#and then I went home and used more Vaseline and took a nap and they feel somewhat better now

[a-bready-music-blog]

Nnngghhh I love sax but my lips are actually dead

They feel like sandpaper(like when I touch my lip, the texture of the outer part of my lip feels rough), kinda sting/burn when I touch them(but not when I’m playing?), and just in general hurt

And I’ve been using Vaseline!! Like regularly! So I dunno wtf I should do

[mama-m1na]

The Journey of a Witch: One

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So, quick note I made a quick sketch of the layout of the Shop on my page under “The Journey of a Witch” tab.

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“Hey, isn’t that the witch?”

“Shit, it is! Be careful around her, they say all of her predictions are 100%!”

The sixteen-year-old paid no mind to the ramblings of those around her as her waist long, raven black hair fluttered in the breeze as she walked down the street.

Her the golden flecks in her brown irises glittered as they caught the dreaded sunlight which she came to dislike.

Her plum colored dress complimenting her tan skin tone quite well as she browsed the stalls in the farmer’s market.

“I feel kind of bad for her though.”

“What do you mean?”

“With what happened four years ago in Pyget, I’m still surprised she continues to do magic.”

A smile graced her face as her eyes caught a group of chicks for sale and she stopped to play with them for a while.

“A lot of the people are glad she does though.”

“I guess, with a pretty high success rate for her magic.”

“Yeah.”

With her arms full the teenager walked home to her home and shop in the small town of Etlecaum.

“I’m home!” she chirped to an empty house as she unlocked the door and took off her shoes.

She sighed as she put things away and tidied things up, walking past the three suitcases for the trip she was leaving for with seven of her closest friends.

The next morning the girl dressed in a plain black t-shirt, black leggings, and black combat boots.

Around her neck was a black collar with a bow at the front and a golden lock hanging from it. Most people would find it weird or kinky; however, for her it was a part of one of the spells she had cast upon arriving back from Pyget four years ago.

After eating breakfast she went down stairs to where her magic shop was and she checked everything before opening for the day.

Ten minutes later the door opens to let in a familiar elderly woman holding a wooden staff.

“Good morning, Mrs. Sage,” the girl greeted, “Looking for anything in particular?”

“No, Rhamina, I’m just wandering,” the woman replied looking through a book on crystals, “So, I hear you’re leaving for Pyget soon.”

“Yes, I’m finally bringing some others along,” the ravenette chirped.

“Oh, so more people will be allowed to join in the Festival now,” Mrs. Sage smiled.

“Yep, with that rule of ‘You can only take part in the Festival if you’ve partaken before or you’re a guest of a magician partaking in it,’ only Mr. Conrad and I have been able to do it for the past three years,” the ravenette sighed, “It was boring, just the two of us. He was a good person but the Festival and rituals are better with more people there.”

“Ah, yes, Mr. Conrad. Such a shame he passed away,” the woman sighed earning a nod from Rhamina.

“Yes, but better from old age than being murdered by them,” stated the teen, her eyes narrowing a bit.

Mrs. Sage placed a hand on Rhamina’s shoulder as she asked, “Do you still hold anger towards that group, The Remedy?”

“No,” she sighed, “I just wonder why they hate magic users to the point where they would want to rid the world of all of them. They haven’t pulled a stunt as big as the Festival recently but they still manage to ruin the lives of so many of us.”

“Truly,” the woman said checking her watch, “Well, I must be on my way, Dear, good luck.”

“Have a good day, Mrs. Sage,” Rhamina chirped as the woman exited her shop.

As Rhamina was on her lunch break the door burst open and a familiar voice screamed, “Mina!”

The ravenette sighed as she came out of the back room to find her friend, Kerstin, swinging around a toy minecraft sword.

“At least it wasn’t like Christmas when your parents got you a fucking nerf gun,” the ravenette sighed sitting on one of her counters, “I mean they should have known better than to get you that.”

“I know right!” the brunette chirped, “They immediately got shot that day!”

“I’m surprised they didn’t take it away from you,” Rhamina chuckled.

“They tried,” replied Kerstin causing the ravenette to bust out in laughter, “Oh, they tried.”

“So are you ready for your magical awakening in Pyget?” Rhamina mused as the shorter female squealed.

“Oh my fucking god! I’ve been so excited ever since you invited us!” Kerstin exclaimed, “Like it sucks what happened, but now it’s exclusive for all of us!”

“Yeah, but you have to be careful, you can still be kicked out by the townspeople since you’re new,” Rhamina warned, “they’re really on edge about it. Security is ramped up to the max this year since I’m the only original left.”

“Yeah, I know. I’ll be on my best behavior!” Kerstin replied patting Rhamina on the shoulder.

“That means no stealing anything from the markets,” Rhamina deadpanned as the brunette cursed to herself.

“Also, I hope you’re packed,” the ravenette chuckled, “We leave in two days and stay there for about a month.”

Kerstin chuckled as she left the building and Rhamina shook her head at the teen’s antics.

