School Daze
By: Crystal a.k.a Crissy Johnson
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Chapter Twelve
****** Good morning all! It's Sunday, October 30th and I'm feeling GOOD, how bout ya'll? The last time we left off, things were.interesting, to say the least. Nikki, Hiram, Dwayne and I didn't get to bed until real late. I'm talkin like, a little after 3:30am. Just for good measure though, me and Dwayne went at it one more time before actually doing that thing you call SLEEP. LMAO! It's a little after 11 now, and surprisingly Dwayne's still fast asleep. But then again, I don't blame him, do you?
"Hey baby."
Okay, maybe I spoke too soon? This guy's holding me all close to him, like he's never gonna let me leave or we're gonna stay in bed forever. Then again, he WOULD like something like that, sick as he is. Anyways, let me talk to him for a little bit.
"Well hello to you too, Sleepyhead." I answered, kissing him.
"I wasn't sleeping, girl. I been up long before you woke up." Dwayne said, smiling and kissing me on my neck.
"Okay, you're either lying or you were just really making an effort to rest your eyes then." I said, rolling my eyes.
"Shut up before I have to get you again. I thought 4 times was enough for you last night." He said, smiling and pulling me so that my back was up against his chest.
"You sick sumbitch." I said, laughing.
"No offense to you, but I ain't cooking this morning. So if you want something to eat, you better tell me now. Cause I'mma get me some clothes on, go wake up Hiram's naked ass and tell him to throw some clothes on, and we gon' go to pick up somethin from McDonald's. You and Momma are staying here." Dwayne said, getting up and sitting on the side of the bed.
"Well, that'll give me and Nikki plenty of time to have plenty of our girl talk. Besides, with the way you Johnson men wore us out last night, you can believe we're still in the re-cooperating stage." I said, chuckling afterwards.
"Oh, well thank you. I do aim to please, you know. That's my job." Dwayne said, smiling and kissing me on the forehead before getting up and leaving the room.
Don't I just have the best guy in the world? And you know, I actually think I'm starting to really fall in love with him. We haven't said the three magic words to one another yet, but after last night, I think it's bound to happen soon. I don't know when, I don't know how, but I'm certain that we're going to tell each other soon enough. And that's okay that we haven't said it now, because me personally, up until now I haven't been sure if I was just in love with him or just loved him. I realized that I've loved him ever since that night he brought me back here after we went to see Maia in the hospital, and he consoled me and wasn't going to be satisfied until I got some sleep. I know he wouldn't stop talking about that forever, and it was pissing me off, but I knew he meant well. Everything leading up to last night just proved that I truly am head over heels in love with him. Last night just put the exclamation point on that fact, really affirming things for me now. I won't let this linger on in my mind so that I constantly worry about it (I am a huge worrier in case you haven't noticed yet), but when the time is right, whether it be today, tomorrow or next month, I will eventually tell him I love him. Til then.no pressure, right?
Oh gosh, here comes Nikki running in here and jumping on Dwayne's bed! LMAO! She's such a clown!
"I would get under the covers, but I ain't trying to take that risk cause of what ya'll freaks done did last night." Nikki said, grabbing Dwayne's pillow and laying next to me.
"And what you want?" I asked, laughing.
"Bert and Ernie's done left us to go to McDonald's to get us some breakfast, because both of them are some lazy asses and don't feel like cooking!" Nikki said, playing with one of her braids.
"And I bet I can figure out the excuse they gonna give for no wanting to cook too. I can see it coming out Dwayne's mouth right now! He's gonna say SOMETHING about how all his energy got used up last night when he was putting it down, so it only makes sense for him to be burnt out come this morning. Somethin' dumb like that." I said, laughing and rolling my eyes.
"And Hiram too! Shoot, you know how them two are always about keeping it in the family!" Nikki said, laughing too.
"I swear, if I didn't know them two I would SWEAR they were father and son!" I said, shaking my head at the thought.
"Crissy, I wish I wasn't going through this alone." Nikki said, putting her hands on her stomach.
"What do you mean? You got me, Hiram, Dwayne, and the other 4 J.Lo's, so you don't need nobody else." I said, smiling.
"No, I don't mean like that. I mean, it would be really cool if we were both preggars together, you know?" Nikki asked, smiling.
"Oh God, wouldn't that be a sight?" I said, laughing.
"It's just a thought." Nikki said, shrugging her shoulders.
"I know, Momma, I know." I said, patting her stomach.
"I really believe I'm ready to be a mother. I'm 2 months into this, and already I feel like I'm ready and am anticipating the big day." Nikki said, smiling.
"Well, that's good. You're looking at this positively, and that's great. That's more than can be said about a lot of other women who, at this stage in the game, would still be having doubts." I said with a smile.
"I'm telling you, you should have a side job as like a psychiatrist or something, for reals. Cause people be telling you their problems or whatever's on their mind, and you just give them great advice, no matter what! You should look into that. You always know the right things to say, Crissy! Thank you." Nikki said, going to hug me.
"Hold up on that hug. I'll be right back!" I said, rushing from the bed, out the room and to the bathroom.
What the hell am I throwing up for? I never usually eat breakfast anyways, so I know it can't be that. Dwayne and I used protection each time we made love last night. Oh shit! I'm such a dumbass! I knew when I left the apartment last night that I was forgetting something! Dammit! I forgot my birth control pills! I take one every morning, and how much of a fucking genius am I?! They can't work unless you actually take them, dummy! Fuck! I gotta rush home, get 'em, and come back here before it's too late. I'll be RIGHT back!
10 minutes, and I'm back. That was a close one, for real. I just hope that it wasn't too late and me taking the pill was just a waste now. I'm walking back to Dwayne's room, and Nikki looks panicked.
"Where the hell did you go, girl?!" Nikki asks, raising her voice.
"I went back to the apartment cause I forgot to bring my birth control pills with me.that's why I was throwing up in the bathroom. Damn, I hope nothing's done happened anyway." I said, becoming nervous all of the sudden.
"Aww sweetie, it's okay." Nikki said, rocking me back and forth.
"What if I'm pregnant? Not now, please not now." I said, still continuing to worry. You see what I mean when I told ya'll I worry? I said I wasn't gonna worry about the love thing with Dwayne, and now I've done found something else to be worried about! Damn!
"Crystal, calm down. Look at me." Nikki said, turning me to face her.
"Yeah?" I ask, looking at her.
"Most likely you're not pregnant, okay? I strongly doubt you are, so don't worry about it." Nikki said, smiling.
"But I can't-oh shit, not again!" I said, getting off the bed and running to the bathroom. This time Nikki joined me.
I'm spewing into the toilet, feeling absolutely terrible now. My good mood has took a sudden detour, and that pisses me off. Nikki's grabbing a washcloth out of the hall closet and is running it under some hot water. You know, as much as I would like to think so, I don't think I can necessarily sit here and say that I'm ready for a baby right now. That would just bring more attention to me, and people would start talking again, (people HAVE been quiet since the month before, which is a huge surprise to me).I don't know if I'm ready to tackle all of that just yet. Why am I even thinking like this? It's probably nothing like Nikki said. Let me stop trippin.
"You done?" Nikki asks, looking at me.
"I think so." I answer, flushing the toilet.
"Come here you." She says, wiping my face off with the washcloth.
"You can't tell Dwayne." I say, stopping her.
"Calm down, I won't say anything to him. This never even happened." Nikki answers, smiling and going back to my face.
"Okay.if anything else happens, I'll just go to the WC to get checked out. Yeah, that's what I'll do." I said, making up my mind.
"You won't have to do that, because nothing else is gonna happen IS it?" Nikki asks, rinsing the washcloth off.
"You're right." I said, getting up off the floor.
"You feel like shit, though.I know." Nikki said, laughing and putting her arm around me as we walk back to Dwayne's room.
"You know what? I'm cold, so I'mma borrow one of D's robes." I said, going to the back of Dwayne's door and taking one of his robes.
"That's a big ass robe!" Nikki said, laughing as she watched me put it on.
This robe on me is so big that I could tie this sash around my waist 3 times and even then, it still probably wouldn't be tight enough. LMAO! Let me stop talkin bout my man like that!
"Oh well.what's the topic of discussion now?" I ask, jumping on Dwayne's bed.
"What do you think the baby's gonna be? A boy or a girl?" Nikki asks, smiling and rubbing her stomach.
"I would say I think it's gonna be a girl, but I gotta go with my instincts on this one. I truly think it's going to be a boy." I answer with a smile.
"Really? Oh my gosh, me and Hiram think that too!" Nikki exclaimed.
"Well, you know Daddy's gonna think that. Every man's dream is to have a son of their own, whether they wanna admit it or not." I said.
"And I know deep in his heart that Hiram wants a boy, too. Of course, if we had a girl it still wouldn't matter. He wouldn't love her less or anything just because we didn't have a boy. Really, he doesn't care what we have, but I know he wants a boy more than anything else. I just think it's crazy how you think it's going to be a boy just like we do! I wonder if he's asked Dwayne yet?" Nikki said, thinking.
