"Timeless Sequel: Time's Up" Part 4

[CarolinaCutie]

[glow=red,2,300]“How could you call yourself a friend/Oh oh/There goes that word again/That brings people together/And tears them apart”
—Mary J. Blige: Friends[/glow]

A couple of weeks later, Michael was gazing out of the window in his office. He was thinking of how he had more than likely scared and threw everyone off track with the conniving things he had been doing.

"I only have Peaches, James, and Mark left to deal with now!", he thought to himself. He was so deep in thought that he hadn't heard the first few knocks on his door. "Come in!"

"Hey, man! Didn't'cha hear me knockin'?", Don asked as he took a seat in front of Michael's desk.

"If I did, I would have answered sooner now wouldn't I?!", Michael snapped as he glared at Don.

"Dn! What's wrong wit'chu? Did I come at a bad time or somethin'?", he snapped back as he began to stand back up.

"Nah, man! I'm sorry. Juss had some stuff on my mind.", Michael replied with a shake of his head. Although he thought Don didn't see Kiara's picture lying on the corner of his desk, he did as Michael quickly pushed it into a pile of paperwork that was also on the corner of his desk.

"Oh, aight man.", Don hesitantly stated as he gave Michael a puzzling look. "I was juss wonderin' if you were still gonna be able to go to dinner with me and Tina tonight. You know...to get'cha outta the house. It's been a while since we hung out together outside of work and the gym."

"Nah, man. I'ma take a rain check.", Michael replied with a shake of his head.

Before he could catch himself, Don made the wrong statement. "You have to get ova Kee! You need to live your own life now, Mike!"

Michael jumped up and pounded both of his fists down onto his desk. "Get the cufk outta here!"

Don was startled for a moment, but he decided to stand his ground. "Mike! Get a grip!"

"Did you hear what I said?! Get the cufk out or I'll do you like I did those otha sons-of-itchbes!!!" Michael had walked around his desk by this time to stand face-to-face with Don.

"Are you sayin' that you were the cause of those accidents?", Don whispered in a shocked tone.

Michael thought about what he had just confessed and became angrier. He grabbed Don by the collar of his sports jacket and pulled him over to the door. "Stay the hell away from here!!!"

After slamming the door behind Don, Michael went back over to his chair, flopped down in it, and proceeded to take his hand and knock everything around and off of his desk. "Dt!!!"

Meanwhile, Don stood on the other side of the door with a look of total shock on his face. He didn't now whether or not to make Kiara and the others aware of what Michael had been doing.
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Later on that evening when Kiara came in from work after being placed on early maternity leave, she noticed a few pieces of luggage sitting by the door.

"Mark?! What's goin' on?", she asked as she walked into the den. When she didn't see him in there, she went to the stairs to yell the question to him again. He quickly ran out of their bedroom with another bag.

"W'sup, ma! Look...don't take your coat off!", he slyly grinned as he gave her a quick kiss. "I've decided that I'm gonna take my girl away for a relaxin' weekend."

"Really?! Oh my God! Well, what's the occasion?", she grinned.

"No occasion... I juss wanna do somethin' nice for you. I'm sure all this stuff that's been goin' on lately has gotten ya stressed out. So we're goin' up to a cabin away from everybody and everything. It's juss gonna be you, me, and our son." He proceeded to open her coat to rub her almost 5 month tummy.

"Son? Mark, we don't even know what I'm havin' yet!", she giggled with a roll of her eyes as she swatted his hand.

"It doesn't matta because a fatha like me knows what he's havin'!", he chuckled as he began to open the door.

"Well, it's mighty funny that fathas like you and so many othas don't have to tote around the extra weight.", she huffed as he helped her out to the car.

"Yeah, whateva! I juss wanna make sure that my babies aren't stressed out.", he grinned as he ran back into the house to bring the luggage out to the car.

On their way down to their beach getaway, Kiara quickly fell asleep. Mark was so busy chatting away that he didn't even notice that she hadn't responded in the first few minutes after she went off to dreamland. It was when he asked her a question about what did she want to listen to that he glanced over and noticed that her head was leaning up against the window as she began to lightly snore.

"Awwwww...well, lemme find somethin'.", he smiled to himself as he began to hit the shuffle button on the CD player. He decided to listen to and sing along with he and his boys' first CD. At one point, he became so caught up during his part on "All Alone" that he woke Kiara up out of her sleep.

