Another day of school and still no Huey or Royalty. Huey was very bored at home but Jazmine insisted that he stay home for another week to make sure that he was at least in a better shape than what he was in now. Royalty was just happy to spend time with her family before they went back to Jamaica so she was going to make the most of her time off.
Riley was in the school gym after hours which was strange for him. He couldn't even go to practices as long as the cast was on his hand. The doctors said it would be at least another 2 more weeks before even considering to take it off which just made him pissed. Since entering high school, Riley had really taken basketball seriously and was focused on perfecting his craft rather than just playing. He finally understood that it would take more than just street skill to be looked at by college recruits which could lead him into an NBA career. Yeah... the NBA. That was big. He could set the family that actually helped him throughout his life with little things here and there as well as living the lifestyle he has dreamt of since he was 8 the legal way.
The youngest Freeman sat on the bleaches deep in thought when he heard the door open and in walked in two of his friends and Royalty's friend. Now, it seemed as if they hung out with the older 6 all the time, which they did but they had realised that they needed to find friends their own age because their closest friends were all going onto college and moving on with their lives. They would have no time to talk about high school drama and so, they found friends.
There was 16-year olds Destiny and Karlos and 15-year-old Aaron. Destiny is a short, dark skin girl who was currently rocking bantu knots and dark eyes to match who became friends with Royalty in the bathroom when they complemented each other on their hair which the boys just found was weird. Karlos is an afro Latino whose parents are from Puerto Rico that had short curly hair and light brown eyes. Then there is Aaron who is a brown skin boy with dark brown eyes and single braids that fell just over his eyes. The boys met when they joined basketball in high school and were put on a team together and instantly clicked. From there, the group of five became close and hung out whenever they could.
"I feel like I haven't seen Escobar in forever." Karlos faked his shocked as they joined Riley. He was the only person that constantly called Riley by his middle name as he thought it was cool that it was actually on his birth certificate instead of just a nickname. When Riley said it was his dad that picked it out, Karlos got even more excited and silently thanked the deceased Freeman.
"You know shit been crazy round here." Riley replied back as he leaned back.
"We know and we not judging you for being distance." Destiny shrugged. She grew up in a male dominated household so being the only girl was something she didn't mind while Royalty was away.
"Not to blow up your head or anything but the team been missing your ass, we got games coming up and it will not be the same without you." Aaron told him.
Riley moved his head away from Aaron. "Ew nigga you gay." He said which made everyone laugh but Aaron just rolled his eyes. "Anyway, of course they would because ain't no team without Reezy nigga. Don't worry, once this shit comes off, a nigga is going to back on his shit."
"You best hope coach lets you back on so soon. You know he takes injuries seriously."
"Hopefully we can convince him to let him back on ASAP. We got some games to win and us three need to be on that court." Karlos smirked.
"Word." Riley agreed.
Destiny shook her head. "And this is why boys will continue to get injured, you are too quick to jump back into something when you should rest. A broken bone, you're all good but give a nigga a cold and all hell break loose. Pathetic."
"Girl is you just gonna sit there and be negative or are you actually happy to see your boy?" Riley asked her and she just rolled her eyes in response.
"Any who. Haven't heard from little Roy Roy for a while. She good?" Royalty was the youngest of the group so they constantly teased her about it and call her little which she would find annoying but had to slowly get used to it since she was the youngest in her two friendship groups and the youngest sibling for nearly 16 years.
"Yeah she just chilling with her fam before they go back to Ja and shit." Riley replied to Aaron.
"Is she staying?" Karlos asked.
"Of course she is. They just came to make sure she was straight since she was in a coma and shit. Your ass never know what could happen when somebody goes into a coma so they wanted to be here but still got work back home. They go back this weekend." Riley explained as they all nodded in understanding.
"Do you know when she will be back in school?" Destiny asked as she missed having the hyper Jamaican to entertain her in class.
"Monday. Bro coming too."
"Yaay! I cant wait!" Destiny clapped excitedly. "I think I might go over there today to see her. Its been too long."
"Word. I'll come too if you go." Aaron smiled.
"I guess we going on a little trip today." Karlos smiled too.
"Well we we're going to force your ass to come since you the only one with a car." Destiny grinned sweetly as he acted fake hurt.
"Puedo sentir el amor." (I can feel the love) Karlos spoke in Spanish but his friends just looked at him lost. "Putas- ow!"
"Now that I understand you man whore." Destiny had punched Karlos in the stomach which nearly made the boy fall out the bleaches.
"Tanta violencia de una mujer tan pequeña." (So much violence from such a tiny woman) He mumbled even though he knew none of them would understand him.
"I don't know what you said but I will hit you again if I feel as if I need to." She gave him a death stare and he stayed quiet.
"You niggas just come here to fight or what?" Riley questioned as he stretched his growing legs.
"We came to see how you are but since you wanna be ungrateful and shit we can go." Aaron slowly began to stand as if he was going to leave when Riley stopped him.
"Nah nah. It's cool." He sat back down. "I guess a nigga sorry for being distance and shit. So much shit has happened in the past few weeks. The anniversary of our parent's death and this crash. Now we got a fucking trial coming up for this shit and what makes it worse is that it was a fed that hit us so you know that bitch is going to get off." Riley began to get angry at the end at the thought of the bastard getting off just because he wore a badge. That same badge didn't mean shit to the man when he got drunk and got behind that wheel that nearly killed him, his girl, his brother, his future sister in law and his niece or nephew they just happened to discover. He could have killed five people that one night.
