Love Don't Change • Chris Brown

Birthday Bashed

"Aight. Aight. Say less I'll be there. Aight cool." I hung up the phone on Larry, the club promoter of the Temple. He looking to pay me ten grand to be one of the hosts at this party tonight.

"We'll be where?" Riley asked, walking into the room with the twins on either hip and Royalty trailing behind her.

"I'll be at The Temple tonight performing."

"I wanna go." Riley plopped on the bed, followed by Royalty. She handed me Noah who instantly reached for my beard. "Me too!" Royalty chimed.

"You don't like clubs, and you too young." I said to them. Riley sucked her teeth and shrugged. "So? But I'ma be with my man. Plus I only saw you perform live like three times and I'm your whole baby mama."

"Who gon watch the kids?"

"It's still Christmas break, Yaz doesn't have school. I'll throw her an extra three hundred for the late notice."

I thought for a second. I know how Riley gets in places she don't wanna be. The second she not feeling the vibe no more she looking at everybody in disgust.

"I'on wanna hear you complaining bout the club smelling like ass all night."

She sucked her teeth again and rolled her eyes.

"When will I be old enough daddy?" Royalty asked. "Never." I responded.

I noticed Royalty's smile drop, then revert right back to a big grin. "Mommy said we're going to the carnival today. Are we going to the carnival today?"

I looked at Riley and she had the same goofy smile on her face that Ro did. "Please?"

"Please?" Royalty copied. I stared at the both of them staring at me with the same puppy dog face. "What time it open?"

"Yay!" Ro jumped up and down on the bed and Riley clapped. "It's open now, close at eight."

I looked at my phone. 3:26.

"Y'all got one hour to get ready."

Riley.

After I got myself ready, and changed Nay and Ro out of the Jordan basketball outfits their father put them in, I fed Ro and the babies while Christopher got ready. Thirty minutes and two sore nipples later I smelled Chris's Armani Aqua Di Gio cologne dancing out of the room and into my nose. He snuck behind me on the couch and wrapped his arms around me, kissing my cheek. "You look pretty." He complimented, referring to my yellow two piece.

I blushed. "Thank you. You look handsome."

"Thank you. Why you change NyNy and Ro?"

"Because we not finna walk around with people thinking we got twin boys and a four year old son."

Chris sucked his teeth and grabbed the twins' carriers while I grabbed their diaper bags and Ro's hand. "You could've put a bow a'sum in they head." He led the way out of the house and down the elevator, meeting up with the receptionist at the front desk. Kelz is on vacation and Ada moved back to Nevada so until then it's an older white lady whom I swear is slightly racist.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Nancy." I greeted as Chris signed us out.

"Afternoon." She simply said, never looking up from her paper.

"She so damn rude." I whispered as we walked away.

"Cus she old and bitter... and she ain't getting dick no mo'." Chris responded. I gasped and hit his chest. "Bae!"