Wedding Bells and Sweet Baby Smells

It was 2 months ago that Musa got the call at 2 am from Stella saying that Brandon had finally proposed and they now need to plan a grand wedding. The day was fast approaching as Musa spend 3 months helping Stella plan her dream wedding and with that came everyone being on edge, especially Musa.

"Look at me, I'm way to fat to be a maid of honor, everyone's going to be thinking why Stella asked some fat cow to be her maid of honor," cried Musa as she stood in front of her full length mirror in the red dress we was going to wear to the rehearsal dinner.

"You're not fat, you're pregnant," said Riven as he came into the room and wrapped his arms around Musa's waist and spread his hands out onto her growing stomach and felt the gentle kicks from their baby. "See, even this little guy or girl agrees with me, now you need to put some shoes on before we're late."

"Okay, now what do you think heels or flats," said Musa as she held up a red high heel in one hand and a ballet flat in the other.

"I don't know, I guess the flats go good with that dress," said Riven as he waited by the door for Musa.

"What, you don't like my dress, I was just trying to look nice for you and so that everyone else would think you had the most beautiful wife, but I guess I was wrong," cried Musa as she back into the bedroom. "Maybe you should just go without me tonight."

"Now Musa, that's not what I meant, I was just saying that I'm not really the best job on what shoes go with what dress," said Riven. "And you have to go tonight, because without you there would be no rehearsal dinner and Stella needs her maid of honor, now if you're ready I really think we need to get going."

With that Musa put on her shoes and her and Riven made their way down to their car to head to the rehearsal dinner.

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It was now midnight and the only ones felt at the church were Musa, Riven, Stella, Brandon and Stella and Musa's four other friends and their boyfriends.

"So Musa, did you and Riven decide if you're going to find out whether the baby's a boy or girl," asked Musa's friend Bloom.

"Yeah, we decided we were going to let it be a surprise and wait until the baby's born," said Musa as she picked up some crumpled napkins and put them into a trash bag.

"So what are going to do about the nursery and names," asked Stella.

"Well, we haven't discussed names yet, but we decided to do the nursery in chocolate brown and a aqua blue with touches of red and green since red is my favorite color and green is Riven's," answered Musa.

"Yeah, and I think it's time for me to take Musa home now," said Riven as he helped Musa into her coat.

"Okay, and Musa what time do you want me to pick you up tomorrow night for the bachelorette party," asked Flora one of Musa's other friends.

"6:30 would be good, my father wants to take me out tomorrow morning to look for baby clothes," said Musa.

"6:30 it is, we'll see you tomorrow," said Flora.

And with that Musa and Riven waved goodbye to their friends and headed off back home.

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"It was one o'clock in the morning when Musa and Riven finally crawled into bed and as Musa started too drifted off she thought of the perfect name for their baby if it happened to be a girl.

"Hun, what do you think about calling the baby Melody if it's a girl, it was my mother's name," said Musa as she laid her head on Riven's chest.

"I think it's a beautiful name for a little girl, and if it's a boy I was thinking of naming him River after my father, plus it's kinda like my name and I would like it if he had a name similar to mine," said Riven as she stroked Musa's arm with one hand as the other one laid on her stomach. "Hey, little one, what do you think about those names."

"I think he or she agrees with us," said Musa as she felt the slight kick of their name through her stomach.

"Yes, and I think it's time for you to go to sleep now, you do have a big day tomorrow with Stella's bachelorette party and all," said Riven.

"Yeah, I love you, good night Riven," said Musa as she finally fell asleep.

"I love you too, Musa," said Riven and he too drifted off to sleep.

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It was twenty after six the next day when Musa arrived home from her father's to find her apartment in complete darkness.

"Oh, please tell me they didn't cut off the power, I still have to get change and the girls will be here in ten minutes," said Musa to herself as she reached for the light switch by the door.

"SURPRISE," yelled Stella, Bloom, flora and Musa's two other friends Layla and Tecna as they all appeared out from their hiding places.

"What's this all about," asked a shocked Musa as she walked further in the apartment.

"This is your surprise baby shower, now come sit down," said Bloom as she helped Musa sit on the sofa.