"Damn. We sorry bro, shit must be rough." Karlos patted his back.
"Nah its cool. Y'all didn't know about the parent's part." He shrugged.
"Do you mind telling us? Only if you want to, no pressure." Destiny asked.
Riley sighed. He might as well. He told his story for the first time in years once this year, might as well tell it again.
He spent the next 15 minutes tell them briefly the type of parents they were from what he heard and the few things he remembered before talking about how they died and the impact of it. His friends sat and listened intensely just like how the others did. They allowed Riley to talk and he only share the information he wanted them to know which was more than what he expected to tell to them.
Once he finished, the room was still as they all took in the information. It made them realise that Riley had really been through some shit but they knew he wouldn't want to be treated like a baby now that they know.
"You and Huey really been through all that when you were that young? Shit is fucked." Aaron was the first to speak up.
"Yeah and you're the second group of people I have told. Not really planning on going through it all again any time soon." Riley shrugged as if it was nothing.
"That's cool. You still going to be the same annoying Reezy." Destiny pushed his leg playfully.
"Whatever Tiny." He chuckled as she rolled her dark eyes at the nickname.
"I think for old time sakes we should play a quick little game before getting locked in school." Aaron pulled out a basketball out of nowhere and stood up which made the others follow.
"It's as if no one actually cares if a niggas hand is in a cast. I ain't supposed to be doing shit." Riley complained but still followed them to the net.
"Fine. We can just play a little game of knock out."
Destiny groaned. "I hate this game."
"That's because your ass never wins." Riley lightly shoved her before standing behind Karlos. "Let's just play."
For the next 20 minutes, the young group of friends spent their time mocking and laughing at each other as they enjoyed the game, forgetting all their problems for just a few minutes.
Thomas DuBois sat in his office reading over some notes for a new case he was handed but was interrupted by a knock at his door.
"Come in." He answered but never looked up.
A tall, slim black woman walked in with some paper work in her hands.
"Hello Tom." She greeted.
"Hello Farrah." Tom smiled back.
They held each other's gaze for a few seconds before being cut off by another knock on the door.
Tom cleared his through and fixed his tie out of nervous habit while Farrah stepped to the side and casted her eyes to the floor.
"Um come in." He called out.
The next to enter the room was a short, blonde woman. His wife.
"Tom."
"Sarah."
Sarah looked to her right and saw the other woman standing there.
"Miss Campbell." Sarah forced a sweet smile.
"Mrs DuBois." Hearing the name made Sarah rolled her eyes.
"No more of that. I will be going back to Miss Green in a few days." She turned her attention back to Tom. "I just came to say that the finalisation is coming to a close and my lawyer will like to have one more meeting to draw everything to a close."
What Jazmine didn't know was that this divorce had been in the works for the past two months but they didn't know how to break it to her but they were glad they finally did so they could stop hiding and pretending everything was fine.
"That can be arranged." Tom gave Farrah a quick glance before looking back at his soon ex-wife.
"Well if that is all, I best get-"
"Wait." Sarah paused midturn when she heard Farrah cut her off. "Now that your both here, it makes it easier for me to explain the case of the crash instead of having to send my notes over to you."
Farrah was appointed prosecute for the crash the children had be involved in. She has a good winning streak and has a reputation for at least getting some type of fine or community service from the ones she prosecutes. They had high hopes she would get something out of the case, hopefully something big. Sarah sighed but was happy she didn't have to go through the notes so she guessed she would stay. "Ok. Let's hear it."
The two women sat in front of the desk. Farrah reached into her bag that no one realised she had and pulled out a book.
"Right so. The police officer, Sam Logan, was 4 times over the drinking limit the time the crash accorded. He has a history of being a drunk and even had a domestic call once last month against his wife but no charges were pressed."
"I hate that shit." Sarah shook her head. It was always hard to hear a woman not press charges when it came to domestic calls.
"Right." Farrah continued and pulled out some pictures from the crash. It was pictures of the area and both cars inside and out. It was the first time Tom and Sarah had seen the inside of Huey's car and it made them sick to their stomach. They could see blood in different areas of the broken car and shattered glass everywhere. Their only child could have died. "These pictures alone can sway any jury that proves he is guilty. A man of the law should know better but instead he made the very streets he protects, even more dangerous."
"Ok, let's just save that for court." Sarah said.
"Sarah!" Tom exclaimed embarrassed but Farrah wasn't fazed.
"No, she's right but it does help to know what I will say so that your daughter and her friends get the justice they deserve from nearly being killed." Farrah's brown eyes starred into Sarah's blue eyes. "Right, excuse me, congrats on your grandchild. I'm sure they will look beautiful." She smiled sweetly before going back into her notes as if that little exchange didn't happen that left the air feeling a bit tense. "We will have a profession to analyse the whole impact of the crash which could help us prove that I would be arguing to charge him with four counts of murder rather than what he has now."
"When do you think the trial will happen?" Tom asked as he nodded along to the information given.
"I say a week and a half. Mr. Logan is on house arrest which was the best I could get the judge to hold him on."
"Thank you for everything you're doing."
Sarah rolled her eyes at Tom.
"Just doing my job." Farrah began to pack up her things. "I will see you soon. Goodbye." With that, the young lawyer made her way out the room leaving the soon to be ex partners alone.
