Tiana
8pm
2 days after due date
"Tiana." Deja sung my name in a sing song voice as I sat on the couch with the worst stomach pains on the planet.
"Leave me the fuck alone." I rolled my eyes, not in the mood for her or her hype energy right now.
"Oh so now the monster's being rude?" She laughed at me, considering we were just buddy buddy earlier.
"Mama is just not feeling it today." Hailey, Leek's new girlfriend laughed as she rubbed my stomach. I didn't know her that well but she's been around for a while now and she automatically clung to me, wanting to be friends.
"Listen, I'm really not. So please just stop talking to me, the both of you." I explained to them but they both sat down next to me anyway and I couldn't help but to roll my eyes.
Sitting there feeling like a whale, they both began to rub my stomach while all of the guys in the house paid us no mind at all. There were so many men in here, sitting around playing cards, drinking and being loud and all I could think of was "why don't they have to go through any of this?"
"Do you think Amiri's going to come out tonight, T?" Hailey asked, breaking me away from my anger filled thoughts.
"I don't know." I grumbled, feeling myself becoming emotional.
"He's being so stubborn and we've tried everything at this point so.." I trailed off, speaking barely above a whisper.
I was 2 days past my due date and completely miserable. The doctor's wouldn't do anything for me, they'd told me to just wait it out. But at this point, I didn't want to wait any longer, I was ready for Amiri to be here.
"Don't worry. He'll come." She assured, still rubbing my belly as I sat there, beginning to enjoy it.
Moment later, the front door abruptly opened, making us all look up.
"Yeah, nigga. I was just saying that." I heard Dom laughing as he came into the house with Leek and Zay behind him.
"Damn, it's packed in here." He went onto say, looking around.
"Yo, what up, Dom." Everybody spoke.
"What's up y'all?" He spoke, making his way over to us girls.
"Hey, Dominic." Hailey waved.
"What's up, kid?" Deja spoke.
"What's up yall. What's this a party?" He asked jokingly making Deja shrug. They were all her friends.
"How you feelin' baby?" He then asked me as he reached down to grab my hands while Deja and Hailey finally moved their hands away from my stomach.
My lip quivered looking up at him but he shook his head at me.
"Na', don't start." He told me, slowly helping me stand to my feet.
"No more cryin'''." He went on, putting both of his hands on my stomach and leaning down to peck my lips softly.
"Mama is ready for Amiri to get out of her." Hailey smiled and I poked my lip out, feeling like a complete cow while Dominic stood there rubbing my stomach.
"He gon' come out. My little man just ain't ready yet." He told me as more tears fell from my face.
"What I just say?" He asked, wiping my face.
"Come on, stop all that cryin'."
"You hungry?" He asked and I shook my head no.
"You wun' massage?" He asked and I thought about it before I nodded slowly, sniffling in the process.
"Aight, come on."
"We gon' go upstairs and I'm gon' massage you, ain't no need to cry." He guided me toward the steps as I trailed behind him slowly.
"Your man gon' make it better, aight?" He assured, helping me up the steps slowly.
"Don't even worry bout' it."
Finally making it to the top of the steps, we walked into his old room and he helped me slowly sit down on the bed. When I did, I took a breather because I was feeling so out of breath.
"Why you ain't hungry, ma?"
"Whatchu eat?" He ended up asking as he walked over to his closet, doing something while I sat there.
"Deja and Hailey made me chicken and rice like 20 minutes ago." I told him and he furrowed his eyebrows.
"Yeah?" He asked and I nodded.
"Why you ain't give me none?" He asked as he made his way back over to me with a smile. His smile quickly fell though once he'd saw that I was crying again.
"What I just tell you, T?" He sighed.
"Stop cryin, baby."
"I can't.." I trailed off, looking down at my hands.
"Look at me." He said, kneeling down in front of me as I sat there now looking into his eyes.
"Talk to me."
"Whatchu cryin' for, ma?" He asked as I poked my lip out.
"Come on. Tell me all about it, I'm listenin'."
"Well.." I started.
"I'm in so much pain right now and I just want to see Amiri." I spoke softly, my voice cracking in the process.
"I just want him here." I expressed.
"I know, baby."
"I know." He spoke sympathetically, wiping my tears away.
"But little man ain't ready yet." He explained, placing his hands on my stomach and slowly rubbing it.
"Just give him some time to get his shit together." He went onto say, making me laugh.
"Oh you liked that one?" He smirked as I playfully rolled my eyes.
"Don't even worry bout' it. When he ready to see us, he gon' fly right out that bitch." He went onto say, making me smack my lips with a smile.
"Stop." I pushed him away from me and he smirked, standing to his feet.
