I rolled out of bed stretching out my arms. I was alone since Cordell took Sapphire and Trinity with his grandad to go fishing. Since they were having their fun Elizabeth decided we should have a girls' day at her place. I hadn't a girls' day in forever. Usually when Grace and I had a girls' day we got stupid drunk while watching movies and eating a ton of junk food. Every once in a while she would drag me to the club but that rarely happened.
After I took a shower I walked out in just a towel. I felt like I hadn't been alone in forever. I was either around Cordell or Sapphire and that was okay but sometimes I needed some alone time. I felt worn out with everything going on. My body felt heavy and my mind felt like it had been running a marathon. I just wanted everything to end and to be normal.
I went to my closet and picked out some black tights with a long off white knit sweater since it was cold outside. I slipped on my UGG boots and headed out.
When I got there I could see everyone was already here. "There you are! I was about to send a search party for yo ass," Grace said with a drink in her hands.
"I took my time getting ready."
"Well while you taking yo sweet little time, you missing out on the drinks."
"Can't drink since I am trying to get pregnant." She made a face. Trust me if I could drink I would, it would make everything so much easier. Hell that's how I used to cope. I followed her into the living room to see all the woman of my life sitting around with drinks in their hand laughing and talking. I found a seat by my mother who instantly pulled me into her. It was strange having a mother since I never really had one. She would call me in the middle of the day to see how I was or text me asking to have lunch. Sometimes she would send me random pictures for the wedding or to just make me laugh. I wanted so badly to be mad at her but the feeling inside me wanted my mother so if she was willing to work on it then so was I. I really wanted her to give me away at my wedding.
"How you feeling sweetie?"
"I'm fine just trying to take it one day at a time."
"That's all you can do baby girl."
"How have you been?" she smiled brightly. "Well to be honest I met a man. I met him at the grocery store." Where have I heard this story? "So when do I get to meet me him?"
"Didn't think you would be too excited to meet him." I turned around to face her. "Of course I would want to meet him mom. I want to see who has you smiling like a teenager," I said shoving her a little. "In that case soon as I feel he is worth it, I will definitely introduce you." I nodded as she wrapped her arm around me. I loved these moments especially since it was with my mom. I never thought we would be here so to actually be witnessing it was enough to make me be grateful.
"Alright girls we have a wedding to plan," Elizabeth said sitting down with a huge thing of liquor. Grace bought me some juice as she sat down too.
"I thought she got a wedding planner?"
"She did but that wedding planner can't do half the things we can. Let's just be honest we know what's best for this wedding." Grace looked at me but I just shrugged. I was not about to argue with my mom and Elizabeth. They were acting as if it was their wedding. "Exactly what are we talking about here?"
"We need to think about the wedding dress and the brides' maid dresses."
"What are the colors?" then everyone turned to me for answers. Honestly I really hadn't thought about it that deeply. "I don't know what they are, haven't really thought about it."
"Then what do you have in mind?"
"I was thinking about maybe gold."
"Gold and what?"
"I don't know what goes with gold?" they started thinking deeply. "What about gold and white," Grace asked. "What about gold and black," my mom said. We all shook our heads laughing. "Sounds like something Cordell would love."
"So I guess we are going with gold and white?" Elizabeth asked looking around. I really didn't like that at all. "Can't we just stick to gold and run with that?"
"If that's what you want then that's what we will do." Well that was easier than I thought. Now that we had a theme all I had to do was get a dress. "So what kind of dress do you want?"
"I don't know something long and simple. I want it to have a little bling at the top and I want it to flow at the bottom as I walk."
"So no mermaid?" I thought about and shook my head. "Nah I don't think that's me." we continued to drink and talk about wedding stuff. I was really having a great time with them. Everything seemed to fade away when I was with them. This is what I longed to have and now I had it. "So Le tell me what is Cordell like in bed," Grace asked obviously drunk by now. I glared at her. "I am not answering that."
"Why not it's a simple question? Is he good or not?"
"Omg Grace his grandmother is right here, shut up!"
"Elizabeth do you mind if Le answers the question." Now everyone was looking at Elizabeth. "Child I have seen every part of that boy but I do not want to hear about what he does to my soon to be daughter in law." I sighed thankful she wouldn't make me answer the question. That was not a subject I wanted to talk about ever.
"Okay if you want answer that then tell me what kind of baby do you want. I mean you already have Sapphire so you must want a boy."
"Actually I just want a healthy baby."
"Stop being boring Lelaih damn! Boy or girl?" she was definitely wasted. When Grace got drunk she was unstoppable. She would do anything that came into her mind whether it be a good idea or not. That is one reason I never really drank when around her because I knew someone had to be the voice of reason. She needed someone to tell her no like a child.
"Fine Grace I want another girl, happy?" she beamed. "Yes!"
"But at the rate I'm going I don't even know if that will even happen any time soon."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean even with these damn injections I am still no closer to having a baby than I was before I started." My mom pulled me to her, "Trust me it will happen when it happens. You can't rush things like this; you have to take it one day at a time. Don't get discouraged or you will just drive yourself crazy."
"I know. I just thought it would happen by now."
"Maybe you don't have a baby yet because you aren't ready. Stop trying to rush things and just enjoy the ride." Time flew by as we continued to talk and enjoy each other's time. By the time night came I was laid out on the floor as Grace painted my toes. She was way pass drunk and you could tell since she had nail polish all over my foot. We had to cut her off a long time ago; forcing coffee down her throat since the girls would be back soon.
The door opened revealing the guys and the girls with a cooler in their hands. "Mommy!" Sapphire ran over to me jumping on me. "Hey there lady bug." I kissed all over her face making her laugh. "Did you have fun?"
"Yes I got a fish! And Trinity caught one too!" Trinity was now sleeping in Grace's arms. There was a huge difference between a four year old and a two year old. Trinity would go to sleep in no time while Sapphire would take a little more time. Cordell and Conrad went into the kitchen to cook the fish which I was thankful for. I hadn't realized it but I was starving.
Once they were finished cooking we all sat down to eat. I had to admit the guys knew how to cook a good fish. When we finally left I was beyond tired. I just wanted to crawl in bed and take a long deep sleep.
Soon as we got home Cordell took Sapphire to her room to put her in the bed. I went and took a shower letting the water drain away all my worries. My muscles instantly relaxed under the warm water. I got out wrapping a towel around my body. When I stepped into the room Cordell was already laying on the bed in his pjs. "How do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Always beat me to the bed when I take a shower."
"Simple, you take forever to shower and I just get in and get out."
"Well I hope while you are just getting in and getting out, you are getting clean." I got dressed and climbed into bed beside him. "Whatever big head." He slapped my butt pulling me closer. "So did you have a good time today?"
"Yea I did. It was nice having a girls' day tojust talk and have fun. Did you have fun teaching Sapphire to fish?"
"I don't know if I call that fun. When she caught the fish she started freaking out saying she didn't want to touch the fish." I laughed. "Other than that everything went smoothly." The rest of the night we snuggled up to each other until we fell asleep.