"Mmmmmmmmm!!!", she moaned while stretching. "How much longer do we have to go now?"

"Not too much longer.", he grinned as he quickly glanced over at her. "You pretty tired, huh?"

"Yeah...carryin’ our lil' bundle around is beginnin' to wear a sistah out. But this right here is worth it.", she smiled as she lightly rubbed her tummy.

"Oh fo' sho!", Mark grinned as he reached over to place his hand on top of hers for a second.

"This is us?!", Kiara gasped about a half hour later as Mark pulled his ride around to the back of the huge cabin that was in the midst of a wooded part of a beach.

"Yeah, ma!", he winked as he put the SUV in park. He quickly climbed out and ran around to open her door. When he took her inside, she was even more excited. Everything was simple but beautiful.

"Now you sit down and wait until I come back in.", he grinned as he headed back out to his ride to bring the luggage in.

"Kee! What are you doin'?!", he asked in surprise after bringing the last of the luggage inside. He saw her looking through the fridge and cabinets to try to fix some dinner for them.

"Wha'?!!", she snapped as she looked over at him.

"If you don't get yo' booty ova here and sit down! I'm takin' you out to dinner for the next few nights. I told you that you're not gonna do nothin'. This weekend is juss for you and him.", he smiled as he walked over to her to give her a warm hug. He followed up with a kiss on the tip of her nose.

"Aight, well I guess I'd betta go take a quick shower and get outta these clothes and change into some more.", she giggled as she held her head down out of a moment of shyness as she and Mark continued to hold one another. Even though she had been with him for a little over a year, she still wasn't used to the fact of someone treating her this good. Sometimes she had to pinch herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming.

"You know I've always thought you were extra cute when you blush like that.", he whispered with a wide grin just as she was making eye contact with him again.

"Stop!", she giggled as she looked away from him once more. But this time when she looked back up at him they shared a light kiss that grew into a more passionate one.

"Whewwwwwww, girl! I betta stop so I'll have some more for ya lata!", he chuckled as he let go of her.

"Yeah, you right!", she smiled as they went into the back to get ready for dinner.
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[CarolinaCutie]

The next night of their weekend was even more special than the first one since Mark wanted his boo to get her rest when they came in from dinner the night before.

As soon as Kiara headed for the shower, Mark put his plan into play. He proceeded to light a few scented candles that were throughout their bedroom and started a fire in the fireplace. After that, he looked through his luggage and found the one CD that Kiara thought had been left home by mistake. Needless to say, she was a little disappointed that he didn't bring it along with a few other CD's he had packed.

"Boy is she gonna love THIS!", he grinned to himself as he put the CD into the stereo. He made sure to put it to her favorite track so it would be playing when she came into the bedroom; not to mention quickly getting her in the mood for a fun-filled night. He decided he better get as much time in as he could since she was beginning to feel a little down and not in the mood as much anymore due to her increasing size from the pregnancy. But he loved his job of making her feel just as beautiful and special as she had felt when they first met.

A while later, Kiara was lotioning her self up with cocoa butter after stepping out of the shower. She proceeded to pull her new nightshirt that she had to buy a size too big to fit over her new body, down over her head. She sighed as she stood sideways and looked in the mirror on the back of thedoor. "I'm beginnin' to look like I swallowed a dn bowling ball. No offense to you, boo-boo.", she chuckled as she rubbed her tummy. "Mommy wouldn't give you for the world even if you are beginnin' to make me swoll." She then walked over to the sink and pulled her hair back into a ponytail since the steam from her shower had made her curls fall out.

"Well, c'mon, kid...let's go see what Daddy is doin'.", she smiled as she began to open the bathroom door.

"What is he up to?", she grinned to herself when she saw how Mark had transformed their bedroom into a lovers' den. Then she stopped when she heard Mary's "Feel Like Makin' Love" playing.

"No you didn't bring it?!!!", she giggled as she walked over to where he had laid out a few blankets and pillows on the floor in front of the fire place.

"You know I couldn't leave my boo hangin' like that!", he grinned as he stood up to help her down onto the floor. After making sure she was comfortable under the blanket, he told her not to move as he ran over to the other side of the room to grab a gift he had made especially for her.

"This is for you, ma.", he smiled before giving her a quick kiss after he joined her back on the floor. She noticed that the gift was in an extra-large gift box.