"Why are you still here?" Tom asked her as he began to look through his paper work again.
Sarah scoffed. "Wow. Where was all that hostility when she was in here? You could at least act nicer."
"Sarah-"
"No Tom. You know what, I'm not even going to waste my breath. I will see you whenever I see you."
With that, Sarah collected her things and didn't look twice when she walked out of the office.
Tom sighed and sank into his chair. He would have never expected to find himself in the position he was in. He was getting a divorce when all he wanted was to have a happy marriage and happy family but that seemed too much to ask for. The now single picture on his desk of his only child at the age of 6 smiling bright as ever made him show the smallest smile himself. Whenever Tom found himself stressed or down, he would look at this picture to remind him that he loved his daughter more than anything. It made him wonder if it wasn't for the... pregnancy, that it would have torn Jazmine apart to choose what parent she wanted to live with before going off to college. At least she was now only across the street and he could still see her whenever he liked and his grandchild when they arrived.
'Oh no... a whole child...' Tom thought as he looked back at the picture of Jazmine.
These next few months will be crazy.
"Huuuuueeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy!"
Huey sighed but continued reading one of the many books he had of the man he was named after, Huey P Newton. He always thanked his parents for naming him after such a powerful man.
He listened to the footsteps run up the stairs and towards his room.
"Did you not hear me calling you?" The person breathed out as they burst into the room.
"It was not hard to hear Jazmine." Huey answered without tearing his eyes away from the book.
"Whatever." She flopped down onto the bed. "So, how was your day?" She asked.
"The same as always. Stuck in this house." He replied and still never looked up from his book.
"Don't worry, you can come back to school soon." She smiled at him.
He took a quick glance at her before going back to reading. "Going back to the place that is full of shit teachers and shit students. Great."
Jazmine rolled her eyes and lightly slapped his exposed leg. "Stop being so negative Huey." All she got as a response was Huey breathing harder. "We spent the whole day away from you and this is the response we get. Wow Huey. That's low even from you." Jazmine then pretended to cry and on cue, tears began to form in her eyes.
Huey heard her sniffing and looked up again. Her emerald eyes were filling with tears as she pouted at him.
'She is not serious.' He thought but saw she was not stopping any time soon. 'She is serious.' He sighed before putting the book down.
"You win."
Jazmine squealed before jumping into his arms, careful of his chest.
"Just tell me if I am hurting you and I will get up." She told him as she sunk deeper into his embrace.
Huey couldn't even say anything because he had a mouthful of orange hair. Her hair had defiantly gotten thicker over the past few weeks. He loved that she welcomed her black heritage as she would flaunt her natural hair at every chance she got so he couldn't be mad that it was the reason his breathing was being cut off.
"I think we should have a sleep over this weekend." Jazmine suggested.
"Do we have to?"
Jazmine sat up on her elbows and looked Huey in his eyes. "Yes. It can be a little get together before you and Royalty come back to school. Which by the way, is going to draw a lot of attention. Just a little heads up."
Huey rolled his eyes. "Jazmine. You know I don't care about that shit."
"I know. I know. I'm just glad that you will be able to leave the house soon... How's your breathing doing?" She asked.
He shrugged. "Getting better I guess. I can feel myself slowly putting on weight. I need to get back to working out like how I used to."
Jazmine giggled. "Aw Huey getting a little-" She stopped when she stroked her hands over his stomach. It was still rock hard. "Boy. You still have the same hard ass abs you had weeks ago. I don't know where this weight is coming from."
"Trust me Jazmine. It's coming."
"It's not you that's getting fat, it's me!" Jazmine jumped up and sat on her knees before pulling up her t-shirt, showing Huey her stomach. "I'm not going to able to hide it soon. From the picture of your mom when she was pregnant with both of you, this might be a big ass baby. How am I supposed to carry them? I am going to look like a big, fat, ugly whale walking across that stage. Ugh. The baby weight will stay with me forever. Then you will break up with me because I let myself go and then-"
Huey stared at her in disbelief. He had no idea where this came from but he knew he had to stop her before she talked herself to the point she runs out of air and passes out. He knew she could find a way to do that.
"Jazmine."
"And then I'm going to be a single teenage mom-"
"Jazmine..."
"-My parents will hate me even more-"
"Jazmine!" Huey shouted but it caught his lungs off guard and he began coughing making Jazmine stop ranting and turn to Huey.
"Oh my gosh! Huey are you ok?! Do we need to go to the hospital? I will get grandad so we can go to the hospital-"
"Jazmine. Just stop for a second and breath." Huey pulled her back down as she was about to run out the room to get grandad. Jazmine did as she was told and waited for Huey to speak. "I'm fine. Just a little cough. As I was trying to say... of course you will put on weight. You are growing a whole human being in your stomach and so what if you get as big as a whale, I won't give a fuck and you know that. You and I both know your parents can never hate you, they love you too much to do so. Look how accepting they have been ever since they found out." Jazmine smiled before reaching out to hold his hand. "I will always be there for you both so you don't need to worry about any of that. I got you both. I promise."
Huey placed his hand that was still in Jazmine's, on her stomach and gentle rubbed it a few times.
"You know you're really a romantic at heart." Jazmine looked up through her eyelashes up at Huey as she played with his fingers. "How do you always know what to say to calm me down?"
"Because I know you Jazmine and I just said what I needed to say." He shrugged.
