"Do you like this one or this one?" Naala asked holding up the two pair of sneakers in front of me. They were both exactly the same to me and I was gonna end up paying for both anyway.

I shrugged slouching in my seat. I pulled out a bottle of water from Saint's stroller and drank some.

"You're no help," Naala whined. She forced me to come with her shopping because she felt like she needed retail therapy.

We came straight to Saks after dropping Sinai and Maniya off at school. I was being supportive because I know she was trying to avoid the whole pregnancy thing. We were yet to have a proper conversation about it, it's been 5 days. Her belly was suprinsingly quite round, you could tell she was pregnant if you looked hard enough.

"We've been in this store for 2 hours Love come on," I groaned. "Even Saint's tapped out," I mumbled. Saint was fast asleep in his stroller.

"If you help me pick one then this would be faster," She said showing me the two sneakers again.

"That one," I pointed to the one in her left hand.

"Mmm, I'm gonna go with both," She said handing them both to the woman helping her. I sucked my teeth, why ask if you're not gonna go with the one I said?

I stood up and stretched, pushing Saint's stroller behind her.

"What about that purse?" She said pointing to something I know she has at home.

"Keep walking Naala," I said loudly. She turned around and mugged me,

"But it's cute,"

"You already have it," I mumbled ignoring the sales person that was helping us,

"Not in that colour though," She pouted. She moved around Saint's stroller and stood in front of me, "Please Amir,"

I huffed and turned to the sales lady who was smiling, "Can we have that as well please?"

"Of course, I will get it right away," She said cheerfully walking off.

"Yay, thanks Papa," Naala said reaching up and pecking my lips. I held onto her waist and kissed her twice more,

"You got it now so time to go," I said unwrapping my arms from her waist,

She shook her head, "Now clothes, I need something to wear for my birthday dinner"

"What birthday dinner?" I asked, I had something planned already so I told Bri to plan something to keep Naala out of the house. I knew all about the dinner but I had to act as if I didn't.

"I told you about it," She responded, "Me, Bri, Mia and Niya,"

"What about your other friends?" I said raising a brow,

"I don't have any," She shrugged, "Taina calls herself not speaking to me because I called her out about giving my mom our address,"

"That's weird as hell,"

"I know, what if she was a murderer? You sent her to where my children lay their heads, that's not cool,"

"You want me to speak to her?" I said. I could see Naala felt sometype of way about it, they had been friends for long.

"No," She shook her head, "I want to see her face to face, at the end of the day, I sign her checks at the end of the week but she doesn't want to speak to me,"

"Don't get upset Love, please," I said as her eyes watered,

"These damn hormones," She snapped, making Saint pop his eyes open in his stroller and start crying,

"Sainty not here please," Naala mumbled unbuckling him out of the stroller.

"He's probably tired of being in here," I commented as he started to cry louder.

"Will help instead of just standing there?" She snapped up at me trying to rock him. Which just made him scream louder,

"Stop bitching man," I said taking him from her hands, "Boy stop it," I said looking at him, his tears stopping straight away,

"You called me a bitch?" Naala asked taking his bottle out of the bag,

"I said stop bitching I didn't call you a bitch," I chuckled,

"Mmm," She said handing me the bottle, "And you want another kid," She scoffed,

"You have something to get off your chest?" I said raising a brow, she pushed Saint's stroller away and left me standing there. "Still bitching," I mumbled to Saint, putting the bottle to his lips.

"I'm sorry ma'am but someone just bought the last bag," I overheard the sales person say to Naala, "I can show you other colours?"

I walked over to them and got Saint's bib out from the changing bag, wiping his mouth.

"But I want that one," Naala frowned. She turned to me and her eyes watered once again. A pregnant Naala was like a waterfall on steroids, she's so lucky I love her because anyone else would not deal with this.

"Naala you are not about to cry about a bag," I said holding up Saint a bit more,

The sales lady stood their awkwardly as tears fell from Naala's eyes. I sighed and took the bottle from Saint's lips and put my arm around her, "It's just a bag mama,"

"But I wanted it," She pouted, sniffing. Saint wiggled in my arms reaching for her,

"Not now Saint," She mumbled taking him,

"Stop crying," I said softly wiping her face. I turned to the lady and ushered her other to the side,

"So there's no more of that particular colour?" I said in a hushed tone, the lady smiled lightly and shook her head,

"I'm afraid not. Here at Hermes, we only have a certain amount in store,"

"What about another store?" I replied looking back at Naala who was rocking Saint. She'd stopped crying thankfully.

