Gemma’s POV

I woke up with the feeling of being snuggled. I was fine at first, but when I saw the hand on my belly, and smacked it when I saw it was Isis'.
“Ow!” She said as she pulled away.
“How did you get in?!” I asked glaring at her, “you seem to pop up everywhere.”
“That’s my job!” She laughed, “Besides, CC let me in. We have shit to do!”
“Go loo then if you need a shit.” I said, as I rolled back over and put the quilt over my head.
“Nooo..We gotta prepare for your party!” Isis said as she yanked the quilt away from me.
“I’m sleeping for two now,” I said, trying to wrestle the quilt off her, “it’s like eating for two but I sleep all the time.” She laughed.
“It doesn’t work like that!” She pulled the covers off of me and threw them into to the wardrobe, “Come on!” She flicked on the lights and opened the curtain to make the room as bright as possible.
“It does now,” I said, “Go away you evil woman, I’m growing a human.”
“Slacker!” she said as she walked out the room. I laid there trying to go back to sleep but was interrupted by CC.
“Isis told me to wake you up..” He grumbled as he turned off the light.
“How is she so awake right now?” I mumbled.
“No idea,” he said, “She’s not human.” He came and laid down next to me looking like he was about to go back to sleep too. “Where are the covers?” I pointed to the wardrobe and closed my eyes again. I hear him go grab the covers before laying back in bed again.
“Oh yeah..How many people are coming?” He asked.
“I dunno,” I said, “A few, there’s you guys, and partners, and Ben, that’s about it I think.”
“Wait.. Ben is coming?” He asked concerned.
“Yeah,” I said, “I couldn’t not invite one of my best friends, just cuz Ashley has it in for him. Right now he has more right to be here than Ashley. Ashley’s coming cuz he’s Isis’ other half and your band mate, he’s lost a lot of my respect lately.”
“I don’t understand what’s been going on with him lately, but he’s still my best friend. I would want him to be here.” CC said. “However I do understand where you’re coming from.”
“I dunno what’s going on with him either,” i said, “but whatever it is he needs to sort out whatever it is, I don’t like where he’s going, it’s not good for him or Isis.”
“I know.” he said. “Does Isis know that you’re inviting Ben?”
“Crap,” I said, “I knew I forgot to do something, bloody baby brain messing with my brain.”
“Yeah that would’ve been a good thing to do so she could’ve warned Ashley about it.” CC chuckled. His phone chimed and he went to go look at it. “Oh shit. I gotta go get the cake. Isis is blowing up my phone.” He sat up and went to get changed.
“Lock the door!” I said quickly, “We need to hide. She’ll find us if we don’t lock this door, then we can sleep.” CC laughed.
“Come on..” CC walked around in front of me after he got dressed and kissed my cheek, “Get up and get ready. I’ll be back with Ashley in time for the party.”
“How come you get to escape her?” I whined. He grinned.
“I’m just doing my assigned job,” He laughed as he shrugged, “go do yours.”
“So sleep?” I asked hopefully, “Or grow a human?”
“Sleep for a little bit," he compromised, "but then you gotta get ready. From the sounds of things, Isis got everything handled since you are ‘slacking’ as she says.”
“I’m growing a human,” I objected, “That’s hard work, so ner.” I stuck my tongue out.
“I’ll see ya later.” He laughed, “I may or may not leave the door unlocked.”
“I hate you.” I mumbled into the cushion as he left.
"Love you too!" He said as he shut the door. I snugged up with the covers again and fell back to sleep.


Isis POV

I became more and more excited since today was the day we were gonna find out if Gemma was going to have a boy or girl. This was the only time we were going to be able to do the shower because the guys have been busy with mixing the record, film their music videos and soon had to leave for their press tour. I look at the time to see that it was almost time to get the cake. That was the only job I gave CC and he’s slacking as well. I roll my eyes as I grabbed my phone and texted CC to remind him. I also sent out a text to Ashley giving him a shopping list. A few minutes later, I see CC walk past me before walking out.
