A Street Doctor's Virgin: Standalone

22. A Year And A Half Later

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*A Year And A Half Later*

H appy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Quinn, happy birthday to you!

“Now we gotta sing the black version,” Levi shouted with a laugh. “ Haaaappyyyy birthday, happy birthday , c’mon y’all!”

Saige burst out into a fit of laughter along with everyone else. “Levi, stop it! Jackie, get yo man!”

Jackie threw her hands up in surrender with a laugh. “I just let him do him, girl!”

“Let me sing to my God daughter,” Levi took one-year-old Quinn from Saige’s arms and started singing the black version of the birthday song to her.

Quinn’s eyes lit up with excitement while Levi sung to her. One thing about Quinn, she loved the fuck out of Levi. It warmed Saige’s heart to see everyone in attendance for her and Quadir’s baby girl.

Quinn Stone Burrus came into the world on June 27 th , just a week shy of her due date, and stole everybody’s heart. She was a tiny little thing, weighing just six pounds and two ounces at birth. Since then, she’d grown and changed so much that Saige could hardly believe her eyes some days.

Quadir felt the exact same way about his little princess. He didn’t even know he could possibly love a human more than he loved Quinn who was the spitting image of him. All Saige did was carry his daughter, everything else about Quinn was all Quadir. From her lips to her eyebrows to her facial structure, Q couldn’t even jokingly deny her if he wanted to.

“Yeah, get all your practice in now, my boy,” Qua joked, rubbing Jackie’s pregnant belly.

“You see what I’m doing here,” Levi grinned, kissed Quinn’s cheek, then passed her to Moon who was reaching for her.

“I hope y’all are ready for two of these little people running around y’all house,” Angie looked at Qua while rubbing Saige’s pregnant belly.

Qua nodded with a smile. “You know I can’t wait.”

Saige and Jackie were both coincidentally six months pregnant. Their due dates were two days apart, and Jackie was set to give birth to a baby girl while Saige was bringing their son into the world. Neither of them planned to get pregnant at the same time, it just happened, but they were both glad that they were going through the process together. Even though Saige had already been through it once, it was nice to have Jackie with her this go round.

When Levi and Jackie started dating a year ago, Quadir was pissed but Saige was happy. Since she didn’t have any close girlfriends, she was hopeful that Levi would do right by her so that she could stick around. He’d done that and then some. Jackie was able to get Levi to settle down and even get out the streets. Quadir never thought he’d see the day that Levi Brown walked away from the street life. Knowing firsthand that it took a special kind of woman to do that, Qua knew that what Levi and Jack had was real. He was proud of his brother for doing right by Jackie, and he was even more proud when he proposed to her. Just like Levi was happy for Q, Q was equally as happy for him.

“Just don’t pop out anymore anytime soon after y’all give birth to Junior, aight?” Moon butted in. “I am a struggling college student. I can’t afford to keep up with the demands of three children.”

“Girllllll,” Saige rolled her eyes hard and waved her sister off. “ Nothing about you is a struggle. Your brother-in-law spoils the hell out of you and then some!”

“I know that’s right,” Moon stuck her tongue out and laughed while slapping high-fives with Quadir.

Moon had gone off to attend college at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Following in Qua’s footsteps, she wanted to become a pediatric surgeon. She’d just completed her freshman year and was ready to tackle her sophomore year. Q promised her that as long as she stayed in school, then he would make sure that she wanted for nothing, and he’d kept to his word. He got her an off-campus apartment, bought her a car with the help of Winston, and made sure she kept money in the bank. It was all the things he wished he could’ve done with Nicole but never got the chance to. Q definitely had Moon spoiled rotten, but he had all the women in his life spoiled like that.

“Pop Pop! Up!” Quinn shouted, staring at Winston and stretching her arms towards him.

Just like the sucker that everybody else was for her, Winston did exactly what Quinn asked of him and picked her up. Saige giggled but she loved to see the interaction between her father and Quinn. It hurt her a little bit knowing that her mother wouldn’t get the same opportunity as her dad to be a grandparent. Celeste still hadn’t made amends with Saige, and Saige wasn’t going to force her to do so. The last time she’d spoken to her was the last time, and Celeste hadn’t reached out since. At first, it deeply bothered Saige but when she realized that her mom was the one missing out and not the other way around, she got over it.

Hailey still hadn’t really come around to a relationship with Moon or Saige either, and they were both fine with that as well. Saige was surprised that Hailey had even sent a gift to Quinn for her birthday. Deep down, she felt like her dad bought it and said it was from Hailey, but she had no way to prove that.

“Okay, let’s cut the cake,” Saige yelled out because she was getting tired as hell.

After the cake was cut, Saige started wrapping the party up. Quadir took note of what she was doing and assisted her in getting the guests to start leaving their home. Their baby girl’s first birthday turned out perfect, and they were glad they could celebrate it with the people that loved Quinn the most. Kadeem, Moon, and Ramel stayed behind to help them clean up the mess from the party which Saige was grateful for.

“Sissy, can I spend the night? I promise I’ll be good, and I’ll help you with Quinn,” Ramel pitched after they were done cleaning.

She chuckled because she knew there was a reason he wanted to ‘help’ clean up. “Ask Qua. If he says yes, then it’s a yes.”