Jazmine lightly shook her head before leaning forward and placing a sweet kiss on his lips.
"I don't know what I would do without you Huey Freeman."
"Be lost." He smirked at her annoyed face.
"You just had to ruin the moment."
"Whatever. What work you got for me?" He asked.
She rolled over and grabbed her bag. "Again. Moment ruined." She reached into her bag and grabbed some paperwork. "Some assignments for history and you got an A+ on your Maths test which I still don't know how you got."
"Jazmine, you effortlessly been getting an A+ in Biology for the past two years."
"Yeah but maths is maths. A terrible subject if you ask me." She laughed.
"I can say the same with biology."
Jazmine faked pouted. "Heeeyyy! Biology is actually helpful for us to understand the body and how it works. Maths is a bunch of numbers and stupidly letters too. When will I find X Huey?"
Huey smirked. "We can argue about this the whole day if you want to."
"No thank you. I won the argument anyway." Jazmine smiled before kissing Huey quickly again. As she was about to pull away, Huey pulled her in closer by her waist. "Someone is missing these kisses." She giggled against her lips.
"And what if I did?" He stroked the side of her hips which made a shiver run down her spine.
"Nothing wrong with that." She slowly slipped her way onto his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck. She bent down and gave him quick, light kisses before making them deep and slow just how they liked it.
"Boooooy!"
Grandad screamed for downstairs.
"Why is everyone calling me today?" Huey rolled his eyes which made Jazmine laugh but he just pulled her back in for more kisses.
"I'm going on a date! Don't touch my juice and make sure your knuckleheaded brother is back in the house in 2 hours. You hear me!"
"Yes grandad! Have fun!" Jazmine answered for him. They heard the door close and looked back at each other.
"That man is too old to be catching STDs." Huey shook his head.
Jazmine looked at him shocked. "I'm sure he is being very-" Huey gave her a look that told her that they both knew she was lying. "Yeah you right. Maybe we should buy him some protection for his birthday."
Huey snorted. "We are the last people to be giving out condoms." He glanced down at her stomach.
Jazmine's face dropped. "I hate you. I really do."
She jumped up from the bed and grabbed her work before Huey could pull her back onto the bed.
"Really Jazmine?" Huey raised an eyebrow at her and she stuck her tongue out at him.
"I'm going to do my work now. I'm going to text Riley to see where he is and once I know when he is on his way home, I will order food." She told him.
"You have really become the mother of the house."
"Good. You boys need some order around here." Jazmine winked at him. "Now! Work. Trying to still get them grades to go college."
"You will be accepted either way." He told her as he got his own work out of her bag.
"Trust me, I know I will baby." She smirked over her shoulder before sitting at his desk.
'Just going to steal my seat.' Huey shook his head and tried to get himself in a comfortable position on the bed but knew he couldn't do it. It was too uncomfortable.
Jazmine looked at him and silently giggled as she saw him try and make himself comfortable. "I think we should do this in the kitchen." She stood and grabbed both of their things before Huey could protest and walked out the room. "Hurry up, we got to work on the English assignment!"
Huey just shook his head before following her. He didn't know what he would do without this girl.
Jazmine went to the fridge and pulled out some strawberries, apples and bananas out as well as two bottles of water.
"So, we have written up to New Years. What should we add next?" Huey asked as he looked over their work.
Jazmine began chopping up the fruit and putting it into a bowl. "We could talk about your parents if you would like to. You don't have to go into detail but we can if you want to. Then, the accident and finding out I'm pregnant."
Huey slightly nodded as he made notes. "Do you really think we should mention all of that?"
"Well, we don't but it was a big thing to happen this month alone. Everyone is going to find out I'm pregnant sooner or later so we might as well address it."
"If that's what you want Jazzy."
Jazmine walked over as she chewed the fruit and sat on his lap.
"You know I love it when you call me Jazzy."
"I'm not the only one that calls you that."
Jazmine shrugged and wrapped her arms and legs around him. "I know but I like to hear it come out your mouth. Sounds different from anyone else saying it."
"Well Jazzy, we got work to do."
"Hm. Maybe that can wait for a little." Jazmine grinned before pulling Huey into a kiss. They did their favourite type of kiss, slow and deep. "Yeah I miss this." Jazmine grinned before diving back into another kiss.
Huey put his arms on her hips and softly gripped it as he pulled her as close as he could.
Jazmine stuck her hand in his soft large afro and crossed her eyes in satisfaction. It felt so good as she ran her manicured nails through it and felt the small coils in his hair.
"You know I love you." Huey whispered against her lips.
Jazmine pecked him on his lips. "I love you too. Well, we love you too." She grinned as she leaned back a little so that he could see her stomach.
Huey rested his large hand over her stomach and slowly began to stroke it. "Fuck. I still can't believe it."
Before Jazmine could reply, she felt butterflies in her stomach.
"Huh?" She said out loud as she grabbed her belly.
"What's wrong?" Huey asked worriedly.
Jazmine shook her head. "Um, nothing. I thought I felt- woah!" Jazmine gasped and pulled up her shirt. "I think they're moving!"
Jazmine quickly jumped into the chair next to Huey so he could sit in front of her.
"You should be, what, 18 weeks now." Huey mumbled nervously as they just stared at the stomach, waiting to see if it would move again.
"Yeah soon!" Jazmine grinned before pulling out her phone. "Huey! Rub my stomach again, they moved when you touched it before."