"Oh, well I don't know. He hasn't mentioned anything to me about it. I can't help you there." I said, shrugging my shoulders.
"Don't chew my head off, okay? I'm just talking hypothetically right now. If you and Dwayne were to have a baby, what do you think you two would want?" Nikki asked, laying on my lap.
"I don't know." I said, playing with some of Nikki's braids.
"C'mon J.Lo! You do SO! Don't lie!" Nikki said, smacking my leg.
"Girl, who you hitting?" I ask, smacking her butt.
"You, cause you lie!" Nikki answers, laughing.
"Momma, we haven't even told each other I Love You yet. What makes you think I wanna think about the baby thing now?" I ask.
"You're not serious!" Nikki asks, getting up and looking me dead in my face.
"Yes! We haven't said the 3 words yet, but I'm not worried about it." I said, looking away.
"Crystal, no! Wait a minute.you DO love him, don't you?" Nikki asks in a concerned voice.
"Yeah, of course!" I answer, smiling.
"Well what the fuck is wrong with you, girl? You better tell that man something and soon!" Nikki says, looking serious.
"But, our relationship has been going on for almost 3 months! You don't think that's too soon? He's gonna think I'm an idiot for just coming out and saying 3 months into our relationship, 'Oh Dwayne, I love you'. I mean, come on!" I say, looking away.
"With all that you've done these past coupla months, the LAST thing he's ever gonna think is that you're a damn idiot. So you better cut that shit out right now. Don't let me hear you talk like that no more. Now, you say he hasn't told you either?" Nikki says, turning my head to face her.
"Yeah." I answer.
"Not even while ya'll were getting busy last night?" Nikki asked.
"Nothing." I say.
"Well last night out of all nights would've been the most perfect time for him to tell you! Man, do I have to go upside his head and fuck him up?! I HOPE I don't have to!" Nikki said, raising her voice.
"Look, I'm not worried about it. When the time is right, I'll tell him. And I know that when he feels it's right, he'll tell me too. So can we just drop the subject?" I ask, laying down with my back to Nikki.
"The right time was last night!" Nikki said, sounding annoyed.
"NIKKI! Just shut the fuck up! PLEASE!" I say, raising my voice.
"Why are you yelling at me?" Nikki asks, starting to cry.
Oh Lord, not this.
"Nikki, I'm sorry." I say, getting up and going to hug her.
"I just thought that I could help you out a little bit by talking to you, and you just sit there and yell at me..you know what, I've never yelled at you!" Nikki says in between sobs.
"Aww.Momma, I didn't mean to make you cry." I say, hugging her.
"You promise you won't do it again?" She asks in between sobs.
"I promise." I say, smiling.
"With sprinkles and a cherry on top?" She asks, giggling.
"Yes, I promise with sprinkles and a cherry on top." I said, laughing.
"J.Lo's, we're home!!!" We hear Dwayne and Hiram say out loud.
Nikki and I don't feel like getting up, so we're just gonna lay here and not do anything. We hear Dwayne and Hiram set the bags down and start talkin to each other. This should be funny.
"Hey Playa!" Dwayne says.
"Yo Playa!" Hiram answers back.
"Where the girls at?" Dwayne asks.
"I don't know, man!" Hiram answers.
Dwayne and Hiram start looking around out in the living room, and then we listen as they start walking down the hall, right past us. Wouldn't you know it, they pick Dwayne's room to be the last place they look? Some dumbasses, I tell you!
"Ooh Hiram, come here! Grab the camera! We gotta get a shot of this!" Dwayne says, eyes wide.
"What is it, Playa? Did you find 'em?" Hiram asks from his room.
"Yeah! Get the camera!" Dwayne yells again.
"WHY?" Hiram yells.
"Cause, they in the bed together, man!" Dwayne yells.
"WHAT?" Hiram asks, running into Dwayne's room, just about knocking him down.
"Ya'll two are so stupid!" I say, cracking up.
"You damn skippy they are!" Nikki said, laughing.
"Hiram, you getting this?" Dwayne asks, looking at Hiram, who's just staring and not doing a thing.
"HIRAM! Give me the damn camera! I'm telling you, you want somethin done, you gotta do it yourself!" Dwayne says, grabbing the camera from Hiram and starting to take pictures of me and Nikki.
"Hey Playa?" Hiram says to Dwayne.
"Yo Playa." Dwayne says, steady taking pictures of us.
"I figured they would have had enough of us last night! You think maybe they just got the urge and just decided to go at it together since we was gone?" Hiram asked, making Dwayne stop in his tracks.
"Hey, I think you're onto something!" Dwayne said, grinning.
"Hiram, why don't you shut up?!" Nikki asked, throwing a pillow at him and laughing.
"And you're just as bad!" I said, throwing a pillow at Dwayne too.
"What?" Hiram and Dwayne asked innocently.
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"Nikki, honey, you need to listen to me. I'm your best friend, and I'm telling you that you can't still wear your belly button ring and be pregnant at the same time. It won't work. We have to take it out." I said, trying to reason with Nikki.
"No, I'm not doing it." Nikki said, folding her arms across her chest.
"Yes you are." I said, going to lift up her shirt a little.
"No!" Nikki said, putting her shirt down.
"Nikki, you have to do this!" I said, getting frustrated.
"Leave me alone!" Nikki said, also getting frustrated.
"Dwaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyynnne!" I yell extremely loud.
"What is it, girl?!" Dwayne asks loudly, walking into the living room eating a ham and cheese sandwich.
"Momma' s giving me trouble, and I need some help. Tell her she has to take her belly button ring out." I said, pointing to Nikki.
"Sweetie, you need to take your belly button ring out. Your stomach's going to get bigger, and so is your belly button. You wearing your belly button ring ain't gonna work no way. So, it'd be best to take it out now instead of facing the consequences later." Dwayne said, finishing his sandwich.
"Oh yeah? Well this is my body and I can do what I want to! How bout THAT!" Nikki says, still continuing to fuss.
"You have to do it, Nikki! Damn! Why do you have to be so difficult? It'll only take a second." Dwayne said, going to lift Nikki's shirt up a little bit.
"No!" Nikki said, slapping Dwayne's arms.
"Ow!" Dwayne said, pulling back.
"Don't touch me!" Nikki said, getting angry.
"That's it." Dwayne said, standing up and looking at me.
"Hiraaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmm!" Dwayne yelled loudly.
"What?!" Hiram answered, walking into the living room and finishing off a Pepsi One.
"Tell your fiance she has to take her belly button ring out, please." Dwayne said, looking somewhat annoyed.
Hiram took one look at me, then Dwayne, then Nikki, then realized he had no choice but to do something to end this thing for good.
"Aight." Hiram said, rolling up his sleeves and walking to Nikki.
"What you gon' do?" I asked.
"You just stand right there, Crystal. Dwayne, on the count of 3, okay?" Hiram said, looking at Dwayne and winking.
"Aight man, cool." Dwayne said, smiling.
"What're you guys gonna do?" I whispered to Dwayne.
"1.2.3!" Hiram said.
Hiram held Nikki's right arm down while Dwayne held Nikki's left arm down. With the two of them looking at me, I pretty much figured out what my job was going to be.
"Nooooo!" Nikki yelled, stomping her feet like a child.
This wasn't going to be easy with her carrying on like this. Lifting up her shirt some, I'm getting ready to try and take this thing out without getting kicked by Nikki.
"Dammit, no!" Nikki screamed, still kicking.
"Shit!" I yell, after being kicked in the leg.
"There!" I say, finally taking Nikki's belly button ring out.
"See, now that wasn't so hard was it?" Dwayne asked and chuckling, only to be slapped in the face by Nikki.
"Baby, why'd you hit him?" Hiram asked, only to be slapped by Nikki in the face too.
"I told you NO!" Nikki yelled, getting up, pushing me out the way and stomping out the living room.
Dwayne looked like his face was really hurting. So did Hiram. I know this probably isn't the best time to do it, but I HAVE to laugh!
"What the hell are YOU laughing for? We get smacked in the face and all you get is a little push? That is so sexist!" Dwayne said, rubbing the side of his face.
"She fucked ya'lls faces UP!" I said, continuing to laugh hysterically.
"Oh you think that's funny? You wanna have jokes now?" Hiram asks, tapping Dwayne's shoulder and then both of them getting up and coming over to me.
"What ya'll bout to do?" I ask, crouching in fear of what they may do.
They're up here tickling me now! Oh my gosh, this is not happening! I'm up here cracking up and I should be fending them off of me!
Suddenly I see Nikki again, and this time she's got a pillow! Oh damn! She just smacked Dwayne AND Hiram in the back of their heads with it! She saved me!
"What the hell?" Dwayne and Hiram ask, turning around to see her.
"Hi boys!" She says, hitting them again.
