Five Months Later...
Valencia Carter

"Val, can you stop with the madness?" Malina wiped my face.

"No because my feet hurt and nobody will rub them for me!" I cried.

"I offered to-"

"Shut up, I don't want you touching me!" I pushed Sebastian out of my way as I took my sandals off.

"Sometimes I really want to slap the shit out of you." Amir said.

I grabbed my shoe off the floor and whacked him with it a couple times.

"Val! You're going to be late to your own baby shower."

"I don't want to go. My feet hurts, my back-"

"Man if you don't get your ass in that damn car and suck up those tears!" Sebastian raised his voice making me jump.

"Or what!"

" I'm gonna-"

"Okay, we're not going to start that today. Today is about the baby so can the parents to be act like they don't hate each other." Malina handed me my shoes.

"Amir, can you help me put my sandals on?" I asked, batting my eyelashes sweetly.

"Why can't you ask Seb-"

"Amir! Can you please put my sandals on, now."

"Okay." He quickly sat next to me on the bed and propped my feet up on his lap.

"You're childish as hell." Sebastian spoke again. I whipped my head around to look at him.

"Shut the fuck up!"

"Bi-"

"Okay! Let's get this show on the road. I didn't slave over this baby shower for you two to fuck it up with your drama. Get it together!" She threw her hands up, leaving the room.

Amir helped me up off the bed and I brushed past Sebastian to leave the room.

"Val, you're riding with Sebastian." Amir told me.

"There must be another Val here because-"

"I told you she would be difficult. Can't stop being stubborn for one second." Sebastian said. By now I was itching to punch him in the throat like I have been for the past five months.

"Why I gotta ride with this bony, crimson chin looking motherfucker?"

"You got one more time." He warned as if I was supposed to care.

"Listen, I love you guys dearly. Please don't make me fuck you up today." Malina smiled. "Val, you have to ride with Sebastian because it's part of the entrance. You can't just walk in sperately."

"That doesn't mean we have to ride together."

"Just do it for me." She pouted.

"And me too." Amir did the same.

"Fuck out of my face, Amir." I mushed him away. "Fine."

"Good, meet you two there." She left happily with Amir shuffling behind her.

"Did you use the bathroom?" He asked.

"Why?"

"Because you have to pee every five minutes and it's a fifteen minute drive to get to my parents house."

"Yes, Sebastian. Can we go now?"

He held the door open for me and locked it behind him since he won't give me my key back. Something about "emergencies". His hand grips my arm and I snatched away from him.

"What you grabbing on me for?"

"So I can help your evil ass down the stairs. Don't flatter yourself."

"I can get myself down the stairs, thank you."

"Do you then." He jogged down the three flights of stairs and left.

"Asshole. Please don't turn out like him." I rubbed my thirty week stomach. I was so big that I couldn't see my feet, not that I want to because they're swollen half of the time anyways. "Your daddy gets on my nerves with his nappy headed ass."

I made it to Sebastian's car and got in, slamming the door making his head snap in my direction.

"What I tell you about slamming my shit, Valencia?"

"Don't care." I paid him no mind as I scrolled through instagram.

"I thought having a baby might change that stank ass attitude of yours." He said as he pulled out of the parking lot.

"My attitude has changed, just not towards you. It shouldn't matter anyways. I'm a mistake."

"Acting like that isn't going to change my mind."

"You hear that baby Carter? Your punk ass daddy thinks mommy cares about what he thinks." I looked down talking to my stomach.

"What I tell you about calling my child that?"

"Can you stop talking for five minutes? You weren't in this conversation."

"This is my car."

I disregarded what he said and leaned over to turn the radio up only for my hand to get smacked away.

"Don't touch my radio."

"But I can't hear anything."

"That's the way I like it. Silence. Now sit back and shut up."

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"Stop touching me you tree branch." I pulled from Sebastian who was grabbing my hand.

"Well stop with the fucking attitude and act happy." He demanded before opening the front door where were immediately bombarded by pictures.

"Aww, look at you. You're just all stomach." Mrs. Lorizio pulled me into a hug.

"She was everything plus stomach. I'm grateful for Brooklyn because she gave her all this ass." Mr. Lorizio came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Shut up." She elbowed him in the stomach. "I'm so happy, my first grandchild."

"Probably your last until Brooklyn or Shaun has their own." Sebastian pushed past me, making me stumble a little to talk to Amir.

"I know this nigga didn't--boy bring your ass back here." Mr. Lorizio followed after him.

"You two still being stubborn?"

"No, your son is the stubborn one."

"Y'all will learn one day. Acting like this isn't going to get you anywhere. You're about to have a baby soon, it's time to grow up."

"Look at my princess." My dad came up and engulfed me into a bone crushing hug.

"Mom here?" I asked.

"No, I'm sorry."

"It's fine." I shrugged. A part of me thought maybe she would come, but she this doesn't surprise me. I'm done trying with her.

"Alright, let's start the first game!" Malina announced.

The first game turned to four other games and I was exhausted, hungry, irritated, and did I mention hungry. We opened a few gifts before Amir's obnoxious ass said something.

"Look I don't know about y'all, but I want to know if I'm having a niece or nephew!" He stood up on the couch.

"Boy if you get your narrow ass off my couch I'm going to beat you like you stole something." Mrs. Lorizio threatened making him quickly get down.

Sebastian and I agreed, surprisingly, that we would wait till the baby shower to tell everybody what were were having.

"Alright, alright, everybody grab a push pop." Sebastian pointed at table filled with them.

When everybody got one, me and Sebastian counted to three. On three blue confetti filled the living room along with cheers.

"And we've decided to name him Elias Vladimir Lorizio." Sebastian told them.

"If he's anything like you then I'm handing out repercussions." Mr. Lorizio said.

I hope he does. Besides the temper, Sebastian isn't that bad of a person. I still don't like him though.

Hazel Pulitzer

"Wake your ass up." Tobais smacked my bare thigh.

"What?"

"I got something to tell you, get up." I felt the bed dip, letting me know he sat on the edge of the bed.

I sat up rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, "What Tobais?"

"You like them red bottoms I got you the other day?" He bit his bottom lip while scanning my half naked body.

"Of course I did."

"Good, good, remember when I told you I got you as long as you play your part?"

"Yeah."

"Alright so I got this friend-"

"I know you're not about to tell me to do what I think you're about to tell me to do."

"But I am, baby."

"The hell I look like fucking some stranger? You trying to pimp me out?".

"No. Just think of it as you paying me back." He grinned and I felt myself cringe in disgust.

"Fuck out of here." I pushed him as I got off the bed.

"Aye!" He grabbed onto my arm tightly and yanked me to him so our faces were in kising distance. "You're going to do what the fuck I tell you to do."

"No I'm not!" I clawed at his face to mske him release his grip and he sent a powerful backhand to my face.

I fell into the wall, slowly sliding to the ground with my hand holding onto my cheek.

"You h-hit me."

"You damn right I did and I'll do it again if I have to. Fix yourself up. I'm not gonna have you fucking with my money."

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Issa boy💙👶🏽

Valencia and Sebastian?

Hazel?

Excuse mistakes.