“Slacker!” I said to him.
“Yeah yeah.. I’m on it.” he said as he waved his hand before grabbing his keys and walking out. I looked at the time and saw that there was still a couple of hours until the party started. I realized that I still never ate breakfast so I helped myself to whatever they had while watching tv. I checked the time and remembered that I wasn’t done setting up yet. I carried on with setting up the decorations and was doing the finishing touches while Gemma still laid in bed before everyone came. Ashley and CC was the first to arrive with the cake and soon after that, more people came. CC walked to the room to check on Gemma and somehow convinced her to get up for the party.
Soon enough everyone else was started to arrive. It wasn't a typical baby shower because there wasn't many girls or people, but we still decided to make do with what we got and play the lame traditional games that you usually do at baby showers. Andy, Juliet, CC, Gemma, Ashley and I all sat in the living room chatting when I noticed someone walk in from the corner of my eye.
"Ben!" I froze as Gemma said and she walked up to him and gave him a hug. "I didn't think you would make it."
"Of course I'd come be here for one of my favourite girls," he said, looking over at me. I quickly looked away. I became worried about Ashley’s reaction to Ben being here.
"Play nice," said Gemma quiet enough for only those close to her to hear.
"When don't I?" Said Ben with a smirk.
"I mean it," Gemma replied, "whenever we have parties they always seem to turn into drama, so all three of you need to behave." She looked at me and Ashley as well as Ben.
"Yeah Ash." I teased but mostly meaning it. He glared at me. I quickly looked to Gemma.
"Alrighty then. It's time for another game!" Gemma said as she walked into the kitchen and I followed to grab the materials needed.
“Why didn’t you tell me that Ben was going to be coming?!” I whispered in a panic.
“Opps?” she said, “Baby brain, also I thought you said the other day you didn’t care about him?”
“I-I don’t! I’m just worried about Ashley.” I said glancing out of the room to see Ashley glaring at Ben from across the room with his arm crossed. “You know they’re going to kill each other, right?”
“I’ll bring them both back and they can clean up the mess then I’ll kill Ashley for making the mess.” She shrugged. I facepalmed.
“It’s not that simple.” I mumbled, “I haven’t seen Ben since everything happened at Mayhem.”
“And?” She asked, “What makes it complicated? Ben likes you, You like Ben and Ashley, for some reason I cannot comprehend right now. I don’t like Ashley but I like Ben, so Ben will be the one that gets kept.”
“I don’t like Ben that way!” I said, “You don’t get it..”
“Yeah you do,” she replied, “You just haven’t realised it yet.”
“Should my ears be burning as much as they are?” Asked Ben as he came into the kitchen. I jumped as I quickly looked at him.
“We were not talking about you.” I said.
“What else would you be talking about then?” he asked, “I’m the most awesome person here.” he smirked.
“Nope. I believe I am.” I said as I smiled. Ben pouted in response. I reached for his face but quickly pulled away. “Stop that.” He pouted even more. I held my hand up to block my view from seeing him. “Anyways, Gemma..” She laughed.
“See ya.” she said waving as she left the room, leaving just Ben and I. I sighed as I looked back at him.
“Sooo…” I said as I fidgeted awkwardly.
“What the hell is wrong with you? Come here!” he laughed as he hugged me. That instantly broke the ice and I hugged him. I sighed as I realized how much I really did missed him.
“That’s better.” he said, I tried to pull away but he didn’t let go, “like I’m gunna let you escape this hug anytime soon.” He chuckled.
“You weirdo!” I laughed, “We can’t be here all day!”
“Who says?” he asked. “This is what happens when we don’t see each other in so long. We gotta catch up on hugs.” I rolled my eyes as I hugged him tightly.
“There?” I laughed.
“I thought you loved my hugs?” he said, pouting again as he let me go. I looked away.
