New Beginnings

She's An What?

I looked at him.

“Yeah. I’m happy I opened it instead of them.”

“Yeah, same.”

They all looked between the two of us.

“Oh it’s some type of freaky shit.”

I started dying laughing and Cam punched Michael.

“Ow fucker!”

“You didn’t have to say that!”

“I wasn’t wrong!”

They turned to us.

“Can you just tell us?”

“Hell no.”

I started going through the rest of the boxes and I put them in the rooms that they belong in. there was a knock at the door so I answered it and it was Louis.

“What’s up?”

“My mom is coming over later today. I was wondering if-”

“What time?”

He smiled.

“Five, we are making dinner.”

“Count me in.” I turned around. “Cam, Michael, Tariq. Come here.”

I looked back at him.

“You remember those idiots right?”

“I don’t know Tariq. Is that your boyfriend?”

“Yeah, come inside.”

Cam and Michael started laughing.

“Is that Louis Johnson?”

They all started laughing then Tariq walked up. Louis dabbed him up.

“You must be the famous Tariq. You just walked into a world of crazy.”

“Believe me I know.”

We all laughed then he looked back at me.

“Well I just wanted to let you know and I hope to see you later. If you two wanna come over for dinner as well, Toya’s coming over for dinner.”

“Yeah we’ll be there.”

Louis walked out then they all turned to me.

“What just happened?”

“Why are you asking me? We haven’t seen Louis or Toya in seven years because of her and Meghan always beefing with each other. Maybe now we can have a relationship with our family without Meghan getting involved.”

They chuckled then we went back to unpacking. A few hours went by and we were almost done.

“Hey babe, let’s go grocery shopping!”

“After the couch gets here!”

Cam screamed, “I can wait for the couch!”

I walked into the man cave and looked at the two of them.

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah. I can chill here with the puppy while you get groceries and other stuff for the house. We can finish bringing everything into their rooms and wait for you two to get back before unloading.”

I looked at Tariq.

“Are you okay with this idea?”

“As long as you are. I just wanna get things done as soon as possible because I wanna nap.”

I chuckled.

“I guess we can go shopping. We have to drop the SUV off tomorrow too.”

“Alright, let’s go now.”

“Let me change then we can head out.”

I ran up the stairs then up to the bedroom and changed into a pair of leggings and one of his shirts. I put on my sneakers then I grabbed my purse and phone then headed back to the man cave. I looked at Tariq then he chuckled.

“What? What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, you’re wearing my shirt.”

“I can change.”

He chuckled then wrapped his arms around me.

“Don’t, I love it.”

He kissed my forehead then we walked to the truck. I got in the passenger seat then Tariq got in the driver. Before we left he turned to me.

“You know, you don’t have to ask or change when you’re wearing my clothes. I honestly think it’s the hottest thing in the world.”

I smiled.

“Okay.”

He started the truck then backed out of the driveway. He put his hand on my thigh and left it there for the majority of the drive. We got to the store and went inside.

“Alright, what should we get?”

“The essentials, junk, sweets, some fruits and veggies, and whatever we think we need.”

“No stocking the freezer with ice cream.”

I rolled my eyes.

“Don’t hate on the pregnant girl.”

He chuckled then we walked over to the fruits and veggies. Then we got a ton of meat and shrimp. I saw chicken nuggets and grabbed a few bags.

“Put some back.”

“It’s chicken nuggets.”

“Sophia.”

“Tariq.”

“Put. Them. Back.”

“Not. Going. To. Happen.”

He grabbed the bags and put them back and put one in the cart.

“I’m marrying a child.”

“I am not a child.”

“Right.”

“Okay first of all chicken nuggets is not made for just little kids.”

“Oh really now. Sophia, what was your favorite food growing up?”

I stood up straight.

“That’s not the point. I’ve loved chicken nuggets my whole life but-”

“You just proved my point. Moving on.”

He pushed the cart away and kept shopping. I scoffed then followed behind him. We finished shopping and then I started looking at the landscaping stuff.

“I want a garden.”

He turned around and looked at me.

“What?”

“A garden and a greenhouse.”

“Do you even know the first thing about gardening?”

“That hurt. My nana taught me how to garden and take care of a greenhouse. She also taught me how to harvest.”

“Well that’s cool.”

“Yeah. She’s a garden witch.”

He stopped walking.

“A what what?”

I chuckled.

“A green witch. My nana’s first religion is Wicca then she married my grandfather and converted to Christianity to keep their marriage calm. After they divorced, she converted back and hasn’t looked back since. I’m a generational witch but I haven’t done my practice in years.”

“And your brothers know?”

“Yes, they know. They didn’t really like it because it’s too girly apparently but I stopped my practice when I started getting busy with athletics and school stuff.”

