Becoming Mrs. Smith

Family Gathering

Today was the family cookout. It was nothing serious it was just a little get together that wasn't really planned.

My mother and father were supposed to be coming over early to help me prep the food for everybody. My baked beans were already done, Rodger was on the grill waiting for my dad, Mac&Cheese was in the oven, and my mom was handling the rest.

"Mommy when are we going to make the brownies?" I rolled my eyes hearing that question for the hundredth time today already. "Little girl I told you after I'm done with oven, we have six more boxes of these to make. Be patient." She sat the box on the counter walking away with the saddest.

"Damn, burn my baby then." Rodger came back in the house. "Nigga she gone be just fine, I'm tired of repeating myself." I shrugged stirring this nasty ass potato salad, I hated that I even knew how to make it.

"Where's Carter?" "In the room with Cj, he said he teaching him how to play 2K." I laughed shaking my head. "That nigga teaching my son how to be trash? I beat him all the time man."

I laughed again washing my hands. "You wanna go a round before everybody get here?" He grabbed my booty kissing on my neck. I rolled my eyes smirking, "no. That's going to have to wait." He smacked his lips. "Why? Ain't nobody here, Cj got the baby so wassup man?" He hugged me from behind humping me like a little dog as I moved around the kitchen. "Stoooop!" I laughed pushing him away. I had a little dress on that I slept in last night so him touching me everywhere didn't help in this loose Ol thing.

I chopped up onions as his hands roamed my body like it was nothing. "You tryna put another baby in me huh?" We both laughed. "Some like that, but I'm let you enjoy your body." He popped my ass walking away.

I shook my head with a smile, that man was crazy. I wasn't having another baby until I was ready, I've always told myself after Ari my pregnancies will be planned. Ari was truly a ticking time bomb dropped into my stomach that I couldn't responsibly take care of. Carter was planned to the T, all that sex we had I was asking for it. But anything after that was dead for now, I honestly wanted two more and I was satisfied. Four children, two girls and two boys. Who wouldn't love that?

Carter had to be up walking, talking, and at least in the third grade before I even allow Rodger to do that. Rodger thought a bitch was stupid, after sex he wouldn't pull out sometimes but that was just fine because those Plan Bs didn't miss my ass. I hid them in the closet under a lot of paperwork that I knew wouldn't interest him.

"We are here!" My mom bust in through the door with bags in her with my dad right behind her. "Hey mama." I smiled walking up to hug her neck. "Hey baby." She kissed my cheek walking the bags over to the table. "Hey babygirl." My dad smiled rubbing my back.

"Hey. What did y'all bring? So I can make room." She started pulling out different pies and other little ingredients for the food. "Ya father wanted some stuffed Bellpepers so I'm do a few just anybody else welcome to have some. He couldn't wait to get over here on that nice, shiny grill." She did a slick look my dad's way making me laugh.

"It's better than being under you all day." He grabbed him a beer walking outside before she could make another smart remark. I laughed harder shaking my head, I knew it was all love but it was still so fun watching them grow old and crack these jokes.

"You think smelling the man for over thirty years is enough but apparently not." She turned on the water washing and cutting the bell peppers.

"Ya girl is in the house!" Allen came busting through my door next with Jayceon's car seat in his hand. "Girl watch how you slinging that boy." I laughed going to hug him. "Where's Danny and Amari? I need to talk to that girl." I knew about her and Duke but not too much, Allen ran me in only a little bit.