Falling From The Floor

How To Feel

            CHERYL's POINT OF VIEW

"Mommy, I'm scared." I heard a small and cute voice say on my side of the bed. I slowly opened my eyes and saw that it was Cai standing there with her stuffed animal in her arms. I sat up and looked at her.

"Ba-...baby girl, why are you afraid?" I asked her as I rubbed my eyes.

"It's dark in my room and I can't sleep. I don't like the dark, Mommy. You know this." She said as she looked at me and then rubbed her own eyes as well. I could see that she was really sleepy.

"Uhm, do you want me to go and sleep in there with you? Would that make you feel better? What happened to your night light?" I asked her.

"No, I wanna come in here with you and Daddy and I don't know where it is anymore." She whispered. I looked over at Tony still soundly asleep. I then touched his arm and shook him a bit.

"Hmmm?" He said as he stayed in the same place with his eyes still closed.

"Tony, move over." I told him. He then opened his eyes.

"Why, babe?" He said as he looked at me.

"Cai is afraid and she wants to come in here with us." I said as I yawned.

"Oh, come on, Cai." He said as he sat up and looked over at her at the edge of the bed.
Cai then climbed over me and plopped in the middle of the two of us. She giggled a little bit and got herself comfortable.

"Baby Girl, go to sleep." I told her.

"Yes ma'am." She said as she grabbed my pillow and laid her head on it. I looked back at where my pillow used to be and then at her.

I had no pillow now.

THE NEXT DAY

I walked into the bathroom with my hand on my neck. My neck felt like it had been ran over by a car. I did not sleep well at all. I forgot how wild of a sleeper Cai actually was and she was under me all night. Plus, I had to share my pillow with her. Today, Tony and I would actually be going to the marriage counselor and giving it a try. That was later on today though.

While Tony went to work, I took the kids with me to go hang out with Inaya. Once we got there, Bre and Cai went upstairs to go have some fun. Inaya and I had Ciyle downstairs with us and we just hung out a bit.

"What's up with Bre's Father?" I asked Inaya as we walked from the living room to her kitchen.

"Girl, you already know how JR is. He's still a male hoe." She said. I laughed as I held Ciyle on my hip.

"A male hoe, huh?" I asked her as I laughed.

"Yes! He won't settle down for nothing. He loves clubbing and all still. I don't know how I fell for that nigga. I guess that my baby just had to be here, you know?" She told me.

"Bre is such a cutie." I told her as we both stood at the kitchen counter.

"Yeah but her Daddy is a son of a bitch. She won't see him until he gets his act together. You know that he took my baby to a strip club one day? Had my child in there and running around. He was like, "Inaya, it ain't no big deal. I own the strip club. She Alright." He really expected me to be okay with that? Hell no." She said as she huffed.

"Oh hell no. I don't blame you. That's a damn shame." I told her as I closed my eyes for a while. I reopened them and looked at Ciyle next to me.