*Okaaaay so I've been neglecting HIA but I'm updating now so it's all good ^_^ BUT I have no idea what's going on with me atm, I have the worst case of writer's block :/ Anyways I tried, so I hope this is ok for you all*
Hovering over the 'Unlock' button Nicki stood and thought. What if it was something serious that was bothering Safaree? Or maybe he did have another woman like she initially thought. Letting her mind run ridiculously wild she shook off all the thoughts and proceeded to search through his messages. Frowning to herself she opened the first one from an unknown number, all that was in the message was a date. Maybe it was a meeting date? She frowned even harder realising that the date was one that had passed months ago. Moving on to the next one she saw just how many there were, all with the same date.
"The fuck?" She elongated the profanity quietly to herself before remembering that Carson was still upstairs. Putting the phone back down she grabbed his water and picked Alia back up again. As she made her way upstairs she couldn't hear any movement. Reaching the top she looked around and noticed Jayson's door open, she couldn't believe the nerve of this guy. Pushing the door open silently she stood still and cleared her throat making him jump.
"Excuse me, I said there were none in the bedrooms or bathrooms. So why the hell you lookin' through my child's stuff?"
"Sorry, I just noticed-"
"Can you please get out?" She moved back out of the room and held the door open as he placed the picture of Jay and Safaree back on the dresser.
"Of course, listen I didn't mean to act out of turn. It's just I have a son a similar age, they look a little alike." He did as she asked and moved out of the room. She honestly didn't know what to make of this guy, there was something not quite right about him.
"Well that gave you no right to wander on in there and start touching his things." She bounced a fussy Alia as she spoke. "And I'm assumin' you fixed the wire right?" She asked whilst cocking her head with attitude. His blushing face showed his embarrassment.
"Yes, all sorted I'll be gettin' outta your way now." He rubbed his hands together. "Oh, and that service was free of charge too."
"Too right." She motioned to the stairs as Alia rested her sleepy head on her shoulder. "And thanks, I guess." She mumbled the latter as she showed him out, relieved that he was gone, he was a little strange to say the least. Muttering to Alia she went back upstairs and drew her curtains before placing her in her crib for a nap, now she could finally have her shower in hope that the hot water would soothe her aching back. Honestly it had been hurting the past day or two and as soon as she had her baby girl she would be relieved. Hearing another knock on the door she cursed before throwing her robe on and marching as best she could to the door. Snatching it open she was close to giving this person a gobful thinking it was Carson but it was Drake.
"Hey." He looked over her as he paused. "Bad time?"
"No, come in." She pulled the door open and let him slide past her. "Safaree should be home soon, he only went to drop Jay off at school." She double knotted her robe as she talked.
"Aight, well you want me to come back later?" Using his thumb to point at the door he waited for her to answer.
"Don't be silly, he'll be home soon. You want somethin' to eat?" She figured if she had to wait around a little more a bit of food wouldn't hurt.
"Nah I'm good thanks." He followed her through to the kitchen and sat down, watching her open a box of Ritz crackers. "So, you're still pregnant?"
"Ugh, don't even get on to that." She rolled her eyes and sat down steadily on the chair opposite him. "I'm so freaking fed up of feelin' like a damn balloon."
"When was she due?"
"Like, three days ago! hopefully somethin' happens within the next day otherwise.." She trailed off and shook her head whilst throwing another cracker into her mouth. Hearing Alia's cries she sighed heavily and went to stand up.
"You want me to go?"
"Would you? She's prolly just thrown her pacifier outta the crib, she does it every time." He smiled cheerfully and stood up. "Thanks Drake."
"No problem." As soon as he'd gone she heard Alia stop crying and sighed with relief, she honestly couldn't face climbing the stairs again with all the extra weight but suddenly feeling a strong pain in her back she leant forward quickly and cried out. It was only just easing up as Drake came back in. "Nicki? Are you okay?" He placed a hand on her shoulder and could feel her breathing as she brought her head back up. His face had worry written all over it as she stretched her back out.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Raising his brows at her obvious discomfort she quickly dismissed him. "Really Drake, I'm fine. Thanks for seein' to her." Continuing to eat her crackers he let go of her shoulder and sat down again. "So, no new ladies on the scene then?"
"No, I'm still alone." He laughed at her pouting and shrugged. "But it's all good, who said I didn't wanna be a lonely old man?"
"Oh my God, you are not old!" He laughed more at the fact that she was laughing but she soon turned serious again.
"What's up?" He tilted forward and rested his elbows on the table waiting for her to speak. She took a moment, furrowing her brows as she chomped on her crackers.
"Has Safaree been actin', y'know? A little weird 'round you lately?"
"What, you mean like distracted?"
"Yeah! So, you've noticed too? It's not just me over-reactin'?"
"No I've noticed." He looked down and cleared his throat a little. "He okay?" Her long sigh said it all.
"I don't know, he won't talk 'bout anythin' that's not related to the kids, or the baby." She subconsciously rested her hands on her bump. "So he hasn't said anythin' to you?"
"No, sorry. But if he does I'll see if he'll talk to me 'bout it or whatever."
"Thanks." She smiled and offered him a cracker before moving through to the lounge-room.
It had been almost five hours and Safaree still wasn't back, she was trying to hide it but she was getting worried. Not just for that reason though. She knew all along that the pain she'd had in her back and the other two that followed were contractions. Reaching for her phone she shook her head realising he'd left his here so there was no way of getting hold of him.
"Look, Ion wanna take away any more of your time. I'll just call in later when he's home."
"No, no it's fine he'll be back. He prolly just ran some errands or somethin' whilst he was out and saw no point comin' back since he's gotta pick Jay up at three." Holding eye contact he just nodded and sat down again. He hated that he liked her and wanted to spend time with her as a friend but was terrified that he'd grow even more attracted. Being Safaree's friend and constantly being around him would mean often being in her company too and he didn't think he'd be able to handle that. As his thoughts polluted his own mind Nicki was sat on the opposite couch running through her own. So Drake had been with her for almost five hours now and she'd had three contractions, they were irregular and all lasted for a different amount of time so she obviously wasn't about to pop a baby out any time soon. She relaxed a little knowing that and the fact that they had planned a home birth so if anything did happen all they had to do was call Faye. Her back was fairly aching though, and she just hoped Safaree came home when he was supposed to. None of the contractions she'd had were intense but they weren't comfortable obviously. Feeling it tighten some more as she had another one she wrinkled her brow causing Drake to look over at her.
"Okay, there's somethin' wrong I can just tell. What is it?" He moved to the edge of his seat looking over her pained face for an answer.
"Nothing, it'll pass in a few seconds." Her breathless answer didn't help him feel any less uneasy about all of this.
"No, it must be somethin' if you said it's gon' pass." Standing himself up he sat on the same couch as her and tried to look at her face.
"Okay, but don't panic or anythin'." She pulled her leg from underneath herself and sat up to try and stop her lower back from aching. "I just had another contraction."
"Another?! You mean you had more than one? Nicki, why the hell didn't you say anythin'?" He stood up not knowing what to do.
"Will you please keep it down? Alia's asleep."
"Keep it down? Nicki you just casually told me that you're in labour, how am I s'posed to stay calm and-"
"Drake?" He stopped rambling and looked down at her relaxed face. "This is my third time doin' this, I'll know when it's really happening." She laughed a little at his embarrassed face. "Stop worryin' so much, Safaree'll be home soon anyway."
*** An Hour Later ***
Sitting silently in the school car park he decided he'd given Nicki enough time to calm down, he looked at Jay in the backseat before setting off home. He didn't know what to do about the texts or whether or not to even tell her about them. He thought through his ideas all the way home, if he kept it quiet and things got worse then surely Nicki would be pissed but if he told her he had no clue what would happen. He was in a trance the entire ride back, truthfully he had been like this for a few weeks now. He felt disconnected and distant and that same feeling he'd just got past after the accident was forcing its way back into his life. But it wasn't just his life, it was affecting his wife and children too. Pulling into the driveway he braced himself for the rant he might be receiving when he entered. It was quiet as he opened the door and dropped the keys on the side-table, taking Jay's coat and shoes off her handed his bag to him and told him to take it to his room. Moving into the lounge room he saw Nicki and Drake talking.
"Hey." She looked up at his sheepish face immediately, noticing how quiet he sounded.
"Hey, I didn't even hear you get back." Pausing she looked at Drake as if to ask for some privacy. He understood and took himself to the bathroom, making sure to say hello to Safaree on the way past. As soon as he'd disappeared up the stairs SB moved over and sat next to her on the couch.
"You cooled down a little?" She pulled a strand of hair behind her ear as she nodded.
"Yeah, I'm sorry for yellin' this mornin' but you gotta understand where I'm comin' from right?"
"I know, I'm sorry. I been actin' like a dick lately and I just-"
"Well, don't act like one! Just talk to me, y'know? Communicate Safaree." She grabbed his hand gently as he sighed. She knew that going about this her usual way would end up in a massive argument and neither of them speaking for a day or two and honestly she didn't want to push him away. Especially not after how far he'd come since the accident. That's when it clicked, the date in all those messages was the date that Safaree was in the car crash.
"Nicki? You hear what I just said?"
"Hm? No, sorry, what did you say?"
"I said I'm gonna try that, instead of just bottlin' it up I'm gon' try to..." He stopped and tried to think of the word.
"Express yourself?"
"Yeah." She smiled at his answer before wincing as she had another mild contraction. "Nicki what's wrong?" He immediately went into worry mode seeing her grimace in pain.
"Well if you'd taken your phone with you this mornin' you'd already know that I started havin' contractions after you left." She joked through the pain as his eyes lit up slightly.
"You mean it's time, she's really comin'?"
"Mhmm, so you best be ready 'cause I have a feelin' it's gonna be a long night."
"Wait, how many have you had?"
"That was the fifth in like, seven hours."
"And you sure you still wanna have her here? I mean it's not too late to go to the hospital." He tilted his forehead forward as he waited for her to answer.
"No I wanna have her here, we just gotta call Faye when the contractions get a bit more regular." Suddenly remembering she hadn't even seen Jay since he got home she steadily stood herself up with Safaree's help. "Where's Jay at?"
"He headed upstairs to put his bag away but I guess he's prolly havin' fun with Drake."
"Mmkay, well I'm gonna go see him. Could you please make me somethin' to drink?"
"Sure, you want somethin' to eat too?"
"Mmm, actually yes but I was gon' make dinner-"
"No I'll make it, you should rest whilst you can. Am I doin' a plate for Drake?"
"I don't know, he came over to see you so I'll send him down." She smiled and rubbed her bump as he kissed her forehead.
"You stay down here, I'll go get Jay. Ion want you climbin' up the stairs and shit." He helped her sit back down as he moved up the stairs to go get his son. He was right, Jay must have dragged Drake into his room because he could just hear them talking over Alia's crying. Getting her first he carried her with one strong arm before entering Jay's room. He called them both as they all headed down the stairs again.
"Oh my God." Both Safaree and Drake looked at her worriedly.
"What's wrong?"
"I just remembered I left Alia up there, she must have slept that whole time! There is no way she's gon' sleep tonight." Letting her head fall back she huffed loudly as Jay ran over to her and made her look up again. "Jayman! How was school?" Pulling him closer to her she waited for an answer as Safaree and Drake moved through to the kitchen. "Hey, I'm talkin' to you." Giving him a gentle shake he just looked up at her sadly.
"I don't like school Mommy."
"Why not baby? I thought you loved it." He just shook his head and rested on her arm as her brow stayed furrowed. Now she felt bad about hassling him this morning, obviously something had happened for him to hate school all of a sudden.
Back in the kitchen Safaree sat Alia in her highchair and proceeded to get her something to eat. He had a huge favour to ask Drake but didn't quite know how to ask, or if he'd even feel comfortable doing it. Before he even had chance to ask though, Drake beat him to it.
"Listen, I understand if you say no or feel like I'm intrudin' a little but do you want me to look after these two whilst...Y'know?" He waved his hand in Nicki's direction as he waited for a response.
"Really? I was just abouta ask you the same thing! You'd really do that?"
"Sure. I mean I'll be outta your way but if Alia's gon' be awake all night and you two have your hands full, I'm already here I might as well, right? You don't have anyone else here, and Jay talks to me."
"Thanks, we hadn't really thought that part through." He chuckled genuinely for the first time in ages, he had so much on his mind but he pushed it all to the back knowing that Nicki needed him right now. That and he wanted to experience the same excitement he had when Jayson and Alia were born. Looking at the time it was already 5pm so he decided to start cooking whilst Nicki was still comfortable enough to eat.
By 11pm Jay was in bed, their relatives had been contacted and Nicki's contractions had got more painful and closer together. She and Safaree had gone to lay down for a bit whilst Drake kept an alert and playful Alia occupied downstairs. Sitting on the edge of the bed he watched her sleep, hoping that it would be a quick and easy birth. He hated not being able to do anything for her when she was hurting.
"Why are you watching me?" Blinking her eyes open she looked up at him as he stayed still.
"How'd you know I was watchin' you?" He moved to lay down next to her but stopped himself quickly noticing her look down at her legs as a dark patch appeared, growing larger as it spread under her on the bed sheets.
"Oh, my water just broke."
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*Ok so I already told you all I have writer's block :( I dunno if it's just 'cause I'm tired or what but Im gonna try and do a chapter for CM tomorrow. But If I feel like it doesn't sound good I won't post it 'cause I was kicking myself after posting that chapter for CAHM, I just felt like it could have been so much better but oh well. What's done is done right? Anyway I hope this was acceptable lol and sorry I just had to leave it there >_< Thanks for all the comments on the last chapter!*
Monday, 5 November 2012
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
*NOTE*
Okay I know I said I would post tonight but I'm going through some stupid shit right now and although I've finished my uni work I still have to attend lectures and stuff so I have to get up early. Anywaaaays as well as trying to sort out this issue I have, get some sleep, do uni work and post on blogger I have been a bit all over the place! lol, But Im posting tmrw I PROMISE! I'll be updating CAHM, FY and CM tmrw and then HIA and WTWC on thursday. Sorry for the delay :/
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BTW any announcements I have will be posted on this blog cuz it has the most followers :))
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BTW any announcements I have will be posted on this blog cuz it has the most followers :))
Thursday, 11 October 2012
20. Slipping
*Continuing where I left off*
They made it home after their night out and entered the house quietly knowing Jelani and Cai would probably still be up but they didn't want to wake anyone else. Especially the kids. Making their way through to the lounge room they said goodnight and headed upstairs. Nicki was desperate to get out of her outfit due to how much it was clinging to her bump.
"You good?" He saw her struggling to reach the zipper at the back of her dress before pouting and letting her arms hang down.
"Nooo! could you please get it for me?" She whined and shuffled over to him as he walked and met her halfway, unzipping her out of the black fabric smoothly and letting it fall around her ankles before she carefully stepped out of it.
"Damn."
"What?" Her seductive smile let him know that she already knew. "Oh? You want your dessert now?" She meant what she had said in the restaurant and intended to keep her word. Not just for his sake.
"Do you even need to ask?" Before she could protest he walked over to her tiny frame, sliding his fingers gently under her bra straps, letting them fall loosely before extending his arm behind her to unclasp the garment. Once it was removed he stood admiring her body, wondering where to start.
***
She could feel the heat of his chest on her back as she steadied herself on the headboard, his thrusts becoming more intense. Only panting and the occasional whimper could be heard as they fought to keep quiet, she let her own hands follow his as they roamed over her skin with his mouth continuing to stay connected to her neck. Because of her bump Safaree had decided to switch things up a bit, Nicki insisted they were fine with her under him but he didn't want to squish her. She was almost there, no longer caring who the hell was in the house as she finally let the moans escape.
"Nicki, shhh." He managed to tear his lips away from her skin for only a moment to try and quieten her down. But before they could finish things off they heard a small cry at the door causing Safaree to immediately slow down his thrusts until he stopped completely. Resting his head defeatedly on her back she too hung her head in frustration, they were so close. Their pants and breath catching filled the room as she spoke up exasperatedly.
