A N É Y A H
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Two months later

Anger doesn't even sum up what I'm feeling I have right now. The heat of the day makes it hard for me to breathe properly. It's my first time outside in I don't know how long.

My skin is almost pale as snow. I lack natural vitamin D. I'm sure people would think I'm a vampire.

It's been months since Dionnis abandoned me. I deserve it but I'm angry.

I'm angry that he left me here to suffer.

I'm angry that he didn't stand up to this coward.

I'm just angry and scared...

I have a doctor appointment today which I refuse to go since Michael is not holding up his end of the deal.

"I promised her Michael. She's my best friend I have to be there for her wedding!" I shout because nothing seems to be getting through to his thick skull.

He groans. I don't know if he's annoyed by my nagging or it's the sun bothering him the most.

Michael needs to let me go back to Miami for Lya's wedding.

"She will forgive yuh" he states, clearly unmoved by my pleading. Michael is being such a bitch right now.

He told me when the time comes for the wedding he will allow me to attend under his circumstances and now he's being difficult.

"Lya will not and yuh know that. We both know her more than anyone else does" I remind him and he groans.

"We need to leave now otherwise we'll be late for your doctor's appointment. Yuh need to get your prenatal meds and I need to know if everything is fine with our child" the eagerness in his voice stands out. I roll my eyes and walk towards the car.

Your child? Pfff

I'm only going because I really do need the prenatal medicine. I haven't been eating much since half my food portion doesn't stay down.

This baby hates me. I can't sleep, I can't eat I'm miserable. Sometimes it feels like I'm going to die.

I'm too weak.

"We need to tell the doctor about your symptoms too" he says to me as if he's reading my mind.

When he doesn't get a reply out of me he turns his head in my direction. A method he uses to get me to acknowledge him.

"Yuh no hear me?" His brow quirks up when his head leans on the side.

"Yeah and?" I say nonchalant. I decide to give him a hard time today. That will teach him to not go back on his words.

He hiss as he starts the car. He then pulls out of the yard in top speed. "I'm carrying precious cargo remember" my statement is sarcastic. He slows and mutter a meek "sorry".

I feel proud to know that I got under his skin. One point for me, zero for Michael.

We remain quiet for the whole trip. The anger mixed with sadness inside me refuses to stop. It gets worst whenever I look at Michael so I hang my head on the window peering at the moving buildings tall or short. Midday traffic going about their way.

He pulls into a parking lot right next to it is a cream building with blue bordering lines at the bottom and top corners of the regular size building. The door is white and the windows looks like security shutters.

"Jump out" Michael demands. I screw up my face and cross both hands underneath my swollen breasts while I sink back into my seat refusing to comply to his wishes.

"Anéyah could yuh stop being a spoil brat for twenty minutes and let's just go to see about the baby's health?" His voice soft and pleading.

I stay put ignoring his words.

"Please" he adds for declaration.

Still no progress.

Just like the dutty politician with their empty promises a so mi nah move and give him no satisfactory.

"Fine... I'm working on something once it's done yuh can attend the wedding next week and just so yuh know I will be coming to Miami with yuh. And no I will not be at the venue but I will be watching yuh at all times, any wrong moves and yuh will regret it" his venomous tone makes my eyes widen with fear.

He is taking delusional to another level.

I exit the vehicle and follow him into the building. "Good day, anéyah marshall is here for her appointment" he greets and tells the receptionist behind the large curved desk.

She looks at him with a smile "Good day, it is her first visit?" She asks and he nods to her response.

Why are they speaking as if I can't talk for myself.

"She will need to fill out this form and the doctor will be with her shortly" she hands him the clipboard with a form attached to it and gives me a half apologetic smile.

Yeah she goodly figure out wah gwaan how him so lunatic like me no hav a mouth fi talk.

We sit opposite another lady with a belly the side of an overgrown pumpkin. She looks up from her phone and we both exchange a small smile.

Michael hands me the form with a pen.

Since yuh did all the talking for me I could have sworn yuh a full out the form for me too.

Kmt.

I take my time and fill in the necessary information.

Not long after the receptionist calls my name to enter. As we both stand to our feet Michael's phone begins to ring. He pulls it from his pocket and watch the caller ID.

"Yuh can go ahead I need to take this" he explains and I waste no more time heading to the door.

Once I'm inside I greeted the doctor respectfully. The more I sit and wait for Michael to join us the more nervous I get, I feel like I'm going to throw up.

"Yuh look nervous" the doctor states the obvious. My eyes avert from the door and set on him.

"I am. I know I'm pregnant and I have a timeline but please I need your help." My pleading eyes digging into his head.

"What can I help you with?" He asks and clears his throat.

