That Awkward Moment

Reunited & It Feels So Good

The following morning Ebony woke up holding a sleeping baby across her chest in the living room. On the opposite side of her, Bakari was knocked out as well. She bends down to place a kiss on her son's forehead and carefully gets up trying not to disturb his slumber. She gets up and takes the blanket off of her and makes her way to her room to get ready for the day. After changing into joggers and an oversized baggy sweater she looks at herself in the mirror feeling self conscious about the way she looked. Normally she would go for a bare face but since she'd be going out today she figured she could at least make herself look somewhat presentable since she'd gained a few pounds.

After putting together a light natural beat, she walks back into her bedroom where her son was and sat down next to him and watched him as he stirred awake. She grabs ahold of his tiny hand, gently caressing the back of it with her thumb. "Alright baby boy, let's get you dressed and cleaned up while daddy's asleep. I should have some clothes that should still fit you." The baby cooed in her arms seemingly feeling much better than the night before. Kari latched onto his mother and rests his head across her shoulder as they made their way to his nursery.

She proceeds to do his morning routine which consisted of changing his dirty diaper, bathing him, cleaning his gums, putting on a clean diaper, moisturizing him, feeding him and putting on a blue and white stripped onesie that read, 'mommy's favorite'. By the time that they finished, she walks out of the nursery and back into the living room where she saw Bear growling angrily at Bakari who was just now waking up. Shameik walks into the living room to see what Bear was growling at and looks at Ebony before opening his mouth to speak.

"Yo, why the fuck is this nigga in my house?" Shameik points towards him.

"He came to drop off Kari last night at like 2:30 in the morning because he got sick and he slept on the couch last night."

"I literally want to beat his fucking face in. Bitch ass nigga." Shameik says while looking past his sister towards Bakari who stirred awake.

Bakari yawns while covering his mouth, he stretches his arms out and rubs his eyes to find Bear gnawing at his shoe on the floor like it was a chew toy. He turns to see Ebony talking with Shameik who apparently looked irritated that he was even here to begin with.

"Listen you know I'm irritated just as much as you are but I just got my son back don't make shit worse. I'm not saying you have to be nice to him but just act like you've got some damn sense you'll get another chance to beat his ass I promise." Ebony chuckles to herself at her last comment and pinches his cheek like she did when he was younger.

Shameik rolls his eyes and sighs nodding his head and looks at the little man who was sitting up in his mother's arms, studying his face. "Hey there little man," He reaches out for him but was turned down when he tried to hold him. The baby whimpers and starts to cry still cranky from the night before. He shields his face in his moms chest and cries.

"Awee, it's okay baby I know honey I know." She sighs, kissing his forehead and bounces him in her arms. She looks up at his brother with an apologetic expression and could tell he was upset that he didn't remember him.

Shameik's voice cracks as he begins to talk and clears his throat to conceal his emotions. "I'm going to take Bear out for a walk, I'll be back." He called out for Bear and watched him follow him towards the door, and grabs his coat to brace himself for the cold. He picks up his leash and a few doggy bags on the way out before leaving his sister alone with her ex once again.

"You wanting full custody didn't only hurt me, you hurt a lot of people thats in my family and it's going to take a while for me to actually start to trust you again." Ebony says, going into the kitchen to see if she had any baby food in her pantry to feed Kari. "Being a mom is a full time job it's not just something you can just turn off with a switch...you came over here because you were exhausted cause ain't no way in hell you're a fucking doctor and didn't know how to take care of an infant baby who's sick."