"so you're having my baby
and it means so much to me
there's nothing more precious
than to raise a family".

some time has passed by since the bloodline fell apart and things have been pretty calm. roman moved on with the cartel without his cousins by his side as he had no other choice. he was still pissed about everything but he wasn't about to let that halt his business, he still had shit to run and a city to own.

meanwhile for iman, something was occurring with her. she was starting to get sick and her sickness included her throwing up. everyone thought that she had food poisoning but iman knew that she didn't. this feeling was very familiar to her as this wasn't the first time this has happened to her...

it was another day and iman was in bed. she hasn't thrown up at all so far but at this point, she was starting to catch onto what was up with her. she knew what was the problem, but she needed confirmation on it before anything else.

she got out of bed and went to julianne who was in the kitchen making herself a cup of coffee.

"hey how are you feeling?" julianne asked her.

"i'm okay" iman told her.

"I can make you some tea if you want? unless it's gonna upset your stomach" julianne suggested.

"no it's fine I can have some tea.... besides, I don't even have food poisoning" iman said.

"iman yes you do, you've been throwing up for the past few days" julianne nervously chuckled.

"julianne this isn't the first time this has happened to me. matter of fact, the last time this happened I found out I was pregnant with jianni" iman explained, and julianne's whole facial expression changed after she said that.

"wait.... so you're telling me that you're-" julianne began to say.

"I think I am, but I need confirmation on it... meaning that I need to take a test" she told her.

"oh wow.... let me go to rite aid to get you a test then" julianne said.

iman was starting to get butterflies at the thought of her being pregnant. she actually thought that she was this time. she's had pregnancy scares before where she thought she was pregnant because a period was a few days off but this time the symptoms were actually there, she could really be pregnant.

this time she wouldn't be as scared or nervous to be pregnant though. she was married and already had a child, so adding another one would just mean another addition to her beautiful family. however when she found out she was pregnant five years ago, she was terrified. it was a total shock to her, and she had no idea what to do.

December 3rd, 2015

iman was currently waiting for janelle to come to her house as janelle was giving her a bowl of her mom's homemade soup. iman has been suffering from food poisoning for the past few days and she requested to have the remedy soup to make her feel better. she's had it before when she was sick and it made her better right after she had it. hopefully it'll be the same regarding the food poisoning.

she heard a knock on her apartment door and got up to answer it. there was janelle standing there with a bag and the bowl of soup in her hand.

"hey janelle" iman said to her friend, letting her into her apartment.

"hey, how are you feeling today?" janelle asked her.

"better than the past few days, I haven't thrown up so far today. let me not jinx it though" iman told her.

"good" janelle said. "my mom made the soup the way you like it".

"she even put the special spices in it?" iman grinned.

"yes... extra basil and all" janelle chuckled.

"I love your mom" iman smiled. "now hopefully i'll be one hundred percent again after this".

"yeah I don't know about that" janelle mumbled.

"what?" iman said, confused at janelle's small comment.

"we need to talk iman..." janelle began to say.

janelle sat down in the kitchen next to iman with the bag in her hand. she then proceeded to take out the object that was in the bag, a pregnancy test.

"um why do you have that?" iman wondered. "..... bitch are you pregnant?!".

"no" janelle said.

"girl don't lie to me" iman said. "I just wanna know who the hell have you been fucking to even get pregnant and why you didn't tell me?! keeping this shit a secret from your best friend since the fourth grade?!".

"iman i'm not pregnant and i'm not fucking anyone! the pregnancy test is for YOU!" janelle exclaimed.

iman gave janelle a look of confusion and hilarity. she didn't know why she came here with a pregnancy test, especially for her. iman and roman used protection everytime they had sex so why would she be pregnant? that wouldn't even make sense right?

right?!

"janelle roman and I use protection everytime we have sex, I am not pregnant" iman scoffed.

"oh really, were you using protection when y'all were fucking everyday in cabo?! I remember you bragging about that!" janelle asked her.

iman got silent after that.

"and this "food poisoning", it's clearly morning sickness. you've been "sick" and throwing up for the past few days. you're pregnant iman" janelle told her.

"I had chitpotle a couple days ago janelle, you know they be having salmonella outbreaks all the time it's probably just that" iman said.

"okay, if it's "just that" you wouldn't have a problem taking the pregnancy test to prove me wrong right?" janelle said.

"will it make you shut up?" iman scoffed.

"yes cause then i'll be right" janelle told her.

"whatever, give it to me" iman groaned.

janelle gave her the pregnancy test and iman went to the bathroom to take it. she didn't think that she was pregnant but now that she actually thought about how her and roman didn't really use protection while in cabo, maybe she was...

a few minutes passed and it was time for iman to check the stick to see if she was pregnant. she took it out of the cup and looked to see how many lines were on the stick. once she saw the lines, her whole life changed right before her eyes.