“It’s not that. I’m just worried about Ashley...” My voice trailed off before I said too much.
“Screw Ashley.” he said, “I haven’t seen you since before everything kicked off, I need to know you’re ok.”
“I’m fine. Things are just... different now.” I said.
“That sounds bad different.” he said, looking concerned, “What’s up?”
“Nothing is bad. I just gotta get used to things.” I said, “but for the most part things are good. I got to sing in the new album the guys are making!” I said changing the subject
“Oh dear,” he laughed, “They’ll have to autotune it all then.”
“What! I am a decent singer, thank you very much!” I laughed, “You just never heard me sing before.”
"I heard about the pool part song massacre" he said laughing.
“Shh that was just me being silly.” I said.
"If you say so," he said skeptically.
“I know so!” I said. “Unlike you.”
"Hey!" He protested, "I'll have you know I sing way better than Danny. Can't scream for shit though."
“You can do other things better than him too.” I laughed.
"So I've heard," he smirked, "like making women scream." I felt my face heat up.
“On stage right?” I laughed nervously.
"And off." He winked at me. I looked away.
“Anyways..” I said awkwardly. “So where have you been? Why haven’t I heard from you in so long?”
"I've been texting you," he said, "I thought you were ignoring me, I never got a reply."
“I haven’t gotten anything…?” I said, “You sure you’ve been trying to talk to me? I mean I know I’ve fallen off the wagon, but come on. Gotta come up with a better excuse than that.”
"I honestly have been texting, look." He showed me his phone. There was loads of texts in his inbox that he'd sent to me, but I'd never seen any of them.
“Why didn’t you try visiting?” I asked frustrated, “Or contacting me through any of my social medias?”
"I knew that texting would be easier,” he started, "well it should have been, and I knew that you'd be busy with travelling to help the guys with this album, you have no idea how hard it's been to not drop everything and come kidnap you for myself." I looked at him and sighed. I could hear Gemma introduce the game to everyone, signaling me to return to the room. I joined her with a bunch of baby bottles and a few sodas and beer.
"Okay we're gonna have a chugging contest with these bottles. The only rule is you're not allowed to unscrew the bottle. Now tell me your choice of drink." Gemma said as I made everyone's bottle and passed them all out.
"So when do we start chugging?" Asked Ben, "cuz we all know I'll win."
"Money where your mouth time brucey," Gemma said, "fiver you loss."
"Do I look like a washed up tv presenter?" Said Ben, "and you're on." They shook hands. We all got ready.
"3..2..1!" Gemma shouted and we all started chugging. Andy apparently regrets asking for soda. I was first to finish, I slammed my bottle down and smiled as Gemma, then CC finished. Andy was second to last and as predicted, Ben lost, so he paid Gemma her $5.
"I swore to never again to choke on soda again!" Exclaimed Andy.
"Well at least it wasn't through a tiny straw this time." Said Gemma
"You saw that?" Andy said embarrassed, "I hate Chance."
"No you don't," I said, "those sketches are awesome."
"I think everyone's seen them." Laughed Juliet, "you know how the bvb fanbase is like, news travels faster than the plague."
"Don't be embarrassed," said Gemma, "we know why your acting career went south." She laughed sticking her tongue out playfully.
"Just like someone else's." Muttered Ben. I shot him a glare, knowing exactly what he was on about.
"Was that a stab at me?" Asked Ashley.
"Was what a what?" Asked Ben, smirking. I stepped between them.
"Don't you two dare!" I said, "today is about Gemma and CC, stop with your petty nonsense."
"Stop defending him." Ashley said in a low warning tone.
"She can defend me all she wants." Ben said with a smirk, "It's not her fault I'm a lovable person."
"Ben, stop." Said Gemma, "don't cause a scene, not today. You know I won't hesitate to kick you out, and same goes for you Ashley." She looked over to him. Ashley looked at me before pulling me into the kitchen where we were alone.
