Ashley POV

"baby i think we should gone head back home today" Israel says as i tie my scarf around my head to cover my leave out.

"we only been up here two days" i say making sure we aren't forgetting anything.

"i know but its a lot going on with Jas and Santana been real cranky n shit" he says pulling his tee shirt over his head. I sigh feeling bad that we have to leave so soon since we planned to stay for a week.

"okay love. If you think that's what's best" i say picking up my sunglasses.

"hey..." he steps to me placing his arms around my waist "we gone come back soon ma its just too much going on" he places a kiss on my forehead. "we gone go see my pops before we leave, okay?" he asks as we walk towards the room door.

"okay baby" i say grabbing his hand leaving out and walking down the hallway. We made small talk on the way down to the front desk.

"you think ma cooked?" i ask aloud

"shit... i hope so im hungry as hell" Izzy says stepping to the desk handing the lady the card.

"alright... you are all set" the lady says with a smile as Izzy turns to me and we head to the exit. As we step out the car is already waiting for us. We hop in and set our way back to Ms.Sharon house.

When we pull up, it is a pick up truck in the drive way. We hop out and walk in hearing the television and babbling. As we get further in, Israels dad Rodney is sitting on the couch playing with Aiden. Its pretty early so i wasn't expecting Aiden to be up for about another hour but its okay.

"hey dad...what you doing here" Izzy says dapping his father up

"i can't come see my kids...damn. Yo big headed ass wasn't even here" i chuckle at his comment "hey Ashley" he says as i lean down to give him a hug

"hey Mr.Rodney, how you doing" i say standing back up as Aiden begins reaching for me.

"you wasn't thinking about yo mama 5 seconds ago..." he passes Aiden to me before i go sit on the other side of the couch kissing my sweet baby.

"boy get from my oven" ma says pushing Israel from looking to see what she's cooking. He sucks his teeth, pulls up his pants before coming to sit by me and tickling Aiden.

I stand up and walk into the kitchen.

"hey ma" i say to her as she pulls the eggs from the refrigerator.

"hey baby... you look like you had a good night" she smirks causing me to look off to the side. "how long are you going to be here Rodney?" ma asks looking at Rodney annoyed as he sits on her couch comfortably.

"damn trying to kick me out already Sharon" he shakes his head.

"no Jackass. Im trying to figure out how many eggs i need to make." she says making me laugh as she mumbles as she cracks the eggs.

"and where the hell yall two been at" Rodney says making my eyes go wide. "Ashley came in here glowing n shit" he continues

"rodney they grown" Sharon shakes her head as Izzy walks into the kitchen and places Aiden on the counter infront of me before wrapping his arms around me.

"you missed us bubby" i say to him as i place my hand on his lower back to keep him upright.

"good morning" A voice says as the house goes silent. I look back to see Jasmine holding her arm standing in the door post.

"morning" i say. Im not going to be petty and not speak to her at all but i will keep it short. I honestly dont know what type game she is playing but im not trying to find out. My patience is wearing thin with Jasmine and i really dont know if i can believe anything she says now.

Everyone says their mornings and whatnot to her as she goes to sit in the living room.

"ma we gone head back today" israel says with his head in my neck. His hand squeezes my breast before i pop his hand

"stop" i whisper to him so that no one would hear me.

"damn son yall leaving already i just met my grandson" Rodney says turning around.

"shut up Rodney. He was talking to me last time i checked your name is not mom" Sharon says putting the eggs in the pan.

"anyways Israel... why yall leaving so soon" he says

"its just a lot going on ... plus i wanna make sure they straight before i go back on the road" Israel says trying to avoid talking about the elephant in the room.

"Well what time y'all leaving baby" Sharon asks

"About 2" he says as Aiden opens his mouth trying to pull my boob out.

"I'll be back baby" I say signaling him to let me go. I step away and head towards the stairs so I can nurse him in private.

As I nurse him I scan over the room looking over everything I need to pack but I'm glad to see that it's not much since we haven't been here long.

When I go to burp Aiden, Izzy comes in with two plates of food and sits on the bed.

"Dang nothing to drink" I tease

"Dang no thank you" he says as he picks up his fork.

