45-She Seems Lovely

**Daveed's POV**

I sneak out of bed early while Zuri and Sav sleep. Zuri doesn't have to be up for work for another hour, so I don't want to wake her this early. I wish I could say they're sleeping peacefully, but Zuri is hogging the blankets and all tangled up and Sav is snoring incredibly loud. I take my phone and record them while trying not to laugh. Sav can no longer deny that she snores in her sleep. I end the recording and put on my grey joggers with a white t-shirt, then head downstairs to the kitchen to cook breakfast so my beautiful women have something to eat when they get up.
Ten minutes into cooking and Isabella comes out of the guest room she's staying in, wearing her favorite old Beatles t-shirt and soft pajama pants with little rabbits all over them and her glasses of course. She might look like one of those stereotypical 'dumb blondes' when she's dressed up, but she's very nerdy and insanely smart. Her intelligence is what captivated me for so long and her looks made it even easier. I'm not sure what work she's doing now, but when we were together she was a successful civil engineer who was responsible for designing bridges and major structures. I used to look at her like she held the entire world in her hands. Now? I feel nothing at all.
She comes into the kitchen and tries to avoid eye contact at first. Last night, I might not have been very nice to her, but what did she expect when she came to my door? A welcome home celebration? Fuck that. If it wasn't a hassle to remove her from the mortgage, it would have been done by now if she would have responded to any of my calls or texts and didn't block me. I couldn't remove her without her permission. Now that she's here, I can get that started.
"I need your permission to remove you from the mortgage. We're not together, so there's no reason for you to be on it." I cut straight to the chase.
"I'm not doing that. At least not right now." She responds.
"What's your game here, Issy?" I fold my arms and lean against the island.
"There is no game, D. I made a mistake by leaving. I know it took me a while to muster up the courage to come here and tell you, but I'm sorry. That night really hurt me and I got cold feet, started overthinking things and I figured it would be better if I left before we got married. Maybe you don't consider it cheating when a mostly naked woman is grinding all on you, but I do. How would you have felt if it was the other way around? If you walked into my suite and saw a sexy nearly naked man rubbing his penis all over me? You would have beaten the shit out of him!" She's not lying. I would have put that man in the hospital.
"Yeah I would've beaten his ass, but I still would have married you because I would have listened to you when you told me it was completely unexpected as well as you being drunk off your ass and not in the right mind frame to make the best decisions. I would have trusted that it wasn't your intention and things happened so fast that you made a mistake by not weighing any other options in that moment. Intention matters. I wasn't enjoying that stripper at all, but I didn't want to embarrass her. That's why I didn't touch her. I wasn't even looking at her." I don't know why I'm even bothering with this. I don't have to prove anything to her anymore.
"I freaked out, okay? I was already a nervous fucking wreck and that was the icing on top of the cake." She run her fingers through her long, blonde hair. She always does that when she gets frustrated.
"Look, we clearly weren't meant to be together, Issy. Things happened that way for a reason and we're where we are meant to be now. I'm sorry for hurting you, truly. You're going to be absolutely perfect for a great guy one day. It can't be me though. I've faced the pain of losing you already and completely moved on from it. I've found my forever." She doesn't look convinced.
"You fucked two women last night. Doesn't look like you've found your 'forever'. Does your new girlfriend know about that? And by the way, you guys were loud and very obnoxious." She's trying to mask the hurt and I almost feel bad. At that moment, Sav and Zuri walk into the kitchen in nothing but my shirts and panties. Or at least I think they're wearing panties. Sav of course looks like she's ready to throw hands at any point and Zuri looks like she would be willing to befriend Issy to keep things peaceful. I love my little fireball and angel. I make their plates for them and even made one for Issy because I'm not a complete dick. It's just pancakes and bacon.
"Issy, this is Sav and Zuri. Ladies, this is Issy." Zuri and Issy say hello, but Sav just gave a single little head nod.
"So, what brings you here, Issy?" Sav asked with a tone that says 'try me if you want to'. I feel like I have a bodyguard. I also feel like this is about to go way south.
Issy is not a mean or confrontational person by any means, but she's also not a push over. "I'm here to tell Daveed that I made a mistake and I'm still in love with him. What brings you here?" She shot back. Uh oh.
"The father of my child brings me here. Don't waste your time, Past Time." Damn! Why'd she have to go for the kill like that?
Issy gasps and looks at me like she just got slapped. "You have a baby? With *her*?" The emphasis she put on 'her' brings a satisfied look on Saviera's face and Zuri's just sitting there as if she's used to this kind of fuckery, eating a couple of bites like it's a normal Thursday morning. If 'mind my business' were a person, it would be her. Maybe I could have prevented this, but Sav was more mature about this last night than she is this morning. It must be the hormones, but I know better than to say that out loud. I know Sav isn't about to get into a fight while pregnant or even do anything to make Issy feel the need to get physical.
"They're both the mothers of my children. We're a polyamorous family." I explain. Issy looks defeated. Zuri might not be pregnant yet, but I'm going to make love to her every day until she is.
"Wow. So while I've been in Jersey crying over you, you've been fucking around and having threesomes?" Her attempt to make me feel bad isn't working.
"I did my fair share of crying over you, but that was then and this is now. It's been a year and a half. Move on, Issy. That's what you should have been doing instead of crying over something that you weren't even trying to fix all that time." Now Sav is eating her food like she didn't just crush a woman's heart. At least she's tame for now.
"You're right! I'm about to go find two men to fuck! Maybe they can be my 'forever'." She made air quotes with her fingers and stomps out of the kitchen and into the guest room, then slams the door. I just start making my own plate.
"She seems lovely." Zuri added, making Sav and I laugh.
"She's actually a cool person and I think you three would get along great if it were under different circumstances. Play nice, Sav. She's no threat, so put your claws away." She rolled her eyes. She's definitely getting tied down again later.
"Fine. I'll be nice. Maybe I did take it a little too far." She admitted.
I gave a short chuckle, "Yeah, you kind of did. You're the little devil on my left shoulder and Zuri is the angel on my right shoulder. I slightly enjoyed it, but also knew it was wrong."
"I like that. It gives me ideas for Halloween." Zuri looks at Sav, "Wanna be basic bitches this year? Devil and angel costumes? Obviously not slutty looking ones considering we'll be big and pregnant by Halloween."
"Yeah, I'm in. Except we're definitely getting some slutty ones for the bedroom too." I can get with that.
"Sounds like a plan. I'm going to get ready for work." She kisses Sav then walks around the island to give me a kiss too. Her kisses no longer feel platonic. They feel right.