Page 88 of Adonis Gates

“Apollo,” I turned to look at him. “You’re having sex?”

“Sis, chill out.”

“Yeah, bae, what the fuck?” Adonis glanced my way briefly. “You can’t ask him no shit like that.”

“Why not? We can talk about stuff like that. I can give you advice from a woman’s prospective.”

“I’m cool on that, sis. I promise.” Apollo laughed and so did I.

We talked about different things until we made it to Bre’s house. Her dad was already outside raking their yard when we pulled up, so Adonis got out to walk Apollo to the door then had a brief conversation with Bre’s dad before coming back to thecar. I was sure he told AP not to leave the house a million times because he always reinforced it to him, and I was sure he told the dad the same thing.

“I hope you warned him about there being no funny business,” I said to Adonis when he got back in the car.

“Jruelle,” he laughed. “He straight.”

“He doesn’t need to be having sex.”

“Hopefully he’s not,” he replied. “But in case he is or tries to, he’s prepared.”

“Raising kids is ghetto.” I palmed my face. “Especially teenaged boys.”

“Facts, and you’re talking about having another one.”

“Maybe we’ll have a girl if we’re lucky.” I intertwined my hand with his. “Then we can make sure she’s prepared when she’s about to be sixteen.”

“You crazy as fuck,” he frowned at me. “She wouldn’teverleave the house without me.”

“She’ll have school and stuff.”

“Yo’ ass can homeschool her,” he fired back and I laughed because I knew he was serious.

“No sir, the playing fields will be even.”

“I ain’t even entertaining this with you, baby,” He said before he turned the radio up.

We made it to the Atrium thirty minutes later. There wasn’t anything that we needed specifically, so we just got random things. Apollo’s sixteenth birthday was coming up so we got him new clothes and shoes. He was still asking for a car, but after everything he’d done a few months ago, he was a lot further from that happening than he realized.

After we shopped for clothes, we all got new jewelry. I didn’t need anything else, but Adonis insisted on a new tennis bracelet and necklace while he and his brother got new chains. He wasreally simple and modest when it came to his attire, but he didn’t play when it came to his jewelry.

Once we left the mall, we headed to my doctor’s appointment, and that’s when my nerves set in. We’d had several talks about fertility options amongst each other, and I’d even mentioned it to Dr. Parker, but actually going to the appointment with Adonis made itreal.

When we got inside, I only had to wait for about ten minutes before they called me to the back. I went through the normal process of them getting my vitals before they situated me in a room and asked some routine questions. The nurse left us to wait for the doctor after documenting everything.

“You good?” Adonis asked. He was sitting next to me, his hand covering mine, his thumb tracing circles on my skin.

I nodded and gave him a small smile. “I’m fine. Just trying not to overthink it.”

“Shit gon’ be aight, love.” He returned the smile, but his was much bigger and a lot more reassuring. “Just relax.”

Before I could tell him that relaxing was a lot easier said than done, Dr. Parker was knocking then entering the room with a wide smile of her own on her face.

“My favorite couple,” she beamed then whispered, “don’t tell anyone I said that.”

“Your secret’s safe with us, Doc,” Adonis replied.

“Great. So, I understand that we’re here to discuss some fertility options today?”

I sucked in a deep breath before nodding. “Yeah. I think I’m ready to see what’s possible.”