Love Bites

Ch. 19

Onika // Nicki

"By the looks of this ultrasound, the little ones going to be here any day now." Monica says as she wipes the goop off my stomach.

After my stomachs fully clean, Rih places her hand back on the spot she always holds. Right now Rihanna and I are laying down in Bey's room doing my ultrasound. Bey is wrapping some things up at their corporate headquarters to ensure everything is okay for after the baby gets here.

"Do we have a plan for what we're going to do during the labor?" Monica asks skeptically. I shake my head no.

"I still don't understand why we can't give ha our blood when she goes into labor." Rihanna says annoyed.

"Because there's a chance we have to do a cesarean section. If she drinks your blood, the stomach will close before we can even get close to the baby. We have to move fast once her water breaks. Without the amniotic fluid for too long, the baby will die if it doesn't get oxygen. Now, if we start to lose Nicki while we're getting the baby out, there might be a small window of time to give her blood."

"So really we're just rolling the dice?" I ask skeptically.

"I hate to say it, but yes. If we get the blood in you when it's too late, you will die and not come back. If we give you the blood before, the baby will die." Monica says in a sympathetic tone.

"What about yuh moms or Ari? Can't they 'elp?" I look at Rih and bite my lip while shrugging.

"I haven't asked." She blinks slowly while looking at me before letting out a sigh.

"Imma go get em. 'Old on, doc." Monica nods her head with a smile.

Not even five minutes later Ari and my mom were following behind Rih.

"What's going on, baby?" My mom asks as she stands next to my bed after kissing my belly and rubbing her hand over it. Ari's childish ass sits on me.

"We're trying to uh... to figure out how to keep me alive when I got into labor." My mom's eyes instantly water. We've been avoiding talking about this since we had the big talk after I came home.

To say she was shocked would be the world's biggest understatement. She was happy for me that I finally found not only one person but two that I could be myself with, but she was still scared for what was going to happen now that I was pregnant. She loves Beyoncé and Rihanna, so she accepted the three of us being together and that was the only thing I was worried about when telling her.

"...and that's why we're trying to find another solution other than blood." The doctor finished informing Ari and my mom for why we needed them right now.

"Can you guys think of anything?" Robyn asks with obvious worry in her voice.

"A protection spell won't work for this. It's going to cause the same problems as the blood would." Ari replies with a sad expression.

"I could link her lifeline to mine." My mother says quietly while gripping my hand. I snap my eyes up to her and let out a small gasp.

"Ma! No!" I shake my head with tears in my eyes. If she does that, the universe is owed a soul. She will die.

"Onika, sweetie, I will not let you die. I am your mother. Your life means more to me than my own, and you now know how that feels." Her eyes point to my stomach. She's right, I've already said a thousand times my child's life is more important than my own. But she's my mom. This is different!

"No, ma, we're just going to need to find a new solution." I shake my head rapidly.

"Behb-"

"No! We're not doing it!" My voice raises as more tears spring from my eyes. I feel a twinge of pain in my stomach, so I quickly sit up and hold my belly as I breathe in slowly.