Love And Marriage

Chapter 5: Straight up and Down

The past two weeks since Jesse's dad's passing had been crazy. Turns out the guy who killed Jesse's father was some young dumb rich 23 year old white kid. He was bailed out almost immediately, and didn't appear to have any remorse for what he did. Which pissed Jesse off a lot. The same idiot got arrested for a DUI and driving without a license shortly after being bailed out. And still claimed that he wasn't high the night of the accident. The trial was a few months away.

Aiesha decided that she was going to sell their home and downsize since it would only be her and Diana. So once her and Jesse and his siblings figured out what to do with all of her husband's stuff, she started to prepare for selling it. Diana, maybe because she was the youngest, was having the hardest time dealing with the loss. She was currently staying with me and Jesse because she couldn't sleep at home, and everything reminded her of her dad. At any mention of her father she would shut down and refuse to talk. Jesse was doing much better and spent of lot of time helping his mom with the move and all the stuff she had to do. His siblings stayed for as long as they could, but they had jobs to get back to.

I, on the other hand stayed far away from Aiesha, her hatred of me did not dissipate during this time, and quite frankly might've intensified. I don't know why but the first time I tried to help out with Jesse, she screamed at me about a box of her husband's things I moved-after she told me to move it. After that I tried to cook her dinner, she took one bites and threw the rest in the garbage in my face. So to avoid obvious conflicts or my temper, me and Jesse decided that I would not go back to the house until his mother was in a better place. I honestly didn't mind, and not being there meant I could spend time with Diana.

Jesse on the other hand was getting better. He had his good days, and he had his rough days, where he was moody and cranky. But overall he was doing well. He usually worked at the studio in New York, writing and producing songs. But because he didn't have to physically be there, for the last two weeks he worked at home, if he worked at all. Best part about his job is that he didn't have to work everyday to collect his royalties. The studio pays him to create songs for their artists or they sell them to other labels, but either way he gets paid upfront and royalties. And he gets to work with celebrities every now and then.

It was 6:30am and my alarm had just went off after I hit snooze. I was about to hit it again when Jesse said "If you hit that snooze button again, you're going to be late."

"So?"

"Jaleia."

"Jesse."

"Fine be late."

I sighed, and cut the alarm off.

"Hey Jess, we never talked about it but, are we still trying for a baby? I know that it's been crazy and everything and I understand if you don't want to."

"Jaleia, nothing is going to stop me from getting you pregnant."

"Are you sure it's not too much for you? What if things don't work out? Can you handle that?"

"Jay, I want this. I really do. Stop worrying. You gotta get to work."

I turned and faced Jesse. "Can I at least get a kiss?"

"Morning breath."

"So?"

"If you don't care, I don't care." He moved closer and kissed me. I pulled him closer and kissed him again our lips moving slowly against each other.

"JAY ARE YOU IN THE BATHROOM YET?" Diana yelled, banging on our bedroom door, the noise was so sudden it scared the hell out of us and we both jumped and our heads smacked together.

"Fuck!" Jesse said, jumping out of bed, holding his lip. "You bit me!"

I grabbed my forehead where Jesse's head hit mine. "Sorry, she scared me. I didn't even know. Is it bleeding? I'm sorry. Let me see."