As the day came to a close Rhamina checked all of the things around the store before locking up and heading up to her living space.

As she ate her dinner she read through a book that she found interesting.

“Oh my Lord, I hate this character so much!” she exclaimed as she turned the page, “Why the fuck am I attracted to you?!”

This was actually a constant problem for her. Falling for fictional characters that is.

“I’m so fucking lonely,” she giggled as she closed her book and put away her left overs.

Two days later Rhamina sighed as she sat in between two fourteen-year-old girls who were both clinging to her arms at the airport.

This continued as they proceeded to board their airship.

One of them had shoulder length blond hair, ivory colored skin, and blue eyes.

The other had shoulder length brown hair, a light tan, and brown eyes with glasses.

“Mina!” the brunette chirped.

“Yes, Chloe?” Rhamina asked as she looked down at child-like brown irises.

“Pet me!” commanded the younger female as the ravenette begrudgingly obeyed.

“Look how spoiled she is,” Rhamina said momentarily stopping causing the brunette to look up in disappointment as she let out a series of owl noises.

“I mean look,” Rhamina continued as Chloe began to nuzzle the sixteen-year-old’s arm.

“Ramen, she looks like she’s gonna kill you in your sleep,” the concerned blonde said pointing out the adorable looking glare on Chloe’s face.

“Aurora, you know she can try but I’ll just put her in a corner,” Rhamina replied before leaning back in her seat for a nap.

Ten minutes later Rhamina slapped a hand that was above her face and opened her eyes to see a dark hand above her as a green marker fell to the floor.

“Have you not learned your lesson, Tijarah?” Rhamina asked her friend, “You cannot achieve this.”

“I’ll still eat you out of house and home though,” Tijarah scoffed leaning back in her seat.

“I can do that on my own, thank you very much,” Rhamina said looking out the window to see the night sky and ground below the airship, “Well, looks like we’re almost there.”

“Yep and it’s already dry as fuck,” Kerstin scoffed from her seat, “Sam, you’re going to have one hell of a time.”

“Fuck you,” the emerald-eyed female spat putting vaseline on her lips.

“You know,” a red-haired female said, “I’m kind of glad Mo isn’t here.”

“Yeah, I’m agreeing with Hannah here,” the oldest female said, “I mean he’s a good kid but-”

“He’s annoying as shit,” Sam said cutting off the other brunette, “Sorry, Sophie, but he is.”

“No, you’re not wrong,” Sophie replied, “He is just way too much.”

“Oh he asked if I would bring him so he could get a month off of school but I said no because he’ll just disrespect the whole thing,” Rhamina explained, “He comes from Pyget, yes. But he comes from a different area and knows nothing about this.”

“Wait, so what exactly did you say?” Hannah asked.

“I just told him ‘No, you’re not coming with us’,” Rhamina sighed, “He came up to me talking about all the places he was planning to visit like I had already invited him, too. It was really insensitive.”

“I mean I get free transport there because this is an important thing and I’m identified as crucial for this and I was able to weasel you guys free tickets as well but I had to pay for luggage and that shit ain’t cheap,” Rhamina continued.

“How did he react?” Kerstin asked.

“He was really disappointed but I don’t really care,” Rhamina replied, “He was being way too pushy and I have a right to say no.”

“Plus, I wanted a vacation for just us special weirdos,” Rhamina chuckled deciding to change the subject.

“Yes, Ramen,” Aurora mused wiggling her eyebrows.

“So what exactly are we going to be doing first?” Sam asked pulling her brown hair into a ponytail.

“Well, I couldn’t really afford to get hotel rooms so we’re just staying in my other shop,” Rhamina explained as the airship descended.

“You have another shop in Pyget?” Kerstin asked, “How the fuck did that happen.”

“You know,” Rhamina chuckled with an awkward smile, “It used to be my friends but he- he’s gone now and I didn’t want anyone else to touch it so I, you know, snatched it.”

“Oof,” Sophie said as Chloe and Aurora tried to comfort the ravenette.

“There’s not much room though,” Rhamina continued, “You guys can take the bedrooms. I’ll just be in the living room then. Just if y’all see me floating in my sleep or some shit, run.”

“Mina, we’re the guests so we can just take the living room,” Sophie suggested earning a glare from the ravenette.

“My Aiasian ass says no,” Rhamina barked back, “You’re the guests you get the luxury shit.”

“How many bedrooms are there anyway?” Kerstin asked.

“A guest bedroom and the Master bedroom,” Rhamina replied as they let the aisles empty out before standing.

“Did your friend use the Master bedroom?” Sam asked earning a nod from Rhamina, “Then we’ll just cram in the guest bedroom and you take the master.”

“Excuse me?” Rhamina asked.

“Yeah,” Hannah added, “It would feel wrong to take the master bedroom since it’s your friend plus if the guest bedroom is the size of your normal bedroom then we should be fine.”

Before Rhamina could fight back the two children at her sides kept insisting until she gave in.

