If Only

Seventeen

Nevaeh

"What Ray?" I  said answering the phone.

"Nevaeh. I swear you be so rude to me. It be ya own sister" he said making me roll my eyes.

"Exactly you my aggravating brother, so what do you want?"

"I need your opinion"

"Stop buying Heaven stuff" He has been calling and sending me pictures of different things trying to figure out what to get my sister.

"It's Christmas. You know I spoil her on Christmas"

"What now?"

"Soooo... I got her the two Pandora bracelets already, but I wanna get her something else. I was thinking a tennis bracelet or a purse or something. I also gotta go get her nail certificate"

"How about you get her a Visa gift card and she's been talking about wanting to go to like a spa"

"Alright. Imma get all that and the purse. I seen a nice Chanel bag"

"Raymond. You know Heaven don't really like all these expensive gifts. She likes sentimental things" I'm the more Chanel bag type. Heaven is very simple when it comes to gifts. As long as the gift has some type of meaning then she'll always love it.

"I know.. It's just.. I dont know what to get her"

"Or do you not know what to get her because Quan always gets her things. Quan likes her and Heaven likes him. You gonna have to accept that" It's no secret that Heaven and Quan getting closer has made Raymond more over protective than ever, but he does have to just let things go and focus on his baby and his baby's mom.

"Man.. I don't give a fuck about Quan. She like him so what"

"Do you like her?" I asked.

"No. She my bestfriend and I don't wanna see her hurt"

"Where's Kaitlyn?"

"She's going on a family trip until we come back from break"

"Well, I need a break. I'm hanging up"  I said before ending the phone call. I facetimed Damien immediately afterwards.

"Wassup baby" he said sounding aggravated.

"Damien"

"I gotta tell you something and I need you not to tell anybody. I swear I didn't know until today"

"What?"

"Quan might got a baby"

"What?!" I semi-yelled.

"You know the ole lady that stay by my grandma old house?"

"The one everybody in the neighborhood call auntie?" There is this nice woman in the hood where Damien, Quan and every other one of their friends grew up in. She never had kids so the kids on the streets were her kids. She was also Damien's grandmother's bestfriend when they were growing up, so she hold a place in his heart.

"Yes! The girl, her name Jariyah. We called her sugar"

"What's the point bae?"

"Oh well, her and Quan used to fool around. I coulda swore that stopped which is why I told him bout Heaven" he said looking away from the phone like he was thinking.

"Mmmmmhmmm" I mumbled trying to draw his attention back.

"She aint been around in a minute and she popped up with a two month old baby talm bout his name is Roman Taylor and it's my cuh jit. Aunty told me today while I was over there" My eyes liked to bucked out my face.