Spark

Chapter 14: Babysitting

Despite having to plan a wedding in four months time Eric and I finally managed to take a break. Well, we still had to take the puppies to obedient school and Eric and I had to go to dinners with potential clients, but we managed. Tonight it was officially a chance to have a home night just the four of us. "Want to watch Titanic?" "I'll never let go, Jack." "Come, Josephine in my flying machine." Eric badly sings. "Let Leo sing it." "How rude." I give him a swift kiss on the lips. "Do you want Chinese or pizza?" "Pizza, with everything but the anchovies." "I didn't know they still put anchovies on pizza. And I'm not getting pineapple. That's an insult to pizza as well."

I was about to order the pizza when I got a call from Zoe. "Hey, Zo what's up?" "You're our last resort. Chloe needs major sister support right now and wants me and Justin to go on a double date with her tonight. Can you and Eric watch the triplets?" I sounded hesitant. "Well, I mean Eric just brought home these ten week old puppies, they've never been home alone before, we just got a day to ourselves to do absolutely nothing." "Please?" I lick my lips. "Let me ask Eric."

I put her on hold and I called for Eric to come to the kitchen. "What's wrong?" "Zoe wants us to babysit tonight." "We haven't left the dogs by themselves yet." "I know, but apparently Chloe found herself a date, but she doesn't want to go without Zoe." "Well, this could be good practice for us and she hasn't had a break since they were born I say we should do it. But ask and see if it's okay if we bring the dogs there."

I pick up the phone and I say to Zoe, "We'll do it, but can we bring the dogs? They're good. They're in obedience training and the trainers like them a lot." "That's fine. We won't be long, no later than 10:30. I'll let you know if we're a bit later than that but we shouldn't be." "No problem." "Now, they've controlled their colic, but Kylo is a little congested so he may be extra fussy. Other than that they're pretty easy-going babies and you should be fine.

Things were not fine. In fact, I would rather have five huskies than any children. Leia wouldn't stop crying unless you fed her (I tried putting the pacifier in her mouth to distract her from the bottle, but that didn't work), Kylo was worse than congested I had to put the dogs outside cause Eric read something online about pet dander. And I had to give him his saline drops for his nose. And Anakin just wanted to be held, but it was impossible so we had to put him in the baby swing; it calmed him down a little, but not enough to completely stop crying.

It was an hour in and I was not only starving, but I was tired and sex deprived. Is this really how it's going to be when Eric and I have kids of our own? Anakin was asleep and Leia finally went to sleep as well. Eric held Kylo and I smiled. He's going to be the best father. "What?" I shake my head. "Nothing. I'm hungry." "I'll make it up to you." I looked at our dogs who were crying and tapping their paws against the window. "I feel so bad for them." "We'll give them some play time when we go home."

I look at the three little ones around me. "I pray when it comes time to have kids that we don't multiples." "I agree. You never said how many you wanted." "Two. No more than two. But at different times. Having twins would kill me." "Well, it's up to biology of what we have."

As he holds the baby I take a good look at this gorgeous man that became mine. His T-shirt covered in baby drool, his bun is loose and he has locks of hair falling in his face, but he still looked so perfect. I was playing a game on my phone when Zoe called. "Hey, Zo how's everything going?" "It's going. We wish we were on our way home, but Chloe has the tricks up her sleeve. We'll still be back at the right time though Justin made sure of that. How are my angels?"

I give her an update. "Before you come home I'll give Kylo his final saline drops for the night that way you guys can try and get as much sleep as possible." "Is Eric surviving?" "He's doing a lot better than I am. No offense, but I was ready to climb up the roof and then jump off." "I'm sorry I would've had my parents do it, but they wanted to have their poker night. They hadn't had one in a while so. But I swear I'll make it up to you." "It's not a problem. So, is the guy a keeper for now?" "She's head over heels in love with him, Justin and I thinks he's a moron." "That sucks."