“Fine,” Rhamina groaned standing up and grabbing her leather, kiss lock purse, “But you better not sneak into my room at night or some shit.”

This earned snickers from all but two of the other girls as they got off of the aircraft.

“Holy shit,” Kerstin said standing outside of the airport under and overhang as the girls waited for someone to bring them a cart to bring their luggage to the shop.

“Aesthetic, isn’t it?” Rhamina chuckled using a black scarf as a hood as multiple whispers came from the people surrounding them.

“Ms. Miyu!” a girl with dark skin, short dark hair, and hazel eyes called running up to the large group, “It really is you!”

“Nice to see you again, Selene,” Rhamina chuckled as the girl wrapped her arms around the ravenette’s waist, much to the shagrin of two fourteen-year-olds.

“I was afraid you weren’t going to come this year,” the child sighed.

“Why wouldn’t I?” Rhamina asked smile slowly fading, “What happened, Selene?”

“Ms. Miyu, thank the stars you’re here!” an older woman exclaimed almost on the brink of tears, “We thought they had already done something to you!”

The aura seemed to shift as the girls left their luggage to be taken care of by some of the townspeople while they were lead to the plaza only to see something quite disturbing.

Right in front of them was a carbon copy of Rhamina tied to a cross with iron rods impaling various parts of her but what stood out to the ravenette was the familiar symbol tattooed onto the thing’s forehead.

It was a red cross split by crossbones, known as the symbol of the extremist group known as the Antidote.

Rhamina’s were narrowed as the girls looked at her in concern.

“Mina, are you okay?” Hannah asked putting a hand on the sixteen-year-old’s shoulder.

“I’m, okay but I’m concerned because they haven’t really tried anything big since four years ago,” the ravenette explained, “And they decide here and now to try to scare me off. They didn’t do this the past years I’ve been coming with just Mr. Conrad.”

“They want to end the Festival entirely,” a male walking up to the group, “It is the only event amongst the magic community which gathers all kinds of magic as united and with it gone, they’ll have a better chance at erasing magic from our world.”

“Thank you for the explanation, Mr. Antar,” Rhamina spoke nodding in recognition at the man.

“Ms. Miyu, I’ve told you many times to call me by my first name,” the male chuckled, “We are friends after all.”

“I’m sorry, its just after so long, it would feel weird,” Rhamina chuckled before turning to her friends, “Guys this is Mr. Antar, he is the head of the town’s council.”

“Mr. Antar, these are the ones who I’ve invited to take part in the Festival this year,” Rhamina introduced earning a happy expression from the man before it faded into a frown.

“It’s such an honor to have you all here, though I wish your first trip here wouldn’t have been so alarming,” he said turning back to the obvious threat.

“I-is that a real person?” Chloe asked tugging on Rhamina’s sleeve.

“Nah,” came the teen’s reply, “It’s a doll, a really realistic looking doll, but a doll.”

“Christ, Mina, is this safe?” Sophie asked in concern not for herself but for the ravenette.

“Every path has its own risks,” Rhamina replied with a shrug, “I just happen to choose all of them with the most life threatening but hey my life isn’t boring.”

“Mina, you have actual terrorists after you and you’re not fucking concerned about this?” Tijarah asked as they walked to the shop.

“Oh, I’m concerned but knowing that they could be watching from anywhere do you think I should be panicking?” the ravenette replied, “I’m not going to give them the satisfaction. If they want to burn me down they have to reach me first.”

“Mina, please tell me you don’t plan on doing anything to provoke them,” Hannah said knowing how she, Kerstin and Sam acted.

“Oh hell no,” Rhamina said taking out her keys and unlocking the door, “I leave them alone if they leave me alone. However if they cross me they get what comes to them. Hell consider them lucky that I don’t come after them now. They’ve done enough to consider themselves on my bad side.”

“Holy aesthetics,” Sophie said as they walked into the shop which was quite different to Rhamina’s in Emltucae.

“Yeah, Asra tended to keep the shop a little messier than mine but it’s cute isn’t it?” Rhamina chuckled beckoning the girls to follow her up the stairs.

“This is where we’ll be staying for the next month,” Rhamina said once they reached the modest sized living area, “Of course I hope you guys will be helping me around the shop as well but I only plan on opening the shop for two days a week. After all I have to give you guys some training before the actual Festival.”

“Yeah no problem, Man,” Aurora said, “Of course we’ll be helping!”

“Hey, Mina, where’s our shit?” Tijarah asked.

“Should be in the guest room,” Rhamina said as she led them down the hall to their room which did indeed have their luggage.

“So what do we have planned for tonight?” Chloe asked.

“Well not much for today since we just got here, but we can go eat out for tonight then tomorrow we can go explore a bit,” Rhamina chirped.

“Yeah, plus we need to unpack,” Hannah stated earning a series of groans from the rest of the females.

“Oh yeah, Mina, what’s with the scarf?” Chloe asked as Rhamina looked up from her luggage to motion to the scarf around her head.

