Free Newborn Love (BWWM) (Interracial with Baby) by Cristina Grenier Page A

above his eye, which made Ashley feel horrible for getting in the way trying to calm him down.
                  “Baby, please calm down!” Ashley screamed as she stood between him and the guard. Eric, who was a few feet way, had calmed down and was now smirking and trying to egg Adrian on. It got worse when Eric moved up closer behind Ashley and started gesturing and grinding behind her without Ashley’s knowledge. All she knew was that Adrian lunged past the guard and pushed Ashley out the way before tackling Eric. James was the one who pulled them apart and stopped the fight, but before he got things under control Adrian had gotten in at least a few hits which would most likely leave Eric with a black eye and some sore ribs that next day.
    “This shit has got to stop!” James shouted which seemed to shut everyone up that was within distance. Ashley jumped up and ran over to Adrian grabbing his hand to comfort him, but he snatched it away in anger. Eric still lay on the ground with the guards trying to assist him and make sure he was ok. By this point, people who had been trying to get inside the place were enjoying the show outside. With Jame’s outburst they started lining back up to get inside. As Adrian stormed off heading to his car, Ashley ran up to James.
    “Cuz, please accept my apology about all of this.  I’ll have to explain everything later. Tell Yvette that I love her, and that everything is fine. Again, I’m so sorry. Thank you,” she said giving James a quick hug and dashing off after Adrian.
    When she made it around to his car, he was about to pull off before she got in the way of his path.
    “Ashley, move! I could have hit you.”
    “Baby, wait. I can’t let you drive—how’s your eye? How’s your hand?
    “Thanks to you I may be bruised. Why did you get in the way, Ashley? I needed to handle that fool. And you really was fucking that nigga?” Adrian asked in disbelief waiting for her to respond.
    “Baby, we do need to talk about this but not right here. That was in the past. Let me drive us home and we’ll talk about everything once we get there,” Ashley begged.
    “Ashley, I need some time to calm down and clear my head. I wasn’t expecting all of this and I totally lost my shit. We’ll talk but not tonight. I’m fine driving…”
    “But baby, where will you go? I know you’re not going to your parents’ house like that?”
    “No, no, I’m not going there—I don’t want my family seeing me like this. I’ll be fine going home. Just let me go now before I get out this car like I want to and kick his ass some more,” Adrian said without looking at Ashley.
    “Ok baby, let me let you go. Please be careful, take your time and let me know when you get home, ok?” Ashley asked as she backed away from the car. The only response Ashley got was the sound of Adrian’s tires speeding off against the gravel of the parking lot, leaving behind so much smoke and dust that his car was gone once it cleared. Ashley tried to hold it together while she walked back to her car. There were a few people still outside from the all the ruckus that had just taken place, so she felt a little embarrassed. It then crossed her mind that with this small town and how everyone knows everyone, almost, what if it got back to her job all of the mess that she had gotten herself into. Fuck it, she thought; this is not what had her worried right now. She was concerned about Adrian and his wellbeing—it was obvious he had been rocked to the core upon learning of her and Eric’s past the way that he did. As soon as she pulled out of the parking lot headed home, Ashley began to cry. She was praying that this was not the end of her and Adrian, again, because of something from her past coming back to haunt her.
    When Ashley pulled up to her house, it was then that she realized she was being followed when the car that had been behind her for the past 10 minutes pulled up alongside of her. She didn’t