"We can't just leave him." Her voice was more of a whisper as he scrunched up his mouth and nodded. Pulling out of her gently he let her turn around and sink back against the headboard.
"I'll put him back in his own bed." Jumping up he pulled the covers over a naked and still gasping Nicki before throwing his sweats on and opening the door to see a distraught Jay sat with his blanket. They knew Jay would go wandering to their room at some point during the night and smartly locked the door. Nicki was just as upset as Safaree about having their moment interrupted but Jay was her baby and she couldn't just ignore him. She turned away and covered her ears so she didn't have to see or hear him crying for her as he was pulled into Safaree's arms. The cries grew fainter the closer they got to his room.
"He asleep again?" She asked a few minutes later when Safaree reappeared in their room, closing the door behind him. Normally she would have been happy to throw on her jammies and have him sleep in their bed but after a long talk with Safaree they decided he had to start getting used to sleeping in his own room.
"Yeah, soon as his head hit the pillow pretty much." He laughed quietly and shimmied his sweats back off again.
"You check on my ladybug whilst you were up?"
"Yes Nicki. She's fine and fast asleep. Now, where the fuck were we?" The devious smile he had plastered on his face made her giggle and move away from him the more he crawled towards her. Her laughing only intensified as he made a lunge for her but ended up slamming the headboard pretty loudly into the wall. They went silent and listened to the commotion in the room next to them. Which happened to be her parents. Holding their breath they heard some mumbling before it was quiet again.
"Shit! Safaree that's the second time we almost got caught today." She shook her head as she whispered loudly. Attempting to get up she felt his strong hand stop her.
"And where the hell d'you think you're goin'?"
"I'm goin' to shower. Wanna come?"
"Do I?" He wiggled his eyebrows playfully making her laugh before launching a pillow at him.
"Get away from me." Pulling out of his grasp, still laughing, she grabbed herself a towel and facecloth before shutting the bathroom door behind her.
***
The next morning she stood tiredly brushing her teeth as she looked over herself in the full length mirror. With her small hand resting on her bump. She was six months today and was also finding out whether they were having a boy or a girl. She was going to keep it a surprise but couldn't wait any longer.
"Nic? You ready?" Rolling her eyes at his loud mouth she moved back into the bathroom to finish up what she was doing. Honestly she was feeling slightly nervous about her appointment and she'd wanted a scan after experiencing Braxton Hicks two days ago but didn't want to question Faye's expertise. All the worrying thoughts ran through her head as she made her way down the stiars. Locking eyes with Safaree she smiled weakly as she stepped off of the last stair.
"Kay, I'm ready babe. You give Mom Alia's bag?"
"Yup. Bag, pushchair and both kids are safely packed in their car, they waiting to say goodbye." Since Nicki and Safaree were going to this appointment, Jelani, Cai and her Parents offered to take Jay and Alia out for the day. It was their last day and they were going to make the most of it with the kids. Lauren and Candi decided to let them all have a family day whilst they hit the shops.
"Right well, I'll go say bye then. Could you please grab me a water before you lock up?" He turned on the spot and headed back to the kitchen as she hoisted her bag over her shoulder and went outside to kiss her babies goodbye.
***
Once they parked the car they sat silently for a minute. He could tell something was bothering her and he had an inkling he knew what it was.
"Nic, the baby's gon' be ok y'know? Faye said so herself it was just Braxton Hicks. You were dehydrated." Suddenly reminding himself he handed her water to her.
"Yeah I know but it's still a little scary, thas all." He continued to watch her twiddle with a button on her top.
"I know and I'll admit too. I'm a little nervous but we'll still be sat here worrying if we don't go in there, so come on." He hopped out of the car, getting her door for her and took her hand gently in his before walking them inside. Thankfully they didn't have to wait long before a young nurse called them in.
***
"Kay, you guys make yourself comfortable. Faye won't be too long." Smiling sweetly she left again. Safaree took his usual position in the chair next to Nicki after he'd helped her up on to the bed. Their hands remained connected as they waited.
"Hello you two!" She burst through the door pleasantly and set her coffee down on the table. "So, how are we all?"
"Yeah, we're fine thank you." Nicki returned the same genuine smile as she caressed her stomach, Safaree's hand still wrapped securely around hers. Looking down at him she nudged his shoulder grumpily to try and grab his attention. He was staring intently at his phone.
"Huh? Oh, sorry Yeah we all good. Thanks." Shoving his phone back into his pocket he focused his mind on what was happening in the room.
"Well that's good to hear, and no more pains or twinges?" She continued to question as she lifted Nicki's shirt slightly, signalling for her to slide her pants down a little.
"Nope. Not a thing, in fact I'm feelin' really good right now." The end of her sentence was half gasped as Faye spread the cold gel on to her skin.
"Well, that's really good Nicki! And sorry I prolly should have warned you I was 'bouta do that!" They both laughed until Nicki felt anxiety hit her as the image showed up on the screen. "Right lets have a look here..." She talked calmly and continued to stare at the screen. "Mmm, well everythin's looking good so far, and you still wanna keep the sex a surprise?" She looked back at them both as they shared a silent conversation with their faces, Nicki broke the silence with an excited voice.
"No, I wanna find out! I can't wait any longer, I changed my mind." Safaree smiled and looked back to Faye letting her know that he agreed.
"Ok well, it looks like you're gonna have another little lady in the house." Safaree's smile widened as he placed his hand over Nicki's.
"Nic, thas our baby girl in there." She looked at him tearfully as he rubbed her bump, he knew her tears were happy tears though.
"So, we're all done here." She handed Nicki a paper towel to remove the gel and let her climb down after fixing her clothes. "I'll see you at the next appointment." They both thanked her and headed back to the car feeling relieved that their baby girl was healthy.
"See, told you everythin' would be fine."He looked over at her as he started the engine.
"Yeah, you did huh? I should listen to my man more often." She leaned over inviting him to do the same so they could share a kiss before they hit the road. Along the way she kept hearing his phone chirping, although she knew very well he wouldn't answer whilst he was driving but the look on his face was beginning to frighten her a little. He looked really bothered. And she knew it had something to do with what he was looking at during her appointment, but she didn't want to question him so kept her mouth shut.
*** 3 Months later ***
Nicki had just about had enough of everything. She was nine months pregnant and 3 days overdue, and to make things worse Safaree had been acting weird again, Jay was throwing more and more tantrums and Alia was still teething, making her nights even more restless than they already were. She knew she was acting overly bitchy about everything but she was tired, aching and fed up. She just wanted the baby out already.
"Jay! I'm not gonna tell you one more time! Get over here." She pointed to the ground in front of her as he still refused to put his coat on. It was Monday and he didn't want to go back to school. She huffed frustratedly as Alia started crying in her highchair and all the while Safaree was sat without a care in the world staring at his phone. Again.
"NO!" He stomped his foot stubbornly and pouted, strongly resembling herself as a child.
"Safaree?! Would you please go sort your son out?!" She marched through to the kitchen to pick Alia up, silencing her immediately as she held on to her mother. "SAFAREE?!" He jumped almost a mile out of his chair at the sound of her booming voice.
"What Nicki?! Can't you see I'm fucking busy?!" He shut his eyes in regret as soon as he said it. "Nic, I ain't mean that I'm-"
"Sorry? Yeah I know, you always are!" She shook her head before walking back through to the lounge room. "Jayson I'ma count to three and if you don't have your coat on still. That's it!" His lip quivered as she raised her voice at him. It did the trick though whilst she intently watched him drag his feet over to where his coat lay after he had a tantrum with it. "Thank you. Now go grab your bag and tell Daddy you're ready to go." She let her hand glide over his head as he walked sadly into the kitchen. After fixing Alia's ruffled up clothes an wiping the pink yogurt off of her little face she sat her down on the rug. She was getting a little too confident now as she was toddling about getting into things she shouldn't. "You stay put. Ion wanna find you stuck somewhere you shouldn't be." She merely got a gurgle in response as she stood herself up using the coffee table and immediately heading wobbly towards the toys.
"Aight, I'm off then. See you later." He moved in to kiss her but she faced the other way, letting his lips brush against her cheek. He knew he'd upset her, so getting out of the house for half an hour would probably give her some time to cool down he thought that would be best for himself, Nicki and the baby. After making up with Jay she kissed him goodbye and waved him off.
***
The car journey was pretty short as Jay sang along to his kids songs all the way. Almost driving Safaree mad but he knew it was only a short drive so just went along with it.
"You excited boy?" He kept making eye contact briefly through the rear-view mirror.
"No." He looked down at his hands as Safaree furrowed his brow.
"Why not? I thought you liked Monday's?" There was no response as they pulled in to the school parking area. "Well, we gotta get out now. Whether you want to or not." He mumbled the last part under his breath before opening Jay's door and letting him out. He reached up for his Dad's hand as they walked in together.
***
Back at the house Nicki was about to get in the shower after setting Alia in the little play pen but a knock a the door changed her plans. Swiftly picking Alia up again she walked cautiously down the stairs, she couldn't see who it was but put her eye to the peephole. Seeing a man about the age of thirty in uniform she opened the door hesitantly.
"Yes, what can I help you with?" He turned to face her properly as she startled him.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Grasping his chest he exhaled before continuing. "You made me jump!" His eyes were super brown, along with his smooth skin and clean cut hair.
"I'm sorry."
"Not a problem." He smiled graciously. "Anyway I'm here about your security cameras? I was actually one of the workers who helped install them."
"Oh, okay...Well what about them?" He could tell she didn't want to let him in by the way she was stood, holding her bump protectively whilst soothing Alia at the same time.
"Apparently there's a faulty wire, I been sent to come take a look. You don't mind do you?" She shifted slightly before switching Alia to her other hip.
"Well I suppose if there's a problem." She trailed off before asking another question. "Is this faulty wire dangerous? I mean is it a hazard in our home?" She opened the door some more to let him in.
"Ion know, we've only just been alerted 'bout it but I'll make sure everythin's safe. I'm Carson by the way." He stepped forward and shook her hand as she returned her own name.
"Okay Carson, well do you want somethin' to drink whilst you fix whatever it is that needs fixin'?"
"Thank you, that would be nice. Just a water will do." He tipped his head at her and smiled. "I been told it's one of the upstairs ones, I'm alright to go up?" His brows were raised as he waited for an answer.
"Yeah sure, there are none in the bedrooms or bathrooms though, just the hallway and stairs."
"Kay, I'll go check it out then." After he'd headed upstairs she proceeded to go through to the kitchen when she noticed Safaree's phone laying on the table. The temptation was there but could she bring herself to do it? She wondered for a second before sitting Alia in her highchair whilst she fixed Carson a drink. It would only be a quick look, and what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him...
*Well I'm exhausted! I'm so tired atm but I tried my best! I'm really sick too! Anywaaaays thanku all SO MUCH for the comments on chapter 19 :)) I really do appreciate it ^___^ I'm trying to post on WTWC as well, if not I'll be doing WTWC next week and then CAHM the week after. But uni has almost finished for the year so I will be posting a whole heap in my time off :)) Hope this was kinda alright for everyone :) And I'm sorry for any typos!*
They made it home after their night out and entered the house quietly knowing Jelani and Cai would probably still be up but they didn't want to wake anyone else. Especially the kids. Making their way through to the lounge room they said goodnight and headed upstairs. Nicki was desperate to get out of her outfit due to how much it was clinging to her bump.
"You good?" He saw her struggling to reach the zipper at the back of her dress before pouting and letting her arms hang down.
"Nooo! could you please get it for me?" She whined and shuffled over to him as he walked and met her halfway, unzipping her out of the black fabric smoothly and letting it fall around her ankles before she carefully stepped out of it.
"Damn."
"What?" Her seductive smile let him know that she already knew. "Oh? You want your dessert now?" She meant what she had said in the restaurant and intended to keep her word. Not just for his sake.
"Do you even need to ask?" Before she could protest he walked over to her tiny frame, sliding his fingers gently under her bra straps, letting them fall loosely before extending his arm behind her to unclasp the garment. Once it was removed he stood admiring her body, wondering where to start.
***
She could feel the heat of his chest on her back as she steadied herself on the headboard, his thrusts becoming more intense. Only panting and the occasional whimper could be heard as they fought to keep quiet, she let her own hands follow his as they roamed over her skin with his mouth continuing to stay connected to her neck. Because of her bump Safaree had decided to switch things up a bit, Nicki insisted they were fine with her under him but he didn't want to squish her. She was almost there, no longer caring who the hell was in the house as she finally let the moans escape.
"Nicki, shhh." He managed to tear his lips away from her skin for only a moment to try and quieten her down. But before they could finish things off they heard a small cry at the door causing Safaree to immediately slow down his thrusts until he stopped completely. Resting his head defeatedly on her back she too hung her head in frustration, they were so close. Their pants and breath catching filled the room as she spoke up exasperatedly.
"We can't just leave him." Her voice was more of a whisper as he scrunched up his mouth and nodded. Pulling out of her gently he let her turn around and sink back against the headboard.
"I'll put him back in his own bed." Jumping up he pulled the covers over a naked and still gasping Nicki before throwing his sweats on and opening the door to see a distraught Jay sat with his blanket. They knew Jay would go wandering to their room at some point during the night and smartly locked the door. Nicki was just as upset as Safaree about having their moment interrupted but Jay was her baby and she couldn't just ignore him. She turned away and covered her ears so she didn't have to see or hear him crying for her as he was pulled into Safaree's arms. The cries grew fainter the closer they got to his room.
"He asleep again?" She asked a few minutes later when Safaree reappeared in their room, closing the door behind him. Normally she would have been happy to throw on her jammies and have him sleep in their bed but after a long talk with Safaree they decided he had to start getting used to sleeping in his own room.
"Yeah, soon as his head hit the pillow pretty much." He laughed quietly and shimmied his sweats back off again.
"You check on my ladybug whilst you were up?"
"Yes Nicki. She's fine and fast asleep. Now, where the fuck were we?" The devious smile he had plastered on his face made her giggle and move away from him the more he crawled towards her. Her laughing only intensified as he made a lunge for her but ended up slamming the headboard pretty loudly into the wall. They went silent and listened to the commotion in the room next to them. Which happened to be her parents. Holding their breath they heard some mumbling before it was quiet again.
"Shit! Safaree that's the second time we almost got caught today." She shook her head as she whispered loudly. Attempting to get up she felt his strong hand stop her.
"And where the hell d'you think you're goin'?"
"I'm goin' to shower. Wanna come?"
"Do I?" He wiggled his eyebrows playfully making her laugh before launching a pillow at him.
"Get away from me." Pulling out of his grasp, still laughing, she grabbed herself a towel and facecloth before shutting the bathroom door behind her.
***
The next morning she stood tiredly brushing her teeth as she looked over herself in the full length mirror. With her small hand resting on her bump. She was six months today and was also finding out whether they were having a boy or a girl. She was going to keep it a surprise but couldn't wait any longer.
"Nic? You ready?" Rolling her eyes at his loud mouth she moved back into the bathroom to finish up what she was doing. Honestly she was feeling slightly nervous about her appointment and she'd wanted a scan after experiencing Braxton Hicks two days ago but didn't want to question Faye's expertise. All the worrying thoughts ran through her head as she made her way down the stiars. Locking eyes with Safaree she smiled weakly as she stepped off of the last stair.
"Kay, I'm ready babe. You give Mom Alia's bag?"
"Yup. Bag, pushchair and both kids are safely packed in their car, they waiting to say goodbye." Since Nicki and Safaree were going to this appointment, Jelani, Cai and her Parents offered to take Jay and Alia out for the day. It was their last day and they were going to make the most of it with the kids. Lauren and Candi decided to let them all have a family day whilst they hit the shops.
"Right well, I'll go say bye then. Could you please grab me a water before you lock up?" He turned on the spot and headed back to the kitchen as she hoisted her bag over her shoulder and went outside to kiss her babies goodbye.
***
Once they parked the car they sat silently for a minute. He could tell something was bothering her and he had an inkling he knew what it was.
