Only The Begining *Completed*

26- Getting Settled

"It's about the journey, not the destination."
                               —Unknown

Karina POV

"He's so beautiful."I said as I watched him sleep.

"Yeah, baby."

Dreux and I had just gotten back from the hospital, and our friends were coming over first, to see him. The doorbell rung and I got up from my chair, and went to open it.

"Hey, bitch!" Dahlahnie's ghetto ass yelled as I quickly shushed her. We hugged and I shook hands with her boyfriend, Sean. As well as two friends i'd recently meet, Jaylen and Sky which I was friends with when I was in school, along with their boyfriends, Jahlil and Khalil, which were the twins. By the day, my circle was getting bigger. I can admit, it was good to have more than one friend in my circle.

After we greeted everyone we were just talking lowly in the kitchen so we wouldn't wake Kaiden, who was sleeping in the Dream-On-Me Baby Cradle we got from Kohls.

"Girl, I think I'm just going to take a break. You know, get a taste of something else."I explained.

"Why would you wanna take a break from this high-paying job for something else ?"Jaylen asks.

"Being a lawyer gets tiring sometimes. I'm thinking maybe to just take a break for a few weeks. See if I can find a higher, like really higher paying job. Y'all think I'm crazy?"

"No, not at all."Sky shook her head. "Yeah, you could work with me at the bar." Dahlahnie suggested. I nodded and grabbed us a water out the refrigerator and passed them out.

"So when can we see the baby?"

"Oh, he's actually sleeping so you guys have to be quiet."I got up from my chair, leading the girls to the living room.

"Girl this decor is the bomb."Sky said as she looked around.

"Thanks, we just bought the house two months ago."I informed as I moved the blanket from over the cradle to see a wondrous Kaiden looking around. He looked up smiling at me. I smiled back as he glanced around, I guess getting familiar with the women around him. He made some noises, I picked him up taking I'm out of the cradle letting each of the girls hold him.

I took him from Jaylen, holding him tightly in my arms as I supported his back, and head. He was only a day old and still very fragile. I couldn't really take him out into the world just yet because of how small he was.  The girls and I talked a bit longer before everyone had to leave.

I sighed as Kaiden played my fingers while he blew bubbles.

"Fizz, do you believe in whoopings?" I asked curiously.

"Nah, whoopings don't do nothin' in my eyes. Ion believe in abusin' my kid over somethin' petty but I do believe in a lil tap on the ass or hand. Why you ask?"

"Just curios."I shrugged. We went upstairs and into our bedroom. Before Dreux cut the lights off, I studied Kaiden's face. His eyes were brown like mine but huge like Dreuxs. He had my nose, Dreuxs lips and what looked like a mixture of mine and Dreuxs ears. His hair was curly, I didn't see a problem with it though.