"Na' I'm just fuckin' witcha. Stop cryin' though, Aight?"
"Whatever you need me to do, I'a do it. Just stop cryin' for me."
"I don't wun' see nomore tears on that pretty face." He bent down to kiss my cheek and I couldn't help but to smile.
"Come on na' let me massage you."
*
2 hours later
10pm
Laying in bed with Dominic, I laid up against his chest, trying not to move too much. I'd just started to feel better and I felt that if I moved I would be in pain again.
"Baby." His deep raspy voice spoke, startlingly me.
"Hm?" I answered with my face still in his chest.
"You wun' go home or you wun' stay here tonight?"
"Stay here." I spoke softly.
I was way too scared to go home since Deja was going to be the designated driver for our hospital ride once my water broke. We'd already set out a plan for everything and I didn't want anything to go wrong so we've been staying here the past couple of nights.
"Aight." He nodded as he held onto my waist and he slowly drifted off to sleep.
I'd watched as he'd fallen back to sleep and as soon as he did, my mouth watered in a sudden mood for crushed up ice.
"Babe." I called as he snored lightly. I knew I'd been annoying him so much lately, especially keeping him up these past couple of nights but it wasn't even me, it was these random cravings I couldn't stop having.
"Baby." I called again a little louder this time.
"Yes, ma?" He sighed deeply as his eyes slowly popped open.
"Sorry." I pouted, knowing that he was tired.
"Na' it's coo, baby."
"What's up?" He cleared his throat.
"Can you get me ice?" I spoke softly.
"More ice, baby?" He sighed and I nodded slowly.
"Aight, I'a get you some ice." He agreed but still laid there, not moving an inch. Soon after I'd heard his light snores again and I couldn't help but to laugh.
"Babe." I tapped him, waking him again and he popped up.
"Ice?" He asked and I nodded with a smile.
"Yes, babe."
"Aight, I'm gettin' your ice right na'." He sighed, slowly getting out of the bed and making his way out of the room.
As he did, I laid there listening as they played music loudly downstairs. Everyone was having fun while we were up here being boring. I began to overthink, something that I did a lot these days, thinking my fat ass was becoming a burden on Dominic's life.
To stop myself from crying, I got up from the bed slowly and waddled toward the door. Opening it, I walked out and made my way to the stairs.
"Woah woah, where you gon'?" Dom caught me, coming up the steps while I was about to make my way down.
"I got your ice right here and I crushed that shit up too." He explained with a cup full of crushed ice.
"Why don't we just go downstairs with everyone else?" I asked him as he furrowed his eyebrows.
"Na', I'm bout' to go to sleep and so is you."
"No." I whined, not wanting him to miss out on things he enjoyed doing like hanging with his friends, all because of me.
"It wun' a question, Tiana." He spoke sternly, looking at me.
"Ain't shit down there for you, so gon' ahead." He pointed to the room.
Swallowing the lump in my throat, I turned on my heels and made my way back into the room like he'd insisted. Slowly getting back into the bed, he got in on the other side and gave me the cup of ice.
Saying nothing else, I chomped on the ice feeling chills all over my body. It almost instantly made me fell better.
While I ate, Dominic laid with his hands on my stomach while I looked up at the ceiling.
"Am I a burden?" I spoke softly, making him look at me.
"Tiana." He called and I looked down at him.
"Stop playin' with me, Aight?" He spoke sternly and I pouted.
"I'm just saying." I whined to him.
"Na' you sitting' there overthinkin' shit and making yourself upset."
"What I tell you about that?" He asked, turning completely over to me and wrapping his arm around my waist.
"Stop doin' that shit."
"All that dumbass shit you putting in your mind ain't true."
"Aight?" He asked and I nodded slowly.
"I can't hear that, T."
"Okay, babe." I spoke in agreement.
"I'm sorry, it's just hard not to think like that." I explained and he nodded.
"Look, I know you gon' through it but just chill out, aight?"
"I love you and you ain't no fuckin' burden." He made it clear.
"I'm really enjoying this shit if I'm being honest because I know once Amiri get here you ain't even gon' fuck with me nomore." He went onto say and I gasped.
"Don't say that." I hit him softly as he chuckled.
"I'll love you both equally." I explained to him and he scoffed.
"Can't relate." He said, making me look at him in amusement.
"Oh yeah? What does that mean?"
"When he get here, you ain't even gon' be on my mind." He spoke and I tried to push him away but he held onto my tightly, laughing.
"Na' I'm fuckin' witcha, baby." He assured with a smile and I rolled my eyes at him.
"Hurry up and eat your ice though so we can go to sleep." He kissed my cheek.
