Chapter 2
1840 Words
Veronica's POV
I walked into the house with Anastasia in my arms. She was fast asleep and wasn't waking up any time soon. After putting Ana in the play pen, I walked into the kitchen to grab a snack and talk to Katie. She had a weird look on her face and I knew something was bothering her. Hmm. Weird. Sammie was acting different today to. No, I don't think she cheated on me with her. I mean, Sammie wouldn't let her either. But what if they know something and are trying to keep it from me.
"Hey baby. What's bothering you?" I asked, walking over and rubbing her shoulders.
"Just something the teachers were talking about in the lounge." She said.
"What's that?" I asked.
She sighed, "Baby, they said that Mariah is getting out soon. And she's coming back to our school."
"Does Sammie know?"
"No. They aren't telling anyone."
"When does she get out? When does she start school?"
"She gets out tonight and she'll be in school tomorrow."
"Oh. Then what wrong with Sa-"
A knock on the door cut me off. I sighed and walked over. I opened the door but before I could see who it was, they collapsed into my arms and started to cry. It was Sammie. I helped her into the house and into the kitchen, where I held her until she stopped crying. When she was done I gave her a drink and a cold wash cloth to put over her eyes. After she had collected herself I asked her what happened.
"I-I.... I caught Justine w-w-w-with another gril!" She said, bursting into tears again.
Too say I was shocked was an understatement. I don't know if this was mentioned but Sammie and Justine have been together since the 6th grade. Why, 6 years later, would she cheat on her. I was pissed. And surprisingly, so was Katie.
"I'll kil the bitch." Katie said.
Sammie laughed, "No. Its fine."
"Have you talked to her about it?" I asked.
"She said she was drunk. I don't know if I should believe her though." Sammie replied.
"Sammie. I love you. You know this. I would never, never do anything to hurt you. But I think that you and Justine need to talk again. Sammie, she loves you. I think that you should give her a second chance. And then, if you still feel like she isn't worth it, dump her ass." I said.
"Your right. I should give her another chance. I mean, I love her. Thanks Ronica. I needed that. And thank you too Ka-"
"Ahhhhhhh!"
We all laughed.
"You awake Ana-rocket?" I called.
"Mmba." Ana said.
"You sleep good?"
"Gaaa."
"Oh. Nice dreams?"
"Ahhhhhhh!"
"Ok, ok. I'm coming."
I got up and walked out into the living room to pick her up. There was another knock on the door. I sighed and walked over. On the other side of the door stood none other than.... Mariah.
Oh s**t.
Ana.
So I did the only reational thing I could. I slammed the door in her face and walked back out into the kitchen. I sat down and looked at Katie and Sammie. They were both looking at me.
"Was it Justine?" Sammie asked.
"Far worse." I answered her.
"Mariah?" Katie joked.
"Yes." I said.
"And you had Ana?"
"Yeah."
"Oh my god. Veronica! That is the worst thing you could have done!"
"I'm sorry! I didn't know she would come here!"
Katie shook her head and the door opened.
"Veronica? Did you know Mariah is outside?"
It was my mom.
"Yes mom. We know." I answered.
"Ka!" Ana yelled.
"Ana!" my mother yelled.
"Ka." She reached for her and when my mom took her, she laid her head on my moms shoulder.
"Awe." Katie cooed.
"Anyways. Are you just going to let her stand out there?" Mom asked.
"That was the original plan, yes." I said.
"Ok. Fine by me. I just came over to see if Sammie was here. Your mother is very worried about you, you know."
"I'm sorry. Girlfriend drama." Sammie said.
"I'm glad I don't have any of that." Mom said.
"I have to much of it." Katie said making me look at her.
"Hey!"
They all laughed and Katie hugged me, "Don't worry. I love the drama that comes with you. And if it gets to much then I'll just knock you out and relax for a couple of hours."
"Oh. Thank you." I said.
"Your welcome. So Ana is going to be 9 months old tomorrow. Which means that we only have 3 months to plan the biggest first birthday party ever." Katie said.
"We can invite the gang over and we can do it now. Unless you guys just want to plan of course" Sammie said.
"Are you sure you can see Justine right now?" Katie asked her.
"Yeah. I want to apologize for acting like a baby." Sammie said.
Anastasia made an annoyed sound and we all laughed. After everyone was here, we all sat down and started to plan. Sammie and Justine were going to talk later. I was holding Ana. Katie placed 3 cartoon characters in front of her. The first one she went for was going to be the theme of her party. The characters where Dora, Barney and Mickey Mouse. Of course, being my kid she went for the best one there. Barney and Mickey Mouse.
