She propped her phone up on a shelf across from the bench and pressed the live button.
Within seconds, people started joining.
@PressPassQueen: KEN?! It’s 1 AM!
@gloss.and.grace: Girl, what’s wrong?!
@thatchelseagirl: Everything okay?!
She laughed softly, running her hands through her hair. “Hey, Lens Family. I know it’s late. I’m good, I promise. I just... I can’t sleep. And I need to tell y’all something. Actually, a lot of things.”
@BSophie88: We’re here! What’s going on?
@TruthTeller42: You look different... where are you?
“I’m…” She looked around the closet, laughed. “I’m in a closet. Don’t worry about it. But listen, I got a lot to catch y’all up on because I’ve been keeping some things to myself and tonight... everything came to a head, and I’m lowkey malfunctioning right now.”
@PressPassQueen: GIRL WHAT
@thatchelseagirl: You’re scaring us
“No, no, it’s good. It’s all good. It’s just...” She took a breath. “Okay, so y’all know I’ve been gone for a minute. Quiet. Not posting like I used to. And I told myself I’d be real with y’all when I was ready. So here it is.”
She held up her left hand, letting the ring catch the light.
“I got engaged tonight.”
The comments exploded.
@LensLover23: WHAT?!?!?!
@Readerqueen25: ENGAGED?!?!
@BlackGirlFR88: WAIT, HOLD ON
@MediaMaven: KENNEDI WHAT
“But that’s not even the half of it.” She was talking fast now, words tumbling out. “Y’all don’t even know I’m dating anyone. Y’all don’t know I’m pregnant. Like, I’ve been living a whole life and I... I needed to process before I shared it. But tonight, tonight I can’t keep it in anymore.”
@BSophie88: PREGNANT?!?!
“Okay, okay.” She laughed, wiping at her eyes. “Let me start from the beginning. So, a few months ago, I met someone on a plane. Like, literally a stranger on a flight to LA for work. And we... clicked. Talked the whole flight. One thing led to another, and—” She gestured to her belly. “I’m six months pregnant.”
@LensLover23: SIX MONTHS?!
@MediaMaven: How did we not know?
@JQueen: Kennediiii
“I know, I know. I kept it quiet because I was scared. Scared of what it meant for my career. Scared of what y’all would think. Scared that I was doing everything backwards. Because y’all, we did it ALL backwards. Met on a plane, got pregnant, moved back home, and now we’re engaged. Like, we skipped every traditional step.”
She was crying now, happy tears, overwhelmed tears.
“But tonight, he planned this whole thing. Showed up at my door with flowers and a gift for RJ,” she laughed because I guess she’d agreed to the baby name. “He took me to my studio—yeah, I got a studio now, that’s another thing I didn’t tell y’all—and surprised me with a maternity photoshoot. Professional photographer, racks of dresses, the whole thing. And then at the end, he put this ring on my finger and asked me to marry him.”
@BlackGirlMagic88: Who is cutting onions?
@BSophie88: THIS IS BEAUTIFUL
