Claimed Mine (Mine, #3)

Chapter 13:

"Ain't it crazy how we are grown, yet still get told to stop cussing."

"Yes, my mom do the same. I be looking at her like I am grown." I said laughing shaking my head.

"See, yes. I didn't even meet ya mom yet and I like her already."

"I'ma have to introduce y'all even tho me and ya son ain't together anymore."

"See I'ma have to beat ya ass all around this shop. You and Kaine's ass ain't going no where."

"Why everybody take me as a joke?" I ask.

Nel laughed shaking her head. "I know from experience because I use to do and say the same shit about Kjayy. I use to get mad when everybody took me as a joke too."

"Shelly what you doing to this pretty ass hair and you ain't getting no weave either because I wanna curl it."

I laughed. "How you gonna ask me what I want then just say what you gonna do? I really want my long sew in back."

"Oh well!"

"So mama." Nel says sweetly showing that she wanted something.

"No." She answers right away making me laugh as Nel fake gasps.

"You didn't even give me a chance to ask."

"What Nelly, what?" She says parting and separating my hair.

"Wanna keep your grandbaby tonight so me and Kody can have a date night if you know what I mean."

"First, off I do not want to know about you and my sons sex life. Second, nope. You is not about to set me up I know his ass don't sleep through the night. I will not. I don't even keep Brei overnight because of the same reason and plus she a cry baby."

"Okay, but you don't gotta play my son like that. He sleep the whole night at home most of the time just not with anybody else."

"I done had my baby days, I'm good."

"So do you wanna keep Jordan tonight?" Nel asks me

"Yes, Nel." I said rolling my eyes.

"See you a real one sis, unlike mama."

"Girl get slapped. Good, let him keep her up all night."

"He sleep the whole night with me, he just wake up too damn early for me." I said.

"Exactly." Nel said. "So don't come for my baby if we didn't send for you mama."

"You two seconds away from getting kicked out of my shop Chanel." Mama said holding the curler up towards her making us laugh.

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"Shelly why the fuck you change the locks for!!" Kaine shouted through the door banging on it making Jordan wake up where I had him laying on the couch.

He sat up crying loudly staring at me. I picked him up going to open the door so this asshole can stop banging on the damn door.

"I just fuckin put him to sleep, damn. You couldn't have called instead of banging on the damn door."

"You shouldn't have changed the fuckin locks. I better have me a fuckin key by tomorrow." He said just walking pass me into the house.

I sucked my teeth shutting and locking the door. "Did you cook?" He shouted from the kitchen.

"No Kaleb. I don't even want you here so get out of my kitchen."

"I'ma be where ever my lady is." He said coming out of the kitchen with a water. I turned my head as he tried to kiss me. "Quit fuckin playing with me."

"No you quit playing. Don't laugh at him Jordan he ain't funny." I said kissing his lil cheek.

"See my nephew be knowing." He said smiling at him before walking upstairs most likely to use the bathroom. "Can you order me some food?"

"No do it ya damn self! Ya uncle think he can just do what he wants, huh?" I said to Jordan who just rubbed his eyes smiling at me. "I guess you ain't going back to sleep no time soon." I placed him on the couch next to me feeding him a strawberry since he tried to take mine.

"You pregnant?" Kaine asks holding up the pregnancy test.

"No and you obviously know that since you looked at the test."

"Ya mom said you had the flu. How does the flu make you think you are pregnant?"

"I didn't have the damn flu that's what she just wanted to diagnose me with. I was really sick tho, just a cold. I took the test before I got sick because I couldn't eat and was continuously feeling sick to my stomach so I took the test, but obviously I'm not pregnant."

"Aren't you on birth control tho? How you know the test isn't wrong?"

"Yes, birth control can fail tho and um, hello. I am a nurse and I do work at a hospital trust me I had a double check done to be sure."

"Oh." He said standing there with a blank expression.

"What?" I ask.

"Nothing." He shakes his head then shrugs.

"I might switch from the the shot to an iud tho."

"Didn't you already switch from the pill to the shot before, should you keep switching like that?"

"I told you that?"

"No I heard you say it to Nel before. Saying you kept missing days so it would make you get ya period like twice a month."

"Oh. Well yeah. I don't know tho because I hate getting the shot, but I heard the iud hurts being inserted."

"Oh." I looked towards him seeing him stare off into space still having a blank lost look on his face.

"Nigga are you even listening to me? The hell is wrong with you?" I ask pushing his arm.

"Huh? Oh nothing."

"Okay..." I said giving him a weird look.