*
Next night
Sitting on the couch, I relaxed and ate more crushed up ice. It was the only thing keeping me sane at the moment. I was now 3 days past my due date with no idea of when Amiri was going to come out of me.
"So how about we talk about how we lost our virginities?" Hailey blurted out as me, her and Deja all sat in the living room while the guys ended up sitting outside on the porch so they could smoke.
Deja and I looked at each other before she bursted out laughing and I couldn't help but to chuckle. This girl was so green but she was cool nonetheless.
"Well I'm technically still a virgin." Deja went onto say, making me look at her with furrowed eyebrows.
"What?" I laughed.
"Really?" Hailey gasped and she nodded.
"Yeah, I ain't never fuck on no nigga." She turned her lip up and I sat there in shock, completely surprised. I hadn't even really thought about it like that.
"That's gay as fuck." She went on, making us laugh.
"I guess that makes sense." Hailey nodded while I couldn't stop picking my brain at the fact that she was actually a virgin.
"Wow." As all I said, chomping down onto my ice.
"How about you, T?" Hailey went onto ask me and I shrugged, not interested in playing this game but I knew I needed to take my mind off of things so I did anyway.
"Well Dominic is my first." I told her and her eyes went wide.
"Really?" She gasped as I nodded slowly while Deja couldn't help but to laugh.
"Shut up, Deja." I told her, already knowing why she was laughing.
"What?" Hailey smiled, wanting to know why she was laughing.
"I caught they dumb asses the first time." Deja blurted out, making me smack my lips.
"Really?" Hailey looked at me and I playfully rolled my eyes.
"Yeah. It was at their old house and me and Dominic were doing it-"
"Well we were trying to do it and she walked in on us." I laughed, thinking back while Deja shook her head.
"Did you beat them?" Hailey asked her and she couldn't help but to laugh.
"Na'. I made them stop though."
"They was young as hell like 17 or something, they ain't no what they were doing. Plus ain't nobody want to hear that shit." She went on as Hailey laughed hard and I shrugged.
"How was it though? Like did it hurt for you?" She went onto ask me and I furrowed my eyebrows.
"Girl, what are you a virgin or something?" I couldn't help but to ask because of her crazy questions and she couldn't help but to laugh.
"Hell no. My first was with a black guy in college." She scoffed.
"But you know how it's always different for other people." She went on, making me nod.
"Right. That's true." I nodded slowly.
"Well yeah, it actually hurt really bad for me." I admitted, still eating my ice.
"For at least like the first three times then after that it got better."
"Damn. The first three times?"
"Yeah. I feel like it was because every time we tried I was so nervous so I'd like make it worst for myself."
"I just needed to relax." I flagged, reminiscing.
"But honestly when you're a virgin, you can't really relax especially not with this huge thing about to go inside of this small ass hole."
"Come on." Deja shook her head, obviously not wanting to hear this about her brother and I.
"Oh shit. I forgot, I'm sorry." I laughed as Hailey did the same.
"But yeah, that's how it happened." I shrugged and she nodded with a smile.
"And now we have wittle Amiri." She spoke to my stomach, making me smile before it quickly fell once I felt moistness flowing threw my sweatpants.
"Fuck." I gasped, dropping my ice.
"What's wrong?" They spoke in unison as we all looked down at me dripping from the couch to the carpet.
"Oh shit."
"Go get Dom." Deja told Hailey before she quickly ran out of the house.
*
10 minutes later
Deja sped quickly onto the freeway as I sat in the backseat, crying my eyes out.
"What's wrong, baby?" Dominic asked mushing his head into my neck as I bawled, wanting to fight him right now.
"Whatchu cryin' for?" He spoke softly, leaving small kisses.
"Don't touch me. Don't kiss me." I sobbed as he continued to kiss my face while tears fell from my eyes rapidly.
"I'a stop but you gotta talk to me and tell me how you feelin' baby."
"Talk to your man." He coached as he finally stopped and allowed me to lean on him.
"Gon' head. Tell me what's wrong."
"I'm scared." I sobbed softly, leaning into him and he let me cry on his chest.
"I don't want to do it." I spoke softly and he chuckled.
"Na' you got this, T. Don't even worry about it."
"No." I whined and he pulled back to make me look into his eyes.
"What I say?" He asked as I poked my lips out.
"You're strong, baby. You got this shit." He encouraged and I shook my head.
"Yes you do."
"And when you push my little man out, guess what I'm gon' give you?" He asked and I sat there thinking before I spoke.
"Another one?" I asked sadly and everybody in the car laughed hard as I sat there with a serious face.
"Na' baby." He chuckled hard, shaking his head.
