We Are Forever

Valentines Day

Spending the weekend with my mom last week was nice. I really miss her. But next week is Valentines Day and Abbi insisted we go to the dance our school is throwing next Friday. I really didn’t want to but my aunt said getting out of the house would be good for me. Usually Abbi just comes over and we eat junk and watch movies. The store is doing good but Aunt Jenna has me mostly working on the books at home.

“Hey b***h let’s go dress shopping!” Abbi yells excitedly as she walks into my room.

“Ugh fine! But I am not wearing anything pink or with ruffles!”

Ever since I started showing the people at school try to avoid me as best they can. I don’t think they realize pregnancy isn’t contagious. It doesn’t help I already look like I am at the end of my pregnancy when I’m only half way though. But whatever you can’t catch pregnancy. Although I know most of them do what got me pregnant but I won’t be telling them that.

Abbi also told me a bit about herself. I haven’t met any of her family as she says they live across town and aren’t home often. I know she has an older brother and a younger sister. I also can’t get over her appetite. She eats everything all the time. She says her family is like that. I would just like to know how she stays so fit. Then again I am waddling like a duck these days.

“I was thinking red. I think it would make your eyes pop. And girl I wouldn’t put you in ruffles. You will need an empire waist lining dress though.” She says eyeing my waist.

“Yeah because there’s no way in hell I will fit into anything form fitting.” I reply. I grab my purse and car keys before following her out of my room.

“Hey girls going shopping?” Aunt Jenna asks from the kitchen. The smells coming from the crock pot make my stomach growl loudly.

“Yup what you cooking Aunt Jenna? It smells heavenly!”

“Just a pot roast with potatoes and carrots. Figured you would want a filling hearty meal. Your appetite has definitely gone up these past couple weeks” she says while softly chuckling.

“Sounds amazing Aunt Jenna. I hope you know how much I appreciate and love you.” I say while giving her a hug. Just then one of the babies decided to give a nice kick. Guess my aunt felt it as she started laughing

“Guess the babies want some attention too.” She says as she runs my belly making both babies start to move around. I still can’t get over the feeling of the babies moving. There is really no way to describe it.

“They move at the most inconvenient times. They act like circus monkeys in the middle of the night and wake me up.” I complain but still smile.

Aunt Jenna looks at me and laughs. “Honey you haven’t even started yet! Just wait until they are born! But have you thought about a baby shower?”

“I haven’t really but when I told Adam what the babies genders are he asked as well. Said even though he doesn’t want to be a dad his family still wants to be involved. Said his mom wanted to know if there would be a shower and if she could get an invite.”

“Well all I can say is that you have a bigger heart then I do. I wouldn’t message him s**t about those babies. He wanted you to get rid of them and he tried having his girlfriend threaten their lives. I know it’s not his moms fault but I don’t think I could tolerate any of his family after that” Aunt Jenna says while looking at me with worry.

“I know but at the same time I don’t want to cut them out of the babies lives because they didn’t do it. But I think I’d like to talk to him mom before I make a decision. What do you think?”

“I think I like the idea of getting to know her before the baby shower. Just incase she is a b***h and you decide not to have her around their lives after all.” Abbi pipes in next to me.

“Yeah that would be better.” Aunt Jenna says.

“Alright I’ll get Adam to send me her number and we will go from there. You ready to go Abbi?”

“Sure as long as I can have dinner here! Because I got to tell you Aunt Jenna that looks and smells delish!” Abbi says. She has decided to have my aunt adopt her into our family and calls her Aunt Jenna too now. We are all very close.

“You know I always make enough for you girl!” Aunt Jenna tells her while shooing is out the door before it gets too late.

“Your car or mine?” I ask Abbi.

“We can take mine. My car isn’t a soccer mom car.” She says while glancing at me laughing.

“Say what you want but if you were having twins you would want a mini van as well!” I say laughing.

“Screw a mini van I would get a small school bus! God knows if more twins are in your future!” She says.

I feel all the blood drain from my face. That’s a scary thought. “Nope I’ll have them tie my tubes after these babies come! Thanks but no thanks!”

“Awe come on you know you are gonna have more babies with the love of your life if you ever find him. I can’t wait until I can find my soul mate. Hopefully I won’t have to wait much longer.” She says while climbing into the driver seat. She always talks about soul mates and wanting to find hers. I don’t believe in love at first sight or soul mates but I think it’s cute she does. I don’t respond as I get in the passenger seat and we head toward the mall.