"Why did you pull out your phone?" Huey asked her.
"So I can catch it." She said as she set up the camera so it was recording their reaction and her stomach. "Ok. Do it." Jazmine was grinning so hard that Huey nearly let out a full-blown smile when he saw how excited she looked at their child.
Their child. Still sounded crazy.
The young, soon-to-be-father, took a deep breath before reaching forwarding and touching the hard, light caramel stomach. He slowly began to stroke her stomach and Jazmine placed her small hands on top of his as they moved in a circular motion.
That's when she felt it.
"Oh my gosh..." She gasps as she felt what seemed to be her baby spinning around. "They're actually moving Huey!"
Before Huey could say anything, a tiny foot appeared just above her belly button.
Huey's eyes widened as he saw the foot poking out right in front of him. "Shit..."
Jazmine began to tear up as she looked back and forth between Huey and the baby. It really felt like a magical moment. "I can't believe our baby is moving... this made this even more real. Maybe it's time to get baby stuff now that this little one is moving."
"Maybe..." Huey slowly let out a smirk as he continued to rub her stomach. His heart skipped a beat when he felt the same foot touch his hand. "He has a strong kick."
Jazmine rolled her eyes. "I can't believe you're still saying it's a boy." Jazmine was about to say something else when she gasped as she felt the baby moving even more. "Damn, I guess I have to get used to all this movement."
"Hopefully they don't cause you too much pain." Huey sighed as he sat up once he realised that their child had turned back around.
Jazmine remembered she was still recording and grabbed her phone to stop it. "Aw Huey look." She played the video and the two watched the special moment again. They watched their reaction to the baby kicks and realised how precious this was to them. "I'm going to send it to the group chat and my cousins." She said excitedly as she began typing on her phone.
Huey heard his phone go off and saw 'Wifey' with a red heart and ring next to the name. Jazmine had changed it not long ago and Huey was not one to change it back. Plus, it wasn't far from the truth. It showed she sent a video and thought he might as well forward it to his own cousins group chat.
Squad GC
Cindy: Look at my Godchild! I can't believe SHE is moving.
Ming: Jazzzyy! That is adorable, can't wait to take my niece out to play kickball. We can get Huey back for breaking my leg.
Huey: You broke my arm.
Riley: Man fuck all that my niece is not play that dumb ass game.
Royalty: Shut up Reezy. My nephew can do what he wants.
Hiro: Well my GODSON, looks like he got the moves so I will take him to his first party.
Caesar: Word Hiro. I will bring him to the studio to see if he likes my beats.
Jazmine: You guys are crazy! Can I at least get this baby out of me first before you all start decided where you are going to drag my child?
Royalty: You no fun.
Cindy: Fr. I've already got some clothes lined up for you.
Hiro: Same.
Ming: Me too.
Jazmine: Aww you guys are so cute. Thank you so much xx
Riley: Ok let's not get cheesy here.
Caesar: Shut the fuck up. I know your ass cheesy for my baby cousin.
Riley: Ah ah. Let's not be putting our business in group chat now.
Huey: You need to come back within an hour and a half.
Riley: I come when I want.
Huey: Ok. I'll have my katana ready.
Riley: … I was getting bored anyway.
Jazmine: You two are crazy. Anyway, sleepover at the Freeman's this weekeeennndddd xxx
Huey: I am against this.
Hiro: I guess you're stuck with us Freeman.
Ming: Sure thing baby mama xx
Cindy: Damn, I was gonna say bring the weed but nvm xx
Royalty: I will see you soon famlee xx. I miss hanging out with you guys oh so much.
Caesar: I'm tired of having you around me 24, glad I get to share you with other people.
"I still wonder why I put up with these people." Huey sighed as he went back to his work.
Jazmine giggled and joined him. "I keep saying this Huey, you love them all as much as I do."
"Ok Jazmine."
Jazmine grinned and kissed the corner of his lips before writing out a sentence for her work. From the corner of her eye, she could see a tiny smirk on those very lips she just kissed. She knew he really loved his kisses.
Saturday evening
"Party biitcchheesss!"
"Angel chill your ass out."
"Come on Reezy, my family just went back and it's my first weekend out the hospital. Let me live a little."
The group of friends have all gathered at the Freeman's to have their sleepover for the weekend and Royalty was excited. It had been so long since they have all hung out so she was ready to enjoy herself.
"I don't blame her. I miss us too." Jazmine pouted as she rested her feet on Huey's legs. It seemed as if it was beginning to get swollen so she wanted to rest them before they got any worse.
"So, what's on the agender today?" Hiro asked as he plotted the sweet into his mouth.
"Well we can't do what we usually do so I think we should just play some games and chill." Caesar suggested and they all nodded.
Jazmine grinned. "Which is why I went out and brought these!" Out of nowhere, she threw down 8 face masks on the table.
"I am not doing none of that gay shit." Riley screwed up his nose as he saw what it was.
"It's not gay Reezy. Men can take care of their skin too." Cindy told him while the girls nodded along.
"Well this nigga ain't doing it." Riley crossed his arms stubbornly.
Ming, Cindy and Jazmine all looked at Royalty.
She sighed. "Alright alright." Royalty leaned over and began to whisper something to Riley. They saw his eyes light up and began to laugh.
"For real?" He asked her. She nodded with a smirk. "Ite. A nigga will do it."
Huey shook his head. "Fool." He mumbled so only Jazmine heard.
