TWO SIDES TO A STORY

thirty eight.

Maleah Brewster

The love..

" Mommy when are you and daddy going to give my sissy pooh a name ?" Lani asked.

" I don't know Lani. Do you have any suggestions?" I said.

" Can her name be Kelani , like mines?" she asked.

" We have to give her a different name than yours." I chuckled.

Lani laid on my stomach for five minutes thinking of names.

" This is harder than I thought." she said. I chuckled and then Benji came in the room.

" Daddy." Lani said, jumping into Benji's arms.

" Hey princess." he said.

" What y'all been doing ?" he asked.

" Lani has been trying to think of names for the baby." I responded.

" So what y'all come up with ?" he asked.

" We still haven't came up with a first name , but both of us like Milan as a middle name." I said.

" I do not remember it being this hard trying to name her." Benji chuckled.

" I know right. Lani's name kind of just came to me. We came up with her name in like the first few months." I said.

" Luckily we got a few more months until she comes." Benji said.

" Right." I said.

later..

" Where you going ?" I asked Benji. All of us had fallen asleep and it was now 8pm.

" I'm bout to go make us some dinner." he said.

" Okay." I responded, laying my head back down.

" Mommy." she said, rising her head and wiping her eyes.

" Wassup Princess." I said.

" I'm hungry." she said, yawning.

" Daddy's about to make us some dinner." I responded.

" Daddy?" Lani questioned. I was wondering the same thing. But I just went with it because i'm too tired to cook.

" Come on let's go wash while daddy cooks." I said.

She got up and we headed to the bathroom.

" Mommy when sissy comes, can I wash her off ?" Lani asked.

" If that's what you want." I chuckled.

The whole time Lani was in the tub she was just talking about her sister. Out of all of us I think Lani was probably the most excited.

" Come on princess we'll do your hair once we eat dinner." I said.

I grabbed her hand and we walked down the stairs. Once we got downstairs dinner was pretty much done.

" You made curry ?" I asked.

" Yes." Benji responded.

Benji put the curry and bowls and served it to us.

Honestly I was a little skeptical to try Benji's food. The only food Benji ever made for me that wasn't on the girl is Salmon and pasta.