"iman are you okay? is it taking that long for the test to come out?!" janelle asked her friend as she was knocking on the bathroom door. iman didn't answer her.

"hello?! iman?! what are you doing?!" janelle said again. no response from iman again.

janelle opened the door and saw iman sitting on the toilet lid with tears in her eyes. she was on an emotional rollercoaster right now and she didn't know when it would stop. she was shocked, happy, and scared all at the same time. she didn't even know how to feel, but the main emotion was that she was scared, she was very scared.

"what's wrong iman?" janelle wondered.

"you were right" iman said tearfully. "i'm pregnant".

"aw iman, congratulations!" janelle exclaimed hugging her. "i'm gonna be an auntie!".

"I don't know how to feel" iman said.

"are you happy?" janelle asked her.

"i'm honestly shocked believe it or not, didn't think I was gonna get pregnant nine months into being with someone" iman explained. "a child is a blessing though, so i'm happy about that".

"so duh you're happy... how do you not know how to feel?" janelle wondered.

"cause of roman!" iman exclaimed. "he's gonna leave me".

"oh iman don't say that" janelle sighed.

"yes he is! me getting pregnant was not on the to do list in our relationship right now, especially when we haven't even been together for a year!" iman cried. "he's gonna hate me, he's gonna leave me all alone, he's not gonna wanna deal with this!".

"I mean he is thirty so when else was he gonna have a kid" janelle tried to say as a joke.

"can you be serious real quick janelle?!" iman spat at her.

"I am being serious. look you know I have my own opinions about that man but I really don't think he's a deadbeat type" janelle said.

"he was fucking every bitch in new york before I met him you really don't think he won't dump me because i'm pregnant?! that's a perfect opportunity for him to try and leave!" iman ranted.

"iman you know damn well that man loves you. I would be able to tell if that man was still a thot and he actually isn't" janelle said. "you know he's not too and you know he cares about you so why are you even doubting that?".

".... i'm just scared janelle, I love him so much I don't want him to hate me for this" iman sighed. "maybe i'll keep it a secret for a while, at least until i'm showing".

"oh hell no, you're definitely not doing that shit" janelle demanded. "the next time you see him you're gonna tell him you're pregnant. when is that?".

"oh fuck!" iman exclaimed. "I forgot he's supposed to come over later to check on me. we're supposed to watch movies and stuff".

"well then I guess you're telling him tonight" janelle said.

"I don't know what to do or what to say. oh my god this is all happening so fast!" iman said panicking.

"okay calm down" janelle told her. "it's simple, when you feel the time is right in the night to tell him, you just tell him. once you tell him that's when you'll find out for yourself if he really loves you. if he doesn't and I ended up being wrong about him, let me know so I can hurt him. then i'll get other people to hurt him".

iman took a deep breath and began to prepare what she was gonna say to roman. she couldn't believe that all of this was happening right now to her, at the top of the year she never would've thought that she was gonna get pregnant.

now she was.

an hour had passed by and julianne had just returned back from rite aid with the pregnancy test. she gave it to iman and iman went to take it in the bathroom. julianne was waiting outside of the bathroom to see iman's result.

minutes went by and iman opened the door to let julianne in. they were both in the bathroom as iman was about to see her result on the stick. iman picked up the stick and when she saw the lines on the stick, a huge smile went on her face.

"what does it say?!" julianne wondered.

".... i'm pregnant" iman smiled.

julianne squealed and gave iman a big hug in excitement. she was so happy for her, a new bundle of joy joining the family. they needed it anyways with all of the drama that has happened lately so this would brighten everyone up.

"i'm so happy for you! I can't wait to meet the little baby!" julianne exclaimed. "how do you feel?".

"a lot more prepared than I was five years ago" iman sighed in relief. "but I am so happy, we get to raise another child. most of all jianni gets to be a big sister which she's wanted for a while, she's gonna be so excited".

"how do you think roman will react?" julianne wondered.

"considering that roman is partly the reason for this, he should be happy!" iman jokingly said. "all jokes aside though he will be, he's wanted me to have another one for as long as I could remember. everyone gets what they want! including me".

"you're absolutely right" julianne smiled. "I can't wait for you to tell them".

"i'm gonna tell them tonight at dinner" iman said.

"and i'll be right by your side if you need any help with it" julianne told her.