"What is it?", she smiled as she immediately sat up next to him.

"Open it and see.", he chuckled. He became amused at how she ripped the paper and ribbons from around the box.

"Mark!", she sighed while trying to hold back tears when she pulled the gift out of the box. It was a 10 X 14 mahogany picture frame with 2 14 k gold nameplates at the bottom of it. One nameplate had her name and birth date on it, and the other nameplate was blank. Mark was going to have the baby's name and birth date engraved on it when it arrived. Kiara began to chuckle when she saw the picture in the frame. It was a picture of her that Mark had taken a few weeks ago and had blown up. She was standing in a silly pose with a huge smile on her face as she pointed to her stomach.

"You like it?", he grinned as he placed his arm around her shoulder while they both looked at the gift.

"I LOVE it...and I love you.", she smiled as she looked into his eyes. She leaned over and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek.

"Good, now that this is outta the way...feel like doin' what'cha girl is singin' about?", he asked with a sly grin as he moved the gift box and frame to the side.

"Man...I thought you'd neva ask!", Kiara giggled as they proceeded to pull the blankets up and over them.
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Michael sat in his ride down the block from the studio where James was going to meet with Pharrell to work on a few minor things for the group's upcoming single. When he noticed someone that he thought was James walking inside the studio, he took a remote controlled device and hit a red button. Within seconds, the studio blew up from the top floor downward. He quickly sped away in his ride.

However, the person who had walked inside the studio was a part of the security that was going in for his shift. Luckily, he wasn't seriously hurt although he suffered a few fractures and bruises from the explosion.

A few minutes later, James pulled up to the studio followed by Pharrell. They were in shock as they saw the firemen, police, and paramedics surrounding the building.

James went over to ask one of the policemen what happened and they told him that they didn't have any clues as of yet. They then proceeded to ask him and Pharrell a few questions before letting them go on their way.
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"Hey! W'sup!", Peaches smiled after answering her phone and hearing Deborah's voice.

"Girl! Did you juss hear what happened down at the studio?!", Deborah asked in a shocked tone.

"Nah!!! What?!", Peaches asked as she sat upright on the sofa.

"Larry and I are listenin' to it on the radio now...the studio exploded!!! We haven't heard from James yet, but he was supposed to be goin' down there to work on some stuff!" Deborah began to cry.

"Oh no!!!", Peaches shrieked as she grabbed the remote to the stereo to turn it on. She also began to weep as she listened to the special bulletin.

"Oh God!", she suddenly thought to herself. She began to think about what she and Kiara were thinking about Michael. However, she didn't breathe a word of this to Deborah. Instead she told her to call her back as soon as they found out anything. As soon as she ended her call with Deborah, she called Tamir up.

"Listen, boo! Calm down! James is with me now. He and Pharrell got there after the explosion. One of the security guys were hurt though, but otha than that, nobody else was SERIOUSLY hurt or killed. As soon as I leave his place, I'll be home. Okay, you know I love you too. Bye." Tamir knew it was his job to stay calm for his family.

[CarolinaCutie]

Peaches sat with Taymar in her arms up in her bedroom for what seemed like an eternity until Tamir arrived home. When he saw the tears steadily falling from her eyes, he quickly took the sleeping baby away from her and placed him in his crib up the hall.

"It's aight.", he whispered after joining her on the bed and pulling her into his arms.

"Nah, Mir...I don't think so. Between me and you, I think all of these accidents have been the work of Mike!", she sobbed as she clung to him.

"Peaches, I think you're juss overreactin'. If this was the case, he woulda been caught by now and thrown back into prison. I mean, we all know he's a crazy @$$ but I KNOW he's not that dn crazy!", Tamir reassured her.

"But isn't it ironic how all of this stuff has been happenin' within a few weeks of each otha?! I'm tellin' ya, Kee and I both feel that it's him, Mir! It's him!" Peaches began to cry harder as Tamir rubbed her arm.

"Listen...you've got to get a grip, boo. Okay? It's juss been a case of one freak accident after anotha; that's all.", he stated as he reached over on the nightstand to give her a few Kleenexes. "Look, why don't'cha get ready for bed, aight? And don't worry...the police are takin' care of this."

"Aight.", she sighed as she sat up out of his arms.

"I'll go run your bath. You get what you're gonna sleep in and I'll be back to get you in a minute.", he replied as he made his way out of the bedroom.

