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Hey you guys! I know I'm two days late, but my anxiety has been through the roof these past few days. I'm not sure why or what triggered it, but I built up enough strength to get this chapter up today. For the ones who follow me on social media, you already know this.

I know Wattpad has been kind of dry lately... Don't know what that's about, but enjoy!

"When I met you, I met me too..."

-Fantasia ❤️

3 Days Later: Friday...

Jaceyon

"Bear, I don't know if I can do it. I'm to weak Bear..." Stephanie said to me, looking extremely pale and tired while she gripped my black pullover tightly.

"Of course you're weak; you've been shitting all day! Come on baby just try for me. Don't you wanna feel better?" I rubbed my hand in circular motions on her back.

"No Jaceyon... I gotta use it." She slowly loosened the grip she had on shirt and stumbled into the master bathroom, knocking down a picture of us that we took on Christmas off of the wall in the process.

As the days go by, Stephanie's health gets worse and worse. She's not getting any better at all. At first she was just defecating a lot, now she's throwing up along with it too. Whatever she consumes comes right back up or out.

I was trying to get her up and out of the bed, because she's been laying in it all day long. I figured the sooner we get her out of it, the sooner she'd start to feel better.

We're really not sure what's wrong or what's going on. At first we thought maybe the food just wasn't sitting right on her stomach, and then we came to the conclusion that it may be food poisoning. But even if that was the case, it doesn't last this long. Does it?

I'm really starting to get scared and concerned, because this isn't like her at all.

Just seeing her health deteriorate like that breaks my heart into a million tiny pieces. It hurts me to see her in pain like that; knowing that I can't do anything about it. It reminded me of how my mother was when she was battling breast cancer.

I just want my baby up and running like her old self again. She's not even cracking jokes or "Ribbing", as she would call it, like she used to.

***

I grimaced hearing Stephanie gag and cough through the closed bathroom door. She's been in there for the past 30 minutes retching.

This is all I've been hearing for the past week and a half, and it just becomes harder and harder to sit through.

Getting up, I walked to the door and knocked on it softly.

"Baby? Baby, are you okay?" I softly spoke with my right hand on the doorknob. "Nooo..." She whimpered.

"I-I'm coming in baby!" Slowly opening up the door, I was taken back by seeing her on the toilet with her pants down and her head inside of the mini gold trash can.

Rushing over to her, I held her head up by her natural hair and looked into her weak, tear filled eyes. She could barely keep them open.

"Baby after we get you a bath and all cleaned up, we going to the hospital okay?" I wiped her mouth off with the back of my left hand and wiped it off on my black Adidas pants.

She started to shake her head from side to side. "No no n-"

"Stephanie, I don't wanna hear it! You're going. You took care of me, now it's time for me to take care of you." I said to her sternly.

"You gonna wipe my butt Bear?" She asked me in a faint voice making me chuckle a little.

"Yeah baby, I'll wipe your butt. Now come on."

I put my arms up under her armpits and lifted her up off the toilet. I stopped midway hearing a loud scream that she let out.

"BABY IT'S BURING!!!" She shouted jumping up and down with her eyes closed. I scrunched my face up at her and flushed the toilet.

"Girl what's burning?!"

"My booty..." She buried her face into my neck, and I felt the collar of my black Polo tee become wet. I took my hand and waved it repeatedly under her butt, fanning it.

"That feel better Mama?" She lifted her head up and threw her arms around my neck.

"A little... You're such a man Jd. I'm so glad I didn't turn you down that day at the warehouse. Fuck the big wedding; let's go elope." She ran her hand down the front of my pants causing my dick to throb.

"Hell no Stephanie. I'm going to give you the wedding that you deserve, and I hope you don't think you finna get some dick." I said picking her up more and making my way over to the shower.

"But why not Bear? We haven't done it in like two weeks..." She frowned at me as I turned the water on.

"Let's get you better first ma. Now hold your arms up so I can take your shirt off." She did as she was told, allowing me to pull the shirt over her head.