“Chloe, I don’t like sunlight and we are like almost in the smack dab middle of a fucking desert,” Rhamina said grabbing her suitcases, “I’m taking precautions.”

Once the ravenette left the room, the girls got to work at organizing who would be sleeping on the bed and who would take the floor as well as who’s clothes would go where in the closet.

By the time the sun went down the girls gathered in the living room to go out for dinner wearing the same thing they had been earlier that day.

“So where exactly are we eating?” Tijarah asked as Rhamina came down the stairs.

“Of course, all about the food,” Sam sighed.

“Like you’re one to talk,” Kerstin snickered earning a glare from both of them.

“Neither can you!” Sam exclaimed back as the other girls burst out in laughter.

“Depends, what do you guys want to eat?” Rhamina asked pulling the scarf over her head again.

“Paajnese,” came the collective reply.

Rhamina blinked before asking, “Did you guys coordinate this before I came downstairs?”

“Yes,” Kerstin replied, “We decided when we were unpacking our shit.”

“Okay, there’s a sushi place down the road and its pretty good,” Rhamina said after a few minutes of thought, “We can just walk there.”  

“That works,” Sophie said, “Alright guys let’s go.”

Once everyone put on their shoes they walked out of the building and Rhamina locked the door before leading them to the restaurant.

It was much cooler now that the sun had disappeared below the horizon and in front of the restaurant Rhamina pointed out a large building in the distance.

“That’s the building the Festival takes place in,” she stated pointing at the sand colored building, “It’s actually just four walls surrounding an oasis. The walls are enchanted though only those with special sigils can enter; which, reminds me I need to make you guys ID’s to get in.”

“You need ID to get in?” Chloe asked as they entered the restaurant.

“Yes, it’s really old but powerful magic,” Rhamina replied as a hostess took them to a large booth, “I’m really lucky to have learned how to use it.”

“How the hell did your parents even let you start coming here, Mina?” Kerstin asked, “Your parents were strict as fuck.”

“Actually, Asra convinced them,” Rhamina chuckled, “When we first met, before I had my shop, it was at Lady of the Lake and we just started talking and we got really close. My parents were really wary of him since he was a foreigner who was ten years older than me and yeah. He brought up the Festival when we were hanging out and offered to bring me for that year.”

Rhamina smiled at the memory as they browsed the menu and continued, “I really wanted to go but I had to decline because I knew my parents would flat out say no. They didn’t even like the fact I was practicing magic, going to the Festival, the largest magic event ever, was out of the question.”

“But,” she continued, “somehow I came home from school one day, he was in my living room with my parents and they said I could go.”

“I’m still surprised they said yes,” Sophie said.

“I know,” Rhamina chuckled, “I was for sure that if I didn’t come home when I did, they would’ve killed him or something with the looks on their faces.”

Once the girls ordered talk of various topics mostly regarding magic filled their table.

“You talk so much about Asra,” Aurora chuckled, “What does he look like?”

“Well, he was a bit taller than me as I am now, so about five eight? Five seven, maybe?” Rhamina started, “He had golden brown skin, kind of like mine but more glowy, deep violet eyes, and fluffy white hair.”

“He sounds like a character from a book,” Tijarah commented causing the table to burst out in laughter.

“He was an attractive character that’s for sure,” Rhamina chuckled, “Too bad I was, you know ten when we first met. I can show you guys a picture when we get back.”

When the food arrived Rhamina put down her scarf so she could eat without it getting in the way.

Rhamina got a roll with eel and a sweet sauce on it along with miso soup and vegetable tempura since she was allergic to shrimp.

The food was quite good and the owners even gave them each a free dessert of their choice.

After they paid and left it was about eight in the evening and the girls decided to walk around a bit since they basically stayed inside all day.

Walking back up to the plaza they were all relieved to see the cross and doll from earlier gone leaving only a small hole in the sand where the cross was stuck.

“So anything else about the Festival we should know right now?” Kerstin asked as they sat down by a fountain.

“Not really since I’ll be teaching it to you guys when we start your training,” Rhamina said before noticing most of the stores were still open.

“You guys can go browse around for a bit,” Rhamina suggested, “It’s more lively here at night.”

“Fine by me,” Kerstin said standing, “Are you just going to be here?”

“Yep, knock yourselves out just meet back here by ten okay?” Rhamina smiled dipping her fingers into the fountain.

As the girls dispersed Rhamina turned her full attention to the fountain and she dried off her hand as the focused on the water.

To those trained in magic they could feel the shift in aura of the girl as a ball of water floated out of the fountain and in front of the girls face.

At her command it shifted into various shapes until in the water she saw a familiar pair of violet irises causing her to drop it in surprise.

Her head snapped behind her as she saw a rustle of plants from the corner of her eye.

Standing up to go inspect it she saw it lead to a small alleyway which held seemingly nothing.

She walked into the small space between buildings until she reached the back where she saw a white snake.

