Psalms 42 || Tori Kelly

Round Two

7:15 PM

The ladies and Sampson sat around the kitchen table eating Chipotle on their second night in the cabin. No one felt like cooking, so Postmates was the best and only option. "Hey, mom?" Addison called, getting everyone's attention in the silence.

"Yeah?" Michelle replied.

"Are you and dad ever going to get married or are you guys just going to date forever?" She asked.  All eyes went to Michelle as she sat her fork down with a shrug.

"Honestly? I don't know. Your dad says he wants to, but never asks," she mumbled. "I wouldn't be surprised if he just says that to keep me though. We already act like we're married. I just wish that we actually were, you know? There's a certain security in marriage," Michelle finished. Tori was obviously upset for her sister, but glad the girls had an example of what happens they act married before they are. Irie took note that even though her aunt seemed happy, it wasn't as peachy under the surface.

"Hey, at least you're with your baby daddy, right? He stuck around!" Abiah tried, earning a giggle from her aunt and looks from everyone else. "What?" She asked. Michelle notice the deaths stares Abiah was receiving and quickly stepped in.

"No, guys. She's right," Michelle defused. She didn't want her niece to be castrated for a not so terrible observation. And it was kind of funny. The stares backed off, but Tori was still watchful of her daughter. Something was up with her, and she wasn't going to ignore it.

"So, Tori, are you and Dré prepared to have an adult, teenager, kid, and two babies under the same roof?" Kamari asked. Tori shook her head, while feeding Sampson some of her rice.

"No. That sentence sounds crazy. Who would be prepared for that? Who would be pregnant at my age in the first place? I was under the impression that accidents like this were like five percent! How does that even happen?" Tori rhetorically asked.

"We know how it happened," Abiah joked under her breath, causing Irie to giggle to each other, remembering a specific night clearly.

"What?" The slightly aggravated mother asked.

"Nothing," Irie mumbled, suppressing her laugh.

"It's just that you and dad left the baby monitor on," Abiah started.

"Yeah, so we heard and saw everything," Irie finished. Tori's face started to glow from embarrassment. That was the last way she wanted her kids sex ed to go.

"Y—you saw that?" Tori asked, becoming increasingly mortified.

"Well we heard first, then saw," Irie answered.

"And can I say that you, madame, are very flexible?" Abiah added.

"No. No you can't," Tori said, putting an end to the conversation. The table couldn't help but laugh as Tori momentarily dropped her head on the table. "Gee, thanks guys," she said, before going back to eating.

"You girls thought that was bad? I walked in on them, before they were married, in my house," Laura added. Tori scoffed.

"Mom!" Tori yelled. Irie and Abiah slightly gasped towards each other before slowly turning back to their mother.

"What? You guys didn't wait?" Irie dramatically asked.

"We we're engaged and— wait. Why am I explaining myself to you? I'm the mother. I don't have tell you guys anything," Tori said, before shutting down completely to focus on feeding her babies.

"Okay, Okay. Let's leave mom alone. Irie, How is school coming? And the Little Saint's?" Vera asked in her broken accent. Irie started to explain her studies as Abiah got a text. The teenager quickly, shot up from the table, and ran to the bathroom.