"Mmmm, you hungry Bear? You about to suck my nipples?" She moaned to me seductively.

I can't lie... Watching her titties pop out of her shirt the way they did made me feel some kind of way. I'll never get bored or tired of looking at her chest. Her breast are beautiful, just like everything else on her body.

"Steph, get your freaky ass in that shower!" I pointed at the running water.

"But you gotta get in with me! You know I can't do it on my own!" She whined.

"Damn, can I take off my clothes first?! I'm getting in with you baby!" I fussed at her as stripped out of my clothes.

"DON'T YELL AT ME BEAR!"

Angel

"Ima show all of y'all motherfucking asses that I am NOT pregnant." I thought to myself watching Reda, the nurse, draw blood from my arm.

Dave, Kali, Kairi, and I were currently at my doctors appointment that I had scheduled with Dr. Carter Tuesday morning after Dave made me take that faulty ass pregnancy test.

"Mommy, that doesn't hurt?" Kali asked peeking over from her seat. "No baby. It just feels like a little pinch."

"Ashiddddd..." Nurse Reda and I chuckled at Dave throwing his two cents in.

"You just feed my baby." I said through clenched teeth when she pulled the needle out of my skin and began bandaging me up.

I always dread this part.

"Yeah, we gonna be feeding a lot more babies after this visit." He replied looking down at Kairi suck her bottle.

"Alright Miss. Amore-" Reda started, but Dave lifted his head up quickly and cut her off. "Mrs. Brewster! Brewster."

I rolled my eyes at him and waved him off. "Please continue Nurse Reda!" I said to her, making her chuckle.

"It should take a little minute for Dr. Carter to come in, but no worries. He'll be in shortly. Have a nice day Brewster's!" She gathered all her things.

"Alright, you too!" We all replied back, hearing the door close behind her.

"Yeah Mama! Yeah! You feeling gooddddd now huh?"

Mixed emotions came over me as I watched Kairi smile and giggle at her father's small cooings that he made to her. I didn't know whether to feel happy, angry, or sad. I know one thing that I was feeling: jealousy.

She never laughs like that when I play with her...

I know one thing: If I am pregnant, it has to be a boy. We can't have anymore girls. Dave is automatically winning them over with his charming demeanor and handsome face.

My thoughts were cut off by feeling someone climb into my lap and peck my lips.

"If it makes you feel any better, I sill love you Mommy." Kali said to me while she rubbed my cheeks softly with her hands.

"Awwwww baby! I knew I was your favorite parent! Come her-" I was about to pull her into a tight hug and give her all of my sweet loving, but I was stopped by her pushing me back.

"Noooo, I said I still love you. I didn't say your were my favorite... Daddy's my favorite." She smiled and batted her eyelashes just thinking about him.

Groaning, I pushed her off of my lap. "Well get off my lap then!" "Hmph!" She folded her arms and stomped the whole way over to where Dave was sitting.

Tapping him softly on the knee, she looked up at him with her big, beautiful eyes. "Yes baby?"

"Can I sit on your lap Daddy?" She asked him with her baby voice.

"Awwe, of course you can baby! Come on." He repositioned Kai, laying her on his chest to give her room to sit on his lap.

Holding both of them, he stuck out his tongue out at me as they both laid their heads down on him.

I scoffed and stuck up a bird at him.

20 Minutes Later...

"Damn Angel! What the doctor doing with your blood?" Dave asked slumping down in his chair irritated.

It's been 20 minutes, and no one has been in here to tell or update me on anything.

"Well baby, you know it takes a minute when they're working with blood. Just give them a minute." I stated in soft tone trying to calm everyone's nerves.

Hell, even Kai was starting to get antsy.

Kali gasped and jumped down from his lap. "Maybe he's a vampire and he's drinking it... Oh my gosh Mommy! We have to go get your blood!"

"Ima vampire yo ass! Now get over here and sit down." We scrunched up our faces at Dave and looked at him, absolutely puzzled.

