Aileen's POV
*Next Day*
Waking up with the sun blaring through the window of the hospital room, I saw Ray sitting in a chair, watching t.v. He hadn't noticed I was up yet.
"Ray.." I whispered and he turned around and smiled.
"Hey, how you feeling?" he asked as he walked over to me.
"Got a little headache, and my wrist hurts.."
"Yeah, doctor said you sprained it in the accident.."
"What hit us?" I asked, looking at him funny.
"A 18-wheeler..." he said. My eyes went into shock.
A 18-wheeler hit my family and killed them instantly but here I am, pregnant with twins and some how I'm alive.
"I should have died..." I whispered.
"Don't say that.." he said sitting down in a chair beside the hospital bed.
"Ray, my whole family was killed by a 18-wheeler, the truck hit on my side, it should have killed me... I should be dead." I said as I started to cry. It wasn't a sad cry, it was a happy cry in amazement. "Do you understand how blessed I am? Here I am, thinking God was done with me, this whole time.. he was just waiting for the right time.."
"You're right, you're blessed and you should know it.."
"I'm blessed to have you.. And our twins.."
"Doctor told me this morning they were two girls.." Ray said smiling. "They're gonna be so spoiled, man."
"Yeah, they have a amazing dad.." I said smiling up at him. He smiled back at me and took my hand.
"You ready to go home?"
"Yeah.." I said smiling.
After checking out the hospital, Ray and I went home and he wouldn't let me do a damn thing.
"Ray, why are you treating me like this..?" I asked chuckling. "I only have a sprained wrist."
"The doctor said you needed to be on bed rest for a couple days."
"Oh.." I said sighing. "You going to work tomorrow?"
"No, why?"
"Just asking.. Ray, I can't just sit here all day."
"You don't have to sit down all day, just don't walk around too much." he said smiling. Then there was a knock at the door and he jogged over there to answer it, pulling up his pants in the process. "Oh, Wassup?" He said, letting his friends in. A couple of them had their girlfriends with them, one of them was pregnant. They all had either a teddy bear, flowers, or balloons with them, or all 3.
"Heyyy." I said happily. "Those for me?"
"Yeah." Craig said, handing me teddy bear with balloons. "Happy you're all better. Ray was stressin' mad hard." he said sighing. "Oh, this is my girlfriend Kira."
"Hey Kira." I said smiling.
"Hey." she said waving and smiling. "How many months are you?"
"a little over 5."
"You're kinda bi-"
"they're twins." I said chuckling. "I didn't find out til yesterday."
"Well congratulations."
"Thank you." I said smiling.
"Sup Lenny." Daniel said, handing me some flowers.
"Hey Dan." I said laughing.
"You feeling alright?"
"I would be is Ray would let me move." I said, playfully glaring at him. "Other than that, I'm fine."
"Glad to hear, you had us worried."
"Well I'm sorry." I said laughing. "I'm fine now, though."
"Aileen, I gotta get going, but I got you these." he said, handing me a big teddy bear and flowers.
"Thanks Chres, see ya later."
After saying hi, bye, and thanks to everyone, I was tired as hell as they left. I laid everything on the floor, except for a teddy bear, because I cuddled with it as I laid on the couch and watched episodes of Rob & Big and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. I looked over at Ray on the other couch from the corner or my eye and saw he was staring at something. I looked behind me to try and figure out what it was, but I couldn't..
Ray's POV
If I ever proposed to Aileen, how would it go? That's what was pondering my mind at the moment. I wouldn't do it soon, maybe in a year or two. I think I'd do it at a pool party, keep the box in my pocket pocket and as she sat on the edge of the pool, because she couldn't swim, I'd swim in-between her legs and look at her. "What you staring at?" she'd ask me as she giggled. "My cute ass girlfriend." I'd reply. I'd try and pick her up, but she won't let me. "Ray, you know I can't swim." "No I didn't, I never asked." I'd say to her. "Then ask." "Can you swim?" "No." she laughed and touch my shoulders. "Well I got another question for you." "What?" "Will you marry me?" I'd ask her and watch and she covered her mouth and not know what to say.
And that's as far as I got in my little fantasy as Aileen snapped her fingers in front of my face.
"RAYAN!" she yelled, completely snapping me out of my daze.
"Oh, Wassup?"
"I've been calling your name for like forever and a day, what were you thinking about?" she asked giggling.
"Oh, nothing." I said, standing up.
"Oh.." she said. I noticed the way she said it, she thought I wasn't thinking something bad.
"It was nothing bad, babe.. Promise, it's a surprise." I said, kissing her nose which would always make her giggle.
"You think we'd be able to tell them apart?" she asked, touching her stomach. She seemed to do that a lot whenever she talking about being pregnant or the babies in general.
"I'm pretty sure we can find something different about them." I said, wrapping my arms around her.
"Did you ever think about having kids before me?"
"Yeah.. But I ain't think of getting the girl I was with pregnant, I just thought of havin' kids." I admitted. "Imma make you a sandwich."
"Why you changing the subject?"
"I wasn't.." I said, walking into the kitchen.
"Ray.."
"Yeah?" I responded, looking at her. She sighed and shook her head at me.
"Nevermind."
I decided to let it go, if we were gonna fight, I'd rather it be tomorrow with her just getting out the hospital and everything. I didn't want her to be under any stress because of that, or put the babies under any stress.
Aileen's POV
*Next Day*
It was about 1:15 in the afternoon as I sat on the couch with my laptop propped neatly on my lap and I was on the phone.
"NO! It says right here that's they're in stock!... Well I don't care! It's been a month I need them to be ordered so we can go ahead and ship them out!... That's one of the most popular items on the list!" I yelled on the phone. My job was stressful, but it was worth it. I saw Ray come from downstairs and motion for hi to be quite. He simply nodded his head and walked to the kitchen. "ARE YOU ON IT NOW?!... Well, I'm looking at it now and it says it's in stock!" I said, moving the laptop and grabbing my keys. Ray instantly looked up and came over to stop me.
"Where the hell you going?" he whispered.
