Our Little Secret

7-Regrets

*Jens pov*

"Ayiyiyi mami! Stop!" I yell at my mom since she keeps touching my ass. "I'm sorry! She just keep gettin thicker!" She says to Melissa, she's my moms best friend. "I know I gotta good ass, but it doesn't mean you have to show it off to your friends." I say and roll my eyes. "It's ok Jennifer, she cant keep her hands off anyone's ass." Melissa laughs. "Haha! Mommy's gotta big Ass!" Emme yells running into the room.

"Look at what you did! Oh dios mío.." I roll my eyes, as Melissa and my mom just laugh. "Emme don't say that word mama." I say and pick her up. "Sorry.." She says in her baby voice. "Awe it's ok, how could I be mad at that adorable face!?" I playfully attack her with kisses and she laughs.

"What time are you leaving Jennifer?" My mom asks since we're at her house right now. "I don't know, soon." I just came to her house because Alex was really getting on my nerves, he's just so needy lately.

"So let's talk about something other than my ass before I have to leave." I say and cover Emme's ears when I say the word ass. "Ok, so what's new with you?" My mom asks. "Hmmm, not much. Oh! There's new people in the neighborhood. They're from Brooklyn." I say. "Well it's about time, I'm done with those suburban white folk and their bullshit." She rolls her eyes. "Ma! Language!" I snap. "Sorry sorry!" She apologizes.

"Anyways, yeah they just moved in around the corner from our house. And they have a daughter around Emme's age." I say and look at Emme. "Sofia!" Emme says happily. "That's right mama." I smile. "That's good Emme has a new friend." My mom smiles. "So what are the people like?" She asks. "Well there's 3 people, the mom, dad, and daughter. I think Sofia is a year older than Emme and Max, the parents are my age. Oh yeah, and the mom, Leah, is Italian. And her husband, Angelo, he's Puerto Rican." I say and smile.

"Oh then you know their baby is cute, Italian and Puerto Rican, whew!" She laughs. "She is, Sofia is adorable, she's gonna be so pretty when she's older." I shake my head. "Do you get along with the parents?" She asks. "Oh yeah, Angelo is really chill, but funny at the same time. And me and Leah get along really well, like I don't know if we just have this motherly connection, but we're gonna be like really close, she seems really calm and friendly, but I know she's actually really fun and spontaneous once you get to know her." I nod.

"Well that's nice, I'll have to meet them one day." My mom smiles. "Yeah you'd like them." I say and stand up with Emme still in my arms. "We better get going." I say and grab my purse. "Alright bye baby, and bye-bye Emme!" she says and kisses me and Emme on the cheek. We both giggle. "Nice seeing you Melissa." I say and she smiles, then we leave and head home.

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We get back home, and head inside. "Where were you?" Alex asks sitting at the stools in the kitchen. "I was with my mom, I told you that Alex." I roll my eyes and put down Emme. "What did you tell Lupe about me?" He says. "What? Nothing..." I say confused. He kind of laughs and shakes his head. "Emme go find Max." I say and smile at her. Then she runs off to find him.

Then I noticed a glass of vodka on the island in front of Alex. "Are you drunk?!" I ask. "Huh? Oh, no, I just needed to relax." He says and shakes his head. "Ok, well you're buzzed. Really? With Max here, I can't even leave alone for an hour?" I ask and take the vodka away and pour it down the sink. "What the fuck?!" He says.

"Calm down, it's not like you won't buy any later." I say and turn around facing him. "You're a bitch for that." He laughs. "Whatever." I say and shake my head. "We're you gonna drink more if I didn't come just now?" I ask and lean on the counter. "I don't know." He says and stands up.

"Alex that's not ok, and with Max in the house? This is ridiculous." I shake my head. "Well maybe if you stayed home I wouldn't have drank." He shrugs his shoulders and stands in front of me. "I saw my mother, it's not that big of a deal." I say. "Just don't do it again." I say and start to walk away, but he grabs my arm. "Next time take both of the damn kids with you, then you wouldn't have anything to bitch about." He says holding my arm, tight. "You're hurting me stop!" I say and try to pull my arm away, but it just twists my arms making it worse. "Stop!" I yell.

"You're gonna let me do whatever I want, whenever I want. Even if the kids are here. Okay?" He says squeezing my arm tighter. "No, I'm not going to let you just get drunk an-" Then he let's go and slaps me straight across the face. I back into the counter and cover my cheek. "How about now?" He asks and crosses his arms. I take my hand away from where he just hit me and crossed my arms too.

"You might wanna rethink what you just did." I say shakily when I notice Emme who was at the bottom of the stairs and just saw everything. He looks and kind of gasps. "Mommy?" She says with tears in her eyes. "It's ok, come here baby..mommy's ok.." I walk over to her and pick her up and go upstairs with her. I glance back at Alex while walking up the stairs, he was just star struck.

I go in my room with her, and place her on the bed. Then I walk into the bathroom to clean up my face, he broke skin, I can't believe him. I mean I can since it isn't the first time, but I thought he was changing.

There's a little gnash on my cheek bone with a bruise forming around it. I take a washcloth and dab it softly but it still hurts like hell. I don't know what to do about him. I lean on my hands on the counter and look down. "Fuck."