"thank you so much julianne, always" iman smiled, giving her a hug in the process.

iman couldn't wait until later to tell roman and jianni about the pregnancy. she was so excited about everything and despite this being another unplanned pregnancy, she was married and already experienced with a child so it wasn't too nervewracking. besides she already knew roman would be happy instead of thinking that he would hate her.

like she thought five years ago....

hours passed by and roman was now at iman's place. the two were cozied up on her couch watching a movie. she was still developing what to say to roman about the pregnancy as it was lingering in the back of her head. she was still so nervous and didn't know what to do. however as time was passing she knew she had to say something quick and soon.

"i'm so glad you came over" iman said.

"i'm glad too" roman said back. "glad you're also starting to feel better, I hated hearing about my baby being sick".

"aww roman" iman smiled. him calling her his "baby" was very ironic, as someone would be taking that spot about nine months from now....

iman's smile slowly faded away as soon as she began to think about it. at this point, it was time for her to just tell him. get it over with and like janelle said, find out if roman really loves her the way she thought he did.

"wait roman, I need to talk to you real quick" iman said. she rose up from his chest and paused the movie they were watching.

"what's up?" he wondered.

"okay so um......" she began to say, already getting nervous. she could feel her heart beating fast and butterflies forming in her stomach from said nervousness.

"you okay iman? you seem nervous" roman asked her.

"cause I am" iman said in her head.

"it's just that....." iman said again. "I found out about something today, something that will change our lives forever honestly. something that's a blessing for us".

roman's face was starting to change as soon as she said "blessing". he was starting to realize what she was alluding too.

"i'm pregnant" she said.

there it is. roman just looked at her in shock. he just couldn't believe that she was pregnant. he was about to be a father, she was about to be a mother.

"forreal?" he said.

"found out earlier today" she told him. "I don't know how far along I am but I am pregnant".

"holy shit" roman sighed. "i'm gonna be a father".

the two just sat in silence looking at each other. roman just wanted to take all of this news in and iman was already thinking the worse because of the awkward silence and roman's facial expressions. she could feel her anxiety going up by the second.

"please don't be mad at me" iman mumbled.

"why would I be mad at you?" roman asked her.

"i'm pretty sure that me getting pregnant less than a year of us being together was not on the "to do" list" she nervously chuckled. "I didn't want you to hate me for this, or leave me".

"iman I love you, why would I leave you and why would I hate you for getting pregnant?" roman said to her. "you getting pregnant is also on me I mean.... it was my sperm that got us here".

"roman I don't wanna sound like I don't trust you because I do, but honest to god I was worrying about your past with women and y'know...... how you were basically..... a thot. like you were fucking all these girls out here I didn't want you to do that to me, especially when I felt like we had something" iman explained.

"iman if I didn't love you or care for you I would've been on my old shit a long time ago" roman told her. "i'm not doing that to you".

"I stopped being on that a long time ago. I would never do anything to disrespect you or do anything to ruin our relationship because you're the one woman that I would do anything for, and that includes raising this baby together as a family".

roman pulled iman towards him and laid her up under him, putting his hands on her small baby bump. she put her hands over his and snuggled her head on his chest.

"this is really about to happen.... wow" roman said.

"i'm just happy that it's happening with you" iman smiled.

"so am I" roman said back, giving her a passionate kiss in the process.

becoming parents was definitely an unexpected moment in their relationship, but it was happening and it was about to be a beautiful thing.

their little blessing was on the way.

iman was in the kicthen with julianne helping prepare the chicken alfredo dinner for tonight. roman walked into the kitchen seeing his wife cut up the chicken and julianne prepare the noodles.

"is that iman in the kitchen?! wow!" roman said very sarcastically.

"roman please I always help julianne out with dinner" iman scoffed.

"she does, meanwhile you do nothing but wait on me like i'm a peasant and you're a king" julianne added.

"is that not your job?" roman chuckled. "but you are right about one thing, I am the king of the house".

"you're so cocky" iman said.

"don't you love it though?" he said coming up to iman and wrapping his arms around her waist.

"eh...." she smirked, laughing at him in the process.

"man whatever" roman said kissing her cheek and smacking her ass in the process.

"keep it pg in the kitchen roman" julianne told him.

"oh julianne.... there have been many times that this kitchen has been rated r. that rule can't work with me!" roman said.

"okay roman you don't have to tell her all of that" iman groaned.

"trust me iman, I would've guessed it already" julianne scoffed.

roman walked out of the kitchen and julianne rolled her eyes and laughed at him.

"can't believe that man's gonna be a father again in nine months" julianne whispered to iman.

"that's a thing that he's great at" iman grinned.

"..... yeah, you are right about that" she said.

dinner was ready about an hour later and the family were sitting down in the dining room eating their food. iman was awaiting the perfect moment to announce her pregnancy to roman and jianni, and that time was coming soon.