"I gotta go!" I slightly yelled. "NO! Not you, I'm talking to my boyfriend!" I yelled back to person I was talking to.
"Aileen, sit your ass down, you just got out the hospital." he said in his normal voice.
"Bu-"
"But nothing." he said, sternly pointing to the couch. I sighed and reluctantly sat back down. "Well, try refreshing the page... SEE! I told you!" I said happily. "Get them ordered for me and go ahead and ship em out. Thank you, goodbye." I said, hanging up.
"Where were you tryna go?"
"I thought I had to go to the office, but you wouldn't let me..." I chuckled. "Good thing you didn't, I would have never told her to refresh the page and never would have been right."
"You would have figured it out." he said smiling.
"How's work?" I asked, making my way to the kitchen.
"Good, Jay Z was rockin' one of my shirts the other day." he said happily.
"Baby, that's amazing!" I said hugging him. "Bet that gave you some good business."
"It did." he smiled. "I'm just gonna put the money in my savings account though."
"Good, you do that." I said, sitting at the kitchen table. "I'm proud of you babe." I said, smiling.
"Thanks." he chuckled. "Your job seems to be doing pretty well."
"Yeah, exactly what I was planning on." I said smiling. "I want a sandwich."
"Thought you couldn't have deli meat..?"
"I can't have a lot.. I'll put a lot of lettuce and no peppers or mustard." I said smiling and making my way to the fridge. "Ah damn, you're out of lunch meat." I said, closing the fridge. "Maybe I don't want a sandwich." I said giggling.
"Whatchu want? We can go get it now."
"You don't have to do that, baby. I'll just eat something else." I said, kissing his cheek.
"You sure?"
"Positive." I said, looking through the cabinets. "Ohh, chicken noodle soup!" I said excited as I reached for a can. "Damnit, Rayan, help me." I said, still reaching. He laughed at me and simple grabbed a can and brought it down to me. "Thanks baby."
"You're welcome.." he said, laughing and shaking his head. "How tall are you?"
"5'3... You?"
"Just hit 6'2."
"Hating you.. you're a foot taller than me.." I joked. "I'd have to get a ladder to kiss you."
"Nah.. not if I just do this.." he said, picking my body up and sitting me on the counter. "See, no ladder needed baby." he said, pecking my lips.
"How are you so strong. Do you know how much I weigh, Ray? And you over here lifting me up like it's nothing."
"I stayed working out in college, same as highschool. I've been going less, but lifting you a couple times a day could work." he said smirking.
"You're just using that as a excuse to touch my thighs."
"That too." he said, grabbing on my thighs playfully.
"I used to hate my thighs."
"Why?" he said, scrunching up his eyebrows.
"Because, they made me feel so fat... I still never wear bikini bottoms, I wear shorts."
"Still thick as hell." he said smirking. "Ain't nothin' wrong with bein' thick baby."
"No such thing as that where I went to school. You either fat, or your skinny, and I was fat."
"But you're not, so stop talkin' like that." he said, slipping his hands between my thighs.
"Baby, stop." I giggled. "Get me off this counter top, Rayan."
"Aight. You gotta come here first." he said smirking. I wrapped my legs around his waist as he slid me down.
"Thank you." I said, grabbing the chicken noodle soup I had. "Where's your can opener?" I said, looking through the draws.
"Very top one." he said. He didn't give me specific top one, so I looked through them all and it was finally in the one closest to me. I got it out but when I did, there was about 4 condoms in the draw too.
"Uh.." I said, holding one up. "Rayan.." I said, lifting up my eyebrow. "What.. In the... Hell." I said. He looked over at me and stopped what he was doing.
"Where were those?"
"Top draw... Why?"
"Just in case..."
"In the kitchen..? Just in case what..? You weren't worried about anyone finding them?"
"I'm grown, nah I ain't worried. Why would I be?"
"Just wondering." I said, putting it back in the draw and opening my can of chicken noodle soup and warming it up. For the minute It was warming it up, I sat at the kitchen table thought, and that minute went by fast because I was still thinking when it was over.
"Baby.." Ray said, nudging me. "Microwave."
"Oh." I said, getting out my seat and touching the bowl. "Fuck!" I yelled, holding my hand. "That's hot as hell."
"You alright?" he said, walking over to me.
"yeah, I'm fine baby, thanks.." I said, shaking it off and getting a paper towel and doubling it up to take it out.
It took me about 7 minutes to finally eat and when I did, I was full. Right when I was putting it in the dishwasher, my phone rang.
"Hello..? Oh hey, yeah, you get em ordered?... NO!" I yelled, getting stressed. "The black ones, not the brown ones! Please tell me you didn't order it...." I said, crossing my fingers. "Oh thank God. Yes, please, THE BLACK ONES. Alright, bye." I said hanging up. "Goodness.." I said sitting down.
"You alright?" Ray chuckled.
"Yeah.. I'm fine.. Work stressin' me out."
"Welll.." he said, walking over to me and placing his hands on my shoulders. "Maybe you need a back rub..?" he said, kissing my neck. I smiled and turned around.
"Please..?" I asked and he just nodded his head and let me to the couch. I took off my tank top, showing the tat on my back Ray seemed to like so much.
"When'd you get it?" he asked as he rubbed my back. "Your tattoo?"
"Which one?"
"you have more than one?" he asked confused.
"Yeah, surprised you ain't notice." I said chuckling and spacing my fingers apart. "It's a little heart." I said, then held my hair up and showed the one on my neck. "It's a infinity symbol." I said, then showed the one on my upper back to the left. "I had them make like.. a tracing thing with a a 'I love you' my mom, dad, and brother had written me and tatted it on me in their hand writing." I said smiling. "When the twins are born, I'm getting a tattoo of their baby feet somewhere."
"How come I never noticed these?" he said chuckling.
"I dunno, I noticed yours because I gave you a back rub or asked." I giggled. "I want more but I don't wanna get em right now because of the twins."
"You, don't do that now."
"He Ray.."
"Wassup?"
"You want more kids?" I asked, just looking at him.
"Let's get through these 2 first." he chuckled and played in India's hair. "I wonder who's hair they're gonna have."
