"Never too Late" Part 3/Conclusion

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[glow=red,2,300]”Sittin’ here thinkin’ ‘bout you/And all the joy you bring”
—Faith Evans: Reasons[/glow]

"Hey, Trina! I'm goin' to a party with Danielle. Feel like goin' with us?", Tamika grinned as she came out of the bedroom that had been made up for her to stay in while visiting her older cousin, Katrina for the weekend. Tamika was a freshman at the university that was an hour drive from where Katrina lived.

"Nah, girl! 'Mir and I are gonna hang out tonight, but you go on and have fun! Maybe you'll meet a nice dude there!", Katrina chuckled as she watched Tamika heading for the door.

"Yeah, right!", Tamika giggled with a roll of her eyes. "Anyway, I'll see ya lata! I'll try not to come in too late! But if I do, please don't tell momma!"

"Says, who? Girl, yo' momma ain't gonna have my @$$ because her baby is comin' in all times of night. Juss make sure it's a decent hour!", Katrina laughed.

"Aight, aight...see ya around 3?", Tamika laughed as she hurried out the door.

Meanwhile, Katrina waited for Tamir who was coming to pick her up to go to the video store. They were going to share a nice quiet evening at home together and make it a Blockbuster night.
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"Girl, I'm really likin' this place! So this is where you grew up, huh?", Tamika asked Danielle as they walked through the crowd of party-goers.

"Yup! It all began here!", Danielle grinned before she heard the DJ put on Sean Paul's "Get Busy".

“Ooooh girl! That's my song! I gotta get my dance on with one of these fine nas up in here! C'mon!" Danielle took Tamika by the hand to go into the crowd of dancers, but Tamika declined.

"I've already danced enough for the both of us! I think I'm gonna sit this one out!", Tamika giggled as she shook her head.

"Aight, girl! Well I'll be back in a while!", Danielle grinned as she gawked at a cute thug that had just walked past them.

Tamika strolled through the large crowd to go get something to drink when she heard a bunch of guys making lewd comments as she walked by.

"Yo', Babygirl! Lemme holla at ya!", the first guy shouted.

"Nah, Dawg! She got my name written all ova her fine ass!", another one shouted.

Tamika turned around and shot them a nasty look. "How long did it take for yall to come up with those tired @$$ lines?!" She then proceeded to turn around to continue to the refreshment table.

"Girl, you know you need a na like me in yo' life! When I finish with ya, you won't be able to think of nobody else's isht but mine!", the first guy replied as she walked away.

"Man, yall have said enough! Leave her alone!", Mark warned them.

Although Mark used to do this type of thing with his homeboys back in the day, he felt like this girl was different. Besides, he realized later on in life that no self-respecting female fell for those type of lines anymore.

"Man, what's yo problem?", the first guy asked while glaring at Mark.

"I don't have no dn problem! I'm juss sayin' leave her alone.", Mark replied.

"Don't tell me you gettin' soff on your nas, man?!", the second guy stated in disbelief.

"Look, I think it's about time that females are shown a lil' more respect! And if that's what'chall wanna call soff, then be my dn guests!" Mark then proceeded to head over to Tamika. He wanted to apologize for the way his boys had behaved.

By this time, Tamika was pissed with how the guys had talked to her. This is exactly why she was single at the moment. It was hard to find a decent guy that could respect her as a person and not as some ghetto hoochie momma who fell for lines so easily.

"Dn! It's not like I'm dressed all skanky or anything!", she thought to herself. She was dressed in a a pair of blue jeans with a matching jacket trimmed in leather along with a pair of leather ankle boots and her microbraids were pulled up into a topknot on her head.

"Ummmm, excuse me...", she heard a male voice behind her say.

"Yes?", she asked when she turned around and saw one of the guys who had been standing with the other two that were trying to holla at her. She did a good job of keeping her composure once she realized it was Mark Andrews AKA Sisqo.

"I juss wanna apologize for the way my boys were actin' back there! They don't know any betta!", Mark smiled.

"Thanks!", she smiled back. She found it hard not to smile after witnessing his gorgeous one.

"I'm Mark! And you would beeeeee…?", he stated as he held out his hand to shake hers.

"I'm Tamika! It's nice to meet you, Mark!", she replied as she firmly shook hands with him.

"Dn, ma! Your smile makin’ a n**** get sprung!", he grinned as he continued to hold her hand and gaze into her eyes.

She sucked her teeth and immediately snatched her hand away. "So I guess you are like your boys after all!", she huffed as she turned back around to get a bottle of water.

"Naw, girl! I'm not like them! Look, I can't help if God blessed you with a smile like that!", he chuckled as he grabbed her hand to keep her from leaving. "I hope I'm not too forward with this, but would you like to go somewhere and talk like the cafe up the block? Unless you feel uncomfortable. Maybe we could find somewhere quiet in here to talk. You got me interested in you, ma!", he smiled.

Tamika felt herself blushing, but she managed to speak. "The cafe is fine! But I gotta find my friend to let her know that I'm about to be out for a lil’ while. She was my ride here."

"Okay, that's coo'! I can take you home if she wants to stay a lil' longer though.", he replied as they began to walk through the crowd together to go find Danielle.

Tamika was a little cautious with his suggestion, which is why she had already decided that she was going to pull Danielle to the side to tell her to come look for her at the cafe if she wasn't back to the party within an hour.
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"Well, so much for tryna watch this movie!", Tamir laughed as he sat up in the bed. His and Katrina's original plan was to watch the latest video release while cuddling up in bed. However, those plans were quickly changed.

"It's your own fault! I'm beginnin' to believe that you rented this sorry movie on purpose!", Katrina giggled as she also sat up.

"Now how you gon' say somethin' like that about me?!", Tamir chuckled as he pulled her into his arms.

"Are you gonna deny it?", she asked as she looked him in the eye.

After thinking for a few seconds, he answered. "Nooooo, but I still can't believe that you said somethin' like that about me!", he laughed.

"Man, I know you like a book now!", Katrina laughed as she got up to go get something to drink. "You want anything?"

