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Third POV

The venue was filled with busy workers as Bri yelled telling them where to put things and how the chairs was to be arranged. Paris was right there with her setting up the treat table with her home made sweets. Mama Melyssa was setting up the food she and Sharon had been up all night preparing, being sure to place burners under them all so that they'd stay hot. Alek was too busy setting up the gift table so that he could hurry and take up all the space with the million gifts he had waiting in his truck.

"could you be useful and help me set up these tables" Bri stated to him aggressively. She wanted this day to be prefect her best friends and she wouldn't stop until it was.

"i thought i was helping" Alek mumbled before taking some table cloths and placing them on the bare tables. Bri then went to make sure the balloons were being placed correctly all throughout the venue before checking on the table the parents will be seated. Alek, who was finished with his task thought he could sneak away to the open bar and get a drink or at least a jello shot before it had begun only to be caught by bri.

At Ashleys house, she was being taken care of by the glam squad. Her natural hair was straighten down to her bra strap and her makeup had a natural glow with a blue smokey eye. They helped her into the Blue jumpsuit that her mother had helped pick out as she placed some flats on.

After just landing in Atlanta, Izzy was on the way to pick Ashley up as bri made it very clear that she wanted them to make an entrance together. This left Nique to make her way there by herself. But she decided she would catch a ride with Maya as they had grew closer over a short amount of time.

Izzy had made his way to Ashleys apartment before knocking on the door. A unfamiliar woman opened and allowed him to come in. She introduced herself as apart of Ashleys Glam squad before disappearing into the room once again. Izzy then saw that the babys room door was open and decided to take a look. The grey and white nursery complemented the rest of the house as the light hit it. He looked over to see a fully stocked closet, filled with clothes of all sizes. He chuckled as he realized most of the things from the baby shower would be coming with him rather than her.

"you like it" ashley asks from behind. He turned around to see Ashley with a blue jumpsuit that showcased her belly as well as her full breast. This complimented his casual blue jeans and shirt that matched her.

"yea it looks good." he starts "you did it yourself" he asks. His mother had scolded him for not being there to help her but it seems there was nothing left for him to help. He honestly began to feel a bit bad because he hadn't even set up the baby's room at his house.

"yeah i did" they grow silent "oh one sec" Ashley says before walking back into her room leaving Izzy in his standing position. She came back shortly with a medium sized bag. He looked at her in confusion as she signaled for him to open it. Unwrapping the he noticed a Rolex box. Pulling the weighted box out he opened it to see a gold Rolex.

"I know you like all that bussed down stuff but you spend more on that than it'll be worth" she started.

"so i thought you should have a gold piece thatll continue to have value" she said as he examined it. He was always the gift giver so for ashley to get him this expensive of a gift when he didn't expect it really affected him.

"thank you ash. you didn't have to" he hugged her

"i know but i wanted it" she said as they pulled away. "alright lets go before Bri starts calling" the two left and set off to their baby shower.

At the venue family and friends from all over began to pile in conversing with each other. Melyssa engaged with Israel's family as she wanted them to feel welcomed as Alek and Alexei thought they could sneak some food before everything began. Bri and Paris mingled shortly before they saw Maya and Nique coming in together.

"aint no fuckin way" Paris said to Bri before Bri shook her head. Something shady going on and she was going to figure it out.

"you did a great job Bri" Alek said coming up behind her with two drinks in hand.

"thank you Aleksandr" taking a drink after using the mans full name leaving him blushing as she walked away to introduce the parents to be.

"alright everyone the time has come to introduce the parents to be be: Israel and Ashley" she said into the microphone as the two walked in and everyone began cheering. The photographer Bri had hired had begun taking some of many photos of the night. What Ashley didn't know was that Izzy had gave Bri money to pay for the baby shower when she first brought it up after the gender reveal. He knew that He could trust Bri enough to plan it well and set everything up so he had no problem. Bri had no problem doing so as she planned a great shower, getting a great venue and even hiring the best photographer.

Taking in the decorations Ashley began to cry at the work her best friend has did. Izzy noticed sniffling and turned around to embrace her. Everyone began awing which made Nique scoff and roll her eyes. At first she didn't mind going but as soon as she walked in taking in the beautiful decor she grew angry. She was mad that she wasn't carrying his child. She wanted something that could keep them connected forever. She had tried to get Izzy to take of the condom many of times even missed taking the pill just so he would slip up but he never did. So she was furious when he told her that he had gotten Ashley pregnant but she couldn't tell him why; because she wanted to trap him.

"that was cute" Maya thought aloud. Taking pictures of the soon to be parents before saving it.

