Ashley POV

"You sure you got everything" I ask Izzy one more time as he packs his bags into the back of the truck so he can head to the airport.

"Ash I told you the first five times you asked. I'm good ma" he says picking up his last bag

"Okay... well umm I seperated your clothes by bags so all your night clothes and underwear is in one bag, your shirts are in the red one and-" he cuts me off

"It's okay ash you told me all that last night" he says taking Aiden from my arms.

"Ima miss you lil man" he says holding Aiden up and hugging him. "Ima miss you too ma so stop looking like that" he hugs me before kissing my lips

"Call us as soon as you land" I says as he pulls away. I kinda have been stalling for the past 30 mins so he is a little behind schedule

"I will baby" he says hoping in the truck before he pulls off. I stand there for a moment before turning to go back into the house.

"Well what are we going to do cutie" I say to Aiden as I go into the living room and sit him on his tummy mat so I can clean to stop from being sad. I turn on pj masks and begin scrubbing everything in sight. I take breaks in between and feed Aiden and put him down for a nap before continuing.

I haven't really seen nick often since Izzy replaced him with some other dude the call Tough. He is okay but he doesn't talk the same way smiley doesn't. What the hell is up with Israel and leaving me with these people I can't have a conversation with.

"ASHLEY" I hear yelling from the front door. I smile as Bri and Paris come into view with food in their hands.

"Be quiet my baby sleeping" I finish sweeping the kitchen floor.

"I know you ain't in here sad cleaning" Paris says sitting down at the island. "It smells good though" she says looking at the candle that is burning.

"Come sit down Ash. I know you haven't eaten" Bri says opening the bag.

"Girl where y'all bathroom at in this castle?" Paris says

"It's down the hall on the right" I say taking water out the fridge.

"Ash I have never been here before. Come show me before I get lost and end up in the garage" I laugh at her before showing her to the powder room which is off the living room.

"Look what I brought" Bri holds up a bottle of wine God I haven't had a sip of wine in a while. One or two glasses won't hurt. Especially since I got hella milk in the fridge so I should be good.

"What did I miss" Paris comes back as I am grabbing some wine glasses from the cabinet.

"Nothing girl lets eat I'm starving" I say sitting the glasses down next to some plates. They brought some Italian food so we piled our plates with different pastas and shit.

"Where's Izzy?" Bri asks as I pour the wine

" he left today" I tell her

"Damn that was today?" She asks as I nod my head yes

"How long he gone for" Paris asks stuffing her face

"Just a week and then he'll be back the weekend then he will be gone for about 3 and a half weeks" I say taking a sip of my wine peaking over to Aiden who is asleep on the couch

"So that's why you're cleaning" Bri says in realization

"No I just felt like it" I say

"Ashley. We know you like to keep everything neat but you don't just start cleaning a already clean house without a reason" she says " and don't say it was dirty because knowing you it wasn't" I can't even say anything because Bri knows me like the back of her hand.

"Wait a Damn minute...is she glowing?" Paris says looking at me then to Bri.

"What" I say as they look back and forth to each other and smile "why are y'all smiling"

"bitch. Either You're in love or you getting some bomb ass D" Paris says squealing

"Ahhh" Bri says coming around and hugging me. "I noticed you seemed happier n shit but I didn't put two and two together" she says

"We haven't even been together that long for me to be in love y'all" I pour some more wine

"So you getting the D? Ahhh" Paris says.

"Okay and ? We all know you wanted him way before y'all got together" Bri says sitting back down at the same time Paris is being dramatic.

"Still" I say

"Don't try and deny it babygirl he in love with you too. Don't think we ain't seen y'all posted up online." Paris laughs. "And since when do you like to be flaunted on the internet"

"Since my man took it upon himself to do so" I say back

"Oop" Paris says and Bri falls out her chair laughing trying to muffle it to keep Aiden asleep.

"Bitch you are a new woman and I am loving it" Bri says wide eyed getting up "did you hear her Paris 'her man' I could cry" Bri says pretending to wipe tears falling.

"They grow up too fast. Ahhh" she pretend cries.