"They're gonna have good hair regardless." I giggled and looked at him. "Our families are so mixed it doesn't make no sense.. omg that rhymed! BARSSSSS!" I joked and Ray started laughing at me.
"Yeah babe, you got bars."
"Don't hate the player." I teased and stood up and got on the couch.
*ONE MONTH LATER*
No one's POV
Everything was going perfectly and nothing was being missed with the beat. Aileen and Ray had gotten another crib for the extra baby and some more clothes, Ray was right, he was spoiling them before they even got there.
The babies were growing like they were supposed to. The doctor said she might go into labor early by a week or two, but that shouldn't be a big deal. Also, Ray was being amazing. It was cute seeing him excited about the babies. Aileen thought he was more excited than she was.
"Does it hurt?" Aileen asked as Ray.
"Nah, not really. I got 6 other ones.." Ray said.
He had gotten a another tattoo the other day, that Aileen couldn't stop staring at.
"I'm not gonna poke it." she giggled. She did that sometimes. Poked something that he said hurt.
"Good." he chuckled.
"Ugh, I feel like I'm gonna pop.."
"Well.." Ray began to say, but Aileen hit him. "Ow, alright with hittin' me, Lenna."
"Who the hell is Leena?!" she snapped back.
"It's YOU!" Ray chuckled. "I called you Leena the other day babe."
"Oh.. I'm sorry.. You ready to go?" she asked, taking his hand.
"Nah, you drag me everywhere when you shop, imma make you wait." he chuckled and continued looking at the Jordans and other sneakers in the store.
"Alright, keep saying that and YOU won't get no ass." Aileen said, sitting down.
"You can't bribe me with sex." Ray said, glancing at her as she sat down on the bench used to try on the shoes.
"Bet I can't.." she responded. Ray just laughed and picked up a pair of J's.
"You like these?"
"They alright, I liked the ones over there though.." she said, pointing to the red, black, and white ones to the far left and down.
"You want a pair?"
"You don't have to buy me a pair, Ray. I was just tellin' you which ones you should get." she said smiling, and then felt one of the twins kick her. "Alright Jordan."
"She kickin' you?"
"Yeah she is."
"How can you tell em apart?" he asked, taking down the shoes Aileen had picked out and secretly finding her size.
"Because, Jordan only kicks once, Kadin kicks like 5 times." she sighed. "I think they're hungry or tired.."
"Let's go with hungry because I'm starving."
"Well we've been in this store for about 5 years."
"Now you know how it feels.." he said chuckling and finding the same shoes he had picked for Aileen in his size.
"Alright, I'm sorry." she said, standing up and putting her arms around his waist. Even in wedges he was still taller than her by a good 4-6 inches.
"Yeah yeah, alright, I'm ready to go." he said, walking to the check out area.
"You're getting 2 pair?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Alright, Rayan, your money." she giggled and watched as he paid for the shoes.
"Mhmmm, what you want to eat?" he said, taking her hand with the free one he had.
"I just want a smoothie from BurkerKing."
"You don't want any food?" he asked.
"I mean, there's not much I can eat. I'll just eat some fruit and yogurt when we get home." she said smiling.
"Alright, don't be stealing my fries." he chucked as they walked to the car. "Sure there wasn't anything you wanted?"
"Positive, if I wanted it, I woulda paid for it myself."
"Alright, I see you." he said, nodding his head and stepping into the car and Aileen doing the same. "You sure all you want is a smoothie?"
"Get me some fries too, please. I don't have the time for wantin' to fight you for yours." she giggled. "we still going to your friend's house?"
"Yeah, I want you to meet his girlfriend, I think she's about as far along as you are."
"Awe, that's cute."
"That's cute?"
"yes, that's cute." she said as Ray pulled through the drive through. After he ordered, they waited. "Hey, come here."
"Why?"
"Because I wanna kiss you." she said smiling. He chuckled.
"Any particular reason?"
"No. Just wanna kiss you. For no reason as all." she said, pulling his chin closer to hers and kissing him for about 3 seconds, then pulling away biting her lip. "You can pull up to the window now." she said smirking and watched as he simply did so, paying and then grabbing the food at the second window.
As Ray drove, it was quite as hell, so Aileen turned on the radio which was connected to her Pandora station on her phone. Trey Songz radio.
Making Love (Into the Night) by Usher came on. "Omg, I love them song." she said, simply listening to it.
"You like this song?"
"Yeah, I love this song. It's like a really sweet sex song.. there's not many of those." she giggled. "He doesn't really say anything dirty, it's all sweet and innocent."
"You think so?"
"Yeah." she smiled. "Listen." she said, turning it up so he could hear the words clearly. "I want this song to play at my wedding." she said, looking out the window.
"And other songs?"
"yeah." she smiled. Music for Love, Dance for You, Rockin' That, Boo Thang, Hey Daddy, Su-"
"wait, did you say Hey Daddy?" he chuckled.
"Yeah, I think it'll be fun. Not dirty, fun." she said smiling, "Promise by Ciara, Adorn.."
"That's a lot of songs."
"Yeah.. I have my whole wedding planned out. I have since I was 15."
"The whole thing?"
"Yeah, from the dress I'd wear to the color patterns, to how I'd walk into the reception hall, to the song I'd dance to as the first official husband and wife dance... It kinda sounds obsessive bu-"
"No it doesn't. You want it to be perfect, right?"
"Yeah.."
"Then it's not obsessive. When I first started the clothing line, I was like that with everything, it kinda mellowed out over the year, but it's still there because I want it to be the best it can be."
"You're the first guy to say that... You're the first guy for a lot of things..."
"Like what?"
"I'd rather not..."
"C'mon." he said, poking her side and looking back at the road. "Tell me.."
"First to say 'I love you' and mean it... First that I think about planning a future with.." she said, glancing at him, then back at the road. "First to make love to..." she whispered.
"Really?"
"You heard that?"
"yeah." he smiled. "Am I really?"
"yeah..." she said shyly. "I never did any of these things with Justin.."
"What about your other boyfriends?"
"No, they weren't thinking long term.. Why be in a relationship for short term? I'm not gonna date you if I can't see myself be-.. nevermind."
