"Hey mommy!"Aaliyah smiled and climbed into her mother's bed.
"Hi sweetie."Damita smiled and hugged her daughter. "How was good school,honey?"
Aaliyah sighed and started to blush a little. "Mommy. I have something to tell you."
"Oh yeah?"Damita's eyes widened. "What's that?"
She giggled and covered her face. "I don't really know how to say it."
"Just say it."Damita laughed.
"I have a boyfriend mommy."Aaliyah blushed and covered her face.
"A boyfriend?"Damita widened her eyes.
"Yes. His name is Ahmad Evans. He's a sophomore just like me and he plays basketball with your stupid son."Aaliyah sighed and pursed lips.
Damita never thought she'd hear those words. Her baby was so pure, innocent and sweet. She didn't want some boy coming around to change that.
"Ahmad..that's a cute name. How long has he been your boyfriend?"Damita asked biting the inside of her lip.
"Like a month. I'm just now telling you because I wanted to know if I really liked him or not."Aaliyah shrugged.
"What do you like about him?"Damita asked trying to see where her daughters head was.
"I like his smile. We laugh a lot. We send each other funny videos, we eat lunch together, we walk to class together, and we text sometimes."Aaliyah smiled.
Damita was relieved because there relationship was completely innocent. Her baby was still her baby and nobody was taking her away.
"How has your day been?"Aaliyah asked asked laying on her mother.
"It's been okay. I've been resting because my stomach has been hurting all day."Damita sighed and picked up a pillow to put under her daughters head.
"Are you okay? Where's daddy?"Aaliyah asked frantically.
"I'm fine. He went to go handle some business. He'll be back."Damita replied, trying to calm her daughter down. She was always so worried about her."
"Are you sure?"Aaliyah asked. She removed the pillow from her mother's stomach and laid next to her instead. She didn't want to cause her any unnecessary pain.
"I'm sure. It'll go away, I think I might just have some gas."Damita laughed and Aaliyah scrunched up her face.
"Mommy...that's nasty."Aaliyah laughed and Damita rolled her eyes.
"Ma!"Junior yelled, walking up the stairs.
"Amaru..why are you so loud?"Aaliyah scolded her brother.
"Shut up girl. I'm excited to see my mother."Junior laughed and joined them in the bed.
"Hello son."Damita hugged him and kissed him on the cheek.
"Hey momma. What's wrong?"Junior asked, in a concerned tone.
"I'm fine. Nothing's wrong."Damita laughed as her other child came walking into the room as well.
"Hey momma."Amari smiled and jumped into the bed with them.
"I just wanna know who told y'all big asses to come get in the bed with me?"Damita chuckled sarcastically.
"We wanted to love you. We missed you all day."Amari laughed and hugged her.
"Well I missed you guys too. So what's new?"She asked with a smile.
"Three girls asked me to homecoming momma. All older than me and I don't know who to choose."Amaru laughed and Damita raises her eyebrows. "Three?"
"Yeah. Lauren, Taylor and Janae. They all seniors."He chuckled and stroked his bare chin.
"Don't go with Taylor. She runs track with me, she's so nasty and she thinks that she's pregnant."Aaliyah explained, making a stank face.
"Welp, you're definitely not going with her so cross that one off your list."Damita demanded, making all her kids laugh. "Are you going, liyah?"Damita asked.
"I don't know. Ahmad hasn't asked me yet. I don't think he's into that type of stuff. He's very quiet and shy."Aaliyah replied.
"He is quiet, but he wants to go. He don't think you wanna go."Amaru explained.
"I should go call him then. I'll be back."Aaliyah got up and walked out of the room.
"You know her little boyfriend?"Damita asked.
"Yeah he's cool. You have nothing to worry about, they're like little kids all they do is hold hands and talk about books and other lame stuff." Amaru laughed.
That made Damita happy that things were innocent. Although she knew it wasn't happening right now, she dreaded the day her boyfriend started feeling like he was ready for sex and her baby wasn't ready. Damita was so much of herself at that age in Aaliyah. The only difference being that her and Aaliyah were very close. She knew that her daughter would come to her about anything, so even if they does come she might be able to prevent it.
"And what about you nasty boy? Don't bring nomore fast girls in my house. You need to goto homecoming with Paige."Damita raised her voice. Paige was a good girl. She did great in school and she wasn't the type to sneak in her house and have sex with her son when she was gone.
"Momma Paige still isn't speaking to me. After I told her what I did she blocked my number..she just walks past me at school."Junior sighed and laid on his mother's shoulder. "Help me momma, what can I do?"
"Have you tried talking to her in person about it? Maybe if the two of you sit down and talk she'll forgive you."Damita advised. "If you really like her, tell her how you feel and that you're sorry. If she doesn't forgive you after that, let her go because it's over. Also, you better get out of them fuckboy ways right now, I did not raise you like that. You cheat on another girlfriend Ima beat your ass."Damita explained pressing her finger into his chest. "Do you understand?"
"Yes ma'am."He sighed and got up out of the bed. "I'm going to do my homework."
He walked out the room and Damita looked over at Amari. "You're next. Have you been talking to Jermaine?"Damita asked.
"Yes, but not a lot. I know if I talk to him he'll want to see me and I'm kind of embarrassed for her him to see my face."Amari sighed.
"Now you know you aren't innocent right?"Damita asked. "No it wasn't okay for Erin the hit you, but I know if your daddy was to come home and tell me some shit like that I probably would have started punching his ass too. At the moment when you first felt like you weren't feeling Erin, you should have said something then. Instead of sneaking around with him. That was wrong."
"Have you ever like really hit him before?"Amari asked, trying to get off of the subject.
"I have. Several times, but that's not important. This is about you."Damita laughed. She knew exactly what she was trying to do.
"I do understand that what I did was wrong, but I mean I did apologize. Things happen, Erin just happened to get caught in the cross fire."Amari shrugged and Damita just shook her head.
"Hi daddy."Amari smiled as her father walked into the room.
"Hey princess. How are you?"He walked over to hug her.
"I'm good."Amari smiled.
"Hi Baby."Amaru kissed her on the forehead. Damita hopped out of the bed and jumped in his arms. "Daddy, where you been? You been gone all day."She sighed as he picked her up off the floor.
"Got caught up at my momma house. You know how she is."Amaru laughed and kissed her lips. "Why? Did you miss me?"
"You know I did."She smiled.
"How are you feeling today?"He asked.
"I'm okay. My stomach has been hurting a bit , but it's like normal pain. Not unbearable."She replied.
"Alright. If it gets any worse, you're going to the doctor."Amaru answered making her roll her eyes. "I know."
"Come on, take a shower with me."He smiled carrying her to the bathroom.
"Amari Jo, you gotta go."Damita laughed and Amari got up to leave the room.
They took off their clothes and got in the shower like they did every other day. When they were done they ate pizza with their children, watched tv, and now they were back upstairs to goto sleep.
"Baby, rub my stomach please?"Damita asked, laying back in their bed.
"It's hurting? Do you need to goto the hospital?"He asked, rubbing his hand slowly across her stomach.
"No I'm okay, it'll stop. Just rub it for me."She sighed and shut her eyes.
"Are you sure?"He asked.
"I'm sure. If it starts again, I'll let you take me tomorrow. For sure."She replied. He continue to rub her stomach until she comfortable enough to goto sleep.
She started to feel at ease and she finally laid in his arms to goto bed.
I'm posting chapter 32 at 8:00pm central time.