The Cross Between Us

024

Filler

Azriel Zora Jones
"It was before me, so I can't really be mad at him. I'm bothered that he hid it for so long. But I'm not mad." I told Mya honestly

"I knew you were gonna forgive him once I saw y'all at the reveal last month ." She smiled and i chuckled

"I met him a few times since then. He calls me Zz with his bad ass."

"Not you playing step mommaaaa."

"Not even. I'm waaayy to Young for that. I'm just zz."

"I hear you. Ok." She laughed

"I gotta go though. I told my dad I'd come help him out at the church."

"Ok. See you at school tomorrow boo."

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I turned down my AirPods momentarily to ask my dad what he needed me to do next. I made my way to his office since I knew he was in there. Naturally I opened the door.

Not only was my dad sitting at his desk but Tianna was sitting in front of him on the other side of the desk. I had no clue he had any meetings today and didn't know that anyone else was at the church period.

She turned towards me greeting me to which I greeted her back. The scene was nothing too out of the ordinary it was just not sitting right with me and i couldn't figure out why.

I of course didn't question them and instead asked my dad what else he needed from me.

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Hazel Jones
"Hi Mrs Jones ." My doctor said as she stepped in the room

"Good morning Mrs Shepard." I smiled as she pulled out the ultrasound gel and smeared it on my belly

We made small talk as she pulled up the ultrasound.

"Ok. As of right now everything seems ok. I do have a few concerns. Your almost to your 6th month of pregnancy and the babies birth weight is still very low which makes sense since your still not growing very much. Your babies heart rate is also becoming concerning since it's dropped so much since I last saw you. Have you been stressed out a lot?" She asked and I sighed looking up

"Yes but does that really affect my baby?"

"Yes. Baby feels everything mom does. Right now your baby is growing weeks behind in size which is not good. You need to get to the root of the stress because we want to make sure both you and baby are good."

"Between the low heart rate and low weight, does that put me at risk for loosing my baby?" I asked not wanting to hear the answer

"Unfortunately it does."

After my appointment was done I sat in my car blinking as I tried to hold back my tears. I cannot take any more. One more problem and I'm afraid I will loose myself.

I drove home in silence, not even having the strength to pray or turn on some music. I just wanted to lay down in my husband's arms and tell him what was wrong.

I pulled up to our house seeing that thankfully his car was in the driveway. I grabbed my bag making my way into the house and straight into our room where he also was.

He sat on the couch in our bedroom so enamored with his phone he hadn't noticed me until I spoke up.

"Babe?"

"Hmm? Ooh Hi sweetheart." He smiled

I looked at him sideways. My husband is old school and isn't the type to Just get lost In his phone.

"Everything okay?" I asked and he nodded

"How was the appointment?"

"It was.. good." I lied beginning to take off my outside clothes just as my phone began to ring

"Hello, Mrs. Jones."

"Speaking?"

"This is Miss Flynn From the administration office at West High. I'm calling to inform you that your daughters attendance is becoming a problem and it's affecting her grades."

"My daugh- Azriel? That's not possible. I wake her up every morning for school. I even drop her off sometimes." I said putting the phone on speaker so my husband could hear

"Yes, and we have her on video being picked early most of the time."

"Ok. Thank you for informing me, I'll have a conversation with her to see what's going on."

I sighed loudly as I placed my head in my forehead.