"What?" Me and Kali asked him laughing.

[S/N: Y'all know when your mama be trying to say some slick shit and it comes out sounding stupid asf? Like what? Bitch that don't even make sense 💀]

"Awe hell, y'all know what I mean! You too Angel!" He pointed at me.

"You can't do nothing to me. I'm grown." I smirked. "Yeah word! She grown!" Kali blurted out.

"Stop instigating! You been around Stephanie to long... And I'm your Daddy too Angel. Don't forget." He gave me the side eye, and I shut up quick.

"Yeah that's what got us here now." I retorted.

"That's your Daddy too Mommy?!" Kal asked me shocked. "Ummmmmm..." As I was thinking of what to say to her, my purse started vibrating.

Digging into it, I furrowed my eyebrows pulling out David's ringing phone. I then noticed all the items in there that were NOT mine. Like Kali's Princess Tiana coloring book, her markers, one of Dave's blue durags, his keys, his wallet, Kai's pacifiers, and empty bottles.

"Hey, what's all this stuff doing in my purse?! Y'all can't just drop your things down in my purse! That's why my purse been feeling so heavy lately! He-hello?!" I answered his phone not even bothering to ask who it was.

"He- Angel? This you?" Jd's voice rang through my ears. "Yeahhhh nigga this me! What's up?"

"I'm on the way to the hospital with Stephanie!" His words made me perk up. "Oh my God, i-is she okay?!"

"We don't know! She just can't stay off the toilet and she's throwing up everything. She can't keep anything down, and she's really really weak. Like she's about to pass out." His voice cracked while he talked to me.

I got up and began to gather me and the kids things.

"Jd, don't worry okay? We'll be there! Text me the room number when they get her in one! We're leaving right now!" I put my purse on my shoulder.

"Alright!" He said hanging up the phone.

"Woah woah woah baby, what's wrong?" Dave asked me.

"Jaceyon's on the way to the hospital with Stephanie. We gotta go Dave..." My eyes we're starting to sting from the tears that were threatening to fall.

"Alright baby. Everything's gonna be fine..." He got up from his seat and we rushed out the door.

Stephanie

"Jaceyon, Jaceyon now it won't come out! It hurts..." I frowned coming out of hospital bathroom.

I walked right into Dave's arms, and he gave me a huge hug. "Awe sis! You're constipated now. I told you to stop eating all that shit..."

"Shut up bitch!" I pushed him off of me and moved to Angel's arms.

"Come on boo, let's lay down. Maybe that'll make you feel better." She held onto me and helped me into the bed.

A nurse just put me in a room, and we were now waiting on a doctor to come in. Hopefully he can tell me what's going on with my body and why I can't keep anything down.

I just pray it's nothing serious. I'm not ready to leave my soon to be husband and family just yet. There's so much more I want to do...

"TT Stephanie! Does your booboo hurt too?" Kali asked me with Dave's phone in her hand.

"Yeah..." I replied back to her sadly.

"Awe, it's okay... Sometimes mines hurts too, but then Mommy gives me some of these gummies and it makes everything better. Mommy! Can you give her some of those little candies?" She ran up to Angel with her hand out making everyone in the room chuckle.

"They're at home baby. I don't carry them around." She said. "That's okay, Daddy can take us to the store! Come on Daddy! We'll be back Mommy."

As soon as she grabbed Dave's hand, the most handsome, bald head caramel man walked into opened the door and walked into the room.

I've never seen him here before... He had to be in his 50's; he looked very mature. He was tall too.

Hmm... Just like she likes them.

"Hi everyone, I'm Dr. Kyle! I'll take it that you're my patient! Stephanie right?" He held out his hand for me to shake it.

"Yes that's m- ooh..." I was taken back by how tight his grip was. He chuckled and loosened his grip a little.

And he's strong too!

"Alright Stephanie! So you're having pains in your abdomen, vomiting, and diarrhea. Correct?" "Correct" I said.