“Q, can I?” Melly looked at him with hopeful eyes.

“Of course you can stay lil’ man,” Q winked at him.

“Yes! Okay, I’m going to be in the game room for an hour. Saige, just come get me when it’s time to put Quinn to bed, I will help you!” He said in a rushed tone before running upstairs.

Saige shook her head. “That’s the only reason the boy comes over here.”

“And to spend time with you,” Q kissed her.

“Oh yeah, I meant to ask before I came, is it cool if I stay here too?” Moon cheesed like a damn Goldfish snack.

“What is this, a hotel!?” Saige playfully rolled her eyes.

“You know you good over here, Moon,” Q confirmed.

“Great, I’ll just go get my bag out the car,” she laughed and dashed by them and out the door.

“Well, son,” Kadeem gripped Q’s shoulder. “This was a real nice party you and your wife put on today. I must say, I really enjoyed myself.”

Q nodded because even though he didn’t need it, he always appreciated his father’s approval. “Thanks, pop.”

“Yeah. I’m proud of you, Quadir. I don’t say it hardly enough, but you’ve done so well for yourself with your career and starting this beautiful family with his beautiful lady,” he winked at Saige. “Keep God first and keep on striving.”

“Yes sir,” Q nodded again with a smile. “I appreciate that.”

“Saige,” Kadeem turned his attention to her next. “Well, you already know how I feel about you, but I’m damn glad my son decided to marry you. You’ve been a great addition to the family, and you’ve given me the greatest title of all, which is grandpa . I love you, daughter in-law,” he kissed her forehead.

She smiled and hugged him. “Awh, thank you, Kadeem.”

“I guess I’ll get my old ass on home now,” he laughed.

Q, who was holding a halfway sleep Quinn in his arms, walked his dad to the door. As he let him out, Moon came back in with her stuff and dotted straight upstairs to a guest room.

“Let me get her in the bath,” Saige reached for Quinn.

Qua swatted her hand away. “Go relax, baby. I got her.”

“Are you sure?” She raised an eyebrow because she knew he was just as tired as she was.

Earlier that day, he had to perform an emergency surgery and after that, he came home and helped her prepare for Quinn’s party. He gave her a look, so she threw her hands up and retreated to their bedroom. She took a quick shower, changed into a silk nightgown, and got in the bed. Turning the TV on, she started rubbing her feet together and put on Law&Order: SVU . It was her comfort show, plus she loved her some Olivia Benson.

“That girl fell asleep in the damn tub,” Qua told her, walking into the room and pulling his shirt off.

She licked her lips at the sight of her fine ass man. “Damn. She must’ve been tired as hell.”

“Yeah, I guess that party wore her ass out. Hopefully, she sleeps in in the morning. You’re off tomorrow, right?” He came out of his pants next.

“Yes,” she nodded.

“Cool. Maybe we can all go out to breakfast or something? I only have one patient tomorrow but that’s not until noon.”

“That sounds good. I’m sure Moon and Ramel will love that.”

“Aight,” he walked over to the bed and kissed her. “Let me go shower, then Ima come talk to my son.”

“Okay baby.”

Just like with her pregnancy with Quinn, Qua talked to Saige’s belly every night with their son. Watching him be a father attracted Saige to Quadir even more, which was exactly how she found herself pregnant again so soon. She didn’t care though. She would continue to pop out babies for Qua for as long as he treated her like the queen that she was. When she was pregnant with Quinn, Q offered her to be a stay-at-home mom.

While the offer was tempting, Saige just couldn’t quit her job. Even though it was stressful at times, she loved it, and she never pictured herself being a stay-at-home mom anyway. Qua made it perfectly clear to her that she could quit whenever she wanted, but she had no intention of doing so anytime soon.

Glancing down at her ring finger, Saige still couldn’t believe that she was married. Right before she found out she was pregnant with Quadir Junior, Qua proposed to her. Two months after she found out, they got married in a small ceremony at Botanical Gardens. Qua didn’t see the point in waiting to change her last name when both of their children carried it. There was no doubt in his mind that Saige was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.

Quadir was relieved that none of the Sartori’s deaths came back to bite him in the ass. With no bodies, it was pretty much like they vanished off the face of the Earth. For the first few months after he and Saige took care of Luca and Gennaro, he was on edge thinking someone was going to hunt them down. He wasn’t so much worried about himself but more about the safety of his lady and her family. Luckily, no one came snooping around which really made things easier for him.

With his life of crime behind him, he was able to focus on being a legit doctor. His career had flourished even more, and he was well on his way to becoming the Chief Pediatric Surgeon at CHKD. He knew that meant more responsibility and probably less time in surgery, but he was up for the challenge. Every day, Saige prayed for him to get the position, so he knew it was coming. Saige seemed to have a direct line to God, so any prayer she spoke out loud seemed to happen in no time.

Quadir and Saige’s love story was definitely one for the books, and neither of them would change a thing about it. Everything that happened between them happened for a reason. When Saige caught a body to protect him, there was no doubt in Quadir’s mind that she was the one for him. Ironically enough, Saige felt the exact same way about him. Qua had taken a sweet and innocent good girl and turned her into a good girl who didn’t take shit from anybody. Saige had taken a beast with player ways and turned him into a family man. They had made each other better in a lot of ways, and their love was only going to get better with time.