"But, I thought we were going out for Stella's bachelorette party," said Musa as she tried to get her rapid heartbeat to slow down.

"We were until I changed our plans, I realized that with the wedding plans going I never stopped and fully noticed how much you were doing for me to try and make my special day grand and I never really thanked you," said Stella as she sat down beside Musa. "So then I tried to think of a way to truly thank you and that's when I decide I should help you make your special day even more special."

"Oh Stella you guys are the best," said a watery eyed Musa as she tried not to cry.

"Well here the best part…presents," said Bloom as she handed a present to Musa. "This one is from Layla."

Layla's gift was a little bath tub and all kinds of bath gels, lotions, powders and anything else you would need to keep a baby clean.

"Thank you Layla, this is great," said Musa as she hugged Layla.

"It's no problem, now here's one from Bloom," said Layla as she handed Musa Bloom's present.

Bloom's gift was a stroller with a detachable car seat/carrier and a gift certificate to buy clothes, toys and anything else when they found out whether it was a boy or girl.

"Thank you so much Bloom, my father wanted to buy me one but I couldn't decide with model to buy," said Musa.

"Your welcome, it was Sky's idea for the gift certificate, this way you guys can buy what clothes and toys you want," said Bloom referring to her boyfriend Sky. "Now here's Stella's gift."

Stella's gift for the baby was a dark wood crib and changing table and a gift certificate for Musa and Riven to get sheets, bedding and whatever else in the chocolate brown and aqua blue color they choose for the nursery.

"Stella, this is too much," said Musa as she started to cry.

"No, it's not, this is my godson or goddaughter and they deserve the best there is," said Stella as she got a tissue and wiped the tears from Musa's eyes. "Now how about you open Tecna's gift.

Tecna's gift was two handmade mobile, one was done is little teddy bears and played a soft melody when turned on. The other one was six little pixies.

"Tecna, these are beautiful, where did you find them," asked Musa.

"Timmy helped me make them," said Tecna. "The teddy bear one is for if you have a boy and the pixies one for if you have a girl. The one in the middle is named Tune, she's the pixie of manners, this one with the reddish/pink hair is named Amore she's the pixie of love, this one with the fuchsia hair is Lockette and she's the pixie of portals, this one's Digit the pixie of technology, this one with the pigtails is Chatta, and this last one is Piff, a sleepy baby pixie."

"Well I'll cherish them forever and now for Flora's present," said Musa as she picked up the final gift.

Flora's gift was a small CD player and some CDs of soft music and nature sounds.

"There really good for helping babies fall to sleep and stay asleep, and that in itself is a great thing for you and Riven," said Flora. "I also made sure that also the bath stuff from Layla was the aroma therapy kind."

"Thank you so much guys, this is really great," said Musa as she started to cry again. "Man, these mood swings are a killer, I can't stop crying."

"Well, you can cry all you want, you deserve it, now let's get this party started, we have a full night of fun, movies, gossip and we are going to go it all in these," said Stella as she got out a huge shopping bag.

Inside the bag was matching PJs and fuzzy slippers for everyone. Stella's were yellow and had 'Bride' written on the front of the top and on the butt of the bottoms. Musa's were red and had 'Maid of Honor' on them and also had the word 'Godchild' and an arrow pointing to her round stomach. Bloom's were blue, Flora's were pink, Tecna's were purple and Layla's were green and they all had 'Bride's Maid' on them.

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The party raged on till 1am when Musa who was the last one left awake, finally crawled off the sofa and pulled blankets on all her friends who were fast asleep on the sofa, chair and the floor. She turned off the TV which had gone all blue after their movie had ended and then made her way into her soft, comfy bed. As she started to drift off she heard the quiet buzz of her cell phone and saw the name 'Riven' flashing on the screen.

"Hi, sweetheart," said Musa as she snuggled into the bed.

"Hi doll face, I just wanted to call and say good night," said Riven.

"How did you know I would still be awake," asked Musa.

"I had a feeling, now I love you and sweet dreams," said Riven.

"I love you too, good night and I'll see tomorrow at the church," said Musa as she hung up the phone and fell fast asleep.