"Nic, the baby's gon' be ok y'know? Faye said so herself it was just Braxton Hicks. You were dehydrated." Suddenly reminding himself he handed her water to her.
"Yeah I know but it's still a little scary, thas all." He continued to watch her twiddle with a button on her top.
"I know and I'll admit too. I'm a little nervous but we'll still be sat here worrying if we don't go in there, so come on." He hopped out of the car, getting her door for her and took her hand gently in his before walking them inside. Thankfully they didn't have to wait long before a young nurse called them in.
***
"Kay, you guys make yourself comfortable. Faye won't be too long." Smiling sweetly she left again. Safaree took his usual position in the chair next to Nicki after he'd helped her up on to the bed. Their hands remained connected as they waited.
"Hello you two!" She burst through the door pleasantly and set her coffee down on the table. "So, how are we all?"
"Yeah, we're fine thank you." Nicki returned the same genuine smile as she caressed her stomach, Safaree's hand still wrapped securely around hers. Looking down at him she nudged his shoulder grumpily to try and grab his attention. He was staring intently at his phone.
"Huh? Oh, sorry Yeah we all good. Thanks." Shoving his phone back into his pocket he focused his mind on what was happening in the room.
"Well that's good to hear, and no more pains or twinges?" She continued to question as she lifted Nicki's shirt slightly, signalling for her to slide her pants down a little.
"Nope. Not a thing, in fact I'm feelin' really good right now." The end of her sentence was half gasped as Faye spread the cold gel on to her skin.
"Well, that's really good Nicki! And sorry I prolly should have warned you I was 'bouta do that!" They both laughed until Nicki felt anxiety hit her as the image showed up on the screen. "Right lets have a look here..." She talked calmly and continued to stare at the screen. "Mmm, well everythin's looking good so far, and you still wanna keep the sex a surprise?" She looked back at them both as they shared a silent conversation with their faces, Nicki broke the silence with an excited voice.
"No, I wanna find out! I can't wait any longer, I changed my mind." Safaree smiled and looked back to Faye letting her know that he agreed.
"Ok well, it looks like you're gonna have another little lady in the house." Safaree's smile widened as he placed his hand over Nicki's.
"Nic, thas our baby girl in there." She looked at him tearfully as he rubbed her bump, he knew her tears were happy tears though.
"So, we're all done here." She handed Nicki a paper towel to remove the gel and let her climb down after fixing her clothes. "I'll see you at the next appointment." They both thanked her and headed back to the car feeling relieved that their baby girl was healthy.
"See, told you everythin' would be fine."He looked over at her as he started the engine.
"Yeah, you did huh? I should listen to my man more often." She leaned over inviting him to do the same so they could share a kiss before they hit the road. Along the way she kept hearing his phone chirping, although she knew very well he wouldn't answer whilst he was driving but the look on his face was beginning to frighten her a little. He looked really bothered. And she knew it had something to do with what he was looking at during her appointment, but she didn't want to question him so kept her mouth shut.
*** 3 Months later ***
Nicki had just about had enough of everything. She was nine months pregnant and 3 days overdue, and to make things worse Safaree had been acting weird again, Jay was throwing more and more tantrums and Alia was still teething, making her nights even more restless than they already were. She knew she was acting overly bitchy about everything but she was tired, aching and fed up. She just wanted the baby out already.
"Jay! I'm not gonna tell you one more time! Get over here." She pointed to the ground in front of her as he still refused to put his coat on. It was Monday and he didn't want to go back to school. She huffed frustratedly as Alia started crying in her highchair and all the while Safaree was sat without a care in the world staring at his phone. Again.
"NO!" He stomped his foot stubbornly and pouted, strongly resembling herself as a child.
"Safaree?! Would you please go sort your son out?!" She marched through to the kitchen to pick Alia up, silencing her immediately as she held on to her mother. "SAFAREE?!" He jumped almost a mile out of his chair at the sound of her booming voice.
"What Nicki?! Can't you see I'm fucking busy?!" He shut his eyes in regret as soon as he said it. "Nic, I ain't mean that I'm-"
"Sorry? Yeah I know, you always are!" She shook her head before walking back through to the lounge room. "Jayson I'ma count to three and if you don't have your coat on still. That's it!" His lip quivered as she raised her voice at him. It did the trick though whilst she intently watched him drag his feet over to where his coat lay after he had a tantrum with it. "Thank you. Now go grab your bag and tell Daddy you're ready to go." She let her hand glide over his head as he walked sadly into the kitchen. After fixing Alia's ruffled up clothes an wiping the pink yogurt off of her little face she sat her down on the rug. She was getting a little too confident now as she was toddling about getting into things she shouldn't. "You stay put. Ion wanna find you stuck somewhere you shouldn't be." She merely got a gurgle in response as she stood herself up using the coffee table and immediately heading wobbly towards the toys.
"Aight, I'm off then. See you later." He moved in to kiss her but she faced the other way, letting his lips brush against her cheek. He knew he'd upset her, so getting out of the house for half an hour would probably give her some time to cool down he thought that would be best for himself, Nicki and the baby. After making up with Jay she kissed him goodbye and waved him off.
***
The car journey was pretty short as Jay sang along to his kids songs all the way. Almost driving Safaree mad but he knew it was only a short drive so just went along with it.
"You excited boy?" He kept making eye contact briefly through the rear-view mirror.
"No." He looked down at his hands as Safaree furrowed his brow.
"Why not? I thought you liked Monday's?" There was no response as they pulled in to the school parking area. "Well, we gotta get out now. Whether you want to or not." He mumbled the last part under his breath before opening Jay's door and letting him out. He reached up for his Dad's hand as they walked in together.
***
Back at the house Nicki was about to get in the shower after setting Alia in the little play pen but a knock a the door changed her plans. Swiftly picking Alia up again she walked cautiously down the stairs, she couldn't see who it was but put her eye to the peephole. Seeing a man about the age of thirty in uniform she opened the door hesitantly.
"Yes, what can I help you with?" He turned to face her properly as she startled him.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Grasping his chest he exhaled before continuing. "You made me jump!" His eyes were super brown, along with his smooth skin and clean cut hair.
"I'm sorry."
"Not a problem." He smiled graciously. "Anyway I'm here about your security cameras? I was actually one of the workers who helped install them."
"Oh, okay...Well what about them?" He could tell she didn't want to let him in by the way she was stood, holding her bump protectively whilst soothing Alia at the same time.
"Apparently there's a faulty wire, I been sent to come take a look. You don't mind do you?" She shifted slightly before switching Alia to her other hip.
"Well I suppose if there's a problem." She trailed off before asking another question. "Is this faulty wire dangerous? I mean is it a hazard in our home?" She opened the door some more to let him in.
"Ion know, we've only just been alerted 'bout it but I'll make sure everythin's safe. I'm Carson by the way." He stepped forward and shook her hand as she returned her own name.
"Okay Carson, well do you want somethin' to drink whilst you fix whatever it is that needs fixin'?"
"Thank you, that would be nice. Just a water will do." He tipped his head at her and smiled. "I been told it's one of the upstairs ones, I'm alright to go up?" His brows were raised as he waited for an answer.
"Yeah sure, there are none in the bedrooms or bathrooms though, just the hallway and stairs."
"Kay, I'll go check it out then." After he'd headed upstairs she proceeded to go through to the kitchen when she noticed Safaree's phone laying on the table. The temptation was there but could she bring herself to do it? She wondered for a second before sitting Alia in her highchair whilst she fixed Carson a drink. It would only be a quick look, and what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him...
*Well I'm exhausted! I'm so tired atm but I tried my best! I'm really sick too! Anywaaaays thanku all SO MUCH for the comments on chapter 19 :)) I really do appreciate it ^___^ I'm trying to post on WTWC as well, if not I'll be doing WTWC next week and then CAHM the week after. But uni has almost finished for the year so I will be posting a whole heap in my time off :)) Hope this was kinda alright for everyone :) And I'm sorry for any typos!*
Thursday, 27 September 2012
19. Letting Go (Full Chapter)
"Nicki would you stop freakin' out, they know how to look after her!" He laughed as she continued fixing her makeup in the mirror.
"I know but she's been refusin' the bottle and Ion wanna get down to the school and have to come all the way back to feed her. That and my mom will give me the 'You have to let go sooner or later' talk which I really don't need to be hearin' right now."
"She'll be fine, c'mere." He pulled her away from the mirror and kissed her. "Can you believe we're 'bouta go check out schools for Jay?
"No, he's still my liddle baby." She looked over at him watching TV on their bed, Jelani and Macaiah had taken charge of the lounge room seeing as they wanted to watch the basketball game. "Is he all ready to go?"
"Yeah just gotta throw his shoes on. What time are we meetin' the teacher person?" He flopped on to the bed with Jay, making him bounce and start to giggle. Nicki smiled, everything was falling together nicely. She had her family and friends here right now, Safaree was well on his way to being back to normal and her pregnancy was going smoothly, barring the Braxton Hicks hiccup.
"Well we gotta set off in like." She looked at her watch. "15 minutes so I'll just go tell Lauren and Candi what Alia's havin' to eat."
"Nic, it's baby food? It comes in jar, they all pretty much the same." He started laughing again only to stop when Jay told him to shush because he couldn't hear the TV. "Damn, my bad." Nicki smiled at him scolding his Dad like that.
"Yes but I need to have everythin'-"
"Organised? Yeah we know!" They were now making their way out of the bedroom when they bumped into Mama Carol going into hers.
"Oh, you all set to go?" She smiled at how healthy Nicki looked and how much Safaree had improved since they moved here.
"Yeah I was just gon' show y'all what Alia is eatin' for lunch and dinner. Then when we get back later I'll feed her beforeI put her to bed."
"You're still mix feeding?" She held eye contact with her daughter as Safaree tensed up, knowing that Nicki was touchy about that subject. She got angry with people who tried to tell her she should stop feeding Alia herself. It was a case of 'her child, her decision'. If she wanted to feed her solid food and breast-feed her before bed too, then she could.
"Mom, please don't. Not right now." She shook her head slightly and went downstairs leaving Safaree stood awkwardly.
"She's almost 8 months old, she's fine on solid food and formula."
"No disrespect Carol, but she's our baby and we'll do what we feel is right." He got scared as soon as he'd said and wished he'd never opened his mouth but her reaction wasn't what he expected.
"You're good parents y'know that don't you?" He smiled half with relief and half with gratitude at the compliment she just paid them. She felt bad for making Nicki feel inadequate sometimes.
"Thanks." He gave her a smile before going back in their room to grab Jay. "Come on liddle man we gotta go." He switched the TV off, scooped up Jay and made his way downstairs as Nicki was explaining everything about what to do with Alia whilst they were gone.
"Nic, we know what we're doin'! We looked after before y'know?" Lauren smirked at a flustered Nicki and kept bouncing a happy Alia on her knee.
"Yeah I know." She sighed loudly. "I guess I'm just kyna freakin' 'bout this whole school thing with Jay." Exhaling slowly she sat down next to Lauren, who handed her Alia.
"Don't be babe, Jay's a cute kid he'll have the girls fallin' over him!" Candi tried to reassure her. "And you and SB got your little date tonight, you gotta be excited 'bout that right?" They didn't need an answer as the way she blushed and smiled said it all.
"See everythin's gon' be fine, stop stressin' it's not-"
"Good for the baby!" She finished Lauren;s sentence and laughed at the way they treated her sometimes. Meanwhile Safaree was stood watching for the whole conversation with Jay in his arms. He'd been wanting to take her out for a meal for the longest time but never found the right moment and now, with friends and family here to take care of the kids he gladly took the opportunity. So they were going at 2pm to check out this school then taking Jay with them to do the grocery shopping and then coming back to drop him home and for Nicki to feed Alia and put them to bed. That way they could shower and change into going out clothes too.
"Kay Nic, you set?" He let Jay down after putting his shoes on, he ran towards Candi and Lauren giving them a peck each before going to the door. "Damn, he's such a ladies man!"
"He don't get that from you then." Candi spluttered as Lauren and Nicki giggled at his face.
"Whatever." He looked back to Nicki. "Ready?"
"Yeah. Remember what I said!" she pointed her finger between her friends before kissing Alia's little forehead and handing her back to Lauren. Leaving the kitchen she shouted goodbye to her parents and brothers and got Jay into the car.
***
"See! I told you he'd like it!" Safaree beamed as he looked at Nicki's cheerful face. They'd just finished their little tour and talk with one of Jay's soon to be school teachers.
"I'm just glad he's excited, now I can relax a liddle!" She opened the window a bit and started fanning herself. "We need to get the aircon sorted out Faree." He just nodded and blindly handed her a bottle of water.
"Make sure you're drinkin' plenty, Ion want yo' ass faintin' on me."
"Safaree be quiet, I ain't passin' out nowhere!" She chuckled and turned back to look at Jay who was fast asleep, no surprise there.
"So the table is booked for 8pm, what time is it now?" He kept his eyes in the road as she checked her watch.
"It's 4pm, so by the time we done shoppin' we'll be home at about 5, or 6 maybe. That ok?"
"Great."
"You gon' tell me where we're goin' then?" He could tell she was smiling by the way her pronunciation changed. That and he could see her pearly whites out of the corner of his eye.
"That is a surprise, so you just gon' have to wait and see." He smiled knowing that she hated to be left guessing.
"Well in that case you'll just have to wait and see if you get any tonight." She formed her mouth into a small smile and turned to look out of her window, still fanning herself as Safaree pulled into the parking lot.
"Nic, it's not that hot out, where's your jacket?" He scanned the back seats as she unbuckled herself.
"You kidding? I am not puttin' another layer of clothin' on. I'm freaking melting. Lets get him out and go inside." She carefully stepped out of the car as Safaree did the same before gently picking up Jay who was still sleeping.
"Maybe we should wake him up? He won't sleep later."
"Mmm, you do that I need the bathroom, like, now." They made their way into the cool air of the Supermarket as Nicki headed straight to the bathroom, leaving Safaree to sit Jay in the shopping trolley and wait for her.
He gently shook Jayson awake and watched him rub his eyes before yawning. He felt bad because he looked tired and truthfully he'd had a busy day.
"Wipe the sleep outta yo' eyes boy." He laughed and smoothed his hand over Jay's head.
"What are you two gigglin' about?" Nicki returned and stood at Safaree's side, her bump showing neatly through her loosely fitting top.
"Ah nothin'." He smiled down at her as she rummaged though her purse looking for gum.
"You want some?" She pulled the pack out and pushed it up to his face making him laugh as they started walking through the aisles.
"No Nicki. Now put it away before he sees it." He looked at Jay whose head was lolling around since he fell asleep again. She kept readjusting him so that he wasn't resting awkwardly but it was no use, so she eventually took him out and carried him around. About half an hour into their supermarket trip Safaree could see her struggling so swapped, allowing her to push the trolley whilst he lugged Jay around.
"Aye Nic? What's the stuff Alia eats again?" He was hunched slightly and squinting as he looked at all the shelf items.
"It comes in Jars Faree, they all the same." She mimicked his earlier comment and chuckled at his serious face before getting the jars herself. "She likes these ones the most." Double checking they were the right ones she placed them with the rest of the shopping. "Kay, I think that's everythin'. Unless you needed somethin'?"
"Nope, I'm good. Let's get outta here." She shook her head and followed him to the checkout, he hated food shopping."
***
As soon as they got home they were rushing around trying to get everything sorted. They'd spent longer shopping than they'd hoped and hit traffic on the way home so they now had only and hour and a half to get ready. Luckily Mama Carol had already done dinner so when they walked through the door they sat Jay down at the table with everyone and let him eat whilst they went to shower. Thankfully Lauren had fed Alia earlier so she was content with just watching everyone from her highchair.
"Nic, you gon' shower with me?" She turned to look at him unsurely.
"Uhm no, no that's ok I'll just go when you're done." She continued taking her earrings out and wiping her makeup off as he dropped his shoulders, he knew what she was doing. Stepping away from the bathroom doorway and the running shower, her pulled her up.
