Page 82 of Whatever It Takes
Dr. Inez moved the wand around again, her facial expression slightly shifting. For a moment, she paused and tilted her head before moving the wand again. My stomach dropped, and my mind immediately thought the worst.
“What?” I asked quickly. “Is something wrong?” Saint’s grip on my hand tightened.
She didn’t respond right away. Instead, she pointed at the screen. “You see that?” I squinted at the screen and nodded. I was a little concerned about how developed the baby was already. “And this?” She shifted the wand and pointed again.
“Mhm?” My heart pounded in my chest.
“There are two babies.”
The room fell completely silent, and I repeatedly blinked, allowing tears to finally fall.
“Tw- two fucking babies?” I whisper-shouted.
“Ain’t no way.” Saint chuckled, shaking his head.
“Yes. Twins. Both twins are in the same sack, so they are identical. You’re about twelve weeks along. Both babies look healthy.” She said gently before standing to turn the lights back on.
“Twelve weeks? That’s impossible! I’ve gotten two periods. Yeah, they were light, but they were still periods. Oh my— I’ve had alcohol more than a few times.” I cried.
“Relax, Blessing. Cierra is going to come in and take a few blood samples. As far as alcohol consumption, you should be fine. Don’t stress about it. Both babies have really strong heartbeats, and they are growing exactly how they’re supposed to.”
“When can we find out the gender?” Saint asked. The smile on his face didn’t make my worried expression.
“If you want, we can do a blood test. You’ll have the results back in two to three days. Otherwise, we can wait until our next appointment in four weeks.”
“I want the blood test,” I said quickly.
Saint and Dr. Inez both laughed.
“Perfect. I’m going to get these pictures printed out, and they’ll be at the front desk when you schedule the next appointment. Congratulations!”
“Mannn.” Saint dragged with a whistle. “God knew what He was doing. Twins, man.”
“You happy?” I asked, pulling my leggings up over my stomach.
“Happy?” He repeated, stepping closer to me. “Bless, we’re about to be parents of three. God blessed me with more than what I prayed for. I’m more than happy, baby.” He leaned down, pressing a kiss to my forehead, then to my lips. Then to my stomach. “I know y’all probably can’t hear me yet, but daddy loves y’all already.”
I laughed, wiping my tears. “You’re insane.”
“I’ll be whatever you want me to be.” He kissed me one last time.
“Your hips are spreading already. I cannot believe you’re having twins!” Chanel said, spinning me around.
“Seriously. You have that pregnancy glow, too. You won’t be able to hide it for much longer.” Taryn added.
I groaned, sitting down. “I know. I’m not looking forward to the weight gain. It’s like as soon as we found out we were having twins, I suddenly had a bump.” Saint didn’t even want me to come tonight, but there was no way I was going to miss Dru’s listening party.
Dru’s meeting with the record label went great, and they were negotiating a deal. To say I was proud of him would be an understatement. His weekly freestyles haven’t stopped going viral. It was only up from here. The small venue he rented for the occasion was decorated nicely. The room was only big enough to fit about fifteen people. That was the only reason Saint allowed me to come.
“Y’all good over here?” Dru asked as he walked over with Saint and Rome. Messiah was across the room with a few of the niggas that worked for him. Kaia was glued to his side. She spoke once and hadn’t said a peep since. I made a mental note to talk to her about her distance soon.
“Yeah, we’re fine, babe,” Chanel said, kissing him. I smiled, admiring their relationship. For a long time, Chanel ran from love. While I was away for college, Chanel fell for some guy and swore off love. She never told me who he was, only that he wasted her time and never wanted to experience hurt like that again.
“Since we’re all here right now, Blessing would like to ask y’all something,” Saint announced. Everybody turned to look at me.
“Okay, since we’re having twins, we figured they’d need two sets of godparents. Sooo, Taryn and Rome, baby A would love for you two to take those roles. Dru and Chanel, baby B would like to extend the same invite.”
Of course, everyone agreed, and of course, I shed a few tears. These babies were making me so emotional, and I wasn’t feeling it. After a while, the listening party started. Every song wasgreat, and it could tell that all the guests were feeling it. Dru performed one song, and of course, Chanel was on stage next to him, rapping every word.