"Say it..."
"I'd really rather not, this time."
"You know you can tell me anything.."
"yeah, but, this one I'd really not say.."
"Alright." he sighed. "Whenever you're ready."
"You don't wanna know?" Aileen asked as she sipped her smoothie and then ate a fry.
"I do, but I'm not tryna force you into something you don't wanna say. I'd rather let you say so when you're ready."
"Thank you.." she said, taking another fry.
"For what?"
"Forcing me.."
"You been forced too much, I ain't tryna hurt you anymore than ya last nigga did."
"If you weren't driving, I'd kiss the shit outta you."
"I can pull over...?" he said smirking.
"Drive Rayan." Aileen said laughing and sat back for the rest of the ride.
About 30 minutes they arrived at a one-story house. It was big though, and nice. Aileen would of lived in it.
Ray's POV
"You nervous?" I asked her as I took her hand and walked to the door.
"Should I be?" she giggled.
"Nah." I said honestly. But for me, I was nervous as hell. I'd only brought one other girl to meet my brother because we were so close. We texted each other everyday just to see how everything was going.
I knocked on the door and waited for him to answer. He came to it about 7 seconds later with a kid in his hands. That was my little nephew, Donovan, Don for short.
"Yooo! Ray, come in nigga!" he said, stepping aside. I took Don, who was getting big on me for a 3 year old and sat down with him on the couch. "Who's this?" he said, looking at Aileen.
"Aileen, my brother, Ethan, Ethan, my girlfriend, Aileen."
"Nice to meet you." she said, going to stand up, but he stopped her.
"You good, ma." he said, going to her, shaking her hand, and kissing her cheek. Don had jumped off my lap and stood in front of Aileen.
"Hi." he said.
"Hey cutie, what's your name?"
"Donovan."
"I'm Aileen." she said smiling.
"Hey Alien." he said, not being able to pronounce her name, she started smiling and pinched his cheek. "Can I sit with you?"
"Don.." Ethan said, trying to stop him.
"it's okay." she said smiling. "Sure cutie." she said, picking him up and sitting in her lap.
"Wow, he likes you, Don don't like no one." I said chuckling.
"Chill out on my son, Rayan." Ethan joked, and then his fiancé came in from the kitchen.
"RAYAN!" she squealed and came over to hug me. "I haven't seen you in so long!"
"Yeah, I been busy! And I see you have too.." I said, laughing and raising a eyebrow at her, She was about 5 or 6 months pregnant I think.
"Ermm, so have you by the looks of it." she said, noticing Aileen as she played with Don. "Hey, Ray can be so rude sometimes." she said, talking to Aileen.
"Hey, what's your name?" Aileen replied, smiling.
"Emma, yours?"
"Aileen."
"That's pretty!" she said shocked. "Who named you?"
"I never got a chance to ask my parents.."
"You don't visit them?"
"I try to whenever I can, but it doesn't do any good.." she sighed.
"Awe, I'm sorry, are they sick?"
"No.." Aileen said, shaking her head. "My mom, dad, and brother died when I was 16." she said, looking down at Don.
"Omg, I'm so rude, I'm sorry!" she said, hugging her.
"It's okay." Aileen said smiling. "Really."
"You wanna come in the kitchen for some tea?"
"Sure." she said, standing up and handing Don to me. I pecked her lips quickly before she had the chance to stand up straight before she went to the kitchen.
"Awwwee, you guys are cute!" Emma said, squealing. "How many months are you?" she asked Aileen as she walked into the kitchen.
"Man, why haven't Ya'll just gotten married?" I asked Ethan.
"Gotta have the right timing. It's still winter, therefore, not the right time." he joked. "Well, how long you and Aileen been together?"
"4 months."
"You sure? because she's lookin' like she's bout to pop." he said, raising his eyebrow.
"She's havin' twins, dummy." I joked.
"Awh shit nigga!" he said, getting hype. "You gone be a daddy. How's it feel? How'd you meet her? Omg, I want to know everything!"
"You sound like a female, nigga, cut it out." I chuckled. "She was one of Kayla's friends at a pool party and Nicki went over there to talk to her because apparently I was staring and then Aileen brought her back and we just started talking. Her last nigga was beatin' her and one night she stayed with me and.. yeah."
"Woahhhh, wait a minute, he was beating her? I wanna kick his ass and I don't even know her."
"Yeah.. one day while I was at the office nigga found out where I lived and hit her, you talking about I was mad as hell."
"And why ain't you in jail? I woulda caught a case, shiettttt, this is making me mad."
"Because she didn't want me to get hurt. Apparently, this nigga is nothin' to mess with."
"He still ain't shit if you putting his hands on a female. Think if that was yo daughter, man."
"Well, she is having 2 girls."
"See, nahhhh." he said, shaking his head. "I woulda found that nigga and fucked him the fuck up."
"Don, don't say any of the words yo daddy sayin', alright?" I told him and he nodded his head.
"Oh, I'm sorry little man, go in the kitchen with your mama." he said and Don obeyed and walked into the kitchen. "This girl got a lot of baggage, I thought you didn't go for girls like that..?"
"I don't.. but at the same time... she's different."
"You love her, I can tell."
"Yeah, so what?"
"Aweee, my little bro growing up."
"Ahhh, shutup!" I said, sitting back into the seat.
"When Ya'll getting married?" he joked.
"See, nobody said all that, now."
"You obviously love the girl and she loves you, and she's carrying yall kids. I call it, 3 years, yall gone be plannin' a wedding."
"Nigga, what about YO wedding."
"What about it, man?"
"When is it?"
"It's this summer, alright? I want you to be my Best Man."
"Really?"
"Hell yeah, and I'm pretty sure Emma's gonna ask ya girl to be a Bridesmaid before the wedding because they gon' get along great."
Aileen's POV
"So, what do you do?" Emma asked me as took a sip of the hot tear.
"I'm a fashion evacuative. I work from home, though."
"That's so cool, but why from home?"
"Because the whole pregnant thing.. It's a whole lot easier because I can do everything from my laptop and phone." I said smiling. "What about you?"