"What the hell was that?" He said, his eyes filled with anger.
"What are you talking about?" I said.
"You defended Ben!" he growled, "I should be your first thought, not him, or should I just give up now?"
"What! No I didn't. I was stopping both of you guys before it got out of hand." I said.
"You keep telling yourself that," he said, "and stop flirting with him, you're starting to embarrass yourself, you're starting to sound like a slut." My eyes widened. Did I just hear that correctly?
"I-I'm sorry?" I said, unsure how to respond, "I promise I wasn't flirting with him though."
"Yeah right," he scoffed, "you were in here for so long by yourselves earlier, you just can't help yourself. This is why I wanted you to stay away from him in the first place."
"Nothing happened with him though!" I said frustrated.
"Whatever," he said, "I've seen the way you two look at each other! That's enough to turn anyone’s stomach."
"Whatever." I mumbled. He pressed me against the wall so he was just inches from my face.
"You're mine Isis," he said, "do you get that? Stop flirting, don't even look at him." I looked back at him scared, and gulped.
"Okay." I whispered.
"Good," he said, "now let's get back in there." I nodded as we walked back into the living room, trying my best to avoid looking at Ben.
"Little tiff done with now?" Asked Gemma, she didn't look happy.
"Mind your own business." Ashley muttered.
"Hey!" Said CC, "don't talk to Gemma like that!" Ashley glared at CC, but luckily he didn't notice.
"Anyway!" Said Juliet, "new game time?" Gemma went and got 2 dolls off the dining table and put them on the coffee table and the places a pile of clothes and a diaper next to them.
"Two teams," she said, "whoever gets the doll dressed, properly wins. So Ashley, Isis, andy and Juliet, and me, CC and Ben."
"No." Said Ashley, "I'm not in the mood for games."
"Well good thing because that evens out the teams anyway." Added Gemma.
"Let's get started!" I said as I got near Andy and Juliet. "I have a feeling that we will have to take charge of this." I said to Juliet as she laughed.
"Hey I know what I'm doing!" Andy said defensively.
"If you say so hun.." Juliet said patting his shoulder.
"And go!" Said Gemma. Andy apparently wanted to prove himself because he was the first to grab our doll and diaper. But already got stuck trying to figure out how it went on. He fumbled with it a bit before he glanced up at Juliet and I who were just watching him, amused.
"What happened to team work?" He said frustrated a few seconds later.
"What happened to you knowing what you're doing?" I laughed as I stepped in and put the diaper on properly. I glanced over at Gemma's team and saw her slap Ben hands away. I look back over at our doll and passed it to Juliet as she managed to get the one leg into the pants.
"Done!" CC said, looking proud of himself, as he held up their baby, properly clothed.
"Well guess who gets nappy duty then." Laughed Gemma.
"Nah that's a job for the aunt." He said as he pointed at me. I scoffed.
"Really?" Gemma replied, "look at the state of their one." She pointed at our doll that looked like it went through a tornado.
"Hey in our defense, Mr. Andy said he knew how to put a diaper on." I said laughing. "So that ate up most of our time."
"Yeah whatever." Gemma laughed.
"Yeah well, it's different on a doll." Said Andy trying to defend himself again. Gemma made a w with her hands and mouthed 'whatever'.
"Oh my god," said Ben face palming, "you actually use that?" Gemma replied by slapping his chest. I walked to Ashley and sat next to him again.
"Wait what?" I looked at Gemma confused.
"British chavvy hand sign," she said, "it's old, like used when Ben and I were in senior school old. Got kinda annoying after a while."
"Am I bovvered?" Said Ben trying not to laugh.
"Oh god!" Said Gemma resting her head on the table in front of her.
"You know you love Lauren though." Laughed Ben.
"No!" Said Gemma, "she annoyed the crap out of me, preferred Catherine Tate as Donna Noble."
"You would, you're a nerd." Laughed Ben.
