Gabriella Richardson
Airport, Los Angeles, United States
9:00 A.M.
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“Gabby…. Gabriella… Gabby….” I heard someone calling my name faintly. I am so tired. We had to make so much stops and I barely slept. Probably fell asleep 2 hours ago. “Gabriella get up!” the voice yelled. I groaned and opened my eyes. Nicki was standing over me. Her bodyguard was standing by the entrance of the jet. Nicki giggled noticing how upset I was. “Hi baby, we’re finally here.” She said smiling.
“Great.” I groaned.
“Yeah, let’s go.” She answered and started to walk away. I was not going to walk. I done did too much of that within 24 hours with all the times we stopped. Nicki noticed I wasn’t getting up.
“Carry me please?” I asked with a baby voice. Nicki giggled and picked me up. We then began walking to the car.
“Wow, well you’re not as heavy as I thought.”
“Ofcourse not.” I replied.
She laid me out on the backseat and placed my head on her lap. I instantly fell asleep.
Nicki Minaj
Home, Los Angeles, United States
10:30 A.M.
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We arrived at the house and all my friends were inside. I don’t remember telling anyone about Gabriella so I wondered how they knew.
“Hey can you brings our suitcases in my room?”
“Sure thing miss.” My bodyguard replied.
I picked up Gabriella and brought her inside. Her head was resting in my neck. My big baby. And I lover her so much. I am going to spoil her.
As I walked through the door, I could already hear Candi’s voice. It brought a smile to my face. I missed my friends. Gabriella shifted abit and let out a sleepy groan. She didn’t wake so I quietly walked up the stairs. My friend Sharika noticed me and yelled,” Hey, waddup homie.”
Gabriella woke up startled and nearly fell out of my grip. Her eyes opened wide before she started breathing really hard. Sharika noticed and watched me confused. She just stood still.
“Hey babygirl, it’s okay. She didn’t mean to scare you.”
“Uhg, she already did.” She sniffled. Aww. Her eyes twinkled while brimming with tears. She then motioned for me to put her down and she ran up the stairs. At the top, she stopped and looked at me. I giggled. She didn’t know where to go. So polite to wait on me.
“Second door on your left. I’ll be up in a minute.”
“Okay. I’m going to get some sleep.” She said and yawned. I giggled and blew her a kiss. I then turned to find Sharika, Candi, Thembi and Lauren watching me confused.
“Explain.” Lauren says to me.
“Well, nice seeing you guys too. Let’s go to the kitchen first shall we?”
“Yeah whatever, get to the explaining.” Thembi answered.
We got into my kitchen and sat around the table. I poured myself a glass of orange juice and then faced them.
“Well, that’s Gabriella. I adopted her.”
“Okay, how old is she?” Candi asked.
“She’s 16.” I replied and they all gasped.
“Naw, you lying. She’s 12 or 13. She too small to be 16. And what’s up with her. She got something?” Thembi says.
“No I’m not lying. She really is 16. She has a birth defect.”
“Oh, what kind?” TT asks.
“Spina Bebida or something like that. She also has a scoliosis. That’s why she’s so short.” I replied and before I really got a grip of it, I started tearing up.
“What’s up girl?” Sharika then asks softly while placing a hand on my shoulder.
“What was I thinking? I’m a bad mother. How will I be able to help her? She’s going to get teased and that other stuff.” I sobbed.
“Well listen, I believe you know what you’re doing. She looks like a sweet girl and I know you’ll figure it out and if anything, you know you always have us and you’re family.” She replied and the others shook their heads in agreement. It made me smile. Got to love your best friends.
“Where’s Safaree?” Lauren askes.
“He’s still in St. Maarten. He’s staying an extra week.” I reply and rolled my eyes.
“Oh okay, guess he needed his space or something eh?” Thembi asks.
“Yeah that exactly.”
“How did he feel about Gabriella?” she asks.
“Well, they hit off really well. She calls him daddy already. She really likes him.” I replied and shrugged. Then sighed. “Can we please talk about something else? Please?”
The girls watched me funny before changing the subject. They told me about how they heard me on the radio in St. Maarten. And how funny the interview was. I laughed along. We then walked out to the pool and just relaxed. I was tired but I didn’t want to show it. We spoke for like a half hour and somewhere between us laughing, Gabriella came outside. She rubbed her eyes and yawned. She had on her bathrobe and slippers. Her hair was a mess, and I knew it would be a lot of work to comb out. She had on glasses, something I never saw her wear before. She looked around and I could tell she instantly got shy.
“Hi sleeping beauty.” I say and smile.
“No am not beautiful, I probable look like the lion king having a bad hair day.” She replied and the girls laughed which made her blush.
“Oh okay then. You hungry?”
“Only reason I woke up actually.”
“So aren’t you going to introduce yourself?" I asked and she looked scared. She took a deep breath and watched all my friends in the face.
“Uh… H-hi I’m Gabriella but you can call me Gabby.” She said all cutesy.
My friends replied and they all said their names.
“So baby, what you want to eat?” I ask her.
“I don’t know. You choose.” She replied.
“How about popeye’s?” Thembi asked her and she looked at her confused.