"Right now I'm just home with Donovan all day, Ethan works. I used to be a dance instructor."
"Ohhh, I love to dance."
"haha, yeah, it was one hell of a workout. "
"You telling me, that's why I was confused as to why I was gaining weight when I danced all the time. Then the morning sickness came and I found out."
"How's Ray doing with the whole thing?"
"He's amazing." I said smiling. "He's spoiling them and they're not even here yet."
"Awwhh, you're having twin girls?" she asked. I nodded my head. "I'm having a girl."
"What you naming her?"
"Elise." she said smiling. "What about you?"
"Jordan and Kadin." I said smiling. "Ray picked out the names."
"He did a good job, that's cute. You guys are gonna make some cute babies."
"Hahaha, thanks." I said, taking another sip of the tea. "I see you're getting married, when is the wedding?"
"It's during the summer, you can come, I know Ray's gonna be there a Ethan's Best Man."
"Yeah, they're really close..."
"You don't seem too happy.. You okay?"
"Yeah, it's just that, I don't have family so seeing him with his makes me happy, then makes me sad."
"Well, you're family now, girl." she said smiling. I smiled back at her as we stood up and walked back into the living room.
"Why so quite?" I asked, taking a seat beside Ray.
"No reason.." he said, shaking his head.
"Sure, alright." I chuckled. "Gossiping about me?"
"Shutup Aileen." he said, putting his arm around me.
"Yall are sooooo cute! Omg, Ray, where'd you find her?!" Emma squealed. She reminded me of myself often.
"Pool party, long story short." Ray said quickly. I nudged him.
"I was at a pool party and his niece walked over to me and said her uncle Ray liked me and pointed to him." I giggled. "She was a cutie."
"I ain't say all that, I was just lookin'."
"Awe, but I'm happy she did." I said, looking over at him as he looked at me.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah." I said as he kissed me for about 2 seconds and then pulled away.
"Seriously, when's the wedding?" Ethan asked. Ray threw a pillow at him, playfully. I kinda of nervously chuckled at the situation. I mean, everyone had asked us that, when's the wedding, when's the wedding, but we definitely were not ready to be husband and wife. I still had a lot of things I wanted to get over.
"You ready to go baby?" he asked me.
"Awe, we just got here, but if you're ready, we can go."
"I ain't in no rush, I was just askin'." he said, pulling out his phone.
"WAIT! WHAT'S THAT!?" I said, taking his phone and looking at the lock screen. It was a picture of me cooking in the kitchen with nothing but some boy shorts and a one of his shirts that snugged me perfectly before my pregnancy began to show. It had a little filter on it.
"You don't like it?" he chuckled. "I'll take it off."
"Nah, you straight. I was just surprised..."
"Yo last nigga never did that?"
"His fuck ass." I scoffed and sat back into the seat. "No, he didn't. He wasn't shit no way so I ain't buggin' bout him."
"You shouldn't be." Ray said smirking. I got my phone out and he stopped me. "WHAT IS THAT?!"
"THAT is the picture you made me take with you so you wouldn't be a creep, I liked it, so I made it my lock screen, problemmm?" I teased.
"Nah, you straight." he said, slide glancing at me.
"Yall too cute together, omgggg!" Emma said.
"Thanks." we both said, laughing.
"But I'm cuter!" I said, flipping my hair playfully.
"You right." he admitted while laughing. "You right."
"You're agreeing with me?"
"Yeah, you cute as hell, why not?"
"Well thank you." I said smiling. I started humming Making Love x Usher a little while going through my phone.
"I know that song.." Ethan said, pointing at me as if he was trying to think of the name. "OH! It's called Making Love, isn't it?"
"yeah.." I said, smiling shyly.
"So have yall ever?" Emma asked, smiling like crazy, she was mad pretty though.
"Have we ever what?" Ray said, not looking up from his phone, as I did.
"Made love..?" she asked. Ray and I both stopped scrolling on our phone and looked up.
"Ummm... I don't know..? We don't talk about it.." I said, scrunching up my eyebrows, "Um, you..?" I giggled strangely.
"yeah." they both said nonchalantly.
"How come?" Emma asked.
"How come what?" I asked.
"Yall never made love?"
"Um.... I don't know..?"
"There's gotta be a reason, yall obviously love each other." Ethan admitted. "Why not?"
"Why you care, nigga?" Ray chuckled. "Yall weird ass hell, man."
"Just curious because yall are so cute together."
"Well.." he said, standing up. "It's time to go."
"Awe, we made my lil bro feel awkward!" Ethan said as we headed to the door. "See yall later, right?"
"Hopefully!" I said smiling. "It was nice meet you guys!" I said, finally waving and closing the door.
____
"It's later than I thought.." I said, finally changing into some PJs and getting into bed with Ray and laying my head on his chest.
"Yeah, it's about 9."
"You going in tomorrow?"
"Nah, why?"
"Just asking." I said, feeling around his lower abs. I pecked his lips before turning over, but he pulled me back, sitting his phone on the nightstand and kissed me really passionately. He hadn't kissed me like that in a while and we hadn't had sex in about a month. I felt him pull off my underwear slowly, watching him look at me the whole time.
He began to spread my legs apart and I was already moaning and he hadn't even done anything to me. He took off his boxers, getting on his knees, and going in slowly and I didn't know what to do. It felt so good.
He was going deeper and deeper with every stroke as he spread my legs even more and went faster. I grabbed the bed sheets, tilting my head back while moaning louder and louder, with the occasional cuss word.
It was so gentle, yet, so deep. I think this was making love. But when he intertwined our fingers, I knew it was making love. I touched all over her upper body, he just grabbed my hands and pinned them over my head and went faster, sending my body into a rush. I kinda wondered what made sex feel so good. Was it the penetration or the ejaculation. I slammed my eyes shut as a moan escaped my lips and I bit onto my bottom lip, hard. My bottom lip started trembling, which never happened.
After 20 minutes, it started to feel so good I couldn't stay still. I was grabbing at everything and anything.
