This was stressing her out. She loved all her sisters, equally...well maybe Krystle a bit more, but she loved them all the same.

Sarena was wrong for her attitude toward their father. Maybe he had changed. Maybe there was a good valid reason he left them all those years ago and never tried to contact them. This was her chance to confront him.

She remembered her father well. He was tall and good-looking. He looked like Ashley, the same complexion, and had her eyes and smile. She loved him and liked his cuddles the most. He would come home from work and grab her and Krystle with either arm and tickle them till they went into a fit of giggles.

She remembered her mother and him always being happy together, always kissing and hugging each other. Then again, she was too small to understand. Maybe it was a show for them. How else would you leave someone you claimed to love?

She wanted answers.

"LeyLey, will you call him back and say we want to meet with him?" she asked her.

"I guess. Don't expect much from it. I mean, I'm not Rena, but we have to prepare for anything. What if he just wants to use us for something, now that he sees us everywhere?"

"I don't think he would do that." Nola could only make an assumption, she knew him the least.

"It doesn't hurt to talk to him, and beyond that, we shall see," Krystle said.

After Sarena left, there was not much else for them to discuss, so they all readied themselves to leave.

"Kryssy, you have to come over so we can talk baby talk," she said to her twin. "This is going to be even better than the first time. I get to share it with my best friend."

"I know! This is the best thing ever! We can go baby shopping and do the nurseries together and our babies will be instant best friends, like us."

"I'm burning my ovaries off. I want no kids," Tennille said. "Bye, y'all!"

"Where are you going?" Nola asked. "I thought you were staying here?"

"I'm going to see my boo, bye bitches!" Tennille said and walked out of the house.

"Well, that's not going to last," Kitty said to Krystle as they started out the door as well. "She can't stay with one person for long, no matter if it's a boy or a girl. Poor AKA."

She got into her car and headed home. No security detail today, but she stayed on alert. That would have been the perfect time for a psycho to step to them, but even he was not crazy. Between the sisters, there were several guns and weapons hidden throughout the house they grew up in. If he tried anything, it was a death wish for sure.

Once she made it to her house, she made her way to IceeJay who was being rocked to sleep in Jolene's arms.

"Oh no, he's asleep again?"

"That's all he wants, sleep and eat."

She leaned over and kissed his chubby cheek. "Mommy's here baby boy. Love you."

IceeJay was not playing with his sleep, he could sleep through anything once he was asleep. She took him out of Jolene's arms and took over rocking him. Once he was securely out, she put him in the crib and FaceTimed Icee.

She needed to tell him the news, but she did not want to do it on the phone.

"Babe, what's up? You miss me?"

"You know I miss you, why do you even ask that?"

"Because maybe you don't. You need some so you can remember me again?"

She chuckled.

"How did your sister gathering go?"

How much of what was discussed should she tell him? Definitely not about Sarena and T-Zack. She was going to stay out of two grown, married people's businesses. She needed to discuss Ashley's situation with him, but then again, that was nothing she wanted to discuss on the phone.

"Babe, you know I love them but it was wild."

"Did you know about Nille and AKA?"

How did he know? "Uh..."

"AKA told me, she can't hold water. Anyway, it's cool. Maybe Nille came tame wild ass  AKA."

"You're joking, right? We're hoping it's the other way around. What else do you know?" Maybe he already knew about T-Zack and Sarena, that was his best friend after all. They talked a lot and she was sure T-Zack wanted to brag about it. That would mean he wanted to die because now Icee was close to Victor.

"What's up with Baby Sis? I tried checking on her in school, but she ain't answering. Is she in school?"

How did Icee know more about her sisters before she did, and he was not even in the country? She had to pay more attention. She planned on spending more time with her sisters. And her nieces, they were growing up so fast.

"She's been home here. Don't worry about it, I know her, she'll go back to school maybe next semester."

"Waste of intelligence if she doesn't. Babe, what's up with my boy?"

"Sleep. When are you coming home?"

"See, you want some, right," he said with a laugh.

"Boy, I'm not always thinking about sex like you are. I just want to see you." Although, whenever he came home, she was jumping on him and riding him all night.

"Tell you what, I miss you too baby, and if all I have is a couple of hours just to hold you in my arms, I'll take it. Let me see what I can work out."

She smiled. "I love you."

"I love you more."

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In two days, Icee would be coming home, for less than twenty-four hours, but she would take it. Now she had to come up with a way of telling him they were expecting that was special. Telling him in the back of the limo while they way headed to their honeymoon was not as romantic as she wanted.

Maybe she could give him the pregnancy test.

No, that was not exciting.

Maybe she would just rub her belly and tell him.

Icee was kind of slow, he wouldn't get it.

Maybe a gift. Something he could have to remember their second child. She didn't have time to get something specially made, like a cute onesie. She headed to the mall with IceeJay to see if there was anything she could buy. There was not much baby stuff, and she realized she needed to change that. With the space left unoccupied, she had to find a baby or children's store.

"Babe, I'm home!" Icee yelled loudly throughout the house.

She sat in IceeJay's nursery feeding him. She did not answer Icee, let him scream all around the house. Finally, he made it to the nursery.

