Changez

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"Wellllpp. Here we are." Dijah rubbed her belly.

"Yup... I can't believe I pulled this shit off." I said looking down at the chain.

"Let's not waste no muthafuckin minutes, cuz you know some shit always going down at the wrong time in this book." Keke threw her hands up.

"Huh?" Dijah and I asked in unison.

"Girl throw the shit in the water and let's shake the spot!" Keke rolled her eyes.

"I gotta break it... y'all down?" I tossed the medallion on the floor.

"I got sandals on, y'all go head. Ima sit on this here grass and watch."

I shrugged; Keke and I proceeded to stomp and jump on the chain, shattering it, rather quickly.

"I thought this shit would take longer!" Dijah hollered.

"Well we both got boots on... anyways, I'm glad it didn't, let's get this over with" I threw the remains into the lake.

I watched as the pieces seemed to disappear into the water.

"How you feel?" Keke asked with a smile.

I thought a while and I was confused as to why I felt numb and not empowered.

"Shit... I thought something wild would've happened... like lightening and thunder and shit. It's so quiet-"

"Ohhhhh shit... goddamnn!" Khadijah cursed out loud as she held her stomach in agony.

"Dijah!" Keke ran over to Dijah with me close behind.

"What happened ?!?" I asked.

"My fuckin water broke... agghhh. Fuck." She collapsed on her back.

"Oh, no, baby you gots to get up! We gotta get you to the hospital, Dijah" Keke panicked.

"I caaaaanntttt." Dijah cried as she rocked her body on the grass.

"Go get the blanket in the trunk!" I ordered Keke.

"Mo, what?! We need to take her to the-"

"If you don't get that muthafuckin blanket, Keyani!" Khadijah yelled out Keke's real name.

Keke scattered and did just that.

I positioned my hysterical bestfriend onto the blanket.

"Bitch what the fuck you know about delivering a baby?" Keke looked as if she was about to lose her mind.

"We all women! We'll be aiight! Take a chill pill, Ke! you illin. Help me out, take her pants off while I look for a towel or somethin. We just gotta get the baby out, then we'll get her to the nearest hospital." I looked around frantically.

"Aaaaaaaggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!" Dijah screamed as she threw her legs open.

I ran to my car and grabbed whatever I thought I would need and surprisingly I had a lot of stuff that was useful.

Keke had removed Dijah's panties and I wasn't ready for what I saw next.

"Crowning... she's crowning! Fuck, I feel sick!" Keke ran off at the sight of the baby's head coming out of Khadijah's coochie.

My stomach started to knot up too, but I was tired of hearing Khadijah holler.

Keke came back and held on to Dijah's hand.

"Okay, Khadijah, boo- ima need you to take deep breaths, then push. Whenever you feel like you can't take it anymore, We'll stop but baby, you're almost there."  I spoke as I rubbed her knees for support.