Thank God the pay I get for working at the book store is good because Abbi had me shop until I was ready to pop. We went to target to get me some maternity clothes as my pants are all getting tight. Let me just say thirty dollars for a pair of maternity jeans is crazy. But I needed some so I grabbed a few pair and some maternity shirts and some new bras since mine were too small and underwear. Abbi had my go to Victoria’s Secrets so she can get some underthings. Then we went to Macy’s to find dresses and I found the most gorgeous red dress. It stopped at my knees and was a one shoulder strap. It had a sweetheart neckline and an empire waist. The bottom is lined with black lace. I loved it and Abbi instantly approved.

Abbi decided on a black dress with silver swirls across the top part. Her dress was shorter then mine and stopped mid thigh. She looked amazing in it. It makes her hair look even more vibrant and brings the green out of her eyes. We quickly purchase the dresses and clutches to match and her a pair of heels with spikes on it while I decide to get some flats.

On the way home I text Adam for his moms number which he quickly send to me. I decide to call her when I get home. I want to be around my aunt when I call her since I am nervous. Me and Abbi leave the mall and get Jamocha milkshakes from Arby’s for me her and Aunt Jenna.

When we get home we quickly eat some of the pot roast with Aunt Jenna while sipping on our milkshakes which Aunt Jenna was extremely appreciative of. While eating I tell them when we get done I want to call Adams mom which they both agree is fine.

After we finish and clean up we sit in the living room while I dial the number Adam sent and put my phone on speaker.

“Hello?”

“Hi is this Mrs.Turnball?”

“You must be Marie! Adam told me you would be calling! How are you my dear?” She sounds very pleasant at least.

“I am well. The morning sickness has finally passed.” I say

“Well that’s great news! And how is the little one?”

Did Adam not tell her is was twins? “Well actually Mrs.Turnball its twins. I just found out that baby A is a boy and baby B is a girl.” I say a little dumbfounded.

“Oh my goodness! I didn’t realize it was twins! He hasn’t told me anything except you were pregnant and that you moved away. He also said he didn’t want to be involved and that you agreed. I must say I am disappointed in my son and his behavior. I hope you won’t hold that against me though. I would love to know you and the babies if you would let me. I actually just asked him if there would be a baby shower but he said he didn’t know. He said you only send him updates every once in a while.” She says quickly.

“Well Mrs.Turnball I hadn’t thought about a baby shower to be honest. And I now live about 7 hours away. I didn’t tell Adam where I live incase it gets back to Yazmin. She threatened to kill my babies if I didn’t get an abortion while your son was just watching. I don’t feel safe around her. Which is a big reason I left.” I say while tears fill my eyes and my heart clenches thinking back to that day.

“My son of a b***h son allowed that to happen?! Oh he is so gonna hear it when he gets home tonight. So will Yazmin since she will be here with him. I am so sorry they treated you that way dear. If there is anything I can do you let me know.”

“I’m surprised you don’t know about this honestly. Your husband was in the principles office and heard all about it from the librarian as she witnessed the entire thing. They were suspended from school.”

“Well guess that means the husband is in trouble as well. Don’t worry darling I will take care of them.” She says on the phone sweetly to me but man she sounds pissed off.

“It’s okay Mrs.Turnball. You don’t have to trouble yourself. I just don’t want them to know where I live. But if we do a baby shower I will let you know. And if the doctor decides to do a C-Section I will give you notice so you can be here if you want. My mom plans to be here a week in advance and she will head home a week after they are born.”

“Well maybe I can just come up with your mom and stay as long as she does. I meant when I said I want to be involved. I can get a motel room close by and rent a car. This way we can get to know each other.” I think this over and I like the idea.

“Sounds good to me. I’ll ask mom if she minds a carpool buddy and send her your number to finalize those details when it gets closer.”

“Sounds good dear and it was great hearing from you. Thank you for my grand babies and for letting me in their lives.” She says before we end the call and I look at my aunt and Abbi to see they look happy with the way the phone call went.

“Well she sounds sincere and happy about the babies. I also would love for her to give her evil spawn and husband a run for their money for how they treated you.” Aunt Jenna says while having an evil glint in her eyes. I know she would love to torture them herself.

