This thing we call love (ONIKAFAREE)

chapter 44: Double trouble

(2 DAYS LATER, MONDAY, 6 AM, NICKI'S POV)

I woke up to Safaree rubbing my arm. "I'm leaving baby. See you at 4." He says. He kissed my cheek and walked out, closing the door.

Safaree got a job last year at Home Depot, cutting planks of wood and putting them on the shelves. It only pays 10 dollars an hour, but it's better than nothing.

I rolled out of bed and walked to Makalah's room. "Come on baby you gotta get ready for school." I whisper, shaking her. Her eyes open and she stretches.

I help her up. "Did Daddy already leave?" She asks as we walk into the kitchen.

"You just missed him, sorry."

I put two pieces of toast in the toaster and pushed the lever down. "Why don't you go get dressed?" I say, and she gets up.

She comes back 5 minutes later with a pink skirt, a yellow shirt, and white sandals on. Her hair was still braided from yesterday morning, and it still looks perfect. I ate my piece of toast.

I hand her her toast in a napkin and grab her backpack. We walk outside and I lock the door. I open the car door for her. "Ready?" I ask. I hear the seat belt click, so I drive off.

When we get to school, her second grade teacher was outside with the rest of the kids. "Hello Ms. Williams!" I say as she walks up to the car.

"Hi Nicki! Have a nice day!" she says back, helping Makalah out of the car. "You too. Love you Makalah. Be good." I tell her.

"Love you too mommy." She rushes off with her friends. I smile and pull out of the parking lot. She's growing up so fast. Her first day of second grade was last week, and she already has loads of friends.

As I parked the car, Arianna pulled up behind me. I got out and waited for her. "Hey momma." She says touching my stomach. "Hey."

We go inside and sit on the couch. She turns the TV on. I run to the bathroom and throw the piece of toast up. "Ughhh." I groan, walking back into the living room. "Nice." Ari jokes. "Shush. I'm pregnant."

"yea I know. these are gonna be the longest 9 months of your life. And it ends in pain."

I giggle. "Thanks for that." I say. "I'm just saying it's not gonna be easy. But I'll be here and so will Safaree, okay? I can take care of Makalah anytime you need." She explains, almost bringing me to tears. "Aww...Okay." I look down.

(1 PM)

Ari left an hour ago, and now I'm folding everyone's clothes. After I was done, i went downstairs to do the dishes. Then I vacuumed the floors and dusted everything.

I sat on the couch and took a break. You're over working yourself. Take a break, Onika. I listened to myself, and thew my legs up onto the couch. I decided to take a little nap.

(1 HOUR LATER)

"Nic wake up." I hear Safaree say. I yawned and sat up. "You fell asleep and I had to leave work early to pick Kalah up." He explained. "Oh..sorry."

"It's okay...you alright?"

"Yea..fine. I'm just really tired..." I yawn again. "Mommy can we go to the park?" Makalah asks. "Sure." I say, getting up. "No, I'll take her. Go back to sleep." Safaree insists.

(SAFAREE'S POV)

Me and Makalah are walking along the sidewalk, making our way to the community park. "I don't want mommy to have a baby." She whispered. "Huh? I thought you were excited."

"I'm the baby. She won't pay attention to me anymore."

"Kalah you're 7 now. You're a big girl. And that's kinda selfish don't cha think? Babies need lots of attention. She still loves you the same. You just have to share."

"But I don't wanna share! I hate that stupid baby!!" I picked her up and carried her back to the house. "Daddy!!" She wailed.

Her breathing got unsteady and she tried not to cry. When we got to the house, she ran into her room. I woke Nicki up. "We gotta talk to Makalah." I tell her.

She gets up and we both walk into her room. She was sitting in the corner, staring at the ground with her arms crossed.

Nicki and I sat criss-cross applesauce across from her. "Baby what's wrong?" Nicki asks. "I don't want a new sibling." she mumbled. "What? I thought you were excited..."

"I was. But you and daddy won't love me no more."

Nicki sighed. "Come here." She said and Makalah climbed on her lap. "Daddy and I will love you both equally. But for a couple years he or she's gonna need lots of attention." she explained. "But I have to share everything.."

"Not everything. You'll still have your own room, your own toys, your own clothes and everything. But you do have to share your love. You think you can do that for us?" I ask. She nodded. "Mommy?"

"Yea babe?"

"Can I hold it first?" She lifted her head up all the way. Nicki and I laughed. "Of course you can. Pinkie promise you'll be a good big sister?" She asks. "Pinkie promise." They shook pinkies and we all got up.

(12 AM)

I woke up to Nicki's crying. "Faree I'm scared." Her voice squeaked. I sat up and threw the covers off of me. "We'll be-"

"Okay? I know. I lost my first baby and I'm scared for this one."

I didn't know what to do except hold her. I kissed her head and rubbed her back while she cried. "Don't be. It'll turn out great. We'll be a happy family. Just wait and see."

"But it's not even about that. We're broke Safaree. How will we buy everything the baby needs and still get the stuff everybody else needs?"

"We can get money from my parents."

"No. I hate asking for money."

"I'm off tomorrow. I'm gonna go find another job. Two jobs is better than one, right?" I ask, lying back down. She nodded and layed her head on my chest. "I hope you're right."

(MORNING)

Safaree is taking me to the doctor again today, because I feel weird. I just wanna make sure.

"ok Nicki, lets take another look." The doctor says, putting the gel on my stomach, and then the little machine. "Hm...it seems like there's another little one in there. Nicki..it looks like you're having twins!"

My jaw dropped, which turned into a smile. I laughed and looked at Safaree. "Wow. Twins. Double trouble." Safaree says, laughing. The doctor wiped the gel off and I stood up. "Remember to come back in a month, Nicki."

"I will, thank you!!" And we left. "Twins!!!! Twins!!!!!" I squeal, skipping to the car. "How will we tell Makalah?" He changes my mood quickly and I stopped skipping. "She's gonna freak."

"I hope they're girls." I say. "I hope they're boys."

"Maybe Both." We say at the same time.

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This pregnancy is NOT finna be 30 chapters long. How much time should I skip??????