F.A.M.I.L.I.A

Halo

~Tionne~

Take it with you Ti! No Jaya I am not taking this gun with me on this trip you trying to get me arrested? No but I want to make sure you are okay. Baby I am going to Iowa with my mom and Kayo we will be fine. She sighed and rolled her eyes. Fine but you gotta call me every hour so I will know you are okay. Jaya I am not gonna do that either, we will be fine we've been to Iowa a thousand times and nothing has ever happened. I know I guess I am just worried I mean I am 9 months pregnant you think this is the time to be going on a trip. Jaya I am sorry I didn't think about that when I told mama I would take her. You have Lisa though and you know she will take care of you. Speaking of Lisa where is she; she said trying to get up. Slow down she's down stairs with my mama and Kayo.

Oh, okay she said letting out another breath. I am scared Tionne. Of what baby! Everything have another baby, this thing with Lisa, what is everyone going to think. Baby as long as I've known you, you've never cared about what anyone else thought. And as far the baby, we did the classes and you obviously know where its gonna come from. She chuckled a little Yeah no more sex right. Jayasri we not with you for the sex, don't get me wrong the sex is good, but we love you for you and not for what's between your legs or what your mouth does. Thank you, baby for keeping me straight. That's my job I said winking at her. Remember we talked about Lisa, I know you worry about her, but you have to give her some freedom and space don't be on her the whole time I am gone. Easier said than done but I'll try. Good now give me a kiss I have to go if we are going to leave on time.

I love you! I love you to Ti just don't miss the birth of our baby please! 5 days Jaya and then we will be okay I said as we went down stairs. Yeah mama we will be fine she said laughing keep playing Jaya. You are a mama though the baby ain't here yet but you the mama right! Of course, I am, come on yall before she beg me to stay again, I said rounding them up from saying Bye to each other. Take care of her Li! I got it she said locking the door behind us.

~Lisa~

Jaya, Baby you okay? I am fine Li why you ask? Cause you been quiet since Ti's been gone. I just worry a lot when I can't look out for yall the way I need to she said starting to cry. Her pregnancy has been a roller coaster of emotions, started out bitching us out to doing the hell out of us, and now in the final months she cries at the drop of a hat. The other day she was watching a paper towel commercial the little kid knocked of the cup and she cried as if the kid died. It took 20 minutes and a popsicle to get her to stop.

Jaya I know it's hard, but what happened to me wasn't your fault okay. How can you say that, if I hadn't sent you to go throw away that gift you wouldn't have gotten kidnapped and raped? It's not your fault okay I've come to grips with the fact that some things happen for a reason. There was no reason for that to happen to you Lisa. Yeah there was. Please explain cause that's the most demented shit I've ever heard. Everything was to perfect Jaya, the marriage, then you finally letting me get you pregnant, and the album success so of course something had to happen to slap us back into reality.

Li we could've gotten a flat tire and that would have done the trick. But taking you away from us for those two weeks was beyond extreme. Ti and I were barely holding up and she was kicking my ass everyday Li to not get depressed that you would come home. She told me! Told you what? She told me you wanted to get rid of the baby if I didn't come home. She wasn't supposed to tell you that. You weren't supposed to think something like that either. If you'd gotten rid of my baby Jaya, I would never ever be able to forgive you for that. And quietly frankly I don't know if we'd be on same page again.

~Jaya~

Would you have divorced me if had gotten rid of the baby? I don't know I just know that we'd never be the same again. I thought about it Lisa, but you know how Skylar's death affected me, so you know I wouldn't do that. Good cause I don't want us to ever break up Jaya, I love you so much. I love you too Li and I am glad that you are safe and sound at home with me where I can watch out for you. Can you trust me to leave the house for a little bit? Sure, where are we going? No Jaya just me I am gonna drive over and see Rei, can you stay here till I get back. But...Jaya an hour and then I'll come right back. Okay, but I don't want to be here by myself I mean it's not safe with me being this far along in the pregnancy. I know so I arranged for someone to come see you. Who?