Time Jump it's been a fully year Normani is 17 Now and Dinah is 22 now
I awake Christmas Eve morning, hoping that Mani would still be laying in my arms, but she's nowhere to be found. I get up and head to the bathroom, before going on my search for her. As I open the door, there's Ana sitting on the floor with her head in her hands.
"Mani? What's wrong?" I ask, sitting down next to her.
Mani looks at me with silent tears rolling down her cheek. She points to the counter and I stand back up to find what she's pointing too.
On the counter is what looks like a stick and after further examination, I notice it's a pregnancy test.
It's positive.
I'm having a baby! Holy crap, talk about a Christmas gift.
I turn back around and look at her. "Mani?"
"I don't know how..." She murmurs. "I took my pill everyday." She tells me.
I get back down on the floor and pull her into my arms. "It's ok, Baby. It will be ok."
"How can you even think that? Nobody knows that we are even together. I can only picture what the tabloids will say about you knocking up a 17-year-old."
"We will figure something out. I don't want you to get so worked up about that right now. This is supposed to be a happy moment." I kiss the side of her forehead.
"Dinah I'm scared. This isn't something we can hide. I mean I'm going to look like a beached whale."
"I highly doubt you could ever look like a beach whale. But, we do have time to work something out."
"You drive me crazy." She mutters curling into ball into my chest.
"Why's that?"
"Because you're so damn calm. It's bad enough Derrick and I are going to your parents tomorrow for Christmas. I'm freakin' out DJ!"
My mom and dad found out that Derrick would be spending Christmas alone and now Mani and Derrick are spending the day at my family home.
Don't get me wrong I'm glad I'll get to spend time with Mani on Christmas. It's the fact that Derrick is there and it's not like I can touch her.
"Come on let's get off this floor and back into bed."
I take her hand and pull her off the floor. We walk back to the bed and we both lay down and I curl her into my arms.
"I guess this means we have to tell people about us now..." She sighs. "I like our bubble. It's a judgement free zone. And I can only picture what Derrick will say."
"Well, we wouldn't have to tell anyone till you're further along. I remember hearing something like you wait till you're so many weeks. Plus, let's get it confirmed first."
"The test wasn't enough?" She giggles.
"It was... but make sure everything is ok first."
"I'm scared Dinah. What about school and everything?"
"You'll still be able to finish school... don't worry yourself about that. You have me, and I'm not going anywhere. Plus, maybe we could get married." I tell her. I like the thought.
"Good luck getting Derrick's approval. Plus, you don't have to feel like you have to marry me because you knocked me up."
But-
No but's