"Anyways hows work going" I ask them

"The same girl. Michael has been asking about you though" Paris tells me.

"Tell him I said hi" I keep it simple not wanting to get into that. "And you Bri"

"Girl let me tell you then bitches me having me fucked up I'm so glad I so close to my goal so I can finally get out that club" she says.

"I'm proud of you friend you done came a long way. And speaking of that could you do my hair?" I ask her with puppy dog eyes

"When Ashley" she breathes out causing me to smile

"Girl whenever really. I ain't got shit else to do" I say honestly. I'm in this house all the time so I really ain't got no other plans.

For the rest of the evening we mainly just talked and played with Aiden since everyone just loves that little munchkin before Izzy called.

"Hey baby" I say picking up the phone smiling

"In love" Bri whispers to Paris

"I made it to the hotel. What y'all doing?" He asks me

"Nothing much just sitting here with Bri and Paris" I tell him

"Where lil man at? Let me see him" I move the phone to where Aiden is on my lap so he can see his dad

"Hey Santana" he says as Aiden tries to figure out where his voice is coming from

"Look bubby he's on the phone" I dong even know why I'm telling him that like he knows what a phone is. Out of nowhere he burst into tears in frustration. "Awe bubby" I pick him up.

"I miss y'all already" he says running his hand over his face.

"We miss you too baby" I says trying to soothe Aiden who is calming down a little. My poor baby. He so used to being around all the time Izzy that he couldn't understand why he couldn't see him.

"Ima call you once I get him settled he been a little fussy" I say as he sighs

"Okay ma" he says before I hang up the phone. I sigh before sitting the phone down and continuing to rock Aiden although he is not crying anymore. I rub my face as a sigh.

"You okay ash" Bri rubs my back

"Mhm" I nod my head. And just when I was having fun I'm sad again

"You sure ash? It's okay if your not" Paris says coming in closer.

"I'm sad again" I pout. "I don't know if I'm being clingy or what but I just wish He could stay here and I know that selfish thats why I haven't said anything but I don't want him to get too busy on us" I rant

"It's not selfish mama I get where you are coming from. But Israel wouldn't do y'all like that. I'm more than sure y'all his top priority" Bri says as Paris agrees

"You right" I look at Aiden who is okay now.

"Okay I know you got something sweet in here" Paris says getting up stretching

"Look in the fridge. It's some sweet potato pie" I tell her

"Why you got pie it's not thanksgiving yet" Bri says to me

"I wanted some so I had my mom make me some" I tell her picking some bread and eating it. "This good as hell" I mumble

"Okay..." Bri says to me. For the rest of the night we mainly just watch movies and chill until they head home. After I put Aiden down for the night I straighten up the living room back go the way it was. I slowly make my way upstairs as I walk past smiley into the room. I take a long shower before climbing into the bed. I stare up at the blanket ceiling as I toss and turn trying to go asleep before I grab my phone going on Instagram. I scroll seeing Izzy at a club for a appearance. Damn he looks good.

I decide to put my phone down and force myself to sleep since it's already almost 3am. I make sure the baby monitor is up before snuggling against Izzys pillow and going to sleep.

•

My baby's coming back today.

I play music though the house as i take out the chicken out of freezer so i can prep for dinner. Aiden plays with his rattling toys as i vacuum the floor.

"cant nobody else give it to you like that..." i sing along as i sway my hips slightly. I am interrupted by a knock on the door. I make my way seeing that its on of the guards through the glass.

"these packages was just delivered" the tall darker skin man says as i move out the way so he can bring them in for me.

"thank you" i say before closing the door behind him and pushing the large boxes into the living room. "what you talking about bubby" i kiss Aidens nose before going into the kitchen to get a knife to open them up. Ive been a little bored so i may have been shopping online.

I open up the boxes seeing the clothes i purchased filled to the brim of the box. In one i bought some stuff for me, the other is some clothes aiden can wear in a few months to a year and in the other some sneakers. I bought all three of us some Jordan 1s since im not the biggest sneaker head.

