New beginnings

Part eleven

The date went amazing. I even kissed Carl!
And Debbie had her baby, Francine, Franny as a nickname.
I kept getting waken up from the crying.
She started to cry again. I've been sleeping in Carl's room with him because Debbie put the crib in her's.

My eyes opened and I sat up.
Carl was trying to go back to sleep, he had a pillow over his face covering his ears along with it.
I got out of bed and Carl looked at me.
"I'm gonna try to get her to sleep," I said.
I went into Debbies room and saw her struggle to keep Franny from crying.
Lip and frank were downstairs making breakfast or something and I could hear Fiona moving around in her bed.
"Let me hold her, I'll try getting her to calm down." I said.
Debbie wouldn't let me hold her. She hasn't let anyone hold her.
"I got it." She said
I rolled my eyes and went in the bathroom to change.
I put on some jeans and Carl's hoodie and got ready for school.
I went downstairs and ate real quick.
"Morning." I said.
"Debbie wouldn't let you hold her yet?" Fiona asked
I shook my head no and got my bag.
"I gotta go school see you later."
"Bye."

Three am

Franny kept crying so I went downstairs.
Everyone else was there.
"Has she let anyone hold her?" Fiona asked.
"Yeah." Frank said
"She let you two hold her?" Fiona asked shocked
Carl gave me a beer of to which I denied.
"How long is this gonna go on?" I asked sitting on Carl's lap.
"Who knows." Lip said.
Sean came in and started talking.
I leaned my back against Carl's stomach a bit and he played with my hair.
Ian came in and then soon Debbie with Franny in her hand.
"Put that out put that out." Lip said talking about the cigarettes.
Everyone crowded around her.

Ian held her and frank kept saying to support her neck.
I looked at Carl and saw him smiling at Franny.
It was sweet.

The next day at work

I was working my shift at the register when a girl from school walks in.
"You Y/n? Carl's girlfriend?" She asked me smiling
I nodded obviously suspicious.

"I'm Dominique. I just wanted to let you know Carl cheated on you. I can't say with who. Sorry you had to hear it from me." She said shrugging.
"Excuse me?" I said with an attitude.
I don't believe this crap...
"Yeah it's true," she said.
"Alright, when?" I said looking her up and down with an eyebrow cocked.
"Yesterday. Around ten or 11 at night." She said.
"Oh what a coincidence me and Carl were on a date during that time." I put my hands on the counter leaning forward.
She backed away a little bit.
"Fine you want proof?" She asked.
She took out her phone and looked as if she was texting someone.
"Here, this proof enough for you?" She asked shoving a picture in my face.
I snatched her phone from her and she scoffed.
The picture was of a girl with really long hair kissing a guy.
"Look at his cheek." She said.
I zoomed in and there was freckle like Carl's.
Carl... did he really cheat?
Dominique got a bag of chips and some gum.
I felt heartbroken...
"3.26" I said emotionless.
She gave me a five.
She put her hand out waiting for me to give her the phone back. I was furious with her also for just acting like it wasn't a big deal.
I wasn't thinking and opened a bottle of hot sauce under the counter.
I raised it above the counter and squirted it all over her phone.

"You bitch!" She yelled.
I gave her the change and "accidentally" slid her phone off the counter.
"Oops," I sarcastically said.
She took the change with her stuff and walked out saying slurs under her breath.

After work I called jay jay to ask if I can stay with him for a few days.
He asked why but I didn't say.
Carl called me asking where I was, I just said I was staying with Jaime for a while. At least until the wedding.

The wedding day

My alarm woke me up.
Fiona said that it was ok for me to bring jay jay.
I woke him up and he got dressed.
I wore a dress and some white flats.
I put my hair up in a ponytail and then ate some breakfast with Jaime.

"So you gonna tell me why you're sleeping here and not with your boyfriend? Do I have to beat someone up?" He said joking about the last part. I think.

"I don't wanna talk about it Jaime." I looked at my bowl of cereal.
"What, no sassy comeback?"
"Nope," I looked at my phone.
"Hurry up and eat we gotta get to the church." I finished eating and put the bowl in the sink.

He did the same and then we walked outside.
A girl called him. I could tell it was a girl because when he answered his face lit up.
"Who's that?" I asked smiling.
He shook his head as if saying "no one" or "not telling".
"Come on!" I said in an annoying voice.
"Who cares, you better tell me later or we're gonna be late to the wedding."
He hung up the phone saying bye and started the car.
"Was that your girlfriend?" I asked in a mocking voice.

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