After spending the entire day teaching Micaiah how to ride motorcycles, against Nicki's wishes and behind her back, Safaree was pleased to enter the kitchen to find her cooking. He leaned against the counter and watched her. She moved with purpose but it was still so graceful. She noticed him staring but continued on with her tasks.
"You just gone let them argue?" He said in reference to Cadence and Kenzie fussing.
"They're debating. It's a difference." She stirred what was in her pot.
"What?" He laughed.
"It's actually cute." She wiped her hands and looked at him. "You know Cadence is crazy about Princess Tiana, right?"
"Yeah, she watch that movie like ten times a day."
"Just twice. Once before and once after her nap." She said. "Anyway, Kenzie said that she wasn't a real princess and that pissed Cadence off."
"Word?"
"Kenzie said that Jasmine was the better Princess."
"Oh, no she didn't." He rolled his eyes and neck dramatically and she laughed.
"She did but get this. Do you know what my baby said?" She smiled and didn't give him a chance to respond. "She said, Aladdin wasn't even about Jasmine. Besides, Tiana looks like us.' Yo, she is so smart! The fact that she can relate to the character based on her personal similarities... What four year old watches a movie and says 'Thats the only one who looks like me.'?" She smiled proudly.
"You always telling her that it's good to be different."
"I know but I didn't think she was putting so much thought into it. I had no idea that she even noticed the differences in freaking characters like that."
"That's my baby." He smiled proudly.
"Nah, you keep the other two." She turned back to the stove.
Just as her back was turned he crept up behind her. He placed his hands on her waist and kissed her neck.
"Let's make another."
"No. Move." She said seriously.
Every since they had came back from New York where they had visited his sister and her newborn baby, that's all he had been talking about. Any chance he got to seduce her, he did. He even got Cadence on his side by having her draw pictures of the family with a baby and asking Nicki for one. And she now made it a point to ask everyday.
"You don't even wanna talk about it?" He asked as she slipped away from him.
"We talked about it."
"No, we didn't."
"What part of 'no' don't you understand?"
"Don't you miss when the kids were little?"
"They're still little."
"Not having debates..."
"If everytime one of these kids matures you want to have another, my uterus is gonna fall out."
"Nicki." He stared at her blankly.
"Yo, Ma." Micaiah entered. "Can I go over Vanessa's?"
"I'm cooking."
"I know but it's spaghetti Saturday over there."
"It's Sitcho Ass Down and appreciate what I'm making over here Saturday."
Safaree laughed, "Be back by eight."
"Alright. Thanks!" He hurried and walked out of the room before his mother could object. Safaree looked at Nicki to see her looking at him angrily.
"What?" He asked.
"Why?"
"He's a teenage boy with a crush."
"So? I cooked for us to sit down together."
"If you make him stay he gone have an attitude."
"I don't care. I cooked. The hell does a Spaghetti Saturday have on my food?"
"Its not the spaghetti, Nic. Its the girl."
"Forget her." She rolled her eyes.
"How about this." He wrapped his arms around her once again. "How about we forget about Micaiah and make ano-"
"Move." She pushed his arms away.
"Mommy." Cadence's voice was just the distraction Nicki was hoping for.
"Yes, my sweet baby?"
"Are you done cooking?"
"Almost."
"Ok." She stood in her same spot.
"Can I help you with anything else?"
"No." She smiled. "Except a baby."
Safaree began laughing hysterically and Cadence giggled. Nicki rolled her eyes and continued her cooking.
"Mommy?"
"What Cadence?" She didn't look up this time.
"You don't want another baby?"
"Nope."
"Why?"
Nicki turned to her and bent down. "Because, if i have a new baby then you won't be my sweet baby any more."
"Yuh huh."
Nicki shook her head, "Nope and I'll be so busy feeding and changing that baby that we won't have our special cuddle time."
Cadence looked at Safaree. "I don't want a baby, Daddy."
"She lying, Caddy." He said seriously.
"This is the man who said your lips would fall off if you kiss a boy. I kiss him everyday."
"You can cuddle with me." He said.
"He stinks!" Nicki said.
"You lied to me before, Daddy." Cadence said.
"When?"
"You said that I could watch Tiana and when Mama left you kept saying later."
"You watch that stupid movie everyday!"
"Its not stupid!" She said angrily.
"Safaree, take it back." Nicki warned.
"Take it back, Daddy." Cadence pouted.
"Nope." He laughed.
"Fine." Cadence said. Her hair swung as she turned with an attitude to walk away.
Nicki laughed, "You must've forgotten that you messing with Ms. Holdagrudgeforahundredyears a.k.a Safaree Jr."
''She'll be fine." He shrugged and looked at his phone.
"If you say so." She turned off the stove before turning her attention to him. "Hey, babe."
"You need help?"
"Just have the girls wash their hands and get them situated at the table. I got everything else."
"Alright." He whistled and the girls came running. Nicki rolled her eyes. She hated when he called on them like they were animals. She didn't know that was the only he found them in parks and supermarkets after losing them though.
"Hi, Daddy." Kenzie hugged her fathers legs.
"Come one, let's get cleaned up for dinner."
They walked to the first floor, half bath together. Somehow the girls convinced him to become their human step stool. As he sat on all fours, he wondered how they had that power over him. Not even Nicki could convince him to do half of the crazy things that they did. He stood and dried their hands for them.
"Daddy, when mommy brings the baby home, can we take it to dance?" Kenzie asked.
""Mommy isn't having a baby." Cadence informed her sister.
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"She is! She said she was so happy that we were having a baby finally and she can't wait to name it." MacKenzie rolled her neck with a lot of attitude.
"Shut up!" Cadence said.
"Aye, chill." Safaree shook his head as he flicked the light. In his eyes, they were the perfect combination of his sisters and Nicki and sometimes he hated it.
All through dinner MacKenzie's words played in his head. Nicki couldn't be pregnant. He would've known. He stared at her while she ate to seem if her habits had changed any. In her true fashion, she eventually snapped and asked him what he was staring at. He simply laughed and shook his head. If she was hormonal, he wouldn't be able to tell from the normal Nicki. If she even existed.
After finally getting the girls to bed and Nicki going on a rant about Micaiah being late by ten minutes for curfew, Nicki and Safaree finally settled in bed. Nicki sent off one final email before placing her phone down and tuning into Sports Center with her husband. She sighed as she got comfortable next to him.
"You're a piece of work. You know that?" He shook his head with a smile.
"How?" She laughed.
"When were you going to tell me?"
"Tell you what?" She looked at him funny.
"You know...'' She raised an eyebrow. "Quit playing."
She laughed, "I'm really fucking lost right now."
He sighed, "The baby?"
"Wh-... MacKenzie?"
"Yeah... Why didn't you tell me?"
"It's none of yours or your nosy ass daughters business."
"How is that not my business? You're my wife." He said irritated.
"Exactly. I'm your wife. Not Sherika. They aren't telling anyone yet so-"
"Wait-"
"What?" She looked at him confused. When she figured out what he was thinking she busted out laughing. "You thought.... I...." She laughed even harder. "That's what you get for listening to a gossiping five year old."
"Man..." He shook his head.
"Aww, babe. I'm sorry." She pecked his lips twice.
"Can we work on the baby now or-"
"No, but I'll let you get a puppy." She smile. He huffed and flicked off the television before tuning over. She laughed. "Babe, puppies are fun."
I threw this together a while ago and it was in my drafts for a long time. I just completed and hopefully it flows right. Thanks for reading!