"Hold on for a second!" Dwayne said, putting his hands up.
"What?" Nikki asks, keeping her pillow raised about her head.
"How you gon' beat our asses but not do nothing to her?" Dwayne asks, pointing to me.
"You dumbass! Why would you even think about asking such a dumb question like that shit right there!" Nikki said, getting him right in the back of the head.
"We J.Lo's! J.Lo's never turn on each other!" Nikki said, throwing a pillow to me and then going to beat up Hiram.
Just as I have my pillow in my hands and am about to strike, that's when Dwayne decides he wants to look dead at me.
"I would put that pillow down if I was you." He warned, getting up and coming towards me.
I drop the pillow, and like a fool, start running away from him. He meets me about half way out the room and sweeps me up from under my feet, carries me into his room, and tosses me on the bed.
"That fuckin J.Lo Rebellion shit ain't working." Dwayne says, shutting and locking his door.
"What you getting ready to do?" I ask, knowing from the look on his face that the question shouldn't have even parted from my lips.
"What am I getting ready to do? My counter-attack." He says, a smiling forming on his lips as he slowly makes his way toward me.
He's leaning over me and is coming in for a kiss. This ain't gonna work cause I gotta throw up again! Damn!
"Move!" I say, pushing him off of me and running to the door. Damn, I forgot he locked the door!
I thought I could make it to the bathroom, but obviously I can't cause I'm throwing up in the hallway! Man, I thought this was done and over with!
"Crystal!" Dwayne says, rushing to me.
"Crissy!" Hiram and Nikki say, rushing from around the corner.
"Cris, what's the matter?" Nikki asks, pulling my hair back and putting it in a ponytail.
I don't say anything, just walk past them all and into the living room to sit down. I gotta think. Last night, we went at it the 4 times, and I know we used protection each time, but there was that one time.I knew I forgot about something! That second time the condom broke and so Dwayne went and got another one real quick after it happened. I guess we wasn't quick ENOUGH! Damn!
"Baby, you okay?" Dwayne asks, coming in the living room.
"I don't know." Is all I can say.
Dwayne comes over to the sofa, lays down, and makes room for me to join him. I lay down in front of him, and he holds me.
"What do you mean you don't know?" Dwayne asks, kissing my neck.
"Where are Momma and Hiram?" I ask, ignoring the question.
"They're in the hall cleaning up for me. Now answer my question." He says, still insisting.
"We made love 4 times last night, and out of those 4 times, you know a condom broke the 2nd time." I said, looking away.
"But I got another one immediately after." Dwayne said.
"Yeah well, your genius of a girlfriend right here fucked up this morning too. I forgot to bring my birth control pills with me, and so I started throwing up and shit after you left, so I ran back to me and Maia's place and got 'em, and took it. I hoped it wasn't too late though. Oh man." I said, starting to cry.
"Why you crying, honey?" Dwayne asks, holding me close to him and still continuing to kiss me.
"Because! I mean, can you honestly say that you're ready for a baby right now? We're lucky people stopped talking about us and our relationship, but even so, we're gonna make it worse!" I said, crying.
"Is my baby crying?" I hear Nikki say, coming into the living room and kneeling in front of me.
"Stop crying, baby. It's gonna be okay." Dwayne said, kissing me.
"What happened, D?" Nikki asked, rubbing the side of my face.
"One of the condoms broke last night." Dwayne answered.
"Okay Buddy! You got that fast acting sperm, huh?" Nikki asked Dwayne, all while laughing.
"Kiss my ass, Nikki." Dwayne said, pulling me closer and chuckling.
"No thanks, I got Hiram." Nikki said, smiling.
"Okay, why the hell are you two all laughing and joking? This is serious, I mean damn!" I said, still crying.
"Aww.my baby's upset. It's gonna be okay. Look, if you want I'll go with you to the WC and we can get you tested." Nikki said, squeezing my hands.
"You don't think it would be too soon?" I ask, looking at her.
"Why don't ya'll wait until sometime during the week. That way it'll be a few days." Dwayne suggested.
"Yeah, you wanna do that?" Nikki asks, looking at me and brushing my hair out of my face.
"Okay." I say as Dwayne wipes my tears.
"That better?" Dwayne asks, kissing my cheek.
"God girl, what did you EAT?!" Hiram asks loudly, taking a bunch of soiled napkins to the trash in the kitchen.
"It was just that bad?" I yell back at him.
"Yeah! The shit was all over the walls and somehow, I don't know how the fuck you did it, but you threw up on some of D's pictures that are up on the walls too!" Hiram said, coming over to the three of us in the living room.
"Hiram! Please tell me she didn't throw up on my Momma." Dwayne said, looking concerned at Hiram.
"She threw up on Grandma too, Uncle DJ." Hiram said, shaking his head in shame.
"You threw up on my Momma, girl!" Dwayne said, sounding like he was about to cry.
"Don't worry, that's one of the things Nikki managed to clean up before she LEFT me! Yeah, you thought you was being SLICK by comin out here and making conversation, huh?" Hiram said, getting Nikki on the floor and climbing over top of her.
"My baby was crying!" Nikki said, pointing to me and all the while trying not to laugh at Hiram.
"Baby my ass! Your baby spewed vomit all over the hallway and the walls, and you left me to clean the rest of it up!" Hiram said, pinning Nikki down.
"Shut up and kiss me, boy." Nikki says, pulling Hiram's face to hers.
"Uggggghhhhh!" Dwayne and I groan loudly, rolling our eyes. "Big Daddy and J.Lo are getting irritable." Hiram said, laughing.
"We should go, Papi Chulo. We can carry on with this in the bedroom." Nikki said, smiling and being helped up by Hiram.
Dwayne and I watch as Hiram and Nikki parade out the living room and back to their bedroom. They are REALLY in love with each other, at least I can say that! They can't stand being without one another, and when they are around each other, if they're not arguing because of something dumb Hiram did, they're making love. That's a summary of their relationship. LMAO!
"Baby, you feel like talking bout this now that they're gone?" Dwayne whispers in my ear.
"Aight." I answer, turning over to face him.
"Up until now, we've handled everything fine, right?" Dwayne asks.
"Yeah, I guess so." I answer, looking away.
"If you're pregnant, it wouldn't be a problem for me. Trust me, I've had my share of changing diapers and all that. My sister was a partier, so when she'd go out, she'd bring me over to her house and I would take care of him. I'm ready to be a father, Crystal. I've lived my life, and I still have more of it to live as the years go by. Being able to have a little son or daughter to build a future for would make it all the more worthwhile." Dwayne said, smiling.
"Really? Oh great, here I go again." I say, tears starting to stream down my face.
"Damn girl, you making me cry now." Dwayne said, smiling as tears started to stream down his face too.
"You're ready to be a father? With your schedule of teaching and coaching defense for the football team, won't that get in the way?" I asked.
"Not unless I let it." Dwayne answered, grinning.
"Dwayne, I don't know if I would be able to handle a baby, I'm just telling you that right now. I definitely wouldn't have an abortion, but I would still have the baby and care for and love it." I said.
"The only reason why you're uncertain is because of all that's gone on today. And I don't blame you. The shit ya'll women be going through sometime, I give thanks to God I'm a man and not a woman!" Dwayne said, making me laugh.
"You're such an idiot!" I said, laughing some more.
"I personally think you'd be the perfect mother. I mean, with just how I've seen you take care of Nikki and stuff, you just have that motherly vibe about you. No wonder the class calls you Momma!" Dwayne said, making me laugh even more.
"You really think I'd make a good mother?" I ask, smiling.
"I KNOW you would." Dwayne answers, kissing me on the lips.
"I'm tired, tell me a story." I say, cuddling deep in Dwayne's arms.
"Momma number 2 is tired?" Dwayne asks, making me look up at him with a careful eye.
"You gonna start calling me that now?" I ask.
"Until we know something, yeah. I'm calling you Momma too." Dwayne answers, holding me close.
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"Hey.lovebirds, get up." I say, shaking Hiram and Nikki.
"How long did we sleep?" Nikki asked, turning over in bed.
"About an hour and a half. Papi Chulo, you gotta get up and out." I say, pulling Hiram's arm.
"What you doing, girl? I ain't going nowhere." Hiram replies, not budging at all.
"Hiram, get out!" I say, raising my voice.
"Why?!" Hiram asks, getting loud too.
"Because I wanna talk to Nikki, now go before I call Dwayne." I said.
"How are YOU just gonna come in here and kick me out my own room? That's all I wanna know." Hiram says, looking at me.
"Dwaaaaaaaayyyyyynnnnnne!" I yell loudly.
"Playa, whatever the hell it is you did to her, you better cut the shit out and come the fuck out here!" Dwayne yells from the living room.
"Shit." Hiram says, tossing the covers to Nikki's side and sitting up.
"Thank you, baby!" I yell, smiling.
"No problem, honey!" Dwayne yells back from the living room.
