having a baby.

"Hey baby girl. My favorite daughter." Nicole, Malo's mom, says as she hugs me.

"Hey mom." I laugh.

"I'm still your daughter." Malo demands.

"Mallory, you are very much my son. You never let me put you in dresses, buy you pretty sandals, or even do your hair." Nicole says.

"So I like pants and tennis shoes." Malo shrugs.

"That's why I voted for a girl. I need a little girl." Nicole claims.

"We are team boy over here." Tyrone, Malo's brother, says.

"Yup, team boy."  Brian, Malo's Dad, cheers.

I laugh and glance around the room until I see my brothers walk in. I smile and head over to them and hug them. "You came?" I smile.

"Just because mama and daddy don't agree doesn't me we don't." Sean explains.

"You're our sister." David says.

"So how does this thing work?" Carlos asks.

"Well you basically vote, eat, and then we see what we're having." I shrug.

"So what should we vote for?" Sean asks.

"Malo's family is pretty much team boy."

"Team girl for the Martinez family!" Carlos shouts as he heads over towards Leti. I laugh as Leti facepalms herself when she sees them walking to her.

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"Okay team girl on the right and team boy on the left!" Leti instructs us. It takes a while, but eventually everyone listens and gets on their perspective sides.

"Now what?" I ask.

"Now the mommies will come push this button." Leti says.

Malo and I walk to the little stage and grab the purple button from Leti. "What happens when we push it?" Malo asks as she holds the button.

"Just push it!" I shout and smack the button.

A loud boom goes off and blue balloons start falling from the ceiling along with some blue confetti. Malo's family starts going wild and Nicole seems a bit upset.

I look at Malo and see the biggest smile on her face. "So what should we name our son?" I ask her.