Our First Place

OUR FIRST PLACE

Amari Bennett never needed the party life.

At twenty-one, she had everything she wanted: a career she was building, money in her savings, a close family, and the same man she'd loved for more than three years.

Jaylen Carter was her best friend, her boyfriend, and now her roommate.

After years of dating, they finally take the next step and move into their first apartment together. Between long workdays, trade school, cute dates, grocery runs, late-night talks, and learning how to build a life together, everything feels like it's finally falling into place.

Until one ordinary morning, Amari wakes up feeling different.

She's not sick.

She's not throwing up.

But suddenly, every smell seems stronger than usual-and she can't stop running to the bathroom.

At first, she blames it on drinking too much water.

Then one thought refuses to leave her mind.

What if there's three of us now?

Their first apartment was supposed to be the beginning of their life together.

They just didn't know how much their life was about to change.

Sometimes the life you planned isn't the life you're given. Sometimes it's even better.