Company

Chapter 41

Drake walked in his large master bedroom. He looked to see Tae laying in the center of the California king bed, the blankets swallowed her small body as she slept. Drake walked to the edge of the right side of the bed and rubbed the side of her cheek, she was warmer than usual so he felt her forehead with the back of his hand to see if she had a fever. His face frowned at the thought of her being sick.

Drake stripped down to his boxers, he stood in the bathroom looking at himself in the mirror as he brushed his teeth, he leaned down spitting the remaining toothpaste in the sink and washing his mouth out with water. He turned the lights off and made his way back into the bedroom.

Softly pulling the covers back he climbed into the bed laying down, he pulled Tae closer to him wrapping his arm around her waist. Her head laid on his chest as her leg went over his. He watched her sleep for a moment until his thoughts took over and eventually caused him to fall asleep.

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Tae was woken up by her stomach pains, the feeling of throwing up came back as she slowly pulled herself from Drake's arms trying not to wake him. She briskly walked to the bathroom, closing the door behind her she kneeled to her knees in front of the toilet pulling the toilet seat up, more vomit came rushing from her body, after several minutes. She heard the bathroom door open she turned to see Drake walking towards her rubbing and squinting his eyes adjusting them to the light.

"Are you done?" He asked his voice husky and deep.

"I think so.... I hope so." She said back. whipping her nose and mouth.

"You're running a fever, you're warm." He said as he picked her up he walked her to the sink filling cup water. She grabbed her toothbrush applying a line of toothpaste she began brushing her teeth to remove the taste of vomit from her mouth. Drake stood watching her.

"I'm fine, you don't have to stand here." She said with a mouth full of toothpaste. Drake laughed as toothpaste dripped from her mouth to her chin.

"I know." He simply replied back, whipping the toothpaste from her chin. She leaned down spitting out the toothpaste, putting her toothbrush on the counter she turned around and began walking out the bathroom Drake followed behind her making sure she was ok.

Because Drake was recording a new album there was no busy schedule, no rushing to the airport, no prayers before shows, no rushing through paparazzi and screaming fans to get to a car. It was calm and everyone remained at home doing their own on thing Oliver split time between his wife and son while he worked on the clothing line and other businesses deals, Chubbs left to spend some time with his girlfriend, OB and Ryan also left to spend time with their loved ones as well. However, Drake and 40 locked themselves away in the studio.

40 who's real name is Noah Shebib got the nickname "40" in reference to "40 Days & 40 Nights" (which was later reduced to just "40") as he would work in the studio throughout the night, with no sleep. He began working with Drake in 2005 where the two developed amazing chemistry in the studio, 40 later went on to be the co-founder of Drake's now record label OVO Sound. 40 soon became known as the only producer Drake would work with on his albums and most of his projects and you couldn't blame him. 40 could create magic from nothing.

Drake nodded his head as he listened to 40 create a beat from scratch, his fingers turned knobs, pushed levels, and clicked buttons. 40 was like a mad scientist. Drake's thoughts ran as he heard the beat develop right before him. He pulled his blackberry from his pocket, scrolling through it he accessed his notepad and began his writing process. His large fingers typed over the small buttons as his mind flowed.

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Tae laid on the bathroom floor on her back, her arms and legs spread out as she looked up at the bright white ceiling. It was 9:30 at night and she refused to believe that she could possibly be pregnant. She spent most of the day glued to the toilet, sharp pains hit her lower abdomen every few minutes.

She had been convincing herself for the last three hours that she had food poisoning, not pregnancy. Sure she had gotten her period at the beginning of October and was on birth control, but even she knew the human body held surprises that even the most talented doctors couldn't explain.

It wasn't that she didn't want kids, she just wasn't ready for them at this very moment, and there was no telling what Drake was ready for. She felt like she still had things to do, things to accomplish and check off her bucket list. Sure you could still live out your dreams, having kids didn't mean the end of the world, but you had to become selfless with kids, it was no longer just about you, you now had a little person that depended on you for everything.

She picked up her phone that laid on the floor next to her, she slid her thumb across the screen and pulled up her contact list and hit her younger sister's number.

"Hey boo!!" A high pitched voice with a thick New York accent filled Tae's ears

"I think I'm pregnant." Tae wasted no time and jumped right into it.

"Awwwwws! You're going to have a lil black Jewish baby with chinky eyes..... OMG.... I was watching this show on lifetime... Called I didn't know I was Pregnant...." She began to ramble, La'Toya was a lot louder and open than Tae was. She was three years younger and definitely took after their mother, she would get to talking about any and everything and it was extremely hard to get her to stop. "Do you know... This woman gave birth to a 7 pound 9-ounce baby... Right there in her living room... Was as skinny as you and didn't even know she was pregnant." She continued. Tae pinched the brim of her nose and closed her eyes, realizing that her little sister might not have been the best person to call on this matter.

"Toya please, you're not helping." Tae said as she huffed out air.

"I'm just saying, you could be like 4 months pregnant and don't even know it. Did you take a test?" She asked as began to stuff what was probably food in her mouth. Tae took a minute to answer, she was distracted by a thick liquid touching the back of her thighs, Tae looked down as dark red blood showed through her white shorts in between her thighs.

"What the f**k?....." Tae sat up as she opened her legs.

"OMG.... You're having the baby!?" Toya asked back taking bites of food in between her words.

"Toya shut up, no..... I'll call you back." Tae insisted before Toya could get another word Tae hung up the phone. Tae stood up grabbing the bathroom counter. As she stood up she realized it was better to just stay lying down. She crawled on her knees to the toilet with her phone in hand she called Drake. After several rings, his voicemail filled her ears. She pulled the phone from her ear and called his blackberry.

"Hey beautiful, what's up?" He asked, his deep voice was loud as he spoke over a beat that was playing.

"Come to the bathroom.... Now! ..... Please!!!!!" Her voice was full of fear, Drake took no time to ask her what was wrong. "What bathroom are you in." He asked back as he stood up from the chair opening the studio door, he ran down the hall.

"The bedroom." She said answering his question, she could hear the music dim and soon she couldn't hear it at all. Drake ran full speed as he hung his blackberry up putting it in his pocket.

Drake pushed through his bedroom door and straight into the bathroom. He stopped as Tae laid face down, her knees curled inward to her stomach one arm clutched her stomach as the other cushioned her forehead from the tile floor, Drake stepped further into the bathroom about to help her up but stopped when he saw a puddle of deep red blood behind her, her shorts stained as blood covered the inside and the back of her thighs.

Drake pulled Tae forward positioning her body to pick her up, he carried her wedding style as he walked through the bathroom door to his bedroom then to the hallway.

"OLLIIIVVVEEERRRR!!!!" Drake yelled through the house, his voice bounced off the walls. He yelled his name for a second time as he walked down the steps carefully, Oliver came running from the kitchen he stood at the bottom step looking up at his friend.

"The fuck..... What's going on." Oliver's face turned serious, as he looked over Tae's limp body and finally seeing the deep red blood covering her things.

"Get the car, we gotta go to the hospital." He said walking past Oliver, he didn't question his friend. He ran to grab the 1st set of keys he saw and made his way out the door.