"We should fuck more often." Happy smirked as he looked at the brunette as she tried to steady her breath. "This pregnancy thing has been killing me." He passed her his shirt and shrugged. "Are you okay? Struggling to breathe right now babe?"
Aries nodded her head slowly. "I'm ok." She smiled at him as she pulled his shirt on and laughed. "It barely fits now! Babe, I'm huge as fuck, huh?"
"Not huge, you're all stomach." He shook his head as he pulled her up to her feet and kissed her. "You still upset about that shit with your family?"
She shrugged. "I want to move on from it but I know I'll have to address it again. I've gotten a few voicemails telling me how ungrateful I am." She rolled her eyes. "I also got an email from Marisa, not a text, not a call, not a voicemail but an email. Stating how much she hates me and that I should support her and be happy that she's pregnant because she's happy for me being pregnant. You don't understand, she was pregnant a few months back, she was happy, excited then her and the guy split and next thing I know, I'm wiring her money for an abortion… She is now pregnant by him again… What happens if he splits again? Another fucking abortion? She's stupid and I'm no longer supporting her, she can figure her shit out on her own."
"I didn't know about the abortion thing." Happy rubbed his head before pulling the brunette into a hug. "Fuck 'em. I know they're your family but you have my Ma and Aunt. They love you, still want you to move in for some reason." He chuckled. "They want us to come back for a visit soon, so be prepared for that."
"I didn't know how to bring that shit up to you." She shook her head. "Like, it was when we found out about us being pregnant and I didn't want to bring it up and you think I was contemplating that because I never would. So, I just dealt with it and I honestly regret helping her. She's stupid as fuck if she thinks he's going to stick around and she should've been way more careful with sex. Like damn."
"I get it." He smiled at her. "I have good news for you. The boys from Tacoma might be coming down for a long visit. I know how much you love seeing Gage, Kicker, Casper, Jason and Elias."
"You're making me sound like a slut. You know you're my number one. However, if you ever wanna have a threesome, I'll be down for either of them to join in." She smirked at him and shrugged. "All amazing choices."
"Oooh, I'm telling Miller, Keahi and Brandon that you think they're chumps." He shook his head as he passed her a pair of his sweats. "I'll tell Jimmy and Juice too."
"Shut up." She rolled her eyes. "Those are good choices. Keahi would split me in half. I can't take Jimmy seriously, he's like a kid brother. Miller is just too pretty, like we'd fight over the mirror, Brandon is pretty as well but he's not my type physically and Juice is well, he's Juice. We did have that weird random kiss he planted on me and there were no fireworks at all."
"Anyone can split you in half, you're tiny." He shook his head. "What do you want to eat?"
"I'm making burritos. I don't need anything else." She shrugged. "Go, I know you're needed at the clubhouse. I heard your phone going crazy, so go."
"Alright, call me if you need anything." He kissed her and smiled. "I'm serious."
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"What if she goes into labor right now?" Juice whispered as he leaned over and smiled at Happy. "Huh? What if the water breaks?"
Happy groaned and shook his head, trying his hardest to ignore the younger man's question and presence. He wasn't in the mood for banter, truth be told, he wanted nothing more then to be at home with Aries and have a few drinks before passing out with the brunette wrapped around him. "She's not going to go into labor right now. She's still a bit off and if anything you should be worried, Sami could go into labor before Aries. She's not healthy at all."
"Shut up." Juice shook his head. "I was reading online about twins, sometimes the mom can go into labor early. It's a statistic. Is she on bed rest or anything yet?"
"No, no she's not." He rolled his eyes, cutting a glance at the man before shrugging. "Stop reading shit about twins, your girl isn't pregnant with 'em, mine is. Let me and Aries worry about it all."
"I know." Juice shrugged. "But she's my best friend, I have to do some worrying. My mom and sister keep asking about her because she's apparently ignoring them both right now for no good reason."
"She's not ignoring them, she's in her own little world with shit. She's been working on some grand master business plan." Happy waved him off. "She's not also good with Cassie and Sami becoming best friends…" He rubbed his head and chuckled. "I can't believe I'm sitting here gossiping with you right now… What is the world coming down to?"
Juice laughed and shook his head. "I don't know but this is amazing. Couple of guys, talking about their lives and their women. It's a good day."