"I'm just playing baby. Thank you" I give him a kiss. It's not long after that Aiden burps and I sit him down. I pick up my plate and dig tf in. A bitch was hungry as hell. No lie.

"Ashley, do you want more kids?" Izzy asks me breaking the silence

"Eventually, yes" I start " but ideally I would like to be married or at least engaged before that if not then maybe when Aiden is a little older like 4 or 5" I say to him. I wasn't trying to be uncomfortable by bringing up marriage since we haven't been together long at all. But that is something that I personally want. "Why you ask?"

" I was just making sure we on the same page cause I was thinking bout 4-5" I snap my head towards him.

"Four or five???!" I ask him. "Ion know about that big dawg. Unless you pushing them out" i laugh. Child birth is no joke, 4/10 would not recommend.

"And I was thinking like a year or sum" he says finishing his food and picking up Aiden

"See now slow ya roll playa" I say continuing to eat. He is tripping like hell.

"You want a brother or sister Santana...yeah... see we got to now" Izzy smiles as Aiden laughs due to him tickling his tummy.

"He don't even know what none of that means" I roll my eyes sitting my plate on the dresser to take downstairs. "I'm going to get in the shower" I say getting my stuff and heading into the bathroom as I hear the television Turn on.

I take a quick shower, rinsing off all the sweat and whatnot from last night. I didn't want to wet my hair since we are leaving.

Mental note: get hair done.

I don't think I'm ready for Israel to go back to work. I know its what he loves to do but Aiden and I are going to be alone in that big ass house. I've gotten used to his big headed ass laying on me at night and waking up to him watching rocket power with Aiden.

I know he won't be gone forever but damn a bitch done got needy.

I've gotten dependent on him to sleep at night, his soft kisses when I'm stressed or worried.

I turn the shower off trying to put a halt to my thoughts but they travel with me as I wash my face and walk back into the room.

"Ash" I snap out

"Hmm" I say lotioning my arms

"You heard me? I said I think lil man bout to get teeth" I look at him pull Aidens top lip up

"Teething babe. Teething" I say walking beside him "let me see" I say leaning over to see his gum is a little red. Aiden being dramatic he pulls back from my hand "you don't have to be rude" I say before going back to my bag to put the reminder of my things up.

I look at my phone seeing that it is around 11:30 so we have a little time before we go home so I decided to take a nap since I don't have anything else to do.

"Wake yo as up Ashley" Izzy says hitting my behind

"No. Stop it" I say closing my eyes again

"Wake up then" he says sitting Aiden on my side to pull at my face

"Really Bubby that's how you turn on mommy? Remember that" I say to him jokingly

"She ain't gone do nothing" Izzy says making him laugh

"Okay..." I say before pulling the blanket over my arm and trying to go to sleep. I drift between sleep and staying awake until i just sat up and grabbed my phone. I eventually just decided to get up and go talk to Sharon. Im honestly gone miss her around the house.

"hey ma" i say stepping in her door frame

"hey baby" she says as i come in and sit down on the bed beside her. "yall about to get going?"

"in a little bit" i say to her "ima miss you" i say pouting my lip

"Ima miss you too Ashley...you know i dont want to leave yall. Especially when Israel leaving" she says to me

"i know...but we are going to be okay ma." i say "im going to see if i can come see you sometimes cause i can't just be bored in that house" i laugh

"its just frustrating that this is the way that i had to leave yall. We all knew i can't stay forever but damn why did Jas have to go and do that" she rambles. "i dont know what to do with her now. She got court dates now n shit. I was raising her so well Ashley. She was such a good girl you know. Doing good in school and all." she begins " and im sorry for what she did to you Ashley. You did nothing to deserve that and i dont blame you for going in on that air headed girl. Shit she deserved it" she says the last part lower

"its fine ma. I thought Jas was coming around when we were talking but i was wrong. I know you did a good job raising her and she will come around eventually." i hold her hand. "well let me go make sure we got everything situated" i say giving her a hug

"Ashley, you are a good woman. Ive never seen my son look at any woman like he looks at you, baby" i laugh. "my son is smart no matter how stupid he is at times and one thing about him he is always going to take care of his family. he is going to do right by you, and if he doesn't let me know and ill straighten his ass out." she says causing me to chuckle

"i dont doubt that you will ma" i say to her

"ASH" i hear Izzy yell "you seen my durag"

"let me go help him before he tear up your house" i say giving her one last hug. I walk out of the room and head back upstairs to see Aiden watching Izzy look through his bags.

