A Year Later...

DeMario's POV:

Just a year ago, Shawny and I were having problems. I went through a custody battle. We cut off our fam. I was an alcoholic. Shawny was a stripper. It was just too much going on at one time. My Pops and I never came to a truce and won't ever be on the same page with each other. I don't find a reason to care either. That's Maria's granddad and it's gone stay that way. Nothing more, nothing less. Don't have nothing to do with me. Shawny takes care of that.

I'm 11 months sober and I say 11 because I was slipping in the first month. Shawny got everyone to monitor what I drink on a regular basis. She knows my schedule and all. That woman be on my ass and I like it. I'm happy she doesn't even allow people to drink in the house anymore. She wants me to feel comfortable at home and not teased or even tempted.

Maria is 9 now but she will be 10 very soon. My little princess is smart as hell. I wonder where she got it from to be honest. She'll be starting 5th grade next month and her birthday will be right around the corner.

Shawny and I are back to normal but yet to have a family. For the past few months I've been trying to get her pregnant and it hasn't worked. She wants a Baby so badly and I want to give her what she wants but it just ain't working. I'm starting to feel some kind of way cause apparently Im shooting blanks.

Shawny: "Baby, can you rub my tummy? It hurts" She whined.

Me: "Yeah, come here big baby." I motioned her onto my lap and placed my hand on her stomach. "Right here?" I asked.

Shawny: "Mm mm," She shook her head. "Right here" she moved my hand down lower and placed her hand over mine. I rubbed her belly as she layed her head on my shoulder.

Me: "You'll look amazing pregnant." I whispered against her neck.

Shawny: "If I ever get to carry my own." She dropped her head.

Me: "You will, Babygirl." I kissed her neck. "You're only 27, we got plenty of time to try."

Shawny: "I wish it wasn't this damn hard to have a Baby." She sighed.

Me: "You and me both, Baby." I continued to rubbed her stomach.

We sat on the couch and watched TV, waiting for Maria to get home. Today is a cool and calm day. We'll have her friend Trey and his wife come over for dinner. Somehow, I feel like I owe that nigga an apology but that was last year, who cares?

Shawny: "I need to get started on dinner." She stood up.

Me: "Do your stomach still hurt?" I asked.

Shawny: "Only when I do too much moving around." She admitted and started walking to the kitchen while rubbing her stomach.

Me: "Then why you still rubbing it?"

Shawny: "Because-"

Me: "It still hurts," I cut her off before she could come up with a lie. "Bring dat ass here girl." I shook my head and motioned her towards me. She blew out a breath of frustration but still came over and sat on my lap. "I guess I'll be cooking dinner tonight." I smiled.

Shawny: "But I wanted to cook." She whined and wrapped her arms around my neck.

Me: "Well, sucks to be you." I chuckled.

Shawny: "I don't like you." She pouted.

Me: "So, you still love me, doe." I poked her nose. Then, the doorbell rang indicating that Maria's home. "Don't move from this couch." I demanded as I got up to go get the door.

Shawny: "But, I gotta go pee." She pouted.

Me: "Then hurry up and go. Be back at this couch when you done." I said sternly.

Shawny: "Okay, Daddy." She giggled. She rushed off to the bathroom as I shook my head and opened the door.

Maria: "Hey, Daddy." She smiled and gave me a hug.

Me: "Hey, Princess." I gave her a bear hug. "How was school?"

Maria: "It's was fun, but they kept messing with me cause Im short." She said with attitude.

Me: "Well, you get that from your momma." I chuckled. "Ain't nothing wrong with being short. Shawny short, you see anything wrong with her?" I paused for a second. "Dont answer that." I laughed.

Maria: "Daddy you really tall. You're taller than my teacher." She teased.

Me: "Yup, but I can still dunk on you, though." I stuck my tongue out at her.

Maria: "You wish, I'll break yo ankles." She threatened.

Me: "Try me, little one."

Maria: "Not right now, Im too tired." She waved me off. This girl is a character, I love her man. She my little hooper too. I mean she dance but she don't like cheerleading like Shawny, she like to play BBall. That's something Shawny can't do is play basketball. But heyy, being flexible is always a bonus for me.

Me: "Yeah, Whatever." I smirked. "You got homework?"

Maria: "Yess, I do. I'll do it in just a minute, Daddy." She said skipping to the fridge and skimming through it.

Me: "If you looking for your Mango, Shawny ate it." I lied.

Maria: "Awww, mann!" She closed the fridge.

Shawny: "Don't listen to that man, you know he always lying. He ate it. You can have mine though, it's in the back by the grapes." Shawny came in and threw me under the bus.

Maria: "Thank you, Shawny." She said happily.

Me: "You ain't real, you supposed to have my back."

Shawny: "Youre welcome boo, and Whatever, you shouldn't have blamed it on me. You should've said Frankie did it, he do alot of shit around here." She sat the kitchen counter on a stool.

Me: "Who the hell is Frankie?" I leaned against the counter and Maria nosey ass did the same. Shawny began laughing cause she noticed it but I was determined to get an answer out of her.

Shawny: "When I was little, money and shit would come up missing. Things would be missed placed but nobody knew who did it. My step mom said If you don't know who did it, say Frankie did it and I'll know it was you." She laughed some more. "No one ever did that but it kept happening so when no one amounts to what they did, I say Frankie did it. Just like your shirt that you throw on the floor in the livingroom all the time."

Me: "No, I dont."

Shawny: "Exactly, Frankie did it." She chuckled.

Me: "On God, you weird." I laughed with her and Maria joined in.

Shawny: "Whoo, oooh that hurt man." She rubbed her stomach which reminded me.

Me: "What did I tell you?" I walked a little closer to her and she slid off the stool slowy and tiptoed to the couch slowly like I couldnt see her.

De'Maria's POV:

I was in the middle of eating the Mango Shawny let me have when I felt like I had to pee. I wrapped my Mango in a plastic bag and set it in the fridge for when I come back. I rushed to the bathroom and locked the door behind me. When I pulled down my pants, I seen spots of blood on my panties. I began to feel scared because the only time I got blood down there was when Ajay touched me. After I peed, I wiped myself and seen that it was blood on the tissue. My heart sank to my stomach and panicked.

Me: "Shawny! Shawny!" I yelled. I heard both Shawny and my Dad running full force to the bathroom door.

Shawny: "Are you okay in there!?" She knocked on the door in concern.

Me: "No," I began to cry as I sat on the toilet.

Shawny: "Unlock the door, Princess." She twisted the door nob. Not wanting to ruin my underwear, I slipped both my pants and underwear off and strolled to the door with my thighs squeezed together. I unlocked the door and opened it a little peeking my head through.

Me: "I only need Shawny."I said embarrassed.

Daddy: "Umm, okay." He said worried. I pulled Shawny by the hand and locked the door behind us.

Me: "I'm bleeding again." I said lowly pointing to the underwear on the floor. She picked it up and glanced in the toilet that I forgot to flush and she looked surprised and then relieved.

Shawny: "Maria, you scared the shit out of me." She sighed and held her chest. "Hop in the shower, we need to have a little talk when you get out." She said laughing and grabbing my clothes. "Don't cry boo, you'll be fine." She wiped my tears and kissed my forehead before leaving out the bathroom.

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Maria started her period you guys, she's growing up so fast.

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