"I need yuh to fake my pregnancy timeline. If I appear to be eight weeks today narrow it down to six. If yuh don't want to hear I'm dead on the news tonight just please do this for me" I explain my voice sounding foreign to my own ears. I avert my eyes back to the door waiting for him to push it open at any given time.

The doctor doesn't say anything else. I know it's a lot to take in at once but I hope he pulls through for me.

Sorrows and prayers.

The door opens. Michael steps inside and greets the doctor.

"Ms. Marshall told me that she is pregnant so a urine test won't be necessary. I will need blood samples but for now follow me to the other room so we can check on the baby shall we" he stands to show us the room. I'm glad I wore jeans makes it so much easier to just ease my jeans waistband down a bit without fully exposing myself.

I lay on the bed and he applies the white cold gel to my stomach. My breath hitches and my eyes close as he tries to search for a heartbeat.

When the sound of a strong heartbeat comes from the machine my eyes spring open looking at the monitor. The doctor's expression grows worrisome and I know he sees something else because I'm seeing it too.

There's two hearts, two babies in me. I'm having twins.

He's probably wondering if he should tell us both together or just keep it to himself. His gaze falls on me and I shake my head telling him no.

"Looks like you're 10 weeks pregnant and the baby is developing greatly, congratulations"  he tells us and I return with a weak smile. Michael on the other hand is feeling proud of himself.

He leans in and kiss my forehead. My slightly curved lips drops into a flat line. The doctor observes us then clears his throat.

He hands me a few napkins after cleaning my belly from the gel. Michael phone starts to ring again.

Supm a gwaan 'cause how him ah get so much call from morning. Him no popular.

"Sorry I have to take this" he says apologetically and exit the room. When I hear the door close I turn to the doctor.

"Excuse me sir I'm sorry to pull yuh into my crisis situation like this but do yuh have an extra pendrive by any chance?" I have a hundred usd I stole from Michael's nightstand in case of emergencies.

"Yes I have a new one" he replies. "Do yuh need me to call the police?" He then asks sensing my fear radiating all over the room.

"No. It will make things worst for me. Just give me the pendrive I'll pay for it" I hand him the money and he nods. I follow him back to his desk and he gives me the pendrive. I slip it into my pocket quickly.

The doctor starts writing out a prescription and suggests a few things I should be doing to help boost my immune system as well as keeping my body in good health.

I explained to him the terrible morning sickness I've been experiencing.

Why do they call it 'morning sickness' when it doesn't happen at mornings only.

Michael rejoins us just in time to see the doctor handing me the small envelope with the ultrasound images of the baby. He takes it instead and thank the doctor.

"You're welcome. Yuh can pay out front at the receptionist desk. Take care of yourself and the baby Ms. Marshall" Michael walks to the door with his face and eyes glued to the pictures in his hands.

"Don't worry I only took pictures of one" he whispers and I nod.

"Thanks bye" I express and make my way over to Michael.

Angels are watching over these babies.

F I F T I E
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Bloodclaartt

Bloodclaartt

Diondré is already pacing the floor with his hands resting on the top of his head. "Dawg mi a get married in four days. I'm not up for this bullshit".

Edmond has put a block on mj's account stopping dionnis from seeing any of his posts.

"Mi meds cut up dawg mi no even feel fi go a the bachelor party again later" kenrick states with a shake of his head.

"Dawg that no true c'mon. Mj is a tech guy that could be photoshopped eno" antwaun says still in disbelief.

"No it's real. Your sister's name is above it zoom een yuh see wah mi a seh" Dré tells antwaun and he pulls up the picture again and zoom in this time.

"Shit" he mutters loud enough for us to hear with his eyes squinting a little longer on the photo.

"So like how it have the location of the doctor office pon the picture. Unuh no tink we can trace it? Like go dey and ask the doctor fi him address personally?" Antwaun raise a few thoughtful questions and ideas all at once.

"Wah yuh a seh mek sense eno bro but who ah go explain all this to dionnis. Tell him wah we see pon the picture and how we get this trustworthy information?" Kendrick asks sarcastically.

"Jah know star" antwaun and I say in unison.

"We have to go help my sister even if she is carrying another man's baby" antwaun tells us.

It's not like we don't want to help her we just don't want dionnis finding out about the pregnancy.

"When the wedding is over we can go save her. Lya cannot take anymore stress right now and this new information might make her call off the wedding" Diondré explains. I can't wrong him for wanting to protect his future's wife mental health.

"Okay after the wedding we have to tell dionnis. No more hiding it from him" my soberly tone. Straightens them up at once.

"Yeah cuz. Mi agree with yuh" Dré waste no time in saying. He knows I don't like hiding anything from dionnis. Betrayal is not in my DNA especially when it comes to family.

Though I understand why Diondré wants to keep this hidden until after his wedding I still don't think it's the morally thing to do.

Just hope Dionnis can forgives us.