"smiley" i yell from the stairs waiting until he appears. "could you help me take these boxes up" i say as he once again doesn't respond but picks up two boxes and takes them upstairs. I grab the smaller box and walk upstairs to see him waiting at the door.

"i can't go in your room maam" he says placing the boxes in the corner beside the door. I just nod my head before pushing the door open and placing the boxes in room. Of course smiley can't come in, i dont know why i didn't think about that.

I make my way back downstairs seeing my phone ringing.

"hey mom" i say turning down the music

"hey girly what yall doing" she says as i see her driving

"nothing cleaning up and what not." i say sitting down on the large couch. "where you going"

"to the store, Alek asked me to make dinner for him and Bri" she says

"wait wait" i say "him and who?" i ask

"you aint heard it from me but... he is trying to get her back" she says looking at the camera

"and they didn't tell me... im hurt" i place my hand over my chest

"dont be baby i dont think anybody knows. So dont say nothing" she points. One thing about Alek, he will tell my mom everything so im not surprised she knows. "let me see my baby" she says referring to Aiden.

i get up and place the phone in front of him.

"hey baby" she says as he just looks at the tv.

"hold on ma Izzy calling" i sit down on the floor beside Aiden answering the phone. "hey baby" i smile

"hey ma.." he sighs

"what's wrong" i asks as i see the stress in his face.

"my pilot got the damn flu" she runs his hand over his face

"so what does that mean"

"i might not be able to come home today... or at all this weekend" my face drops. "ima work sum out tho so dont worry bout it" he says. "let me see Santana" i move the phone to Aiden who is trying to put his toy in his mouth

"hey lil man" he begins to talk to him. Aiden surprising hasn't had another moment where he starts crying when he talks to Izzy in a few days so that's good i guess. "ash" he says snapping me out of my thoughts

"yes baby" i say placing my face back in the camera

"stop worrying" he says to me "ima call you back my manager calling" he says before i nod my head and he hangs up.

"welp bubby... lets go unbox this stuff so mommy can get some type of joy" i pick him up before turning the music completely off. Im not going to lie im a little sad. Ive been looking forward to seeing israel all week and if he can't come back for the weekend we won't see him for another month.

"you like this bubby" i say holding up the flowy dress i bought. So i ended up getting three pair or pants, five skirts, 4 dresses and some lingerie. As for Aiden i bought him over all a shit load of clothes, not that he needed them, i just wanted to.

I ended up just making dinner the same as i was before since i had grew a taste for it. Aiden and i ended up having a good evening still. I decided it was a nice pool day and my poor baby wore himself out in the water. So after i put him down for bed i just accepted that Israel wasn't coming home today so i went ahead and took a nice relaxing bubble bath before climbing into bed. I fell asleep fast as hell but woke up just as fast.

I woke up a little over an hour after i fell asleep and checked the time before placing on my long robe before taking a trip downstairs for some water. I need to adjust this thermostat cause its a lil warm.

I walk downstairs and turn on the hallway light before going into the dark kitchen pulling out a glass and pouring some water from the fridge. After chugging the water down i lean over the counter top catching my breath. I sit the glass in the large sink before turning around

"the hell is wrong with you" i jump as i see Israel standing against the kitchen cabinets

"i just wanted to see how long it was gone take you to realize i was right here" he says walking closer to me.

"you can't do that" i hit his chest as he wraps his arms around my waist backing me into the counter.

"you missed me ma" he says. although its dark i can see his facial features due to the hallway light.

"i did baby" i say looking up at him "did you?" i ask him already knowing the answer

"you dont even know how much" he says licking his bottom lip

"then show me" i say before i am lifted off my feet and placed on the Kitchen counter.

"so how does it feel to be back on the road baby" i say sitting on the large island as we are eating some of the food i made for dinner.

"its nice...i just dont like leaving yall." he says "im glad to be back doing what i love n shit but its bittersweet" he says as i give a small smile.

"baby dont feel bad for your career. As much as we miss you here, we are going to be okay. You aint gone be gone forever" i say before digging in again.

