After Drakes last trip he had told Josh to not book him for any other appearances away from home until the baby was born. He stayed home more and went out occasionally with his friends; he didn't come home drunk off his ass or 3 in the morning anymore. Things were going better than I have ever thought it could be. Megan and I were piecing back a broken friendship; she cringed every time she saw me and Jared together in school. Me and Jared had this connection that I had never felt with anyone we loved each other but didn't expect anything in return. He was almost like my twin we knew what each other were thinking before we even said it out loud. I was back in school and it was hard I didn't fit into the desks anymore; people stared and whispered 'You know they say it's not Drake Parkers'. I just tried to ignore it, and go on like nothing was different. People are always going to talk and there's nothing you can do so you can either get upset about it and drive yourself crazy or just let it roll off your shoulder.

I walked into the house and threw my book bag in the corner of the living room.

"Hello is anyone home?" I asked loudly to myself. I walked up to the bedroom, it was a nightmare in California it had to be close to 100 degrees and it didn't matter how high the air conditioner was up I ended up sweating like I was in a sauna. I pushed open the bedroom door to find Drake sprawled out in his boxers. I nudged him lightly.

"Good morning baby." Drake said drowsily with a smile on his face.

"Drake its 3 o clock in the afternoon, did you not get out of bed today?"

"No… I made some phone calls but I had my cell." He took my hand and pulled me on to the bed.

"Drake I asked you to try to finish up the nursery!" I said defeated it was like trying to pull a cow down the stairs it just won't happen.

"Baby… Baby … wow I'm gonna have to start calling you something else!" He laughed.

"It's not funny I'm being serious…" I pouted.

"Don't worry princess? I don't know about princess? Sweetie? No! Cupcake? How about…"

"Drake shut up! Jeeze it's like talking to a chimp!" I said throwing my hand up in aggravation.

"You know I once bought a chimp but then I traded it in for a car."

"Drake! You know what I don't even know what to say I'm gonna either cry or piss myself laughing…!"

"Awww… pookie don't cry!" He said in an exaggerated cooing voice that made me gag a little. "Come on Ash I want to show you something." Drake took me by the hand and led me to the nursery. It was completely done with a glitter guitar mobile and costume bed-set, the moral was a picture of a stage and all the instrument that a rock star would play.

"Drake it looks great." I tried to hold back my tears but it was no use. "I love it." I put my arms around him as tight as I could. "I love you so much."

Drake took me by the shoulders and pulled me away from his body to look me in the eyes. "Ashlee this is everything to me. This is all I ever wanted in the whole world, and I love you so much because you gave it to me and on your own terms. I mean I bet there are girls out there that would just be like okay he has money why not but you waited until we were ready and you made me the man I always wanted to be."

The tears were now uncontrollably rolling down my face. He pulled me in close he nuzzled his nose into my hair taking it all in. I looked around I was in a big beautiful house in California, I had a man who loves me and wants to marry me, and a baby boy on the way is there anything better than this? I couldn't think of anything better.

"Honey I'm home!" Josh called out in a Spanish accent imitating Ricky Ricardo.

I sniffled a few times and wiped the tears from my eyes. "We're up here Josh!" I yelled down the banister. I heard him and someone else come up the stairs.

"What did you do now Drake?" Josh said exhaustedly.

"Shut Josh!" Drake said playing around hitting him on the shoulder.

"Oh my god the room looks awesome! Did you finish it today?" Josh was in awe with how great the room looked.

"Yeah I worked on it all day." Drake was so proud of himself for contributing to the pregnancy someday I think he would carry this baby around if he could he always wants to know when the babies kicking or how it feels. Drake and I were looking at the quirky looking girl standing behind Josh.

"Hi I'm Ashlee and this is Drake, if Josh wasn't so rude we would know your name."

"Oh Guys I'm sorry this is Tabitha." I looked up at Tabitha's blushing face looking at Drake in nothing but his boxers. The boy should join a nudist colony he just plain out doesn't like to wear clothes.