"But I got a surprise for you." He said once his laughter died down and I raised my eyebrows.
"Really? What is it?" I couldn't help but to ask.
"Can't tell you. You gotta push my little man out first." He said as I felt the sharp pain in my stomach return and I sat back in the seat, turning my face up.
"How long, Dej?" He went onto ask Deja.
"10 minutes."
"T your moms called and said she there already." She went onto tell me and I nodded.
"Okay." I spoke barely above a whisper, breathing in and out slowly.
It didn't take long to get to the hospital, when we did, everybody rushed out of the car and Dominic slowly helped me.
"Wun' me to carry you?" He asked as I waddled in pain, holding my aching back.
"No, I'm too fat." I whined as he chuckled and I looked at him with angry eyes, making his smile fall.
When we finally made it into the hospital, I became completely nervous once it seemed as though everyone was looking at us.
"Aye, can we get some service in this bitch?!" Leek yelled throughout the place as we walked in about 10 people deep.
"Calm down, Sir. What's going on?" A nurse quickly made her way over to us.
"My nephew tryn' come into this fucked up ass world that's what gon' on." Zay spat, making everybody laugh.
"My water broke." I explained softly, breathing in and out rapidly as she looked at me sympathetically.
"Okay. Come on, honey." She said to me as she grabbed my arm.
"Where's the father?" She asked, looking around at everybody and Dominic stepped out of the large crowd of people.
"Alright, right this way." She explained.
*
1 hour later
"Okay, mama. So you're only 4cm dilated." The doctor explained to me.
"So we'll come back in a few to check again okay?"
"Aight, doc. Thank you." Dominic said to her as he ate a candy bar my mom had brung in here for him and I sat there looking at him in disgust.
"Oh she does not like you right now." My mom joked, once she'd saw the look I was giving him.
"What I do?" He asked with a smirk and I sat there with a grimace on my face.
"How can you hold all that attitude in that little body?" He joked and I didn't crack a smile but my mother and Deja thought it was the funniest thing.
Turning my face up another sharp pain went through my body as I sat there praying for it to be over, rocking my legs in and out.
"Fuck." I whined.
"Baby." I called out.
"Na' she wun' a nigga." He joked as he quickly stood to his feet and made his way over to me.
When he did, he placed his hand over my stomach and massaged slowly. I then snatched the candy bar out of his other hand and threw it across the room.
Looking down at me with his lips gaped, I rolled my eyes at him.
"Stop fucking eating in front of me." I cursed him out as my mother and Deja bursted into fits of laughter.
"That's what your ass get." Deja continued laugh, shaking her head.
"You know what, I'm only gon' let you slide cause my little nigga got you mean as fuck right na'." He smirked as I roughly pushed his hand off of my stomach and he began to walk away from me.
When he did, I started to cry hard and he sighed deeply as my mother and Deja watched as if this was all entertainment for them.
He then made his way back over to me since I'd started to cry. He placed his hands on my stomach again and began to massage me.
"I love you." I told him as the contraction finally died down and I got the chance to relax my body.
"Yeah. I love you too, ma." He shook his head with a scoff, still rubbing.
"Even though you jus threw my candy for no reason."
"I'm sorry." I poked my lip out and he nodded.
"Aight, baby. It's coo." He smiled, leaning down and kissing my forehead.
..18 long hours later
"Push, baby. Push." Dominic encouraged as I sat there pushing for the life of me.
"You gotta push, baby."
"Okay, we're going to need two more and then baby Amiri will finally be here." The nurses instructed as Dominic looked down there to see the progress and his eyes went wide before he quickly came back up to me.
"Shit, why the fuck did I do that?" He said to himself as tears rolled from my eyes.
"On the count of three, Tiana." They said as he wiped sweat from my forehead.
"1..2..3."
"Ahhhh!" I screamed hoarsely, all cried and screamed out as I pushed as hard as I could.
"That was good, baby." Dominic expressed to me.
"That was really good." The nurse coached as well.
"One more okay?"
"One the count of three.." She said as I geared up for the last push.
"1..2..3."
"Fuckkk!" I pushed as hard as I could, feeling instant relief.
"He's here!" Was all I heard the Doctor say.
After that, all I could hear was cheering and Amiri's cries. While I laid back on the bed, looking up at Dominic as he kissed my lips and wiped the sweat from my face.
"You did that shit, baby." He smiled widely, looking down at me."
"You did that shit." He continued to say and all I could do was smile.
"Damn, I love you so much." He shook his head as a tear fell from his eyes.
"I love you too, babe." I spoke softly.
*
Amiri Black❤️
(Uh-Meer-ee)
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The End🥺❤️