It was about the same length as her forearm and an upturned snout; which, allowed her to identify it as a Western Hognose snake. She also took notice of it’s light lavender patterning as she slowly approached it.

“Hey, Little One,” she cooed kneeling down as the snake curled into itself but not showing any other defensive or strike posture, “What are you doing here? You aren’t native to Pyget.”

She slowly brought her hand in front of the snake and it flicked it’s tongue out to smell her almost like a dog.

It made no noise as it slithered onto the female’s hand and wrapped itself around the appendage.

“Well looks like you’re mine now,” she chuckled bringing the snake to her face to see purple eyes instead of the normal red for this morph.

As she walked back to the fountain the snake seemed to survey its surroundings from its new, higher, point of view.

Rhamina spent the rest of her time waiting, playing with her new companion and gushing over how cute snakes were until her friends returned from their exploring.

When they did come back some of them had bags of things they bought like new clothes or little items they bought.

“Mina, we back,” Chloe exclaimed not noticing the reptile of the ravenette’s hand.

Actually, most of the group didn’t… Most of them.

“Ramen, what the fuck?!” Aurora gasped at the betrayal in front of her, “Why are you holding a legless lizard?!”

“Aurora, this is Snow,” Rhamina chirped holding up the snake as it flicked its tongue, “Isn’t he cute?”

“Rhamina!” Sophie exclaimed, “Did you just pick up a random snake?!”

“But he’s domestic,” Rhamina whined, “Western Hognoses aren’t native to Pyget, plus he’s a really rare morph. It would be a shame for him to just be in the wild where he would be easily spotted and killed.”

“Mina, where are you going to keep it?” Hannah asked as the ravenette stood up.

“There’s an old tank in the storage room of the shop and I have a heating mat there too since there used to be a lot of stray cats,” Rhamina said leading them back to the shop.

Once they arrived the girls got ready to go to sleep while Rhamina stayed downstairs grabbing the tank and heat mat before bringing it up to her room and setting it up with a small water dish on a desk near her bed.

“There you go, Snow,” Rhamina said letting the snake into the tank so she could get herself ready for bed.

Once she was done she went into the bathroom to wash her face, brush her teeth, and get dressed in a tank top and shorts to sleep in.

Getting into bed she wrapped herself up in blankets before drifting off to sleep.

From his spot, the snake easily exited the tank and slithered out of the room going into the card room before slithering into a small hole under the floorboards.

Once he returned to the tank he watched as the ravenette shifted to lie on her side, the moonlight shining over her face.

In the guest room, the girls were all up talking random shit until Kerstin asked, “Hey guys, want to go see if Mina is still up?”

“Sure,” Sophie said getting up from her spot on the floor as Kerstin grabbed a polaroid camera.

“...Kerstin?”

“Yes, Sophie?”

“Why are you bringing that?”

“Just in case Mina isn’t awake.”

“...”

“Y’all gonna die,” Tijarah commented as they walked down the hall.

As Kerstin opened the door the well oiled hinges made no sound.

They krept over to where the ravenette was laying, eyes closed and breathing even.

Kerstin let out a quiet snicker as she lifted the camera to her face.

Flash! Snap!

Golden orbs cut through the dark surroundings of the room as the two girls momentarily froze.

“Hi, Mina,” Kerstin chirped as she collected the film.

The ravenette said nothing as she lifted the covers off of her and Sophie exclaimed, “Run!”

The two girls ran back to their room and slammed the door and turned the lock just in time for Rhamina the run into the door with her shoulder.

“Holy shit what did you do?!” Sam asked as Kerstin and Sophie were laughing their asses off.

Kerstin just handed the brunette the partially developed photo as she struggled to breath.

“Oh my fucking god, you didn’t,” Sam said as she passed the photo onto Tijarah.

“But we did,” Sophie said regaining her breath, “It was worth it.”

“Aw, she’s so cute in this,” Tijarah gushed, “She is so adorable!”

“Guys, wait it’s too quiet,” Aurora said hudling with Chloe, “Ramen, is in angry mode right? Shouldn’t she be screaming through the door?”

The girls stopped talking as they stopped their talking to listen for the female’s voice only to hear silence.

They turned to the door only to jump at the sound of a crash and the appearance of a human-shaped shadow as night air entered the room.

“You think locking the door is gonna keep me out, Bitch?!” Rhamina exclaimed as she pulled herself into the room through the now open window.

“Holy shit, Mina, this is the second floor!” Hannah exclaimed as Sophie and Kerstin were trying to open the door again.

“That means nothing,” the ravenette seathed turning to the two teens, “Don’t you fucking pull that shit again!”

“Sophie, you’re the responsible one too, I’m disappointed,” Rhamina hissed opening the door for them.

“Mina, she is the one that decided to break the window,” Chloe reminded earning a sigh from the brunette.

“Listen, being there was a crime anyway, what was a little window breaking,” Sophie argued.

“You cut open your hand when you tried to vault yourself in, Sophie,” Sam deadpanned.

