STAR. EMPIRE

BEFORE

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"LUCIOUS YOU SHOULDA SEEN HER." Cookie was beaming, taking Hakeem out the car seat, while Lucious and Andre grabbed the bags of groceries. "She was so adorable, she had the cutest little dress on and the beads in her hair? Adorable."

"Cookie, what I tell you about staring at peoples kids in the store?"

"I wasn't staring! She was in front of us in line. Where is Jamal?" She asked looking around, putting Hakeem in his play chair in the living room.

Lucious shrugged, not having a clue and not caring. "I don't know, maybe somewhere playing with dolls."

Cookie punched him in the arm. "Stop that."

"What?"

"Andre, go ahead and unpack the groceries for me, and go get Jamal so he can help you." Cookie instructed her oldest. She wasn't going to scold her husband in front of him, she had more respect for Lucious than that.

"Okay mama." He followed his mother's instructions and ran up the stairs in search of his little brother.

Lucious was about to head into the garage to start messing around on his keyboard when Cookie grabbed his arm. "Lucious, you should have seen her."

"With all the details you gave me I practically see her right now Cook." Lucious laughed shaking his head.

She lit up, a large smile painting her face. "You can?"

"Yeah." He took her face in his hands and kissed her briefly. "Now if you don't mind. I'll be in the garage, come get me when the food's ready."

He turned to leave again and Cookie once more grabbed at his arm. "Cookie, what is it?" Lucious sighed as he was now growing annoyed as he just wanted to work on his music.

"Well. I was thinking..." she looked down to avoid eye contact, unsure of how he would react.

"Thinking what Cookie?"

"You know. A little girl would be good around here, to balance out the testosterone." She laughed. She had been having baby fever for a while now, Hakeem just made her want another little baby in the house, a little girl though.

"We got Jamal. Sweet boy probably has more estrogen in him than you." Her smile promptly faded and she looked at him with disgust.

She was used to the insults by now, but it didn't mean it hurt any less. Cookie loved all her boys equally, but she felt more overprotective of Jamal than the others, because she knew he was special and because of it she knew there would be many challenges to come. So the best thing for her was to be supportive towards him, unlike Lucious who threw a crack every chance he could get.

"I'm serious Lucious. A real little girl. I want a daughter."

"Seriously Cookie, you want to bring another damn child into the house? Why?"

"Lucious, don't act like we haven't discussed this before. You knew I always wanted a little girl."

"Yeah but you also only wanted two kids and I barely wanted Jamal and look at us now. Three. All boys. You missed your chance."

"Oh so I just fucked myself and had Hakeem huh?"

"Cookie, I didn't mean it like that."

"Yes you did or you wouldn't have said it."

"I just mean, Hakeem is barely one. The last thing we want is two kids the same age to deal with especially at this time where the music is just getting good, I don't want any distractions."

"So now they're distractions?"

"Cookie stop twisting my words."

"I'm not twisting anything, I'm repeating what you said."

"So now you're being childish."

"I'm being childish? Okay Lucious."

"Dammit Cookie. Look." He walked over to her and took her hands in his and kissed her palm. "Someday, I'd love to have a little girl. I really would, but now is not a good time for us. That's all I'm saying. You understand, right?"

She nodded and Lucious kissed her on the forehead. "Good. Now I'm going to the garage, you'll let me know when the food is ready?"

"Okay."

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Cookie had just put Hakeem to sleep, read Andre and Jamal a bedtime story, and took a shower before getting ready for bed.

"They finally sleep?" Lucious asked, watching Cookie put lotion on at the foot of the bed.

"Mmm Hmm." She felt Lucious moving around in the bed and turned to look at him. He was wearing a huge grin and nothing else.

"What?" She asked rolling her eyes.

"What you mean what? Come here girl."

"No."

"No?"

Cookie stood up and put the lotion back on the dresser before making her way to the other side of the bed. "Yes, Lucious no."

"Why not?"

"You got condoms on you Lucious?"

"No, why would I? We haven't used condoms since, shit, Cookie we never used condoms."

"Well, such a shame." She turned her back to him as she laid down.

"What the hell are you talking about Cookie?"

She turned to face him briefly. "Someday, I'd love to have sex with you. I really would, but now is not a good time for us because we don't have protection. You know to prevent pregnancy. That's all I'm saying. You understand, right?"

"Well, I was thinking about you were saying, and I would love to have a little girl with you." Lucious whispered as he kissed the shell of her ear, moving to her neck, and then her shoulder.

"You're serious?" Cookie exclaimed, so happy that she pounced on her husband.

"Yeah," Lucious laughed kissing his wife. Cookie smiled into the kiss, so excited about finally having a daughter.

And that was how Ciara Lyon was born.

A/N: this is literally so bad but i'm a sucker for young cookie and lucious and i wanted y'all to see some back ground from my point of view