Blake
I finished
packing my bag and looked at Nae on the bed. “Hey,” I went and sat by her.
“Hey,” she
shot me a small smile.
“I still
have one more night,” I tried to lighten the mood.
“I know and
that’s why you’re not allowed to leave until you have to go to your plane. I
want you all to myself,” she pulled me close.
“I wouldn’t
have it any other way,” I pecked her lips. I moved to take off my glasses but
she stilled me.
“Leave them
on. I like you in your glasses,” she smiled.
“You’re
serious?” I looked at her like she was crazy. I hated how I looked in my
glasses. It just brings back the memories of getting bullied.
“I know it
brings you back to those times but it does that to me too. I’ve always loved
how you looked in your glasses. I loved how you would always have a book with
you and how you would help people who would never help you. I love you for you
Blake and I don’t want you to be ashamed of something like that,” she rubbed my
hand.
“You’re
literally amazing,” I said softly. She made me think an entire different way.
“Come here,”
she kissed me.
~~~
“I don’t
wanna leave,” I mumbled as I clung onto Nae. We were at the airport waiting for
my flight to be called. I really don’t wanna leave but work calls. I hate that
this always happens but I can’t change it right now at least. Who knows where
I’ll be a few years from now.
“I don’t
want you to leave but you have to,” she reminded me as she pulled away. We
literally spent the last few days together and Jessi said how rude it was to
ignore family but I didn’t care. We always do that when I have to leave.
“You’ll be
down there in three weeks right?” I hated that it was such a big time gap, at
least in my head it was.
“I promise
baby and we’ll talk like we always do,” she pecked my lips.
“I love
you,” I kissed her again.
“I love you
too, now go before you miss your flight,” she kissed me one last time before I
had to go.
~~~
I finally
landed and went to look for Sage. I saw her standing by her car and I let out a
small smile. “Bout time your ass got back down here. Got me doing all the work,”
she shook her head with a playful smile.
“I should’ve
stayed in New York to make you suffer longer,” I joked as she helped me put my
stuff in the back of her car.
“You wouldn’t
be that damn evil. I thought that was supposed to be me.”
“You never
know. I’m not as innocent as I look. I can be pretty cruel,” I hopped in and
she pulled off.
“We’ll see.
Are you ready to get back to work?” She raised a brow.
“Bring it
on,” I nodded.
Jhene
“Alright,
I’m gone,” I tried to leave but Aubrey pulled me back. I knew that he would try
that but I was hoping that he wouldn’t.
“And where
exactly are you going?” Here he goes being the overprotective brother again.
I’m too old to be treated like I’m sixteen. I’m twenty one and I can do whatever the fuck
I want.
“I don’t
know but I’ll figure it out,” I put my backpack on my shoulder. I’ll figure
everything out but I’ll have Caleb so I should be fine.
“Jhene you
have to have a stable place to stay,” he looked at me. I have a stable place to
stay. I just don’t know where it is yet.
“I do, I’m
gonna live with Caleb,” I told him.
“Who the
hell is Caleb!?” He looked at me like I was crazy. I knew he wouldn’t approve
of me moving in with a guy he doesn’t know but Caleb is really sweet and I’ve
known him for the last six years.
“He’s my um
well I don’t really know who he is to me but I’m gonna live with him,” I
nodded. I don’t know exactly what to call him but he’s someone I care about a
lot.
“You’re
absolutely insane if you think I’m gonna let you leave,” he shook his head.
“And you’re
absolutely insane if you think that I’m gonna stay here. I want to be a singer
Aubrey and I am not about to do that here. I’m moving to Atlanta to follow my
dreams. Either support me or be against me because either way I’m leaving,” I
shrugged.
“If
anything happens,” he started but I cut him off.
“I know,
I’ll call you,” I hugged him before leaving.
Mylan
“And you
will call me every day and send me cookies once a week,” Alexis demanded as we
drove them to the airport. She’s been telling me everything that I had to do
all day. I’m surprised she didn’t run out of things to demand.
“Do I have
a say in this?” I laughed. I think I’m gonna be forced to do some of these
things.
“Nope, I
don’t wanna leave you,” she pouted while letting some tears fall. That just
made me feel worse. I knew Alexis looked up to me as a big sister and I look at
her like a little sister. We literally haven’t been apart for more than a
month. So this will be a big transition with her being in Paris and me staying
in New York. She couldn’t come over here anytime she wanted to because she
would have school. We pulled up to the airport and I picked her up.
“I’ll come
visit all the time and I promise to call you. If you ever miss me then you know
that you can call me. I don’t know about the cookies but I’ll always be one
call away Lex,” I kissed her cheek and wiped her tears.
“Bye My,”
she hugged me before going over to Auntie Cassie.
“Can we
wait until they take off?” I asked Dad and he nodded.
Alexis
“Mommy can
I use your phone!?” I begged. I needed her phone right now and this is very
important to me.
“Who do you
need to call?” She asked as we waited for our flight to be called.
“I need to
call My at this moment now!” I needed to hurry. She shook her head and punched
in her number before handing me the phone.
“Hi Auntie
Cassie did you forget something?” Her voice came through the phone.
“It’s
Alexis,” I told her.
“Hey Lex
why are you calling me? Don’t you have a flight to catch?” She questioned.