“Listen, Buddy-” “Good night, Assholes,” Rhamina sighed as she left the room to return to her own and maybe get some sleep.

                                      ~~~Fin.~~~

[fanofafan2ff]

49: Long Time Coming

Madison

I groaned feeling Chris’s cold lips on my skin. You would think I was used to it by now. He’s been doing this every morning since I told him I was pregnant. So, that was about a week now. He placed the kisses all over my stomach and I couldn’t help but giggle. 

“The least you could do is put some Chapstick on them crusty lips before kissing on my stomach. Carmex. Vaseline. Something.” I joked. He stopped what he was doing, lifted his head and gave me the ugliest mug. “You a hater man.” He finally laughed. 

“Can you go back to being quiet? Me and my daughter was having a real conversation down here.” He lowered his head. He placed another kiss on my belly before he got to whispering. “...And you can’t be dating til you like what? ‘Bout 45. I think that’s reasonable.” I started cracking up. 

“You really ain’t trying to let a nigga have his father daughter moments.” “It’s a boy.” I ran my hand over my stomach. I wasn’t showing, but shit, the way I was eating these days you would I was 6 months already. I was being colorful but still. I was gaining weight pretty fast in this pregnancy.

“Imma be happy regardless.” He admitted. I agreed. He finally crawled back to the top of the bed and planted a kiss on my forehead. “I ain’t kissing them lips til you brush them teeth. dragon breath having ass.” He cackled. I shut him up quick with pinch. “I hate when you do that shit.” He whined. 

“Then stop talking shit.” I warned removing myself from the covers. “All that shit you was just talking. I ain’t did nothing.” “Cause I’m with child.” I batted my lashes. He kissed his teeth and I scurried off to pee. I heard Chris leave the room to get Christian up and ready for school. 

We were gonna get him off to school, and we would be on our way to my doctor’s appointment. Although my parents left two days ago, Mama J, Desean, and Ly would be here for a few more days so I would have company for after we came back and Chris went to the studio. 

I got in the shower, brushed my teeth, and got myself together before Chris and Christian sauntered in the room. “You look so cute.” I pinched his cheeks and ran my hand over his hair. “Mommy. I want hair like daddy.” Christian fiddled with his curls. 

I scrunched my face up and Chris laughed. He was talking about the two braids Chris donned on his head. I hated them. “You need more hair for that pumpkin.” “Daddy said I not getting a haircut, so I can have them.” He cheesed. I shot Chris a look and he just laughed a little harder. 

“What? My boy wanna look like me, hater! Now, go feed my kids.” He winked. He’s so annoying. “Mama made breakfast.” He said pulling his shirt off and sauntering into the bathroom. Christian held my hand and chatted about his hair all the way downstairs. I kissed Mama J and Ly while he told them about his hair. 

“I gonna look like daddy.” He was so happy to get braids and he barely had the hair for it. I shook my head before the scent of the scrambled eggs hit my nostrils. I wanted to gag. And seeing as how Chris and I decided that we weren’t telling anyone for another two weeks, I swerved them when Mama J tried to put them in my plate.

Fruit, bacon, and toast did it for me this morning. Christian had some fruit and some eggs. “What y’all doing today?” “Sleeping.” Ly answered first.  She yawned as she caressed her belly. I giggled, I completely understood. I knew she was ready to drop this baby. 

Chris cam down the steps singing, with Christian’s backpack in his hands. “Morning ugly.” Ly made sure to call to her brother. “Ly, I’m in too good of a mood to even start with you today.” He gently mushed her face. He kissed his mother’s forehead and went on to pack Christian’s snack in his backpack. 

Despite the braids, he looked so sexy. And with my hormones acting the way they were, I knew what we’d be doing after we got home.

“Well, if it isn’t one of my favorite couples? Chris, how nice to see you!” Doctor Lopez smiled in his direction. They embraced in a quick hug. “What’s up doc?” He laughed after he let her good. “Hi Madison. How are you? How you feeling this week?” “I’m doing great, thank you.” 

“That’s good, that’s good. How have your eating habits been?” “Great.” I laughed. Considering I’ve already gained five pounds and I’m just short of 10 weeks, my eating habits obviously have a mind of their own. I was gaining weight so rapidly, it was crazy. Chris was encouraging it too. Every two seconds he would either make sure I was munching on something or asking me if I wanted something else to eat. 

“Well, I can see that. Looks like you gained almost five and a half pounds since I last saw you. But that’s okay. Just as long as we don’t indulge in anything that can put you or the baby at risk, okay?” She was talking to me, but Chris made sure to nod his head. 

“Alright, let’s see how our little rugrat is doing, shall we? Is this the first time daddy is gonna get to see?” She asked. “Yes ma’am.” Chris nodded and latched on to my hand. “Okay, let’s get going then.” She spread the cold gel over my stomach before starting the ultrasound. 