“Do you know what you wanna do about a baby shower?” Abbi asks.

“Honestly I don’t because I don’t have anyone to invite. Abbi your the only friend I have ever had. I mean all I have is y’all and my parents.”

“Maybe Mrs.Turnball can invite some of her side of the family? I think even a small shower is better then no shower.” Abbi says. And after thinking about what she says I send Mrs.Turnball a next.

Me-if I threw a shower would you know anyone who would wanna come who would be supportive and not like Adam and Yazmin?

Mrs.Turnball-absolutely! My sister and my mother and I even think my mother in law is excited for her first great grand children. Plus I can get others to come. Would you want Adam to come? Not Yazmin obviously. I could pay for a community center rental for the after noon close by you and we can do it there. This way he won’t know where you live.

Me-I don’t know if he would want to be there. He doesn’t want to be involved in their lives which I respect so I don’t think he has a right to be there for the shower and I definitely don’t want him around for the delivery.

Mrs.Turnball-Fare enough. I will get a list together of addresses in the next week and send them to you for the invitations.

I don’t respond after that. Right now all I want to do is relax with my feet up.

“Come on preggo let’s get you up to your room. After I get you situated upstairs I’m going to head on home.” Abbi says as she helps me to my feet. After she helps me bring my stuff upstairs she leaves saying she will see me at school. I decide to take a bubble bath to relax with my lavender bubbles. After the water turns cool I get out and slip into a pair of grey pajama pinky and a black tank top. My aunt knocks on my door just as I climb in my bed.

“Come in”

“Hey so was shopping successful?”

“Oh yeah! I found a bunch of things I needed. You can look if you want. All the bags are there” I say pointing to the bags on the floor.

As Jenna goes through my clothes she helps to put them in the drawers and hangs up both dresses. Abbi plans to come over after school Friday to get ready with me, so she decided to leave her dress here.

“Your dresses are going to look amazing on you girls.” She says smiling back at me.

“Thanks Aunt Jenna. You don’t have to put that stuff away I can do it in the morning.” I tell her. I don’t want her thinking she has to put that stuff away for me. She waves me off and continues putting everything in its rightful place. After she finishes putting my things away she tells me to get some rest before heading back down stairs. Today was overall a great day.

The week flies by between school and the book store. Abbi had been asked to go to the dance by a handful of guys, but each time she says she is a lesbian and that she is my baby daddy. At first it was funny until the captain of the football team asked if he could be our third wheel. Let’s just say I wasn’t impressed at all! Although I was happy she would be my “date” since I didn’t wanna go alone.

Friday after school Abbi follows me to my house with her over night bag. We thought a sleepover would be a great idea since by the time the dance gets over, it will already be late. We grab a drink and some pizza rolls before heading to my room to get ready. After we each take a quick shower Abbi quickly dries and styles my hair before layering it with hairspray. She left my red locks down and curled but parted it on the side. She also put some other product to protect it from frizzing. She dried and fixed her hair in a half up half down curled look. It was absolutely gorgeous. For make up I just went with black eye liner, a nude color eye shadow, and clear gloss. Abbi went full out with Smokey eyes, red lips, and rosey cheeks. She looked perfect!

“Ugh your so pretty. It’s not fair!” I tell her while looking her over after she gets in her dress and heels.

“Psh girl you are a serious MILF! I’d totally switch teams for you any day. But I’m waiting for my soulmate remember! Now let’s go!”

I am so glad to be wearing flats! She is seriously dragging me down the stairs! I’d love to know where she gets this energy from! Aunt Jenna meets us in the living room and stands up from sitting on the couch.

“You girls look absolutely lovely!! Let’s get some pictures before you leave.”

Aunt Jenna pulls out her phone and snaps some photos of us in the living room by the fireplace before we finally head out to Abbie car. I have offered her numerous times to either drive mine or gas money but she laughs me off.

“You do know once the twins are born it will be easier to take my car then yours right? I can’t imagine trying to unstrap and restrap car seats into vehicles.” I tell her laughing.

“Actually I was thinking of getting car seats for my car anyway. No one ever gets in the back seat anyway. Your my only friend in the area.” She says so seriously I start laughing.

“Girl you don’t need car seats cramping your style.” I laugh. I love this girl and how committed she is to our friendship and my babies. I feel like I have known her forever.