"Drake go get some pants on!" I growled

"Yeah… sorry about that, nice meeting you! I'm going back to bed."

"No… go get pants on then we have stuff to do!" Drake didn't answer he just whined and grumbled something down the hallway.

"Well it's very nice to meet you Tabitha."

"You can call me tabby." She spoke up with her mousy voice. She was the kind of girl you didn't notice in the hallways. She was ultra thin with no shape what so ever, she was as flat as a board front and back I don't think she even had to wear a training bra, for some reason Josh like those kinds of girls. She had long straight black hair down to her butt and large plastic frame glasses she wasn't ugly but she wasn't cute either she was just kind of there. And she's not like the kinda girls in the movies were they look frumpy at first and then have a great make over and find out there hot she just wasn't.

"Are you guys going to be staying for dinner?"

"Okay June Cleaver I don't know what we're doing yet." Josh said with a sarcastic snarl. I just scrunched my nose up and made a face at him, I know immature right? But I had no snappy remarks to throw back at him, this is a time that you wish Megan was around… where was Megan?

Megan was now staying with us in the basement and things weren't too bad between us a snotty remark here and there but we were working through it. Their parents not so happy, they called all day all night to make sure Megan wasn't partying it up in Holly Wood because we all know how that ends… dum dum dum dum… Drake! His mom was still pissed off at him about the whole pregnancy slash false pregnancy. Even after Bebe recanted everything they were still on his back about it. They really didn't talk anymore just yelled.

I walked into the bedroom Drake was where I first saw him sprawled out on the bed.

"Baby come on I told you were have to get some things today!"

"Like what aren't you having a baby shower or something?" The comment hit a sour note with me.

"Drake you're not supposed to plan your own baby shower and I guess I have no one close enough that thought it would be a good idea to plan one. Lisa's a little upset about it she wants me to come to Philly so she can plan one but I don't know if I want to go down there right now I don't want to deal with my mom's bull."

"Ash you're going to have to face them sooner or later and I know your brothers and sisters would probably love to see you, and how about your nana she calls here every day asking about you?"

"Maybe I should take a trip down there? Would you come with me if I did?" I asked laying down next to Drake putting my arm over his stomach and my head on his chest kissing it delicately.

"Of course I would come with you! You think I would let you travel alone pregnant your lucky I let you go to school by yourself."

"I love you like this?" I whispered softly.

"Like what?"

"Like the man I knew you could be, I know you love me before I had to guess it was like everyday it was different. Before when you would say I love you and meant it, it felt good and the days when you didn't, it just made the days you did feel 100 times better then it wore off and the inconsistency killed me. I hated playing this guessing game, but now you love me all the time." I pressed my ear against his chest relaxing listening to the sound of his heart beat.

"Ashlee I might have not shown it the right way but there was always a piece of my heart for you since the first night that I saw you, I was so scared to come up and talk to you, you seemed so sure of yourself sitting at the bar. I usually only talked to tiny boppers who would hang on every word. But I had seen you talking to everyone that had played and I knew you were different you didn't treat them like gods you kept their heads level." Drake rubbed my back kissing me on my fore head. "So I couldn't take it anymore I got the courage up to talk to you and what did you do! You said hi and then ignored me. I tried every night that week! All you could say was hi and then turned away from me. And then I was like if she doesn't talk to me tonight I'm done trying and then you actually talked to me you told me I played good. I was so excited I had to ask you out and in my head this little movie was playing of how we would be together forever. Your where so beautiful sitting there by yourself I just kept saying, why is she sitting by herself? I need to be sitting next to her kissing her and holding her. I lost that feeling along the way and took you for granted. But I always knew my life was so much fuller with you in it!"

Drake sat up on the bed making me sit up to. I just looked him in the eyes I knew her meant every word he had never told me how he felt about me except I love you but he never explained it like that. He made me feel so special like I was the ONE for his ONE.

"Thank you. No one has ever made me feel that special before in my entire life."

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