"You went to go see her? Let me see." He said and I gave him the ultrasound photo.
"I ain't missing no more appointments I tell you that." He said kissing my hand.
"I'm waiting to do the 3D ultrasound. That way we can see her face and stuff." I explained.
He nodded. "What the doctors say?" He asked.
"Hmm?" I asked him grabbing a Twizzler out the pack and eating. "want some?"
"What the doctor say Imani?" He said looking over at me.
"Uh, she said that I uh-I um prolly should not work and stuff and wait until next semester to finish school." I said.
"Why she say that?"
"Because my blood pressure's been high a little bit." I said
"She told you to basically go on bed rest because your blood pressure was a little high?"
"Okay, it was a lot of high but Im doing better I promise." I said.
He sat quietly.
"Brandon?" I asked. "Brandon please don't be mad at me."
"I'm not."
"You're not?" I asked that was easier then I imagined.
"It's my fault. I should have been here. I'm the reason you stressed out." He said and got quiet again.
I didn't want him to blame himself, Baby and I are fine.
"Listen, it's not just that. I changed my major kinda late, which set me back and I've been grinding trying to make that straight so-"
"Don't make excuses for my behavior. You never stress with school."
That's very true, especially because now I'm pretty much finishing things at my own pace.
"The baby and I are fine. It's no need to beat yourself up over it." I said genuinely.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Yes babe, they just don't want me to give birth early." I said "but everything is developing and functioning properly.
"Well that's a relief." I said and I kissed his cheek.
"We are here." He said and I looked at the small restaurant that seemed to be closed. I shook my head knowing what he'd done.
"Did you shut this restaurant down?"
"What kind of money you think I got? We going to that place right there." He said and pointed to the Apple Bees. I shrugged my shoulders and began walking in that direction.
He was dying of laughter. "Babe, I'm just playing. Yeah I got the restaurant for just us." He said.
"Brandon, do you know how hungry I am? You can't play about my food like that." I said.
"I didn't think you'd take me serious about taking you to no damn Apple Bees." He explained.
"What's wrong with Apple Bees?"
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