My mom would always say about having kids: "One is like one, and two are like twenty."
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"Are you ready to go?" I asked Brock.

"Yeah, just need to grab the camera." He said, carrying a duffle bag.

"I already grabbed it," I said, opening the front door.

"Alright, let's get this show on the road." He said, walking out the door.

We got in the car, and Brock started to drive.

"Is your dad still coming along?" He asked.

"Of course, Dad is not going to miss out on your mother's ribs," I said, strolling through my Instagram.

I decided to post a picture.

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We got out the car, and Brock picked up our bags.

We walked to the front door that could accommodate a family of giraffes.

Brock opened the door, and I walked in. This house gets more beautiful every time I see it. A foyer would accommodate the Serengeti Plant at the foot of a vast curving staircase that probably went to heaven.

Polished wood floors and a graceful banister that curved up toward a soaring second-floor gallery. It

"Brock, does your family know I'm pregnant?" I asked him.

"Yes, my mom is happy to be a grandma, and my dad thinks I should marry you." He answered.

"Your dad is funny," I said.

"Brock!" Josh said, patting Brock's arm.

"Wassup! Let me go put the bags down first, and then we'll catch up." He said, walking upstairs.

"Hey Nicole, how are you doing?" Josh asked once Brock disappeared up the stairs.

"Busy with the usual," I said.

"Y'all working on being more than friends? " Josh asked.

"Co-parents, but my feet hurt, so I need to sit down," I said, walking into the living room.

"I see the baby is growing. I can't believe Brock got you pregnant without trying to have sex with you." He said.

"I was inseminated, so-" I was about to say before I got interrupted by Helena yelling my name.

"Nicole!" Helena, Josh's wife, yelled, walking into the living room.

"Hey, Helena," I said.

"Girl, I know you are not hiding in the living room. We need you in the kitchen." She said.

"I'm not hiding, and my feet just hurt, so I was sitting down to rest them," I said.

"Let her rest her feet before y'all have her sweating her makeup off," Josh said.

"You can rest for now, but later on, you will be telling me everything that has been happening in your pregnancy." Kim, Brock's mother, said, walking to the living room.

"Hey, Kim," I said.

"Hello, pretty daughter." She said, smiling.

"Mom, you know she has to be in a relationship with Brock to be your daughter," Josh told his mother.

"Trust me, by the time this child comes; they'll be in love." She said.

"Don't get your hopes up because Brock is not my type," I said.

"Well, you're Brock's type," Helena said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Sweetie, are you blind?" Helena asked.

"Brock has the biggest crush on you that it makes me sick," Josh added.

"He doesn't have a crush on me," I said.

"Yes, he does. I know my son." Kim said.

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I was on face time with Karina while Brock went fishing with his brothers and dad. Helena and Kim went to do God knows what.

"You guys are living together, and now you're visiting his family," Karina said.

"Yeah," I said.

"Girl, Are you getting dick down?" She asked, sipping her tea which she made when I told her about me being in Minnesota with Brock.

"Nope, we've just been talking and being friends," I said, eating my pickles.

"But do you want him to dick you down?" She asked.

"I don't know," I replied.

"Bish, you're lying." She said.

"I'm lying because I'm confused," I said.

"You're confused because?" She asked.

"Because my dad once said, 'The Person You Hate The Most Is Often The One You Love The Most'-" I said before I got interrupted by a choking Karina.

"Nicole, are you in love with Brock?" She asked.

"I think so, and it happened so fast, so I don't know if it's love or just a good feeling from being around him and seeing a different side to him. I don't want to feel like everything is moving so fast." I answered.

"Aw sweetie, you can feel any way you want to. Everything happens for a reason. Just know that love can find you anywhere and bring two completely different people together. I think you need to dig down deep into your heart and find out what you're feeling and let him know." She said.

The feelings that go most resounding are the hardest to express.