I could hear Chloe calling out in the background and Justin begging to go home. "I better go. I'll text when we're on our way." I hung up with her after wishing her and Justin luck and began to play a game on my phone. "How's everything going with them?" "Zoe and Justin thinks he's an idiot, but Chloe is in love." "Did they say when they're coming home? Cause we may be having sandwiches for dinner." I realized that he had put Kylo in his bassinet. "I'm so tired. Let's just stick to puppies." "No, it's going to be worth it when we have our children. I promise you."

I walk over and I wrap my arms around him. "Kiss me." He did and I could tell that our bodies were thinking the same thing, but we had to stop. Not only were there babies around, but we were not at our place. "When we get home and fed will I devour your body. But until then this is all you get." I pout, but I knew he was right.

It was silent so as not to disturb the babies I plugged in my ear buds and gave one to Eric. "I want you to listen to this song. I think this suits and I think this would be the song we dance to at our wedding." I play the song and Eric takes my hand in his. We listen to the song and as soon as it was over he smiled at me. "This song suits our love perfectly. I'd agree to that being our song. I didn't know what to think of that. We never really had a good romantic song." "My Heart Will Go On." "That's romantic, but it's about a love that remains in your heart when you lose that love forever. Neither of us is dead or gone." He tapped my nose. "Point well made, Mrs. Anderson." I laughed. "Not yet I'm not." "Cold feet?"

To be honest I did. Something tells me that us not hearing from Lucinda for this long means that she's plotting something. "My love, what are you thinking about?" "You don't think Lucinda is plotting something do you?" "What do you mean?" "Don't you find it odd that she just dropped off the face of the earth? I mean she bought herself a ring and lied and told everyone that you proposed." "I'm with you, she can think what she wants. If she causes a problem I'll be there to stop it. You're my entire life. My life didn't start until you came into it and that's the way I want it to end. In each other's arms. Don't worry, I told you I'm going to protect us."

I was going to kiss when I got a text and Kylo starting to get fussy. "I guess it's time for the drops." Eric says as he goes and gets them. "They're on their way home." "It's only 9:30." "According to the text there's only so much stupidity they can take. So, they're coming home."

They soon arrived and Justin looked worse than Zoe. "How'd it go?" "You know only douchebags can talk about themselves for an hour straight." Justin says. He went to the fridge and grabbed himself something to drink. He cracked open a can of Izze and took a huge gulp from it. "Yeah, we had to come up with an excuse to leave. I mean after the not so subtle racist puns about Justin on top of that. We just couldn't take it. I don't have the heart to tell her that he's going to hurt her. She's too happy." "So, how'd you break free?" "I told her that Kylo was under the weather. I mean I know you're taking good care of them, but we also just wanted to come home. Justin was going to kill him."

I saw that Justin went to go and pick up Leia who cooed happily in his arms. "He says he doesn't, but I swear he favors her over the boys." "I do not. She's just my little princess." Eric comes back in with Kylo. "I gave him the drops, but his nose is still running." "Give me him I'll take care of him. Anakin is still sleeping I see." "He wanted to be held, but our arms were full with the other two." "Yeah, he likes the swing anyways." She looks out at her porch and sees the two sleeping dogs. "Oh my God, they're the cutest. Justin, look!"

I forgot all about Lola and Charlie. "Yeah, but I want a Brussels Griffon they resemble the most like Ewoks." The puppies wake up as if they could tell someone was looking at them and they begins to lick the window. "We have to get a dog." "We will when the kids are a year old and can sleep through the night."

Eric and I grab the dogs and our keys and phones and we said our farewells. When we got home we put the dogs in their crates and we made a sandwich. Eric hugged me from behind and kisses my neck. "I love you." I turn around and lean against the counter, Eric still had his arms around me. "I love you, too. You're going to be the best dad." "And I'm looking at someone who's going to be the best mother." We kiss which soon led me to be carried to the bedroom and our food left forgotten.