Baby Fever [cont'd.]

Nicki rolled over and slowly opened her eyes to the sound of soft cries. She picked her head up before dropping her head back down. She threw the covers off of her body and got up standing next to the crib. She picked Elijah up and bent down grabbing his bottle.

"It's okay, babe." Nicki bounced back and forth walking beside the bed trying to rock him back to sleep. She stopped in her tracks pushing her hair out of her face before going back to rocking him back and forth. She sighed and looked down at the bed when she saw Safaree's movement. He rolled over and looked up at Nicki through squinted eyes. He ran his hand over his face before speaking up.

"Here. I got him." Safaree slid out of the bed taking Elijah out of Nicki's hands. "Lay back down."

Nicki moved to the side and made her way back to the bed. She got comfortable before adjusting the covers over her body and rested a hand under her head. Looking up at Safaree, she gave a soft smile seeing him interact with Elijah. He was being so patient with him and she really loved that. Elijah's cries become softer the longer Safaree held him and rocked him. Eventually he fell asleep and Safaree slowly took the bottle out of his mouth. He sat the bottle in the corner of the crib before lying him down on his stomach. Safaree adjusted the blanket over him and walked around the bed, climbing back in on his side of the bed. Once that she felt like he was good and comfortable, she scanned for his arm before pulling it around her waist.

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Nicki sat on the couch putting on Elijah's jacket. She scratched her nose before going back to putting his arm through the sleeve. She looked at Safaree as he walked into the living room with Elijah's bags and sat them in his lap while sitting down on the couch to Nicki. Nicki made her pout face while looking at Elijah who was more interested in his bottle that he hasn't seen since his last visit that was in his hands.

"I don't want you to leave." Nicki gently grabbed his face making him look in her direction. He bucked his eyes and before letting them relax.

"Don't give me that look, Eli." she bent down and kissed his cheek before looking up at the door because of the doorbell that had just sounded off. Her mouth formed a frown and her eyebrows furrowed. As soon as she began speaking up to tell Safaree to grab the door he was already getting up from the couch and heading towards it.

"Who is it?!" Safaree asked already knowing it was his sister.

"Don't play. I don't have the time Safaree."

Safaree opened the door stepping back letting her in. As she walked in she punched Safaree in the chest before holding her arms out for Elijah. Safaree held his stomach where he was hit while slowly closing the door.

"You women are so evil."

"Shut up."

Nicki stood up from the couch handing her Elijah's bags before crossing her arms. "You need to let us watch him more often. He's always going to sleep so soon and then leave's so early."

"Uhm, I'm sorry. If you wasn't such a busy rap star you could."

"Don't come at me like that. I try to make time for you guys."

"Yeah, you do. So I won't hold it against you. We gotta go though. I need to get him to Daycare so I can go to work. I love you guys." She leaned in and hugged Nicki and they exchanged a kiss on the cheek before Nicki kissed Elijah and moved to the side when she saw Safaree walking up and hugging his sister.

"Safaree take care of Nicki." she said as she walked towards the door.

"Why is everybody worried about her? How come no one is telling Nicki to take care of me?" He said as he made his way behind her towards the door with Nicki behind him. Nicki's fist made contact with Safaree's back before he could finish his sentence. He shook his head. "See. I'm the one he needs to be taken care of." Safaree's sister stopped right outside the door to look back at Safaree and roll her eyes before smiling back at Nicki.

"I love you, be safe you guys." Nicki leaned her head on Safaree's arm.

"Love y'all." Safaree said as he watched her make her way to the car. They stayed the making sure they got in the car safely and Nicki leaned off his arm as he shut the door. He turned around and Nicki was just standing there staring at him. He bent down and scooped Nicki up over his shoulder as she screamed.

"C'mon. We gotta ready and head to the studio."

"Ugh. Ok, so put me down."

"Nope."