Hiram gets up out of bed, picks his robe up from the edge of the bed, puts it on and walks out the room, slamming the door behind him. He may be pissed at me, but I don't care. I'm going through something right now and I really need to spend some time with my fellow J.Lo to talk this shit out, you know?
"Get on in here, sweetie." Nikki says, moving the covers back and waiting for me to get in the bed.
"Dwayne and I fell asleep out on the couch from talking once you and Hiram left. He's ready to be a Daddy, can you believe it?" I say, nestling in under the covers.
"Aww, isn't that special!" Nikki says, making me laugh.
"And you know what he also said? He said that he thinks I would make the perfect mother, and that's because he said that I have this motherly vibe about me, like especially how I baby you and take care of you and stuff." I said, smiling.
"I don't care what you say, this is me and my baby's room, and that's our bed. I can stay in here if I want too." Hiram says, appearing in the doorway. Now he's leaping onto the bed and getting comfortable in between Nikki and I.
"Baby, wouldn't it be cute if Crystal was preggars too like me?" Nikki asked, playing with Hiram's hair.
"The J.Lo's pregnant at the same time? Lord help us!" Hiram said, making us laugh.
"She's serious!" I say, smacking Hiram playfully on his arm.
"I don't know, cause she's already a helping hand to me and Rico Suave in there. 3 heads are better than 2, especially a female's at that. We need all the help we can GET with you, Nikki." Hiram says, laughing at the face Nikki's giving him.
"Wouldn't it be cute though?" Nikki asked.
"It'd be cute, but it'd be cute chaos!" Hiram said, making us laugh even harder.
"Cute chaos.that's gon be my words from now on!" I said, laughing.
"Hey! How come there was a party going on in here and nobody ain't invite me?" Dwayne asked, slumped up against the doorway.
"Hey Dwayne, wanna start some cute chaos with us?" I ask, making Nikki and Hiram crack up.
"Cute chaos? What the hell is that, code for kinky sex?" Dwayne asked, making me start laughing even more.
"No!" Hiram, Nikki and I all replied.
"Oh well, I don't care anyway." Dwayne said, jumping into the bed with us. Now, going from right to left in this bed it goes like this: me, Dwayne, Hiram, Nikki.
"You know, I hope everything turns out alright, because if it does, let me tell ya'll right now.I can't wait to be a father." Dwayne said, smiling wide.
"I can't wait either, man. It's gonna be one hell of a great feeling." Hiram said, smiling.
"That would just be really cute! I know I can't stop saying the word cute, but if me and Crissy was preggars at the same time and we had the babies and stuff.we'd be all one big happy family!" Nikki said, beaming.
"Could you imagine if we both went into labor at the same time? Like, if you had reached your 9 month due-date and I went into premature labor? Oh my God.that would be so funny!" I said, starting to laugh.
"You really think something like that would happen?" Nikki asked.
"I'm willing to bet right here and right now. If I am pregnant, I bet that you and I are gonna go into labor at the same time. You're gonna go into labor on your regular scheduled date, but I'm gonna be the one to go in prematurely." I said, sitting up.
"How much you putting up?" Nikki asked, sitting up and looking me straight in my face.
"Hold up!" Hiram and Dwayne both say, putting their hands up.
"I got a hundred dollars on it." I say, putting my hands out.
"Baby, don't gamble on shit like that!" Dwayne said, slapping my hand away.
"Nikki, don't be betting like that, come on!" Hiram said, trying to deter Nikki from doing the same thing.
"Move!" Nikki and I say, pushing them out of the way.
"One hundred even?" Nikki asks.
"Yeah. You go in regular, I go in premature, but on the same day." I say, putting my hand out for her to shake.
"And only if you're preggars." Nikki says.
"Right." I say, smiling.
"How you gon' bet on something when you're not even definite about being pregnant? What the hell is the point?" Dwayne asks.
"I'm just SAYIN though! Get out the way." I said, pushing Dwayne aside so I could see Nikki.
"It's a deal." Nikki says, smiling and shaking my hand.
"Aight, we wanna say something right here, right now." Hiram says, putting his hands up.
"Us men have NO part in ya'lls bet. Just puttin' that out there for future reference." Dwayne said, looking at Nikki and I.
"Fine." Nikki and I say.
Dwayne, Nikki, Hiram and I are laying back down in bed now, and for a while it's silent. Noone says anything to each other.
"I don't care what anybody says, I think you're pregnant. And until someone proves me wrong, that's what I'mma keep thinking." Dwayne says, holding me close and kissing me on the lips.
"You're so good to me Dwayne." I say, kissing him back.
"You're so good to me, Hiram." Nikki mocks me, kissing Hiram.
"And you know what else? To be totally honest, I truly believe I wouldn't want to have a child with anyone else because.I.Crystal, I love you." Dwayne says, looking me in my teary eyes.
"You mean it?" I ask, smiling and starting to cry.
"I know our relationship hasn't been going on very long, but like I told you before, days and weeks and time, that shit don't mean nothing to me. What matters to me is you, and yes, I do mean it when I say that I love you." Dwayne answers, holding me close.
"Oh Dwayne, I love you too!" I say while crying, grabbing Dwayne and kissing him passionately.
"Aww, look at the babies!" Nikki says in a proud motherly voice.
"Hey now, if ya'll are bout to carry on, this ain't the place to do it!" Hiram says in a tough voice.
"Leave them alone, Papi." Nikki says, getting up out of bed and stretching. She took the cornrows out of her hair that Maia did, so her hair's all wild and full of crimps. She's got on a pair of Hiram's boxers and a Canes shirt. No she don't have a nerve to be getting a lil' belly on her! Up until now, I haven't really gotten a look at her stomach, but now that I do, it's a lil' bigger!
"Where you goin?" Hiram asks, ignoring Dwayne and I and looking at Nikki, who was still stretching.
"I'm going to cook. I feel like we need to get cultural up in here, so I'mma make some Polynesian food. And YOU gon' help me, Papi." Nikki says, grabbing Hiram's arms and dragging him outta bed.
Dwayne and I are laying here, just looking into each other's eyes. We're completely infatuated with each other, and now that we've said the L-word, this makes it even better!
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"Nikki, I'm really sorry about earlier. You cooked a big Polynesian dinner, trying to be nice, and I just threw all of it up." I said, feeling very remorseful.
"Girl, I ain't even worried about it." Nikki said, smiling.
"Really?" I ask, still feeling a little guilty.
"Yeah girl, now lay down." Nikki says as I lay my head down in her lap and she starts taking out my braids.
"I always loved this movie Look Who's Talking. It's so cute." I said, looking at the television.
"It is, isn't it? Baby Mikey is so adorable!" Nikki says, also watching the movie.
"My part is when she gets ready to go into labor and hails a cab and John Travolta drives her to the hospital, but takes all these detours and back alleys and shit." I said, laughing.
"Yeah, but my part is when Kirstie Alley goes with Mikey to see his dad, Albert, and he acts like a complete ass talking bout he's going through his alone-phase." Nikki said, cracking up.
"Oh yeah, and she takes Mikey's stroller and trashes all his shit and takes Mikey's shitty diaper and slams it on the 10,000 dollar desk!" I said, starting to laugh hysterically with Nikki.
"WHAT YA'LL DOIN IN HERE?" Dwayne booms in a deep voice, walking into his room trying to look tough.
"We're watching Look Who's Talking.where's Ernie?" Nikki asks.
"In his room beatin off." Dwayne said, plopping down on the bed.
"You dumbass! Shut up!" Nikki said, cracking up and throwing one of Dwayne's pillows at him.
"Oh my God, I ain't lying!" Dwayne said, laughing.
Just then, Hiram walks in the room moving Dwayne over and plopping right down beside him on the bed. Now it's a full house!
"Playa!" Dwayne said.
"Yo playa!" Hiram answers.
"Weren't you just beating off in ya room?" Dwayne asks, looking at Hiram.
"Oh yeah, I was. As a matter of fact, it was to one of Nikki's baby pictures.why?" Hiram asks, looking at all of us.
"My BABY picture? You're a fucking pervert, Hiram! You're so sick!" Nikki said, smacking Hiram with a pillow.
All I can do is look at Hiram with a disgusted face and then look at Dwayne. He's just as bad, up here starting stuff.
"For real though, we came in here because we got a guaranteed way to cheer you up, cause we know ya'll ain't feeling all that good, especially you Cris." Hiram said, getting serious.
"Remember this, baby?.It seems like ya ready." Dwayne starts to sing, taking me back to my birthday and his strip tease in class.
"Oh shit!" Nikki said out loud, covering her face as she started to laugh extremely hard.
Dwayne and Hiram are starting to strip now, and because they're both in front of us, you know they're gonna do something stupid. They're taking off one another's shirts and acting like they're both gay now.I'm telling you, these 2 ain't right in the head! The Johnson genes really have been screwed up! For the next generation of Johnson's, I hope it ain't as bad as this! LMAO!
