Euphoria

Stone Cold

When Bria's eyes fluttered open, she turned her head off to the side to see Adonis eating at the table,  watching a basketball game on TV.  The room was empty from its guests that were previously there just hours before.  It was now dark outside, so Bria checked the clock directly in front of her and read that it was nearing 8pm.  Though she just slept her day away, she still felt exhausted and drained from everything that was happening around her.

"Hey sleeping beauty," Adonis smiled, directing his attention to her.

Bria faintly smiled at his comment and rubbed her eyes, trying to wake herself up. "Hey D, is Yara okay?"

"She's fine, she's been asleep for the past hour or so...so she's fine." He filled her in.

Bria nodded, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"Thank you," Bria said out of the blue, looking at Adonis while he chewed his food.

"For what?" He asked confused.

"For being there with me when I fell...I know there are a lot of people not liking you right now but I thank you for being there for me.  I know you don't show your emotions much but you're vulnerable with me when you want to be.  It's okay if you want to cry or to express how you're feeling...you don't have to hide it from me." Bria reassures him. 

"You don't have to thank me Bria." Adonis looked down sadly.  "It's the least I could do, honestly. But if I weren't there in the first place then none of this would've happened."

There was a brief moment of silence before there was a knock on the door.  Adonis told whoever it was to come in, and smiled when he saw his uncle slip inside and take his fedora off respectfully greeting Bria and the baby.

"How's my favorite niece?" Rocky asked, sitting down in the chair next to her.

"Doing better now that I've gotten some rest." Bria chuckled, extending her arms out to stretch.

"Good, that's good to hear.  How's this one been treating you?" Adonis looks up at his uncles question and put away his empty containers in the trash.

"So far so good I guess I can't complain," She shrugged.  "I just still can't believe that I'm actually a mother...it's mind boggling, and it's crazy because Yara's eyes look just like his..." she gestured towards Donnie.  "I have a feeling that's she's going to end up looking just like him.  Big head and all." She teased.

Adonis rolled his eyes at her sly comment while Bria and his uncle laughed.  Nearby her bedside, Yara was starting to wake up and was getting fussy from something that was bothering her.  She slowly sat up, readjusting herself and leaned into Yara's crib that the hospital provided for newborns and carefully picked her up, rocking her in her arms.  She lifted her up and sniffed her diaper and realized that she was hungry yet once again.

"You are just one hungry baby aren't you?" She chuckled, looking at her babygirl and asked Adonis if they had anymore bottles and watched as she shook her head. 

Bria looks at Rocky with a weird smile and clears her throat nervously hoping he'd get the message.  Rocky then realized what she was referring to and turned around so that Bria could breast feed her daughter. After getting her situated again, she protectively covers up her chest so that she could have a conversation with her uncle.

"So are you two like cool now?" Bria asked the two, waiting for one of them to speak up.

"While I was attempting to reconcile my relationships, Roc was the first person that I went and visited.  I told him everything that had happened and what I was going through and he understood where I was coming from so we made up.  He also was the one that gave me the courage to reconcile with you...and I had attempted to the other day but, shit went left before it got better and now here we are." Adonis explained, looking at Bria as she breastfed their child.