Eternal Love

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Lucy
December 2017

"Momma," I smooth my hands over my dress. "Why did I have to wear yellow? You know I'm too light skin for it."

"Girl," my mom rolls her eyes. "You're not the only one wearing yellowing," Mom pushes my hands to my sides. "Besides, you know Steph likes how yellow looks on all of us. Melanin and yellow look great together. And you are not too light skin for yellow. That's silly."

"And anyway, you know Luke has on yellow. You know you like how his dark skin ass looks in yellow." JJ teases me.

"That is true." I smile as Charlie and Lola wobble over to us. Kim is running behind them.

"Ma!" Lola points fanatically at Kim.

"Bunny!" I grab Lola to 'save' her from her aunt. "Was Auntie Kim chasing you?"

Lola nods rapidly and starts trying to tell an entire story. Charlie chimes in and they leave all of us confused.

"Oh I forgot how much I love and hate babies." Auntie Jaque says as she walks into the room with Annie, Lynn, and Andra. They all have on the same yellow dress that I do.

"I don't see why. You had the most." Kim tells our aunt.

"I just wanted a girl. But no. That big headed nigga had to give me twins. Honestly, I didn't want no kids. What was a ball player gonna do with kids?" Auntie Jacque rolls her eyes. She plops down in a chair.

"She's right though." JJ nods. She also plops down in a chair next to her mom. Like mother, like daughter.

"Can y'all get serious? Johnny needs us to make sure everything is perfect," Mom snaps. "Kim, did Algee, Woody, Keith, and Bryshere drag Steph around like they were told to?"

"Yes. Even though she kept asking them questions." Kim rolls her eyes as her makeup and hair are touched up.

"Lucy, you had Luke and Elijah go over the music list with Wally and the twins?" Mom asks.

"Yes, Momma," I smile at the stress she's showing over her oldest sister finally getting the wedding of her dreams after 28 years of marriage. "And I talked to Daddy. He and all of my uncles are with Uncle Johnny trying to keep him calm. You would think that after almost 30 years he wouldn't be nervous."

"I think it's cute," Annie smiles. It's a bittersweet smile. "It's what Steph deserves. And Johnny."

We all just look around in silence. If things had been different, Annie would be the one having the dream wedding with Johnny and not my aunt Stephanie. Lynn would be married to Uncle Mike and Andra would be my mom. It's all so strange.

We busy ourselves with making sure that our hair, makeup, and dresses are perfect. Someone knocks on the open door before coming in.

"Da!" Lola runs over to the door and wraps herself around Luke's legs. He has one hand covering his eyes while the other reaches to lightly rest on the top of Lola's head.

"I can't see anything so if anyone is not decent please make yourself so so that I can pick up my child," Luke says. We all start to roast him and he moves his hand from his eyes to pick up Lola. "Wow. You all look so beautiful. I feel like I've never seen a room of so much beautiful melanin."

"What the hell are you talking about, Boyd?" Elijah's disgusting ass walks up to the room. "Damn! Y'all trying to steal the show?"

"Thank you," Auntie Jacque says to look. "Shut up, Blackie," She rolls her eyes at Elijah. "And what do y'all want?"