"I'd really prefer to be in San Fernando, Mom," Destiny said to Serenity.
"My grandchildren aren't gonna be an immigrant. Even if they are born in this place of skanks. Don't these Miami girls have any respect for themselves?" Serenity stated.
"No one told you to buy a house out here," Destiny said.
"No one told you to run away from the father of those babies," Serenity replied back, shutting Destiny up.
Destiny just looked over at Miami Beach and sighed. It had been 3 months since she ran away from Mark and she was now 6 months pregnant. At first, she went down to Trinidad to be with her mom. After explaining the whole scenario to her, Serenity allowed her to stay. After a few weeks, Serenity didn't like the idea of an immigrant grandchild since her daughter was a first generation American. Serenity told Destiny of a property she had in Miami and they moved there until the birth of the baby or when Destiny came to her senses. Serenity hoped the latter came first.
"Why don't you go back to New York?" Serenity asked.
"Jayden and Mark's goddaughter, Ashley, are both staying with Charli. If they find me, they'll tell Mark," Destiny tried to explain.
"He needs to find you. It's his children too," Serenity scolded.
"Mark's not the one going through morning sickness or constant cramps or mood swings or strange food cravings!" Destiny screamed.
Serenity remembered that Destiny was pregnant so she calmed down, "You're right, he isn't. However, he could help you through it. He's the father, it's his job."
"My father didn't do that," Destiny said, now in tears.
Serenity slumped down next to her daughter, "You're not the only one speaking to Charli. He looks for you all the time. he's scrambling his brain trying to figure out where you could be. Charli even told me he considered going to Trinidad, but her, Ashley, and Jayden had to talk him out of it."
"I'm not ready to face him yet. Can I go back to New York on my own time?"
"Destiny, you have 3 months to decide what you wanna do. I just hope you don't make the wrong choice."
Serenity walked into her bedroom and left Destiny on the balcony. The beautiful Miami breeze soothed her morning sickness. It also made her not crave food as much since she would taste the wind.
The events prior to going to Trinidad played over and over again in Destiny's mind. The fact that she saw Mark kissing Michelle. She looked down and stared at her cell phone and looked at 3 month's worth of missed calls from Mark. She knew he wouldn't give up easily, but eventually he would.
Destiny knew she was being stupid and keeping a child, rather two, away from their all too willing father was wrong. Whenever her heart told her she loved Mark and it was time to go back to New York, her mind would replay that moment and she would stay where she was.
She watched Smackdown all the time, even though Mark wasn't always on because of injury. Whenever he was on, she would rub her belly telling the unborn children that's their daddy on TV. After being 4 months pregnant, the kicking twins would kick harder whenever a gong was heard. Charli had told her that Mark was having shoulder problems now and he wouldn't be really active until his WrestleMania rematch with Shawn Michaels. She was advised to go back now before her baby was born, but she just wasn't ready.
Destiny took one last look at Miami before going back inside.
"I'm not ready. If he loves me, he'll find me, right?" Destiny thought to herself. Being pregnant made her think illogical, but she felt justified.
"Oh my gosh, I love this song!" Ashley exclaimed as she blasted the song on the radio. It was the new song by Drake, "Find Your Love". She was riding shotgun as her, Mark, and Jayden drove through New York for absolutely no reason.
I'm more than just an option (Hey, Hey, Hey)
Refuse to be forgotten (Hey, Hey, Hey)
I took a chance with my heart (Hey, Hey, Hey)
And I feel it taking over
"Ashley, you sure wanna play this?" Jayden asked, looking at Mark's facial expression.
"Its fine, Jayden," Ashley replied.
Too many times, I've been wrong
I guess being right takes too long
(I'm done waiting there's nothing left to do)
I'd give all I have to you and-
"Hey! No fair," Ashley pouted as Mark turned off the radio.
"Get over it, little girl," Mark growled.
Jayden reached over to the passenger seat to whisper in Ashley's ear, "Told you it was a bad idea."
"No, you didn't. you said, "Ashley, are you sure you wanna play this"," she said, mocking him.
"You move back into your seat and you shut up for the rest of this trip," Mark said pushing Jayden in the back seat and scolding Ashley.
Ashley folded her arms and shook her head, "Fine, I'll stop talking. I'll just hum myself to sleep."
Mark was getting irritated since Ashley was humming the melody of the song he just cut off.
"Why can't you be a normal teenager?" Mark asked her, but it was more of a rhetorical question.
"My parents are dead from liver cancer and suicide. I've been raised by someone who probably doesn't remember what his home looks like since he's always traveling due to his job. Not to mention all of his free time is spent in the area his estranged baby mama is supposed to be and also my boyfriend. Do I need to continue?" Ashley responded.
Jayden was in the back snickering and stopped when Mark cut a glare at him once the car was at a red light.
"You're not even in school. How do you know so much?" Mark wondered.
"Some of the smartest people never been to school or are dropouts. They're just looked down upon by society since they decide they want to be environmentalists and save trees by not having some stupid piece of paper saying "I'm smart"," she replied.
"If you were in high school, you would be great on the debate team. My school could certainly use help. By the way, explain where this outlook on life came from?" Jayden asked. He sat up from the back and placed his elbows on the side of Mark and Ashley's seats.
"I've traveled a lot with this big guy right here," she said patting Mark on the shoulder, "I've met some interesting people, including a pothead who dropped out of high school. He was rejected by every job he ever had before he started his own business."
"Doing what and you need a license to start a business," Mark responded.
"Hey, I never said the business was a legal one, I just said he started a business," Ashley said defensively.
Jayden laughed uncontrollably in the back seat at the logic of his girlfriend. Mark just shook and kept reminding himself that he signed up to be her guardian and it's too late to send her to an orphanage.
His mind went back to Destiny. She was going to give birth in just a few months. He didn't want to miss the birth of his first child. This mattered too much to him and so did Destiny. He wasn't thinking hard enough and should relax a while on finding Destiny. He had a WrestleMania match to worry about, but he couldn't put 100% of his effort into promoting what is supposed to a match for the ages. Before his baby is born, one way or another, he would know where she is.