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Chapter Thirty- Nine

Forty minutes later, only stopping once at the cheese cake shop, we arrived at Melanie and Micheal's anniversary party. Angel had given Pete the address and he had promised to meet us here as soon as he can.

There are already loads of parked cars lining the sides of the road and up the driveway.

"How many people are your parents expecting, Nudge?" Ella asks, as I look around for a car park. Nudge shrugs next to me in the passenger seat. "Well, she sent out seventy-two invites, not sure how many RSVP'd."

"OH, there's one." Angel exclaims, leaning forward so I can see where she's pointing. I make a beeline for the park and sneak in just before another car turns in. The driver in the other car beeps their horn at me.

"Sorry!" I wave at the person I just cut off. They look familiar. "Who's that?" I ask as the driver makes a hand gesture at me, not at all impressed. I turn of the ignition.

Nudge lets out a sudden burst of laughter then slouches down in her chair covering her face with her hands.

"What?" I ask slouching down myself.

"Is that Daniel Andrews?" Angel asks laughing as well. I sit up again and look at the guy in the car, as he drives off, giving me one last death glare. It is him. Daniel Nudges ex boyfriend, the one that came on our camping trip that time years ago.

"What's he doing here?" Nudge says looking shocked.

"He lives in this street doesn't he?" Ella asks.

"His parents do. He moved out about a year ago."

"Are his parents invited?" I ask.

"Yeah- I guess so. All mum and dad's friends in the street are coming." She says. We all get out of the car picking up hand bags and desserts and presents as we do.

"Well, there you go then, they can't invite his parents and not invite him." I say, smiling to myself.

"Oh stop it." Nudge hits my arm playfully, almost making me drop the cheese cake Ella just passed me. We share a look 'gosh that was close' before she says "You love to see me squirm."

I laugh, patting her shoulder. "It does bring me joy."

We find the boys in the kitchen leaning over Levi in his high chair. Gazzy has a baby spoon and is trying to make Levi eat his baby food. "Its so yummy Levi. Mm. Look Uncle Gazzy Likes it. Yum-" Gazzy puts the food to his mouth then pulls a face spitting it back out again into the bowl in front of Levi. Levi laughs hysterically.

"Yum." He says to Levi looking pained. "So yummy. You try." He takes a spoon full and moves it to Levi's lips. Iggy stops him by putting his hand over Levi's mouth. Levi laughs again, making happy baby sounds.

"Did you just spit that from in your mouth into my babies food?" He asks.

"Here." Fang cuts in picking up Levi from his highchair and grabbing a banana from the fruit bowl off the bench, peeling it and putting it to Levi's mouth. Levi eats it without a sound. His little clear blue eyes watching the three boys.

Nudge clears her throat. The three of them look around at us four girls standing in the doorway.

"We have everything under control." Iggy says, hearing Nudge.

"Yes. I can see that. No troubles feeding him his lunch?"

"No, no, not at all." Gazzy reply's trying to hold back his smile. Nudge laughs.

"Eating whole fruits now is he?" Nudge asks.

"Yeah, well we thought it was time, you know, he's like his father. Advanced." Iggy says grinning in Nudge's direction. He puts his hand out and touches her hair. Nudge pushes him with her shoulder playfully. He laughs and taking her face in his hands and pecks her on the lips. Excuse my girly moment. Awww. Their so darn cute.

I walk over to Fang, who's rocking Levi gently in one arm holding the banana in his other hand. I put the cheese cake down on the bench on the way. I turn my face up to him and he smiles down at me kissing my temple. "Baby whisper, babe." He says grinning.

I smile back. "Yes, I see that."

Gazzy huffs. "You only got him to eat because I had done all the hard work. He was about to eat if Ig had let me."

Iggy laughs. "Oh what, mother bird feed my kid?" We all join in with Iggy laughing. Gazzy grins but looks a little abashed.

"Ah, darlings, you're here. The boys said you got lost?" I turn to see Melanie coming into the kitchen with an empty tray, which she puts in the sink. Melanie reaches Ella first and kisses her on the cheek. "Ella. Hi Sweetheart. How are you?"

"Great Melanie. Happy Anniversary." Ella replies smiling.

"Good, good." Melanie touches her cheek motherly. "And you Angel, how are you going. I here you have a special someone in your life." She says kissing her on the cheek as well. Angel blushes.

"Yes, he's coming today. I hope that's alright?"

"Yes. Of course darling. I look forward to meeting him."

"My girl." Nudge and her mum hug. "What's this about getting lost?" Melanie asks.

