Him 2: Problems

5.

Nicki

Rashaad has not stopped crying since we came home from the hospital. I fed him. Burped him. Changed him a plenty of times but he just won't stop. I sat down on the couch with him in his carseat still screaming.

Its not like I been to sleep in days. I barely even eat. I ended up throwing out all the food I think went bad. I just sat there staring at this screaming child because I didn't know what else to do. I looked down closing my eyes and began to sob for like the hundredth time this week.

Then I heard Rashaad stop crying. I sniffled and seen Prince holding him and rocking him back and forth. "How you get in here?" I sniffed wiping my nose with the oversized sweater I had on.

"You really need to learn how to lock the door." He chuckled.

"Oh." Was all I said. There was this awkward silence between us. I guess someone told him his girl was sleeping with his best friend. "Where you learn how to do that?" I smiled slightly.

"My cousin Noah. All he did was cry when he was first born." Prince smile was off. It wasn't as vibrant as it would normally be. "But I would do this with him to make him fall asleep. Where is his room?" He questioned holding a quiet and peacefully sleeping baby.

"Upstairs first door on your right." I said.

He walked up stairs with Rashaad and came back down bowing. I clapped it up for him lightly. "Thank you so much." I got up and hugged him.

He hugged me back. "You're welcome."

We both sat back down on the couch and it fell silent once again. Then once we were about to say something. We was talking at the same time.

"You can go first." I nodded.

"Nope ladies first." He laughed.

"You okay?" I asked with my head tilted.

"Are you?" He pointed to me.

"Obviously not." I blinked numerous times to make my tears go away.

"Same here. You been eating this week?" He asked.

I shook my head. "Nope Im not hungry. Why you even come over here?" I asked.

He just looked at me for a few seconds before speaking. "Maybe because Im feeling the same way you feeling. I don't know. But you need to eat something." He got up and went in the kitchen.

"What you doing?" I followed him.

"Making you a sandwich or something. You looking like you done lost a hundred pounds." He said smirking looking in the fridge.

"Aint shit in there. And I did just have a baby." I said in a duh tone.

He went to the cabinets in search of food. "When the hell the last time yall went grocery shopping?" He asked playfully.

"The day I had Rashaad but Tay Tay must have came in here and ate up everything." I shrugged. I sat down on the same stool my water broke. "Plus we always ate out. I was lazy while I was pregnant."

"I know you were. Had everybody out here making food runs. Where is your father and Sean?" He asked looking in the pantry that had only a bag of chips.

"Boston on business. He only took Sean with him because be knew I gotta take care of baby boy." I sighed. "They'll be back next month sometime."

"Oh. Where Masey?" He said looking dead at me.

"With Roc as usual. They coming over tomorrow." I said. "So you really want to tell me why you over here?"

"Okay. You lonely. Im lonely. Those two really fucked up our emotions. And its taking everything in my not to beat that nigga ass." He said gritting his teeth.

"So how you find out?" I pulled my hair back into a ponytail.

"She told me the other day. I think when she found out you put him out. He lucky I don't know where he staying." Prince voice was low and calm.

"Can you help me with something?" I asked in my best cute voice. Trying not to sound desperate.

"After you eat something, sure. With what?" He said nonchalantly.

I smiled and quickly fixed some corn and ate the bag of chips and drank some water. Then I told him to come upstairs with me. Then I lead him to Tay Tay's old room. I stopped at the closed door.

"Why we up here?" He asked folding his arms.

"Before I open this door, I just want you to know that this is the work of a master mind and I have absolutely no idea what happened in here." I said all this as a precaution. I opened the door to the most funkiest room ever. "Go head step in."

Instantly Prince turned green and covered his nose. "What the hell Nicki? Who you kill in here?"

"Why you think I killed someone? Know what never mind. This is Tay Tay old room and I don't know what that boy did in here but I need help cleaning this shit up." I looked around the room blinking constantly because my eyes were burning.

"Shit. Tay Tay left all his shit over the place too." He stated kicking around dirty clothes.

"He took everything that was clean." I said.

"Well let's get to work then."