Chapter Nine | Reopening Old Wounds

Morgan's Point of View

"Babe?" Chris said holding me in his arms as we laid on the couch. "I've only met one person in your family and that's Angie. I wanna meet the people who raised you and Angie... your parents." my smile kind of faded. I sat up and looked at him. "somethin wrong?" He asked me. "ummm no, sure you can meet my parents." I gave a half smile. I got up and ran upstairs and put on my shoes, I was wearing a pair of my favorite shorts and a t-shirt. Chris was fully clothed. "Put some shoes on and let's go." He gave me a look. "Already?" "yeah, let's go." He shrugged and went upstairs and put some shoes on. We hopped in my car, I pulled out of the driveway and drove off. Chris noticed I was kind of down. "You okay baby?" I looked at him. "I'm fine." "you sure?" "yeah, I'm good." "okayyyy." I continued driving.

We arrived at out location and Chris noticed something very wrong. "Babe... this is a cemetery. "I know." I grabbed his hand and led him to where my mom and dad were buried. "Chris, these are my parents." I said not smiling. He didn't know what to say. "Baby, I'm so sorry, I didn't know." "It's okay." I pecked his lips and sat in front of the graves. Chris sat next to me and put his arm around me. "Morgan, what happened? I mean if you don't wanna tell me, it's cool." "Drive by..." I said wiping a tear. "Angie and I were out back inside of my old playhouse playing with our dolls and tea sets and just having fun..." I swallowed. "Take your time babe." Chris said as he rubbed my back as my voice started to crack. "I was 10, Angie was 12... next thing I know, gunshots rang out, 15 minutes passed by before it stopped." By this time the tears were pouring. "Angie and I ran out of the playhouse and into the house... I screamed, because there was my mother on the floor... in a pool of blood and a few feet away was my daddy... in a pool of blood." I started rocking back and forth, and the next thing I know I was on the ground in front of my parents' tombstones crying my eyes out. Chris cradled me in his arms as I cried. I felt a teardrop on my shoulder, which indicated Chris shed a few tears. I never really talked about my parents, on one hand it hurts... but on the other hand it felt good to get it off my chest. I miss my parents so much, I wish they were here.

Chapter Ten | The New Guy

Angelina's Point of View

It had been a while since Trey and I broke up and to tell you the truth I'm over him, completely... he chose a whore over a real woman... that's his problem. How do I know she's a whore, well I just saw her with some latin dude at the mall showin major P.D.A. kissin, and touchin, and huggin. What can I say... what goes around comes around, karma's a bitch isn't it Trey? Anyway after I walked away from the food court where they were, I walked into a shoe store looking for some shoes for Morgan's birthday... yep my sister is turning the big 2-1, her and Chris are only 4 months apart. "You need some help find anything?" I turned around to see a vision of sexiness,
I mean he was tall, caramel complexion, sexy lips, gorgeous brown eyes... Angie focus... "um, I was looking for a gift for my sister... it's her 21st birthday tomorrow and she absolutely loves Christian Louboutin and Louis Vuitton shoes, she can't live without them." He laughed, his smile is so gorgeous. "Well, we just got several pairs of both of those brands in this mornin." He led me to that section and my eye instantly locked onto a pair of bad ass Christian Louboutin boots. "Those and... those Louis Vuittons over there, she's a size 5." He grabbed them and asked me if there's anything else and I said that was it. I paid for them and was about to leave. "I hope you don't think I'm too forward for sayin this, but you have beautiful eyes." I blushed. "Thank you." I saw him write down something on the back of the receipt. "Have a nice day." He said and winked. "You too." I said as I turned and walked out. Too bad for Trey, he lost a good one, and now someone else is about to take his place. I got into my car and took the receipt out of the bag and looked at the back... so his name Carnell. I know you're thinking why didn't I look at his name tag? I was too busy looking at him... hehe.