"Babe? Didn't you hear me calling you?"

"Yes, even IceeJay did, he could have been asleep." He was done eating, and he wriggled in her arms as if he knew his father was right there. He coo'ed a bit but he didn't cry.

"Naw, my man waiting on me." He pulled her up and kissed her. "I missed these lips."

He took IceeJay from her arms. "What up lil man, you miss daddy? Look at you getting so big man, Imma have to stop calling you lil man soon."

"How about big brother?" Damn, that slipped out. That was not the planned way she wanted to tell him. Icee was slow, maybe he wouldn't get it.

"Yeah, lil man gonna be a big brother one day," Icee said, bouncing the baby in his arms.

So he didn't get it. Her plan could still work.

"Babe, I was at the mall, shopping and-"

"Mall ain't even opened and you tearing it up already?"

"Come see what I bought. Well, there is not much baby stuff, and I plan on changing that. The mall is specifically geared toward women, so why not have baby things? Come see what I bought."

She led him to their room where new shoes were laid out on the foot of the bed. A new pair of Nikes for him, for her, for IceeJay, and a fourth baby pair.

"Matching sneakers for all of us, you like?"

"Damn, you got IceeJay two pairs of shoes? Boy gonna be fresh, he ain't even walking yet?"

How slow was he going to be?

"Those are two different sizes!"

"Right. One for now, one when he can actually walk, right?"

Well, he wasn't totally wrong. One pair was going to be IceeJay's first walking shoes, the other just baby shoes for him now, or for the new baby. So that didn't work.

"We're having another baby!" she blurted out to him.

He stopped rocking IceeJay in his arms. "Stop playing Kitty."

Laughing at him was the only thing she could do. Even if she tried a hundred more setups, would he ever figure it out on his own? "Why would I...this isn't a joke Ice."

"Haha! Yes, it is. How are you pregnant already, you just had a baby. Don't you have to wait a few weeks before everything gets back to normal?"

"We waited exactly six weeks and we had sex. What more do you want me to explain?"

Icee, still holding IceeJay, looked her up and down, still in disbelief. "You for real?"

She raised her shirt and rubbed her tummy which was already starting to show and she was barely two months.

"Babe!" Icee dropped to his knees and kissed her stomach. "Another baby! I love you, baby. Lil man, you're going to be a big brother."

"So, you're happy?"

"Of course I'm happy." He kept kissing her stomach. "Kitty, please tell me this isn't a dream. Babe, you know I want a lot of kids."

"I know, me too. Guess we're just going to push them out quickly, huh. My sisters think I'm bananas...even my mother waited two to three years between us. I want four...maybe five. And this time I get to-" She stopped. Krystle's news wasn't hers to share. She had no idea what her sister was going to do, considering she did not want the father involved.

Icee stood and then pulled her to him for a kiss. "I love you, Kitty Kelly, you know that. You give me everything I need, everything I ever wanted...why are you so perfect?"

"Because I'm not."

"You are. Perfect for me." Icee continued to kiss her and soon she felt her temperature rise. Maybe this time around hormones would really be popping and she would want him even more. How was that even possible when she felt like they had sex every day while she was pregnant last time.

Her hands sliding in his pants, she was ready to get things started, then IceeJay started to cry at the top of his lungs.

That was going to be different. IceeJay was cockblocking.

"Babe, you just fed him right?" Icee rocked the baby in his arms.

"He woke up, he ate, he's good."

Icee checked his diaper. "My boy needs to be changed. I got this. Go get naked for me, and I'll be back."

She was so relieved she told Icee, now she could get started planning everything for the baby. Since the new baby would be close in age to IceeJay, for now they could share the same nursery. It was already set up, just add another crib. Her babies would be less than a year apart, which made her smile. Instant best friends.

Then she thought, another boy would be perfect. She remembered she wanted a girl for IceeJay, but now that she had a son, she wondered what having another would be like. She rubbed her stomach and talked to her baby.

"I will love you unconditionally, no matter what you are. Girl, boy, they, whatever. Mommy loves, you, daddy loves you, and big brother loves you."

She did not get naked, because even though she always wanted sex with her man, she wanted to relax with him in the few hours she would have him. She sat on top of her bed and pulled out IceeJay's baby book, looking through it. So far she had his birth announcements, pictures from their photoshoot, baby shower invites and pictures, day of birth pictures, hospital bracelet, all the little things she wanted to keep for memories.

They could do things differently now that they did not have to hide her pregnancy because of Bonnie last time. Once she hit the second trimester, she wanted everyone to know. Another great photoshoot for sure. Maybe with her sister!

Icee came back in the room, no shirt, no pants, just boxer briefs, holding the baby with nothing but his diaper on and holding a towel.

"This boy shat on me and everywhere!"

She laughed so hard she thought she would pass out. She stopped herself, holding her stomach.

"Don't make me sick!"

"It's not funny babe. And we're going to have two of these soon. Man!"

A/N: I'm trying to show Icee and Kitty just being parents, but hard to do while he is away. I wanted him to do the movie for a reason, but I swear it takes away from their family time and I don't like it.