A few minutes later, Tamir was coming back into the room to get Peaches. As they walked down the hall to the bathroom, she decided to tell him something.

"Mir...I was juss thinkin'; maybe we should keep this from Kee and Mark about James since he wasn't injured. I mean, yeah, they'll see it on the news, but no need to let them know that he was supposed to have been in there." Peaches stopped in front of him to see what he thought.

Taking both of her hands, he began to speak. "I totally agree. Besides, Kee has to be stress-free for both her and the baby's sake. I know that from experience.", he chuckled as he brushed the back of his hand across her cheek. She took a hold of his hand and lightly kissed it.

"Thank you for undastandin.", she smiled as they looked into each other's eyes. Suddenly, the baby began to whine. She was on her way to check on him, but Tamir stopped her.

"No! You go relax in the tub. I'll get him.", he stated as he walked her over to the bathroom. He then proceeded to go down the opposite end to check on Taymar.

When Peaches was finished with her bath, she walked down the hall to check on the baby. But when she didn't see him in his crib, she figured that Tamir must've been tryin' to put him to sleep in their bedroom.

When she walked inside, she saw Tamir lying on his back asleep while Taymar was on top of him also asleep.

"Awwwwww, look at my babies!", she giggled to herself as she crept over to them. She gently picked Taymar up so as not to wake him and tiptoed back down the hall to place him in his crib. "Goodnight, boo.", she whispered after pulling his blanket up over him. She then proceeded to stroke his big, dark brown curls.

After going back to her room, Peaches noticed that Tamir still hadn't moved from his spot where he had began to snore loudly. She was sure he was tired after going back and forth to the studio in the past few weeks and dealing with everything in general. She quietly walked over to her side of the bed and climbed in beside him. But she didn't want to wake him out of his sleep so she leaned over and gave him a light kiss on the cheek and proceeded to turn the lamp off over the bed. Then she snuggled up close to him and laid her head on his chest and quickly fell asleep.
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"Hey, boo! How'd ya enjoy your day to yourself?", Mark grinned when Kiara stepped inside the cabin. She had spent the entire day visiting the spa and doing some shopping.

"Hey! It was so relaxin' to juss get away for awhile ya know?", she smiled as Mark ran over to her to help her with her shopping bags. He then proceeded to give her a quick kiss.

"Dn, girl! What did you buy?!", he laughed when he noticed how heavy the bags were when he took them from her.

"Oh shut up!", she laughed as she began to remove her cardigan and kick her shoes off. "I juss got a few things for me and the baby. Look at what I got for it!" She quickly rambled through one of the bags until she pulled an adorable stuffed bear out.

"Isn't this cute?" She proceeded to hold the fuzzy, brown bear up in front of her for Mark to look at.

"Yeah, it is! But juss so you know...I don't want my son to get attached to no stuffed animals. He needs Tonka trucks and isht like that!", he joked.

"Why don't you shut up?!!", she huffed as she threw the bear at him. Mark caught it and began to laugh. He then joined Kiara on the sofa.

"Awwwwwwww...he's sowwy!", he stated in a gruffy tone while talking through the bear that he held in front of her face to make it pretend to kiss her.

"Stop!", she laughed as she pushed both him and the bear away.

"Okay...he will, but I won't!", Mark laughed as he wrapped her up in his arms to give her a series of kisses. "Now you know what I want'cha to do?"

"Sorry, boo...but after last night, momma needs some rest at least until lata on.", she slyly grinned with a wink.

"I'm not talkin' about that...yet!", he chuckled with a shake of his head. "I want'chu to go lie down and rest for a while. I'll get us some dinner.", he smiled as he took her hand to walk her into the bedroom. After making sure that she was under the covers, he closed the door behind him and went into the kitchen to prepare all of her favorite dishes. He had only cooked for her once before but that was a few weeks into their engagement.

[CarolinaCutie]

A few hours later, Mark went back into the room to wake Kiara up. When he walked inside, he noticed that she was deep into her sleep. He walked over to the bed and gently shook her shoulder at least two times while calling out her name before she opened her eyes and saw him sitting next to her.

"Dn, ma. You were doin' some serious sleepin'.", he joked as he pushed her hair back behind her ear.

"What time is it?", she asked as she looked around the room. She felt like she had been asleep all day.

