More Than Friends?

19.

Ciara's POV

It was 5am and me nor Calvin been to sleep, we can't sleep with all this shit going in. Jo'Siah claim to want his family back so bad but ain't been here for Mari for more than a couple minutes. He a dumb ass.

I sat up in the chair next to Mari bed, she was sleeping so peacefully. Cal was blanked out, staring into space. The doctor walked in interrupting our thoughts.

"Good morning, good news!" We sat up in our chairs, we needed to hear something good for a change.

"The baby is doing good, he's still not gaining any weight, but he slightly breathing on his own and opened his eyes, would you like to meet him?"

I looked at Cal and nodded for him to go with the doctor.

"Don't you think Mari should be the first to see him?"

"Let her rest Cal, go see the baby, I'll wait here with her"

Calvin walked out the room and I sat back in my chair, after a couple minutes, Mari woke up.

"Ciara?" She yawned.

"Hi boo, how you feeling?"

She slightly smiled, "I feel better, where's Jo'Siah?"

That broke my heart to hear that question cause I couldn't even answer it honestly. I felt bad but I had to lie to her.

"He stepped out for a minute, he said he'll be back later"

"Okay, where's my Caly Cal?" She giggled a little. After all she's been through, she still manages to smile, she's so strong.

"He's um... the doctor came in and said that the baby is doing better, so he went to visit him, I kind of told him to, hope that was okay"

She smiled with a tear running down her face, "of course it's okay"

I love seeing her face light up when she gets happy, this girl was amazingly beautiful and I'm so proud that she was going through this with a positive attitude and smile on her face.

I looked up at her and we made eye contact, it was really intense. She looked down and smiled, blushing. She pulled the cover back and patted the open space next to her in the bed, indicating she wanted me to lay next to her. I got up with no hesitation and laid next to her.

"Thank you for going through this with me" she laid her head on my shoulder.

"Don't thank me, you been through a lot, Jo told me what he did to you, I'm sorry, he wasn't always the brightest person"

"Don't apologize for your dumb ass cousin, your nothing like him" she looked up at me and I kissed her forehead. I felt something I never have before after that, like a butterfly feeling in my stomach. I looked down at her, looking at me, all of a sudden she was leading towards me and her lips met mine. I pulled away from her.

"Mari I can't do this to Jo'Siah or Calvin"

She giggled, "Me either, it was just a thank you kiss" she rested her head back on my shoulder.

Calvin's POV

I followed the doctor up to the floor that the baby was on, we stepped out the elevator and cries filled my ears. We walked down a long hallway and stopped in front of a big window. I searched for the baby that i knew Mari gave birth to, one as beautiful as she is. I spotted a baby in the second row, so little and cute, the doctor rested her hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah that's him" she said to me as she seen me looking at the baby.

A tear fell down my face, this wasn't even my son but I felt like I fell in love with him during Mari's pregnancy. I would always sing to him and rub her belly while talking to him, it's like he was mine.

"He's so amazing" I whispered to myself.

"There's your son" I looked at her and didn't know what to say. I didn't want to disrespect Mari or Jo'Siah, but I replied to her.

"Yeah that's my son" I smiled.

I stood and looked at the baby a couple more minutes before heading back down to Mari's room. I walked in and seen her leaning her head on Ciara, I low-key got mad.

"Bro what you doing?" I slightly yelled cause Mari was sleep still.

"She woke up and asked where Jo'Siah was, I had to lie to her cause I don't know where tf he at, she got sad so she wanted me to lay with her, it's nothing like that bro chill"

I sighed and sat down in the chair, that shit she told me right then just pissed me off. This nigga Jo'Siah a fool and a deadbeat, ain't even here for Mari when it's his baby she just birthed, smh. I was heated. I stood up out my chair and grabbed my keys.

"Where you going bro?" Ciara stopped me in my tracks.

"To find Jo'Siah, he need a good ass beating" I left out the room, hopping in my car and making my way to Ciara house, making that the first place I know he'd probably be. I kicked the door open, forgetting I didn't have a key to Ci house. When I got in there I seen Jo'Siah laying on the couch with some bitch on top of him, my blood started boiling.

"AYE BITCH GET THE FUCK UP" I yelled and snatched him up off the couch by his shirt, woke his ass up real quick.

"YO WTF YOU DOING BRO?"

"Yo mf girl you claim to love so much in that mf hospital bed asking for you, she just had yo motherfucking son and you in this bitch with this dirty ass hoe, not even worried about if she or your son is good, what kind of a nigga is you dawg?" I had tears coming down my eyes, I was hurt for her.

"Bro get the fuck out and don't worry about what I'm doing" I smelled alcohol on his breath, this nigga drunk at 7am in the morning.

He sat back down and spoke again. "Man fuck her and that baby, that baby ain't even mines anyway, Damian was raping her ass same time I was fucking, that's his seed, ain't mine"

You gotta be fucking kidding me, this nigga bold. My blood started boiling. I mentally laughed and stuck this nigga in his jaw.

"YOU BETTER WATCH YO FUCKING MOUTH HOW YOU TALKING ABOUT MY GIRL AND MY KID" I stuck his ass again. He got up and walked to me like he was gonna do some shit. I looked at him dead in his eyes.

"You stay the fuck away from my girl and you stay the fuck away from our son, bring yo ass around either of them and you will meet God"