"Ash you can't be that hungry" Izzy says looking at me

"its just good as hell. I put my foot in this" i say as i eat my last bite before hopping down and readjusting my robe. I move to the sink washing my plate as i still feel his eyes lingering on me. "what" i say turning around to face him

"you straight ma?" he looks concerned

"yeah why wouldn't i be" i ask him as he just stays quiet. "come on lets go to bed. I haven gotten a full nights sleep since you left" i walk out of the kitchen with him following me.

"who said you was going to sleep?" i am lifted off my feet and put on his shoulder.

"put me down Israel" i say as we walk up the stairs "my titty falling out"

"be quiet our son sleep" he says as we make it upstairs and he travels to the room before closing the door.

Izzy POV

I look up at the ceiling as Ashley is knocked out on my chest. Ion know if she been not eating some sum but she tore that food up downstairs. Dont get me wrong she love food but she been eating like its her last meal or sum.

Could she be pregnant?

Naa. Well shit ion know. Last time i checked she was on Birth control but i really dont know how that shit work. And i ain even gone lie, we aint been being careful. I pretty much been nutting in her every time we have sex n shit.

I look down at her analyzing her body. Shit she look the same to me right now. I might just be tripping.

NEXT DAY

"yall be dressed by 1, we gone go to lunch ma" I tell ash as i walk into my closet to put my shoes on so i can go meet Cash about this club he tryna buy.

"okay baby. How should i dress?" she asks from the bed as Santana just blows bubbles.

"just some regular ma" i say noticing a new box of shoes. I open them up seeing some new Jordan 1s . "where these came from" i ask her

"i bought them for you... well all of us. Do you like them?" she asks me

"I like them mama, thank you" i kiss her forehead before going back into the closet and putting on the shoes i was going to wear before exiting.

"one o'clock ash" I say reminding her of the time she needs to be ready.

"i know" i hear before walking out of the room closing the door behind me. I walk to the garage before hopping in which every car keys i got before looking at the address and heading there. As soon as i pull up i notice the large blank sign outside of the club before i walk in. I follow the voices to the middle of the club to see Cash and and a shorter white man talking.

"wassup man" Cash daps me up "Henry this is my business partner Israel" he introduces me to the man before i shake his hand

"nice to meet you. I was just telling Drew here that everything is good with the structure and plumbing. You can have your own contractor come in and inspect it if you'd like" he explains as he uses Cashs real name.

"okay ill have my people come by before we make an offer" he says before we shake hands with the guy and go on our way.

"man what you bout to get into, i ain really seen the city yet" he says looking around.

"im bout to head home to my girl we bout to go get some lunch n shit" i reply.

"man how it feel to have a whole family" he says

"that shit feel good as hell. But that shit get hard when you gotta leave them, ya feel me"

"heard. But aye ima let you go man i know you gotta head out but ima keep you posted on this deal since i gotta go back home in bout a month or two" Cash says dapping me up before we go our separate ways.

I get back into the car before texting Ashley letting her know im on the way back.

Ashley POV

"ASH" i hear Izzy yell after the front door closes

"im coming" i say picking up Aiden after placing his book bag on my back. He looks so cute with his little shoes on.

I carefully walk down the stairs in my grey biker shorts with a white shirt and a blue flannel opened. At the bottom on the staircase Izzy grabs aiden and his bag from me before we head out to the already running car.

"You look good" he opens my door

"Thank you baby" I smile before hopping in.

I took a few pictures of myself before he got in just because I felt a lil cute today. Once he got in my rested his hand on my thigh and began driving. The ride over there was nice as we had a good conversation.

At the restaurant, i felt at bliss again. I was enjoying Izzys presence as well as Aiden was being such a good baby. That was until he got hungry.

"here mama" i chuckle as izzy hands me back Aiden so i can feed him. I left his bottles at home since i didn't pump today so i just breast feed him.

"baby i think i want some more of these cheese fries and a slice of ca-" I'm cut off by him standing up

"Wussap man" he daps a brown skin man up.

"Shadow I ain't know y'all was coming here" the man says. He obviously knows knows him if he calling him shadow.

"My bad baby this Cash. Cash this my girl Ashley" Israel introduces him.