"Yeah, but what I want isn't right here!", he winked as he patted the empty space on the bed next to him.

"See, you gettin' too grown for your own britches!", she laughed as she pointed her finger at him. "I'll be right back, foo'!"

"Aight, well, I'll be puttin' this other movie in...maybe we'll be able to watch this one!", he smiled as he watched her going out of the room. "I know betta, though!", he laughed to himself.

"Dn, I love that man!", she grinned to herself as she made her way into the kitchen.
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"This is a coo' place!", Tamika grinned after she and Mark took a seat at a booth in the back of the cafe.

"Yeah, I love hangin' out here with my boys! It's got this relaxin' vibe to it, ya know!", Mark smiled as he continued to look at Tamika. There was something familiar about her smile that he couldn't quite put his finger on.

"Ohhhhhhh, this vanilla latte sounds good! I'll think I'll get one!", Tamika stated as she scanned the menu on the table.

For the next hour or so, she and Mark got to know each other a little better. Half-way through their conversation, Tamika was thinking that she would tell Danielle that she would ride home with Mark after all. She felt very comfortable around him.
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"Daddy, you're spoilin' the baby before she's even here!", Latrice smiled when she opened the door for Leonard. He came walking in with a few bags of toys.

"Baby T, my gran'baby ain't gonna want for nothin'!", Leonard chuckled as he hugged Latrice after putting the bags down that he carried in.

"What am I gonna do with you, ol' man?!", she giggled as he helped her into the living room.

"You're not gonna do nothin' except get as much rest as possible!", he smiled as he sat down next to her. "It's a gran'pa's job to spoil his lil' gran'daughter as well as his daughter...and his son!"

"Well, we love ya for it, but I don't want my baby spoiled like her momma! You saw how much of a spoiled brat I was growin' up!", she laughed.

"That's right! And I wouldn't have missed it for the world!", he replied as he reached into one of the shopping bags to show Latrice a gift he had picked up for Brian.

“I hope he will like this!", he stated as he handed Latrice two season tickets to the 76ers games for him and Brian to attend.

"Of course, he'll like it daddy! This is a great gift!", Latrice smiled as she looked over at Leonard. “It’s juss too bad that AI wasn't playin’ with the team back in the day when you and I used to go! Can’t nobody touch Iverson!”

"Now there you go!”, Leonard chuckled. Then a sad look came over his face. “I figure it's only right that I make up for the time I lost with him, T.", Leonard sadly stated as he hung his head down.

"Daddy, you've got to stop beatin' yourself over the head with what was done in the past. We have all forgiven each other so now it's time to forgive yourself!", Latrice replied as she leaned over and hugged her father. Just then she felt her baby kick. "See, even Cherish thinks so!", she smiled as she laid her father's hand on her stomach.

"Dn! My girl's got quite a kick there!", he chuckled when he felt the baby kick again.
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“Next time, I'll choose the movies, 'Mir!", Katrina laughed as she kissed him goodbye.

"But then you'll take the fun out of it!", he pouted.

"Yeah, whateva!", she laughed as she waved goodbye to him. He knew that Tamika would be home soon and he didn't want to take up their space by being there when she came back in.

However, when 3:10 rolled around, Katrina began to panic. "She said she was gonna be in at 3! I hope nothin's happened!", she said out loud.

When the clock read 3:35, Katrina had jumped into some clothes to go look for her cousin. But when she was on her way to the door, Tamika walked in.

"Hey, girl! You gettin' ready to go somewhere this late?!", Tamika asked as she walked past Katrina.

"Hell no! I was gettin' ready to come out and look for yo' lil' fass ass! You had me worried! All I kept envisionin' was yo' momma goin' off on me!", Katrina replied as she followed Tamika into the living room.

"I'm sorry cuzzin' but I met this real coo' guy tonight and time got away from us. We sat in the cafe uptown and talked for hours! I don't wanna say too much about him yet though because I don't wanna jinx anything. He could be the one that I've been hopin' for!", Tamika sighed as she flopped down on the sofa and hugged one of the throw pillows.

“Good for you! But please don't have Aunt Rhonda comin' down on me because you havin' a good time!", Katrina joked before heading to her room to go to bed.

"Momma ain’t THAT bad!", Tamika giggled as she went into the kitchen to get something to drink before turning in.

"Yeah, whateva you say, Miss Lady Girl!", Katrina shouted from her room before closing the door.
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“Hey big momma! How ya doin’?!”, Katrina laughed when she went to pay Latrice a visit after work one evening.

“How could you be so cruel by callin’ me that?!”, Latrice replied while pretending to cry.

“Awwwwww, I’m sorry…but you are out there now!”, Katrina giggled as she followed Latrice into the den to watch some tv. Latrice was almost 8 months pregnant.

“Anyway! Ru loves all of dis!”, Latrice winked while trying to sit down.

“Girl, lemme help ya out!”, Katrina stated with a shake of her head as she helped Latrice sit down in a chair.

“Thank you!”, Latrice laughed. “But this isn’t as hard as tryna get back up!”

“Thank goodness it’s you and not me!”, Katrina teased.

“Whateva! So how is your cousin gettin’ along with her secret pal?”, Latrice asked as she maneuvered herself around in her chair to get more comfortable.

“She said it’s goin’ great! But she still won’t give me too many details.”, Katrina replied.

“I wonda why she’s so secretive?”, Latrice asked as she zipped through the channels to see what was on tv.

“I’ono! But I’ma find out real soon!”, Katrina replied. She noticed Latrice skipping by “Maternity Ward”. “Naw girl! Turn back, I love this show!”

“Yeah, that’s because you’re not the one that’s gonna be goin’ through painful labor! I got a good mind to not let Ru touch me eva’ again!”, Latrice chuckled with a roll of her eyes.

“Mmmmm hmmmm…you say that now, but once everything is ova’, yall will be back into the swing of things again!”, Katrina winked.