"Nicki, I've seen you naked and pregnant before!" he moved the hair out of her face carefully. "You look beautiful, now are you gonna come shower with your husband or not?" She rolled her eyes and looked down shyly, taking a few minutes to decide before letting him undress her and stepping in to the shower together. She can't remember the last time they did this, all she knew was that it happened way before Alia was born. It felt good. She let him wash her after she finished washing him and shared a little make out session before knocking the water off and stepping out. As soon as the water died down they could hear Alia crying downstairs.
"Just on time." Nicki dried herself and let Safaree lotion her before she threw her gown on and went to get Alia.
"I'll sort Jay out after I'm dressed." She nodded nicely and made her way downstairs.
"Oh, you ain't goin' out dressed like that are ya Nic?" Macaiah pulled a face at how open the front of her robe was, almost giving everyone an eyeful of her assets.
"Boy shut the hell up! Where's my baby?" They all laughed as she tightened her robe and gently took Alia from her chair. "Faree's gon' come get Jay ready for bed in a minute so don't get him all hyped up." She cut her eyes at Jelani knowing he'd be the one to ignore her. They'd all finished eating and were helping Mama Carol clear the plates away and clean up. Lauren and Candi had helped make dinner so they were sat watching TV. Nicki felt bad that she wasn't spending this time with them but honestly she'd spent every other moment with them. Shopping, taking the kids out and everything else. It was just this one night, she kept reminding herself that so as not to feel bad.
"I'm just gonna go bathe her and feed her, she shouldn't wake up after I've put her down, kay?" They both looked at each other before answering in unison.
"Yes Nicki, we know." Lauren laughed at her frown.
"And we know to call you otherwise! Stop worryin' you're gonna spoil your night with Safaree." She stood up and took Alia from her arms. "I'll go bathe her whilst you get ready, then you can feed her." Nicki smiled gratefully.
"And Ill go deal with your boy, where's he at?" Candi moved from the couch as Nicki pointed to the kitchen.
"Aww you guys! Thank you so much." She grinned widely as they all headed upstairs after Candi had retrieved Jay. As soon as they reached the top they all went separate ways. Going back into her room Nicki stopped for a minute to admire her husband.
"Put your eyes back in your head Nic." He grinned cockily as she snorted.
"Whatever!" She felt bad after his face drooped a little. "But really though, you look handsome." He half smiled at her acting all shy and quiet. He was glad she shut the door as he moved over to her and carefully pulled her robe off, holding her gently. She didn't move whilst he started placing kisses all over her neck before moving to her front and lingering for a while, letting his hands roam her body. As her breathing changed he could tell she was stifling a moan and would soon see to that. He gravitated lower as she placed her hands on top of his head feeling her leg being lifted whilst he placed her foot on his shoulder. She shut her eyes, preparing for what she was about to endure. Being as thoughtful as he was he stopped and lifted her to the bed and lay her down before resuming his position with his head resting between her thighs, kissing either side tenderly. Moving closer to where she wanted.
"Nicki? Are you in there?" She sat up instantly at the sound of her name as Safaree jumped back and handed her robe to her from the floor. The door opened without warning as she was just fastening the clothing around herself.
"What?!" He flinched at the anger in her voice before talking more cautiously.
"My bad, I uh, just wanted to know where the new batteries are kept?" He shifted uncomfortably knowing all too well what he probably just interrupted.
"They're in the kitchen drawer next to the sink." He nodded awkwardly as a gesture to say thank you and headed back back out of the room quickly, but him and his smart mouth just had to say something.
"Oh and by the way y'all are nasty, couldn't you wait 'til everybody was sleepin'?" He laughed obnoxiously and continued going down the stairs as Nicki stood, clearly in shock and slightly humiliated.
"That was close."
"Yeah, almost too freaking close Safaree."
"We'll just finish off where we left off when we get home." He whispered seductively as he wrapped his arms around her from behind and kissed her neck. "Now go do what you need to do, we're even more behind now." He tapped her butt and went back to fixing himself up as she proceeded to go do her makeup.
***
About half an hour later he was on his way back to their bedroom to hurry Nicki up, only to realise she was sat in Alia's room feeding her. Still only in her robe.
"Nicki, we're leaving in like, ten minutes." He walked into Alia's little pink bedroom which was only illuminated by a small light in the corner.
"I know, I'm sorry. She's still not done, I only have to put my dress on and then I'm ready. Promise." she looked up at him as he stood next to the rocking chair she was sat in.
"It's fine, I'd let you go in that if you could." He paused for a moment making her look back at him.
"You kay?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine, Just waitin' on my beautiful wife." He smiled at her blushing and leant down to kiss her, meeting her lips for a few seconds and pulling away to let her move.
"I think she's 'bout done." Looking down at Alia's sleepy eyes she pulled her away and stood up to lay her gently in her crib before re-fastening her robe. "Kay Imma go get dressed." She tiptoed to kiss him again and disappeared quickly to go and change. Safaree stayed for a while longer and watched Alia fall to sleep properly before heading out too.
Fifteen minutes later they were heading out of the door, their plan was successful. Both kids were fed, bathed and in bed by the time they were leaving. Going to open her door for her Safaree stood to the side, allowing her to climb in before moving around the vehicle to get in his side.
"You look amazing Nic." He took a minute to look over her whole body as she sat patiently.
"Thank you babe, so do you." Before she buckled herself in she stretched across to him and kissed him lovingly before pulling away. "So, we goin' or what?" Her sentence was finished with the click of her belt buckle.
"We sure are." Once he was buckled up too he started the engine and set off. It only took around twenty minutes before Nicki saw where it was Safaree must have been taking them. It was a new restaurant in town that she'd pointed out to him not long ago.
"Really Safaree?" She turned too look at him but he kept his eyes fixed attentively on the road.
"Yeah, you said you wanted to go here right?"
"Well yeah, but it's so expensive."
"And you deserve it. 'specially after the way I been actin' lately, I'm sorry."
"Faree you don't have to keep apologisin'. It's ok, we've moved past that." She gathered her purse and fixed her lipstick once more in the mirror as they pulled up to get out.
The rest of the evening went by smoothly and they were still sat comfortably at their table two hours later.
"Thank you." Safaree looked up hearing her voice as he set his cutlery down and wiped his mouth.
"For what?"
"Well for a start, all of this!" She waved her arms around. "And for not drinking." He bowed his head a little.
"Hmm I'm stayin' away from that. Ion wanna lose you, any of you." He grabbed her hand gently across the table. "You want dessert?"
"Yes, but it's somethin' I can't get off the menu here." He brought his eyes up to meet hers as he shut his menu.
"Oh?"
"Mmm." She folded her lips and moved her chair back.
"OH! Right!" He only just caught on as he quickly stood up. "I'll get the bill."
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*Well, Ion like this but I needed to post cuz I was just stuck on it and I need to do WTWC, CM and CAHM :o Which one do you all want next?? ^_^ Thanks for the comments on the sneak peek :)) And I apologise for any typos! I know I make a lot XD*
"Yes Nicki, we know." Lauren laughed at her frown.
"And we know to call you otherwise! Stop worryin' you're gonna spoil your night with Safaree." She stood up and took Alia from her arms. "I'll go bathe her whilst you get ready, then you can feed her." Nicki smiled gratefully.
"And Ill go deal with your boy, where's he at?" Candi moved from the couch as Nicki pointed to the kitchen.
"Aww you guys! Thank you so much." She grinned widely as they all headed upstairs after Candi had retrieved Jay. As soon as they reached the top they all went separate ways. Going back into her room Nicki stopped for a minute to admire her husband.
"Put your eyes back in your head Nic." He grinned cockily as she snorted.
"Whatever!" She felt bad after his face drooped a little. "But really though, you look handsome." He half smiled at her acting all shy and quiet. He was glad she shut the door as he moved over to her and carefully pulled her robe off, holding her gently. She didn't move whilst he started placing kisses all over her neck before moving to her front and lingering for a while, letting his hands roam her body. As her breathing changed he could tell she was stifling a moan and would soon see to that. He gravitated lower as she placed her hands on top of his head feeling her leg being lifted whilst he placed her foot on his shoulder. She shut her eyes, preparing for what she was about to endure. Being as thoughtful as he was he stopped and lifted her to the bed and lay her down before resuming his position with his head resting between her thighs, kissing either side tenderly. Moving closer to where she wanted.
"Nicki? Are you in there?" She sat up instantly at the sound of her name as Safaree jumped back and handed her robe to her from the floor. The door opened without warning as she was just fastening the clothing around herself.
"What?!" He flinched at the anger in her voice before talking more cautiously.
"My bad, I uh, just wanted to know where the new batteries are kept?" He shifted uncomfortably knowing all too well what he probably just interrupted.
"They're in the kitchen drawer next to the sink." He nodded awkwardly as a gesture to say thank you and headed back back out of the room quickly, but him and his smart mouth just had to say something.
"Oh and by the way y'all are nasty, couldn't you wait 'til everybody was sleepin'?" He laughed obnoxiously and continued going down the stairs as Nicki stood, clearly in shock and slightly humiliated.
"That was close."
"Yeah, almost too freaking close Safaree."
"We'll just finish off where we left off when we get home." He whispered seductively as he wrapped his arms around her from behind and kissed her neck. "Now go do what you need to do, we're even more behind now." He tapped her butt and went back to fixing himself up as she proceeded to go do her makeup.
***
About half an hour later he was on his way back to their bedroom to hurry Nicki up, only to realise she was sat in Alia's room feeding her. Still only in her robe.
"Nicki, we're leaving in like, ten minutes." He walked into Alia's little pink bedroom which was only illuminated by a small light in the corner.
"I know, I'm sorry. She's still not done, I only have to put my dress on and then I'm ready. Promise." she looked up at him as he stood next to the rocking chair she was sat in.
"It's fine, I'd let you go in that if you could." He paused for a moment making her look back at him.
"You kay?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine, Just waitin' on my beautiful wife." He smiled at her blushing and leant down to kiss her, meeting her lips for a few seconds and pulling away to let her move.
"I think she's 'bout done." Looking down at Alia's sleepy eyes she pulled her away and stood up to lay her gently in her crib before re-fastening her robe. "Kay Imma go get dressed." She tiptoed to kiss him again and disappeared quickly to go and change. Safaree stayed for a while longer and watched Alia fall to sleep properly before heading out too.
Fifteen minutes later they were heading out of the door, their plan was successful. Both kids were fed, bathed and in bed by the time they were leaving. Going to open her door for her Safaree stood to the side, allowing her to climb in before moving around the vehicle to get in his side.
"You look amazing Nic." He took a minute to look over her whole body as she sat patiently.
"Thank you babe, so do you." Before she buckled herself in she stretched across to him and kissed him lovingly before pulling away. "So, we goin' or what?" Her sentence was finished with the click of her belt buckle.
"We sure are." Once he was buckled up too he started the engine and set off. It only took around twenty minutes before Nicki saw where it was Safaree must have been taking them. It was a new restaurant in town that she'd pointed out to him not long ago.
"Really Safaree?" She turned too look at him but he kept his eyes fixed attentively on the road.
"Yeah, you said you wanted to go here right?"
"Well yeah, but it's so expensive."
"And you deserve it. 'specially after the way I been actin' lately, I'm sorry."
"Faree you don't have to keep apologisin'. It's ok, we've moved past that." She gathered her purse and fixed her lipstick once more in the mirror as they pulled up to get out.
The rest of the evening went by smoothly and they were still sat comfortably at their table two hours later.
"Thank you." Safaree looked up hearing her voice as he set his cutlery down and wiped his mouth.
"For what?"
"Well for a start, all of this!" She waved her arms around. "And for not drinking." He bowed his head a little.
"Hmm I'm stayin' away from that. Ion wanna lose you, any of you." He grabbed her hand gently across the table. "You want dessert?"
"Yes, but it's somethin' I can't get off the menu here." He brought his eyes up to meet hers as he shut his menu.
"Oh?"
"Mmm." She folded her lips and moved her chair back.
"OH! Right!" He only just caught on as he quickly stood up. "I'll get the bill."
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*Well, Ion like this but I needed to post cuz I was just stuck on it and I need to do WTWC, CM and CAHM :o Which one do you all want next?? ^_^ Thanks for the comments on the sneak peek :)) And I apologise for any typos! I know I make a lot XD*
Monday, 24 September 2012
18. Letting Go (Sneak Peek)
*Kay guys so this is a little bigger than a sneak peek but here you go anyway ^_^ Thx for previous comments :)) Really appreciated ^_^ Also I said this on my other fic, When Two Worlds Collide which was silly cuz people have DM'd me and asked for the links to my newest fics which are Catch Me >>> http://catch-me-onikafaree.blogspot.com.au/ and When Two Worlds Collide >>> http://whentwo-worldscollide-onikafaree.blogspot.com.au/ I don't tweet them and I wasn't sure who else wanted them so I'll put them in here! XD Enjoy and I hope this lil preview was ok for everyone!*
"Nicki would you stop freakin' out, they know how to look after her!" He laughed as she continued fixing her makeup in the mirror.
"I know but she's been refusin' the bottle and Ion wanna get down to the school and have to come all the way back to feed her. That and my mom will give me the 'You have to let go sooner or later' talk which I really don't need to be hearin' right now."
"She'll be fine, c'mere." He pulled her away from the mirror and kissed her. "Can you believe we're 'bouta go check out schools for Jay?
"No, he's still my liddle baby." She looked over at him watching TV on their bed, Jelani and Macaiah had taken charge of the lounge room seeing as they wanted to watch the basketball game. "Is he all ready to go?"
"Yeah just gotta throw his shoes on. What time are we meetin' the teacher person?" He flopped on to the bed with Jay, making him bounce and start to giggle. Nicki smiled, everything was falling together nicely. She had her family and friends here right now, Safaree was well on his way to being back to normal and her pregnancy was going smoothly, barring the Braxton Hicks hiccup.
"Well we gotta set off in like." She looked at her watch. "15 minutes so I'll just go tell Lauren and Candi what Alia's havin' to eat."
"Nic, it's baby food? It comes in jar, they all pretty much the same." He started laughing again only to stop when Jay told him to shush because he couldn't hear the TV. "Damn, my bad." Nicki smiled at him scolding his Dad like that.
"Yes but I need to have everythin'-"
"Organised? Yeah we know!" They were now making their way out of the bedroom when they bumped into Mama Carol going into hers.
"Oh, you all set to go?" She smiled at how healthy Nicki looked and how much Safaree had improved since they moved here.
"Yeah I was just gon' show y'all what Alia is eatin' for lunch and dinner. Then when we get back later I'll feed her beforeI put her to bed."
"You're still mix feeding?" She held eye contact with her daughter as Safaree tensed up, knowing that Nicki was touchy about that subject. She got angry with people who tried to tell her she should stop feeding Alia herself. It was a case of 'her child, her decision'. If she wanted to feed her solid food and breast-feed her before bed too, then she could.
"Mom, please don't. Not right now." She shook her head slightly and went downstairs leaving Safaree stood awkwardly.
"She's almost 8 months old, she's fine on solid food and formula."
"No disrespect Carol, but she's our baby and we'll do what we feel is right." He got scared as soon as he'd said and wished he'd never opened his mouth but her reaction wasn't what he expected.
"You're good parents y'know that don't you?" He smiled half with relief and half with gratitude at the compliment she just paid them. She felt bad for making Nicki feel inadequate sometimes.
"Thanks." He gave her a smile before going back in their room to grab Jay. "Come on liddle man we gotta go." He switched the TV off, scooped up Jay and made his way downstairs as Nicki was explaining everything about what to do with Alia whilst they were gone.
"Nic, we know what we're doin'! We looked after before y'know?" Lauren smirked at a flustered Nicki and kept bouncing a happy Alia on her knee.
"Yeah I know." She sighed loudly. "I guess I'm just kyna freakin' 'bout this whole school thing with Jay." Exhaling slowly she sat down next to Lauren, who handed her Alia.
"Don't be babe, Jay's a cute kid he'll have the girls fallin' over him!" Candi tried to reassure her. "And you and SB got your little date tonight, you gotta be excited 'bout that right?" They didn't need an answer as the way she blushed and smiled said it all.