“Do you plan on going back?”

“I don’t know. Maybe? I just would hope the Moon Goddess would accept me back but if I gave her an offering and prayers, she more than likely would.”

“Would you try to convert me? Or our baby?”

I looked at him.

“Babe I would never try to convert you. That is completely up to you and what you want. And for our baby, that’s a different story.”

“Can you tell me more? I don’t know anything about witches or whatever.”

“Sure. So there are many types of witches. My nana is a green witch or a garden witch. She uses herbs and other things from her garden for her practice. She does protection magick. My aunt Kim is a crystal child which means she uses crystals for her practice. I don’t know much about it because I never really clicked with it or her really.”

“What was your practice?”

“I was a green witch. I took after my nana, that’s why she taught me how to harvest and how to garden. I wasn’t deeply into it at the time so when I stopped my practice, nothing bad happened. I had only performed one or two spells and they were basic. Now the difference between m-a-g-i-c and m-a-g-i-c-k is magic with a ‘c’ is show magic. You know, pulling a bunny out of a hat. Magic with a ‘k’ is how we could tell what we do versus show magic.”

“That’s pretty cool.”

“It is. There is also a difference between doing the craft, wicca, and pagon. When you’re just doing the craft, you don’t worship anyone and you don’t do anything heavy. Wicca is a religion. You worship the Moon goddess and your deities.” He went to ask what that was. “A deity is a God or Goddess from any religion. Like Greek gods and goddesses or Egyptian. There are so many it’s insane. I wasn’t in long enough to come in contact with any yet. I don’t know much about Pagon but it’s a religion it’s really heavy stuff.”

He nodded his head.

“So you want to go back?”

“Not right this moment but I want to go back to my roots. Find myself again and do something for me. I’ve been doing so much for everyone else-”

“Baby you don’t have to explain anything to me. If you want to do this, I support you. Now in the matters of our baby, this is a whole different story.”

“I know and I would never force this on our baby. When they would be of age like I was, I will ask them because it’s their life. If they decide to stay Christian they can, if not I will do everything in my power to help them find who they are.”

“You said generational?”

“Yeah, one person from each generation in my family is a witch.”

“And you are in yours?”

“I was the only one who pursued it.”

He nodded his head. We kept talking about it while we finished shopping. We checked out and were unloading everything into the truck.

“Tariq?”

We both turned around and this girl who was around his age walked up to us. She was a short light skinned girl with trashy extensions and she looked a little rough.

“Ky?”

She walked up to him and tried hugging him. He pushed her away.

“I haven’t seen you since highschool!”

“Yeah, it’s been a couple of years.”

She looked at me.

“You moved on pretty fast.”

“Well we weren’t much. We were together for a month.”

“Yeah well who knows.”

She gave me a dirty look so I chuckled.

“What you laughing at?”

“Babygirl do not come for me. I can promise you, you don't wanna deal with this.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

Tariq chuckled.

“Sophia, this is my ex from highschool.”

“I caught that. Damn you upgraded.”

He tried so hard not to laugh and she got a little mad.

“Upgraded? I don’t see anything special about you.”

“And I can point out everything wrong with you. The tracks from your two dollar weave is showing, you’re putting out so much that I can already tell that you’ve been run through a few times by a few different crews, I’m honestly a little scared to get any closer to you because I might catch whatever you got, you smell a little fishy, and you need to check your little ghetto attitude before I check you. Now, before you try stepping to me I need you to know who the f**k you think you’re going to step at.”

I looked back at Tariq and he was laughing so hard that he was crying.

“I’m pretty sure that you’re aware that he’s in a gang.” I got closer to her. “I’m his boss.”

Her eyes got wide and she looked me up and down.

“Now, get the hell away from me and my boyfriend before I have to check you.”

I turned around and finished putting everything in the truck and Tariq put the cart away. He got in the truck and started laughing again.

“I can’t believe you really said that to her.”

“I don’t know why you’re surprised. I’m always telling people about themselves.”

“I love you.”

“I love you too. Now let’s get home.”

He started driving then I got a text from Cam saying that the couch was delivered and everything is going smoothly so I told him that we are on our way back from the store. 

“Do you want to make another stop?”

“Where?”

“Well I remember you saying how you wanted a library so why don’t we stop at a bookstore so you can get some books.”

“We can do that on a different day. Right now I want to focus on finishing this then working on different projects.”

“Alright.” 

We started getting closer to the house then I decided that I was going to start planning the patio out. I started looking some things up then Tariq got nosey.

“What’re you looking at?”

“Nothing.”

He looked at me.

“Don’t lie to me.”

“It’s a surprise, okay?”