"And when did that start? I'm going to press down on your stomach, and you tell me if it hurts okay?" He put his hand behind my back and sat me upright.

"Probably like a week and half ago after I ate McDonal- Oww!" As soon as he did that, I instantly felt pain.

"Ahhhhhh, so you were eating McDonald's huh? I tell people all the time to not eat there. I'm going to be honest Miss. Stephanie, it sounds like food poisoning."

"Yeah I said that, but now nothing's coming out. I can feel it though... It's like I'm constipated now..." I looked down at his ring finger and noticed that there was no ring there.

He was about to say something, but I stopped him. "Hey Dr. Kyle, how old are you?"

"I'm 57." A little young, but that's alright.

"I know this may not be any of my business, but are you married?" I asked him.

Jaceyon jumped up. "What you wanna know for?" I waved him off and turned my attention back to Dr. Kyle.

"I'm happily divorced!" He said smiling.

"Mmmmmm, mmkay! I have this grandmother, and I think she'll be perfect for you. Wanna see what she looks like?" I raised my eyebrows at him.

"Stephanie, Momo lives all the way in Louisiana!" Dave spoke up.

"Maybe he willing to move! You never know, damn! Like I said Dr. Kyle, you wanna see what she look like?"

He shrugged his shoulders, blushing. "Uhh, sure!" "Pass me my phone Bear!"

As soon as Jaceyon walked over to me to give it to me, I crunched over and screamed feeling a rush of pain take over my body once again. It felt like someone was stabbing me in the stomach and back repeatedly.

"Miss. Latamore, are you okay? Tell me what's going on!" Dr. Kyle held my hand. I squeezed it and laid down on the bed.

"Stephanie, Stephanie are you okay?!" I heard Angel ask me.

"Doc what's going on?!" Dave and Jd asked over my loud screams. "No, no! I'm okay..." I said calming down feeling the pain slowly ease away.

"I-I'm not sure! Stephanie, I'm going to take a look under your gown and take a look at your anus okay?" I nodded my head up and down, breathing heavily.

I propped my legs up on the edge of the bed and he lifted up my gown. I then saw Dave and Angel put their hands over Kali's eyes.

"Oh..." He said taken back.

"'Oh?' What you mean, 'Oh?'" Everybody in the room asked him in unison. I lifted my head up.

"Yeah, you saying that like my shit ugly or some! My man tells me I'm beautiful every night!" I said rolling my neck.

"That's alright baby! I love it." Jd walked over to me and pecked my lips.

"No no, it's not that! Um, there's a head... Miss. Latamore, you're in labor."

"WHAT?!" Everybody shouted at him in unison. "Yes! W-What? You didn't know?!" He asked me confused.

"NO! I CAN'T HAVE KIDS!" "Ooh shit..." I then heard a loud thud beside me. I looked down and seen Jaceyon passed out on the floor.

"Oh God..." I laid my head back down on the bed and started to cry uncontrollably.

"Someone splash some water on his face!" Dr. Kyle instructed before he got up and ran outside.

Angel aggressively through her purse and pulled out a unopened bottle of Fiji water. She then unscrewed the cap and poured the entire bottle on his face. You could hear him gasping for air.

"Baby that's enough!" Dave snatched the bottle from her. Jaceyon stood up and ran his hand down his face.

"DAMN YALL! YALL GONE DROWN ME!"

"I NEED SOME NURSES IN HERE ASAP!!! THIS WOMAN IS IN LABOR!" Dr. Kyle ran back into the room with multiple nurses behind him.

Jd ran over to me and held my hand.

"Jaceyon... Jaceyon, I'm scared." I cried to him.

"Baby me too, but everything's going to be okay. This is what we prayed for. I'm here; everything's fine Mama." He kissed my tears away.

"Alright Stephanie, this baby is ready and the head is out. I'm going to need for you to do a bigggggg push for me okay?" Dr. Kyle stood back in between my legs and put his gloves on.

