Minnelli Love Stories

Reminisce

Mia stood in front of the window of her bedroom. Her smile is wide, and she carried a small tear. She watched her baby with his father, attempting pushups and still in the way.

Her mind drifted to a simpler time.

Mia stood in front of her mirror on her first day of work. Her fingers shook nervously as she buttoned up her shirt. Her six-week-old baby boy tried to watch her movements.

"Mommy is going to work. So she can provide for you." She used her soft voice. The baby kicked happily anyway. She sighed to keep from choking up just a little.

Mia dropped her baby off at a reputable daycare provider. She kept her home much like Mia kept her own so the baby wouldn't have a hard transition.

"He's in the best hands available." Ms. Laveau, Magicia smiled. Mia cried a little before getting on the road to her office.

"Good luck to you girl. He fires people faster than he hires them. And he ain't that much of a joy to work with." They'd warned her. And made her even more nervous.

She gets to her desk and immediately sees a long list of things to do. "What the fuck?" she blurts. There needs to be a filing system, schedule appointments, copies, proofreading...far too much.

Mia breathes in and out calmly. I can do this, she thought. And got to work.

The rest of the week and first part of the next week went like that. Until...

"Good morning!" her cheery disposition was well received by the lower ranking employees of the company itself. The women smiled back. Mia got on the elevator and took her time. She placed the man's coffee on his desk. Straight. Black. Boring, Mia would think every morning.

She placed fresh copies on his desk with a cute little smiley face sticky note.

"Who the hell?" Stone would ask every morning. With everything to precision as he liked it, he had to meet the new assistant. He half sat half stood on her desk with his leg swinging.

Mia rounds the corner and tilts her head slightly. One of her pet peeves was to have someone invite themselves to her personal space without permission.

"Excuse me." She is calm. "I would like you to not sit on my desk please."

"Technically it's my desk."

"Okay but still. You don't work from it so get off." She looks the strange man dead in the eyes. Suddenly he is unnerved. Stone stands up and away from her desk.

"Minnelli."

"Henderson."

"You not gon tell me ya name?"

"You should know my name. You hired me."

Sassy, I like it. "I didn't hire you. HR did..."

"Oh...you're the hard ass boss everybody be whispering about. Eh heh...am I fired yet?"

"WOOOOWWW. It's like that." he chuckles. "Nah, you not fired, Mia."

"That's what I thought. Now move out me way. I got work to do." She throws him off again. Stone smirks but does just that. "Did you like smiley faces?"

"I did." he couldn't help but laugh.

"I made them myself." Her little chest poked up with pride, like her son.

A month later

Mia stands in front of Stone's desk with a frown on her face. "I'm not printing off anything else, nor am I making any more copies."

"You will if I tell you to. I run shit around here, not you."

"Bullshit, Minnelli and you know it!" Mia stomps her foot. "I'm going home."

"You walk out, you fired."

"Watch me walk then...fucker." She looks him square in the eye. Daring him. He doesn't budge. Mia walks out.

The next morning, she returns to do her routine. Stone finds his coffee on his desk right on time as well as his copies. "Thought I said you was fired."

"And you replace me with who?" she dramatically looks around. "That's what I thought."

He is thrown off, in shock. He licks his lips. "I still run shit."

"Appointment at 10 am." She ignores his comeback at first. "And, I help you run 'shit'. You don't pay enough to be talking slick like you do."

Stone leaves her area. Defeated. That's a first.

Mia blinked herself back to the present with a rub of her belly. Stone really has my son out in the cold in some snow.

"Bring my child out from the cold!"

"He warm!"

"If he get the flu..." her hands on her hips. Stone rolls his eyes as they walk in the house. Roman's eyes are wide with wonder. "Come on, my baby. It's time for your nap."

He smacks her ass as she walks away. "Shuddup."

For just a moment, Mia felt herself leak. "You don't run shit. Dis my turf, boss."

His laugh rang out loud. "I hear a challenge in those words."

"I'm already pregnant so..." she closes the door to Roman's nursery on that note. Fair enough, Stone nods.

February rolls around and it's surely a cold one. Roman enjoys time with his grandparents. Clearly, they'd both dethroned Stone and Mia as his favorite people.

"You really moved away from home just to move back home." Mia teases her best friend.

"And I love every moment of it. Do you know what you're having?" Mari rubs her belly. "Girl, and I got a little boyfriend or whatever. Well, he thinks he's my boyfriend."

"I do but I want to surprise Stone while Roman is gone with Ivory and Tyson." She gushes. "Hopefully they finish early at the office because I can't wait."

Mari rolls her eyes. "Where is my boyfriend anyway? I know he ain't cheatin on me already." The two laugh out loud.

"Ivory and Tyson got a lake house about twenty minutes away from here. He's with them, destroying and running thangs up there."

"I can only imagine..." she nods. The pair continue to talk until the door opens. "The sun going down so let me get on this road back to Denver."

"You can stay." Mia pulls on her friend's hands.

"And I would if I didn't have a meeting at 7 am tomorrow morning. Congratulations best friend." They hug tightly before Mari leaves for the night.

A beautifully decorated cake sat in the kitchen when Stone finally graced the room. Mia sat on pins and needles. "You not gonna cut the cake?"

"Nah...you got it."

"Cut the cake Stone, I'm pregnant. I can't handle sharp objects." She bats her eyes at him.

"Shuddup, Mia." He grabs a knife anyway. She does a happy dance. Pink and blue beads came tumbling out of the cake. "Aye bruh..."

"I'm having twins! Two boys!" she dances around the kitchen. Realization hits him. The couple embrace. "I love you, Stone Cold."

Suddenly, Stone snatches her up in his arms, kissing all over her. "I love you too, Mia." They butterfly kiss with their noses.

"I was gonna wait but strip guh!" he yelled excitedly. But deciding she was taking too long, Stone stripped her for himself to devour her right there in the kitchen. Two more babies...his heart was so full.