"Oi watch it space man!" She said
"Oi watch it earth girl!" He replied, everyone looked at them like they were speaking a foreign language.
"Freaks.." I mumbled.
"But you love us," said Ben smiling at me. I flinched as I felt a sharp pinch on my thigh.
"Nope." I replied to Ben, looking away.
"Fine then," Ben said, "be like that." After a little bit, I glanced down at Ashley's hand that was resting on my leg. Was that pinch really necessary?
We continued on with another game and after that did the gifts exchange. I was assigned to take photos and notes of who brought what so Gemma and CC would remember to give thank you cards to.
"Cake time!" Gemma said as she folded the baby onesie and placed it back into the gift bag, "come help me in the kitchen, Isis!" I quickly jumped up and joined her in the kitchen.
"So?" She asked, "what happened earlier? things looked kinda tense, what's going on with you two? Both of you have been acting weird, well weirder than usual."
"Everything is fine." I said, she looked skeptical. "What do you mean by weirder than usual?"
"Like I said, I know the signs," she said, "what is he doing to you? You're too quiet."
"Oh don't start that again," I said, "I told you already that everything is fine. So drop it."
"No I won't," she said, "I've been where you are, I know the signs first hand, and to be honest Ashley was the last person I'd think of when talking about domestic violence. But Isis you have to talk to me, emotional and mental abuse is just as bad as physical."
"I promise that everything between Ashley and I are fine. Yeah there's a few things that we compromise on. But it's mostly fine." I said trying to reassure her.
"So why don't I believe you?" She asked. "I swear if he does anything to you, you tell me, and I don't mean like hitting, I mean little things, it starts off psychological and then gets physical in my experience." Should I tell her what was going on?
"Well..." I began until Ashley walked in.
"Hey did you guys need extra help?" He asked, clearly not caring if we actually did or not.
"We're your ears burning or were you just stood outside the door listening in?" Gemma said, not happy with him, "I swear I will hurt you." She turned back to me.
"Isis," she said quiet enough for me to hear, "you've become like a sister to me, and I will not let you go through what I did." I hugged her.
"I've told you a million times. Everything is okay." I said. "Now let's eat cake."
"Ok," she said still unconvinced, she picked up the cake and took it into the other room. Once Gemma was out the room, Ashley gave me a dirty look. I grabbed the plates and ice cream and quickly walked around Ashley before joining her.
"So who thinks what?" Asked Gemma
"Boy," said CC
"Girl," said Juliet
"Girl," said Andy.
"Boy," said Ben.
"So that's 2 for a girl, 2 for a boy," Gemma said again, "I'm gunna say girl too, what about you Isis?"
"Girl! Only because I wanna dress her up." I laughed. She smiled as she shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"Ok here goes." Said Gemma as she cut into the cake, she pulled the slice up, revealing the pink insides, "looks like we're having a girl." She smiled at CC as she put the cake on a plate, they looked so happy as they kissed. I looked down at my feet, shifting about uncomfortably. At that moment I began to think how I nearly ruined this a few months ago with the threesome that Ashley and I had with CC. Ashley's right, I'm a horrible person. I'm lucky he even loves me. Just then, I felt Ashley's hand on my shoulder, his tight grip making me flinch slightly.
"Let's go." He said quietly. I nodded and walked over to Gemma.
"Hey we're gonna go home now." I said.
"Already?" She said, "what's up?"
"I'm not feeling so well" I lied, "I just need to rest."
"If you say so," she said, "call me if you need me for anything." She added lowering her voice.
"Congrats on your baby girl! Can't wait to start making her cute fluffy dresses and such!" I said with a fake laugh, quickly changing the subject. She gave me a knowing look but knew.
"Oohhhh yeah," she said, "embarrassing pictures for future boyfriends to see."
"Definitely." I laughed, "Alrighty. See ya later." I waved as I walked out and got into Ashley's car as we had a ride home in chilling silence. Once we were home, I went straight for the room hoping to get some space from Ashley.