“Speakin’ of which, how are you and ‘Mir doin’? Yall have been with each otha’ for quite some time now.”, Latrice smiled.

“Oh it’s goin’ sooooooooo good, girl! I even bought us some courtside seats for the game between the 76ers and the Knicks for this upcomin’ weekend. Afterwards, I plan to give him a lil’ surprise dinner!”, Katrina grinned.

“Girl, I’m scared of you!”, Latrice laughed as they chatted for another hour or so. Before Katrina left, they decided to hang out with Tamika on the next night. They were determined to get some details out of her about her newfound male friend.
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“Man, I’m glad Mark has finally found somebody to chill with. They’ve been goin’ out for a few weeks now!”, Tamir grinned as he and Larry hung out at Larry’s place.

“I know right! For a while, I thought my boy was gonna give up on tryna find someone. I’m happy for him, but I wonda why he’s not givin’ us too many details on the mystery lady?”, Larry replied as he headed for the door. Someone was ringing his doorbell. It was Rufus and James.

“W’sup, man!”, James smiled as he and Rufus walked in. “We juss came from the sports bar with Mark. He was on his way to see his new lady.”

“Hey, yall! We were juss talkin’ about him!”, Tamir chuckled as he looked up from the video game that he and Larry had been playing.

“I think we need to hang out tomorrow night and get some info outta him about this new girl of his!”, Rufus chuckled as he sat down on the sofa next to Tamir and James.

“Yeah, it’s about time that we had anotha’ boys’ night out!”, Larry agreed with a nod of his head.
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When Tamir arrived at Katrina's place at the end of the week, he was surprised to see her waiting for him at the door with her purse on her shoulder. He was thinking that they were going to spend a nice quiet evening together.

"Hey, boo! I thought we were stayin' in tonight?", he stated as he and Katrina gave each other a hug.

"Well, I felt like doin' somethin' different tonight...that is, if you're up for it!", she replied with a sly grin.

"Of course I’m up for it. I'm up for anythin' as long as it's with you!", he smiled as he wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her.

"Look, if you keep goin' at this rate, we're gonna end up not goin' anywhere!", Katrina giggled as she tried pushing him away.

”That's the whole idea, ma!", he chuckled.

"Well we won’t be needin’ these then!”, Katrina laughed as she pulled two courtside tickets for the 76ers vs. Knicks game from her purse. She proceeded to wave them around in the air.

"How in the world did you come across those, Trina?!", Tamir excitedly asked as they headed out to his ride. He had tried buying those tickets when they first went on sale but they had quickly sold out. However, Katrina was lucky enough to buy some tickets from one of her co-workers who wasn’t able to go at the last minute.

"Let's juss say I had skills when I got these for my boo!", she giggled as she reached out and pinched his cheek. He grabbed her hand and kissed it. "You know I love you right?!", he smiled as he winked at her.

"Yeah, and I love you too!", she smiled.

They ended up having a good time at the game. They even got the chance to meet some of the players from both teams. Afterwards, they headed back to her place because Tamir had his own special way of wanting to thank her for the good time he had.

However, she heated up his surprise dinner in the oven that she had made for him earlier in the evening. It was all of his favorite foods that they later ate by candlelight on the floor in her living room.

"I love you, 'Mir!", Katrina whispered as they danced together without any music after dinner. He didn't answer her with words, but instead with a passionate kiss.
"I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't met you!", he whispered as they continued to sway to their own music.

This time, she didn't respond with words, but instead with a tighter grip around his neck.

"I enjoy quiet times like these!", he chuckled as he took their plates into the kitchen after they were finished dancing.

"Me too!", she sighed. "Now I'm ready for dessert!", she giggled as she saw him step into the kitchen.

"Yeah, me too! Where is it?", he asked as he walked out of the kitchen empty-handed. But he didn't see Katrina in the living room where he had left her. A sly grin broke out on his face as he headed to the back. "It's on, now!", he thought to himself.
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On the following Sunday afternoon, Katrina and Tamir were standing in the kitchen with Rufus discussing how they were going to keep Latrice from going to Natalia's house for a while. Katrina, Natalia, and Rufus were going to surprise her with a baby shower.

"Man, you know how nosey Latrice can be! If you tell her she shouldn't go to Natalia's house for a while, she's gonna start askin' questions!", Tamir chuckled.

Every now and then Rufus would look out into the hall to make sure that Latrice hadn't come downstairs yet.

"I know man, because we all know she goes to see her every weekend. What can we come up with?!", Rufus asked with a shake of his head.

"Why don't yall say that you need her to go with yall somewhere?!", Katrina suggested with a snap of her finger.

"Like where?!", Tamir asked.

"I'ono! Make up somethin'! Anything!", Katrina stated with a shrug of her shoulders.

Suddenly, the three of them heard a door closing upstairs.

"Oh no! That muss be Latrice! Yall two make up somethin' fast while I try to stall her!", Katrina whispered as she headed out into the hallway.

"I'ma tell her that I need yall to go with me to find a birthday gift for Trina!", Tamir whispered as soon as Katrina left out of the kitchen.

"Oh yeah! That's right! She does have a birthday comin' up soon!", Rufus remembered.

Meanwhile, Katrina went upstairs to help Latrice come downstairs.

"Hey, girl! When did you get here?", Latrice smiled when she saw Katrina.

"Juss a few minutes ago. 'Mir and I decided to drop by to pay you and Ru a quick visit.", Katrina lied with an innocent smile.

"Oh, well that's nice! But yall caught me at a bad time. I was on my way to mommy's house for a while. Yall can keep Ru company though.", Latrice replied.

"Well, see, Ru and 'Mir actually wanted you to go somewhere with them. They haven't told me where they need you to go though.", Katrina stated as she and Latrice entered the kitchen.

"Hey big momma!", Tamir chuckled as he glanced at Latrice.

"You and yo' girl got one mo' time to call me that!", Latrice warned with laughter.

"Don't pay them no mind! For ev'ry big poppa, there's a big momma!", Rufus grinned as he walked up behind her and rubbed her stomach. "Dn! Cherish feel like she be doin' the electric slide up in there!", he laughed when she kicked his hand.

