CHAPTER 64:
A few more days had passed and it was now May 1rst. AJ stood in front of the mirror while looking at her stomach when Roman came up behind her to give her a hug. "Hmm you smell so good" he said as he began to kiss her neck. "You're too cute" AJ said calmly. "Baby is everything ok?" asked Roman. "Yeah…I'm just here…looking at myself that's all" said AJ.
Roman gently placed his hands on AJ's stomach. "Our baby" he said softly. "Yeah…" AJ trailed off. She was still guilty about her affair with John, not to mention she was still unsure who the father of her baby was. "Hey there, are you ok?" asked Roman. "Yeah, yeah of course" said AJ. "Are you sure because you're not even dressed yet" said Roman. "I just can't believe that I'm two months pregnant already" said AJ. "Emphasis on months".
"You don't have to worry about it" said Roman. "In fact you don't have to go to the banquet tonight if you don't want to". "I have to" said AJ. "You're my husband". "Yeah well just our parents know about it" said Roman. AJ sighed. "Yeah baby but…" she trailed off. "Is it morning sickness again?" asked Roman. "No" AJ said as she shook her head. "It's mainly just smells, certain smells are starting to bother me now and I'm just….worried that it might set me off".
She was now beginning to lie. Roman kissed AJ's forehead. "We still have plenty of time before we have to go" he said. "It's only 2:30". "Yeah but it starts at like 6 and we have to drive all the way to Tallahassee and it's like a 3 hour drive". "So uh…somebody better hurry up" Roman teased. With that he left AJ alone to get dressed. She heavily sighed. The stress and the secret keeping has begun to slowly eat away at her and she just wanted to be free of it, for the sake of a healthy pregnancy for her child.
She decided that she would tell John tonight. Unfortunately she had no idea what was to come because of her decision.
Meanwhile, Nikki and John were still in their hotel room bed. "Babe we gotta get up soon" she said. "No I feel really comfortable here with you in my arms" said John. Nikki chuckled. "So is that your way of asking me for a round 2?" she asked. "More like round 3 in our case" said John. "You know Mother's Day is in 10 days and I'm still needing to get my mom something" said Nikki. "What did you have in mind?" asked John. "I dunno something spectacular" said Nikki as she sat up. "I mean I need to have my wow factor in there somewhere". "Well what is always something you do?" asked John. "My siblings and I always buy her one gift together-which we already gotten her-and then of course we would all each give her something individually" said Nikki.
"Well you know what I do" said John. "Yeah a thing of 1,000 flowers" said Nikki. "But since I don't have 15 grand to do that for her so I need something creative". "I'm sure that you'll be able to find something" said John as he yawned and stretched. He glanced over at the clock which read 3:19PM. "We better get going soon" he said. "We don't wanna be late".
"I thought you said that you wanted a round 3?" Nikki teased. "Tonight when we come back baby" said John. "What no quickie?" Nikki asked. "You're cute you know that?" said John as he stepped out of the bed. "No I still want the warmth" said Nikki as she buried her head under the pillows. "Come baby, I wanna show you something" said John as he put on a towel.
"What?" Nikki asked. "Just come" said John as he put her hand out for Nikki to take. With that he led them to their closet where he pulled out a clear garment bag which contained something white within. "John what is that?" asked Nikki. "Open it up" said John. Nikki began to unzip the bag to find out that it was a beautiful off white asymmetrical wrap dress.
"Oh John this is beautiful" said Nikki. "When did you get this?" "Remember a few weeks ago when you went to California to sell houses? I asked if you wanted to come shopping but when you said no I decided that I'd get you a little something" said John. "Oh John this is amazing" said Nikki as she gave him a kiss. "Thank you so much".
"You're welcome" said John. "Come on, let's go get cleaned up and ready to get there". "Thank you so much baby" said Nikki as she kissed John again. As Nikki placed the dress back down onto the bed and walked into their bathroom, John received a text from AJ:
"John, we need 2 talk. See you 2nite".
"You coming?" Nikki asked from afar. "Yes baby" said John as he quickly turned off his phone. With that he left to join Nikki.