~TO BE CONTINUED~
Chapter Twelve
****** Good morning all! It's Sunday, October 30th and I'm feeling GOOD, how bout ya'll? The last time we left off, things were.interesting, to say the least. Nikki, Hiram, Dwayne and I didn't get to bed until real late. I'm talkin like, a little after 3:30am. Just for good measure though, me and Dwayne went at it one more time before actually doing that thing you call SLEEP. LMAO! It's a little after 11 now, and surprisingly Dwayne's still fast asleep. But then again, I don't blame him, do you?
"Hey baby."
Okay, maybe I spoke too soon? This guy's holding me all close to him, like he's never gonna let me leave or we're gonna stay in bed forever. Then again, he WOULD like something like that, sick as he is. Anyways, let me talk to him for a little bit.
"Well hello to you too, Sleepyhead." I answered, kissing him.
"I wasn't sleeping, girl. I been up long before you woke up." Dwayne said, smiling and kissing me on my neck.
"Okay, you're either lying or you were just really making an effort to rest your eyes then." I said, rolling my eyes.
"Shut up before I have to get you again. I thought 4 times was enough for you last night." He said, smiling and pulling me so that my back was up against his chest.
"You sick sumbitch." I said, laughing.
"No offense to you, but I ain't cooking this morning. So if you want something to eat, you better tell me now. Cause I'mma get me some clothes on, go wake up Hiram's naked ass and tell him to throw some clothes on, and we gon' go to pick up somethin from McDonald's. You and Momma are staying here." Dwayne said, getting up and sitting on the side of the bed.
"Well, that'll give me and Nikki plenty of time to have plenty of our girl talk. Besides, with the way you Johnson men wore us out last night, you can believe we're still in the re-cooperating stage." I said, chuckling afterwards.
"Oh, well thank you. I do aim to please, you know. That's my job." Dwayne said, smiling and kissing me on the forehead before getting up and leaving the room.
Don't I just have the best guy in the world? And you know, I actually think I'm starting to really fall in love with him. We haven't said the three magic words to one another yet, but after last night, I think it's bound to happen soon. I don't know when, I don't know how, but I'm certain that we're going to tell each other soon enough. And that's okay that we haven't said it now, because me personally, up until now I haven't been sure if I was just in love with him or just loved him. I realized that I've loved him ever since that night he brought me back here after we went to see Maia in the hospital, and he consoled me and wasn't going to be satisfied until I got some sleep. I know he wouldn't stop talking about that forever, and it was pissing me off, but I knew he meant well. Everything leading up to last night just proved that I truly am head over heels in love with him. Last night just put the exclamation point on that fact, really affirming things for me now. I won't let this linger on in my mind so that I constantly worry about it (I am a huge worrier in case you haven't noticed yet), but when the time is right, whether it be today, tomorrow or next month, I will eventually tell him I love him. Til then.no pressure, right?
Oh gosh, here comes Nikki running in here and jumping on Dwayne's bed! LMAO! She's such a clown!
"I would get under the covers, but I ain't trying to take that risk cause of what ya'll freaks done did last night." Nikki said, grabbing Dwayne's pillow and laying next to me.
"And what you want?" I asked, laughing.
"Bert and Ernie's done left us to go to McDonald's to get us some breakfast, because both of them are some lazy asses and don't feel like cooking!" Nikki said, playing with one of her braids.
"And I bet I can figure out the excuse they gonna give for no wanting to cook too. I can see it coming out Dwayne's mouth right now! He's gonna say SOMETHING about how all his energy got used up last night when he was putting it down, so it only makes sense for him to be burnt out come this morning. Somethin' dumb like that." I said, laughing and rolling my eyes.
"And Hiram too! Shoot, you know how them two are always about keeping it in the family!" Nikki said, laughing too.
"I swear, if I didn't know them two I would SWEAR they were father and son!" I said, shaking my head at the thought.
"Crissy, I wish I wasn't going through this alone." Nikki said, putting her hands on her stomach.
"What do you mean? You got me, Hiram, Dwayne, and the other 4 J.Lo's, so you don't need nobody else." I said, smiling.
"No, I don't mean like that. I mean, it would be really cool if we were both preggars together, you know?" Nikki asked, smiling.
"Oh God, wouldn't that be a sight?" I said, laughing.
"It's just a thought." Nikki said, shrugging her shoulders.
"I know, Momma, I know." I said, patting her stomach.
"I really believe I'm ready to be a mother. I'm 2 months into this, and already I feel like I'm ready and am anticipating the big day." Nikki said, smiling.
"Well, that's good. You're looking at this positively, and that's great. That's more than can be said about a lot of other women who, at this stage in the game, would still be having doubts." I said with a smile.
"I'm telling you, you should have a side job as like a psychiatrist or something, for reals. Cause people be telling you their problems or whatever's on their mind, and you just give them great advice, no matter what! You should look into that. You always know the right things to say, Crissy! Thank you." Nikki said, going to hug me.
"Hold up on that hug. I'll be right back!" I said, rushing from the bed, out the room and to the bathroom.
What the hell am I throwing up for? I never usually eat breakfast anyways, so I know it can't be that. Dwayne and I used protection each time we made love last night. Oh shit! I'm such a dumbass! I knew when I left the apartment last night that I was forgetting something! Dammit! I forgot my birth control pills! I take one every morning, and how much of a fucking genius am I?! They can't work unless you actually take them, dummy! Fuck! I gotta rush home, get 'em, and come back here before it's too late. I'll be RIGHT back!
10 minutes, and I'm back. That was a close one, for real. I just hope that it wasn't too late and me taking the pill was just a waste now. I'm walking back to Dwayne's room, and Nikki looks panicked.
"Where the hell did you go, girl?!" Nikki asks, raising her voice.
"I went back to the apartment cause I forgot to bring my birth control pills with me.that's why I was throwing up in the bathroom. Damn, I hope nothing's done happened anyway." I said, becoming nervous all of the sudden.
"Aww sweetie, it's okay." Nikki said, rocking me back and forth.
"What if I'm pregnant? Not now, please not now." I said, still continuing to worry. You see what I mean when I told ya'll I worry? I said I wasn't gonna worry about the love thing with Dwayne, and now I've done found something else to be worried about! Damn!
"Crystal, calm down. Look at me." Nikki said, turning me to face her.
"Yeah?" I ask, looking at her.
"Most likely you're not pregnant, okay? I strongly doubt you are, so don't worry about it." Nikki said, smiling.
"But I can't-oh shit, not again!" I said, getting off the bed and running to the bathroom. This time Nikki joined me.
I'm spewing into the toilet, feeling absolutely terrible now. My good mood has took a sudden detour, and that pisses me off. Nikki's grabbing a washcloth out of the hall closet and is running it under some hot water. You know, as much as I would like to think so, I don't think I can necessarily sit here and say that I'm ready for a baby right now. That would just bring more attention to me, and people would start talking again, (people HAVE been quiet since the month before, which is a huge surprise to me).I don't know if I'm ready to tackle all of that just yet. Why am I even thinking like this? It's probably nothing like Nikki said. Let me stop trippin.
"You done?" Nikki asks, looking at me.
"I think so." I answer, flushing the toilet.
"Come here you." She says, wiping my face off with the washcloth.
"You can't tell Dwayne." I say, stopping her.
"Calm down, I won't say anything to him. This never even happened." Nikki answers, smiling and going back to my face.
"Okay.if anything else happens, I'll just go to the WC to get checked out. Yeah, that's what I'll do." I said, making up my mind.
"You won't have to do that, because nothing else is gonna happen IS it?" Nikki asks, rinsing the washcloth off.
"You're right." I said, getting up off the floor.
"You feel like shit, though.I know." Nikki said, laughing and putting her arm around me as we walk back to Dwayne's room.
"You know what? I'm cold, so I'mma borrow one of D's robes." I said, going to the back of Dwayne's door and taking one of his robes.
"That's a big ass robe!" Nikki said, laughing as she watched me put it on.
This robe on me is so big that I could tie this sash around my waist 3 times and even then, it still probably wouldn't be tight enough. LMAO! Let me stop talkin bout my man like that!
"Oh well.what's the topic of discussion now?" I ask, jumping on Dwayne's bed.
"What do you think the baby's gonna be? A boy or a girl?" Nikki asks, smiling and rubbing her stomach.
"I would say I think it's gonna be a girl, but I gotta go with my instincts on this one. I truly think it's going to be a boy." I answer with a smile.
"Really? Oh my gosh, me and Hiram think that too!" Nikki exclaimed.
"Well, you know Daddy's gonna think that. Every man's dream is to have a son of their own, whether they wanna admit it or not." I said.
"And I know deep in his heart that Hiram wants a boy, too. Of course, if we had a girl it still wouldn't matter. He wouldn't love her less or anything just because we didn't have a boy. Really, he doesn't care what we have, but I know he wants a boy more than anything else. I just think it's crazy how you think it's going to be a boy just like we do! I wonder if he's asked Dwayne yet?" Nikki said, thinking.