"It's some type of day, I don't know if it's a good day." Happy shook his head as he stood up. "Let's grab a beer."
"My mom and sister want to go out to dinner again." Juice followed Happy out of the chapel and towards the bar. "They want it to be less dramatic than the first one."
"It was only dramatic because of Sami man, she's the common factor in any drama that actually starts." Happy passed Juice a beer and shrugged. "It's a terrible thing if you ask me."
"Do you really think she's a troublemaker? Be honest with me, that's all I ask of you." Juice took a sip of the beer and sighed. "I'm trying my best here."
"Yeah, she's a troublemaker but if you like her, you like her. Your opinion is the only opinion that honestly matters here Juice." Happy nodded his head slowly. "She could be more trouble than she's actually worth but if she's actually having your kid, that's something you're now stuck with forever, so you'll have to adjust to it. It won't be easy, that's for sure. I'm still adjusting to the many attitudes that Aries' has."
"Yeah, I guess so." Juice nodded his head slowly and smiled. "Thanks, I needed to hear that."
"Whatever, shut up." Happy grumbled and finished off his beer before setting the empty bottle down. "One more, then I have to be out of here."
"You always do that, open up then shut down when I say thank you." Juice shook his head. "Really hate being like a big brother huh?"
"I don't hate it, I just don't need everyone thinking I've gone soft. I have a hard reputation to protect and I plan to protect it until I no longer have to." The man shrugged his shoulders. "So, like I always say, don't make me regret being nice to you."
SOA
Aries sat at the booth, rubbing her belly slowly as she looked down at the menu. She had no idea why she had agreed to meet Juice's mom and sister for dinner but here she was, on time while the pair was running behind. It made no sense but she wasn't going to complain about it, all she could think about was food and all that she planned on ordering. "I want to let you babies know that you have made me gain some weight…"
"Aries." Cassie smiled at the brunette before sitting down. "I hope you don't mind that I brought Sami."
"Lord." Aries scooted out of the booth and grabbed her bag. "I lost my appetite. I will see you later Cassie."
"Seriously?" Sami scoffed as she looked at Aries. "You're going to run off scared?"
"Scared?" Aries chuckled as she looked back at Sami and rolled her eyes. "I'm not running off scared. Where would you get the fucking idea that I'm afraid of you because I'm not. I agreed to have dinner with Cassie and Mary. I didn't agree to have dinner with Cassie, Mary and a fucking snake."
"Can you relax Aries?" Cassie looked at the short brunette and shook her head. "I've been hanging out with her, she's pretty cool."
"I'll be relaxed when I'm back at home, eating pizza and not around her." She shook her head. "If you want to align yourself with a lying ass bitch, then that is your call, that's your decision and I'm not going to sit here and have dinner. I'm not going to try to befriend her, I already did that once and she screwed it the fuck up, or did you not get the whole fucking story? You know what? It doesn't even matter. I'm out of here."
"Don't be a bitch." Cassie grabbed Aries' arm only to get shoved away. "She's having my brother's kid."
"Possibly having his kid." Aries growled. "It's not a solid fact. You can't even get mad at her when the shit is all said and done and she didn't have your niece because you're stupid as fuck and want to believe the bullshit you're being fed. I'm not down with that shit. I don't wanna hear you whining about this shit either."
"I hate her." Sami shook her head as she rubbed Cassie's back. "Ignore her, let her go. The three of us can just enjoy dinner together." She smirked to herself as she watched Aries retreating towards the door. "She's going to look stupid when I prove her wrong."
"I forgot my phone." Aries pushed through the brunettes as she grabbed her phone from the table before storming back off and into the cold of the night, her anger rising steadily before she moved to her car, sitting on the hood of her Mercedes as she tried to stop her shaking. "Fucking dumb ass bitch. I swear to God."
"Aries." Mary looked at the young woman and shook her head. "I didn't know until the last minute that Sami was coming along. I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault." She shook her head as she kept her eyes on the screen of her sidekick. "If Cassie wants to believe bullshit, then it's on her but I would appreciate it if she showed me enough respect and kept Sami away from me. Sami can't be trusted and I don't know how everyone else can't see it but whatever… The truth will come out and I'll apologize if I'm wrong but I'll be doling out I told you sos if I'm right." She shrugged her shoulders as she finally looked up from her phone. "I just wanted a nice dinner, to talk about all the shit that went down with my mom and sister. I don't need Sami knowing my personal business… I just needed to talk to someone other than Happy. I'm boring that poor man to death with my family shit. He loves me but I can't keep dumping this shit on him."
