Parris fell onto the couch exhausted. She had finally put her daughter to sleep after 2 bedtime stories and a whole lot of questions; mostly about Drake. London had really taken a liking to him. She rambled on and on about how nice, cool, and fun he was. Parris just smiled in response until London wanted to know when they would see her again. That's when Parris changed the subject! Parris sighed and ran her hand over her face. She never thought in a million years that she would be in this predicament. 3 years she has been hiding this, 3 YEARS; all for nothing now. 3 years ago everything changed for Parris. A tear rolled down her cheek as she thought about it.
2009! Her grandfather; her idol, her father, her everything, the ONLY man in her life had died after years and years of battling lung cancer. Parris felt as though she had lost her world. Everything came crashing down after that. Her mother had started using drugs, her auntie had committed suicide, they had lost their house, and she had dropped out of UIC. Drinking and partying became her lifestyle. She had no care in the world. All this happened within the first 2 months of the year. That March was when she and her "friends" took a road trip to New York. At that time the most clothes Parris ever wore was a robe when she was at home. They went to the club one night and she wore a dress that barely covered her breast and didn't even come to mid thigh. Her face was plastered with make up and her hair was bought to be 18 inches long. All this covered up the pain and showed her way of survival. She was dancing the night away when her friends came over to tell her that the Young Money crew was partying upstairs in the VIP area. This of course was exciting for them and even though Parris really wanted to go home she went anyways. They partied with Wayne, Mack Maine, Drake, Tyga, and the rest of the crew. While dancing she felt someone come up behind her and grind against her ass. By this time Parris had already had a few drinks in her system so she really didn't care who it was and she just grind back against them. Turning around to see that it was Drake made it even more perfect. They danced for about 30 more minutes before Drake leaned down and whispered in her ear, "How about we get out of here?"
Parris just smiled and nodded. Soon they were in his hotel room going at it like two horny teenagers. Drake had her on the bed, against the wall, in the shower, on the table, and anywhere else you can possibly think of. Parris woke up the next morning and did what her usually routine had become: she got dressed, left a note, and walked out the door with no regrets, and she never looked back.
Three weeks later Parris found herself bent over the toilet almost every morning. Her appetite had changed and her clothes weren't fitting. She didn't know what was going on, so she made herself an appointment. There her worst dreams had come true. The doctor said she was 3 to 4 weeks pregnant. Parris hadn't had any sex since her trip to New York. She was upset because her friends had bailed on her and spread awful rumors about her because of a small argument they had. She should have known she couldn't trust them. Her only friend she had ever had, or could ever trust was her best friend Jaana. But after everything had happened she cut her off completely when Jaana was only trying to help her. At this very moment she had no one to turn to but Jaana. Her mom was busy in rehab and there was no way in hell she was going to call Drake and tell him. She couldn't imagine how many girls had tried to pull that. After A LOT of talking and A LOT of begging, she had finally got her best friend back. That's when they both decided that it was best if Parris shut her mouth and deal with it. After all, Jaana was pregnant with her first child also. Jaana gave birth on August 4, 2009 to a beautiful healthy baby girl. She named her Lucy London Cantienna, after her deceased mother and her two best friends. Parris went into premature labor the following month. She was only 6 months pregnant. She gave birth September 4, 2009 to a baby girl. She was instantly token back into the ICU. She wasn't breathing on her own and her lungs weren't fully developed yet. Parris never thought she could have so much love or emotion for anything or anyone, but that all changed when she first laid eyes on her daughter. She knew all that crap she did in her past was the reason why her daughter was suffering now, and that thought alone killed her. She named her London Janae Collins after herself, and plus Jaana had picked it out. London spent 8 weeks in the hospital before she was cleared to come home. When she laid her daughter to sleep that night for the first time in jaana's house was when she promised herself that for her daughter's sake, no more mistakes. Jaana had come to her 2 weeks and told her that Jose, Jaana's boyfriend, had got a job offering in New York and they were moving ASAP, and she thought Parris should come too; told her that she could use some change and a nice place to stat over. Parris agreed and Jaana told her she could live with them as long as she needed too. That same week Parris mother was released from rehab and finally clean. She saw her granddaughter for the first time and her daughter for the first time in a long time. Now that she was clean, her mother was cleared to claim her earnings. Parris grandfather had left them $200,000 and her mother got $25,000 from his insurance. At that moment Parris and her mother decided it was never to late to be who they started out to be in the first place.
Parris was brought back to reality when she heard someone knocking on her door.
"Who is it?" She asked from the couch
"How about you get your fat ass up and come see," Jaana answered her
Parris chuckled and got up to answer the door. Jaana walked into the house and flopped down on the couch happy to finally be off her feet.
"What are you doing here?" Parris asked her
"After what went on tonight, I'm quite sure you need your best friend," Jaana smiled taking off her shoes
"Did you call my brother?" Parris smiled
"Nope my phone dead and I don't have my charger. Put this on the charger and let me use yours," jaana told her handing Parris her phone and grabbing Parris's.
Parris put her phone on the charger and came back out and sat on the couch laying her head on her best friend's lap while listening to her conversation.
"Hey baby…Look something happened and Imma just stay over at Parris house….No calm down everything's okay….I'm sure. I'll explain it all to you later…..Okay I will. Since I don't have to work tomorrow and Parris do when I come home I'll just bring London with me…Yes…Okay…..Give my little princess a kiss for me okay….Love you too…..Bye," Jaana hung up the phone
She tossed it to the side before she began to rub Parris's head and play in her hair while she continued to lie in her lap.
"Jaana what am I going to do?" Parris asked
"I don't know," Was all Jaana could say
