Donald
I rolled over tossing in my sleep at the God awful sounds. So'leil was throwing up again. I sat up looking at the door after realizing that I wasn't going to get any sleep. I looked over to the digital alarm clock said 5:19 A.M. I finally heard the toilet flush and the water run indicating that she was done. "Hey, did I wake you up" She asked climbing back in bed. "Oh no I just love waking up at the crack of dawn on a Saturday" I sarcastically answered. She rolled her eyes. I didn't have to work today so I was going to be devoting all my time today to music. The way I see it is why talk about my dreams and what I want to do when the baby comes and I haven't worked at it or put forth any effort to get closer to achieving my goals? Ever since I came back from Minneapolis and was basically told I wasn't good enough by Prince, I've been making sure that my art is untouchable. Them telling me that inspired me to only do more. "I don't wanna go to New York and it be the same shit here D" She finally sat back up. "It won't be the same shit, So'leil we'll have money and you can live the life of luxury with the baby" She cut her eyes at me not looking amused. "I don't just want your money Don, it seems like you forget that I'm a musician too. I wanna make and spend my own money and I want to have a career of my own, but every time we talk about New York, you make your career and life seem lavish, and make me the housewife when you know that ain't me" I playfully mushed her face. "Oh hush you know you're gonna become famous with us" I said. "Us? Who is us" She asked dumbfounded. "JoJo and me. We formed a duo" "A duo" Her face scrunched up. "Yes a duo, you know when it's just two people" I laughed. "I know what a duo is asshole" She punched me. "But yeah JoJo got pipes. He's just the sound I need"
I said pulling my song book out from under my pillow. "What about Dalvin and K-Ci" She asked going to grab that treasure chest she keeps filling with snacks. Y'all So'leil is crazy I mean it. "No. They're too immature and they can't take order. Besides Dalvin ain't really trusted them since Cedric pulled that gun out on him one day because he thought Dalvin was messing with Penny. And JoJo don't want K-Ci trying to steal his shine" I shrugged my shoulders. "Well Derek didn't wanna join" I shook my head. "He's more of a background kind of guy. He'd never join the group" I said writing out different notes that I was hearing on my head at the moment. "What if the baby comes early" I looked away from the book and actually saw how sad she looked. "All the books that I've been reading and the doctors say the same thing. I'm in high risk of having a premature birth because I'm so little. And of the baby is born premature she might die or I might die" Tears dwelled in her eyes. I gave her a nice tight hug. "Girl nobody's gonna die. You're gonna carry the baby until the end and then you're gonna shit her out" She laughed. "D, I don't shit the baby out. Why would you even think that" So'leil squinted. "Because all I hear is that you have to push the baby out and that sounds a lot like taking a shit" I shrugged. She laughed. "No that doesn't happen. How are you gonna be in there when I have the baby if you don't know where the baby is coming from. D, I'm having the baby in a few weeks. September to be exact" "Eh, I'll read one of those books you've been reading non stop" I shrugged. "They're very educational and helpful. I've been reading to the baby because the books say she can hear everything we say, and this impacts her learning abilities. I read to her, sing to her, play classical music and I even tell her Spanish words so she can get into a good preschool" She smiled rubbing her stomach. She was so small for how far along she was. It was they middle of July and school starts in September but she won't be going because she's going on bed rest after the month of August is over so she won't go into labor early or anything, and plus she's having the baby at the end of September. This made me worry more and more about if we were actually ready for this kind of responsibility. "Preschool? She's not even here yet and you talking about preschool" I chuckled shaking my head. "I still find it hard to believe that you're still so little though. Minus the stomach.
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