I got home and saw my sister's car there. She does have a key to my house and vice versa. "Shit! I have to hide these fast." I thought to myself. So I parked and got out of the car and went straight around to the back and inside through the back door. I ran up to my room and quickly hid my sister's gifts and made my way back outside and through the front door. Why all of this madness? I want her to be surprised, I can't have her asking me what did I buy and my having to make up a lie. "hey Angie!" "hey sis!" We hugged and she noticed a piece of paper in my pocket. "What's that?" Oh shit, it's the receipt from the shoes I bought her but I flipped it on the back and folded it so that Carnell's number was showing. "I met someone." Her eyes lit up. "tell me about him... tell me, tell me, tell me." She said getting excited. "Okay okay, well I met him at the mall. Oh and guess who I saw there?" "who." "Trey's hoe, all up on some latin dude tonguin him down every chance she got." "damn, did she see you?" "no, but anyway, his name is Carnell, he's tall, caramel complexion, dark brown eyes, sexy lips." "Okay, if you didn't say his name first, I would've thought you wans describin Chris." We laughed. "you crazy, anyway we kind of flirted and he gave me his number." "ooo, my sister bout to get herself a new boo." I turned red. I put his number in my phone. "I gotta head out, some of the other girls wanna take me to Red Robin for my birthday." "okay, leter sis." "bye." She left, she has no clue what's in store for her tomorrow, it's her big day and she is gonna be really surprised.

Nighttime fell and I was ready to hit the sack. I got into bed and fell fast asleep with a smile on my face. Today was a wonderful day.

Chapter Eleven | Morgan's Birthday

Morgan's Point of View

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!! I'm finally 21!! AHHHHHHH!! My model friends took me out last night for some fun, today is different, fun with my fam and Chris. I turned on some Beyonce - Diva and danced around the room as I looked through my closet for something to wear. "Somebody's happy." I turned to see Chris standin there smirkin. "Happy Birthday baby." I ran up and pecked his lips and he handed me a small box, I unwrapped it and my eyes lit up. "OMG! thank you! It's beautiful!" I squealed referring to the pink & white ring I'm looking at, he knows pink is my favorite color. He placed it on my finger. "I love you, Morgan." "I love you too." He kissed me with so much passion, I got weak in the knees. We broke the kiss and I turned towards the bathroom and took a shower, did my hygiene thing and walked out in a pink & white Baby Phat short set. I left the room to see my sister on the couch... with a guy and a large box. "Angie!" "happy birthday sis!" "thank you" "Morgan, this is Carnell... Carnell this is the birthday girl, my sister Morgan." We shook hands. "nice to meet you." "nice to meet you too and happy birthday." "thank you." Angie handed me the box and I opened it and almost flipped. "AHHHHH!!" It was a pair of Louis Vuitton boots, I love LV! "OMG! Angie, I love them, thank you!" "I knew you would, Morgan, but that's not all I got you... you'll get your other gift tonight." I hugged Angie tight. Damn these boots are FIERCE! I'm rockin these tonight... I wonder what they have in store for me tonight?

My birthday is going great so far... Chris took me shopping, and now Angie is taking me to meet my idol Beyonce... I may be a model, but I don't know everyone. We went inside to where the meet & greet was. "omg, I'm freakin out." Bey was smiling and she hugged me. AHHH! "happy birthday fellow Virgo" "thank you." We took a few pics and she signed a poster for me. "thank you for supporting me, and I hope you have a wonderful day." she said as she hugged me again. "thank you." I waved to her as we left. I'm speechless... totally speechless. I have a feeling tonight will be even better. Happy birthday to me!!

Chapter Eleven | Morgan's Birthday [Part 2]

Morgan's Point of View

"Chris, baby can we go home now? We've been out all day long, I know it's my birthday but sheesh." "in a minute babe." He pecked my cheek. We've been walkin around the park since I left Beyonce's meet & greet. And I just wanna go home and have some birthday fun. I heard Chris' phone beep. "Text..." I just shrugged. "let's go." I gave a confused look... we're goin home now?" "yeah." "yay!" He gave me the side eye and I started laughin. We got into his car and we headed home.

He parked the car, turned it off and we got out. We got to the door and pulled out his key and I walked inside... "SURPRISE!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MORGAN!!" My eyes lit up... a surprise party! YAY! "OMG! thank you!" I looked and saw my auntie Maria. "AUNTIE RIA!" "look at my niece all grown up." She hugged me. "And this must be Chris... cute." she said smilin. My auntie is so silly sometimes. I saw all of my friends Nik, Saleisha, and Danielle, you know them from ANTM. "Happy birthday Morgan." It was Dustin... I guess I can tolerate him for one night. "thank you Dustin." "I just wanna say I'm sorry for everything... I know things didn't work out, but I at least want us to be friends." I can tell he was being sincere. I gave him a hug. "sure Dustin." He looked at Chris... "you got yourself a good girl, here. Take care of her." They dapped each other and he went off to mingle. My ex boyfriend and my current boyfriend are getting along? This is the best birthday a girl could ever ask for.