"Anyway!", Latrice replied with a roll of her eyes. "Where you and 'Mir need me to go with yall?"

"Uhhhhhh...I need to buy somethin' for a female cousin of mine and I need a female's opinion as well as my boy's opinion. Trina would go but she has somethin' to do and can't make it. So I was wonderin' if I could ride with you and Ru? And then Trina can meet me ova at your mom's house when we're done so yall won't have to worry about takin' me home, afterwards.", Tamir replied.

Rufus gave him a look that said, "Dn, you good!"

"Oh, aight! Well, it's no problem.", Latrice agreed as they all headed out.
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A few hours later, Katrina, Tamika, and Natalia had finished decorating the living room in pink and white and quite a few guests began to show up including Leonard and Brian.

"Everything looks so nice, doesn't it?!", Natalia exclaimed as Leonard and Brian finished hanging up the banner that read "It's a girl!"

"It sure does!", Tamika grinned as she glanced over at Mark. He grinned back. They hadn't had much time to talk though because she was helping out with everything. However, she was going to finally tell Katrina who her mystery guy was. Katrina didn’t have any idea that it was Mark because she also hadn’t had much time to talk with him and the others.

"What's goin' on around here?", Latrice asked when Rufus pulled his ride up in front of Natalia's house. She noticed all of the rides surrounding her mother's house.

"You'll see!", Rufus grinned as he came around to her door to help her out.

"I'm beginnin' to figga everything out!", she chuckled as she looked from him to Tamir.

"I ain't sayin' nothin'!", Tamir laughed as he walked up the steps of the front porch.

When they went inside, everyone shouted "surprise".

"I knew somethin' had to have been up!", Latrice laughed as she hugged and kissed Rufus. She then proceeded to hug and kiss her mother, father, and Brian.

She ended up gettin’ a lot of nice gifts even though she knew she would have to return some of them thanks to her father buying some of the same things from the first week that she had told him she was with child.

After things began to die down and most of the guests had left, Tamika and Katrina began to help Natalia clean up. In the middle of cleaning, Katrina's cell phone began to ring. It was her Aunt Rhonda.

Tamika and Mark were finally able to chat with one another when Katrina politely interrupted their conversation.

"'Scuse me, yall, but it's Aunt Rhonda, Punkin'. She wants to talk to ya for a sec.", Katrina stated as she handed her phone to Tamika.

"I wonda what ma wants?", Tamika replied as she put the phone up to her ear.

"Hold up! Are you two related?!", Mark asked as he looked back and forth between Tamika and Katrina.

"Yeah, why you ask?", Katrina chuckled when she saw his reaction.

"I've been kickin' it with her for a while now! I had no idea yall were family!", he replied with a wide grin.

"What?! So you're the guy she's been goin' on and on about?! Oh my God! This is great!", Katrina smiled. "Hey yall! We finally know who the mystery guy is in Mika's life!", she laughed as she told the rest of the guys and Latrice about Mark and Tamika.

"You gotta be kiddin' me?!", Tamir chuckled. "Well, hey! He made a wise choice! Look at who she's related to!", he grinned as he wrapped his arms around Katrina.

After hanging up with her mother, Tamika came over to where everyone was. "Yeah! Mark and I have been having a lot of fun together! He's so sweet!" She and Mark proceeded to hug one another.

"Awwwwwwwww!!!", Natalia and Latrice stated at the same time.

"Now I see it! You have the same exact smile as Trina!", Mark grinned when he stood back to look at her and Katrina side by side.

"Boy, stop! You makin' me blush!", Katrina joked as she waved her hand at him.
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When Rufus and Latrice arrived home from the shower, she went upstairs to the baby’s nursery while Leonard and Brian helped him bring all of the gifts inside.

After taking a seat in the rocking chair in the corner of the nursery, Latrice began to talk to Cherish while caressing her tummy. “Cheri, boo, mommy can’t wait for you to see all the nice things you received today. Juss don’t surprise me and daddy by breakin’ out too soon!”, she chuckled. Evidently Cherish must’ve heard what Latrice said because she began to kick and move non-stop.

“I’m about to believe what your daddy said about you doin’ the electric slide, girl! I think you remixin’ it with a lil’ bit of the cha-cha slide too!” Latrice hadn’t heard Brian come into the room.

“Hey big sis! I hadn’t had a chance to see what you and Ru had done to this room…it’s hot!”, Brian stated with a nod of his head after kneeling down beside Latrice.

“Thanks! This was all Ru’s idea! He said he wanted somethin’ special for his lil’ girl! He and the guys did this!”, Latrice proudly grinned. They had painted the room pastel pink and it was decorated with nothing but all sorts of angels from the wallpaper border to the curtains and crib bedding. There were also different pictures of angels covering the wall as well as other various angel accessories throughout the room. The angels were Rufus’ idea because he said he wanted his lil’ angel to feel right at home.

“So how much longer do you have?”, Brian smiled as he looked up at Latrice.

“Almost anotha’ month even though mommy keeps sayin’ she doesn’t think the baby is gonna hold out that long!”, Latrice giggled as she shook her head. “Mommy says she’s quite an expert on these things, so we’ll juss have to see!”

“Well, if the baby does decide to break camp between now and then, I’ma try my best to be here for it!”, Brian grinned as he grabbed Latrice’s hand and rested his chin on it. He would be returning to college in a few days. When he saw Cherish kick through Latrice’s top he jumped back as if he had seen a ghost.

“Whoaaaa!!! Was that the baby?!”, he asked in amazement as he continued to gawk at Latrice’s tummy.

“Yeah, who else did you think it was?!”, Latrice laughed.

“I’m juss sayin’! I ain’t neva seen nothin’ like that!”, he said with a shake of his head. “Is it okay if I touch her?”, he asked.