"See everythin's gon' be fine, stop stressin' it's not-"
"Good for the baby!" She finished Lauren;s sentence and laughed at the way they treated her sometimes. Meanwhile Safaree was stood watching for the whole conversation with Jay in his arms. He'd been wanting to take her out for a meal for the longest time but never found the right moment and now, with friends and family here to take care of the kids he gladly took the opportunity. So they were going at 2pm to check out this school then taking Jay with them to do the grocery shopping and then coming back to drop him home and for Nicki to feed Alia and put them to bed. That way they could shower and change into going out clothes too.
"Kay Nic, you set?" He let Jay down after putting his shoes on, he ran towards Candi and Lauren giving them a peck each before going to the door. "Damn, he's such a ladies man!"
"He don't get that from you then." Candi spluttered as Lauren and Nicki giggled at his face.
"Whatever." He looked back to Nicki. "Ready?"
"Yeah. Remember what I said!" she pointed her finger between her friends before kissing Alia's little forehead and handing her back to Lauren. Leaving the kitchen she shouted goodbye to her parents and brothers and got Jay into the car.
***
"See! I told you he'd like it!" Safaree beamed as he looked at Nicki's cheerful face. They'd just finished their little tour and talk with one of Jay's soon to be school teachers.
"I'm just glad he's excited, now I can relax a liddle!" She opened the window a bit and started fanning herself. "We need to get the aircon sorted out Faree." He just nodded and blindly handed her a bottle of water.
"Make sure you're drinkin' plenty, Ion want yo' ass faintin' on me."
"Safaree be quiet, I ain't passin' out nowhere!" She chuckled and turned back to look at Jay who was fast asleep, no surprise there.
"So the table is booked for 8pm, what time is it now?" He kept his eyes in the road as she checked her watch.
"It's 4pm, so by the time we done shoppin' we'll be home at about 5, or 6 maybe. That ok?"
"Great."
"You gon' tell me where we're goin' then?" He could tell she was smiling by the way her pronunciation changed. That and he could see her pearly whites out of the corner of his eye.
"That is a surprise, so you just gon' have to wait and see." He smiled knowing that she hated to be left guessing.
"Well in that case you'll just have to wait and see if you get any tonight." She formed her mouth into a small smile and turned to look out of her window, still fanning herself as Safaree pulled into the parking lot.
"Nic, it's not that hot out, where's your jacket?" He scanned the back seats as she unbuckled herself.
"You kidding? I am not puttin' another layer of clothin' on. I'm freaking melting. Lets get him out and go inside." She carefully stepped out of the car as Safaree did the same before gently picking up Jay who was still sleeping.
"Maybe we should wake him up? He won't sleep later."
"Mmm, you do that I need that bathroom, like, now." They made their way into the cool air of the Supermarket as Nicki headed straight to the bathroom, leaving Safaree to sit Jay in the shopping trolley and wait for her.
...
"Nicki would you stop freakin' out, they know how to look after her!" He laughed as she continued fixing her makeup in the mirror.
"I know but she's been refusin' the bottle and Ion wanna get down to the school and have to come all the way back to feed her. That and my mom will give me the 'You have to let go sooner or later' talk which I really don't need to be hearin' right now."
"She'll be fine, c'mere." He pulled her away from the mirror and kissed her. "Can you believe we're 'bouta go check out schools for Jay?
"No, he's still my liddle baby." She looked over at him watching TV on their bed, Jelani and Macaiah had taken charge of the lounge room seeing as they wanted to watch the basketball game. "Is he all ready to go?"
"Yeah just gotta throw his shoes on. What time are we meetin' the teacher person?" He flopped on to the bed with Jay, making him bounce and start to giggle. Nicki smiled, everything was falling together nicely. She had her family and friends here right now, Safaree was well on his way to being back to normal and her pregnancy was going smoothly, barring the Braxton Hicks hiccup.
"Well we gotta set off in like." She looked at her watch. "15 minutes so I'll just go tell Lauren and Candi what Alia's havin' to eat."
"Nic, it's baby food? It comes in jar, they all pretty much the same." He started laughing again only to stop when Jay told him to shush because he couldn't hear the TV. "Damn, my bad." Nicki smiled at him scolding his Dad like that.
"Yes but I need to have everythin'-"
"Organised? Yeah we know!" They were now making their way out of the bedroom when they bumped into Mama Carol going into hers.
"Oh, you all set to go?" She smiled at how healthy Nicki looked and how much Safaree had improved since they moved here.
"Yeah I was just gon' show y'all what Alia is eatin' for lunch and dinner. Then when we get back later I'll feed her beforeI put her to bed."
"You're still mix feeding?" She held eye contact with her daughter as Safaree tensed up, knowing that Nicki was touchy about that subject. She got angry with people who tried to tell her she should stop feeding Alia herself. It was a case of 'her child, her decision'. If she wanted to feed her solid food and breast-feed her before bed too, then she could.
"Mom, please don't. Not right now." She shook her head slightly and went downstairs leaving Safaree stood awkwardly.
"She's almost 8 months old, she's fine on solid food and formula."
"No disrespect Carol, but she's our baby and we'll do what we feel is right." He got scared as soon as he'd said and wished he'd never opened his mouth but her reaction wasn't what he expected.
"You're good parents y'know that don't you?" He smiled half with relief and half with gratitude at the compliment she just paid them. She felt bad for making Nicki feel inadequate sometimes.
"Thanks." He gave her a smile before going back in their room to grab Jay. "Come on liddle man we gotta go." He switched the TV off, scooped up Jay and made his way downstairs as Nicki was explaining everything about what to do with Alia whilst they were gone.
"Nic, we know what we're doin'! We looked after before y'know?" Lauren smirked at a flustered Nicki and kept bouncing a happy Alia on her knee.
"Yeah I know." She sighed loudly. "I guess I'm just kyna freakin' 'bout this whole school thing with Jay." Exhaling slowly she sat down next to Lauren, who handed her Alia.
"Don't be babe, Jay's a cute kid he'll have the girls fallin' over him!" Candi tried to reassure her. "And you and SB got your little date tonight, you gotta be excited 'bout that right?" They didn't need an answer as the way she blushed and smiled said it all.
"See everythin's gon' be fine, stop stressin' it's not-"
"Good for the baby!" She finished Lauren;s sentence and laughed at the way they treated her sometimes. Meanwhile Safaree was stood watching for the whole conversation with Jay in his arms. He'd been wanting to take her out for a meal for the longest time but never found the right moment and now, with friends and family here to take care of the kids he gladly took the opportunity. So they were going at 2pm to check out this school then taking Jay with them to do the grocery shopping and then coming back to drop him home and for Nicki to feed Alia and put them to bed. That way they could shower and change into going out clothes too.
"Kay Nic, you set?" He let Jay down after putting his shoes on, he ran towards Candi and Lauren giving them a peck each before going to the door. "Damn, he's such a ladies man!"
"He don't get that from you then." Candi spluttered as Lauren and Nicki giggled at his face.
"Whatever." He looked back to Nicki. "Ready?"
"Yeah. Remember what I said!" she pointed her finger between her friends before kissing Alia's little forehead and handing her back to Lauren. Leaving the kitchen she shouted goodbye to her parents and brothers and got Jay into the car.
***
"See! I told you he'd like it!" Safaree beamed as he looked at Nicki's cheerful face. They'd just finished their little tour and talk with one of Jay's soon to be school teachers.
"I'm just glad he's excited, now I can relax a liddle!" She opened the window a bit and started fanning herself. "We need to get the aircon sorted out Faree." He just nodded and blindly handed her a bottle of water.
"Make sure you're drinkin' plenty, Ion want yo' ass faintin' on me."
"Safaree be quiet, I ain't passin' out nowhere!" She chuckled and turned back to look at Jay who was fast asleep, no surprise there.
"So the table is booked for 8pm, what time is it now?" He kept his eyes in the road as she checked her watch.
"It's 4pm, so by the time we done shoppin' we'll be home at about 5, or 6 maybe. That ok?"
"Great."
"You gon' tell me where we're goin' then?" He could tell she was smiling by the way her pronunciation changed. That and he could see her pearly whites out of the corner of his eye.
"That is a surprise, so you just gon' have to wait and see." He smiled knowing that she hated to be left guessing.
"Well in that case you'll just have to wait and see if you get any tonight." She formed her mouth into a small smile and turned to look out of her window, still fanning herself as Safaree pulled into the parking lot.
"Nic, it's not that hot out, where's your jacket?" He scanned the back seats as she unbuckled herself.
"You kidding? I am not puttin' another layer of clothin' on. I'm freaking melting. Lets get him out and go inside." She carefully stepped out of the car as Safaree did the same before gently picking up Jay who was still sleeping.
"Maybe we should wake him up? He won't sleep later."
"Mmm, you do that I need that bathroom, like, now." They made their way into the cool air of the Supermarket as Nicki headed straight to the bathroom, leaving Safaree to sit Jay in the shopping trolley and wait for her.
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Thursday, 20 September 2012
*VISUALS*
I completely forgot that I hadn't put pictures on here :O I usually don't like to in case it ruins the image you have in your head but I've labelled the post so that anyone who doesn't want to see it won't open it, I hope! Haha
Jayson and Alia - I know they're really crappy pictures but I thought they were pretty cute ^-^
Jayson and Alia - I know they're really crappy pictures but I thought they were pretty cute ^-^
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
17. Surprise - Part Two
Scratch what he said about it not being cold. It was freezing, and the way Nicki was shaking let him know that. Jay however seemed to be oblivious to the biting cold.
"You kay? Or do you wanna head back?" He felt ok asking since Safaree sent him a text to let him know everything was done and they could come home now.
"Well Jay's havin' fun. It's been ages since I've seen him like this, it's nice." She smiled and looked on at him playing. Although he was by himself he was still enjoying his time there.
"But you're freezin' and won't she need feedin' soon?" He bowed his head at Alia as he rubbed his hands together.
"Yeah, I suppose." She looked down at her. "We better get going then." She paused and stood up from the bench before shouting Jay and making their way back to the car.
***
"Right, Drake just messaged me, they're on their way back now. Lauren did you put the food out already?" Safaree was still darting around the kitchen trying to sort everything out. He'd managed to get Lauren, Candi, TT, Mama Carol, Jelani, Cai and her father over for a small surprise baby shower, even though it was a little early this was the only time everyone could be together at one time so he took the opportunity.
"Yes SB. You've even seen it, doof." She laughed and shook her head before putting her hand on his shoulder. "Relax! She'll love it, but let's not jump out and yell surprise? We don't wanna shock her into labour or whatever!" Safaree laughed and took a deep breath.
"I hope she's ok with it, she was upset when I left earlier." He folded his lips together and looked down thinking about how absent he'd been recently.
"Hey, it'll be fine. Come on." She tugged at his arm before they headed through to the lounge room where everyone else was sitting comfortably.
***
Drake kept looking over at her in the passenger seat, she looked uncomfortable as the furrow in her brow deepened and a quiet whimper escaped her lips.
"Nicki?"
"Hmmm?" Her eyes remained closed as she hummed.
"What's wrong?" He was beginning to panic and kept switching his gaze between her and the road. She opened her eyes and started breathing more normally again.
"Nothing." Unsteadily moving her hands back down to rest on the seat she looked at him tiredly.
"No, something's wrong. I mean, Ion know much 'bout babies or being pregnant or anythin' but I'm pretty sure that doesn't seem too good."
"Drake I'm fine, really. It's prolly just Braxton Hicks."
"What?" She saw his confused face and smiled.
"It's nothing just keep your eyes on the road, please?" He twitched his mouth and carried on with the drive back.
Once they arrived at her house he drove the car into the driveway and turned the engine off, Nicki and both the kids were asleep so he carefully and quietly made his way inside, knocking before he entered.
"SB?"
"Yeah?" He came jogging around the corner expecting to find Nicki with him and his face crinkled when none of them were in sight. "Where they at?"
"Sleepin' in the car."He laughed before turning more serious. "Before I head off, Nicki was been strange earlier, and then again just now in the car." Safaree's face scrunched up a little.
"Like, what kinda strange? Is she ok?" He attempted to get past and go out to the car.
"No, no she said she's fine...She said she thought it was something Hickson or Brix or-"
"Braxton Hicks?"
"Yeah! That..." He paused momentarily. "Is that bad?" He followed behind Safaree as he opened Jay's door and started unbuckling him.
"Uhm Ion know, she's had them before but that was like, further on near her due date." He paused and gently lifted Jay out of the seat. "Here, please could you take him? I'll get Lia out and then wake Nic up." Drake moved forward to grab him and take him inside, where he was met by Mama Carol and everybody else. He was a little nervous and handed the sleeping boy to Jelani before stepping aside. Before long Safaree reappeared with Alia and took her upstairs, heading back outside as soon as he returned.
Meanwhile Mama Carol introduced Drake to everyone as they all made their back to the living room and got comfortable.
"I really should be goin' Ion wanna intrude on anything." He went to stand up but Mama Carol grabbed his arm gently.
"No, after everything you've done for Nika and her family I think you should stay. In fact I know she'd want you to stay. Unless of course you're busy?"
"Oh, no I'm free for the rest of the night I just-" He stopped suddenly as he felt a strong hand from behind push him down into the chair some more.
"Quit playing, stay a while." He looked behind him to see, what he guessed was Nicki's brother, still holding a knocked out Jay.
"Thanks, I'd love that." He smiled warmly back at Mama Carol as she began to speak again.
"I heard he's taken a strong liking to you?" She nodded her head towards Jay as Jelani walked off.
"Yeah, he's an amazing kid."
"I'm surprised Onika lets you take care of him." She suddenly cringed hearing how that sounded. "Oh I didn't mean it like that I-"
"I know what you meant. She doesn't just leave him with anybody." He laughed as she relaxed a little.
"Yeah, she's always been like that." He looked around and realised that three girls were staring back at him, he blushed and tried to shrug it off.
Back out in the car Safaree was sat sideways in the drivers seat watching Nicki, she was still sleeping as his mind ran back to the first time they met in high school. He knew way back at that moment that he loved her. Things hadn't been easy for them though, Safaree struggled at school and Nicki was insanely intelligent. That didn't stop them both from making a stupid mistake though, at 18 she was pregnant with Jay already. They listed all the options they had but Nicki said there was no way she would be able to have an abortion or give her baby away so they decided to keep him, against their parents wishes. He never expected things to move so quickly with them, as soon as Jay was born he had the strong impulse to move out from his parents house and take Nicki with him, to his surprise she said yes. So there they were, two years later living together as a super young family, and it wasn't long until twenty-one year old Nicki got pregnant again with Alia. They felt bad saying she was a "mistake" because that's what they said about Jay but they were the best mistakes they'd ever made to be honest. And now here they were again, twenty-two years old and already about to have their third child. People talked badly about them but they couldn't see how great they were as parents. Especially to have a child with an intellectual disability and still cope with a young baby. He remembered how small Alia was when she was born, they'd panicked when Nicki went into labour because she still had two months to go, but Alia was waiting for nobody. As he continued reminiscing she shifted slightly making him remember that he was supposed to come out here and wake her up. Everybody was still waiting inside and it was almost 5pm.
"Nic?" He shook her arm gently to try and wake her from her slumber. "Nicki?"
"Mm, what?" her eyes opened lazily as she turned to look at him. "Faree? What are you doin' out here?" She brought her head up from resting on the cold window as she yawned.
"I came to wake you up, you prolly slept like, 13 hours today!" He laughed as she moved to get more comfortable. "You kay? Drake mentioned you said somthin' 'bout Braxton Hicks?" He placed his hand lovingly on her bump.
"Yeah Ion know what's goin' on in there. I'll call Faye when we get inside, just to be sure." He saw how worried she looked.
"Don't worry 'bout it, I'll call her. You just relaaaaax." She giggled at how long he made the word last for as he shut his eyes.
"You sound stoned as fuck when you do that! Don't!" She laughed some more before he shot her a mean look.