"I can check," The lady responded, "But it is a limited edition,"

I huffed, "You can't order it in?"

The lady nodded and pulled out a little tablet from her satchel, "We can order in from Paris, but at an extra cost,"

"I don't care, just do it."

She handed me the tablet to fill in my details. I scanned over the page, "$98,000?"

"Precisely,"

"Could buy her another car with that," I mumbled signing my name at the bottom. "Here you go," I said handing her back the tablet,

The lady smiled and walked off, tapping away on the tablet. I went back over to Naala, who was placing Saint in the stroller,

"She's gonna deal with it," I said pulling her into a hug. She hugged me back and looked up at me,

"Thank you Papa," She mumbled,

"Mmm, you got rid of that attitude now?" I said referring to her bitching earlier,

"You called me a bitch, why wouldn't I have an attitude?" She said loudly. If she wasn't crying, she was screaming or shouting at me.

"I'm sorry," I mumbled, "But you were bitching, will you just help me instead of standing there" I mocked her voice,

"Move, I don't even sound like that," She laughed trying to get out of my hold, "You know my hormones are crazy and you don't help,"

"I know, I'ma be more considerate," I said truthfully, "Does that mean you want the baby?"

Naala sighed and leaned into me, "I can't have an abortion, that's not right. We made this baby so we have to deal with the consequences"

I nodded and leaned down kissing her, "I got you, no matter what," I meant that. Naala was the only woman I saw myself with and I would only want to grow my family with her.

From the corner of my eye I saw a camera flash and we pulled apart. I looked to see where it was coming from and it was one of the staff,

"Are you done?" I said to Naala, people were getting out of hand these days. Couldn't even go to the store without someone taking pictures and then somehow Shaderoom's messy ass gets a hold of it.

She leaned up and wiped the lip gloss off my lips, "I'm hungry now," She nodded,

"2 hours later," I grumbled. I picked up the shopping bags and Naala pushed Saint's stroller as we made our way to the exit.

"Do you think I'm a good mom?" Naala asked turning to me in her seat. I was driving us to Wendy's because she said she was craving it.

I nodded and put my hand on her thigh, "I think you got this mom shit on lock,"

"I don't feel like it, sometimes I feel like I'm drowning,"

"Being a mother isn't easy Naala, nobody said it was. You're learning," I spoke soothingly, I didn't want her to get upset, "Stop stressing," I added, rubbing her thigh,

"I just don't want to fail them." She said biting her lip,

"You won't, they love you. Even look at Maniya, you didn't know her from anywhere but you treat her like she came from you – she loves you like you're her real mom,"

"You're right," She smiled lightly, "I miss her, call her – she should be on lunch," She added, checking her phone.

I sucked my teeth, I know her little ass was gonna be on some shit,

"Don't do that, call my baby," Naala pouted,

I ain't trynna hear her whine in my ear for the rest of this journey so I just called her.

"What's up Old man?" Maniya's voice rang through the car. Naala giggled and I straight faced her,

"Maniya I'ma beat your ass,"

"Wow so much aggression," She laughed,

"Hey Niya," Naala said smiling mad wide, she don't even get that happy when she speaks to me, only when she speaks to our bald head ass kids.

"Hey ma," Maniya said, "I saw y'all on the shaderoom, all hugged up. Don't be kissing on my mom old man,"

"He's obsessed with me," Naala replied,

"I know what I'm obsessed with," I said flirtatiously glancing over at her,

She looked at me and smirked, "Stop before I make you pull over,"

"Ew y'all couldn't wait till I was off the phone," Maniya groaned into the phone,

"I can hang up?" I laughed, pulling into Wendy's. Naala smacked my arm,

"Sorry," Naala said, "Are you okay though? Have you eaten?" Naala added, going straight back into mommy mode,

"The food was nasty," She mumbled, "I was gonna get Adam to take me to get something,"

"That's cute," Naala cooed, "Like a first date?" I side-eyed Naala because I don't know why she was encouraging this shit,

"No that's on Sunday Ma, you said I could go,"

"After homework, yeah you can," Naala responded.

