Maia:

The small gift was enough to have her tearing up. “Thank you,” she said as she looked at the gift. It was in gender neutral colors, which was fine because Maia still didn’t know what she was having. Even if it was a girl or boy she wouldn’t push ‘gender stereotypes’ onto her child. Her mothers were lesbian which gave her a different upbringing than George who was raised by a single father. They had already gotten several comments about asking for boy and girl toys for their baby. Maia used to play with Tony’s cars and trucks all the time and she turned out fine.

Maia scowled as she turned to see the girl Ashley kissing her cousin. It wasn’t so much as a hate rather than a dislike towards the girl. Tony looked a bit freaked out and despite not talking to her cousin for several years she was still protective of him.

“Tony!” She called out to the dark haired man, “Come help me get some things for dinner!” 

Anthony:

His eyes were wide as Ashley pressed a kiss to his cheek and he stood there dumbly for a few minutes. He caught her eye roll and sighed, “Your cousin is a very valuable worker—I think of her as a good friend.” Anthony sighed as Maia called him over and Ashley left. He looked at the little gift and smiled, thanking Cassie. “Dinner?” Anthony didn’t know that they had plans.

“Yeah, it was going to be a surprise but you’re here already. Cassie and her cousin are coming over as well,” Maia said as she went to grab a shopping cart. “You will be a nice host for them, got it?” 

Anthony nodded at the sugar coated smile his cousin gave him.

“I’ll come get you guys after your shifts are over then,” Anthony gave a small smile. He still didn’t know much about what had happened between the two women while he was talking to Ashley. It was a little fishy on Maia’s part but he let it go. Maybe it had something to do with his art? Maybe they knew some models he could use or something. "Well I better let you get back to work. Thanks for the gift." Anthony said to Cassie before he left with Maia to collect a few things for this surprise dinner.