Flau'jae Johnson
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"Can you slow down?" Angel asked from the passenger seat now sitting up
"I'm not speeding"
"Yes, you are and get off the phone. You know that gives me anxiety" she took my phone stopping me from texting
"I'm sorry mamas, I don't intentionally mean to make you feel startled. I'm in the middle of tryna handle something"
"And that's fine, but bae you need to handle that when you not driving. I keep telling you don't do all that behind the wheel"
In college when I got in that accident, it made her apprehensive. Two years after, I got in another accident but it wasn't too severe.
Now she's has anxiety every time I'm driving, which is understandable. I just wish she would calm down but I know that's not gonna happen
"Alright, I'm sorry mamas" I apologized before placing my right hand on her thigh, "You accept my apology?"
"No because you say sorry every time and still do it. And we're gonna get charged extra for being late" she said before I glanced at the time sped up, "Flau'jae"
"Oh oh, I'm sorry" I apologized before slowing down
"I'm driving back home because you're gonna give me a heart attack. That way you can be on your phone and look out the window all you want"
We're on our way to get our 3D ultra sound, I'm excited. I'm ready to see the baby clearly, I know she's pretty.
After a while, we finally made it before getting settled. The vibes in here are calm, it's just pregnant women everywhere.
"I don't want to slip up and say the gender, so do y'all know baby's gender?" Dr. Brown who was doing the 3D ultrasound asked
"Yeah" I answered before she nodded
"Okay good, so right now baby is sleep. I hate to wake her up because this position looks comfortable"
She's facing the opposite way, so we can't really see anything. I can't believe she got the audacity to be sleep right now
She keep Angel up all night just kicking and moving around. So, if she keeping Angel up, Angel keeping me up.
"Yes wake her up because I'm running off a few hours of sleep. If I don't get sleep, she don't" Angel said jokingly but at the same time she was serious
"Not too much" I said before the lady started laughing
"Oh yeah babies are night owls" Dr. Brown said while coming over to Angel, "I'm just gonna shake the ultrasound wand over your stomach to wake her"
Angel let her do it even though it makes no sense. She kept shaking the wand, but nothing was happening.
"Oh she's a sleeper" Dr. Brown said while holding a surprised expression, "Let's try this"
She started poking her stomach, which felt I'm sure felt funny. Eventually the baby started moving before the she went back to her spot
"Do she know that we can see her?" I asked while squinting my eyes at the screen
"Um that's what people say, but I've heard differently. I believe so because she's interacting with us"
"I think she can because she keeps hiding her face" Angel said while pouting disappointedly
"She's stubborn" Dr. Brown said before I scoffed
"Like her momma" I mumbled causing Angel to shoot her head at me and I laughed, "What happened?"
"Say it louder"
"I ain't say nothing" I said while still laughing as she mugged me
"Oh okay" she said turning her attention back to the screen, "You're stubborn"
She should be the last to call me or anybody stubborn
We continued to look before she finally revealed her face. She is so damn pretty, I'm happy to call her my daughter.
Angel turned me soft, and now I have a daughter. I already know how this finna go, it's her way or no way.
Simple.
I love her already and I know she's gonna be a great asset to the family. I looked over at Angel to see that she was crying.
"Aw mamas" I said while grabbing her hand and kissing it
"We really starting a family" she said with a small smile before looking back at the screen
I still can't believe we came this far, like it's crazy. Who knew that our love for basketball would bring us together?
It's crazy because nobody really believed in us except for some. Now, we married and finna have a daughter in less than four months.
"I know right"
"Congratulations, she's beautiful" Dr. Brown said with a big a smile
"Thank you" me and Angel said in unison
"So obviously you guys went through IVF to get pregnant. The way IVF works is still unimaginable to me. I definitely see both of y'all's features"
"That's all Flau'jae" Angel said before I shook my head, "Bae that's your nose"
"I don't see it"
"I agree, she definitely has your nose but sh— oh wow" Dr. Brown said before we started laughing, "You guys have a sassy princess on y'all hands"
She aggressively turned away, I guess we interrupting something.
"I'm not ready for that part, I can barely deal with my own sass" Angel said being serious causing me to chuckle
We finished up before leaving and going back home. Honestly lately, we've been spending a lot of time outside of the house.
We been outside all day today.
Our relationship has gotten so much better too. Now that I think about it, I understand where Angel was coming from.
I understood when she brought it to my attention that I stressing her out. I was kind of all over the place and doing off the wall shit.
She only act up when I'm not doing right. I honestly believe the saying "happy wife, happy life". If I don't give her a reason to act crazy, she won't spazz out.
"You don't have to lift nothing heavy, mamas. Just do what you can and don't do nothing extra" I told Angel as we stood in the gym
"I'm gonna be tired in two point two seconds" she said before I chuckled at her
"Baby I already said nothing extra. I don't know if want you in here no more"
"No, I wanna workout with you" she pouted innocently causing me to smile
I pulled her closer before placing a kiss on her forehead. She just got me wrapped around her finger, real bad.
"Alright mamas, come on. I'm watching you though, matter of fact don't touch no weights down here"
"All those down there are twelve and under"
"You not going no higher than five" I demanded before she pouted again
"Twelve"
"Ten" I said before she shrugged turning around and making her way over to the weights
Everything that she do makes me nervous because she's so damn clumsy. She hasn't fell at all during her pregnancy, but she has fell on many occasions.
I don't know how it happens, I'll never understand
We started doing our own workout before joining each other in squats.
"My legs burning" I said before falling out of my squat, "They going numb"
"I'm not even complaining, you need to get it together" Angel laughed at me while continuing to squat
"Don't worry, you gone feel all that shit in the morning" I warned her because she feeling too good about herself
"I know, I haven't worked out in months"
We finished up in the gym before going straight to the shower. After getting out, we found something to eat.
Working out will leave your stomach touching your back. Literally every time, but it's okay.
It actually felt good to workout with her. We haven't worked out together in a while, and it was a good bonding time.
I love my baby.