Caesar jumped up and went to his bag. "I know the perfect game to play." He turned around grinning hard with a box of UNO cards in his hands.
Hiro began to chuckle. "Ahhh shit. Things are about to get serious." He rubbed his hands together as they all gathered around the coffee table. "Let the games begin."
30 minutes later
"UNO nigga!" Riley screamed as he slammed his last card down onto the pile.
"How the fuck this idiot win?" Ming asked annoyed as she looked at her run in her hands.
"Cuz a nigga got skills! You obviously ain't got it that's why you hating." Riley mocked her.
"You dead ass annoying Reezy." Royalty laughed as they continued the game to see who would lose.
"Uno." Huey said casually as he placed his last card on the large stack.
"The difference." Caesar shook his head at the two brothers. If it wasn't for their looks, it would be hard to put the two together.
"I wonder how we're related all the time."
Riley heard this and kissed his teeth. "Hatin' ass nigga."
Jazmine suddenly hissed, making everyone turn to her worriedly. "Damn I gotta pee."
"Didn't you go like two seconds ago?" Caesar questioned.
"Yeah but I got a whole ass baby growing on my bladder so a bitch gotta go." Jazmine sped walked as fast as she could to go toilet while everyone else waited for her to come back.
When she finally came back, they continued the game which ended with Royalty losing and Jazmine was feeling a bit hungry.
"Hmm. I could do with a pizza right now." She hummed as she rubbed her growing stomach.
"So could I." Cindy nodded.
"Jazmine, you know you shouldn't really be eating that." Huey told her.
"Come on Huey. Let me have some pizza. We're hungry." Jazmine pouted.
"Jazmine."
"Huey." She stared into his deep red eyes and held his gaze as they fought over dominance. "I'll make a deal. During the week, I will eat majority healthy meals and you can even pick some. When the weekends come, I can go crazy. Deal?" She stuck her hand out, waiting for him to shake.
Huey looked around the room and saw everyone eagerly waiting for Huey to shake her hand. He could even see Cindy had already pulled up her delivery app on her phone, just waiting for Huey to move.
He sighed but shook her hand which made cheers exploded around the room. He couldn't help but to shake his head at the same time. He hoped he didn't regret it.
The group of friends ordered their food and ate while watching a tv series they found to start watching together. They were all having a good time eating and reacting to the show while also cuddling up on their partners.
"Alright!" Royalty jumped up and clapped her hands together once the episode finished. "Time for a real party!"
"Angel, you know your ass can't drink with them meds." Riley shared a knowing look with his girl as he thought how they would usually 'party'.
Royalty rolled her eyes. "Nigga I know. I'm talking about the mask and shit. Remember your ass can't get out of it either."
"Mannnn. Why did I agree?"
"Coz your ass is whipped." Hiro snorted at the younger Freeman.
"Shut the fuck up. Your ass is whipped." Riley tried to throw back but it didn't work.
Hiro swung his arms around Ming and pulled her into a quick peck. "I know." He smirked. "And I am man enough to admit it unlike your bitch ass."
"Whatever." Riley mumbled to himself.
"Come on girls." Ming grinned as they all grabbed their own face masks as well as their boyfriends. Hiro, being the DJ of the group, set up some music to play to set the mood. Grandad was out on one of his many dates so he wouldn't be back until tomorrow. For an old man, he could stay out for way too long.
"Alright let's get started." Jazmine was smiling so hard, you would probably think she was about to break her teeth. Huey's usually scowl was even deeper as she began to apply the mask to his face. What was funnier was that Riley had the same facial expression, making them look like twins. "Don't worry, I won't get that facial hair coming through." Jazmine told Huey and all he did was raise an eyebrow. He didn't know this yet but she couldn't wait to see it all come through. She thought it would make him look older and sexier.
"How long this shit gotta be on for? My nose gonna get itchy." Riley complained.
"Just relax nigga. This has been a stressful month, we need this time to chill." Caesar said in bliss as Cindy finished off his mask. He was lying on the floor with his hands behind his legs and feet crossed as if he was at the spa. "Hmm. I love how even though you rough as fuck, your hands still smooth as fuck."
Cindy rolled her eyes as she kicked Caesar in the side. "Shut the fuck up."
"Alright. We gotta keep this on for 10 minutes." Royalty told the group as she read the instructions on the back which Riley moaned at.
"What we gonna do now?" Ming asked as she touched up her mask.
"Ohh, do you see everyone doing Trillers again? I wanna do some." Jazmine gasped excitedly as she thought of the idea and went straight to the app store to download it.
"Mann I ain't gon' lie, I do be seeing them shits on ig and they do look fun." Riley said something positive for once.
"Finally Reezy is happy bout something." Hiro shook his head.
"Yeah but McHater is still going to sit there acting like a bitch." Cindy joked.
Huey rolled his eyes before reaching for his book on the table. "Or I could just read."
"Jazzy get your man in check."
"Sorry Cin, you know I can only force him to do things he doesn't wanna do once every hour or so. The face masks time hasn't expired yet." Jazmine shrugged as she began to look for a song to dance to. "Oh! Let's dance to this song."
For the next 10 minutes, they all chose different songs to create the videos and laughed the whole time while Huey looked at them every now and then through his pages of the book. Jazmine knew Huey didn't dance so trying to get him to do one dance move would be foreign to him. She didn't want to force him.
"Oh shit. We need to take the mask off." Ming realised as she looked at the time.