“Please they aren’t going to cramp my style. I just already though about how much work it would be to move the seats around and how time consuming it would be and figured this the best solution.”

“If you say so. Your the best friend anyone could ever ask for and my kids are lucky to have you as their auntie.” I tell her sincerely. She has already taken to calling herself Auntie Abbi when she talks to my babies.

“Girl same! Your my sister from another mister. And I can not wait to spoil these babies when they get here! If your okay with it I already talked to my mom about staying with you when the babies are born just to help you at home and keep you company if the grandmas have the babies. Maybe get manicures and pedicures after you get home and settled. I know a nail tech that does house calls and his products don’t stink.”

“Sounds like a plan to me.”

The rest of the drive we listen to the radio and sing along to the songs we know. And before I know it we are pulling up at the school. The parking lot is packed and people are outside by the front doors just hanging out. We park the car and head over to the front doors.

“What’s someone like you doing here? You have obviously already had a bit too much fun so why don’t you go on home now?”

I turn to see some jock in one of those athlete jackets with the varsity letters on it. I am just getting ready to open my mouth and respond when Abbi beat me to it.

“What’s the matter Tom? Jealous someone got to her before you did? Probably can’t even get it up no more. I hear that kind of infection you got from the cheerleading squad can make your d**k fall off. You may wanna get that checked out at a doctors office.” Abbi says while pulling me into the building behind her. Man I love my best friend.

We walk into the school and go down the left hall to the gym. There are other students and chaperones walking through the halls. Everyone is dressed so nice I feel a little out of place with my big belly bump. When we get to the gym and step through the doors my jaw tries dropping to the floor. This room looks nothing like the torture chamber as I like to refer to the gym. I hate gym. Mostly because I’m looking like a cow but walking like a duck these days.

The ceilings had a bunch of pink and red heart shaped balloons. Tables were on one side on the room covered in red table clothes near the buffet table. They had a bunch of choices for finger foods and treats. Sodas and waters and punch were the drink options from what I could tell. It all looked amazing. They also set down a small white platform that people were currently dancing to a fast beat some.

Abbi led me to the middle of the dance floor where we shook our bodies to the beat. I did as much I could but with my belly dancing was not easy. She rubbed my belly as we danced. For anyone else it would look like we were lesbians. But Abbi was just a really great friend, and her rubbing my belly helped ease some tension from being up and moving.

After dancing and eating to our hearts contents, we headed out of the building to head home. The drive there was quiet as we unwound from the dance. I must have even fallen asleep. One minute I was looking out the window and the next Abbi was at my door waking me up.

“My bad I must have fallen asleep.” I tell her tiredly.

“Oh no worries I don’t blame you. I am exhausted myself, and I am so glad we had the though of me staying the night here. You were the best Valentine’s Day date ever!” She says while helping me out of the car.

“So were you doll. Actually your my first valentine. And I must say you did not disappoint! Tonight was a night to remember, and I had such a great time.”

We head into the house and see my aunt in the living room watching The Bachelor.

“Hey girls how was the dance?” She asks as she eyes is.

“It was so much fun Aunt Jenna! We danced our butts off!” I tell her as I plop down on the love seat across from her.

“Yeah we now know a great way to put Marie into labor if the babies decide to be stubborn. All we got to do is have a dance party!” Abbi says while twerking in front of Aunt Jenna. We crack up laughing, but I almost pee my pants when Aunt Jenna gets up and joins her.

“Y’all are hilarious! I couldn’t do that right now if I wanted to!” I say feeling even more exhausted as I watch them.

“Let’s head on up to your room and get some rest. I’m exhausted so I know your on the verge of passing out where your sitting. And we both know your bed is like sleeping on a cloud.” Abbi says while pulling me up.

“Well goodnight girls. I left y’all some sandwiches chips and drinks in the bedroom in case y’all are hungry. See you in the morning! I’m making waffles with strawberries and whipped cream!” Aunt Jenna calls after us as we leave the living room.

“Sounds great! See you in the morning.” I call back to her.

Once we get to my room we take turns showering and changing into night clothes. I climb into my bed while Abbi grabs the food and jumps on my bed joining me. We eat in comfortable silence then toss our trash in the bin. It doesn’t take me but a minute to enter dream land after my head hits that pillow. I dream of my babies being here and who they look like. I really hope they look like me. But guess I will find out when they are born.