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Safaree pulled up to the studio and parked the car. Nicki grabbed up her notepad and her bag as Safaree had already gotten out and was now opening the door for her. She climbed out and tossed her Louis Vutton backpack on her shoulders and headed into the studio with Safaree following not too far behind. She stepped into Studio A1 and made her way over to the couch. Safaree shut the door behind him and took a seat in the swivel chair. He watched Nicki as she pulled out her blanket and wrapped it around herself because grabbing up her notepad and pen and sitting in the other swivel chair that was near SB's.

"Start the music." Nicki said as she sat up her cranberries and almonds. Safaree started the music before rolling his chair back and grabbing Nicki's water. She nodded her head at the beat and looked up from her notepad to see SB sitting the water next to her snack. She took in a handful of almonds before he hand started flowing across the page.

It was always much easier for Nicki to write her features. It was no doubt that she always slayed her 16 and bodied anybody on the song. To quote the guy from My Time Now she was ubiquitous in a flash. It was interesting that he had described it that way because that's how Nicki always thought of it.  But was also dominate in her features and that's what she loved the most.

"Stop it for a second, Safaree." Nicki silently read over the lyrics in her head before marking through the 4th line not really feeling it. "Play the beat again from the top." Safaree pushed the button before turning the music up all the way. Nicki nodded her head again to the beat and began filling in the 4th line. She smiled at the line before giving a slight laugh before her face went back to serious. She continued filling up the page. Looking over her verse again satisfied, she hopped up from her chair with her notepad and walked over towards the booth.

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Nicki sat next to Safaree on the couch. She stared at the TV rolling her eyes not understanding how Safaree found this movie to be so funny. She propped her legs up on the coffee table before crossing her legs at her ankles and adjusting her blanket over her body. She leaned her head on Safaree arm.

"You're getting buff again."

"I know. Been working it out when I can. Gotta stay sexy for the ladies."

"Oh." Nicki said leaning her head up from Safaree's arm. Safaree smirked looking down at her then looking back at the TV. Nicki took her feet off the coffee table and tightened her blanket around her heading towards the kitchen. She swung the refrigerator door open and grabbed the jar of pickles on the door. She took them and placed them on the counter and shut the door. She grabbed a paper towel before opening the jar of pickles and pulling on out and placing it in her hand with the paper towel. She sat that on the counter to put the jar of pickles back. She snatched up her pickle before tightening her blanket around her. She took her seat next to Safaree again and he instantly scrunched his face and looked down at Nicki.

"Seriously?"

"Sorry. I really needed one right now." Nicki said before biting the pickle.

"You know I hate the smell of those."

"And you know I just said I really needed one right now." Nicki said before rolling her eyes and continued chewing the pickle while placing her legs back on the coffee table. Safaree shook his head before turning back towards the TV.

"You ready to go to New York?"

"Not really. I really want some time off. But at least I'll have a little after this appearance." Nicki put the last bite of the pickle in her mouth and wiped her hands with the paper towel before scrunching it up and clutching it in her hands. She placed her head back on Safaree's shoulder leaning into him.

"Damn. You ate that already?" Safaree looked down at her and Nicki laughed.

"I told you I really needed one right now. Leave me alone." Nicki said right before she yawned.

"You want me to take you to your bed? I'll be in there after the movie."

"No it's fine, I'll sit here with you til I fall asleep."

"You just want me to have to carry you to the bed." Safaree shook his head. "Selfish."

Nicki turned her head to kiss his arm through her tired smile. "I haven't had a kiss all day. Where are my lips?" Nicki looked up at him with her newly heavy eyes and he laughed out loud at how tired she looked all of a sudden. He bent down and Nicki puckered her lips as he kissed her.

"Pickle breath and all." Safaree shook his head again before directing his attention back to the TV. Nicki smiled a lil before placing her head back on his arm and closing her eyes.

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Lol. Ok. This chapter is so ugly. Anyways. I cannot WAIT for you guys to read the next one. That is where the drama begins ^___________^ You will NEVER guess who she runs into in New York who's going to cause some trouble for the rest of this story. You may THINK you know, but you have no idea :) *insert evil laugh here* hope yous didn't think this was gonna be a tidy little story.