"FUCK!" I yelled, pulling his body to mine as he went faster, deeper, and harder as my orgasm increased. My back arched and I pulled the fitting sheet off of the bed in the process.
5 minutes later, it was over and I collapsed onto the bed, panting heavily, not being able to catch my breath and him doing the same. He placed a sweet kiss onto my lips as we breathed each other's air. I pulled him closer to me to deepen the kiss as I still panted heavily.
"Now.." he said, swallowing. "Now you can say... You've made love...." he said, kissing me again through his excessive panting, but about 5 minutes later our heart rates were back to normal.
"What was that for..?" I said, slightly with a still irregular breath pattern, but I wasn't panting. "Because it was amazing.."
"It was me loving you..." he said, kissing my forehead and letting me lay on his chest. I didn't say a word, I just simply cuddled up to his body and fell asleep.
*Next Morning*
I woke up and checked my phone, realizing it was about 1 in the afternoon. I hadn't had any phone calls which surprised me. I had this big smile on my face and I knew exactly. why. I got out the bed, going over to my underwear draw and getting some boy shorts along with a off the shoulder sweatshirts and some sweatpants.
I went into the bathroom and brushed my teeth. As I looked at my face, it looked brighter and I looked happier than usual.
After spitting into the sink I turned the corner and began walking downstairs to see Ethan and Emma.
"Heyyy!" I said, hugging them both, "What are you guys doing here?"
"Emma wanted to come over."
"Oh, so I ain't shit, huh?" I said to Ethan. He opened his mouth to say something, but I stopped him. "I'm joking." I said laughing. I walked into the kitchen to see Ray was making a sandwich. "Hey.." I said, wrapping my arms around his waist. He turned around and kissed me, just like he did last night.
"Hey." he said smirking. "How'd you sleep?"
"Why didn't you wake me up?" I said laughing.
"Oh, I slept fine, you? Ohh, I slept good too." he joked. "Because you looked like you were tired..."
"I was." I said smirking and sitting down. "Hey Emma, wanna go shopping?"
"OH YAY! That'd be fun!"
"Okay, we'll leave around 3, I got some work I need to do." I said, going to my laptop. "Okay.." I said, looking through the designs. But I saw one that didn't belong. "Awh hell." I said, grabbing my phone. "Allison! No, it's Santa Claus, yeah it's me! Do me a favor... you see the... 1, 2, 3, 4.. on the 5 row? Yeah, that one, delete it. Why? Because it's not supposed to be there! It's with next seasons not this one! Told youuuu!" I joked. "Thanks Allison!" I said and hung up. "I'm gonna shower."
"Go 'head." Ethan said. So I jogged right on upstairs.
Ray's POV
"Hmmm, someone took my advice.." Emma said walking into the kitchen.
"And you think that issss?"
"With Aileen, the making love thing." she smirked. "You guys did."
"Why you care?"
"Because yall are cute that's why! So, how'd it go?" she said, eager to know. She was so weird, but she was my homie. I chuckled.
"It went fine.."
"How was she?"
"Emma, you know you're weird as hell?" I asked her.
"Yes, and I wanna know."
"Em, stop being weird, babe." Ethan said, walking into the kitchen. "I just wanna know when the wedding is."
"What wedding..." I said, sitting on the counter top to eat my sandwich.
"You guy's.. You can't tell me you haven't thought about it."
"I have, and if I was going to, I know exactly how I'd do it, but, it's too early, we've only been dating for 4 months so chill out."
"How would you do it?" Emma said, listening to every word I was gonna say. I sighed and got off the counter.
"Alright, since you wanna know... IF I was going to, I'd wait til the twins were about 3 to do it.. Because.. No! I'm not tellin' yall. I refuse. If I was gonna do it, I'd tell you at least a week in advance. Yall need to chill." I said, shaking my head.
"But you love her, right?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Is there any reason right now why you wouldn't marry her?"
"Yes."
"What?"
"because if I did it right now, it'd only be because she'd be having my kids, not because I love her."
"Wow..." I heard Aileen's voice from the staircase. "That's all I gotta say.. is Wow." she said and began walking upstairs.
"Ah hell. See what yall did."
"Nigga, we didn't do anything, we asked you a question, YO ASS answered." Emma said laughing. I sighed and jogged upstairs. She wasn't in my room and I heard the shower running. I tried to open the door but it was locked.
"Baby, open the door."
"No."
"Please, let me talk to you."
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because."
"Because what?"
"No."
"Baby, open the damn door."
"No."
"I have a key, y'know."
"Gone." she replied. I sighed and grabbed the key that was at the top of the door frame. She's too short to get that. I chuckled and unlocked the door to see her, sitting on the floor, still clothed. I closed the door behind me and sat next to her. "Go away Rayan."
"I didn't mean it how it sounded.." I said, sitting closer to her.
"yes you do.. you know you did. You don't love me, you're only with me because I'm carrying your kids. So I'll make it easier for you."
"What you mean 'make it easier for me'? Baby, stop."
"Don't call me that. Get out so I can shower and leave."
"Where are you going?"
"Somewhere."
"Like?"
"Like somewhere. We shouldn't be together anyway... I really wanted to believe someone could actually love me, but I guess not." she said, standing up. "Can you get out please?"
"Baby, it wasn't how it seemed to sound, I swear."
"GO AWAY!" she yelled.
"So, we're done?" I said, getting up and walking towards her. "You really wanna leave me?"
"Yeah, now get out." she said, pointing to the door. I know she was mad, but not this mad. I went to walk to the door, but she pulled me back. "I can't believe you! You're not even gonna try?!"
"I don't wanna force you to do something you didn't wanna do.."
"But if you loved me like you said you did, you would!.... Well, that proves something." she said, walking past me. I followed her downstairs as she walked out the door. "GO AWAY RAYAN!"
"You want me to fight for you!?"
"YES BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME BUT APPARENTLY NOT!"
"I do love you, stop saying that! You took it out of context. They asked me if I'd ever marry you and I said not now because we've only been together for 5 months and if I married you now, it'd look like I was only doing it because you were pregnant, THAT'S what I said."
She sat down on the bench and just side with her hands on her stomach.
