Beyoncé is a single mother to her 15 year-old daughter, Skai. Skai doesn't know who her father is, and Beyoncé spent the past 15 years trying to put that part of her life behind her. But soon, Skai's curiosity will lead to a reunion that will change...
"They're singing deck the halls, but it's not like Christmas at all, cause I remember when you were here, and all the fun we had last year," I sang along to "Christmas, Baby Please Come Home" by Mariah Carey as I chopped up some vegetables for something my mom was making for tomorrow. I'm not the greatest cook, but she's running around doing so much since she's hosting Christmas dinner tomorrow, so I figured just chopping the vegetables to help her out couldn't go too wrong.
As I listened to the lyrics, I couldn't help but think of him. I hated it, but I thought of him every single day. I couldn't help it. I wonder if he ever thinks about me.
I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't realize I had stopped chopping and was just staring out the window into space.
"Ahem," I heard Kelly clear her throat behind me, shaking me out of my thoughts.
I turned to look at her and she frowned, noticing the tears in my eyes. "Bey...why don't you go see him? I'm sure he's home for Christmas."
I sighed and decided to play dumb, "What are you talking about, Kelly?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about, Giselle. You clearly still miss him, you should at least talk to him."
I rolled my eyes as I turned to go into the other room where I heard Skai waking up. I walked over and picked up my beautiful 10 month old out of her crib. "It's ok, baby, I'm here," I said as I gently rocked her side to side, stopping her cries.
"Beyoncé you can't run away from me," Kelly said following after me. "And you can't use my precious niece to distract me," she said giving Skai a kiss on her forehead, causing her to giggle. Skai loved her Aunt Kelly.
"Kelly...even if I were to go see him, what am I going to say? Why did you play me like a fucking violin for a year? I can't stop thinking about you. And oh, by the way this is my daughter, there's a 1 in 3 chance that she's yours. Merry Christmas. Nah, I'm cool on that."
Kelly laughed, "You're gonna have to figure out what you wanna say, it probably shouldn't be that. But I think you should at least get some closure then maybe you can move on."
I shook my head. "Can we please just drop this?"
Kelly sighed, "Fine. You know I'm just annoying cause I love you, right?"
I nodded and smiled, "I know."
Shawn's POV
"Shawn, who was that girl you used to see last year?" my 16 year-old sister, Annie, asked, interrupting me peacefully trying to watch football.
I sighed, "Um, Beyoncé? Why?"
She smiled and sat down next me on the couch, "Yeah her, whatever happened to her? It seemed like you guys were like the perfect couple. I miss her. She's much better than those hoes you be with now."
I rolled my eyes, "Come on, that shit's unnecessary."
She put her hands up in defense, "I'm just saying."
She wasn't completely wrong. I've kind of sworn off relationships since me and Bey broke up. I broke up with Keri and have basically been sleeping around ever since. I know none of the girls I run around with now could ever compare to her so I figure why even try?
"We just...it didn't work," I said sadly.
Annie nodded. "Do you miss her?"
I nodded. "Honestly, yeah I do." I don't know why I was being so open with her, but I hadn't really talked to anyone about what went down between me and Bey and it felt good to finally be able to.
She got up and grabbed my keys off the hook by the door. "Go see her, I bet she's home for Christmas."
I laughed, "That's not gonna happen, Annie." I never wanna see your face again, her last words to me, rang in my head. "We're over, just drop it."
She rolled her eyes and left the room, leaving me alone with my thoughts.
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Beyoncé's POV
Present Day Christmas (A/N: This takes place about 3 months after the last update).
I smiled as we all sat around the tree opening presents together. We were at my parent's house with Skai, Solange, Kelly and her family, and my cousin Angie. We spent Christmas eve and Christmas morning with my parents and we're going to Shawn's mom's for Christmas dinner.
Shawn got me a new Gucci bag that I'd been wanting and a bunch of little things. We got Skai a MacBook and Airpods. Shawn really wanted to get her a car but we decided to wait. She really doesn't need one since we live in the city, and we don't know where she's gonna go to college. We'll potentially get her one for high school graduation depending on where she decides to go. I got Shawn a new watch and surprised him with a trip to the Bahamas.
"I think you have something in your stocking," Shawn whispered in my ear.
I smiled, "Shawn you've already gotten me way too much!"
He chuckled, "Just go look, baby."
I went to my stocking and found a small envelope inside. When I opened it, there was only a piece of paper that said, Turn Around.
I turned around to see Shawn on one knee with all of my family surrounding him with cameras. I smiled as happy tears filled my eyes. I nodded, "Yes, yes, yes."
"Be patient...I had a whole speech prepared."
I chuckled and nodded, "I'm sorry, go ahead baby."
"Beyoncé, I know it sounds chliché, but I knew I wanted to marry you the day that I met you. And I know that we've definitely had our ups and downs along the way, but this past year that I've been with you and Skai has been the best year of my life. I know what it's like to be without you and I never wanna have to go through that again. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, for better or for worse, forever. Will you be my wife?"
As tears were now streaming down my cheeks, I nodded, "Yes!" He stood up and pulled me in for a kiss as everyone else started clapping a cheering. He took the ring out of the box and slid it onto my finger and as I looked down on it my eyes practically popped out of my head. It was incredible.
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In this moment, engaged to the love of my life, surrounded by everyone that I love, I knew that it really couldn't get any better than this.
THE END
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