Beyond

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*Milan
2 WEEKS LATER

Tonight Zion was taking me on a date. She got off work earlier so she could come home and get ready so we could be on time. I had on this khaki dress with the back out. My pudge wasn't really showing as much today.

I was in the bathroom fluffing out my hair when Zion came into the bathroom. She placed her hand on my lower back which made me look up at her.

"You look good..." she said looking me up and down

"Thank you, baby..." I said smiling

"Your stomach not showing..." she said pouting

I laughed at her and turned to the side.

"I don't know it's weird. One day I'm big then the next few days it doesn't show..." I said rubbing my belly

"I love you so much..." she said

I looked at her through the mirror with a smile. I turned and looked at her.

"I love you, baby..." I said hugging her

I kissed her.

"You bout ready to go??" She asked

"Yes, baby..." I said softly before kissing her again
"Or..."

I kissed her again.

"We. Can. Do. That thing. We love..." I said while kissing her between each word

She smiled at me.

"No, we gotta get to dinner..." she said

"I can do that thing you like..." I said looking up at her

She started laughing.

"How about after we leave dinner I'll do that thing you like..." she said with an eyebrow raised

"To dinner, we go..." I said smiling making her laugh

"You're something else..." she said slapping my ass as I went to get my purse

We left out and headed to the restaurant. We got there and Zion cut off the song I was singing. I hit her in the arm.

"You saw me singing..." I said looking at her

"I know baby, I'm sorry. We are already late so let's go before they cancel our reservations..." she said

"You off the hook this time..." I said rolling my eyes

I was bout to grab the door knob.

"Don't do that..." she said

"My bad..." I said looking at her

She grabbed her things and got out of the car. She came to my side and opened my door.

"Thank you, baby..." I said as she helped me out

"You're welcome..." she said before kissing my forehead

She grabbed my hand, locked the door, and we went in. She gave them her name and we followed them to the table. We were close so I saw Mom and Melody.

I stopped walking and Zion turned around.

"What are they doing here??" I asked

"We're having dinner with them..." she said
"It's going to be fine, I promise..."

I nodded before we headed to the table.

"Hey..." Zion said smiling

They both stood up. They gave her a hug and spoke.

"Hey Sweetie, how are you doing??" Melody asked

"Hey..." I said Smiling at her
"I've been good. Little morning sickness, but not too much. And we felt the baby move one-night last week..."

"Awww..." she said before touching my belly

"You don't even look pregnant..." Mom said making me look up at her

"Yeah, one day it's playing show and tell then the next hide and seek..." Zion said making me smack her arm and laugh

"So dumb..." I said laughing harder making her start laughing

Once I calmed down, Mom walked up to me.

"Hey Honey..." she said

"Hey, Mom..." I said looking at her

"I want to apologize for yelling and cursing at you. I was just worried something happened to you and I didn't know how to react. But I shouldn't have acted like that. I'm sorry..." she said

"Wellllll, I think I might have overreacted just a lil, like a tiny bit..." I said making her laugh

"Forgiveses??" She asked

"I guess..." I said smiling

She looked at me.

"Yes, Mom. Now hug me cuz I miss you..." I said pouting

She smiled as she walked up to me. She opened her arms and I slid into them. My head fell on her chest and she kissed my forehead.

"I miss you too Honey..." she said hugging me a bit tighter

We pulled away and smiled at each other. They sat back down while Zion and I sat on the other side. A waiter came through with some food. Soon as I smelt the food it felt like the baby started doing flips.

"I think the baby is ready to eat..." I said rubbing my belly with both hands

"Doing flips like always??" Zion asked and I nodded

"Doing flips??" Melody asked

"When the baby smells food, it's ova. Next thing I know I feel kicking..." I said

"Happy Feet is what I call it..." Zion said making me laugh

I know the few things Zion has been doing during this pregnancy. She's been feeding me, taking care of me, and making me laugh until I can hardly breathe.

We got our drink order taken.

"So, how y'all been? How's King??" I asked

"We've been great. King is amazing as always. Every day we learn something new about him, it's very exciting. Also, we've been thinking about going back to the beach house for a
while..." Mom said

"A while, like??" I asked looking at them

"A couple of months to a year..." Melody said

"Right when I'm bout to have my baby, y'all wanna leave..." I said looking at them

"We'll visit frequently. Whenever you need us we'll still be here. We just miss it and need peace right now..." Mom said

I sat back and looked out the window before sighing.

I know I might sound selfish, but I wanted them here. Well, at least until I have my baby. I want to experience something with my mom. Like she's been outta my life for a while and I just wanted to celebrate something big with her. But of course, she's leaving. Why did I even expect her to do right when it comes to stuff like this?