"It's a lil' after 7:30. I wanted to see if you were ready to eat?", he replied.

"Oh, aight, yeah.", she stated as she slowly sat up in the bed. "I think I wanna take a shower first though and get out of these clothes."

"Okay...well I'll be out here when you're done.", he stated as he helped her up from the bed and into the bathroom.

Several minutes later, when Kiara joined Mark in the candle-lit kitchen, her mouth dropped open in amazement. She saw him sitting at the table with the food he had cooked for her.

"Awwwww, thank you, boo!", she smiled after he walked over to her to share a hug.

"No need to thank me. Now c'mon you two.", he grinned as he rubbed her tummy and helped her down in her chair.

When dinner was over, Mark took her by the hand and led her to their bedroom so they could get ready for bed. He also had another surprise for her.

"You comfy?", he asked after Kiara was seated on the bed.

"Yeah.", she blushed as she watched him run over to the closet. He proceeded to pull a large gift bag out.

"Here, boo.", he smiled after joining her on the bed.

"Man...what is it now?", she grinned as she leaned back on the headboard while pulling whatever was in the bag out.

"Somethin' special for a special person.", he replied as he laid his head in her lap.

Kiara proceeded to pull a beautiful gold, black, and white Chinese scroll out. When she began to scan some of what was written on it, she let out a deep sigh and looked down at him.

"Thank you soooo much!", she whispered. She then proceeded to read what was written on it out loud:

"To My Unborn Child,
This is Daddy writing to let you know that even though you aren't here with me and your Mommy yet, we both love you very much. We are blessed to have you in our lives because you represent the love that your Mommy and I will always have for each other and for you. I also wanted to let you know that as your Daddy, I will protect both you and your Mommy with my life. And you can rest assure that I will never hurt or leave either of you because you two will always be a part of my world.
Love,
Daddy"

By the time she was finished, tears were rolling down her cheeks. "Mark, this is so beautiful! The baby and I are the ones that are blessed to have you in our lives."

He sat up while wiping her tears away and pulled her into his arms. "We're all blessed to have each otha. I love you, ma."

"I love you too.", she whispered before they shared a kiss.

"Now I have JUSS the thing to make this night even more special!", he grinned as he reached over and turned the lamp off. He then grabbed the remote to the stereo and turned it on. Reaching over and pulling Kiara into his arms, Mark began to serenade her as "So Special" began to play.

"Thank you God for this man!", she thought to herself as she clung tightly to him before falling asleep.

[glow=red,2,300]“You know when you finally find that person/That makes you feel like you’re really alive/Like you’re somebody/Like you mean somethin’ to the world/Feels so good to be loved/Yes it does”
—Mary J. Blige: Special Part of Me[/glow]

[sexysmile]

*cries out loud* NOW I REALLY MISS MY MAN!!! That was so sweet! Mike must die!!

[VirgosAngel19]

That was incredibly sweet. Man Sisqo, just keep doing ya thang boo. ;D

And as for Mike, I got a bullet with his name on it if he mess with another one of my boys.

[sweetgapeach]

DANG!!!!!!!!!! VA

I'd hate to make you mad!!! You talking about bullets wit a ncca's name on it and ish!!!! Your boyfriend betta be careful that he don't upset you!! LMAO

But I feel y'all I helped write this story and everytimr I read about Mike's Trifiling A@# I get upset and wanna Knock H@ll outta any nicca named Mike!!!1

J/k

But 4 real I feel ya on the bullets and what not, I wolulda castrated his behind!!!!!!!!! sorry to any males that read this.

[Jewlnmbr1]

Wow, that sounds so romantic! How do you come up with this stuff, CC? Either you have been blessed with the greatest man on earth or you have some VERY romantic dreams!

[CarolinaCutie]

Jewlnmbr1 said:

Wow, that sounds so romantic! How do you come up with this stuff, CC? Either you have been blessed with the greatest man on earth or you have some VERY romantic dreams!

LOL--Although Peaches comes up with these oh-so-romantic ideas, it's the latter part for me. I have yet to be blessed with a man like this! I can't give up though...gotta keep hope alive! *pumps fist in the air*

[Jewlnmbr1]

I feel ya! ;D

[aDRUfan4LiFe]

I feel ya'll on the man thang! I've had yet to have a romantic experiences like those! Pitty...Pitty! But like CC, I keep hope alive!!!