"You know I wanna be with you. You wouldn't live with me if I didn't and I wouldn't have done what we did last night if I didn't love you.." I said, making her look at me. She had tears rolling down her cheeks. I really hated seeing her cry because I had seen it all often. "Don't cry."
"I've been through enough of a emotional roller coaster with this Ray..."
"But that's the reason we're together.. Because we argue then laugh about it later in the week." I said smiling. "You know what, you go out with Emma and then come back and tell me what you think. Because you know I love you, but if you still don't wanna be with me, I'll understand.. Because... I don't wanna force you to be with me if you don't want too because I love you too much for that."
She looked at me for a minute and wiped her face and pecked my lips and stood up before going inside. I sighed and stood up. It wasn't that cold outside, but it was mid February. I put my hands behind my head and took in the scenery in front of the house and sighed, yet again, and walked inside.
"I blame yall." I said, walking into the kitchen where Ethan and Emma were.
"What'd she say?"
"That she didn't wanna be with me anymore if I didn't love her, I said some stuff, then told her to go shopping with Emma and if she still wanted to leave, then I'll understand, not be okay with it, but understand."
"Nigga, why'd you say that?" Ethan asked me.
"Because, I don't wanna force her to do anything she doesn't want to do, and that includes being with me. Her last nigga controlled the shit outta her and I'm not bout to do the same."
"Ray... You got a funny mentality, but in some ways, it's right."
"yeah, well.." I said and then saw Aileen come downstairs in some skinny jeans, Uggs, a tank top, and a blue cardigan. It'd been a while since I saw her dress casual, and she looked better when she did. She straightens her hair a little, to where it was still wavy and still wore the necklace I got her for Christmas, along with a tennis bracelet I got her for her birthday. You could obviously see she was around 6 months pregnant and so was Emma.
"Hey, you ready to go Emma?"
"Yeah!" she said excitedly. "Baby, where's your credit card?"
"here..." he said, handing it to her. "Don't decline my shit woman." he joked and kissed her cheek. Aileen came over to me and did the same.
"I'll be back later." she whispered and walked away.
"Need anything?" I asked her. She simply shook her head and walked out the door.
"You know man, you got a good woman." Ethan said, slouching into the seat. I chuckled.
"I know, but why you saying it?"
"Because, she can hold her own."
"So can Emma."
"But she doesn't work."
"because yall have a kid, dumb ass." I said laughing. "Aileen's always been able to do that. Except for that night she came over and things just kinda happened, then the second night..."
"The second night..? I want details nigga."
"She wanted it.. I said we probably shouldn't and she didn't give a damn." I laughed while sitting on the counter top. "And yeah.. no biggie."
"So.. she wanted to have sex with you?"
"Yeah, hard to believe?" I chuckled. "Not like I'm bad in bed."
"I guess man, I'm not tryna find out because I'm yo brother and straight as hell so nah." he said laughing. "How long you think the girls gon' be?"
"Aileen can shop for legit 5 hours and not be tired."
"Ah hell."
"Why?"
"Emma is the same way. Woman almost declined my credit card.. I was chillin' doe."
"Damn.." I said laughing. "Aileen doesn't do that.. Only time we go shopping and she spend my money is if it's for the twins, other than that, she's rackin' in stacks just as much as me."
"Then why does she live with you if she could get her own place?"
"Because I wanted her to." I said, making my way to the couch.
For the next few hours we played Black Ops and it was about 6:30 when the girls came in. They were all talkative and happy n'shit.
"Got damn, it's about time!" Ethan said, standing up.
"Why are you standing up? We brought dinner!" Emma said, holding up the takeout Chinese. "Dig in." she said, sitting it on the table. As we ate, the girls sat in the living room going though the 50 thousand bags of stuff they had.
"Isn't this the cutest?" I heard Aileen say and she help up a bunch of baby stuff.
"Wait, what about that.. THING you got?"
"Oh, it's in here somewhere.. I'll show you tomorrow, you should bring Don over, he's a cutie. How old is he?"
"He's 3."
"He's adorable."
"You know one thing I can't stand about being pregnant?"
"Having to keep buying bigger shirts every month?"
"YESSSS!" Emma said as if she was hype for what reason, I don't know. "It's like, you get a cute shirt, and before you get to wear it, you're too big for it.." Emma said, slouching into the seat. Aileen and stood up with a bag in her hand and walked over to where we were.
"Got you something." she said smiling.
"Me?" I said confused.
"Nah, Obama... Yes, you." she said smiling and handing me a box. "Remember when you said you needed a new watch?"
"Yeah...." I said as I opened the box.
"I got you one, thank me later."
"Wait, so you're not mad at me?"
"I wanna be.. but I can't.." she sighed. "You were right and I'm not tryna leave you." she said, pecking my lips and walking back into the living room.
"How'd you do that?" Ethan asked.
"Do what?"
"To just... come back like it was nothing?"
"I didn't do it... she did." I said, laughing and finishing up my food. "Thanks for the food!"
"You're welcome!" they both said.
"Had a lot of fun today Emma, we should do it again!"
"No you shouldn't!" Ethan said, standing up.
"Oh c'mon!" Emma whined.
"It's okay, I'll pay next time we do it."
"You don't have to do that."
"But it'll be fun." she said smiling. "Have a safe drive home." Aileen said as she waved to them goodbye and closed the door.
"So, you had fun?"
"Yeah, Emma's cool. She's funny too."
"Come here for a second babe." I asked and she did. I patted my lap for her to sit down but she shook her head. "Why not?"
"because I am 6 months pregnant with twins, Rayan. I'm not sitting on you and breaking you." she said laughing.
"Fine.." I said chuckling. "Damn, I forgot what I was gonna say... Anyway, what'd you get?"
"Just some stuff for the twins, and some other stuff.."
"Likeee?"
"STUFF."
"Like female stuff or stuff you just want me knowing about at the moment?"
"Stuff I don't want you knowing about at the moment."
"Ahh.." I said standing up. "Once you have these twins, I still wanna see what you bought at Victoria Secret." I whispered in her ear.
