I wake up the next morning and Xavier's not next to me. I get up and I put on some panties and sweatpants and I head downstairs to hear the boys talking amongst themselves. When I walk into the room, everyone goes quiet and Xavier turns around and looks at me. I can tell something's wrong. "Good morning." he says as the whole room looks off, not saying anything. I walk over to him and he grabs my hip and pulls me onto the couch with him, kissing my head and holding me tight. "What's wrong? Why's everyone so quiet?" I ask, awkwardly laughing and looking around. Amber sits with her hands in her lap and Riley has her face in her hands, crying. Camara hugs Z, sobbing quietly on his shoulder with his hand under her shirt, rubbing her back, consoling her. "Xavier? What's going on?" I ask, now worried. He turns me around to face him and he holds my hands in his as he looks me up and down, trying hard to fight back tears. "Why are you about to cry? Can you just tell me what's wrong? You're

I wake up with a contraction, breathing heavily and humming in pain. King, sleeping in the floor, immediately sits up and turns his attention to me as I rub my stomach. "Are you alright? Is there anything you need?" "Water. Please?" I say, still breathing heavily. He leaves for two minutes and comes back with water and gives it to me, kneeling next to me to make sure I'm okay. As I drink the water, I check the time. "4 A.M. I'm sorry King." I say, closing my water bottle. "It's alright. What was that, by the way?" he asks, rubbing his eyes. "What was what?" I say, putting my water bottle on the nightstand next to me. "This whole thing." I freeze and then nod my head, understanding what he means. "Contractions. My doctor said they'd probably be worse my second pregnancy since I've already been pregnant before." "Oh. Good to know." he says, lying back down on the floor. "King?" I say, looking down at him. "Yeah?" he says, staying still. "Just go and sleep in another room. I'll

Xavier's POV: We're right back where we were almost a year ago. I'm holding her hands as she prepares for the first push, rocking back and forth and breathing hard, looking me in my eyes. Camara, Z, and King stand in the doorway and When Mia says to push, she closes her eyes tight and holds her breath as she pushes hard, her hands squeezing mine .... superhumanly tight. She exhales and puts her hands in the water to balance herself, and takes a couple deep breaths preparing for the second push. On three, she pushes and holds it for ten seconds, then lets it go, taking her hands out of the water and putting them on my arms for some support. I pick up the towel next to me and I wipe the sweat from her head as she breathes in and out. "You doing okay?" I say, moving her hair back off her face. "I just want these babies out of me." she replies, lying her head on my shoulder. "Baby A is coming fast. Baby's crowning, give me a big push, okay?" Mia says. She nods her head and wraps her

Xavier's POV: As I drive to the club, the boys and their girlfriends behind me, I talk with Dionne on the phone. "Anyway, I'm pulling up to the club. I'll call you in an hour." "Okay. Be safe, baby." she says back. "I will. Love you." I say. She says it back to me and hangs up as ! put my car in park. I get out and the boys are getting out too as I shut my car door. I walk in, all of them trailing behind, and I put a one hundred dollar tip on the bar top for the young lady behind the counter. "Shots. For all of us." I say. "Gotcha." she replies, giving me a wink. I roll my eyes as she sits six shot glasses in front of me and pours liquor in all of them. "Bottoms" Kayno says, downing his shot, the rest of us doing the same. "Aaaah. Tonight's gonna be fun." Riley says , patting the bar top. As drink, Tiffany, better known as Tiff, keeps passing me by, looking at me and smiling. She's a waitress. She's always had a crush on me since she landed a job here and I've never shown an in

Xavier's POV: I stand at the island, holding myself up on the counter, my elbows resting on it, drinking a beer in an empty house and an even emptier heart. The door opens and the everyone walks in. The girls go upstairs and the boys come into the kitchen. "Why'd you leave? What happened? We just saw Dionne crying and you looked ... like you went through something." Mark says, grabbing a beer for everyone. I clutch her ring in my hand before putting it down, letting everyone see it. "This happened." I say, taking a sip of my beer. "She took it off?" Kayno says, his eyes big. "No, the ring just levitated off her finger." Z says, rolling eyes. "I'm sorry man. That's horrible. What happened?" "That bitch, Tiffany." I say, my anger surfacing. "Home-wrecker Tiffany. She's always been a problem for you." Z says. "The problem is that she doesn't know how to take a fucking hint. Basically threw herself onto me and tried to fuck me right there in my office. Dionne walked in after she l