“Sure! Gimme your hand!”, Latrice replied as she tried to feel where the baby had moved to. “Uppps! Here she is!”, she stated as she placed Brian’s hand on the baby. “Say hi to Unca’ Brian!” The minute Latrice made this statement, Cherish started doing what seemed to be a rain dance while kicking her little feet against Brian’s hand.

He looked at Latrice with wide eyes before bursting out in laughter. “This is freakin’ me out, sis!”

“I know right! It freaked me out a lil’ when I first began to feel her kick and move, but then I got used to it!”, Latrice laughed.
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Several weeks later, Tamir surprised Katrina with a special gift for her birthday when he arrived at her place.

"'Mir, this is gorgeous!", Katrina smiled as she held her wrist out to admire the gold and diamond tennis bracelet that he had just given to her.

"Nothin's too good for my girl!", he smiled as they shared a small kiss.

"You ALWAYS seem to know the right thing to say to a female!", Katrina joked as they began to head for her front door. They were going out to a restaurant to celebrate her birthday.

"No, I know the right thing to say to this female because I love her; and hopefully, I'll neva have to tell anotha' female that I love her besides my momma, of course!", he chuckled as he kissed her forehead.

"'Mir, I know you get tired of me sayin' this, but you're my dream come true! I neva want to love anyone else but you!", she grinned as she looked into his eyes.

He was about to smile when his phone began to ring.

"Hello.", he answered. It was Rufus.

"Hey, man! I juss got a message off my voicemail that Trice thinks she's goin' into labor. Leonard is on the way to the hospital with her! I juss wanted to let ya know what's goin' on! Dn, man, I'm 'bout to become a daddy fo' real now!", Rufus grinned as he sped through the night traffic towards the hospital. "Could you do me a favor and spread the news to everybody for me?"

"Yeah, man! Sure!", Tamir grinned as he listened to the excitement in Rufus' voice.

"Aight, thanks man!", Rufus replied.

"What's goin' on?!", Katrina anxiously asked.

"It's Trice; her pops is takin' her to the hospital!", Tamir replied as Katrina squealed and hugged him.
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"Hey, Leonard! Where's my baby?!", Natalia exclaimed when she saw Leonard sitting in the waiting room of the maternity ward. She also noticed that he was wearing an ace bandage on his hand.

"She's been taken to a room to be prepped. The doc said that the early stages of labor have begun for her!", he grinned.

"What happened to your hand?!", Natalia asked as she took a seat beside him.

"Our daughter!", he chuckled. "She's got quite a grip wheneva a pain hits. We have to remember to tell Ru this when he comes in. I left him a message after I called you to let him know that we're here."

"I can't believe that our baby is havin' a baby!", Natalia cried as she leaned her head on Leonard's shoulder. This was the closest contact they had had with each other since the divorce had become final a few weeks earlier. After the court proceedings, they hugged one another and Leonard apologized to her for all that he had put her through.

"Yeah, our baby!", he smiled as he placed his arm around Natalia's shoulder.

"Hey!!!! I got here as fast as I could!", Rufus huffed as he ran into the waiting room. "Where is she?!", he nervously asked.

"She's waitin' for you in room 209. C'mon, I'll show you where it is!", Leonard chuckled as he got up to lead Rufus to Latrice.

When they reached her room, they saw silent tears falling from her eyes as she sat up in the bed.

"Hey, boo! I'm here!", Rufus exclaimed as he ran to be by her side. He immediately grabbed her hand.

"Get away from me! I wouldn't be in this pain if it wasn't for you!", she shouted as she tried to snatch her hand away. However, a pain hit and she squeezed the daylights out of his hand. "Dt!", she shrieked. In the meantime, Rufus slowly fell to the floor as he tried to pry his hand out of hers.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, isht!!!!!!!!!!", he groaned. Leonard had forgot to tell him about her "grip of fury".

The doctor and Leonard ran over to help him out.

"Baby T, let go of Ru's hand!", Leonard begged as he pried each of her fingers from around Rufus' hand.

"Where's mommy?!! Please call mommy!!!", she cried.

"I'll go get her! Ru try to keep your wife calm, huh?!", Leonard chuckled as he ran to go get Natalia. However, Rufus shot him a look as if he were asking him was he crazy while massaging his hand. This time when Rufus went back over to her, he caressed her tummy instead of holding her hand. She was calm for a while but the minute she saw Natalia rush into the room, she turned into a spoiled brat.

"Mommy! Move, Ru!", she stated as she slapped his hand from her. When Natalia reached her bedside, Latrice cried out in pain again while stretching her hand out for Natalia to take it. However, Rufus, Natalia, and Leonard all jumped back.

The nurse began to giggle. "I take it this is her first child?"

"Yeah, and it'll prolly be our last!", Rufus stated with a shake of his head as the doctor began to wrap an ace bandage around his hand.

"You got that right! You come near me again and I'll kill yo' @$$!", she cried as she fell back on her pillow.

"Mommy! Please make it stop!", Latrice continued to cry everytime a pain hit during the next several hours.

"I'm sorry, bookie! But there's nothin' mommy can do!", Natalia sadly stated as she rubbed Latrice's forehead.

Leonard noticed that everytime Latrice experienced pain, Rufus would have a look of pain on his face.

"I see we're sufferin' from sympathy pains!", Leonard chuckled as he patted Rufus on the back.

"I tell ya, I didn't know females went through this much!", he stated with a shake of his head.

"And guess what, Mr. Waller, it gets even better!", the doctor joked as he stepped out of the room for a few minutes.

Later on when the doctor returned, Brian was with him. Brian just happened to be in town hanging out with some of his friends from college for the evening when he received a message from Leonard about what was going on.

"Hey, yall!", Brian nervously smiled when he saw how upset Latrice was looking in the bed. However, she had requested that she wanted him in the room with the family when she had the baby.

When Rufus noticed him going over to take Latrice's hand he stopped him. "Hold up! I wouldn't do that if I were you!!!", Rufus warned as he blocked Brian's path.

"Why, what's wrong?!", Brian asked with a shrug of his shoulders.

Leonard came over and stood next to Rufus and they both held up their bandaged hands to show him why.