"Wait a second, Adam?" I heard Maniya say to someone in the background.

"Uhn uhn, we at Wendy's what do you want? I don't want you ditching school with a boy," And if she thinks she's going on that date she has another thing coming.

"It's not that serious, we do it all the time," She giggled,

"Ain't shit funny, what do you want?" I said pulling up to the window. She told me her order and I ordered Naala's food which was practically the entire menu.

"You ain't gonna finish all that," I said handing her the food,

"I will," She pouted opening the bags, "Get more sauce," She ordered,

"Yes ma'am," I said sarcastically. I waited for the girl to come back to the window. She slid the window back and mugged me,

"I already gave y'all your food," She said popping her gum,

I scrunched up my face, "Sauce," I said blankly. She rolled her eyes and closed the window. As she leaned out the window, she got a better look at my face and she fixed her face real quick.

"Here you go," She smiled at me, leaning touching my hand slightly when she handed the sauce to me. I leaned back so she could see Naala who was on her phone,

"Baby what other sauce do you want?" I said loud enough for the girl to hear,

"All of them please," She said looking up from the phone. The girl rolled her eyes and got more sauce out,

I laughed at the look on her face and sped off in the direction of Maniya's school. Naala was busy eating all her food, occasionally moaning from time to time.

"Wendy's ain't even that good," I said looking at her,

She gasped loudly and held her chest, "Why would you say that? You don't know good food,"

"Fast food isn't good for you," I pointed out,

"The baby likes it," She shrugged.

"Babies you mean," I teased her. I'm convinced she was having twins because even with Saint her stomach was not this big at such an early stage,

"Stop," She stale faced me, "I told you, this is just a big baby,"

"Mmm, wait till the doctor says it," I laughed. Luckily Maniya's school was close by so we were already pulling up.

"Text Niya to come out here, you're not going in there," I said parking the car.

"Oh my God it's not that serious," Naala said picking up her phone. Maniya told me about all the thirsty ass school boys that always had their eyes on Naala whenever she dropped her off, and I'm not having that.

"I don't care, I was a teenager when I met you so I know what they see,"

Naala leaned over the console, "What do you see?" She whispered, playing with my beard.

"My wife," I replied, leaning forward. I pecked her lips softly, "I love you,"

"I love you too," She said kissing me again,

"You taste like grease," I laughed licking my lips. She stared at me with hooded eyes,

"Stop we are literally in a high school car park," I said because I knew what that look meant.

"But you look so good today," She mumbled leaning forward again. I let my chair back a bit and turned to see if Saint was still asleep.

"Did you tell Maniya we're here?" I asked helping her come over to my side and straddle me,

"Mmm, she said 5 minutes, just a quickie," She said lowly leaning down to kiss my neck. These damn hormones, every hour of the day Naala wanted to have sex, we could be eating breakfast and she would be feeling up on me.

I moved my head and attacked her lips, kissing her passionately. She moaned into the kiss and started to grind on me, our lips locked together as we both fought for dominance.

I pulled down my sweats and Naala was wearing a dress which was easy access. I positioned my hard dick at her centre and she eased her self down on me, both of us groaning from the feeling.

"Fuck Naala," I cursed as she started to rotate her hips. She moaned loudly and threw her head back.

"Wait," She panted putting her hand on my chest. I was matching her and thrusting my hips upwards,

"Stop doing that," I said biting my lip as she tightened her walls around me,

"Oooo, Papa waitttt," She dragged out, moaning into my ear. That made me go faster. I looked up and saw Maniya's happy ass skipping to the car. I pressed the lock button quickly as I felt my dick stiffen up,

"I'm—" Naala breathed out as she released all over me. Because of the tints Maniya couldn't see us but that didn't stop her from tugging on the doors,

"Shit," Naala panted, sliding off me. She reached into her purse and handed me some wipes. I wiped us both down and she climbed back into her seat.