"Poor baby, come here." Mary pulled the brunette into a tight hug and rubbed her back softly. "I'm here for you, you know that. We can talk about it all if you'd like to. You seem like you're hurting over all of it."
"I am." She nodded her head slowly. "It sucks, I didn't want to cut them off, I really didn't but I was so emotionally drained by them. I was just so tired of all of the pressure and the fucking burden of carrying them and providing for them. I'm about to be a mom, I need to focus on my kids and providing them with that they need and not worrying about making a budget that fit my mom, sister and niece in."
"They are grown ass women, excuse my language but they can find a way to care for themselves. You can't let them run you down into the ground because they don't want to take responsibility for themselves, especially when you've taken care of them for how long?" Mary shook her head. "Don't feel bad for them baby. This is your life, you have to live it for yourself, for those gorgeous babies you're going to have and for Happy. I like him alot. I like the way he is with you and Juice."
She wiped at her face and nodded slowly. "It's a hard adjustment but I want to move on and just ignore them and their petty bullshit. I just want them to show way more support than they are now. I feel like you're showing me more support and love than the both of them have since they've gotten here." She shook her head and smiled. "Yeah, yeah. Juice is his little brother, it's amazing to see their dynamic. It's perfection."
"I love you, you're like a daughter to me. I'll always show you love and support Aries." Mary kissed the brunette's face and smiled. "Now, dry those tears up, go home to Happy and make him cuddle you and spoil you. I'm going to go back in there and see if I can't talk some sense into Cassie. Get home safe. If you need to talk, just call me and let me know. I finally got a cellphone."
Aries chuckled and nodded. "I love you too… It's about time that you have a phone. I'll see you around later then."
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"The kids are active." Happy stopped pressing on his girlfriend's stomach and looked up at her and furrowed his brow. He had gotten the account of the encounter an hour earlier and now that Aries was still more quiet than usual, he was getting worried. "Aries, please talk to me babe. I'm getting worried about you."
Aries sighed as she looked down at the man and shrugged. "I'm tired, my body is hurting and I just want them to settle down and let me get comfortable." She shook her head as she tapped on her stomach and rolled her eyes. "They're kicking the shit out of my ribs."
"We don't have too much longer to go until they get out." He moved up the bed and pulled the brunette to him, his arms wrapping loosely around her. "I need you to know that all of this shit will be worth it when you're holding the babies."
"I know, I know. This is actually the worse part until the teenage years arrive. I want to go to your Ma's house this weekend. I want to remove myself from this situation and just get some much needed relaxation and home cookin'." She chuckled as she settled back against Happy, the babies kicking up a storm as she attempted to get comfortable again. "They hate me and are probably running out of space to stretch out. I'm not the biggest but they could maybe expand outwards a bit."
"Yeah, maybe." He nodded his head slowly. "We can go tomorrow, I'll let them know in the morning that we'll be getting there in the evening. I want the best for you and the babies. I know it's not easy but you can make it through this."
"Oh, I know." Aries squeezed his hands softly before stiffening up. "Goddamn it. I'm pretty sure they just busted a rib. We'll probably have to stop at urgent care on the way to your mom's. So, let's get to sleep, we'll have a long day tomorrow."
Happy shook his head as he ran his hands along his girlfriend's ribcage and stopped when he felt something abnormal. "Yeah, they most definitely cracked one of your ribs. We can go to the ER now or just wait it out a bit longer."
"Wait for it." She nodded her head slowly as she breathed through the pain. "It'll still be the same in a few hours. I love you Happy."
He nodded his head slowly, knowing the pain the brunette had to be in but he wasn't going to push her into going to the ER now. He was going to just let her make the decision and let him know when she was ready to get checked out. "I love you too and I promise we'll never have to go through another pregnancy after this one."
well, a lot of stuff is going to happen. it's going to be amazing, so just sit back and wait for it. like always, I do appreciate all of the love and support you all show this story. it's been amazing and i'll be sad when the story ends.