“W-what’s that?” She asks and we all literally watched her dumb-founded.
“You kidding right?” I ask her.
“Nope what’s that?”
“You know KFC?”
“Sure, but I don’t like chicken. Well only in pasta and subway.” She replied and smiled
“Oh wow, well uhm you want a sub?”
“Sure. I would like a foot-long white Italian bread, with Teriyaki chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato, cheese, cucumber and barbecue sauce please.”
“Oh okay, well I’ll get it. You guys want anything? “Sharika asked and all of us tell her our order. She wrote it all down and left. Gabby stood awkwardly so I motioned for her to sit by me. She walked over to me and sat on my lap. I giggled. She really was shy.
“So tell us abit about yourself.” Candi asked her with a smile. She nodded and began to speak.
“Well I was born on the 26th of September. I am from St. Maarten. I have no siblings. I lived with my parents. Well until two weeks ago, when I met Nicki.” She said and blushed and hugged me. I hugged her back and stroked her hair.
“So how did you two meet actually?” Lauren asked me.
“Well through the phone first, and officially in my hospital room.” She replied and fiddled with her fingers.
“The phone? Explain that?”
“Well my best friend Zaire, well her father actually, works at the airport. Zaire knew how much of a Nicki Minaj fan I am so she promised me she’d call me when Nicki arrived.” She replied then stopped. I heard her breath in and sniffle. As the first tear came down her cheek I wiped it. “Sorry, it’s just that I miss Zaire so much. I have no idea where she is. All I know is that something is wrong.” She said and another tear fell. She then placed her head in my chest and sobbed. I sighed and rubbed her back. I wish I could tell her, but that would just ruin the moment.
"Oh, shhh. It's okay. I bet she'll be alright." Candi replied.
A few minutes later, Sharika came back and everyone ate in silence. Gabriella excused herself and me and the girls talked for a while. After about 30 minutes, i realized Gabby still didn't return. I excused myself from the girls to look for her.
I went up into my room and she wasn't there. I then checked my bathroom, she wasn't there either. I panicked abit and just as i was going to call her name, I heard her tiny footsteps in one of the nearby rooms. I checked in one of the guest rooms and she was in there. She was standing on the balcony with her back towards me. Her head was bowed and she had something in her hands.
I could hear her sniffling softly. I quietly walked unto the balcony. Gabby let her right hand drop to her side and between her fingers, she held a now bloody blade. I gasped loudly and she turned around.
"W-what's wrong? Why are you doing this babygirl?" I asked as I swiftly took the blade away from her.
"What's wrong huh? Want to know what's wrong?!" she asked me, her voice raising with each word. "What's wrong is that I can't keep being this fake happy towards you while I know that you know something that you ain't telling me about Zaire. You don't seem to understand just how much I love and care about and how much it's killing me to know what the hell is going on with her!" she yelled at me and ran into the bathroom with me right on her heel. I pressed against the door so it wouldn't close, but it didn't help somehow she still got it closed and locked it. I could clearly hear her sobbing now. I wanted to put an en to this.
I went back downstairs to find the girls packed and about to leave. We said our good byes and i escorted them out. I then locked the front door and threw the bloody blade in the garbage. I sighed and went up the stairs and wait on Gabriella to come out. As I was sitting on the bed, her phone vibrated. I looked at it and picked it up. It was Safaree calling. I answered it and put it on speaker.
"Hey pumpkin!" He said happily.
"No, she locked herself in the bathroom faree."
"Oh, god. Nic, what did you do?"
"Nothing." I whispered. He sighed.
"Bring me to the door. I'm going to talk to her."
I bring the phone by the door. Gabriella was now sniffling. I think she's sitting with her back against the door.
"Babygirl, talk to me."
"I-I'm .... I can't do this daddy."
"Do what?"
"She's hiding something daddy. I can feel it."
"Look baby, remember when you aske me about Zaire?"
"Yeah, well remember what I said. She just nees time. She's trying not to hurt you, so be patient okay?"
Gabriella unlocked the door and took her phone. "O-okay. I love you."
"Love you too princess. Now let me talk to the queen real quick."
"Okay." she replied and handed me the phone. She then walked back out to the balcony and sat down. I sighed before taking the phone off of speaker and placing it by my ear.
"Diga me."
"Well I miss you. The place is too quiet for me."
"Then come home."
"I am."
"Huh?"
"Go open the door baby."
I ran downstairs and opened the front door. There he stood with a bundle of roses.
"Baby!" I screamed and a few seconds later, Gabby ran up to him.
"Daddy!!!!" she yelled and he held her close. He kissed our foreheads and we all went back inside.
We talked and laughed. Then Safaree yawned.
"Alright, I know both of yall tired especially you baby." he said and looked me directly in the eyes. I giggled. I was tired but I was fighting it.
"C-can I sleep with you guys tonight?"
"Sure babygirl, let's go."
We all walked up the stairs and showered one by one. We all put on our Pj's and crawled into bed. I held Gabby as Safaree held me.
"Sleep tight." She whispered to us and yawned.
"The same."
And we all fell asleep.
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