I shake my head before going to my purse that I took with me to the hotel and pulling out his Durag.

"Where you found it at" he asks me

" it's magic" I tease him as he ties it around his head.

"We got everything? I'm about to go out these out in the car" he says referring to the bags

"Yeah that's it baby" I say putting some new clothes on Aiden as Izzy walks out. I place Aiden in his car seat before pulling a car seat cover over him since it is raining outside right now. As soon as I get done Israel comes and grabs Aidens car seat before we walk downstairs seeing Sharon and Jas standing there.

"Y'all be safe. Let me know when y'all get home" Sharon hugs me before Izzy and kissing Aiden.

"Bye lil sis" Izzy says hugging Jas before saying something that I can barely hear.

"Bye Ashley" Jas waves to me nervously as we walk to the door.

"Bye jasmine" I give a small smile to her before walking out infront of Israel. He opens my door for me bevpre bucking Aiden into the backseat. I listen to Aiden rattling his toy as Izzy starts the car up. I look over to him giving him a smile as he brings my hand up to his mouth kissing my knuckles. I lean over placing my hand on his cheek giving him a soft kiss before running my thumb over his lips as I analyze his face.

"Let's go home baby" I say softly snapping. out of my daze. I pull away smiling as I see him smirk out of the side of my eye before putting the car in drive. I've realized he drives much safer when Aiden is in the car and I'm glad because he be driving like a bat straight out of hell.

Music softly plays in the background throughout our silent ride as Aiden babbles. By the time we get the the runway, the rain is reduced to a mist.

Like before I take a seat in the plane, taking up the flight attendants offer for a ginger ale and some cookies. I pull Aiden out of his seat so that I can check his diaper and I'm shocked he isn't wet. So I decide to just keep him on my lap.

I let out a breath before slipping of my slides and place my legs across Israel's lap as he places his arm across them.

I love moments like these. Where we are in pure bliss and it seems like that moment is all that matters

"Baby what you bout to cook" Izzy comes in the nursery as I lay Aiden down.

"Shh I just got him to sleep" I say to him before leaving the room.

"But what you cooking" he says following me down the hall

"Who told you I was cooking Israel" I say going to our room so I can unpack these bags. I need to go ahead and wash clothes so he can get packed for when he leaves.

"Damn you ain't gotta call a nigga government like that ash" he puts his hand over his hand like he is hurt. "But I'm hungry"

"And I'm tired so order some food" I shake my head pulling out the dirty clothes.

"Man... what you want to eat" he picks up his phone

"Chinese... get some house fried rice, sesame chicken, vegetables and some fried chicken. Thank you baby" I say puckering my lips.

"That's gone be enough for us?" He says

"Us? That's just for me" I laugh

"Yo ass can't even eat all that so stop talking that cash shit" he says as the people pick up the phone.

After I sort out the clothes I walk out the hall to put a load in the washer. I smile at smiley who has yet to say a word to me. As I am walking down the hall I see that Nick is on the phone whispering.

"Yeah I got it" I make out scrunching you my eyebrow. He turns around and hangs up right way.

"You'll help me with this basket Nick?" I say to him handing him the basket before walking to the laundry room.

" you know Nick... You're around us 24/7. I would think that if my soon to be husband is paying you, you don't have to sneak around" I exaggerated to get my point across. If it's one thing I learned you have to make your statement a little dramatic.

"I can assure you im no-"

"I'm not finished." I cut him off "If you have to take a phone call please do so. But when you start whispering and seeming like you are hiding something we have a problem love. If I feel uncomfortable and have a problem then Shadow will have a problem and feel uncomfortable. Do you want a problem with Shadow, Nicholas?" I turn to him not caring what his real name is.

"No ma'am I do not" he says to me. That was the best thing he could've said because I'm still a little skeptical about him since Alek seemed to recognize him.