"Ah, but can we take some pictures first. Let's go in bathroom." Royalty suggested.
"Great idea." Jazmine giggled.
"Nooo. My street cred is going to go down." Riley moaned once again as Royalty dragged him along.
"You had none anyway." Huey commented from the back as he held onto Jazmine.
"I will push you down the stairs."
"Not while I'm holding onto Jazmine." The brothers had a mini stare off on the stairs.
"Um guys. I don't know about you but I need to itch so let's get these pics done so we can take these motherfuckers off." Caesar commented from the top of the stairs.
"Period!" Everyone turned and looked at Ming weird. "What?" She said innocently.
The way she replied made everyone burst out in laughter. They couldn't help it. It sounded so strange coming from their only female Asian friend.
"You said that with so much power behind that shit too." Royalty said between laughs as she bent over the sink.
"Man I could never imagine the day Ming said some City Girl shit so loud and proud as she did now." Cindy joined in.
"Period pooh." Jazmine smirked next to Ming, making Cindy and Royalty laugh even harder.
"Naahh Cin! What the actual fuck is going on? I don't understand, how we ended up here"
Cindy leaned on Royalty's shoulder as she tried to catch her breath, "Bitch I don't even know but I am dying!"
"Can we just do this already?" Huey asked annoyingly.
"McHater at it again! Damn." Cindy shook her head as she went to wrap her hands around Caesar for the picture.
"I actually agree. I feel it cracking." Hiro pointed out.
"Alright alright. Let's do it." Royalty pulled out her phone and the group began to do different poses.
They all smiled, while Huey just let out a small smirk, laughed, hugged each other, kissed and threw up random gang signs in all 30 something pictures. Once they did that, Royalty sent it all to them which they went through and posted on their social medias before proceeding to peel off their masks.
"I think this should be a race." Ming smirked.
"What you looking to do?" Cindy mirrored.
"First pair to get the masks off first, wins."
"Easy. Me and my girl got this." Caesar high fived Cindy.
Riley jumped in. "Nah nah, not with me and Angel involved. You niggas gonna lose."
"You guys can't do shit without it being a bet can you." Huey rolled his eyes.
"You don't have to be involved then." Hiro shrugged.
"Who said I didn't want in?" Huey smirked.
Jazmine began to count down as they all got ready to peel. "3... 2... 1 go!"
"Ah shit!"
"Motherfucker!"
"Bloodclaut!"
The boys screamed. Huey gritted his teeth together because even he had to admit that it kind of hurt.
"Come on Reezy!" Royalty did her best to hold back her laugh as she continued to rip off the face mask. Riley's potty mouth was being put to good use today.
Jazmine slowly pulled off the mask around his cheek but was distracted by the intense looks from Huey.
"Why you staring at me so hard?" She asked him as her eyes went back and forth between the task and his eyes.
"Have I ever told you that I secretly adore your eyes?" He whispered so only they could hear. He didn't need to because everyone was focused on the challenge and the music playing in the background meant no one would hear them if they didn't want to.
"No." Jazmine blushed but he couldn't see it because of the mask. "Are you trying to distract me?"
"No. I just genuinely thought I would have told you this before."
Jazmine raised an eyebrow at him. "Who are you and what have you done with Huey Freeman?"
Huey rolled his eyes. "Seriously Jazzy? Never mind. Just get this shit off my face."
Jazmine giggled and gave him a kiss. "I love you really but for now, we have a bet to win since you got us involved."
"Yes! We won!"
Hiro and Ming high fived as they threw down their masks in victory.
"That ain't fair. We were nearly done." Cindy frowned once she ripped off the last piece, ignoring the stinging on her cheek.
"Not close enough." Hiro stuck out his tongue at her for only a second as he had to dodge Huey's book being thrown at him.
"Really Cynthia." Huey said with annoyance laced in his voice.
"Well now that that's over. What do we do next?" Jazmine sighed as she settled into the chair and subconsciously began to rub her stomach.
Her friends all shared a look.
"What?" She asked as she saw them look at each other.
"We gotta a little surprise." Cindy smiled as she went behind the coach to where they hid the objects.
"I was wondering why you had extra bags." Huey said.
"Yeah. So, we know that you baby shower isn't for a good few months but we still wanted to get you a lil something. Our God child will be spoiled from day 1." Ming smirked as she handed Jazmine a bag.
"I only got one thing cuz I wanna wait till last minute to give you my shit so I know what drip to get my niece or nephew." Riley told them.
Huey raised an eyebrow in a questioning manner. "Riley you got something too?"
"Yeah bro. Just cuz I hate your ass don't mean I hate that baby nigga."
"... yeah whatever negro."
"Forget about him, open it, open it!" Royalty was so excited that she started to shake.
"Relax cuz." Caesar had to laugh at his younger cousin at how excited she could become. It had been so long since he had seen her this excited.
"I can't help it. You know I love babies." She sighed dreamily.
"Ok. But don't be getting no ideas." Caesar pointed at the youngest which just made her roll her green/brown eyes.
"I won't don't worry. Not trying to die young."
"I hate to interrupt you but I will explode if I don't open these." Jazmine said with wide eyes making them all laugh.
"Sorry baby mama. Open your shit." Cindy encouraged her which she happily did.
Jazmine gasped. "You guys..."