My phone vibrates in the pocket of my pants. I pull it out to see Aaliyah calling me. "Hello?" Her soft tender voice comes through the speaker.

And just like that my afternoon is back on the bright side.

"Hey babygirl. What's up?" I reply unaware that a goofy smile on my face until kenrick points it out.

"De man in love eno just watch he face" he says to the others. Diondré and kenrick starts to laugh, antwaun groans.

I ignore them and focus on Aaliyah. "Can yuh get me a strawberry milkshake and a oreo cheesecake please" she asks in that cute playful voice that gets me to surrender to her every command.

"Have a sweet tooth?" She giggles.

"Mhmm... well something like that. I've been craving them all day" she says into a sigh.

More like all month...

"Can it wait until tomorrow babe?" She shrieks loudly into the phone. She lucky I love her, mi no do too good with the shouting thing.

"I'm literally on the brink of crying I need them asap pleaseeeeeee" she begs and a low sigh escape my lips.

"Okay, where are yuh now?" I question. Other voices can be heard in the background but I can't make out any of them.

"I'm at diondré's house, the ladies are having a pre get together slumber party" music starts playing in the background.

"Okay, see yuh when I get there" she ends the call and I return my attention to the boys.

"Yow" I try to get Dré's attention. He raise his head in acknowledgment "mm?".

"Who idea was this get together shindig with the girls?" I ask. Dré leans back into his seat with a heavy sigh exuding from him.

"It's mi. Dawg I needed a distraction after seeing the picture. If I did stay dey lya would have done realize sey supm wrong and mi no wan this blow up in mi face" he confess. I chuckle, he sure had this all thought out.

"Suh yuh plan to avoid lya until the wedding?" I ask since his brain seems to be processing at 30 Hz or more.

"Honestly me no think that far through my lawd" he chuckles then return to the card game they're playing.

What's taking dionnis so long? He left earlier after getting a phone call from Lemar. It's been three hours and he hasn't returned as yet.

.......

This is my third time buying milkshake and cheesecake from Burger King for Aaliyah. Lately she's been craving a whole bunch of sugary snacks.

Usually she does when she's starting her period but for the past few weeks all she does is call me over to break her back in since I returned to Miami for the pre-wedding activities.

I text her to meet me outside and by time I pull into the driveway she's there waiting on my arrival.

Aaliyah pulls the door and jump inside. "Hi babe" she coos leaning over for a kiss. I pull back but she refuse to stop, holding my head towards hers. She deepens the kiss filling me up with her empowering passion.

The sexual tension between us grows thicker than a fog of smoke. "Wah yuh a do Aaliyah?" I ask against her lips. She climbs over on my lap straddling me and undoing my pants.

This time I break the kiss and stare into her eyes. The fiery need for sexual affection exudes from her body. "Aaliyah" I protest.

"Devonte" she whines. "Fuck me please" she nestle my neck planting kisses after kisses. She lifts her dress exposing her waxed mount of flesh.

Aaliyah ah mess wid man meds.

My dick strains against the zipper. Her lips curl into a smug smirk as she frees it from my pants.

She maintains eye contact as she hoist her ass high enough to position her entrance over my head. When it enters we both mutters "fuccck" very low that it almost sounds like a moan.

She keeps taking in more of me, stretching around me comfortably. My gratitude goes out to Jenny for creating such a beautiful gem that blesses me occasionally with her tight punany. My eyes roll over as the sweet pleasure over powers my senses.

She rocks her hips back and forth at the pace I like. "Ohhh... mmm" she moans enjoying the feeling of me hitting her g-spot repeatedly.

She goes on her toes sending me over the edge. I hold her hips, guiding her into steady pace. She wraps her hands around the back of my neck as she gaze into my eyes. The pleasure shoots to my head and my dick strains against her tight walls. I try my best to hold out longer.

Her orgasm comes first.

I plant my heels into the floor of the car pulling my hips lower to get a better angle. I slip deeper inside her "ahh... fuck" she groans but continues. I move my hips pumping faster and faster, she looks down to where our bodies meet. Her liquid gold covers me up like a glove whenever I disappear inside of her.

"Mmm" I moan as low as I could but fail miserably when she starts taking control again. Her beautiful humming and wet sounds makes it even harder for me to keep going.

Aaliyah's legs shake like an earthquake hitting my chest violently. I take control hitting her favorite spot over and over as she whimpers in my neck. I spank her ass and grab both of her ass cheeks.

Her pussy tightens, contracting around me like heart valves. Her insides get slipperier and slipperier.

I let myself go spilling over as my tip graze her sweet spot. I thrust with the last thread of strength I have left until the last of it is out of my system.

Aaliyah falls backwards. I catch her and wrap her in my arms. Our uneven breaths make it hard for us to speak. We stay in silence until our breathing regulates back to normal.

