Our Life

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Icelyn
We were on the way to the birthing center when Toni got a phone call. "Yeah J i'm staying you can go. I'm trying to be a better parent so i'm going to be here for the birth of my grandchild. Whatever Janet i'll call you when I get back to La." I laughed. "She trying to control you too?"

"She was actually checking to make sure I was okay." She stopped at the red light and changed the radio station. "Toni can you call someone for me?" She nodded her head. "Yeah who?"

"The baby's father. He's at work." She grabbed my phone and pressed the contact name. "Hi this is baby-?! No no this isn't Icelyn. This is her mother she asked me to give you a call because she's going into labor.  I'm assuming you know where to meet us. Bye." She handed me the phone. "Really Ice you couldn't wait till y'all were divorced or at least separated till you started fucking someone else."

"We are not fucking. We only did that once and please stop saying that my son is in the car and he repeats everything." She rolled her eyes. "It doesn't seem that way to me he calling you baby as soon as he answers the phone."

"I said we aren't fucking. Since when does him calling me a name say we fucking? I don't get down like that." She pulled into the parking lot. "Sure don't look that way to me, you having his baby. Wait how he going to get here fast enough if he in LA?" I got out the car and got my bag while she got Seven. "Now you asking the right questions."

We walked into the birthing center and got checked in. We were now waiting to deliver and for DeAndre to come. The birthing center is set up like a bedroom with a tub in it. Here it's like we deliver the child ourselves with the help of nurses. Me and Dre decided that this would be a great experience.

"How are my girls? I bet they tearing everything up huh?" Toni laughed and nodded her head. "Yeah, they running around breaking things, putting things in their mouths, and killing Janet as usual. You know it was hard for everyone when you left? We searched all over for you, you had us thinking the worse."

"Yeah I know. I felt bad at first but after a while I realized this was what was best for everyone. Y'all will be much better without me there messing things up." Just then the door opened and in walked DeAndre. "Ice, baby how you feeling?" He walked over to the bed and took his jacket and shoes off getting in bed with me not noticing Toni.

"I feel good for now seven more centimeters and we'll be good to go. Dre this is my mother Toni." He turned and faced Toni and he reacted calmly. "Hi how are you, i'm DeAndre it's nice to finally meet you. Thanks for bring her here safely."

"It's no problem that's my child. Now I know we are here for this new child but do you know about her past?"

"Yes ma'am I do from how Sev was conceived up until now we've been open books to each other. I love everything thing about her and all the things that come with her including her children, all of them." Toni nodded her head. "Great."

7 hours later
"She's so beautiful. What y'all naming her?"

"Toni your going to laugh." Toni was holding the baby with her back turned away from me. "I won't I promise, as long as it ain't stupid."

"Syx. Syx is her name." Toni whipped around fast to face me. "What the hell is up with you and numbers. What's the next one gonna be fyve?"

"Actually yeah. If we have another one." Toni sat Syx down and sat in her chair. "What about her last name?" My eyes widened at that question and turned over. "No no what's her last name. You ain't sleep answer me."

"Jackson." I whispered. "Johnson isn't bad, why you turn over?"

"Because I didn't say Johnson. I said Jackson."

"Like your wife Jackson? Oh uh uh no no you can't do that change it." I squinted and rolled over to face her. "How do I change his last name?"

"I don't know and I don't really give a shit how you do it. It's bad enough your her third failed marriage now your child that's not her's has her last name."

"Can we get off of Janet."

"I wish you would've got off of him maybe we wouldn't even be having this
conversation." DeAndre got up off of the bed and put his shoes on. "Aight bae imma head home to get some clothes and bring some food back for you."

"Ok don't be too long."

"It was nice meeting you and Ms. Toni." He walked out the door and Toni got up as well. "Well imma head out as well my fiancé happens to be in this state and is outside. See you before I go back home, yeah?"

"Yeah I guess, ion want no new siblings i'm too old for that... and so are you."

"Yeah whatever. Goodnight."

Janet
"Momma! I'm back." My mother came around the corner eating a piece of cake. "Shh girl I just put the kids down. How was Icelyn?" I sat down on the couch. "Well we're officially separated." She chocked I don't know if it was from that dry ass cake or my statement. "Why what happened child?"

"We went to the hospital and turns out she wasn't there so we went to her house. We were greeted with her and her children, the born and unborn. Seven ran to the door hugged me and Toni and she told him to go back in the house. She tried to close the door but we had to talk and we did. She blew up on me and said she wanted to separate luckily I felt the same way and had the papers and we signed them. Now i'm here she's there and we're happy." She hugged me.

"I guess the third time isn't the charm huh. What was once Our Life is now my life."

The end