Chapter sixty seven Same dream

Caleb stops in the middle of putting on his shirt and turns when someone turns off his music which was blasting at max. "Sorry mom, I thought you were still out." "Well I'm not and you're going to deft yourself and everyone else in this house if you don't learn to turn down your music, so, going somewhere?" She asks. "Um…. Yes, I'm going over to the hospital to see if Ty is up to doing something on his last night as a free man." He said.

"That sounds like a good plan but before you go I just want you to know that I invited Maya to the wedding, well since you didn't." She said smiling. "And she said that your attitude towards her has changed and not for the better since she told us about the baby. A baby you should've told us about the minute you knew it was yours." She said folding her arms across her chest.

"I know and I'm sorry but the baby isn't the problem mom, it's the fact that you and dad are trying to marry me off to this girl." He said flopping down on his bed. "So, what's wrong with that, you two have been together for months so you must love her." "It's more along the lines of liking her a lot and I never said I would never marry her, just not right at this minute or before the baby is born. I need more time mom, to get to know her and her family better, see how compatible we are, is that too much to ask." He asks with a wounded look that always seems to work on his mom, not his dad though.

"Oh alright, you have a point, we'll slow this marriage planning down a bit but don't you for one minute think you'll be getting out of this young man." She said narrowing her eyes at him. "Yes, mom." He said trying not to smile too much. "Good, now go to your brother." She said getting up to leave but he grabs her in a big bear hug. "I love you, mom." "Love you too son and on your way out stop by the kitchen and take some dinner for your brother." "Okay, I will."

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Ty smiles at his sleeping wife-to-be as he gently unlocks his fingers from hers. She felt his movements, opens her eyes, and smiles sleepily up at him. "Happy wedding day kitten." He said kissing her lips softly. "Happy wedding day to you too, you must be so sore.' She said in a sympathetic tone. "Don't worry about me, I'll survive." He said stretching. "Could you please help me to the bathroom?" She asks as she slowly sits up and swings her legs over the side of the bed. "Sure," He answers helping her off.

"Um baby, I had a dream last night." He said a few minutes later as he helps her back into bed. "We were doing Bible study and…." "We were reading Romans 5 vs 3-5?" She asks before he could finish. "Yes… but how did you know that?" "Because I had the same dream." She said with a smile. "We were sitting on our bed and you had Tyrique on your lap." She adds.

"And you said to me that he is God's gift to us." "Yes, I did, because he is." She said touching his cheek. "I can't believe we had the exact same dream, what are the odds of that?" He chuckles. "I think that our spirits are connected and that our baby is going to be okay." She smiles warmly. "I pray to God you're right kitten." He said massaging her stomach.

"But you're right about our spirits being connected because I swear that I can actually feel your presence before I see you." He laughs. "I can too, I felt your presence last night before I actually saw you but …um…baby I know that we were only getting married this quickly because we couldn't wait for our wedding night but seeing as though we won't be having that wedding night for some time, do you still want to go through with this wedding today?"

"Oh hell yes, I know we can't have sex but I have some very interesting ideas that I think you're going to like." He chuckles seductively. "In that case, I have a confession to make before we get married." She said with a sigh. "What's that?" "The size of your family and the men in your family scares me; most of them look like wrestlers." She said with her head down.

"I do have a large family and I can understand why they would scare you but if it makes you feel any better, they all love you very much even though most of them are wondering why you always sound like you're whispering." He chuckles. "I'm not whispering." She states. "I told them that but seriously, you're the most soft-spoken person I've ever met, I've never seen you angry or hear you raise your voice; you have a very unique personality." "You don't like the way I am?" She asks sadly.

"I love the way you are." He said kissing her passionately as she pulls the front of his pants and slips her fingers inside. "And I'm not the only soft-spoken person you know, you forgot Christian." She said against his lips. "My soft-spoken cousin, who can't seem to stay out of your room whenever he's in the country? How could I possibly forget him?" He laughs and kisses her again.

"Okay, enough of that." His mom said from the doorway. "He blushes as he pulls away from her and zips his pants back up. "Remind me to always keep our bedroom door locked." He whispers in her ears. "Okay," She giggles. "Good morning mom." He said turning and his eyes opens wide as he saw his sister and three of his Aunts standing beside his mom with a lot of boxes and bags in their hands. "Brought in reinforcements I see."

"I had to; we have a lot to do before two o clock." She said putting her bags on a chair. "Take your fruits and get out of here." One of his Aunts said as she put a container in his hand and pushes him towards the door. "Caleb and family are waiting for you in their car downstairs." His sister said. "Alright, I'm going," He said running back towards Janice. "I love you kitten," He said kissing her lips and stomach." "I love you too." She said softly. "Please take care of her for me." "We will now go."

Tyler approached his cousins, gave one of them his car keys, and got in the passenger side of Caleb's vehicle. "Are you alright bro?" Caleb asks. "I'm cool." "So how was your meeting with the chief of staff?" Caleb asks again. "Okay, he's worried about me, I'm going none stop and I've practically dropped out of the A.M.S program but I told him not to worry, as soon as my wife and child are out of danger I'll pick up where I left off," Ty said finishing his fruits.

"We agree with him man, you're burning yourself out." One of his cousins said from the back seat. "I pace myself alright, I also eat right, exercise, and take naps whenever I can so don't worry, I know my limits." He reassures them. "You're not going to believe this but mom said she would ease up on the whole marriage thing, dad, on the other hand, isn't pleased with me right now but I leave him to mom." Caleb laughs.

"That's because you let him hear about his future grandchild from her and not you," Ty said scowling at him. "Speaking of which, why exactly did she tell them, why not let you do it?" Peter asks. "And that right there is the million-dollar question" Caleb snorts. "Well what's done is done, now all you can do is make the best of it," Jermaine chuckles.

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