Remember When...? (2)

39.

October 20th, 2021

Ally

I was able to successfully force Ben to binge watch That's So Raven with me on Disney Plus. He kind of owes me for birthing two of his children.

"They all share a common plot." He says. "She has a vision about something, and when she tries to fix it, it always ends up bad."

"Just vibe, Ben." I chastise him. "You will not ruin this for us."

He huffs, tossing his head back on the couch.

"Don't give me attitude." I narrow my eyes at him.

He huffs again and I pluck his ear. He pouts when I do, staring at the TV. I take a video of him for my IG story. I then caption it: "I'm making him binge That's So Raven with me 😂." His face in the video is priceless.

"Can we watch something else?" He asks.

"No we cannot." I say, locking my phone.

"Please baby?" He pleads.

"Let's go
If you can gaze into the future (future, future)
You might think life would be a breeze (life is a breeze)
Seeing trouble from a distance, yeah (go Rae)
But it's not that easy (oh no)
I try to save the situation
Then I end up misbehaving
Oh oh oh no

Hey now
What ya say now
Bout to put it down
Yeah, you want to ride with the Rae now
And the future looks great now
And everything's gonna change now
Let's rock
Here we go

That's So Raven
It's the future I can see
That's So Raven
It's so mysterious to me
That's So Raven
It's the future I can see
That's So Raven
It's so mysterious to me, yeah
Yep, that's me!"

Ben looks at me and I give him a guilty smile. He shakes his head and I groan.

"Fine." I roll my eyes. "We'll watch something else."

"Mama?"

I glance over at Liam, who's sitting on the floor.

"What's the matter papa?" I ask him.

"Wya poop." He points at Ryder.

I look at Ryder, who's sleeping soundly in his baby seat. I sniff the air to see if the baby really pooped.

"I don't smell anything." I sniff. "Babe, you smell anything?"

"No." Ben responds, sniffing the air as well.

We sniff for about a few more seconds. It doesn't hit us at first, but then it does.

"Oh wow." The smell takes me by surprise.

I start to fan the air, before kneeling down on the floor by Ryder's seat. It's not him.

I look up at Ben. "It's not Ryder."

He furrows his brows. He stands up off the couch and makes his way toward the kitchen.

"Ahh, fuck!" Ben grumbles.

I look at Liam and he makes a wincing face. I pick him up and place him on my side, carrying him with me.

"What-" I see the poop on the floor. "Oh."

"One of the dogs shit on the floor." Ben says, walking around me. "I'm thinking it was Sophie because she took longer to train."

I sit at the counter, staring at the poop. Liam buried his face against my shoulder.