"Come on." He opened the door an went around to her side to help her out.
Once they made it back inside the sight of everyone sat in her lounge room made her tear up instantly before she turned quickly back to Safaree as he closed the front door.
"This." She waved her arms. "This is what you were bein' all weird and distant for?" Moving forward she kissed him delicately. "I love you."
"Love you too, now go! Everybody's been waitin' on your sleepy ass!" He pushed her carefully through as she was immediately smothered by Candi, Lauren and TT. The greetings went on for a while until Nicki was seated with everybody.
"So you know what you havin' yet?" Lauren asked as she folded her legs up under herself on the couch. All the guys had moved to the kitchen whilst the girls remained where they were, Jay was tired so Mama Carol was upstairs seeing to him and Alia after Nicki fed her.
"Nope. I wanted it to be a surprise but I can't wait so I'm findin' out on Thursday." She smiled big at the thought of it.
"I reckon it's gon' be a boy." Candi hadn't really said much all night so saying that made them all look at her.
"Why?" She tilted her head as she rubbed circles on her stomach.
"Ion know, just a feelin'. Why? You think it's a girl?"
"I honestly don't know." She popped another chicken piece into her mouth as she sat back. "I'm happy either way, just as long as he or she is healthy."
They talked for hours until Nicki was too tired to even keep her eyes open, Safaree solved that problem however as he carried her cautiously upstairs. It didn't matter that she was zonked out because everybody was stopping for a few days so they could do something tomorrow. As he put her down on the bed she woke up to him walking to the bathroom.
"Faree? Where you goin'?" She propped herself up on her elbows to try and watch him.
"To pee, that ok?" He laughed as she just deaded her face at him.
"Well hurry, I want you to come lay with me." She let her elbows give way as she got comfortable again. Once he was finished he climbed on to the bed with her. "Thank you for today and I'm sorry for bein' all moody with you." She pouted as she grabbed his face gently.
"I wanted to cheer you up, 'specially after the way I behaved the other night." He kissed he slowly before pulling away. "You don't have anythin' to be sorry 'bout. You liked your surprise then?"
"Are you kidding? I loved it." She smiled sweetly as she pulled at her top. He noticed and jumped up to go get her some pyjamas, placing them on the bed he moved over to her and helped her get her top off seeing as she was just laying there looking all helpless and pathetic, which made him a laugh a little. "What's so funny?" She cut her eyes at him as he pulled the clothing over her head.
"You! Actin' like a damn invalid."
"Shush. I'm tired, lets put a baby in you and see how you feel." She smiled at how his face twisted up.
"No thanks. " He replied as he pulled at her arms. "Sit up." She did as he asked with a bit of help from him and once he'd put one of his old tees on her he removed the rest of her clothes and re-dressed her.
"Thank you Faree." She added a few extra E's on to his name whilst she lay back.
"You do realise you gon' have to get up anyways? You haven't done your face or nothin'." He disappeared into the bathroom and heard her moaning. "Life's hard huh?" He shook his head and laughed before moving back into their room only to realise that she was stood, leaning slightly over the bed groaning in pain.
"Uhh, can you please call Faye? Somethin' ain't right." She managed to get out as she swayed. Instantly obeying her request he dashed over to her and rubbed her back as he called Faye on his cell.
"You gon' be okay for a minute? I gotta go let her in." She nodded as the pain went away again. Moving swiftly down the stairs he went to the kitchen to get her some water whilst he waited for Faye, she said she was passing by as she was on her way home from the hospital. Literally, minutes later there was a knock at the door making everybody stop what they where doing.
"Hey, yeah, yeah come in." He held the door open wider as Faye walked through, politely waving at everyone. "She's upstairs, you'll see, the door's open." As soon as he directed her she went upstairs whilst Safaree shut and locked the front door.
"What's goin' on? Is she ok?" Lauren's voice was full of worry as Candi's face matched how she sounded.
"Uhm yeah, Faye's just gon' check her over. I'll let you know." He called the last part as he was halfway back up the stairs as he answered her. They all looked at one another anxiously and sat tight waiting.
Once he made it back into their room Nicki was sat on the edge of the bed with her tee rolled up a little so that Faye could reach her bump.
"How long has this been happening?" Nicki looked at her worriedly.
"Um, well Ion know. This is the third time it's happened today."
"Have you been drinking enough water?" She kept doing what she was doing but looked up when Nicki didn't reply. "Nicki?"
"I had maybe a mouthful today and-"
"Well there you go then! They're just Braxton Hicks, usually they happen all the way through a pregnancy but most women don't feel them. You're dehydrated so...Yeah. You're feeling them." She giggled a little as Nick's face relaxed.
"Is there anything you can do to get rid of the pain?" Safaree asked as he sat on the bed too.
"Unfortunately no. But there are things you can do to relieve the pain a little. For starters you can drink this." She took the water from Safaree's hand and gave it to Nicki. "Also, taking a bath usually helps. Just take it easy, kay?" She acknowledged their nods and packed up her stuff. "I can see myself out if you want?"
"No, I'm heading back down for a minute. I'll show out." She smiled as she said goodbye to Nicki and left.
***
After explaining everything to everyone downstairs they all headed off to bed, thankful that nothing terrible was wrong. Safaree also made his way back upstairs, checking on the kids before he too hit the sack. To his surprise Nicki was still awake, she'd taken Faye's advice and soaked in the bath for a while before she got back into bed.
"How you feelin'?" He asked after brushing his teeth and knocking the lights off.
"Ok, it's not hurting anymore."
"Good." She moved up nice and close to him before she fell asleep in his arms.
***
Across the street everything was coming together as he planned to make his move....
*Ugh I REALLY hate this chapter but I posted it because it's better than nothing and I said I would post. I'm super sorry for any typos and how rushed this chapter is :// Going through some shitty stuff right now -__- but Imma try and post on WTWC and CAHM tomorrow :) Hope this was kinda ok for you all ://*
"You kay? Or do you wanna head back?" He felt ok asking since Safaree sent him a text to let him know everything was done and they could come home now.
"Well Jay's havin' fun. It's been ages since I've seen him like this, it's nice." She smiled and looked on at him playing. Although he was by himself he was still enjoying his time there.
"But you're freezin' and won't she need feedin' soon?" He bowed his head at Alia as he rubbed his hands together.
"Yeah, I suppose." She looked down at her. "We better get going then." She paused and stood up from the bench before shouting Jay and making their way back to the car.
***
"Right, Drake just messaged me, they're on their way back now. Lauren did you put the food out already?" Safaree was still darting around the kitchen trying to sort everything out. He'd managed to get Lauren, Candi, TT, Mama Carol, Jelani, Cai and her father over for a small surprise baby shower, even though it was a little early this was the only time everyone could be together at one time so he took the opportunity.
"Yes SB. You've even seen it, doof." She laughed and shook her head before putting her hand on his shoulder. "Relax! She'll love it, but let's not jump out and yell surprise? We don't wanna shock her into labour or whatever!" Safaree laughed and took a deep breath.
"I hope she's ok with it, she was upset when I left earlier." He folded his lips together and looked down thinking about how absent he'd been recently.
"Hey, it'll be fine. Come on." She tugged at his arm before they headed through to the lounge room where everyone else was sitting comfortably.
***
Drake kept looking over at her in the passenger seat, she looked uncomfortable as the furrow in her brow deepened and a quiet whimper escaped her lips.
"Nicki?"
"Hmmm?" Her eyes remained closed as she hummed.
"What's wrong?" He was beginning to panic and kept switching his gaze between her and the road. She opened her eyes and started breathing more normally again.
"Nothing." Unsteadily moving her hands back down to rest on the seat she looked at him tiredly.
"No, something's wrong. I mean, Ion know much 'bout babies or being pregnant or anythin' but I'm pretty sure that doesn't seem too good."
"Drake I'm fine, really. It's prolly just Braxton Hicks."
"What?" She saw his confused face and smiled.
"It's nothing just keep your eyes on the road, please?" He twitched his mouth and carried on with the drive back.
Once they arrived at her house he drove the car into the driveway and turned the engine off, Nicki and both the kids were asleep so he carefully and quietly made his way inside, knocking before he entered.
"SB?"
"Yeah?" He came jogging around the corner expecting to find Nicki with him and his face crinkled when none of them were in sight. "Where they at?"
"Sleepin' in the car."He laughed before turning more serious. "Before I head off, Nicki was been strange earlier, and then again just now in the car." Safaree's face scrunched up a little.
"Like, what kinda strange? Is she ok?" He attempted to get past and go out to the car.
"No, no she said she's fine...She said she thought it was something Hickson or Brix or-"
"Braxton Hicks?"
"Yeah! That..." He paused momentarily. "Is that bad?" He followed behind Safaree as he opened Jay's door and started unbuckling him.
"Uhm Ion know, she's had them before but that was like, further on near her due date." He paused and gently lifted Jay out of the seat. "Here, please could you take him? I'll get Lia out and then wake Nic up." Drake moved forward to grab him and take him inside, where he was met by Mama Carol and everybody else. He was a little nervous and handed the sleeping boy to Jelani before stepping aside. Before long Safaree reappeared with Alia and took her upstairs, heading back outside as soon as he returned.
Meanwhile Mama Carol introduced Drake to everyone as they all made their back to the living room and got comfortable.
"I really should be goin' Ion wanna intrude on anything." He went to stand up but Mama Carol grabbed his arm gently.
"No, after everything you've done for Nika and her family I think you should stay. In fact I know she'd want you to stay. Unless of course you're busy?"
"Oh, no I'm free for the rest of the night I just-" He stopped suddenly as he felt a strong hand from behind push him down into the chair some more.
"Quit playing, stay a while." He looked behind him to see, what he guessed was Nicki's brother, still holding a knocked out Jay.
"Thanks, I'd love that." He smiled warmly back at Mama Carol as she began to speak again.
"I heard he's taken a strong liking to you?" She nodded her head towards Jay as Jelani walked off.
"Yeah, he's an amazing kid."
"I'm surprised Onika lets you take care of him." She suddenly cringed hearing how that sounded. "Oh I didn't mean it like that I-"
"I know what you meant. She doesn't just leave him with anybody." He laughed as she relaxed a little.
"Yeah, she's always been like that." He looked around and realised that three girls were staring back at him, he blushed and tried to shrug it off.
Back out in the car Safaree was sat sideways in the drivers seat watching Nicki, she was still sleeping as his mind ran back to the first time they met in high school. He knew way back at that moment that he loved her. Things hadn't been easy for them though, Safaree struggled at school and Nicki was insanely intelligent. That didn't stop them both from making a stupid mistake though, at 18 she was pregnant with Jay already. They listed all the options they had but Nicki said there was no way she would be able to have an abortion or give her baby away so they decided to keep him, against their parents wishes. He never expected things to move so quickly with them, as soon as Jay was born he had the strong impulse to move out from his parents house and take Nicki with him, to his surprise she said yes. So there they were, two years later living together as a super young family, and it wasn't long until twenty-one year old Nicki got pregnant again with Alia. They felt bad saying she was a "mistake" because that's what they said about Jay but they were the best mistakes they'd ever made to be honest. And now here they were again, twenty-two years old and already about to have their third child. People talked badly about them but they couldn't see how great they were as parents. Especially to have a child with an intellectual disability and still cope with a young baby. He remembered how small Alia was when she was born, they'd panicked when Nicki went into labour because she still had two months to go, but Alia was waiting for nobody. As he continued reminiscing she shifted slightly making him remember that he was supposed to come out here and wake her up. Everybody was still waiting inside and it was almost 5pm.
"Nic?" He shook her arm gently to try and wake her from her slumber. "Nicki?"
"Mm, what?" her eyes opened lazily as she turned to look at him. "Faree? What are you doin' out here?" She brought her head up from resting on the cold window as she yawned.
"I came to wake you up, you prolly slept like, 13 hours today!" He laughed as she moved to get more comfortable. "You kay? Drake mentioned you said somthin' 'bout Braxton Hicks?" He placed his hand lovingly on her bump.
"Yeah Ion know what's goin' on in there. I'll call Faye when we get inside, just to be sure." He saw how worried she looked.
"Don't worry 'bout it, I'll call her. You just relaaaaax." She giggled at how long he made the word last for as he shut his eyes.
"You sound stoned as fuck when you do that! Don't!" She laughed some more before he shot her a mean look.
"Come on." He opened the door an went around to her side to help her out.
Once they made it back inside the sight of everyone sat in her lounge room made her tear up instantly before she turned quickly back to Safaree as he closed the front door.
"This." She waved her arms. "This is what you were bein' all weird and distant for?" Moving forward she kissed him delicately. "I love you."
"Love you too, now go! Everybody's been waitin' on your sleepy ass!" He pushed her carefully through as she was immediately smothered by Candi, Lauren and TT. The greetings went on for a while until Nicki was seated with everybody.
"So you know what you havin' yet?" Lauren asked as she folded her legs up under herself on the couch. All the guys had moved to the kitchen whilst the girls remained where they were, Jay was tired so Mama Carol was upstairs seeing to him and Alia after Nicki fed her.
"Nope. I wanted it to be a surprise but I can't wait so I'm findin' out on Thursday." She smiled big at the thought of it.
"I reckon it's gon' be a boy." Candi hadn't really said much all night so saying that made them all look at her.
"Why?" She tilted her head as she rubbed circles on her stomach.
"Ion know, just a feelin'. Why? You think it's a girl?"
"I honestly don't know." She popped another chicken piece into her mouth as she sat back. "I'm happy either way, just as long as he or she is healthy."
They talked for hours until Nicki was too tired to even keep her eyes open, Safaree solved that problem however as he carried her cautiously upstairs. It didn't matter that she was zonked out because everybody was stopping for a few days so they could do something tomorrow. As he put her down on the bed she woke up to him walking to the bathroom.
"Faree? Where you goin'?" She propped herself up on her elbows to try and watch him.
"To pee, that ok?" He laughed as she just deaded her face at him.
"Well hurry, I want you to come lay with me." She let her elbows give way as she got comfortable again. Once he was finished he climbed on to the bed with her. "Thank you for today and I'm sorry for bein' all moody with you." She pouted as she grabbed his face gently.
"I wanted to cheer you up, 'specially after the way I behaved the other night." He kissed he slowly before pulling away. "You don't have anythin' to be sorry 'bout. You liked your surprise then?"
"Are you kidding? I loved it." She smiled sweetly as she pulled at her top. He noticed and jumped up to go get her some pyjamas, placing them on the bed he moved over to her and helped her get her top off seeing as she was just laying there looking all helpless and pathetic, which made him a laugh a little. "What's so funny?" She cut her eyes at him as he pulled the clothing over her head.
"You! Actin' like a damn invalid."
"Shush. I'm tired, lets put a baby in you and see how you feel." She smiled at how his face twisted up.
"No thanks. " He replied as he pulled at her arms. "Sit up." She did as he asked with a bit of help from him and once he'd put one of his old tees on her he removed the rest of her clothes and re-dressed her.
"Thank you Faree." She added a few extra E's on to his name whilst she lay back.
"You do realise you gon' have to get up anyways? You haven't done your face or nothin'." He disappeared into the bathroom and heard her moaning. "Life's hard huh?" He shook his head and laughed before moving back into their room only to realise that she was stood, leaning slightly over the bed groaning in pain.
"Uhh, can you please call Faye? Somethin' ain't right." She managed to get out as she swayed. Instantly obeying her request he dashed over to her and rubbed her back as he called Faye on his cell.
"You gon' be okay for a minute? I gotta go let her in." She nodded as the pain went away again. Moving swiftly down the stairs he went to the kitchen to get her some water whilst he waited for Faye, she said she was passing by as she was on her way home from the hospital. Literally, minutes later there was a knock at the door making everybody stop what they where doing.
"Hey, yeah, yeah come in." He held the door open wider as Faye walked through, politely waving at everyone. "She's upstairs, you'll see, the door's open." As soon as he directed her she went upstairs whilst Safaree shut and locked the front door.
"What's goin' on? Is she ok?" Lauren's voice was full of worry as Candi's face matched how she sounded.