Close to 8 hours later, Latrice and Rufus welcomed their 7 lb. 10 oz. daughter, Cherish Waller into the world. However, Brian wasn't there to witness it because his 6 ft. 8 in., 290 lb. frame hit the floor after feeling faint from all the excitement that was taking place. Or maybe it was because he knew where the baby was coming from. But he did get to see his niece once she was taken down to the nursery.

"Hey, ma! You got a beautiful granddaughter!", Rufus grinned after he stepped out into the hall to call his mother. She would be coming down in just a few hours to spend a few weeks with them.

[glow=red,2,300]“My heart belongs to you/So what could I do/To make you feel I'm down with/You see me hangin around/But you don't know how you make me feel for you”
—Faith Evans: I Love You[/glow]

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[CarolinaCutie]

[glow=red,2,300]“But I am happy to have this chance/To be with you and I'm going to make the best of it”
—Faith Evans: All the Times[/glow]

CONCLUSION…
"What a way for us to spend Christmas!", Katrina sighed as Tamir helped her to her bedroom. It was flu season and she was hoping that this is what she was suffering from even though, her "visitor" was late and she couldn't seem to keep anything on her stomach.

"It's aight, boo! At least we're sharin' it togetha!", Tamir smiled as he lay down beside her on the bed. "But you need to make a doctor's appointment to see about this flu bug."

"It may not be juss the flu.", Katrina almost whispered as she glanced over at him.

"What'cha mean?", he asked as he sat up on one elbow to look at her.

Katrina cleared her throat before speaking. "Well, ummmm...I'm late."

He took what she said in stride though. "It may not be anything but stress since you're sick. But the only way you'll find out is if you go see your doctor."

Tamir immediately reached for her phone and address book to call her doctor. He caught the doctor just in time because he was about to leave his office for the holiday.

"He said you can come in on the 27th at 9:30.", Tamir stated after he hung up the phone. He proceeded to hold Katrina in his arms until she fell asleep.
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"Hey, boo-boo! This is your first Christmas with mommy and daddy!", Rufus grinned as he held Cherish in his arms. He heard her crying and went to check on her as he and Latrice always took turns to go check on her through the night via their baby monitor.

Latrice was taking a nap after having a long day with the baby. She had a newfound respect for her mother because she didn't know that taking care of such a tiny person was such a big job. However, when she woke up a few minutes later, she heard Rufus' voice through the monitor. She crept to Cherish's nursery and saw him cradling her as he rocked back and forth in the rocking chair.

"Don't blame me, when she turns out like her momma because you and everybody else are spoilin' her rotten!", Latrice giggled when she walked over and stood beside Rufus.

"But then there would be no reason to love and care for her!", he joked as he reached up and grabbed Latrice around the waist.

"Okay, Cheri! You heard it from your daddy, loud and clear! So get everything outta him that you can!", Latrice laughed after she picked her up out of Rufus' arm. She had fallen asleep after he had rocked her for a little while. As Latrice was placing Cherish back in her crib, Rufus came up behind her and hugged her. "I love you!"

"I love you too!", Latrice whispered as they held one another.
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The next day on Christmas, everyone gathered at James and Dana's house for dinner. However, Katrina stayed at home because she still wasn't feeling well.

"Where's Trina?", Mark asked Tamir as he took a seat beside Tamika in the dining room.

"She's come down with the flu and she didn't wanna spread her germs!", Tamir chuckled as he came walking to the table.

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that!", Rufus replied after taking a seat. "Tell her I said get well."

"I sure will, man!", Tamir smiled as he watched the food being set out on the table by the women.

"Where's that baby of mine?!", Aunt Ruthie exclaimed as she walked up in the house along with Maurice, Sr., Maurice, Jr., Brian, Brian's grandmother, Natalia, Leonard, and Rufus' mother.

"I juss put her to sleep! She was gettin' a lil' rowdy!", Latrice replied as she sat down beside Rufus.

"She muss be like her momma!", Mark joked as he glanced at Latrice across the table.

"See, I would say somethin', but I don't wanna act out in front of my family!", Latrice replied as she stuck her tongue out at him.

"Aight, now yall! Let's settle down! It's time to say grace!", James grinned as everyone stood up and joined hands around the table.
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The next night as Tamir and Katrina were in bed watching tv, Katrina decided to ask him something very important since she would be going to the doctor the next day. "'Mir, what's gonna happen if I find out I'm pregnant and it's not the flu?"

Tamir noticed that she wasn't looking at him when she asked her question. He proceeded to cup her face in his hands to make her look at him.

"You wanna know what's gonna happen? We're gonna be the best parents that this baby has eva' had!", he whispered as he leaned down and kissed her forehead.

Katrina couldn't stop the smile that spread across her face. "We're gonna be the ONLY parents, this baby has ever had!"

"All the more reason to be the best!", he chuckled. "I love you, Katrina Nicole Davis!", he whispered as he looked deep into her eyes.

Tears began to stream down her face, but without warning, she jumped up and ran to the bathroom as a sick feeling overcame her. Tamir also jumped up and ran behind her. When she reached the bathroom, she began to hurl into the toilet while he held her hair back away from her face.

"Yeah, he is DEFINITELY the one, if he can do this for me!", she thought to herself as she continued to be sick.
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"C'mon, ma! Let me get the baby outta the car seat! You go on in so you're not late for your appointment. I'm ready to find out if the six weeks are officially ova!", Rufus stated with a wink as he pulled Latrice to the side so he could get the baby.

"Ewwww, muss you be a horny toad this early in the mornin'?!", she replied with a roll of her eyes and a suck of her teeth.

"Well, it has been quite a while! But I guess havin’ to hold out is juss one of my many husbandly duties, huh?!", he grinned as he helped her get the baby out.

"Anyway!", Latrice chuckled as they headed inside the doctor's office.
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"I've neva seen you look more beautiful!", Tamir smiled as he shared a tender hug and kiss with Katrina after they had been told that she was indeed with child.