“Okay, let’s hear that heartbeat.” Not long after she said that, the lubb-dubb sounds filled the room, and if I was right, Chris let out a sigh of relief. “Nice and strong.” She smiled at the screen. “And he or she is right here.” She pointed at the screen. I couldn’t help but look at Chris and get a little teary eyed. He was so happy.

For the rest of the appointment, Chris asked a million and one questions. Any one else would have been annoyed, but it was kind of cute actually. He just wanted to make sure everything went right with this pregnancy. We got pictures, got me cleaned up, made or next appointment, and were on our way home. 

“I can’t believe I already gained five pounds.” I whined. “Don’t even worry about it big mama, you still look good.” He kissed my hand. “Don’t call me that.” I laughed and snatched my hand from him. “Why? That’s what I called you when you was pregnant with Christian.” “I know, but I feel like I’m really about to blow up this pregnancy. I’m gonna be as big as a house.” “More cushion for the pushing.” He bit his lip making me crack up. 

“You hungry?” He asked. “No, just sleepy. And a little horny.” I admitted. “Ahh, shit! A nigga ‘bout to get some pussy!” The way he said the last word had me dying. “You not getting nothing!” I fibbed. He kissed his teeth. “I’m fucking you into that mattress.” “Stopppppp!” I whined making him laugh. “Alright, alright.” He laughed. We pulled up to the stop light and his phone rang from in the cup holder. 

He answered, “What’s up Lola?” My eye roll was vicious. They were still working together to get his album together. It obviously irked me, it has from the start, but what could I say? Stop working with the girl? No. Plus, Chris knew better. 

“Nah, I had some errands I had to run this morning. I might not even make it in to the studio today... Yeah... Um, nah. Just text it to my phone so I can look them over. Yeah, aight. Later.” He hung up and looked over at me while I kept my eyes on the road. 

“You gonna get an attitude every time I talk to her?” He asked. “Who says I have an attitude?” I asked. “That’s what it seem like. I thought we talked about Lola already?” He placed his hand on my thigh. “Yeah, we did. But we didn’t finish having our conversation, because... well you know.” I sighed thinking about that day Mark came over to deliver the bad news. 

“You still think I don’t trust you?” I looked over at him with sad eyes. He looked away from the road quickly to look me back in my eyes but didn’t answer. That gave me my answer. I pushed his hand off my thigh and crossed my legs, and folded my arms. I just wanted get home and into the bed at this point.

The rest of the ride home only took about fifteen minutes and we were both silent the whole time. When he pulled into the garage and shut the car off,  I dropped my phone into my bag, picked it up and carefully got out the car. 

When I walked into the living room, Ly was on the couch by herself under a blanket. I flopped down next to her and rubbed her round stomach. “Hey babes.” She greeted me. “Hi.” I replied. I answered. “So what got you so down miss lady?” She asked. I just sighed. 

“I honestly don’t have the energy to talk about it right now. I’m gonna go take a nap. See you later Ly.” I got my purse and resorted upstairs to our room. I kicked my sandals off, and tied my hair up in a bun before diving underneath the covers. I wasn’t wasting no time, withing a few minutes, I was out like a light. 

Chris

“Yo, you ready?” I walked in the living room to see my sister lounging on the couch. She was supposed to be ready to go when I got back. “Um, negro. I am ready!” She gave me a stank look. She sat up slowly before getting up and slipping on her sandals. 

“Don’t come in here acting like you run shit, little brother.” I kissed my teeth. “Man, whatever.” “I swear, you and Madison are so annoying. Once one of y’all is in a mood, then next one follows.” She pulled on her denim jacket and we were heading back into the garage. 

I helped her climb into her seat before getting into mine. We pulled out of the garage and were on our way. “Okay, Christopher what happened? Madison came in there looking like a sad puppy. You look like a sad Pitbull. What’s up?” I cracked a smile at her joke. 

“I don’t think Madison trusts me. In the back of her mind, one of these days she gonna find out I’m cheating on her. Which ain’t true at all. The shit got my head all types a fucked up because, if she don’t trust me what’s the point in her being my wife, you know?” She nodded slowly as she listened. 

“Okay, let’s start with this. Have you ever cheated on her?” She asked. My jaw clenched. “Yeah, a long time ago.” “Okay, did she forgive you?” “Yeah.” “Have you ever given her a reason to think you were cheating again?” “No.” I stopped myself from lying. “Yeah.” I sighed. I could tell she was waiting for me to explain.

“It’s this girl I work with. She helps write some of the songs. She get a little touchy feely with me from time to time, she flirts too but I don’t pay that girl no mind. Madi walked in on her flirting with me one day and ever since then she got it in her mind I’m cheating on her. And I mean, I get where she get that from, cause I be leaving the house not coming back till twelve plus hours later, but a nigga ain’t cheating. I’m just trying to finish my damn album.” 

“Chris, if Madi didn’t trust you or thought you were gonna cheat on her, I promise you she would have left you already. Madison is a strong woman. She would not sit around and wait for you to cheat on her. She would pack her shit, Christian shit and be out. Okay? That girl loves you. I’m not sure why, but she does.” She shrugged. 