"Okay then" I smile to him. "I'll take this... thank you" I say to him as I grab the large basket before humming as I wash my clothes.

I continue smiling as I pass back by him go home back into the room to find Izzy laying across the bed on his back. I hop on his lap straddling him tracing his tattoos as he is on the phone.

"Everything good on the schedule?" He asks I'm guessing his manager. He brings his free hand down on my thigh before massaging it. "Ight cool" he says before hanging up.

"You good?" He raises his eyebrow before licking his lips.

"Yes I'm good baby but..." I look down

"But what" he raises my chin

" when I went to go wash the clothes I found Nick whispering on the phone... I wasn't really tripping about him being on the phone it's the fact he was acting like it was a secret or sum shit. And when he saw me he hung up." I ain't tryna snitch or no shit but if my son and I safety is at a possible risk I'm not taking any chances.

Izzy runs his hand over his face before he taps my thigh signaling me to bop up. "Come on" he walks towards the door as I scrunch up my face in confusion.

I get up and follow him out of the room and he goes into the spare bedroom I found the safe room. "I need to show you sum" he closes the door behind us. Then he proceeds to open the closet door before going straight to the keypad and punching in my birthday (09/12/95)into the keypad. I watch as the door slides open revealing a wall full of weaponry as well as a small couch infront of cameras that cover every angle of the room.

"I KNEW IT" I shimmy a little. I have to call Alek later he is going to love it.

"What do you mean" Israel looks confused.

"Okay the other day Alek noticed this room was a little off and I found the keypad and figured you had some type of safe room" I say smiling as he goes to the wall

"You know how to shoot" he asks handing me a smaller gun

"It's been a while but yes" I say to him. Alek and my uncle taught me a while ago and used to take me target practicing but it's been a minute since I've even held a gun surprisingly.

"Okay good cause just in case you might have to use that" he starts leaning against the wall "and if I'm not here y'all need to come in here and don't open the door for anybody even me unless you can see I'm alone" he says seriously

"Okay I understand" I say before trying to hand him the gun

"that's yours" he says placing it on the table beside me before pushing me against it. "How much time you think we got" he refers to Aiden sleeping im assuming As he kisses my collar bone lifting me against the wall.

"We got a while he didn't nap" I breath heavily feeling my underwear pulled to the side as he rubs me.

"This chicken good as hell" I say biting into the fried chicken that we ordered.

"It is ian gone lie" he says tearing up his food. I don't know what it is but this food hitting real different. I am interrupted by the baby monitor so I get up and wrap my robe back around me before going to get Aiden.

"What wrong bubby" I ask him before changing his soiled diaper. I take him back into the room with us. I sit back down and allow him to latch on before I begin eating again. I hear Israel laugh as some rice drops onto Aidens forehead. I can't help but to chuckle to

"Yo fat ass dropping shit on my son head give him here" he says as I pick up the rice

"The hell you gone do breast feed him?" I say laughing at his high ass

"Damn you right" he laughs again.

Izzy POV

I look over my side unwrapping my arms from around Ashley and stretching before going out into the hall. After Ashley told me what happened with Nick I decided not to take any chances. I just ain't want to worry her.

"Come with me nick" I signal him to follow me outside to the back porch. I take a seat before lighting up another blunt taking my time.

"You tryna fuck me over, nigga?" I say to him.

"Shadow what you talking about you know I wouldn't" he says

" I don't know shit." I let out a breath. "The way I see it you done had my woman say sum to you and that tells me everything I need to know"

" now since she a lil bit more forgiving than I am I ain't gone kill you of nun" I laugh "this time" I abruptly stop as he gulps. "Ion know what you got doing on but let me remind you who the fuck I am cause you must have forgotten. 3232 Allen lane. Your mama house, 760 Raven Trace. Your baby momma house. What's her name? Tracy? Yeah Trace. Pretty daughters too." I watch as his nose flares.

"Them two upstairs come before any of y'all lives and if it come to it I'll end your fucking life while you watch let anything come up." I say to him. "you out the house. I don't want to see you doing shit but making sure this house straight like every other nigga patrolling this bitch" i say as two of my men come up behind me.