Happy New Year Everyone! Let's take a moment of silence for Chandra 🌹
L E X U S
9 months earlier
"Wassup Mr. Morris." I nod my head walking in the kitchen. "How you doing son." He smiles getting a bottle of water from the refrigerator. "I'm happy, I can't complain." I smile a little wider than usual, I guess you could say a nigga is in love love. I been a married man for about four weeks and life just ain't the same, I guess I'm still high from the wedding. I can't believe I'm actually married to Rayne, that shit is crazy when I sit and think about what we did. " I can tell. I never seen you smiling so much." He jokes. "Whatever you're doing keep that positive mindset up. Happiness looks good on you son." Rayne walks in the kitchen holding her dog. Her face lights up immediately, I ain't tell her I was coming over.
"Hey." She grins. Mr. Morris looks between the two of us. "Okay. What's going on?" He laughs. "First Lexus now you? What's gotten into you?" She shrugs her shoulders looking at me as if I'm the only person here. I guess it's safe to say she's still high off getting married too. "Nothing. Daddy can I talk to Lexus for a second?"
"Sure." He looks at us one more time before shaking his head. I follow Rayne upstairs to her bedroom. The minute she closes the door she attacks me with kisses like she didn't just see me yesterday. "I thought I wouldn't see you today, I miss you."
"I missed you too." I bite my lip. She blushes moving away from me. "Stop looking at me like that." I notice she got clothes and shit laid out all on her bed for her trip to go to Atlanta. "Or what? What you gon' do ta me Mrs. Alsina." She laughs hitting me with a shirt in her hands. "Shhh! My dad might hear."
"Is it still a bad thing? Ion want us to be a secret no more." I peck her lips. I'm done hiding and acting like I'm not head over hills for her. A nigga just be wanting to be up under his wife. "It's not the right time Lexus. I know how he'll react and I'm just not ready." She sighs. "Please understand."
"I do and I'm not tryna rush you or force you ta tell him but it's been four weeks. It's never gonna be ah right time boo." I can tell all this talk about telling her dad was stressing her but it's something that we needa talk about. I don't wanna keep lying to everyone just because we're scared of temporary reactions. "I'll tell him when I get back from my trip then."
"You promise?" I smirk holding my pinky out. She looks at it contemplating her decision before she wraps her pinky around mine. "I promise."
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Present Day
"You two should have a conversation at least. We all were on edge that day." Rayne leans over at the counter talking to one of her girlfriends as usual. I walk up behind her slapping her on the butt. "Stoppp I'm on the phone." She tries to swat me away but I stand directly behind her looking at what's on her computer screen. "Whatchu' looking at?"
"Just browsing. Jordan I'm gonna have to call you back. Lexus is up from his nap." She hangs up and turns to face me. I peck her lips. "I'm hungry baybeh." She quickly closes her laptop giving me another kiss. "Wanna go out to get something to eat? Ms. Maylene took Lenoxx to the store with her." I shrug rubbing on her booty. "You not gon' cook fa daddy?" I smirk looking down at her. She swats my hand away rolling her eyes. I know she hates when I call myself that. "Fix your face." I laugh. "Anyways What you was lookin' at?"
"Nothing. Just browsing." She says vaguely. I re-open her laptop then enter her password. "Lexus it's personal." She bites on her bottom lip watching me scroll through the website. "Birth control?" I ask leaning back on the counter. "Yeah..." She looks down at the floor. "I have an appointment with my ob-gyn later this week so we can discuss my options."
"So you plan on getting this plastic shit put up your kitty?" I ask tryna figure it out. I thought birth control was pills? "You not scared imma hit it or it might slip out?" I frown. "It goes in my arm Lexus."
"If it's in your arm how is it protecting you from getting pregnant?"
"That's what my doctor will explain to me in my appointment. It's ninety nine percent effective and it's supposed to last up to five years." I look up at her. "You leaving in three weeks.." She closes her laptop. "Yeahhh." The front door opens and in walks my grandma and Lenoxx. "I also have 3 more looong years of college and a husband to keep happy. She smiles at me. "Well shit.." I mumble.
"Ms. Maylene you kept him out almost all day. I missed you cutie pie." I shake my head watching her unstrap Lenoxx out of his car seat. "Girl you got that baby spoiled after you. What you gonna do when you leave?"
"I said tha same thing. She barely lets me hold him. His first words gon' be Rayne."
"Aww I hope so. Say Rayne sweetie." We all laugh. Rayne's goofy ass would love that. I know it's gonna be hard when she goes back to Atlanta. Her and Lenoxx attached to each other like velcro. His belly shakes laughing at her making silly faces. Seeing him so happy, in good health, and having a good role model in his life is more than I could've asked for. Rayne stepping up in such a major way while I been down really shows me the type of woman she is and mother she could be that makes me even more eager to start a life together. I'm glad I married her even with the rough start. "What?" Rayne's cheeks turn red. "Nothin'. I can't look at you?" I joke knowing she really hates being stared at for too long.
"Nope." She smirks handing the baby to my grandma. "Can I talk to you in your room..quickly?"
"It depends-"
"Just come. Please." She begins to walk towards my room so I follow her. I sit on the bed while she closes the door. "Baybeh you thick as fuck fa no reason. I smirk watching her walk. "Stop, be serious." She sits on the bed next to me. "Aw hell." I mumble.
"I've been trying to come up with some clever way to tell you but here just look." She bites her lip handing me her phone. It's a listing for a two bedroom two bath townhouse in Atlanta that says this listing is no longer available. "Now go to my camera roll." I can feel her excitement bubbling over but I still don't know what I'm looking at. It's just a bunch of pictures of empty bedrooms and decorations.
"Baybeh what am I lo-"
"Now go to my text messages and read the thread." I sigh doing exactly what she said. I read the messages of her going back and forth with someone about house decorations for a couple of weeks then it begins to click as soon as I see the "interior decorator" text back photos of the same empty house fully furnished and decorated.
"I got us a townhouse in Atlanta...surprise?" It's not that I'm not happy or that I'm thinking this is extremely sweet of Rayne but this whole situation got me feeling like a bitch. "How much was this? Everything?"
"Why?" She looks down at the sheets. "So I can get you the money." She shrugs not looking at me. "Consider it a gift. It's close to my school and there's top of the line daycares for when you start working. Oh my gosh there's even this little bakery ten minutes away I wanna take you, they have the best-"
"Rayne you can't just spend large amounts of money without talkin' to me first."
"It wasn't a lot and this was a surprise, remember?"
"If It wasn't a lot then tell me so I can get it back ta you. How much was it?" I ask again only to get no response again. Rayne sighs loudly. "What's the big deal? I thought you'd be excited?"
"Tha big deal is you spendin' your money." Rayne never went without when she was younger. She got what she wanted and spent what she wanted when she wanted to. Sadly that just ain't the reality of life especially not being married to someone like me. "We're married, this is your family now so when you go out wanting to buy something expensive you can't just cash out with your mama and pops money." I pause feeling myself getting more worked up knowing I gotta go out and get some money to pay Rayne back. "Okay we are married but just like you and Lenoxx are my family now I'm your family now too including all the extra coins that come with me. I bruised your ego but it's really no big deal I kinda like being your sugar mama. What's mine is yours." She jokes leaning in to kiss me but I move my face.
"I'm serious Rayne. Ion like that shit."
"Jeez okayyy." Grabbing my chin she kisses me slowly. "I love you daddy." I suck my teeth. "You get on my nerves man, I love you too."
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