"Well, we didn't get lost, lost, we just happened to pass where Pete, Angels new boyfriend, was working and thought we should, you know- invite him to the party." Nudge answers her mum.

"Ah, you just happened to pass?" Iggy asks shaking his head.

Melanie smiles. "Good idea. I should have sent him an invitation. Tell me when he gets here, wont you Angel?" Angel promised she will.

Melanie turns to me last, pulling me into a hug. "My Maxine. How are you my sweet? How are you going working at the newspaper?"

Nudge laughs. "Mum. Careful, I'm going to start thinking you love Max more then me."

An hour later Pete Marley arrived.

Nudge and I are sitting on the porch swing with Levi watching Fang, Iggy, Gazzy and Pete talking around the table on the grass several meters away from the porch.

"I mean." Nudge is saying. "He's just so hot. Like so good looking. Fang good looking."

"What? Is 'Fang good looking' a rating system?" I ask. Not wanting to agree with her, that I think he's really good looking. Not as good looking as Fang, but he's differently eye catching. The two of them were standing next to each other before and they looked like quite the intimidating pair. Both a good couple inches over six foot, tanned skinned, dark eyed. But Pete's broader then Fang with a wider chest and shoulders. Where as Fangs leaner with thinner legs and arms and more sculpted. And while Fang has sharp straight features and defined cheek bones, Pete has a very slightly hooked nose and and a square jaw.

Fang catches my eye and gives me a weird look. I realize I was staring between him and Pete to obviously. I turn my attention back to Nudge.

Nudge is giving me the same look Fang was. But she grins. "Were you just comparing them?"

"NO."

"Yes you were. Did you hear what I said?"

"What did you say?"

She rolls her eyes. "I said would you take Levi for awhile? I want to go and see if Mum needs any help cleaning away lunch and bringing out dessert."

"Oh, sorry." I take Levi from her and hold him to my chest. He puts his head against my shoulder and takes a fistful of my hair into his tiny hand.

"Thanks." Nudge bends down and kisses Levi's head then mockingly does the same to me. I laugh as she walks off.

When I look back up to the boys table Fangs not there. I look around the garden at all the tables set up with people laughing and talking loudly while sipping the campaign that Michael opened earlier in celebration.

"Looking for me?" Fang asks as he sits down next to me giving me a fright.

"I hate it when you do that." I say frowning.

"Hm, I know." He kisses me between my brows.

"Is this little man getting tied?" He asks in a soft voice, lightly rubbing Levi's back.

"Yeah. Poor baby. I might try to find him somewhere to take a nap."

"Aunty Melanie has the bassinet still set up, up stairs in Nudges old room, for when she looks after him."

Nudge's room had been turned into a guest room after she moved out. It has been repainted an off-white and has a nicely made up double bed with a bedside table on either side, a dresser with a TV on it and an arm chair. Levi's bassinet is placed in the middle of the room at the end of the bed.

I place Levi into his bed wrapped in his blanket. I run my finger as lightly as I can across his smooth tanned skin. I can't imagine what it's like for Iggy, not being able to see his own son, I say this to Fang who sighs deeply. "He can feel him, hold him, comfort him, love him. That's all Iggy cares about."

Nudge had told me, there were a few agonizing moments after the birth of Levi when she and Iggy waited to hear him cry. And when he did, Nudge said there was this amazing look of wonder and joy and love that took over Iggy's face. She said it was the second most beautiful moment of her life. That must sound strange to you. I'll tell you the first in time.

Iggy was so scared in the last few weeks of the pregnancy, he had been so brave and supportive of Nudge the whole way through and then in those last week's he started to freak out. He didn't know how he was going to look after a child without being able to see. It was all so terrifying for him.

He was scared he wouldn't be able to protect his child properly. What if, when the baby starts walking he runs off and Iggy doesn't know where he went?

But when the midwife put Levi in his arms all of that disappeared. He ran his finger across his tiny baby's face, Levi gripped Iggy's finger and Iggy blinked back tears.

That was the first most beautiful moment.

"He has your eye's." Nudge had told Iggy.

"Is he beautiful?"

"So beautiful. He's got my completion, but with blue eye's- he's amazing." Iggy could no longer blink back his tears, he wept over his baby, not being about to see him, and hurting for that, but loving him so so much.

"Yeah. Ig's great with Levi." I say sitting down on the bed.

"He is." Fang says leaning over me and smiling, moving his face towards mine.

"Did you see Daniel Andrews? He's here."

"Max." He moves his face closer.

"I stole his car spot."

"Max." And a little closer.

"It was an accident, well... not really."

"Max stop talking." He mumbles against my lips.