“You told
me to call you when I miss you. I miss you,” I cried.
“Don’t cry
Alexis,” she sighed.
“I really
miss you,” I tried to stop crying but I couldn’t.
“Turn
around,” I heard her say. I turned and saw her standing there with a smile. I
ran into her arms and she picked me up. “I’ll always be here for you Alexis. I
don’t ever want you to think that I don’t miss you or care about you. Do you
remember what I used to tell you all the time?” She raised an eyebrow.
“That I’m
your most favorite person in the world!” I smiled.
“Exactly,”
she returned the smile.
Nicki
“Bye Cass,”
I hugged her before she left.
“Bye Nika,
I can’t believe we’re gonna be so far away but I promise to visit,” she said
before pulling away.
“Bye Auntie
Nicki!” Alexis jumped into my arms.
“Bye
Alexis,” I kissed her before putting her down. We waved until we couldn’t see
them anymore.
“And then
there were three,” My said as we all walked back to the car.
“About to
be four,” Aubrey added in as he rubbed my stomach.
~~~
“I miss
her,” Nae sighed as she plopped down on my bed.
“I miss her
too so I know you must be dying over there,” I joked. Of course I miss my
cousin but Nae obviously misses her way more than I do.
“I’m gonna
hate this,” she groaned.
“And I’m
gonna hate this if this happens every time she leaves,” I could not handle this
all of the time.
“Oh shut up
Nika,” she hit me.
“You are
not allowed to hit a pregnant woman!” I over exaggerated.
“You're barely
even showing. I can’t believe that I have a niece or nephew growing inside of
you,” she rubbed my stomach.
“I know I
can’t believe it either. If you would’ve asked me six years ago where I would
be I would have told you as far away from Aubrey as possible. I hated him for
drugging me but now he’s grown up. I never thought this is where we would be,”
I couldn’t believe it at all.
“Imagine
how I feel. I never thought that I would be with Blake ever again,” she let out
a small smile.
“You are
literally the female version of Aubrey and I’m Blake,” I laughed.
“I’m not
that bad!” She pleaded but then went quiet because she knew that I was right.
They literally are just alike and it’s weird. “I can’t
believe that this all started out as him being our coach and Blake being from
‘Atlanta’,” she used air quotes.
“Blake knew
that she was wrong for that. When I first saw Aubrey, I just thought that he
was a lonely asshole and I was right. He was lonely and he definitely was an
asshole at first but he changed once we got together. He needed someone to be
there for him and I was,” I couldn’t fight the memories flowing through my
head. Everything is such a dream compared to now.
“I would’ve
never thought that you two would be together,” she shook her head.
“Neither
did I but I’m happy we got here. It’s exactly where I need to be,” I admitted.
She looked down at her phone and I saw her tense up. “What’s wrong?”
“Oh, um nothing.
I gotta go. I promised my dad that I would come over for dinner. I’ll talk to
you later Nika,” she hugged me and left.
~~~
Aubrey and
I were on the couch together just watching movies since My wanted to go over by
Nyra so it was just us. “I still can’t believe that we actually are married,”
I looked down at my hand.
“I know but
I’m happy that we are,” he kissed my head. I was so happy that we were married.
I never thought that we would be married with a child on the way.
“I just
want you to know that no matter what you do, I could never fully walk away. It’s
like my heart won’t let you go so I always end up coming back. Don’t take this
as an excuse to do something because I will kill you. I just don’t understand
how you have such a strong pull over my emotions,” I shrugged.
“You have
the same effect on me Onika. Even though I screwed up time and time again, I
always gave it my all to get you back. I don’t wanna fuck up again. I want you
to be happy and I want us to be happy. I have this huge expansion with my
company over the next few years and I have my family. I have all of my dreams
coming true with you along the way. Don’t ever leave me,” he rubbed my cheek.
“I can
never fully leave you anyway,” I pecked his lips. “So what gender do you think
the baby will be?” I already knew but I just wanted to see if he changed his
mind.
“A boy,” he
said proudly. He’s gonna be stuck on this until we find out what the gender of
the baby is.
“Naw, I
think it’s gonna be a girl,” I straddled him. I wouldn’t mind either genders
but I just didn’t want him to be right.
“You’re
insane if you think it’s a girl,” he laughed.
“You’re
insane if you think it’s a boy. Wanna bet?” I raised an eyebrow.
“Nope
because I have everything I could ever want,” he kissed me. I have everything I
could ever want too. He means everything to me.
“I love
you,” I mumbled against his lips.
“I love you
too,” he kissed me again.
Shad
I finally
got home and went inside. I saw some of Alexis’ stuff on the floor and
chuckled. No matter how many times I tell her to clean up, something always
ends up being left on the floor. I wanted to call Cassie and tell her to bring
Alexis over but she’s on a plane right now. Maybe I could just call Drake. He’s
with Nicki. There’s always Mere. She’s with Antonio. I never realized how alone
I truly was. I sighed and looked down at my phone. I typed in a
number and waited.
“Hello?”
“Can you
come over? I’on got anyone else.”
“I’ll be
there.”
Nae
I raised my
hand to knock on my dad’s door. My hand was shaking and my heart was beating
fast. He opened the door and quickly let me in. I looked at him and tried not
to break down. “I need your help.”
The End of
Worth The Wait Part 3: All of Me
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