"Oh, well I don't know. He hasn't mentioned anything to me about it. I can't help you there." I said, shrugging my shoulders.
"Don't chew my head off, okay? I'm just talking hypothetically right now. If you and Dwayne were to have a baby, what do you think you two would want?" Nikki asked, laying on my lap.
"I don't know." I said, playing with some of Nikki's braids.
"C'mon J.Lo! You do SO! Don't lie!" Nikki said, smacking my leg.
"Girl, who you hitting?" I ask, smacking her butt.
"You, cause you lie!" Nikki answers, laughing.
"Momma, we haven't even told each other I Love You yet. What makes you think I wanna think about the baby thing now?" I ask.
"You're not serious!" Nikki asks, getting up and looking me dead in my face.
"Yes! We haven't said the 3 words yet, but I'm not worried about it." I said, looking away.
"Crystal, no! Wait a minute.you DO love him, don't you?" Nikki asks in a concerned voice.
"Yeah, of course!" I answer, smiling.
"Well what the fuck is wrong with you, girl? You better tell that man something and soon!" Nikki says, looking serious.
"But, our relationship has been going on for almost 3 months! You don't think that's too soon? He's gonna think I'm an idiot for just coming out and saying 3 months into our relationship, 'Oh Dwayne, I love you'. I mean, come on!" I say, looking away.
"With all that you've done these past coupla months, the LAST thing he's ever gonna think is that you're a damn idiot. So you better cut that shit out right now. Don't let me hear you talk like that no more. Now, you say he hasn't told you either?" Nikki says, turning my head to face her.
"Yeah." I answer.
"Not even while ya'll were getting busy last night?" Nikki asked.
"Nothing." I say.
"Well last night out of all nights would've been the most perfect time for him to tell you! Man, do I have to go upside his head and fuck him up?! I HOPE I don't have to!" Nikki said, raising her voice.
"Look, I'm not worried about it. When the time is right, I'll tell him. And I know that when he feels it's right, he'll tell me too. So can we just drop the subject?" I ask, laying down with my back to Nikki.
"The right time was last night!" Nikki said, sounding annoyed.
"NIKKI! Just shut the fuck up! PLEASE!" I say, raising my voice.
"Why are you yelling at me?" Nikki asks, starting to cry.
Oh Lord, not this.
"Nikki, I'm sorry." I say, getting up and going to hug her.
"I just thought that I could help you out a little bit by talking to you, and you just sit there and yell at me..you know what, I've never yelled at you!" Nikki says in between sobs.
"Aww.Momma, I didn't mean to make you cry." I say, hugging her.
"You promise you won't do it again?" She asks in between sobs.
"I promise." I say, smiling.
"With sprinkles and a cherry on top?" She asks, giggling.
"Yes, I promise with sprinkles and a cherry on top." I said, laughing.
"J.Lo's, we're home!!!" We hear Dwayne and Hiram say out loud.
Nikki and I don't feel like getting up, so we're just gonna lay here and not do anything. We hear Dwayne and Hiram set the bags down and start talkin to each other. This should be funny.
"Hey Playa!" Dwayne says.
"Yo Playa!" Hiram answers back.
"Where the girls at?" Dwayne asks.
"I don't know, man!" Hiram answers.
Dwayne and Hiram start looking around out in the living room, and then we listen as they start walking down the hall, right past us. Wouldn't you know it, they pick Dwayne's room to be the last place they look? Some dumbasses, I tell you!
"Ooh Hiram, come here! Grab the camera! We gotta get a shot of this!" Dwayne says, eyes wide.
"What is it, Playa? Did you find 'em?" Hiram asks from his room.
"Yeah! Get the camera!" Dwayne yells again.
"WHY?" Hiram yells.
"Cause, they in the bed together, man!" Dwayne yells.
"WHAT?" Hiram asks, running into Dwayne's room, just about knocking him down.
"Ya'll two are so stupid!" I say, cracking up.
"You damn skippy they are!" Nikki said, laughing.
"Hiram, you getting this?" Dwayne asks, looking at Hiram, who's just staring and not doing a thing.
"HIRAM! Give me the damn camera! I'm telling you, you want somethin done, you gotta do it yourself!" Dwayne says, grabbing the camera from Hiram and starting to take pictures of me and Nikki.
"Hey Playa?" Hiram says to Dwayne.
"Yo Playa." Dwayne says, steady taking pictures of us.
"I figured they would have had enough of us last night! You think maybe they just got the urge and just decided to go at it together since we was gone?" Hiram asked, making Dwayne stop in his tracks.
"Hey, I think you're onto something!" Dwayne said, grinning.
"Hiram, why don't you shut up?!" Nikki asked, throwing a pillow at him and laughing.
"And you're just as bad!" I said, throwing a pillow at Dwayne too.
"What?" Hiram and Dwayne asked innocently.
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"Nikki, honey, you need to listen to me. I'm your best friend, and I'm telling you that you can't still wear your belly button ring and be pregnant at the same time. It won't work. We have to take it out." I said, trying to reason with Nikki.
"No, I'm not doing it." Nikki said, folding her arms across her chest.
"Yes you are." I said, going to lift up her shirt a little.
"No!" Nikki said, putting her shirt down.
"Nikki, you have to do this!" I said, getting frustrated.
"Leave me alone!" Nikki said, also getting frustrated.
"Dwaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyynnne!" I yell extremely loud.
"What is it, girl?!" Dwayne asks loudly, walking into the living room eating a ham and cheese sandwich.
"Momma' s giving me trouble, and I need some help. Tell her she has to take her belly button ring out." I said, pointing to Nikki.
"Sweetie, you need to take your belly button ring out. Your stomach's going to get bigger, and so is your belly button. You wearing your belly button ring ain't gonna work no way. So, it'd be best to take it out now instead of facing the consequences later." Dwayne said, finishing his sandwich.
"Oh yeah? Well this is my body and I can do what I want to! How bout THAT!" Nikki says, still continuing to fuss.
"You have to do it, Nikki! Damn! Why do you have to be so difficult? It'll only take a second." Dwayne said, going to lift Nikki's shirt up a little bit.
"No!" Nikki said, slapping Dwayne's arms.
"Ow!" Dwayne said, pulling back.
"Don't touch me!" Nikki said, getting angry.
"That's it." Dwayne said, standing up and looking at me.
"Hiraaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmm!" Dwayne yelled loudly.
"What?!" Hiram answered, walking into the living room and finishing off a Pepsi One.
"Tell your fiance she has to take her belly button ring out, please." Dwayne said, looking somewhat annoyed.
Hiram took one look at me, then Dwayne, then Nikki, then realized he had no choice but to do something to end this thing for good.
"Aight." Hiram said, rolling up his sleeves and walking to Nikki.
"What you gon' do?" I asked.
"You just stand right there, Crystal. Dwayne, on the count of 3, okay?" Hiram said, looking at Dwayne and winking.
"Aight man, cool." Dwayne said, smiling.
"What're you guys gonna do?" I whispered to Dwayne.
"1.2.3!" Hiram said.
Hiram held Nikki's right arm down while Dwayne held Nikki's left arm down. With the two of them looking at me, I pretty much figured out what my job was going to be.
"Nooooo!" Nikki yelled, stomping her feet like a child.
This wasn't going to be easy with her carrying on like this. Lifting up her shirt some, I'm getting ready to try and take this thing out without getting kicked by Nikki.
"Dammit, no!" Nikki screamed, still kicking.
"Shit!" I yell, after being kicked in the leg.
"There!" I say, finally taking Nikki's belly button ring out.
"See, now that wasn't so hard was it?" Dwayne asked and chuckling, only to be slapped in the face by Nikki.
"Baby, why'd you hit him?" Hiram asked, only to be slapped by Nikki in the face too.
"I told you NO!" Nikki yelled, getting up, pushing me out the way and stomping out the living room.
Dwayne looked like his face was really hurting. So did Hiram. I know this probably isn't the best time to do it, but I HAVE to laugh!
"What the hell are YOU laughing for? We get smacked in the face and all you get is a little push? That is so sexist!" Dwayne said, rubbing the side of his face.
"She fucked ya'lls faces UP!" I said, continuing to laugh hysterically.
"Oh you think that's funny? You wanna have jokes now?" Hiram asks, tapping Dwayne's shoulder and then both of them getting up and coming over to me.
"What ya'll bout to do?" I ask, crouching in fear of what they may do.
They're up here tickling me now! Oh my gosh, this is not happening! I'm up here cracking up and I should be fending them off of me!
Suddenly I see Nikki again, and this time she's got a pillow! Oh damn! She just smacked Dwayne AND Hiram in the back of their heads with it! She saved me!
"What the hell?" Dwayne and Hiram ask, turning around to see her.
"Hi boys!" She says, hitting them again.
"Hold on for a second!" Dwayne said, putting his hands up.