"no that wasn't" Nique said disgustedly before rolling her eyes

"are you okay because you seem a little hostile right now." Maya turned to the rude girl confused

"im cool but your friend seems like an attention seeker to me" Nique spoke with venom

"okay ima stop you right there. That is my friend and im not about to let you talk about her you can go some where with that" Maya said before getting up to embrace her friend leaving Nique with a mean mug.

The two parents continued their round before taking many pictures with their guest. Both had introduced one another to the family that had flown in the celebration of the unborn child.

"you look gorgeous baby" Sharon, izzys mother said embracing Ashley. Letting go she went in to hug her son. "you might want to go make sure your little girl friend doesn't cause a scene at my grandbaby shower." she said into his ear before letting go. Sharon has noticed the shift in Zonniques attitude after taking a seat. She could tell that they young girl was bothered and didn't want to have the girl explode in front of all these people He knew that his mother didn't like Zonnique but she wouldn't just say something if Nique hadn't done anything. So he made a mental note to talk to her once everything was calmed down.

Walking over to where Ashley was standing, bri came over and told the two to sit in their seats and that is was time for a game. The two had a thrown like love seat to sit on with a table in front of them to eat off of. Izzy chuckled as he watched Melyssa sneak Ashley a cake pop as Alek gave him two shots of Hennessy to take. Alexei laughed as he heavily patted Izzy on his back before going back to his seat that wasn't too far from the two.

"alright everyone, first game." Bri said through the microphone. She then proceeded to line up 10 people in pairs. "alright the person standing up must feed the baby (person sitting down) their bottle and who ever finishes first wins a prize" she says before handing out the bottles with the unknown substances.

"awe i know this game, your trying to get somebody drunk" say one of Izzys female cousins.

"if its vodka we know who's going to win" Alek said being funny making King who was his partner laugh. After that they were off. Everyone cheering as they tried to drink the alcohol through the tiny holes as fast as they could. Alek ended up cheating because he bit a hole in the nipple causing the liquor to come out faster. And as you know he ended up winning.

After a few more games it was time to eat, something Ashley couldnt wait to do. Being that the parents went first, Izzy decided to fix her food for her due to her feet swelling. Fixing some of everything Izzy had to have his mother help carry two of the plates back with him. As he made his way back to his designated seat, he couldnt help but feel eyes burning a hole in the side of his head. He sat the food down and turned to see Nique turning bright red. She was so angry that she was on the verge of tears.

"you okay" Ashley said softly taking him out of his thoughts as she placed her hand on his arm softly.

"yeah im good." he said "you need anything else? Ima step out for a sec." nodding her head no Ashley began to dive into the food tasting the famous baby shower meatballs first.

Izzy marched over to Nique where she was sitting with his sister and one of his cousins. He signaled for her to follow him in which the other girls gave him a look of disgust and rolled their eyes. As they left out the entrance, this did not go unnoticed by Ashley or Melyssa . Ashley watched as Izzy tried to stay calm as he walked out trying to make sense of why he was upset, while Melyssa watched as her daughter looked at her baby father walk out of the door. Melyssa knew the look in her daughters eyes because she had experienced it before. The look of want, desire and slight disappointment.

She hurried to her daughter as she knew Ashley was a big ball of emotions at the moment. Due to her unstable hormones she didn't know how she was feeling at the moment and didn't want her to be embarrassed in front of her family

" все в порядке (everything okay)?" she asked calmly rubbing Ashley's hand

"yes im fine mother "she gave her mother a smile before putting all of her attention into the piles of food placed in front of her.

Outside Israel stood trying to talk to an angered Zonnique.

"what's your problem man?" he asked her trying to stay calm. He wasn't trying To let her ruin his mood today and that's exactly what she was doing.

"your my fucking problem. Parading around here with her like she's your bitch or something. Got me looking dumb as fuck" she said stepping in his face as she pointed in his face

"Listen, first get up out my face. And you knew what it was before you decided you wanted to come. Hell you knew what it was almost 8 months ago when i found out. And parading? Ian parading shit. Im here celebrating the birth of my son and you in there looking like you wanna beat somebody ass" he says keeping his voice calm.

"nigg-" she was cut off by a man they both was unfamiliar with

"excuse me... is this Ashleys baby shower" Michael asks with his daughter in hand and a gift in the other.

"yeah man go on in" Izzy said not giving it too much thought. They stayed quiet until he went inside and the door closed.

"You know what Nique." he started "ian about to keep doing this shit with you. I got a son on the way and everytime something come up about him or his moms its a problem" he said to her leaning against the building.

"so what you tryna say nigga" she said to him still angry.

"ion think we need to be together. Ion need your negative energy in my life no more i got more important shit to deal with" he said letting go of her. He didn't feel bad, he felt a release of something he had been wanting to do for a while.

