One Day At A Time

|Chapter 11|

August

Seein the look on Hazel's face broke me to pieces. I know she's dealt with a lot of hurt and pain in her life but this looks like it hurts the most and I can't lie and act like I don't get it. I shouldn't have told her to come with me.

I sigh and sit in one of Ava's little bean bag chairs that sits next to her bed. I don't even know what to say cause she's stubborn as hell so I highly doubt if any of us can change her mind as of this very moment. This is one of those instances where she'd have to see the baby and grow a bond with him or her on her own timing.

"Why you not happy?" I ask, frownin.

"Cause I don't want any siblings."

"Why not?"

"Cause I like our family just the way it is." She says, finally looking up from her iPad. "You have a daughter and I have a mama and a daddy. That's all we need."

Damn. She really doesn't want any siblings. I never thought we'd have to go through this situation. I thought shit like this only happened in movies.

"But we wanted more. We don't want to be lonely and sad when you grow up and go to college and have a life. We wanna have other babies that will look up to you and can help take care of us when we old." Hazel says.

"Okay fine you can have more, but that doesn't mean I have to like them and talk to them."

Scoffing, Hazel gets up and walks out of the room.

"Ailani.."

"Huh?"

"That was uncalled for."

"What I did?"

"You done hurt your mama feelings."

"She mad at me?"

"Probably."

"But I d-"

"You ain't have to say it like that. It's not like we just gonna abandon you. That's never gonna happen. We gon love the baby just like we love you and he might get a lil bit more attention than you but that's only because babies need the proper attention from parents because they're so little and fragile."

"Okay."

I understand she's young and wants to be the center of our attention all the time, but she ain't have to say all that. Now Hazel probably in there cryin and I gotta deal with two stubborn ass girls. And even though Hazel probably isn't actually mad, those pregnancy hormones are no joke so it's just heightening her emotions at the moment.

That's why I hope this baby is a lil August. Having three Hazels in the house is gonna drive me to kill myself. They are too much by themselves already.

Nah no lie though, it hurt me too when she said she ain't gonna like the baby. That's gon be her lil brother or sister and I want her to love and protect him/her like we do with her and our siblings. There is no love like sibling love.

Walking downstairs in the living room, I see Hazel gettin up.

"You good baby? I know that shit hurt."