She picked them both up and smiled. I looked at Katie. She had a devistated look on her face. She thought she would only go for one but I told her she would pick 2. And now she owes me $50 that would most likely be saved for a surprise trip to Hawaii. We only went once last summer and Katie loved it. We wanted to take Ana.
"We can do half and half. I'll buy the Barney stuff and you can Buy the Mickey Mouse club house stuff. Ok?" I said.
"Yeah that's fine. If she wants it, she'll get it." Katie said.
"You should do a bounce house." Mom said.
"Actually we were already planning on getting one. And an obstacle course." I told her.
"Ok. Good. She loves those things." Mom said.
"Ok. So far I have, " Katie started to read off her list. "Barney and Mickey Mouse Club House themes. Bounce house and Obstacle course. And of course, goody bags. What else?"
"Party hats, noise makers, water guns, water balloons, candy." I said watching as she wrote them donwn.
"Strippers." Justin said.
"Dude. She's one! I'm not getting stripers for her!" I yelled, hitting him upside his head.
"Ok, ok. Jeez. Sorry." He whined.
Katie laughed and mom shook her head. I looked down at Anastasia. She was looking up at me with a smie on her face. She put a hand on her stomach and licked her lips.
"Yu?" She asked,
"You want yum-yums?" I asked her?
"Mmmm." She replied.
"Ok. Let's go." I said.
15 minutes later she was finishing up and I was trying to get her to say 'momma' again.
"Say momma." I said.
"Mm." She said.
"Momma."
"Mmm."
"Momma."
Katie walked out and she smiled, "Mommy."
"What!?!" I yelled.
Katie laughed and looked at Ana., "Hey Ana-rocket."
"Say momma." I whined in defeat.
"Ma."
"Close! Momma!"
"Momma."
"Yes!" I jumped up so fast, I fell backwards and landed on my ass.
I looked up and smiled when I seen Ana looking at me. I was so excited I took her out of the high chair and started to dance around with her. She giggled as I spun around. After my victorious dance I waled out to find Katie writting in her log. Yes. She keeps a log so she knows exactly when Ana says a word. Like the first time she said 'baba' last month. Katie wrote, 'Baba- April 8th. 3:26pm. 7 months.' I find it adorable that she does that but it may just be me. Don't you wish your girlfriend was just like mine?
Don't you wish your girlfriend was mine?
Katie finished writting and put it away. The she walked over and kissed me. In front of my mom. Not that I care but when it gets to the point where we're making out and I'm thankful I gave Sammie Ana, then I kinda embarassed. But not Katie. She doesn't give a f**k. You wanna know how much she cares? She talks about our s*x life. To my mom. And descrbes things. In detai. While I sit there dying from embarassment. Like 2 months ago, my mom took Ana for the night so we could relax. One thing lead to another and I was happy that Ana wasn't home. And the very next day, my mom knew everything. So Katie's on probation right now.
Anyways. Someone cleared their throat and we pulled away. I looked over and laughed at the look on my mom's face. I walked over to Ana and sat down with her. I can't wait until she takes her first steps. She can walk now with us holding her.
"La." Ana said, handing me a building block.
"Oh thank you." I said.
"Mm." She went back to building whatever it is that she's working on.
I started to build with her whie the others talked behind us. It was Thursday night so we had school the next morning. Everyone left at about 8:00. We had ordered pizza and just had fun. And Ana-rocket got to have some pizza. Katie went to lay her down while I fixed the bed and got in. Katie came in and changed then crawled over me to get to her spot.
I looked at her, "What are we going to do about Mariah?"
"I don't know yet baby. But think about it this way. You only have 19 school days left and you have 2 weeks off because of the senior trip. So really you only have 9 days. And Ana and I will be on the trip. Plus Mrs. Ross said that you and I are sharing a room-"
I cut her off there, "We are? How?"
Katie sighed, "She caught us together in my room. But she said that because you're 18 and we only had 4 months of school left she was going to let it go. And she knows we have Ana-rocket. So she told me yesterday that we were sharing a room. The rest of the kids get to pick who they are going to be with."
I smiled, "Best news ever."
"Yeah. It is. Now it is 12:24 in the morning adn I have to get up in a little less than 5 hours. And so do you. So go to sleep. Goodnight I love you."
"Goodnight. I love you too." I said and kissed her gently.
After I got my kiss and had her snuggled into my arms, I fell asleep with one question on my mind.
How the hell did I get so lucky?
- Writer