I'm the first to speak "I think you're pregnant Aaliyah. I bought a test for yuh to take whenever you're ready" my voice is surprisingly calmer than I thought.

She leans back to take a glance at me before moving to the other seat, fixing her dress.

"I don't think I am" she dejects and I shrug.

"When was your last period?" She goes quiet. If yuh have to think about it then you are.

"Exactly" I state. She grabs her stuff and I hand her the paper bag.

"Bye, I love yuh" she says.

"I love you t—" she opens the door and close it cutting my words short.

Why Aaliyah ah move like seh me and she inna malice?

I shake my head, fix my pants and start the car before pulling off dangerously fast.

Done see seh issa mad gyal mi dey wid.

A A L I Y A H
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I throw the milkshake and cheesecake in the garbage along with the paper bag he gave me. The girls are still in the living room watching a movie.

My mood isn't there anymore I might just head to bed.

"Aaliyah?" I hear Briana's voice coming from the same room.

I exhale and walk in the direction of her voice to see what she wants.

"Come finish the movie with us" she says with an innocent smile that quickly turns into a frown. "What's wrong?" She asks. I don't know if I should be honest or lie myself to sleep.

Chelsea and Lya's attention moves away from the tv and is now set on me.

"Fiftie says I'm pregnant. He didn't say why he thought that way but instead he hands me a test to take" I begin to sob silently. Lya stands and wraps her hands around me into a soothing embrace.

"Don't cry. Find out first then if yuh want to cry then do that but afterwards yuh will need to make a decision" she elucidates to pin me.

"Everyone in here knows why Fiftie and I broke up the last first time. With that said I don't have much of a choice to make if I am actually pregnant" my tears flow beyond my control. Fiftie is going to want this baby, his baby. Having an abortion is not up for discussion.

"Okay come. Where is the test?" Lya asks taking me by the hand.

"It's in the kitchen trash bin" she stops to look at me then continue to walk; shaking her head.

She takes the paper bag from the bin and leads me to the downstairs bathroom. "Follow the instructions on the box and call me when you're done" Lya hands me the box. I step into the bathroom and remove the stick from the packaging. I did everything as instructed and call Lya when I was finished.

My chest heaves as I try to gather my breath for the second time since night.

I let my feet lead me back to the living room. I climb back into my position spooning briana on the large sofa. "What's the results?" .

I exhale into her back as my face nuzzled into it. "I don't know" my voice muffled by her comforting flesh.

Catalya comes in with a sorrowful look on her face. My face turns pale white and my blood runs cold. "She's pregnant?" Briana ask Lya.

"Yes she is" Lya answers and everyone turns their gaze to me. I can feel them boring into my skin even though briana's body acts as a shield.

"Stop crying Aaliyah it's not the end of the world. I know the timing is waaay off from what yuh envisioned for yourself but yuh knew the consequences of having unprotected sex" briana scolds and I knew she would be on her cousin's side. "And no I'm not taking up any sides. Yuh both knew the repercussions so deal with it like grown adults".

With my eyes squeezed shut it's like the world stops and it's just me alone with my impending thoughts of discouragement. Only my sister can help me be at peace right now and she's nowhere to be found.

Ughh... I hate my life right now.

"We don't know how far yuh are so it will help to talk with Fiftie sooner rather than later" Lya says with an apologetic expression and I sigh into Briana's back once more.

"Motherhood is not that bad" says the one with the angelic beautiful baby girl that doesn't fuss about anything.

"Not everyone will be as lucky as yuh chelsea" I state.

Gosh I envy her a lot. She has the perfect baby, a supportive boyfriend. I'm not saying Fiftie won't be supportive but I don't know for sure how our relationship will end up after I give birth.

Chelsea scoffs "my life is not a bed of roses. At least yuh guys have a mother and family members that actually loves and cares about yuh" she spats rendering me speechless.

"I-I... Chels I didn't mean to offend yuh. I'm sorry" I apologize for my judgey remarks. She fans me off with a smile.

We don't know much about Chelsea's background I guess she thinks we'll outcast her because of her family's history.

All I know she fights for the ones she love. Her mother was everything to her until she died now kenrick and hopefully us is all she has left.

"I will tell him after the wedding" I say while sitting up with my legs folded underneath my body.

"Okay that works" Briana and Lya say simultaneously. Yuh woulda think seh dem ah twins by how often it happens between them.

"Yep" Chelsea adds.

"Great" let's go to bed. Right on cue, a gigantic yawn leaves my body as I stretch my arms above my head.

"Agreed" Briana states. She tries to stand up; I realize her struggle and help her to stand.

I pray tomorrow is a better day.

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We're getting closer and closer to the end. I can't wait until Michael gets a shock of his life.