“Now stop worrying. You told me yourself that you were ready to marry her. You are ready for this commitment. Don’t get cold feet now. Madison was meant to be your wife. You know that.” She assured me. I sat in my thoughts for a minute or two just thinking about what she said. I agreed, but this was something Madison and I had to talk through either way.

“Thank sis.” “No problem big head. Now, stop trying to ruin my chance at being a maid of honor.” She fanned me off. I chuckled and focused back on the road. We were headed to Tiffany’s for a private showing of some engagement rings. I couldn’t be walking into no jewelry store about to do this with my mind all fucked up.  

When we got there, I made sure to pull around back, and let Jack know we were outside. He let me know the back door was open. I helped my sister out the car and we made our way inside. 

“Alright, so with all the changes and details considered we’re looking at about $58,000.” Jack calculated. I nodded my head, “That’s all?” He chuckled. I looked over the ring we were starting with. In a few weeks, it would be polished with a two carat diamond and engraved before I could pop the question. 

“Oh my God.” I heard my sister whisper. “Chris, that’s a lot of money.” “She worth every penny.” I said. I worked hard for my money, so I had no reservations about spending it on the people I loved. That’s why I had Jack bring out another selection of fine jewelry. Bracelets, charms, necklaces, and earrings. Ly ogled the rose gold bracelet and I didn’t even let her ask for it before I told him to wrap it up for us, along with some earrings. I had my mama something too. 

“I feel like a fancy bitch now.” My sister cackled as he handed over the bags to her. I chuckled and we stood. I handed him the money and we shook hands. “Thanks again man.” “No problem, CB. Pleasure doing business with you. I’ll let you know how everything’s coming along soon.” “Alright man, later.” 

On our way back home, we picked up some food because Ly was craving some tacos. I ain’t object, a nigga was hungry too. We hid the bags upstairs in Ly’s room, it was easy too since Madi was still asleep, and so was my mama. Ly and I ate and watched some TV before I decided it was time to wake my baby mama up. 

She was wrapped up in the covers, on her side, snoring lightly. She looked peaceful. I almost didn’t wanna wake her up. I climbed in the bed next to her, making sure to pull her close and kiss her neck. She groaned but I didn’t let up. Eventually she started to wake up. 

“Chris get off. You smell weird.” She whined. “I smell like tacos.” I laughed. “Wake up baby, you been sleep for 3 hours.” “10 more minutes.” She bargained. “Nah, get up.” My assault on her neck never letting up. A few more seconds in I heard a moan slip from her lips.

Got her. 

Her choice of wearing this sweater dress thing really was clutch as fuck. I let my hand slip up and over her panties before sliding my hand inside completely. I let my finger rub her clit, getting her nice and wet before slipping two fingers inside her warmth. “Ooh.” She sang as I stroked her slowly. 

“Yessss.” She hissed as she started to roll her hips against my fingers. I kept pumping while she sang quietly. Her pussy was getting juicy as fuck. There was no way I wasn’t getting inside this shit today. I pulled my fingers out and licked my fingers clean before coming up out of my jeans. 

I didn’t even waste anytime pulling her panties off. I moved the lacy material to the side before pulling my dick out. She was still on her side. I lifted her leg up and scooted closer behind her. I slowly guided my dick inside her warmth, knowing she needed time to adjust to my size. 

She reached behind her to grip my arm when I was half way inside. I started stroking slow, not trying to give her more than she could handle. I groaned in her ear, her pussy felt so fucking good. She kept quiet for the most part, only gasping and moaning lowly. That was until I sped up. 

Her moans got a little louder, and I had to remind her we weren’t alone on the house. She started tightening her walls around me and mumble a curse word or two under my breath. This pussy was so good. I couldn’t help myself as I sped up a little. She put her face into the pillows in an effort to muffle her screams. Not before long she was cumming all over my dick. 

Knowing just what she liked, I fucked her through her orgasm, and ordered her to rub her clit in the meantime. By time her second orgasm rolled around we were cumming together. I stroked her few more times before slowly pulling out. I laid back trying to catch my breath. Mid day sex was the best. 

“My kitty is sore already.” She whined rolling over. I had to laughed. If that little quickie had her sore already, she was in for it tonight. We still took a few minutes to catch our breaths. 

“I know you trust me.” I blurted out. “You just don’t trust Lola. I’m gonna get it taken care of, alright?” “No, Chris it’s okay. I’ll deal with it.” She reasoned. “Nah, you uncomfortable with it, so I’m gonna take care of it. Aight?” She gently turned my face so I was facing her. “Thank you.” She smiled before pecking me quickly. 

“What time is it?” She asked. I rolled over to check the clock, “2:30.” She smirked at me before crawling lower on the bed. She gripped my dick in her hands before starting to jerk it slowly while looking in my eyes. I bit my lip watching her hand slide up and down my shaft. The second her mouth came into contact with my dick, I groaned. 

Yeah, she was definitely gonna be my wife.