"Whatever.." she giggled. "I'm gonna sit in the twin's room for a bit.. just think."
"Want me to come with you?"
"Nah.. I'm good."
Aileen's POV
As I sat in the rocking chair on Jordan's side of the room, I touched my stomach and sighed.
"You guys are be spoiled half to death and your daddy's gonna make sure of that, one thing you won't have to worry about is someone not loving you, you're gonna be surrounded by people who love you everyday, alright?" I said as if they could be like "OKAY MOMMY!"
~3 years later~
I walked downstairs with the laundry basket in my arms and stepping carefully down the stairs into the laundry room.
"MOMMMYY!!" Jordan yelled, hiding behind me. "KADIN CHASE ME!"
"Kadin, stop chasin' your sister, you know how she is." I said, walking into the laundry room and sitting the basket on the washing machine. Seconds later I heard them running around the living room like they were insane. "You guys stop runnin' in the house!" I yelled, and they didn't listen. All of a sudden, it got real quite.. I tip-toed into the living room and Ray scared the shit out of me. "AHH!" I screamed, grabbing his chest. "Rayan, stop doing that shit." I said laughing and pecking his lips. "How was work?"
"It was work." he chuckled.
"DADDDYY! KADIN CHASE ME!" Jordan said, wanting Ray to pick her up.
"Kay Kay, you know how your sister is, stop it, alright?"
"Sowwi daddy..." Kadin said pouting. Ray bent down and picked her up too and sat on the couch.
"It's alright munckin, just stop chasin' Danny." he said. He had nick names for em all the time. Danny as Jordan and Kay Kay was Kadin.
"Sowwi sissy.." Kadin said, going to hug her.
"Awwee, look at them." I said after putting the clothes in the washing machine. "You guys ready to see Aunt Kayla tomorrow?" I asked and they nodded their head. "Danny, you sure you don't wanna wear your swimsuit?" I asked, picking her up. She was the modest one out of the two. She nodded her head quickly. "You wanna wear yours Kay Kay?" I asked, and she nodded her head quickly. They might have been twins, but they were totally different.
"You wearin' a swimsuit?" Ray asked, smirking.
"Ray, please, it's been 3 years since I put one of them on.. My figure isn't how I want it to be."
"Wear one for me.. please...." he whispered in my ear, standing behind me and grabbing my ass tightly, causing me to jump.
"Alright.." I said, moving away from him and giggling. "I'll wear one."
"That's my girl." he said, smacking my ass and walking upstairs.
Ray's POV
In all honesty, I was nervous as hell for tomorrow. It had been 3 and a half years since Aileen and I met and finally, I was proposing. I went into my underwear draw and pulled out the velvet box that her ring in it. It had a square diamond with round corners and around the diamond had tiny diamonds and diamonds going around the band of it. I smiled to myself and closed the box and put it back where I had it and figured out how I was gonna do it.
"DANNY! KAY KAY! COME HERE!" I called the twins and waited for them to run in the room. They stood in the doorway. "Come here." I chuckled and watched as they walked over to me slowly.
"We trouble?" Danny asked.
"Nah lil mama, you ain't in trouble." I chuckled and put her on one leg and put Kay Kay on the other. "I need a favor." I said, they sat there confused as to what I was asking. "Do something for me.."
"Otay." Kay Kay said happily.
"I need you to hand something to your mommy tomorrow at the pool."
"What?"
"You'll see tomorrow, can you do that for me ma? Both of you guys."
"Otay Daddy!" they both said.
"Alright, and don't tell your mama until I say so, alright?"
"otay!"
"Alright, go downstairs, your mama's probably cooking." I said, patting their butts away to the door. Hopefully by this time tomorrow, I'd have my fiancé... If she says yes.
~Next Day~
I sat on one of the benches closes to the house and looked at Aileen was in the pool with the twins. They had on their floaties and Aileen just sat at the edge because she couldn't swim.
"Yo, alright, nigga?" Ethan asked me, patting my shoulder.
"I can't do it, nope.. I refuse."
"No, you're doing it." he said shaking me. "You love that girl right?"
"Yeah."
"You got the ring, right?"
"yeah."
"Then your ass is doing it."
"What if she says so?"
"Nigga, you sound like a female, toughen up, youngin'." he joked. I saw the girls get out the pool and walk over to me.
"Now Daddy?" Danny asked me. I looked at everyone that had now surrounded me and waited for me to do it and took the box out of my pocket and pulled out the ring.
"Yeah.." I said nervously. "Don't drop it alright?"
"Otay." they said. I quickly jogged over to Aileen who was still sitting by the pool on the edge with her feet in the water.
"Hey baby." she said, pecking my lips. "The girls are having fun."
"Well, they like the water." I smiled. "And they learnin' how to swim, better than I can say for some people.." I joked.
"See, nobody asked you to say all that."
"MOMMMYYY!" I heard Danny say. Aileen quickly stood up and got her feet out the pool.
"What is it munchkin?"
"DADDY!" Kay Kay said, handing her the ring.
"What?" she said, smiling awkwardly and bending down, taking the ring, and standing back upright. "Ray what are th-" she said, turning around to see me on one knee. I took the ring from her hand and held both of her hands as I asked her.
"You know.. 4 years ago, I wouldn't have thought about getting married for another 10 years, or having any kids period... Then I met you, and it changed my life." I began saying. She covered her mouth with one of her hands as I held the other one. "I don't think I can imagine a day without you, or the girls... So, what I'm trying to say is.." I said, standing up. "Will you marry me?" I asked, sliding the ring on her ring finger. She covered her face with both hands and hadn't given me a answer. "Babe.." I said, removing her hands from her face. She wiped her tears and nodded her head. "Yes?" I said smiling.
"Yeah.. Yes I'll marry you Ray.." and the second she said that, I kissed her, just like the first time we made love.
"CALLED IT!" Ethan yelled from inside, causing us to both laugh under the kiss.
"I love you so much.." she said, hugging me tightly.
"I love you too." I said, wrapping my arms around her waist. "You know you locked for life? You can't go back on this shit.." I said, making her hit me and started laughing as she went to kiss me.
"I know."