Earlier that morning, after her family doctor told her that she didn't have the flu, he directed her to the same OB/GYN that she and Latrice had went to earlier in the year.

"I don't know whether to laugh or cry!", she sighed as they continued to hug each other. The doctor congratulated them and made his way out of the room.

"Well, who do we tell first?", Tamir smiled as he and Katrina held hands while walking down the hall. When Katrina spotted Latrice and Rufus sitting with their baby in the lobby, she told Tamir to wait where he was standing. "Juss go along with what I do!", she slyly grinned as she began to walk out into the lobby.

"Smile for daddy!", Rufus cooed as he held Cherish. "Look, Trice! She did it!", he chuckled.

"Ru! You keep makin' me lose my place!", Latrice giggled as she tried to read an article in “Parent’s” magazine on how to make a baby have a better night's sleep. After all, if she and Ru were gonna get started on the next one, they wanted to make sure that they didn't have any interruptions through the night. However, when Latrice was about to look back down in the magazine, she saw Katrina walking towards them with a very worried look on her face.

"Katrina, are you okay?!", Latrice whispered as she stood up to put her arm around her.

"I don't know how I'm gonna tell 'Mir!", Katrina sighed.

"Tell him what?!", Rufus asked when he looked up at her.

"That I'm, I'm...pregnant!", Katrina pretended to cry as she buried her face in her hands.

Latrice wanted to laugh because she thought back to the day when she had used those same words. However, she consoled Katrina.

"Ru, tell her! 'Mir is gonna be happy with the news!", Latrice smiled.

"Yeah, Trina! I know my boy! He's gonna be sooooo excited!!!", Rufus grinned as he stood up with the baby and walked over to Katrina. He gave the baby to Latrice so he could rub Katrina's back to calm her down since she was beginning to cry. Or so they thought.

"He's gonna be mad at me! I juss know it!", Katrina pretended to wail.

Two women that were waiting to be seen were taking everything in.

"No he won't!", Latrice reasoned with her.

Suddenly, they heard Tamir cracking up non-stop as he walked out into the lobby to join them. "My boo really had yall goin'!" He was bent over slapping his knee and everything. The two women also began to laugh.

"Yall ain't EVEN funny!!!", Latrice snapped before she and Rufus started laughing.

"Congratulations, yall!", Rufus grinned as he hugged Katrina and Tamir.

"Thanks, man!", Tamir smiled as he pulled Katrina into his arms.

"Yeah, I'm happy for you two!", Latrice smiled as she took her turn to hug them.

"But lemme warn ya now, 'Mir! Be prepared to go lackin' for a long while both before and after the baby!"

"Why don'tchu stop?!", Latrice angrily stated while swatting Ru's shoulder.

"Man, I ain't even tryna hear that! Momma gonna have to work it out whateva' way she can!", Tamir joked as he kissed Katrina on the cheek.

"Ewwwwwwwww!!!", Rufus and Latrice stated in unison while giving Tamir a disgusted look.

"That's YO' man!", Latrice laughed while pointing at Tamir.

"Yeah, and that's why I love him so much!", Katrina grinned.

“Say, listen?! Why don’t we all go out to dinner tonight to celebrate?!”, Rufus smiled. “It’ll be my treat!”

“Aight, man! Sounds good to me!”, Tamir replied as he and Rufus gave each other a pound.
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[CarolinaCutie]

"Did I really look like that in my early stages?!", Latrice laughed as she, Rufus, and Tamir watched Katrina in amazement as she ate non-stop.

"Naw, you were a lil' worse!", Rufus joked as he placed some food in his mouth.

"A lot worse!", Tamir laughed as he winked at Latrice. "But Trina here is about to catch up with ya though!"

"Fo'get you, you, and you!!!", Katrina chuckled in between chews of her food while pointing her fork at them.

"I'm juss sayin'!", Latrice giggled while shrugging her shoulders. "At least yall know what I was goin' through when I was that way!"

"Yeah, girl! You right!", Katrina laughed. When she reached over with her fork to grab something off of Tamir’s plate, his fork met hers.

“Oh, were you gonna eat that?”, Katrina innocently asked.

“I was, but handle yo’ business since you eatin’ for two now!”, he chuckled.

Latrice looked at Rufus. “Is it okay if I have some o’ that?”, she asked as she pointed her fork to his grilled chicken.

“You’re not eatin’ for two again are you? Because if you’re not, then I think you should keep your fork on your plate and I’ll keep mine on my plate!”, he replied as he gave Latrice a wink.

“Oh okay! I must’ve misundastood the doctor today when he said the six weeks were up. I think what he really said was that we have six mo’ weeks to go!”, Latrice stated with a shake of her head.

“Oh naw, girl! Here taste as many things as you like!”, Rufus laughed while pushing his plate to Latrice.

“Nah, boo! I was juss messin’ wit’cha!”, Latrice giggled as she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

During dinner, while Latrice and Katrina talked about motherhood, Rufus decided to give Tamir the lowdown on how to stay on the good foot of a pregnant woman.

"Man! As much as I love Trice, she would switch up on me like a mug beginnin' around her 6th month! One minute she would be all happy and then the next she would be cryin' for no reason although to me it was kinda cute! I read up on it and they say it's because of hormones. So while you think Katrina is all sweet and cute, you betta watch out for her durin' those times!", Rufus chuckled.

"Fo' real, Ru?! Dn! So I guess I'd betta' start doin' the right thing now, huh?", Tamir laughed.

"Yeah man!", Rufus grinned as he and Tamir gave each other a pound across the table.

"Girlllll...be prepared to have Tamir wantin' to be all romantic and isht when you're around your last few months of pregnancy! Truss me when I say that when you're carryin' your baby around, bein' with him is gonna be the last thing on your mind. If he's as bad as Ru was, you may have to keep a pair of boxin’ gloves next to the bed!", Latrice laughed.

"Are you serious?!", Katrina laughed even harder.

"Very serious!", Latrice laughed. However, they noticed that the guys were laughing harder than they were.