"O-Okay..." I nodded my head. "Alright. ONE... TWO... THREE... PUSH!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I shouted out in pain as I felt my vagina split.

"OKAY STEPHANIE, ONNNEEE MORE BIGGGG PUSH FOR ME!"

"COME ON STEPHANIE! YOU GOT THIS MAMA!" Dave, Angel, and Jd encouraged me. Taking in a deep breath, I lifted my body up and pushed with everything in me.

"AHHHHHHHHHH OHHHH MY GODDDDD!" I slammed my body back onto the bed when I felt relief come over my body.

My heart melted hearing the strong, loud cry of a infant that filled the entire room. "Congratulations Stephanie! It's a boy!"

"Thank you God..." Jaceyon and I burst into tears when Dr. Kyle held up the most beautiful, chunky baby boy I've ever seen in my entire life.

"Dad, do you want to cut the umbilical cord?" One of the nurse asked him. Jaceyon nodded his head and walked over to her.

As soon as he cut it, they wasted no time cleaning him up.

"Oh my gosh Stephanie, you did it!" Angel and Dave kissed my cheeks, pouring their eyes out.

"I told you it was going to happen! He's a chunky one too!" She kissed the top of my head pushed my hair out of my face.

After the nurses were done with him, one of them came over and carefully laid him down onto my chest.

"Here you go Miss. Latamore! A healthy 8 lbs 7 oz beautiful baby boy!" She held him up on his side so that we were face to face.

Still balling, my heart heart fluttered when I repeatedly pecked his mouth, causing him to let out small cooings.

Jaceyon leaned down and kissed him on the nose. "We did it baby... We did it..."

I was feeling every emotion at that exact moment.

I was happy and overjoyed that he was here, and that God gave me a chance to birth someone into this world that we call "Earth". That's something that doctors told me I would NEVER be able to do. I was sad that I was unprepared for his arrival. I was angry and felt extremely guilty on the bad things I've been doing to my body. All of the marijuana and alcohol that has entered into it that could've hurt my baby in so many ways.

He's so fat and juicy, and has all of Jaceyon's facial features.

How couldn't I have known that he was in there all this time? All of the pregnancy tests I've taken that came back negative; he was in there the entire time...

I thank no one but God that he's healthy and came out perfect... He's everything that I've been praying and hoping for.

"So, what are you going to name his Mom and Dad?" Dr. Kyle asked. I then looked up at Jaceyon and smiled.

"Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones" We spoke at the exact same time.

"Alright! Welcome to the world Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones!" He said clapping.

Repositioning him, I laid him down onto my lap and just stared at him. I can't believe that this is happening right now. I, Stephanie Kairi Latamore, just pushed out a baby boy.

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones. My miracle baby...

"Alright y'all, we all have to take a family picture! But let's get one of just Steph and the baby first! Alright, got it!" I scrunched my face up at Dave while he smiled at his phone.

"But I wasn't ready!" My voice was extremely horse from all the screaming I was doing when I was giving birth to Nasir.

"To bad! I'm so proud of you Steph!" He wiped the tears that were falling down on his face.

"Now lemme hold him!" Angel whined with her arms out. "Noooo, I'm holding him next!" Dave argued with her.

"No me!" Kali jumped in it.

"Everyone will get a chance to hold him! Right after I do..." Jaceyon sat down on the bed beside me and carefully took him out of my arms.

"Hey son! Hey mannnn! You didn't tell us you were coming! No you didn't! Noooo you didn't!" I smiled watching him interact with him.

"Look Stephanie, look! He's smiling!" He said pointing at him. "See, you wasn't doing all that with yo mama. Ima be your favorite huh?"

"No! He's going to be a mama's boy..." I cooed to him as I fixed his hat, making his smile grow even bigger than before.

Well y'all, she was pregnant the entire time! 💙

Sorry I didn't post sooner. I've been practicing being okay with solitude. Wish me luck on my journey!