We danced and partied and mingled. "time for cake!" Angelina yelled out. Carnell, my sister's "friend" rolled out a large birthday cake with "21" on the top. And everyone sang happy birthday. Tears started welling up in my eyes. "awww, don't cry Morgan." Angie said and hugged me. These were happy tears and sad tears at the same time. Happy because I have all of my friends and family here and said because I wish my mom and dad were here. I fanned myself. "I'm sorry, I just wish mom and dad were here." "me too sis, but they are here... in spirit... and they're smiling at us, you especially, a great career, wonderful man... Morgan, mom and dad are proud of you, and so am I." That made me cry even harder as we hugged. I got hugs from everyone. Once the waterworks were over, we ate cake and ice cream and talked and laughed and danced... and then it was time for presents. I sat in a chair and people gave me their gifts one by one. "I know you'll enjoy these Morgan." Angie said handing me a large box. "AHHHH!!! Christian Louboutin boots I freakin love you Angie!!!" "I know" she said cheesin. "I may not know you that well Morgan, but happy birthday." Carnell handed me a long narrow box. I opened it. "Wow! this is gorgeous." It was a white diamond butterfly belt. "thank you." I hugged him. The rest of my gifts were either Louis Vuitton, Christian Louboutin, Baby Phat, Dereon, and Hello Kitty. "My gift is outside." Chris said as he grabbed my hand and covered my eyes once we got to the door. "Keep them closed." "I cant see a thing Chris." "You sure." "yes." He led me outside and I heard a bunch of gasps and whatnot. "okay open." I screamed when I opened my eyes. "Christopher, you didn't!" He started cheesin. "I did." "AHHH!" I jumped and hugged him and smothered him in kisses. "OMG!!" I ran up to my brand new convertible and it was another one of my favorite colors... purple! "you like it?" what kinda question was that? "I LOVE IT!" I hugged him again. This has been the best birthday ever! I looked up into the sky and smiled... "I love you mommy, I love you daddy." I'm sure they're smiling down from heaven. I couldn't be any happier than I am right now. Once again HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

Chapter Twelve | The Big News

Chris' Point of View

I know ya'll wonderin... does this nigga still work as a photographer... the answer, yes, I've been on my job. Today is a new day and we forever gettin new models. A new one is gettin ready to come in now. "Hi, my name is Indiya"

She said smilin. "What's up, Indiya, we gon have fun with this shoot iight." "sure will." She seem perky. We shook hands and she turned and headed towards hair and makeup, but I coulda sworn she winked at me. I shook it off and got my stuff together to start the shoot. "There's my baby." I heard Morgan's voice. "ayyyy baby!" I gave her a hug and kissed her sweet lips. By the time I got everything ready, Indiya was coming out onto the set. "You ready?" I asked. "ready as I'll ever be." Morgan stood by and looked on, we had a lunch date. I can sense some tension between Morgan and Indiya, I'm gettin a funny feelin that they know each other.

Once the shoot was done, I startin puttin my things up for a while. I have to return back to work after my lunch date with Morgan. Indiya looked at Morgan and said... "Morgan..." "Indiya..." Morgan said in a nonchalant tone. Man I swear the tension is so think you can cut it with a knife. They kinda mugged each other. Then Morgan turned and grabbed my hand, practically yankin me out of the studio.

We arrived at this outdoor restaurant and sat a table. It was silent before I decided to ask... "Baby, what was all of that?" She looked at me. "If you were wondering if we know each other... the answer is yes, we do." "I take it ya'll aint the best of friends" "hell no, she's a slut, and she's always trying to compete with me... she had just about everything and she still wants everything I have... including you, I saw the way she looked at you, she was blatantly flirting with you in front of me" I shook my head. "She wasnt looking at the camera Chris, she was looking dead at you, and when she noticed me watching, she started looking at the camera." "Morgan, I love you... and I'm not goin nowhere, she can't steal me away, that's not gon happen." "I still feel bad about Natasha." "Well don't, me and Tasha were goin downhill, we were just trickin ourselves to make it work, I knew her head and her heart were somewhere else, I'm with you now, and I love you." I pecked her lips. "OH! guess what?" "What, Morgan?" She sat on my lap and placed my hand on her stomach. I was speechless, is she tellin me that she's... pregnant? "Baby, are you tellin me... what I think you're tellin me?" She nodded fast. "I'm pregnant." "really?" "yes, I went to the doctor for my check up the day after my birthday and it shocked me." "What the doctor say?" "She said, you're healthy and so is the baby... and I said BABY?!??! and she said yep, you're 6 weeks pregnant. I honestly thought I was just getting fat, because I had been eating alot more than I usually do." I couldn't believe my ears, I'm bout to be a daddy! I hugged and kissed Morgan and baby talked to her belly, even though it was still kinda flat. This is the best news I've heard all morning, could this day get any better?