One of the first things she pulled out was a baby grow set. They were black with white writing and matching socks. One said 'Sleep all day, cry all night'. Another read 'Surprise!' and the last one said 'I love my mommy'.
Jazmine continued to dig deeper and saw a $50 gift card for Target, a stuffed tiger and blue, baby Jordan retro 3s with a matching hoodie.
"Riley, the baby hasn't even come out yet and you're buying them Jordan's." Huey shook his head.
Riley just smirked at his brother. "It's never too early to be dripping. And how you know I got it?"
Jazmine laughed as she handed the shoes so Huey could see. "Because you're the only one, besides from Cindy, that would buy a baby shoes before anything else."
"You right, you right."
Everyone carried out joking and talking when Ming saw a notification from Jamie, the girl twin they were all cool with. When she opened the message, she gasped and her heart sped up, making everyone look at her.
Hiro scooted closer to her. "Baby what's wrong?" He asked worriedly.
She turned to Jazmine. "Jazzy did you look at the pictures properly before posting?"
Jazmine shrugged, getting nervous. "Not really... why?"
Ming swallowed. "Because Jamie just asked me if you're pregnant. You posted one with your stomach showing."
Everyone's eyes grew wide.
"Oh shit." Jazmine dived for her phone and quickly pulled up her Snapchat story and there it was. She posted one of the bathroom pictures where she lifted her top up slightly with her and Huey holding on it making it even more obvious. "Damn I really gotta start looking at what I post."
"What should I tell her?" Ming asked.
Jazmine sighed. "She's cool. Just tell her yeah." Ming nodded before shooting a simple text to their friend.
"Maybe you can delete it. Not many people may have seen." Royalty suggested.
Jazmine looked at her views and her eyes widened. "Shhhiiittt... my views are higher than normal."
"That means everyone is sharing it around." Caesar pointed out as he looked at the views. That one post had more views than the ones from before.
"All this unwanted attention now." Huey sighed. "Monday going to be a shit storm."
"If you need us to fuck anyone up, we will happily do it for you 'till you get back to your usually self." Hiro held out his fist for Huey which he gratefully dapped.
"I'll hold you to that. I feel as if I'm going to have to use it."
"You hear that Caes? I hope you ain't rusty."
Caesar kissed his teeth. "I am never rusty trust me."
"It's weird that I never heard my phone sending me all these messages. A lot of people are asking."
"We don't owe people an explanation." Huey told her.
"We don't need to explain anything to them, just not hide it anymore. No more baggy clothes." Jazmine shrugged.
She didn't care that people found out. Maybe she wished it was a better way the outside world could have found out because now she had to prepare herself for the stares, whispers and knowing their school, some drama too. However, she now knew she could relax and stop tip toeing around everyone and everything. She's pregnant! Get over it.
"Mann I don't care, if anyone try and fuck with my niece, I will fuck them up." Riley announced. It was always weird hearing Riley confidently being protective over someone but everyone knew he was a ride or die for the ones he cared about. Huey couldn't help but be proud of how mature his brother was becoming especially with the situation at hand. They both have done a lot of growing and much more.
"I know that's right. I will throw down any bitch if I need to." Royalty nodded.
"Um, I think you should leave it to Cindy for now. You know, until you're completely healed." Ming suggested. "I think the same for you Riley. We can handle it."
"Damn. No fun."
"Well since the world knows might as well put it out there." Jazmine laid out the things her amazing friends had brought and took a quick video and captioned it 'Can't wait to meet you, 06/29' with a few emojis at the end and posted it on her social media.
"The tea has been spilled this Saturday night!" Ming said dramatically once Jazmine put her phone down.
"Yup but I don't know about you lot but I am tired. It has been a long but fun day. I really appreciate you all coming. You can stay up longer but I'm going up." Just as Jazmine was about to get up, she began to feel movement again. "Really? You had this whole time to be awake and you choose when I'm ready to sleep."
Her friends gasped.
"Is that my Godchild moving in there?! Lemme feel!" Cindy was the first to put her hand on Jazmine's stomach, followed by Ming and Hiro while the other three waited their turn.
"You know you can feel tomorrow. Jazmine is tired." Huey told them but she waved him off.
"Baby it's fine. I'm probably going to be up longer now that little one is awake, I won't be drifting off any time soon."
They all took turns feeling and rubbing Jazmine's belly as the baby reacted excitedly back, probably from all the new voices they were hearing. After a while, she eventually took herself to bed to finally relax peacefully in her bed. Huey's bed was nice and cold just how she liked it which meant as soon as her head hit the pillow, she was out like a light. The baby was being nice tonight and didn't move enough to wake Jazmine up.
The rest of the gang chilled a bit longer downstairs but what was all on their mind was how Monday was going to be at school. They knew the whole school would be talking about it, maybe even the whole of Woodcrest. The sweet, innocent Jazmine who at 10 believed in Santa and wanted a pony was now 17 and pregnant. Huey knew the majority would point their finger at him. Blaming him for how dramatically Jazmine's life had changed from one night. Saying that Jazmine would have never been in this predicament if he never came into her life, she would be ready to head off to college, to pursue her career but he knew she was still going to do it, no matter how much hate and disrespected they would get along the way.
As long as they have each other, they didn't care about the outside.
My longest chapter for this story. They will all be much longer now, I don't know why I would stop so short the other times.
The trail is coming up soon but what is going on with the adults? And now the school knows about the pregnancy so let's see how that goes.
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Until next time
-TBG