"Uhm yeah, Faye's just gon' check her over. I'll let you know." He called the last part as he was halfway back up the stairs as he answered her. They all looked at one another anxiously and sat tight waiting.
Once he made it back into their room Nicki was sat on the edge of the bed with her tee rolled up a little so that Faye could reach her bump.
"How long has this been happening?" Nicki looked at her worriedly.
"Um, well Ion know. This is the third time it's happened today."
"Have you been drinking enough water?" She kept doing what she was doing but looked up when Nicki didn't reply. "Nicki?"
"I had maybe a mouthful today and-"
"Well there you go then! They're just Braxton Hicks, usually they happen all the way through a pregnancy but most women don't feel them. You're dehydrated so...Yeah. You're feeling them." She giggled a little as Nick's face relaxed.
"Is there anything you can do to get rid of the pain?" Safaree asked as he sat on the bed too.
"Unfortunately no. But there are things you can do to relieve the pain a little. For starters you can drink this." She took the water from Safaree's hand and gave it to Nicki. "Also, taking a bath usually helps. Just take it easy, kay?" She acknowledged their nods and packed up her stuff. "I can see myself out if you want?"
"No, I'm heading back down for a minute. I'll show out." She smiled as she said goodbye to Nicki and left.
***
After explaining everything to everyone downstairs they all headed off to bed, thankful that nothing terrible was wrong. Safaree also made his way back upstairs, checking on the kids before he too hit the sack. To his surprise Nicki was still awake, she'd taken Faye's advice and soaked in the bath for a while before she got back into bed.
"How you feelin'?" He asked after brushing his teeth and knocking the lights off.
"Ok, it's not hurting anymore."
"Good." She moved up nice and close to him before she fell asleep in his arms.
***
Across the street everything was coming together as he planned to make his move....
*Ugh I REALLY hate this chapter but I posted it because it's better than nothing and I said I would post. I'm super sorry for any typos and how rushed this chapter is :// Going through some shitty stuff right now -__- but Imma try and post on WTWC and CAHM tomorrow :) Hope this was kinda ok for you all ://*
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
16. Surprise - Part One
"Nicki! What the hell happened?" He ran over to where she was sitting on the floor and knelt down to her level.
"I got up and felt really dizzy so I sat down for a minute, I'm okay though." She went to try and get up but Safaree stopped her.
"Nic, your nose is bleedin'." He ran to their bathroom as she brought her hand to her nose feeling the fluid trickling down her face and now on to her hands. "Here, tilt your head back." She did as he said when he returned and let him hold the tissue there. This had happened before when she was pregnant with Alia so it wasn't new to them but she still didn't like it, understandably.
"Ugh, I can taste it Faree!" She tried to pull his hand away from her face but he used his other free hand to stop her.
"Leave it Nicki, it'll stop in a minute just hold it there, I'll go get you some water." He allowed her to take over and went to go into their bathroom but her muffled voice stopped him.
"Ion want tap water, there's a bottle in the fridge." She paused. "Thank you." He was still in earshot of the last part as he made his way out of the room, bounding down the stairs.
"Everythin' ok down here?" He quickly asked on his way to the kitchen.
"Yeah, we all good. Ain't that right Jayman?" Jay nodded and turned back to the TV as Drake smiled before pulling a puzzled face seeing the red substance staining Safaree's hands. "What's happened? Is she ok?" He stood up still holding a restless Alia in his arms.
"Yeah, she's just got a nosebleed. Happened all the time with her." He pointed at Alia as Jay made a beeline for the stairs and raced up them before Safaree could stop him. "That boy." He shook his head and continued with his original task of getting the water as Drake resumed his position back on the couch with Alia. Before Safaree had chance to even make it out of the kitchen Nicki appeared at the bottom of the stairs with Jay in tow.
"Hey Drake." He turned to see her taking a seat on the other couch, her hand still pressed to her bloody nose. It must have been a bad one because he could see the blood staining her chin and the tissue was increasing in redness by the second.
"Oh, hey. How you feelin'?"
"Uhm, right now? Not so hot." She smiled, he could tell because of the way her eyes looked. He loved her eyes. "How 'bout you?" she asked as she flopped on to the chair with a clingy Jay clambering to try and sit with her until she hauled him up on to her lap.
"Yeah, good thanks. Safaree's just gettin' your water." She just nodded in response as Jay said something to her really quietly.
"Well go get it then baby. I put it with all your others, in your room." As soon as she said that he hopped up and ran back up the stairs making Drake look at her with a confused expression. "You'll see, in a minute." Before he could reply Safaree returned and almost went back up the stairs too but caught sight of Nicki and walked her way.
"Here." He handed her the bottle and a sandwich he must have quickly made. "Eat that too, you ain't eaten since yesterday." After he'd handed her the food and water he took a seat next to her. "Is it still bleedin'?" She removed her hand and turned to face him fully, he didn't speak making her wave her hand in his face after a fews seconds of silence.
"Hello? Faree? Is it bleedin' or not?" He still didn't answer again for a couple seconds until he felt her hand grasping his. "Faree?" She had forgotten about his whole ordeal with the crash and the little boy, all the blood he told her about.
"Huh? Oh, right, uhm no. No, I think it's stopped now. You feel ok?" She just looked at him before nodding slowly, Drake could see she looked worried but that little moment was interrupted by an unaware Jay leaping down the stairs with a painting in his hands, walking shyly over to Drake he put the picture on his knee and chewed on his bottom lip as he backed away towards Safaree. He passed Nicki on the way as she went to take a fussy Alia off of Drake whilst she wiped the last of the blood off of her face with the left over tissue.
"He spent all day on that yesterday. You like it?"
"I love it!" He let Nicki take Alia as he looked over at Jay. "Thanks little man, this goin' straight on the wall back home." He smiled some more when Jay got all shy and hid behind his dad.
"Nic, you need to eat your-" He stopped after he looked at her empty plate she left on the couch next to him before turning his gaze back to her. "How fast did you eat that?" She blushed.
"I was hungry!" They all laughed until Nicki caught Drake staring at her bump which was slightly exposed as her shirt she had changed into earlier was a lot smaller than Safaree's oversized tee and had ridden up. She uncomfortably pulled the fabric back over her skin making him look up and away awkwardly. The awkward silence was broken by Safaree's cell ringing on the coffee table making him jump up and answer it on his way upstairs, only his muffled voice could be heard from then on until he was completely inaudible. Nicki furrowed her brow suspiciously before moving into the kitchen with Jay and Drake following.
"What do you two want?" She looked at Drake's clueless face before expanding the question. "For lunch, what do you wanna eat?" She listed off what there was until Jay jumped up and down excitedly, letting her know that was the one. "Well go wash your hands and I'll start making it." Watching him run off she turned back to Drake. "You can sit down, don't mind me." He felt bad not doing anything so he helped get the plates and everything else she needed out whilst she heated up another bottle for Alia to see if she would actually take it.
"She as stubborn as you?"
"Excuse me?" She turned to face him with Alia still in her arms as she screwed the lid on the bottle. "So she has good taste, she knows the difference between what's good and what ain't." Her cocky attitude made him smile as they both took a seat at the table.
"Aight, my bad. I'm headin' into unknown territory now. I'll shut up." He laughed as she just nodded his direction whilst trying to get her child to accept the bottle. The struggle went on for a while and was still happening when the cooker timer went off, luckily Drake was there and sorted all of that out as Nicki continued to battle with Alia.
Suddenly Safaree popped his head around the door frame. "Nic, babe, I gotta head out for a bit, I'll be back later." He was going to carry on leaving but her voice stopped him
"Safaree, where are you goin'?" About to stand up, she stopped seeing him come back into the kitchen. Drake felt out of place and decided he would go get Jay and then leave seeing as Safaree was going out.
"I'm just goin' to see a friend, don't fret. I'll be back in a couple hours." He kissed her nose and then her lips. "Promise." As soon as Drake left she felt like she could talk more openly.
"Why can't you just go see them another day? I'm sick of being on my own Safaree! You're never here anymore!" He dropped his head hearing how upset she sounded, that and Alia's cries. "Please?" She stood up and walked over to him. "Can't you just stay home with us, for one day?"
"I'm sorry, I have to go. Time me, I'll be three hours max." He went to kiss her again but she moved away causing him to sigh and shake his head as he left.
"Here your Mom's finished makin' your lunch." Nicki heard Drake's voice and tried to control her tears but was failing miserably so she faced the window by the cooker, having finally given in to Alia's grumpy screams she was breast-feeding her as she stood. "Did you wash your hands?" Jay nodded to answer Drake's question and tucked into the food that was placed in front of him.
"Thanks Drake." He could hear her crying as she thanked him and quite honestly didn't know what to do, obviously he didn't want to leave her like this but staying would look weird to Safaree, wouldn't it?
"Nicki? What's wrong?" He moved closer to her and rested his hand on the small of her back and rubbed as she just shook her head.
"Nothing, I'm fine." He could feel her body shuddering with each breath she took. Suddenly Drake felt a small hand pulling at his wrist, only to look down and see an angry Jay shaking his head violently and moving his hand off of Nicki's back.
"No!" He kept his face scrunched up as he looked up a Drake.
"Jay, it's all good I'm just makin' sure your Mom's ok." He watched as the young boy grabbed on to Nicki's leg making her look down and rub his head as he hid his face.
"I'm sorry, I'm just bein' stupid." She pulled her free hand away from Jay's head and wiped her eyes before looking at Alia who was slowly but surely drifting off to sleep as she fed her. "I'm gon' go put her down for a bit." Drake knew her well enough to know that she was trying her hardest to stop crying right now. He let her go nevertheless, giving her some space and stayed with Jay in the kitchen as he finished his lunch off.
***
About half an hour later Nicki returned from upstairs, without Alia so Drake was assuming she'd finished feeding her and put her down for a nap. Her eyes were still puffy and red but she was no longer crying, she still looked beautiful to him even with the swelling and redness. As she stood before him he noticed she was still wearing her little pink tee which only just stretched to reach over her bump and a pair of baggy sweats. He didn't know what to say, what if whatever he said made things worse? Like his Mom, if anyone asked her if she was ok when she visibly wasn't it would just make her burst into tears. He decided to play it safe and ask about Alia.
"Did she go down ok?"
"Hmm? Oh, yeah she was out like a light as soon as she was in her crib." She sniffed and sat down, grabbing the remote to lower the volume of the TV seeing as Jay had lost interest and was now playing in the corner. "You didn't have to stay y'know? I could just call you when Faree gets home. If he gets home." She mumbled the last part but Drake heard. He felt awful because earlier that morning SB had explained to Drake a surprise he had planned for Nicki and that's where he had to quickly run off to this afternoon.
"No, I don't mind. Really." He paused for a moment. "You seemed pretty, upset before, you alright now?" He wanted to break into the question without upsetting her again but panicked when she looked down and stared to cry. Me and my fucking mouth he thought to himself as he swiftly moved over to sit next to her. "Hey, come on Nic, what's wrong?" He pulled her into a hug and soothingly rubbed her back. He knew part of it would be the fact that she's pregnant and she was probably hormonal, this was practically the only thing he knew about pregnancy honestly. That and where the baby comes out of when it's born, all this stuff was new to him. She didn't cry for long, which he was relieved about as he figured it wouldn't be too healthy for her or the baby. "You ready to talk yet?" He let her pull out of his grasp as she steadied her breathing and leant back into the couch.
"I just....Ion even know why I'm crying." She laughed a little and wiped her cheek. "Safaree's never here anymore, I feel like I'm just sittin' in this damn house twenty four seven with the kids and I feel like shit for sayin' this but I can't take 'em out by myself! I can't cope with Jay if he has one of his tantrums as well as tryna..ugh...." She trailed off and shook her head. "I just want him to spend a little time with us I guess. I'm lonely." Drake nodded, never taking his eyes off of her face as she spoke.
"Things'll get better, 'specially when this liddle one comes along, right?" He was trying to cheer her up because he had a feeling that Safaree's surprise would really make her happy.
She sighed and smoothed her hand over her bump. "Yeah, I hope so." As she moved her palm over her stomach he could actually see the baby kicking, having never seen anything like it before he spoke without thinking.
"Does that not feel, strange?" his face was scrunched up as he spoke.
"Well, no not really, not anymore. It did with Jay 'cause I'd never experienced it before." She smiled properly for the first time since he'd actually seen her today. "Here, you feel." Without hesitating she gently grabbed his wrist and pressed his hand onto her bump where she felt the baby kicking.
"That is so...weird!" He laughed as he felt what he guessed was the baby's foot kicking where his hand was placed. But his smile soon faded as he noticed her face before she quickly sat forward grabbing both sides of her bump. He pulled his hand away when she groaned. "Nicki? Is it the baby?"
"Ugh, Ion know." She moved to the edge of the couch and stood herself up, exhaling as she swayed a little with one hand massaging her bump, trying to last through whatever pain it was that she was feeling.
"You need me to call the midwife or anything?" He had already jumped up and was watching her intently with wide eyes which made her giggle slightly.
"Would you calm down?" She laughed a little more and put her spare hand on his forearm. "It's prolly nothing, just a twinge." She stood up straight when the pain subsided. "See? It's gone now." She let her arms flop to the side as she saw him relax.
"You sure?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. Thanks." She sighed and picked up some of Jay's toys left scattered around before she tripped on one later. Just as she was about to start talking again Drake's phone chimed in his pocket. It was a text from Safaree asking a favour, he needed Drake to get Nicki out of the house for a couple hours so he could finish his little surprise he had for her. "You kay Drake?" He realised he'd gone quiet trying to think of a way he could get her out.
"Yeah I'm good I was just thinking....You said you always locked up in here, how 'bout we take Jay to the park or somethin'?" He prayed she'd say yes but the look on her face said "no".
"What? Like, me and you? Ion know drake.... Anyhow look out the window fool!" Her voice got higher towards the end of her sentence as he turned to look outside. It looked pretty windy and close to rain but it wasn't that cold.
"That, Onika, is why coats were invented. Come on! Look." He pointed at a miserable looking Jay who was also staring out of the window. "He's a kid, he needs to burn all that.....kid energy or somthin'. Let's ask him." He was about to open his mouth when Nicki hit him with a stuffed toy.
"Don't even think about it!" She tried to remain serious but the devilish look in his eye made her smile.
"I'll do it!" He jumped away from her before enthusiastically yelling. "Hey Jay, you wanna go to the park with Mommy and Me?" That's all he needed to hear before he jumped up at the speed of light and screeched a very loud "Yes". Nicki glared at the side of Drake's head but then realised this was probably a good idea, and seeing how excited Jay was to be leaving the house was refreshing. "So, you up for it Nic?" He had scooped up a bouncing Jay who was excitedly bobbing in his arms. He knew she wouldn't be able to say No once Jay got all hyped up.
"Okaaay." She rolled her eyes. "But you have to behave."
"Of course he will. Won't you?" He tickled him causing a fit of giggles to erupt.
"I wasn't talkin' to him." She squinted but then smiled at his pouty face and took the armful of toys back to the playroom.
"High five liddle man!" They shared a sneaky giggle as they watched her march off and managed to compose themselves as she returned.
"You do realise I gotta go wake up little miss grouchy-pants now?" Jay covered his ears already knowing what that meant. "But hey." She held her hands up dramatically. "Y'all wanna go so I'll go get her ready, you can come too Sir, you need warmer clothes on." Drake let him down and watched them head up the stairs whilst he took that time to text Safaree and let him know they were on their way out.
When they finally came downstairs he couldn't help but laugh at how rugged up Alia looked, he felt kind of bad because she was asleep with her head resting on Nicki's shoulder so he guessed she'd nodded off again. Jay skipped over to the door and waited patiently.
"Does she need any more clothes on, or is she good?" He chuckled and pulled at her little pink coat which looked a little big on her tiny body.
"Leave her alone! Ion want my liddle ladybug gettin' sick." She pulled the hood up over her head and grabbed the car keys. "You ready?"