"What?" Nikki asks, keeping her pillow raised about her head.
"How you gon' beat our asses but not do nothing to her?" Dwayne asks, pointing to me.
"You dumbass! Why would you even think about asking such a dumb question like that shit right there!" Nikki said, getting him right in the back of the head.
"We J.Lo's! J.Lo's never turn on each other!" Nikki said, throwing a pillow to me and then going to beat up Hiram.
Just as I have my pillow in my hands and am about to strike, that's when Dwayne decides he wants to look dead at me.
"I would put that pillow down if I was you." He warned, getting up and coming towards me.
I drop the pillow, and like a fool, start running away from him. He meets me about half way out the room and sweeps me up from under my feet, carries me into his room, and tosses me on the bed.
"That fuckin J.Lo Rebellion shit ain't working." Dwayne says, shutting and locking his door.
"What you getting ready to do?" I ask, knowing from the look on his face that the question shouldn't have even parted from my lips.
"What am I getting ready to do? My counter-attack." He says, a smiling forming on his lips as he slowly makes his way toward me.
He's leaning over me and is coming in for a kiss. This ain't gonna work cause I gotta throw up again! Damn!
"Move!" I say, pushing him off of me and running to the door. Damn, I forgot he locked the door!
I thought I could make it to the bathroom, but obviously I can't cause I'm throwing up in the hallway! Man, I thought this was done and over with!
"Crystal!" Dwayne says, rushing to me.
"Crissy!" Hiram and Nikki say, rushing from around the corner.
"Cris, what's the matter?" Nikki asks, pulling my hair back and putting it in a ponytail.
I don't say anything, just walk past them all and into the living room to sit down. I gotta think. Last night, we went at it the 4 times, and I know we used protection each time, but there was that one time.I knew I forgot about something! That second time the condom broke and so Dwayne went and got another one real quick after it happened. I guess we wasn't quick ENOUGH! Damn!
"Baby, you okay?" Dwayne asks, coming in the living room.
"I don't know." Is all I can say.
Dwayne comes over to the sofa, lays down, and makes room for me to join him. I lay down in front of him, and he holds me.
"What do you mean you don't know?" Dwayne asks, kissing my neck.
"Where are Momma and Hiram?" I ask, ignoring the question.
"They're in the hall cleaning up for me. Now answer my question." He says, still insisting.
"We made love 4 times last night, and out of those 4 times, you know a condom broke the 2nd time." I said, looking away.
"But I got another one immediately after." Dwayne said.
"Yeah well, your genius of a girlfriend right here fucked up this morning too. I forgot to bring my birth control pills with me, and so I started throwing up and shit after you left, so I ran back to me and Maia's place and got 'em, and took it. I hoped it wasn't too late though. Oh man." I said, starting to cry.
"Why you crying, honey?" Dwayne asks, holding me close to him and still continuing to kiss me.
"Because! I mean, can you honestly say that you're ready for a baby right now? We're lucky people stopped talking about us and our relationship, but even so, we're gonna make it worse!" I said, crying.
"Is my baby crying?" I hear Nikki say, coming into the living room and kneeling in front of me.
"Stop crying, baby. It's gonna be okay." Dwayne said, kissing me.
"What happened, D?" Nikki asked, rubbing the side of my face.
"One of the condoms broke last night." Dwayne answered.
"Okay Buddy! You got that fast acting sperm, huh?" Nikki asked Dwayne, all while laughing.
"Kiss my ass, Nikki." Dwayne said, pulling me closer and chuckling.
"No thanks, I got Hiram." Nikki said, smiling.
"Okay, why the hell are you two all laughing and joking? This is serious, I mean damn!" I said, still crying.
"Aww.my baby's upset. It's gonna be okay. Look, if you want I'll go with you to the WC and we can get you tested." Nikki said, squeezing my hands.
"You don't think it would be too soon?" I ask, looking at her.
"Why don't ya'll wait until sometime during the week. That way it'll be a few days." Dwayne suggested.
"Yeah, you wanna do that?" Nikki asks, looking at me and brushing my hair out of my face.
"Okay." I say as Dwayne wipes my tears.
"That better?" Dwayne asks, kissing my cheek.
"God girl, what did you EAT?!" Hiram asks loudly, taking a bunch of soiled napkins to the trash in the kitchen.
"It was just that bad?" I yell back at him.
"Yeah! The shit was all over the walls and somehow, I don't know how the fuck you did it, but you threw up on some of D's pictures that are up on the walls too!" Hiram said, coming over to the three of us in the living room.
"Hiram! Please tell me she didn't throw up on my Momma." Dwayne said, looking concerned at Hiram.
"She threw up on Grandma too, Uncle DJ." Hiram said, shaking his head in shame.
"You threw up on my Momma, girl!" Dwayne said, sounding like he was about to cry.
"Don't worry, that's one of the things Nikki managed to clean up before she LEFT me! Yeah, you thought you was being SLICK by comin out here and making conversation, huh?" Hiram said, getting Nikki on the floor and climbing over top of her.
"My baby was crying!" Nikki said, pointing to me and all the while trying not to laugh at Hiram.
"Baby my ass! Your baby spewed vomit all over the hallway and the walls, and you left me to clean the rest of it up!" Hiram said, pinning Nikki down.
"Shut up and kiss me, boy." Nikki says, pulling Hiram's face to hers.
"Uggggghhhhh!" Dwayne and I groan loudly, rolling our eyes. "Big Daddy and J.Lo are getting irritable." Hiram said, laughing.
"We should go, Papi Chulo. We can carry on with this in the bedroom." Nikki said, smiling and being helped up by Hiram.
Dwayne and I watch as Hiram and Nikki parade out the living room and back to their bedroom. They are REALLY in love with each other, at least I can say that! They can't stand being without one another, and when they are around each other, if they're not arguing because of something dumb Hiram did, they're making love. That's a summary of their relationship. LMAO!
"Baby, you feel like talking bout this now that they're gone?" Dwayne whispers in my ear.
"Aight." I answer, turning over to face him.
"Up until now, we've handled everything fine, right?" Dwayne asks.
"Yeah, I guess so." I answer, looking away.
"If you're pregnant, it wouldn't be a problem for me. Trust me, I've had my share of changing diapers and all that. My sister was a partier, so when she'd go out, she'd bring me over to her house and I would take care of him. I'm ready to be a father, Crystal. I've lived my life, and I still have more of it to live as the years go by. Being able to have a little son or daughter to build a future for would make it all the more worthwhile." Dwayne said, smiling.
"Really? Oh great, here I go again." I say, tears starting to stream down my face.
"Damn girl, you making me cry now." Dwayne said, smiling as tears started to stream down his face too.
"You're ready to be a father? With your schedule of teaching and coaching defense for the football team, won't that get in the way?" I asked.
"Not unless I let it." Dwayne answered, grinning.
"Dwayne, I don't know if I would be able to handle a baby, I'm just telling you that right now. I definitely wouldn't have an abortion, but I would still have the baby and care for and love it." I said.
"The only reason why you're uncertain is because of all that's gone on today. And I don't blame you. The shit ya'll women be going through sometime, I give thanks to God I'm a man and not a woman!" Dwayne said, making me laugh.
"You're such an idiot!" I said, laughing some more.
"I personally think you'd be the perfect mother. I mean, with just how I've seen you take care of Nikki and stuff, you just have that motherly vibe about you. No wonder the class calls you Momma!" Dwayne said, making me laugh even more.
"You really think I'd make a good mother?" I ask, smiling.
"I KNOW you would." Dwayne answers, kissing me on the lips.
"I'm tired, tell me a story." I say, cuddling deep in Dwayne's arms.
"Momma number 2 is tired?" Dwayne asks, making me look up at him with a careful eye.
"You gonna start calling me that now?" I ask.
"Until we know something, yeah. I'm calling you Momma too." Dwayne answers, holding me close.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hey.lovebirds, get up." I say, shaking Hiram and Nikki.
"How long did we sleep?" Nikki asked, turning over in bed.
"About an hour and a half. Papi Chulo, you gotta get up and out." I say, pulling Hiram's arm.
"What you doing, girl? I ain't going nowhere." Hiram replies, not budging at all.
"Hiram, get out!" I say, raising my voice.
"Why?!" Hiram asks, getting loud too.
"Because I wanna talk to Nikki, now go before I call Dwayne." I said.
"How are YOU just gonna come in here and kick me out my own room? That's all I wanna know." Hiram says, looking at me.
"Dwaaaaaaaayyyyyynnnnnne!" I yell loudly.
"Playa, whatever the hell it is you did to her, you better cut the shit out and come the fuck out here!" Dwayne yells from the living room.
"Shit." Hiram says, tossing the covers to Nikki's side and sitting up.
"Thank you, baby!" I yell, smiling.
"No problem, honey!" Dwayne yells back from the living room.