"What the fuck were you thinking today?" He shouted, following me into the bedroom, "you humiliated me in front of my friends! I'm sure I told you to behave yourself and not make a fool out of me! But you just had to flirt with that waste of space!"
"I wasn't flirting!" I said frustrated again.
"You couldn't keep your eyes off him!" He shouted, "I saw the subtle glances, don't lie to me!
"I'm sorry!" I quickly said. "I didn't mean to..”
“Why were you in the kitchen with him for so long?" He backed me into a corner and towered over me making me shake again.
“We were just talking and wondering why he wasn’t in contact with me." I said, "I didn't mean any harm by it. But it still didn't answer why I wasn't receiving any of his messages, he had loads in his inbox that had sent but never delivered, you wouldn't happen to know why that is would you?"
"No you never do, do you?!" He still shouted, "it's never your fault, is it? Just once I wish you would do as you're told, and listen to me! And I have no idea why those messages didn't get delivered, and I think it's ridiculous that you would think that I would have something to do with that!" I sighed.
"You're right. Also I promise I will listen to you next time." I said.
"You're lucky if let you go today," he said, "There won't be a next time because you're not going anywhere now! Not unless I say, and what have you told Gemma? She seems to think I'm doing something to you, but why would I want to touch someone like you?"
"I didn't tell her anything! I don't know where she's coming up with this stuff." I said.
"Give me your phone and iPad" he said holding out his hand, "unlock them for me, I need to see your messages."
"What! No!" I said, "this is getting ridiculous now."
"No," he said, "you are, I can't trust you anymore, what am I going to do with you? I can't keep my eyes off you for one second without you ruining everything."
"What's a relationship without trust?" I asked as I remembered what Gemma mentioned before the incident before Mayhem.
"Exactly," he said, "I'm trying to keep us together, without me you are nothing! No one would want you. If anything I'm doing you a favour by staying with you." I looked down.
"You're right. I'm sorry." I said defeated.
"Good," he said, "maybe next time you'll behave, but I don't want you spending as much time with Gemma, and I'll keep your phone and iPad, so give them to me."
"But.. Gemma is my only friend." I whined. "You can't stop me from talking to her."
"I can and I will," he said, "she's not someone I want you hanging out with anymore. Either way she'll be too busy for you once the baby's born, she doesn't need another cling on."
"If it wasn't for her, you would've never met me though." I said, "besides I could always help her."
"Maybe my life would be a lot less stressful without you," he snarled, as I felt like he just stabbed my heart, "and like she would want you helping her... She would end up having to do everything herself anyway, you're useless."
"I could go and visit her whenever I want." I mumbled.
"Not anymore," he said as he patted my pockets and grabbed my phone one he found it. Then walked over to my bag and took out my iPad, "now unlock them." I did so and with that he walked out of the room with my things in his hands. I changed into my pajamas before crawling into bed. I'm glad he didn't think to take away my car keys. Maybe that's something I need to give to Gemma just in case. Or hide a spare somewhere.. I need to get out of here before it gets worse. But I love him too much. I began to cry. I wish things was like how it was before Vegas. I screwed things up. For the first time, I'm starting to feel worthless.

Notes

So here's the Chance and Andy video that referenced Andy drinking soda with a straw.
http://youtu.be/vcT8tfPJino

Yay! Finally another update! I just remembered that we had a chapter that was prewritten so I was able to post it with no problem!

To be honest, I gotta say.. It is so weird to be updating this.. I really do miss my friendship with Gemma. Although she may not believe it, I really hoped for a better outcome with us.

Regardless, I will try my best to continue this and soon enough will edit her out of the fanfic. I may also bring in a new co writer. Who knows.. All of this is still weird for me.

Anyways, sorry for the hold up. I hope to hear from you guys soon!

<3, IsisChaos