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fifty-nine

fifty-nine

s.n. / This update concludes as part two of my final four, before adaptation. Please go back and read to avoid missing out on any details :)

"Baby, I'm home," Abel shouted as he walked in through the garage entrance. He was grateful to have made it back to the loft before the lightning began to sound throughout the house plus, he knew how much Valerie valued watching movies while cuddled up in weather as such.

They decided to move back to the 6ix temporarily until Valerie was finished with the pregnancy. It was no longer as cold as it had been during the holidays since the spring was approaching and before they both knew it, Valerie was nearing eight months pregnant. Empress, Zaria and Amani had been helping her plan the baby shower while Julissa had been handling all the decorations. Valerie chose to go with a Sweet As Peaches theme, wanting nothing more than for everything to be coral with the scent of peaches accompanying it.

Abel placed the plastic pharmacy bag on the counter before walking towards the front door of their loft where he would open it to check the mail. There was a box awaiting them on the city strip next to the mailbox and inside the mailbox contained a few white envelopes, presumably bills. He grabbed the envelopes and the Bazaar magazine folded towards the back, placing them on top of the box as he carried them into the house. Placing everything on the counter, he decided to open the box before he would remove the items from the pharmacy bag. The box was from Amazon Prime, therefore it was easy to pull the sealings apart without the use of other tools.

Once he was able to get the box open completely, he realized it was what he thought it was. The body pillow and remote that could control the heating temperature. He was sure that Valerie would appreciate it since she had been having a hard time sleeping over the past week and a half. Abel was forced to cut his studio sessions short due to his fiancée having trouble sleeping without his attendance. He prayed the pillow would compensate for his absence while he worked on his debut album. Between Valerie being further into her pregnancy and Republic on his ass about the music, Abel didn't know which was more stressful. He just wanted to be a great man to his fiancée no matter what but it was no secret that he missed being consistent with his career.

Abel fetched the sour cream and onion chips and pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream from the bag, along with the body pillow in his left hand and made his way up the stairs. He set the pillow next to the door and used that same left hand to open it before picking it up and bringing everything into the room with him.

Valerie turned to look at Abel, beaming now that her man had finally gotten home with everything she asked him to get. "Baby!"

"Hey, sweetheart." Abel returned the smile, placing the ice cream and chips on the nightstand and the pillow next to her on the bed as he reached for her jaw, caressing it softly. "You been alright while I was gone?"

"Yes, daddy. I was binging Breaking Bad. It's so good. But I missed you." She admitted, turning her attention from her fiancé to the pillow he sat beside her. "What's this?"

"It's a pillow designed to help you sleep better when I'm not able to be here, mama." He noticed her eyeing the remote and it was apparent that Valerie was confused as to what the device was for so he proceeded. "The remote monitors the heating. You can heat it the same way you did with that pad thingy when you were getting periods."

"Wow, that's cool. Thank you. That's so sweet. I appreciate that." Valerie reached for Abel's hands, pulling him closer to her as she locked their lips for a moment or two.

"Anything for you, baby."

Valerie opened the tub of cookies and cream ice cream in all smiles before she would do the same thing with the bag of chips. She intended to dip the sour and cream chips into her ice cream and it had become her favourite snack during the pregnancy. It amazed Abel how she could crave two very different things together, but he actually found it quite cute and enjoyed watching her eat them together in bliss.

"Mmm, this is so good. When will you try it with me, babe?"

The tone in Valerie's voice when she asked the question made Abel go weak. She probably ate chips and ice cream together three or four times a week and it had become a very normal routine for her. However, Abel simply thought it was cute but it wasn't something for him.

Still, he was willing to try it if it would make his girl happy. So he reached into the bag of chips and pulled one out before curving it into the ice cream and eating the entire thing at once. To his surprise, it was way better than he thought it would be.

"Yo, that's crazy. That's actually really good."

Valerie smiled, cupping her boyfriend's face and leaving tiny kisses on his chin. "See, I told you. Sometimes you have to just try things."

Abel took a moment to absorb his girlfriend's words in, nodding his head in agreement. "You're absolutely right. Trials and attempts are what got us where we are, sweet thing."

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