Hiram gets up out of bed, picks his robe up from the edge of the bed, puts it on and walks out the room, slamming the door behind him. He may be pissed at me, but I don't care. I'm going through something right now and I really need to spend some time with my fellow J.Lo to talk this shit out, you know?
"Get on in here, sweetie." Nikki says, moving the covers back and waiting for me to get in the bed.
"Dwayne and I fell asleep out on the couch from talking once you and Hiram left. He's ready to be a Daddy, can you believe it?" I say, nestling in under the covers.
"Aww, isn't that special!" Nikki says, making me laugh.
"And you know what he also said? He said that he thinks I would make the perfect mother, and that's because he said that I have this motherly vibe about me, like especially how I baby you and take care of you and stuff." I said, smiling.
"I don't care what you say, this is me and my baby's room, and that's our bed. I can stay in here if I want too." Hiram says, appearing in the doorway. Now he's leaping onto the bed and getting comfortable in between Nikki and I.
"Baby, wouldn't it be cute if Crystal was preggars too like me?" Nikki asked, playing with Hiram's hair.
"The J.Lo's pregnant at the same time? Lord help us!" Hiram said, making us laugh.
"She's serious!" I say, smacking Hiram playfully on his arm.
"I don't know, cause she's already a helping hand to me and Rico Suave in there. 3 heads are better than 2, especially a female's at that. We need all the help we can GET with you, Nikki." Hiram says, laughing at the face Nikki's giving him.
"Wouldn't it be cute though?" Nikki asked.
"It'd be cute, but it'd be cute chaos!" Hiram said, making us laugh even harder.
"Cute chaos.that's gon be my words from now on!" I said, laughing.
"Hey! How come there was a party going on in here and nobody ain't invite me?" Dwayne asked, slumped up against the doorway.
"Hey Dwayne, wanna start some cute chaos with us?" I ask, making Nikki and Hiram crack up.
"Cute chaos? What the hell is that, code for kinky sex?" Dwayne asked, making me start laughing even more.
"No!" Hiram, Nikki and I all replied.
"Oh well, I don't care anyway." Dwayne said, jumping into the bed with us. Now, going from right to left in this bed it goes like this: me, Dwayne, Hiram, Nikki.
"You know, I hope everything turns out alright, because if it does, let me tell ya'll right now.I can't wait to be a father." Dwayne said, smiling wide.
"I can't wait either, man. It's gonna be one hell of a great feeling." Hiram said, smiling.
"That would just be really cute! I know I can't stop saying the word cute, but if me and Crissy was preggars at the same time and we had the babies and stuff.we'd be all one big happy family!" Nikki said, beaming.
"Could you imagine if we both went into labor at the same time? Like, if you had reached your 9 month due-date and I went into premature labor? Oh my God.that would be so funny!" I said, starting to laugh.
"You really think something like that would happen?" Nikki asked.
"I'm willing to bet right here and right now. If I am pregnant, I bet that you and I are gonna go into labor at the same time. You're gonna go into labor on your regular scheduled date, but I'm gonna be the one to go in prematurely." I said, sitting up.
"How much you putting up?" Nikki asked, sitting up and looking me straight in my face.
"Hold up!" Hiram and Dwayne both say, putting their hands up.
"I got a hundred dollars on it." I say, putting my hands out.
"Baby, don't gamble on shit like that!" Dwayne said, slapping my hand away.
"Nikki, don't be betting like that, come on!" Hiram said, trying to deter Nikki from doing the same thing.
"Move!" Nikki and I say, pushing them out of the way.
"One hundred even?" Nikki asks.
"Yeah. You go in regular, I go in premature, but on the same day." I say, putting my hand out for her to shake.
"And only if you're preggars." Nikki says.
"Right." I say, smiling.
"How you gon' bet on something when you're not even definite about being pregnant? What the hell is the point?" Dwayne asks.
"I'm just SAYIN though! Get out the way." I said, pushing Dwayne aside so I could see Nikki.
"It's a deal." Nikki says, smiling and shaking my hand.
"Aight, we wanna say something right here, right now." Hiram says, putting his hands up.
"Us men have NO part in ya'lls bet. Just puttin' that out there for future reference." Dwayne said, looking at Nikki and I.
"Fine." Nikki and I say.
Dwayne, Nikki, Hiram and I are laying back down in bed now, and for a while it's silent. Noone says anything to each other.
"I don't care what anybody says, I think you're pregnant. And until someone proves me wrong, that's what I'mma keep thinking." Dwayne says, holding me close and kissing me on the lips.
"You're so good to me Dwayne." I say, kissing him back.
"You're so good to me, Hiram." Nikki mocks me, kissing Hiram.
"And you know what else? To be totally honest, I truly believe I wouldn't want to have a child with anyone else because.I.Crystal, I love you." Dwayne says, looking me in my teary eyes.
"You mean it?" I ask, smiling and starting to cry.
"I know our relationship hasn't been going on very long, but like I told you before, days and weeks and time, that shit don't mean nothing to me. What matters to me is you, and yes, I do mean it when I say that I love you." Dwayne answers, holding me close.
"Oh Dwayne, I love you too!" I say while crying, grabbing Dwayne and kissing him passionately.
"Aww, look at the babies!" Nikki says in a proud motherly voice.
"Hey now, if ya'll are bout to carry on, this ain't the place to do it!" Hiram says in a tough voice.
"Leave them alone, Papi." Nikki says, getting up out of bed and stretching. She took the cornrows out of her hair that Maia did, so her hair's all wild and full of crimps. She's got on a pair of Hiram's boxers and a Canes shirt. No she don't have a nerve to be getting a lil' belly on her! Up until now, I haven't really gotten a look at her stomach, but now that I do, it's a lil' bigger!
"Where you goin?" Hiram asks, ignoring Dwayne and I and looking at Nikki, who was still stretching.
"I'm going to cook. I feel like we need to get cultural up in here, so I'mma make some Polynesian food. And YOU gon' help me, Papi." Nikki says, grabbing Hiram's arms and dragging him outta bed.
Dwayne and I are laying here, just looking into each other's eyes. We're completely infatuated with each other, and now that we've said the L-word, this makes it even better!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Nikki, I'm really sorry about earlier. You cooked a big Polynesian dinner, trying to be nice, and I just threw all of it up." I said, feeling very remorseful.
"Girl, I ain't even worried about it." Nikki said, smiling.
"Really?" I ask, still feeling a little guilty.
"Yeah girl, now lay down." Nikki says as I lay my head down in her lap and she starts taking out my braids.
"I always loved this movie Look Who's Talking. It's so cute." I said, looking at the television.
"It is, isn't it? Baby Mikey is so adorable!" Nikki says, also watching the movie.
"My part is when she gets ready to go into labor and hails a cab and John Travolta drives her to the hospital, but takes all these detours and back alleys and shit." I said, laughing.
"Yeah, but my part is when Kirstie Alley goes with Mikey to see his dad, Albert, and he acts like a complete ass talking bout he's going through his alone-phase." Nikki said, cracking up.
"Oh yeah, and she takes Mikey's stroller and trashes all his shit and takes Mikey's shitty diaper and slams it on the 10,000 dollar desk!" I said, starting to laugh hysterically with Nikki.
"WHAT YA'LL DOIN IN HERE?" Dwayne booms in a deep voice, walking into his room trying to look tough.
"We're watching Look Who's Talking.where's Ernie?" Nikki asks.
"In his room beatin off." Dwayne said, plopping down on the bed.
"You dumbass! Shut up!" Nikki said, cracking up and throwing one of Dwayne's pillows at him.
"Oh my God, I ain't lying!" Dwayne said, laughing.
Just then, Hiram walks in the room moving Dwayne over and plopping right down beside him on the bed. Now it's a full house!
"Playa!" Dwayne said.
"Yo playa!" Hiram answers.
"Weren't you just beating off in ya room?" Dwayne asks, looking at Hiram.
"Oh yeah, I was. As a matter of fact, it was to one of Nikki's baby pictures.why?" Hiram asks, looking at all of us.
"My BABY picture? You're a fucking pervert, Hiram! You're so sick!" Nikki said, smacking Hiram with a pillow.
All I can do is look at Hiram with a disgusted face and then look at Dwayne. He's just as bad, up here starting stuff.
"For real though, we came in here because we got a guaranteed way to cheer you up, cause we know ya'll ain't feeling all that good, especially you Cris." Hiram said, getting serious.
"Remember this, baby?.It seems like ya ready." Dwayne starts to sing, taking me back to my birthday and his strip tease in class.
"Oh shit!" Nikki said out loud, covering her face as she started to laugh extremely hard.
Dwayne and Hiram are starting to strip now, and because they're both in front of us, you know they're gonna do something stupid. They're taking off one another's shirts and acting like they're both gay now.I'm telling you, these 2 ain't right in the head! The Johnson genes really have been screwed up! For the next generation of Johnson's, I hope it ain't as bad as this! LMAO!
~TO BE CONTINUED~