"jianni why are you eating the noodles with your fingers?" iman asked her.

"momma it was hard to get on the fork!" jianni said.

"yeah you have her eating with these kiddie utensils" roman added.

"she's four, what else is she supposed to eat with?" iman scoffed.

"a regular fork, a small one at least" roman said. then he got up himself and got jianni a smaller regular fork rather than the kiddie ones she usually ate with.

"thank you daddy!" jianni exclaimed. "i'm eating like a big kid now!".

"cause you are a big kid" roman smiled, pinching her cheek in the process.

"you guys are so cute" iman smiled, and she was already thinking about their excitement when she tells them about her special news.

"when everyone is done eating, I have something to announce".

julianne looked over at iman and had a small grin on her face as she already knew what was coming. roman was just looking at them both weird trying to wonder what iman had up her sleeve. jianni was continuing to eat her food.

"so iman everyone is done eating... what do you have to tell us?" roman wondered.

"it's a very important thing, something that will make everyone happy" iman said.

"are we going to disney world?!" jianni asked her mother.

"no babydoll... one day though" iman chuckled.

"in fact, let me go show y'all what I have to say".

iman left the kitchen to go to the bathroom to get the pregnancy test she had in a box. her plan was to give it to roman to open and once he saw the two lines, he would know that she was pregnant. julianne was already starting to set up her phone to record the reactions, and iman was ready for it.

a couple seconds later she came back in the kitchen with the box and gave it to roman.

"I thought you were telling us something.... I have to open it now?" roman wondered.

"just open it and then i'll tell you!" iman told him, hiding back her obvious smile.

roman opened the box and saw the stick with the two lines. his eyes immediately widened as he saw the lines and then he looked at iman astonished.

"you serious?! are you really-?!" he began to say, and iman nodded her head and rubbed her belly to confirm it.

"oh shit!" roman exclaimed. he got up from his chair and swooped iman up and gave her a passionate kiss. he was so happy, just like she knew he would be. julianne was recording everything with a big smile on her face and jianni was looking at her parents with a tad bit confusion.

"what's going on?!" jianni wondered.

"jianni.... you're gonna be a big sister!" iman told her.

"I am?" she said with a smile slowly creeping onto her face.

"yes babydoll.... mommy's having a baby!" iman said.

"yay!" jianni exclaimed. she got up from her seat and gave iman a hug. roman joined in on the hug and they were all having a group hug!

this family was very happy right now. the news of another member coming soon gave everyone pure delight. it was honestly gonna make things better after the past few weeks of drama. excitement was breezing through and they all couldn't wait for the next nine months.

"are you gonna keep kissing my belly? I barely have one yet!" iman chuckled. the couple was currently in their bed and roman was kissing on iman's belly to greet his future child.

"yes, he's meeting his daddy" roman smirked as he kissed it again.

"he? roman I found out I was pregnant today, i'm not gonna know the gender until i'm about eighteen weeks" iman said.

"i'm putting it out in the universe that you're gonna have a boy, that's what I want" roman told her.

"so you're manifesting?" iman asked him.

"yes! that's the word, manifesting. i'm manifesting that you're gonna have a baby boy that looks like me, is strong like me, acts like me...." roman said.

"I don't know about the last one...." iman mumbled which caused roman to give her a look. iman gave him a snarky smile though.

jianni walked into their bedroom and iman and roman were confused considering that it was passed her bedtime. why was she up and in their room?

"what's wrong jianni? did you have a nightmare?" iman asked her daughter.

"no.... I wanna say hi to my little sister!" jianni said.

"you too?! y'all both manifesting baby genders now huh?" iman chuckled.

"I want a little sister momma! I wanna play dress up with her and play dollies with her, and watch princess tiana!" jianni told her getting on the bed.

"hopefully I have fraternal twins so you can both be pleased" iman jokingly said.

"daddy don't you want a baby girl just like me?" jianni said, batting her eyelashes to get him to say a good answer.

".... I would but I also want a baby boy jianni" roman told her which made jianni give him a face.

"I don't know about you two but I just hope the baby is happy and healthy, I could care less what the gender is" iman told them both. "as long as the family is all together".

"oh yes me too.... a happy and healthy baby boy!" roman said.

"a happy and health baby girl!" jianni added.

iman laughed at them both and now the three were on the bed laid up. iman decided to put a movie on and they all watched it until jianni eventually fell asleep in her parents' bed. iman and roman decided to just leave her there and they continued to watch the movie themselves. a little family moment as they all anticipated a new member that would be coming very soon.

the newest addition to the anoa'i family.