"What's so funny, you two?", Katrina smiled.

"Oh nothin'! Ru here was juss schoolin' me on what to expect with the baby!", Tamir slyly grinned as he looked across the table at Rufus.

"Yeah, like what?", Latrice asked as she turned around to look at Rufus.

"Juss the basic stuff, ya know!", Rufus grinned at her.

"Basic stuff?", she asked as she glanced over at Katrina.

"Yeah, ma! Ya know, like how more beautiful and close their relationship will become.", Rufus chuckled. He was lying through his teeth and both Katrina and Latrice knew this. Especially when Tamir started chuckling while holding his head down.

"Oh yeah, Trina, this is pointer #9...the men in our lives won't be truthful with us durin' our mommy-to-be-times. Take Ru here for instance...everytime I asked him if I was fat when I was carryin' Cherish, he would be like, ‘Nah, ma! You look beautiful!’ when he knew full well that I was fat! Hell, even I knew I was!!", Latrice stated as she nudged him with her elbow.

"I thought you were beautiful durin' that time and I still think you are now!", he chuckled as he rubbed his arm.

"But you neva answered my question straight-forward! I could have taken the truth!", Latrice smiled.

"Yeah, right!", Rufus laughed. However, when he and Latrice looked across the table at Katrina and Tamir, they saw them gazing into each other's eyes.

"I think that Trina will be even more beautiful durin' that time!", Tamir smiled before looking back over at Rufus and Latrice.

"Oh, 'Mir!", Katrina grinned.

"See, I was juss sayin' what I felt like my boy here is doin'!", Rufus chuckled as he put his arm around Latrice's shoulder.

"Okay! I'll let'cha off the hook this time then!", Latrice giggled as she took a sip of her tea.

"See, we're all one big happy family again!", Tamir joked as they finished up their dinner.
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While Rufus was in the shower, Latrice was putting Cherish to sleep in the nursery. Long after Cherish had fallen asleep in her arms, Latrice continued to rock in the rocking chair while quietly humming along with Maxwell's "Fortunate" from the radio’s “Quiet Storm” show. While lightly stroking Cherish's curly hair, Latrice noticed how Cherish looked more and more like Rufus each day.

"Hey, boo. She finally fell asleep?", he whispered as he walked into the nursery to join them a few minutes later.

"Yeah.", Latrice whispered back when she looked up at him.

"Give her to daddy. I'll put her in the crib.", he replied as he gently took Cherish out of Latrice's arms. He then proceeded to kiss her on her little chubby cheek before placing her inside the crib. Latrice followed him over to the crib and laid her head on his arm.

"I didn't know that somethin' so beautiful could have come out of an almost-not-so-good situation from the past.", Latrice sighed as Rufus pulled her into his arms. "And for that I thank ya, big poppa!", she lightly giggled.

"I haven't been called that in quite sometime now!", he grinned. "But sometimes it takes an almost-not-so-good situation to bring about things like this! It's called unconditional love. And that's how I love you and Cherish, unconditionally!"

"I love you the same way, Ru! I'm glad that you gave me the chance to start our love ova'.", Latrice replied before they shared a passionate kiss.

"Yeah...it's neva' too late to start anything ova again!", he smiled as they danced to Faith Evans’ “Never Gonna Let You Go” before going to their room for the night.
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"I had a lot of fun tonight!", Katrina smiled as she joined Tamir in his bedroom.

"Yeah, so did I, Beauty!", he grinned as he kissed the tip of her nose.

"I always wondered if I would eva' get the love I deserved and you have proven that I have.", Katrina smiled as she snuggled up close to him while lying her head on his shoulder.

"Nah, I think it's the otha' way around...I found the love that I deserved!", he grinned as he began to run his fingers through her hair. "My search stops here!"

When Faith Evans’ “Never Gonna Let You Go” began to play on the radio, Katrina sang some of the words to Tamir.

"She seems to be readin' our minds!", he chuckled right before he and Katrina shared a passionate kiss.

"Yeah, she sure does!", she giggled. "I guess it's neva' too late to find that special friend that will grow into somethin' more! G'night, daddy!", Katrina smiled as she pulled the blankets up over her and Tamir.

"G'night, mommy!", he smiled as he held her in his arms as they both fell asleep.
--The End

[glow=red,2,300]“Because you give me joy/Good love/Good times/Such happiness/And everyday I thank the Lord for you/I feel so blessed”
—Faith Evans: Never Gonna Let You Go[/glow]

[aDRUfan4LiFe]

GOOD! ::rounds of applause::

[DruDiamond]

Good work! Man, you guys are makin me wanna start writin my stories again ;D

::standin ovation::

[CarolinaCutie]

Thanky yall! DruDiamond...GO FOR IT! I would love to read them!

[sexysmile]

As I read the conclusion to this...India Arie was singing "The Truth" on BET and I guess the combination of what I'm going through and what I was reading got to me, I was overwhelmed with This was good.

[CarolinaCutie]

Awwww, thanks SS! I'll be prayin' for whateva it is you're goin' through right now. Juss keep strong and know that this too shall pass!

[DruDiamond]

CarolinaCutie said:

DruDiamond...GO FOR IT! I would love to read them!

Nah, I'm too shy lol. I dunno tho, I might come up with something Hey SS, keep ya head up girl. Cuz like CC said, this too shall pass and it will...

[sweetgapeach]

Ok,

CC I Think this was a wonderful story, everytime i readi t i get goosebumps. YOu really should consider writing.

And to all those who are creative but shy about expressing your creativity, I think that you should try it becasue you may even surprise yourself. I have fatih in you tha you can do and I would love to read some of your stories. I mena we are all one big happy family, so if you get stuck or need any advice just ask and you shall recieve.

In other words " GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Drulady03]

awww that was sooo good! l luved it. Great Job!

[Jewlnmbr1]

I finally finished reading everything and this story is da bomb! You are such a good writer CC! And it was even better cuz "Never Gonna Let You Go" is one of my all time favorite Faith Evans songs! Good going girl!