“Toni,” I said while tossin’ another card down on the table.
“She good?”
I picked up the blunt and took a slow pull before I started talkin’.
“Man, she been trippin’ lately,” I said while exhalin’ smoke. “She wanna fuck all the damn time.”
Pressure started grinnin’ before he even responded. “Nigga, it’s that baby.”
I nodded like I already knew that answer. “Yeah, I figured that shit.”
Renza leaned back in his chair laughin’.
Pressure took a sip of his drink and started talkin’ again.
“Pluto was the same way when she was pregnant. I’m talkin’ about horny all the damn time. Couldn’t keep that pussy out a nigga face.”
“That’s exactly how Toni been,” I said. “But that shit got me nervous though.”
Pressure raised his eyebrow. “Nervous how?”
“Man, I don’t even know how the hell to fuck her no more,” I said while shufflin’ the cards. “I be sittin’ there tryna be careful and shit, then the baby start movin’ around and her stomach be lookin’ crazy as hell. One side be flat and the other side stickin’ out big like the baby tryna scoot away from me or somethin’. That shit had me pullin’ back like hold on lil’ mama, I ain’t tryna fight my own child in here.”
That had both of them laughin’.
Renza almost choked on his drink.
“Man, hell nah,” he said. “The baby probably tired of hearin’ y’all.”
“Shut the fuck up,” I said while laughin’.
Pressure looked at Renza and shook his head.
“You the last nigga who should be speakin’ on anybody’s situation,” he said. “You done hid Reni like a damn easter egg all this time.”
I lost it, leanin’ back in my chair laughin’ while Renza shot him a look.
“Man shut the fuck up,” Renza muttered, but he was fightin’ a smile.
I took a sip from my glass and shook my head. “Nah, he right though. You talked the most shit. Whole time you had a whole woman tucked away like she was in witness protection.”
Renza rolled his eyes and threw his card down harder than he needed to.
“Y’all still on that shit?”
Pressure smirked. “Nigga we gon’ always be on that shit.”
We kept playin’ cards and smokin’ while the jokes kept goin’ back and forth until the patio door finally slid open behind us.
I turned my head and saw Pluto and Toni walkin’ outside.
Toni didn’t even hesitate. She waddled straight over to me like she already knew where she was goin’ and climbed right into my lap while wrapin’ her arms around my neck.
Her belly pressed against me and that shit still amazed me every time I felt it.
Just a few months ago her stomach had barely been showin’ and now she had this full round belly sittin’ between us like a reminder that our daughter was almost here.
I kissed her lips while my hand slid down to rub over her stomach, and talk to my baby. “Hey mama.”