"As I'll ever be." He took the keys and locked the door for her seeing as she kind of had her hands full and then got Jay into the car as she sorted out Alia. Once those three were in the car he pulled his phone out and gave Safaree the all clear, he was more than happy to help. Partly because he loved their kids but mostly because he liked spending time with her. But he always managed to push that to the back of his head, there's no way he would ever come between them. He knew they loved one another unconditionally and the surprise Safaree was arranging was sure to put a smile on Nicki's face. He just knew it.
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*Omgg sorry this chapter was sposed to be posted on the same day as WTWC BUT I was slack, had a hangover and felt like shit! What I forget to tell you all was I have 16 days off from uni after this Thursday so hopefully any chapters posted after this one WILL not be rushed and sloppy like this one and the WTWC one :// I apologise! Welp hope this was kay for you alll. Bless my little frilly knickers, I was sat in between lectures typin this out on my iPad scoffing cheeseballs for energy -__- So enjoy lmaoo sorry about any typos :// OH and pleeeease could i ask for 10 comments before I post again? :// Thankuu for all the comments left on chapter 15!!!! That was a LOT for me! Now watch me get like 2 for this one lmao! ^__^*
"I got up and felt really dizzy so I sat down for a minute, I'm okay though." She went to try and get up but Safaree stopped her.
"Nic, your nose is bleedin'." He ran to their bathroom as she brought her hand to her nose feeling the fluid trickling down her face and now on to her hands. "Here, tilt your head back." She did as he said when he returned and let him hold the tissue there. This had happened before when she was pregnant with Alia so it wasn't new to them but she still didn't like it, understandably.
"Ugh, I can taste it Faree!" She tried to pull his hand away from her face but he used his other free hand to stop her.
"Leave it Nicki, it'll stop in a minute just hold it there, I'll go get you some water." He allowed her to take over and went to go into their bathroom but her muffled voice stopped him.
"Ion want tap water, there's a bottle in the fridge." She paused. "Thank you." He was still in earshot of the last part as he made his way out of the room, bounding down the stairs.
"Everythin' ok down here?" He quickly asked on his way to the kitchen.
"Yeah, we all good. Ain't that right Jayman?" Jay nodded and turned back to the TV as Drake smiled before pulling a puzzled face seeing the red substance staining Safaree's hands. "What's happened? Is she ok?" He stood up still holding a restless Alia in his arms.
"Yeah, she's just got a nosebleed. Happened all the time with her." He pointed at Alia as Jay made a beeline for the stairs and raced up them before Safaree could stop him. "That boy." He shook his head and continued with his original task of getting the water as Drake resumed his position back on the couch with Alia. Before Safaree had chance to even make it out of the kitchen Nicki appeared at the bottom of the stairs with Jay in tow.
"Hey Drake." He turned to see her taking a seat on the other couch, her hand still pressed to her bloody nose. It must have been a bad one because he could see the blood staining her chin and the tissue was increasing in redness by the second.
"Oh, hey. How you feelin'?"
"Uhm, right now? Not so hot." She smiled, he could tell because of the way her eyes looked. He loved her eyes. "How 'bout you?" she asked as she flopped on to the chair with a clingy Jay clambering to try and sit with her until she hauled him up on to her lap.
"Yeah, good thanks. Safaree's just gettin' your water." She just nodded in response as Jay said something to her really quietly.
"Well go get it then baby. I put it with all your others, in your room." As soon as she said that he hopped up and ran back up the stairs making Drake look at her with a confused expression. "You'll see, in a minute." Before he could reply Safaree returned and almost went back up the stairs too but caught sight of Nicki and walked her way.
"Here." He handed her the bottle and a sandwich he must have quickly made. "Eat that too, you ain't eaten since yesterday." After he'd handed her the food and water he took a seat next to her. "Is it still bleedin'?" She removed her hand and turned to face him fully, he didn't speak making her wave her hand in his face after a fews seconds of silence.
"Hello? Faree? Is it bleedin' or not?" He still didn't answer again for a couple seconds until he felt her hand grasping his. "Faree?" She had forgotten about his whole ordeal with the crash and the little boy, all the blood he told her about.
"Huh? Oh, right, uhm no. No, I think it's stopped now. You feel ok?" She just looked at him before nodding slowly, Drake could see she looked worried but that little moment was interrupted by an unaware Jay leaping down the stairs with a painting in his hands, walking shyly over to Drake he put the picture on his knee and chewed on his bottom lip as he backed away towards Safaree. He passed Nicki on the way as she went to take a fussy Alia off of Drake whilst she wiped the last of the blood off of her face with the left over tissue.
"He spent all day on that yesterday. You like it?"
"I love it!" He let Nicki take Alia as he looked over at Jay. "Thanks little man, this goin' straight on the wall back home." He smiled some more when Jay got all shy and hid behind his dad.
"Nic, you need to eat your-" He stopped after he looked at her empty plate she left on the couch next to him before turning his gaze back to her. "How fast did you eat that?" She blushed.
"I was hungry!" They all laughed until Nicki caught Drake staring at her bump which was slightly exposed as her shirt she had changed into earlier was a lot smaller than Safaree's oversized tee and had ridden up. She uncomfortably pulled the fabric back over her skin making him look up and away awkwardly. The awkward silence was broken by Safaree's cell ringing on the coffee table making him jump up and answer it on his way upstairs, only his muffled voice could be heard from then on until he was completely inaudible. Nicki furrowed her brow suspiciously before moving into the kitchen with Jay and Drake following.
"What do you two want?" She looked at Drake's clueless face before expanding the question. "For lunch, what do you wanna eat?" She listed off what there was until Jay jumped up and down excitedly, letting her know that was the one. "Well go wash your hands and I'll start making it." Watching him run off she turned back to Drake. "You can sit down, don't mind me." He felt bad not doing anything so he helped get the plates and everything else she needed out whilst she heated up another bottle for Alia to see if she would actually take it.
"She as stubborn as you?"
"Excuse me?" She turned to face him with Alia still in her arms as she screwed the lid on the bottle. "So she has good taste, she knows the difference between what's good and what ain't." Her cocky attitude made him smile as they both took a seat at the table.
"Aight, my bad. I'm headin' into unknown territory now. I'll shut up." He laughed as she just nodded his direction whilst trying to get her child to accept the bottle. The struggle went on for a while and was still happening when the cooker timer went off, luckily Drake was there and sorted all of that out as Nicki continued to battle with Alia.
Suddenly Safaree popped his head around the door frame. "Nic, babe, I gotta head out for a bit, I'll be back later." He was going to carry on leaving but her voice stopped him
"Safaree, where are you goin'?" About to stand up, she stopped seeing him come back into the kitchen. Drake felt out of place and decided he would go get Jay and then leave seeing as Safaree was going out.
"I'm just goin' to see a friend, don't fret. I'll be back in a couple hours." He kissed her nose and then her lips. "Promise." As soon as Drake left she felt like she could talk more openly.
"Why can't you just go see them another day? I'm sick of being on my own Safaree! You're never here anymore!" He dropped his head hearing how upset she sounded, that and Alia's cries. "Please?" She stood up and walked over to him. "Can't you just stay home with us, for one day?"
"I'm sorry, I have to go. Time me, I'll be three hours max." He went to kiss her again but she moved away causing him to sigh and shake his head as he left.
"Here your Mom's finished makin' your lunch." Nicki heard Drake's voice and tried to control her tears but was failing miserably so she faced the window by the cooker, having finally given in to Alia's grumpy screams she was breast-feeding her as she stood. "Did you wash your hands?" Jay nodded to answer Drake's question and tucked into the food that was placed in front of him.
"Thanks Drake." He could hear her crying as she thanked him and quite honestly didn't know what to do, obviously he didn't want to leave her like this but staying would look weird to Safaree, wouldn't it?
"Nicki? What's wrong?" He moved closer to her and rested his hand on the small of her back and rubbed as she just shook her head.
"Nothing, I'm fine." He could feel her body shuddering with each breath she took. Suddenly Drake felt a small hand pulling at his wrist, only to look down and see an angry Jay shaking his head violently and moving his hand off of Nicki's back.
"No!" He kept his face scrunched up as he looked up a Drake.
"Jay, it's all good I'm just makin' sure your Mom's ok." He watched as the young boy grabbed on to Nicki's leg making her look down and rub his head as he hid his face.
"I'm sorry, I'm just bein' stupid." She pulled her free hand away from Jay's head and wiped her eyes before looking at Alia who was slowly but surely drifting off to sleep as she fed her. "I'm gon' go put her down for a bit." Drake knew her well enough to know that she was trying her hardest to stop crying right now. He let her go nevertheless, giving her some space and stayed with Jay in the kitchen as he finished his lunch off.
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About half an hour later Nicki returned from upstairs, without Alia so Drake was assuming she'd finished feeding her and put her down for a nap. Her eyes were still puffy and red but she was no longer crying, she still looked beautiful to him even with the swelling and redness. As she stood before him he noticed she was still wearing her little pink tee which only just stretched to reach over her bump and a pair of baggy sweats. He didn't know what to say, what if whatever he said made things worse? Like his Mom, if anyone asked her if she was ok when she visibly wasn't it would just make her burst into tears. He decided to play it safe and ask about Alia.
"Did she go down ok?"
"Hmm? Oh, yeah she was out like a light as soon as she was in her crib." She sniffed and sat down, grabbing the remote to lower the volume of the TV seeing as Jay had lost interest and was now playing in the corner. "You didn't have to stay y'know? I could just call you when Faree gets home. If he gets home." She mumbled the last part but Drake heard. He felt awful because earlier that morning SB had explained to Drake a surprise he had planned for Nicki and that's where he had to quickly run off to this afternoon.
"No, I don't mind. Really." He paused for a moment. "You seemed pretty, upset before, you alright now?" He wanted to break into the question without upsetting her again but panicked when she looked down and stared to cry. Me and my fucking mouth he thought to himself as he swiftly moved over to sit next to her. "Hey, come on Nic, what's wrong?" He pulled her into a hug and soothingly rubbed her back. He knew part of it would be the fact that she's pregnant and she was probably hormonal, this was practically the only thing he knew about pregnancy honestly. That and where the baby comes out of when it's born, all this stuff was new to him. She didn't cry for long, which he was relieved about as he figured it wouldn't be too healthy for her or the baby. "You ready to talk yet?" He let her pull out of his grasp as she steadied her breathing and leant back into the couch.
"I just....Ion even know why I'm crying." She laughed a little and wiped her cheek. "Safaree's never here anymore, I feel like I'm just sittin' in this damn house twenty four seven with the kids and I feel like shit for sayin' this but I can't take 'em out by myself! I can't cope with Jay if he has one of his tantrums as well as tryna..ugh...." She trailed off and shook her head. "I just want him to spend a little time with us I guess. I'm lonely." Drake nodded, never taking his eyes off of her face as she spoke.
"Things'll get better, 'specially when this liddle one comes along, right?" He was trying to cheer her up because he had a feeling that Safaree's surprise would really make her happy.
She sighed and smoothed her hand over her bump. "Yeah, I hope so." As she moved her palm over her stomach he could actually see the baby kicking, having never seen anything like it before he spoke without thinking.
"Does that not feel, strange?" his face was scrunched up as he spoke.
"Well, no not really, not anymore. It did with Jay 'cause I'd never experienced it before." She smiled properly for the first time since he'd actually seen her today. "Here, you feel." Without hesitating she gently grabbed his wrist and pressed his hand onto her bump where she felt the baby kicking.
"That is so...weird!" He laughed as he felt what he guessed was the baby's foot kicking where his hand was placed. But his smile soon faded as he noticed her face before she quickly sat forward grabbing both sides of her bump. He pulled his hand away when she groaned. "Nicki? Is it the baby?"
"Ugh, Ion know." She moved to the edge of the couch and stood herself up, exhaling as she swayed a little with one hand massaging her bump, trying to last through whatever pain it was that she was feeling.
"You need me to call the midwife or anything?" He had already jumped up and was watching her intently with wide eyes which made her giggle slightly.
"Would you calm down?" She laughed a little more and put her spare hand on his forearm. "It's prolly nothing, just a twinge." She stood up straight when the pain subsided. "See? It's gone now." She let her arms flop to the side as she saw him relax.
"You sure?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. Thanks." She sighed and picked up some of Jay's toys left scattered around before she tripped on one later. Just as she was about to start talking again Drake's phone chimed in his pocket. It was a text from Safaree asking a favour, he needed Drake to get Nicki out of the house for a couple hours so he could finish his little surprise he had for her. "You kay Drake?" He realised he'd gone quiet trying to think of a way he could get her out.
"Yeah I'm good I was just thinking....You said you always locked up in here, how 'bout we take Jay to the park or somethin'?" He prayed she'd say yes but the look on her face said "no".
"What? Like, me and you? Ion know drake.... Anyhow look out the window fool!" Her voice got higher towards the end of her sentence as he turned to look outside. It looked pretty windy and close to rain but it wasn't that cold.
"That, Onika, is why coats were invented. Come on! Look." He pointed at a miserable looking Jay who was also staring out of the window. "He's a kid, he needs to burn all that.....kid energy or somthin'. Let's ask him." He was about to open his mouth when Nicki hit him with a stuffed toy.
"Don't even think about it!" She tried to remain serious but the devilish look in his eye made her smile.
"I'll do it!" He jumped away from her before enthusiastically yelling. "Hey Jay, you wanna go to the park with Mommy and Me?" That's all he needed to hear before he jumped up at the speed of light and screeched a very loud "Yes". Nicki glared at the side of Drake's head but then realised this was probably a good idea, and seeing how excited Jay was to be leaving the house was refreshing. "So, you up for it Nic?" He had scooped up a bouncing Jay who was excitedly bobbing in his arms. He knew she wouldn't be able to say No once Jay got all hyped up.
"Okaaay." She rolled her eyes. "But you have to behave."
"Of course he will. Won't you?" He tickled him causing a fit of giggles to erupt.
"I wasn't talkin' to him." She squinted but then smiled at his pouty face and took the armful of toys back to the playroom.
"High five liddle man!" They shared a sneaky giggle as they watched her march off and managed to compose themselves as she returned.
"You do realise I gotta go wake up little miss grouchy-pants now?" Jay covered his ears already knowing what that meant. "But hey." She held her hands up dramatically. "Y'all wanna go so I'll go get her ready, you can come too Sir, you need warmer clothes on." Drake let him down and watched them head up the stairs whilst he took that time to text Safaree and let him know they were on their way out.
When they finally came downstairs he couldn't help but laugh at how rugged up Alia looked, he felt kind of bad because she was asleep with her head resting on Nicki's shoulder so he guessed she'd nodded off again. Jay skipped over to the door and waited patiently.
"Does she need any more clothes on, or is she good?" He chuckled and pulled at her little pink coat which looked a little big on her tiny body.
"Leave her alone! Ion want my liddle ladybug gettin' sick." She pulled the hood up over her head and grabbed the car keys. "You ready?"
"As I'll ever be." He took the keys and locked the door for her seeing as she kind of had her hands full and then got Jay into the car as she sorted out Alia. Once those three were in the car he pulled his phone out and gave Safaree the all clear, he was more than happy to help. Partly because he loved their kids but mostly because he liked spending time with her. But he always managed to push that to the back of his head, there's no way he would ever come between them. He knew they loved one another unconditionally and the surprise Safaree was arranging was sure to put a smile on Nicki's face. He just knew it.
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*Omgg sorry this chapter was sposed to be posted on the same day as WTWC BUT I was slack, had a hangover and felt like shit! What I forget to tell you all was I have 16 days off from uni after this Thursday so hopefully any chapters posted after this one WILL not be rushed and sloppy like this one and the WTWC one :// I apologise! Welp hope this was kay for you alll. Bless my little frilly knickers, I was sat in between lectures typin this out on my iPad scoffing cheeseballs for energy -__- So enjoy lmaoo sorry about any typos :// OH and pleeeease could i ask for 10 comments before I post again? :// Thankuu for all the comments left on chapter 15!!!! That was a LOT for me! Now watch me get like 2 for this one lmao! ^__^*
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