Page 70 of Save Room for Us

He cracked up.

“How you know I got them on me?” I could hear the amusement in his deep voice as he drove.

“When don’t you?”

We chuckled in unison before he said, “Aight. Candy straws gotta stay in the car and shit.”

“Good. See you in a little bit.”

I got back to coloring with Sophie before she told me she was ready for her bath, darting off to grab her bath toys before I even made it to my feet.

By the time she was out, teeth brushed, and in her new Savage Fenty pajama set that matched one I’d had as well, Asif was at the door.

“Me first!” Sophie screeched, rushing to the door as I thanked God for the grip socks she wore. “Hi!”

“What’s good?” Asif beamed like he always did upon seeing Sophie as she stepped back to allow him in. He laughed when she tossed her arm out as if to show off the living room. “Yo. She smart as hell.”

“I know.” I shook my head. “I don’t know how.”

“Her mama.” He leaned over to kiss me before handing me some flowers.

I blushed unintentionally before looking up into his pretty eyes to thank him non-verbally.

“Let me put these in water.” I went to fetch the vase from the kitchen.

“I see you got the coloring book out. Can I color too?” Asif asked.

“No, is for me and Mommy,” her little mean ass stated, causing me to chuckle as I ear hustled from the kitchen.

“I feel you. I don’t know if you heard, but I color better than ya mama.” I heard some rustling and figured it was the bag he’d brought from the store. “Bet you ain’t never seen this, huh?”

Whatever he held up made Sophie gasp, so I leaned back to peer into the living room to see it was a box of Crayons, the sixty-four count.

“Mine!” Sophie reached and he gave it to her.

“Can I color now?” he quizzed.

“Yes. Okay.”

“I knew you was cool.” He then lowered his voice to say, “You know if you don’t like me ya mama won’t like me. So you can’t be doing a nigga like that when he come through.”

I couldn’t hold in my laughter as I made my way back into the living room with them.

“Yes. Okay!”

I sat down to join them since it was so many more colors available now, and Asif pulled me closer to him, kissing the side of my face. We colored and then made some freezer cookies before Sophie was knocked out.

Once she was safely in bed, we went back into the living room, relaxing on the couch under the blanket. The couch was a nice size, but we were still cuddled up, me laying on his broad chest the way I loved to do as his fingers brushed up and down my back.

“You want a lot of kids?” I questioned.

“Where that come from?” He mocked me. “Every body got an opinion on what a lot is but I at least want one of each sex. Three is my preference, though.”

“Probably two boys and one girl.”

“Don’t matter. Sophie is the girl, so you can give me another girl then a boy or two boys.”

I lifted some to look up at him before our lips met.

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