"so that's it?..." she started her guilt trip. "after everything we done been through" she allowed the built up years to fall.

"yup." he said as he walked back into the building letting security know not to let her back in. As he walked in he saw Ashley up and speaking to the man from out side and his daughter. Paris noticed the confusion of Izzys face and tapped Bri who was tearing up her food beside her, making her look at izzy then to Ashley.

"uh un bitch. That aint none of my business" she continued her food. Izzy then took a deep breath and made his way to Ashley.

"and what's your name?" he heard Ashley ask the little girl as she squatted down

"daisy" she said in a shy voice trying to hide behind her father.

"ashley" Izzy said from behind her causing her to stand up straight and both adults to look at him.

"oh how rude of me" she laughed. "Israel this is my friend Michael and his daughter Daisy. Michael this is Israel, my babys father" she introduced the two. Michael quickly noticed the man from outside where he had accidentally heard some of his conversation. Of course he didn't mean to but it happened.

"how you doing man" Israel Dapped Michael up before going to speak to King.

"wussap man" they embrace one another before having a bit of conversation.

"your son moms got a boyfriend huh" King said referring to Michael.

"naa that's just her friend" Izzy said in response before taking a sip of the drink he had just had made

"That might just be her friend right now but he definitely want her" King stated making Izzy look back over to the two and he watched the two converse as Michael said something that was funny to Ashley. He licked his lips before smiling looking he up and down. Izzy didn't know how to feel as he could obviously see that the unknown man was attracted to her but he didn't have a place to have an opinion so he ignored it.

It wasn't long before the two were back sitting next to each other and opening gifts.

"Alek how much stuff did you buy " Ashley said causing everyone to laugh as she unwrapped the stroller she wanted.

"awe thank you" she said before continuing. After about 2 and half more hours everyone was leaving. Ashley insisted she helped clean but Bri wouldn't allow it. So Israel and Ashley made their way back to his car. After getting in the ride was silent and the only thing that was heard was the soft r&b in the background.

"Bri did a good job" Ashley rubber her swollen belly as she try's to spark some conversation

"she did" Israel said

"i was thinking she should be the god mother since she is already doing so much for the baby" Ashley implies

"that's fine i dont know anyone else who could be it" he says honestly. The two then drove in silence until Ashley decided to speak.

"is everything between you and Zonnique good? i saw you both leave and she didn't come back." Ashley says letting her curiosity get the best of her.

"we broke up" he says bluntly. Before pulling from the red light

"I'm so sorry"she says reaching over touching his hand. For the rest of the ride her hand remained but neither one of them bothered to say anything.

As they made it to her apartment he brung up the things she decided she was going to keep while she changed into something more comfortable

"alright i think that's it" he said after sitting down the last bag in the babys room.

"okay. thank you" he nodded his head. "oh wait...have you thought of any names and a god father"

"not really but ill think on it okay?" he says as she nods she then moves closer to him and engulfed him into a hug in which he returned. The two then looked at each other from the hug staring in one another eyes. Izzy licking over his lips looking down at hers. Ashley making the first move stood on her toes leaning into his lips, kissing him. It didn't take long for Izzy to grab her tighter and kiss her back. Things moved fast as he backed her against the wall causing her to moan as he slipped his tongue into the sloppy kiss.

"wait" izzy pulled away, making Ashley give him a soft look. "we can't" He says lightly to her

"oh my god... im sorry. " Ashley became disappointed with herself as izzy stayed quiet.

"Im a idiot" she walks to the couch and he follows.

"i just got out of a relationship and i think we should just focus on our son right now" Izzy says

"i understand..." ashley says lowly

"its not your fa-" he leans to try and touch her hand

"i think you should leave Israel" She says softly bolting up and towards her room before closing the door. Israel had no choice but to leave her apartment even though he was confused. He had just broken up with Nique who he had lost feels for and not 6 hours later he is kissing on his baby mother; and didn't want to stop. On the drive home he stayed in silence as he wanted to be alone with his thoughts. He wanted to be the best he could for his son and he thought that meant being single.

As for Ashley she struggled to sleep and it wasn't because of an active baby. She couldnt believe she allowed her emotions to cloud her mind and take over her body. She didn't know what got into her. She constantly told herself she felt nothing towards Izzy but deep down she knew it was a lie. Whenever he was around she wanted more from him and when he wasn't she constantly thought about him. Ugh. This made her upset because she knew it wasn't going to happen but he was all she could think about...one reason she hated being alone. He flooded her mind. She had never felt this weak, this venerable before, not even with her ex. Ashley just couldnt understand.