“Sophia.”

“I’m serious.”

“I know but I hate surprises.”

“Well you’ll love this one, okay?”

He took a breath.

“Fine.”

We pulled into the driveway then started bringing the bags into the kitchen. 

“We will carry everything while you put things away. You organize everything so we don’t die.”

I chuckled then started unloading everything. I heard a lot of chatter outside so I went out there to check it out and I saw a few females out there. One of them started touching on Cam.

“Careful Cam, you might catch something.”

He turned and looked at me.

“You are petty for no f*****g reason.”

“And? You love me.”

“I’m debating that.”

“Hush, I’m your sister.”

He rolled his eyes then I saw Ky trying to talk to Tariq. She went to touch him but he pushed her off of him and walked inside.

“How'd she-”

He walked past me and into the kitchen. I walked in after him.

“Baby talk to me.”

He went to walk past me but I stopped him.

“Tariq.”

He looked me in my eyes.

“Take a breath. Go upstairs, calm yourself down, and I will get rid of them before one of them gives my brother a disease.”

He smiled.

“Thank you.”

I kissed him then he went upstairs. I walked over to my bag and grabbed my gun then walked outside. I pointed it at Ky and c****d it back.

“Five seconds to pack yo s**t up and get the f**k off my property before I fill you up with lead.”

Her girls rushed into the car.

“You wouldn’t.”

I chuckled.

“b***h I’m not in charge for nothing. I kill for a living. Every single guy here can vouch.”

Cam nodded his head.

“I’ve seen her kill people point blank without batting an eye. You gotta get out of here before she really does.”

“And don’t bother calling the cops. They also work for me.”

I winked at her then she ran to her car and they took off. I turned to the guys and shook my head.

“You are aware that you could have caught something?”

They started laughing then they finished bringing everything inside. I walked upstairs to check on Tariq but I found him lying on the bed. I crawled onto his lap and kissed his neck then chin.

“They’re gone.”

“Thank you.”

“Always baby. I saw your face.”

“What face was that?”

“You were uncomfortable and you didn’t know what to do. I don’t care what baggage you have. But whatever you need, I am always going to be here for you.”

He smiled at me. We laid there for a little while before I told him to take a shower while I finished everything up. I went back downstairs and they were sitting on the couch.

“Okay so he’s in the shower. I can’t be doing any construction stuff right now because of the baby but I want you guys to help me.”

“Whatever you need.”

“I want to make a cookout area on the patio. Get him a really nice grill, a patio set, make it look good. Then I want a garden and a greenhouse because I was thinking about converting back.”

Cam looked at me.

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah. I wanna have something for me, you know? I’m always helping everyone else and doing stuff and not having time for myself so this is me doing something selfish.”

“Alright. We will start brainstorming ideas then when we have an idea we will bring it to you.”

“Thank you.”

I went into the kitchen and finished unloading everything. The boys left and went home. Cam and Michael went to their houses to shower and get ready for dinner in a few hours then I went upstairs and took a shower. I went into the room and Tariq was laying there watching me.

“Can I help you?”

“Yes, you can.”

He stood up and dropped his towel. My jaw dropped then he chuckled.

“Come here.”

I walked up to him then he pulled my towel off of my body. I got on my knees and started sucking. He grabbed the back of my head and started face f*****g me roughly then after a few minutes he stopped. I got on the bed and he got on top of me. He put it in and started going slow and deep.

I pushed him out then he got confused. I rolled him onto the bed and got on top. I put it in and started riding him which made him bite his lip.

“You’re taking control?”

“Yep.”

He put his hands on my hips and I started going faster which made the both of us start moaning more. I started kissing his neck then I grabbed his hands and pinned them above his head and kept riding him. I kept going for a while before I started getting tired. He rolled me onto the bed and started going fast. I started scratching up his back and shoulders and he went deep and fast.

He came then collapsed onto the bed out of breath.

“That was, wow.”

“I know.”

I got up and tried walking to the bathroom. I held onto the wall and got into the bathroom. While I tried fixing myself, Tariq got ready. I got up and got back into the room trying to figure out what I was going to wear. I put on a pair of shorts and a navy blue crop top. I went downstairs and saw Tariq lying on the floor with the puppy.

“Who’s the child now?”

He got up then wrapped his arms around me. We walked into the kitchen and I started making a snack. I cut up some apples and put them in a pan with some water. I sat on the counter and pulled out my phone. I texted my nana.

“Hey nana, I was planning on coming over soon.”

“I look forward to seeing you! I haven’t seen you in a while.”

“Yeah I got really busy. But I have some amazing news that I’m going to share with you when I come over.”

“I already read the stars sweetie. I know you’re pregnant.”