"Are y'all okay?" Maniya asked knocking on the passenger side window. I rolled the window down and she jumped,

"I thought there was no one in here,"

"I was erm, what was I doing?"Naala stuttered,

"You were feeding Saint," I said lowly,

"That's it, we were feeding Saint," She said with a smile,

"Both of you?" She asked, I sucked my teeth,

"Maniya do you want the food or not?"

"Take it easy grumpy, and Saint's asleep," She pointed out. Naala looked back and then at me,

"So much for that idea,2 She said lowly,

"Y'all was doing the nasty weren't you?" Niya asked making a disgusted face,

"Noooo, why would we do that in your school parking lot?" Naala asked, her voice getting higher as she spoke. I stayed quiet staring at them both,

"Because you guys fuck like rabbits," She said,

"Language," Me and Naala said at the same time,

"Sorry," Niya mumbled. Naala reached down and picked up her food,

"Go and eat before your next class,"

Maniya nodded, "I'm taking the bus today,"

I raised a brow, "Why? Your mama usually picks you up,"

"I'm going to Tia's house,"

Naala leaned back and checked on Saint,

I drew my head back because I ain't never heard that name before, "To do what? And when were you gonna ask?"

"I didn't think I had to. We're just gonna chill," She replied. She was avoiding eye contact so I knew there was more to it,

"Ion like that," I said shaking my head, "Where does she live? You've never mentioned her before, ion want you hanging around no fast ass little girls, --"

"Baby," Naala said putting her hand on my thigh,

"Y'all are just going to chill?" Naala asked Maniya who looked upset.

"Yeah, we were gonna go to the movies aswell," She added,

"First it was her house now it's the movies," I laughed, "You're not going,"

"Amir oh my God," Naala snapped, "Why can't she go?"

"Because we don't know this Tia person,"

"Ma," Maniya whined, "You told me he would be cool with it,"

"So she asked you already?" I said directly to Naala, who was also trying to avoid eye contact, "Naala I know you can hear me,"

"She asked me and I said she had to check with you first. Amir she's 16, what were you doing at 16?"

"You know exactly what we was doing at 16 Naala," I responded, "I don't trust it,"

"Then trust her, she's not given us a reason not to trust her." I huffed and looked away, Naala leaned over and kissed my cheek, "Please Papa?"

"Pleaseeeee?" Maniya added. I side eyed her,

"Curfew is 12 Niya, I mean it. I'ma expect you in your bed at 12:01,"

"Yay!" Maniya responded, "Thanks Old man," She said happily,

"Thank you baby," Naala said pecking my lips.

"Don't make me regret this," I pointed at Maniya, the bell rang in the distance.

"Now you can't even eat," I chuckled,

"It's not funny," Maniya whined, "I'll see y'all later," She mumbled stepping away from the car.

"12am Maniya, I'm not playing," I repeated,

"Please don't prove him right," Naala tried to whisper, she thinks this is funny but I will beat both of their asses if anything happens.

Maniya reached into the car and hugged Naala before smiling at me, "Go to class," I said blankly,

"Ok grumpy," Maniya laughed walking away from the car. I pulled out of the parking lot and headed to Dr Black's office, Naala didn't know we had a session but we needed it.

"Why didn't you turn there?" Naala said sitting up,

"We're not going home,"

"But I need to pee and I feel icky after we 'you know'," She said moving around in her seat,

"It won't be long and you can pee when we get there," I responded putting my hand on her leg,

"Mmm but now I need to go bad," She replied crossing her legs,

"Don't think about it then," I said to her, I turned the volume up to distract her. It was a radio talk show that was playing,

"So you were in a sexual relationship with her?" The radio host said,

"We may have slept together once or twice," The man chuckled,

"So have you ever met her current boyfriend, Dave East?" My ears perked up at the sound of my name.

"Nah, we've been at the same events but never spoken. She wasn't with him when we did what we did,"

"Who's this Naala?" He was obviously referring to her,

"How would I know?" She asked looking at me weirdly,

"He's obviously talking about you," I said feeling myself getting angry, "So I'm gonna ask again who is that?"

"I'm not gonna talk if you start shouting at me," She replied, "I don't know who's speaking so I don't know who it is,"