Chapter Twelve | The Big News [Part 2]

Morgan's Point of View

Yes, Indiya and I know each other very well, unfortunately. She slept with Dustin while we together, I beat the bitch down and the dumped Dustin right on the spot. Now I can see she's after Chris... no honey, that aint gon happen. Once I Chris dropped me off at the house, I walked in a checked my voice messaages... only one and it was from Angie. She and Carnell are gettin along great, and according to her he's better than Trey in the sack if ya know what I mean. I just laughed and sat on the sofa and watched TV. My belly aint really protruding yet but I started rubbin my belly thinkin about boy and girl names... I honestly want a boy... yes I want a boy, I want him have that swag like his daddy... hehe. But then again I do want a girl, so she can be daddy's lil princess. I felt my eyes gettin heavy, so I gave in a fell asleep.

"Baby." I heard a voice, so I slightly opened my eyes and saw Chris standin over me. "Hey babe." He pecked my lips. "ooo Panda Express! YAY!" I hopped up and walked to the kitchen... orange chicked and rice... my favorite! Chris and I sat at the kitchen counter and ate. "Morgan." "yes?" "I hope you know I'm keepin my distance away from Indiya." "good, but I trust you... it's her I don't trust. Before Dustin got with Stephanie, he slept with Indiya while we together and I practically caught them in the act, she looked back at me smiling, that's when I beat her ass and dumped Dustin right on the spot." "Damn, she foul." "She's a bitch, she wants everything I have, I told you that." "I know baby." "speaking of babies..." He knew what I was gettin at. "I kinda want a girl." "really? I'm not sure if I which one I'm more excited for... but either way he or she will be really spoiled." Chris chuckled. "especially by me." He said. After a while Chris and I relaxed on the sofa and watched tv, and the whole time he had his hand on my soon-to-be-protruding belly and smiling.

Chapter Twelve | The Big News [Part 3]

Chris' Point of View

Another long photoshoot just ended with the Kardashian sisters. It was fun. I started puttin my things away when I felt hands rubbin my back. I started smilin because I thought it was Morgan, but when I turned around Indiya's lips collided with mine. I finally pushed her off me and wiped my lips. "What the hell Indiya?" She stood there with a devious smile on her face and started walkin towards me, I backed up and ended up trippin on a step and fallin on my ass. I tried my best to get away but Indiya climbed on top of me before I could get up. She placed a finger on my lips and whispered. "What Morgan doesn't know, wont hurt her." "No, but I'm about to hurt you." Morgan walked over and literally yanked Indiya off me by her hair. I got up and dusted myself of before gettin between Morgan and Indiya. "Move Chris, I'm about to beat this bitch into the ground." "The hell you will Morgan, you are pregnant." "I can still bust this slut's head open." She charged towards Indiya but I held her back. "Morgan... stop, she aint worth it." She was still mean muggin Indiya. "You're right, she's a whore bag." I heard my boss come in. "What is goin on in here? I heard yelling." She looked at Indiya, then Morgan, then me. "Well..." She said placing her hands on her hips. "Indiya came on to me, then Morgan came in and tried to fight her, but I stopped it because Morgan is pregnant." She looked back at Indiya. "Is this true?" She looked off. "Morgan gets everything... a modeling career, a gorgeous boyfriend, living in the lap of luxury, I'm still strugglin." "You were always jealous of me, Indiya. I had nothing against you, but you had to go and screw Dustin while we were together. You only wanted him because he was with me and you're after Chris." I stood there with my arm around Morgan, she was pissed. I hated to see her angry, but then again it was sexy as hell. I can sense nothin but pure hatred and anger between Indiya and Morgan. I just shook my head and told my boss I was leavin. This is the last straw... I think I'm done... I need to start fresh. Is this the end of me bein a photographer? Maybe... just maybe. I walked out with Morgan's hand in mine, I just sat in the car for a minute before headin home. What a crazy day this was.