(DISCONTINUED) The Space Between

Day 5

"you are a handful."

Lucas said as he sat her down on the mattress and changed his clothes, getting in the small dresser and pulling out some navy blue shorts with a white tank top. He put it on before grabbing another small top and putting it over lazari, pulling her wings through the holes in the back, then leaving her alone to eat her dragon fruit. The Old Freezer barely froze it at this point, but she was still eating it. Steven had sat down with a few boxes. It took him about 2 hours to put everything together. He sat in the crib on the other side of the room. An Elder man had made it out of pretty white wood. The sides of the crib were high as it was explicitly designed for hybrids. There was a soft mattress down covered with three sheets, one that wouldn't ruin the mattress if it goes pissed on. On the bed sat a small stuffed bear and a soft white fuzzy blanket. There was a mobile hanging from the top of the crib that was spinning in circles.

Elizabeth draped a teal blue blanket over the side of the crib And placed a small white rug under the crib. Lucas Had gently sat Lazari down in the crib, which she didn't much appreciate. While Lucas sat down on the bed, yawning. Lazari was standing up, shaking the side of the crib, screaming and crying with the occasional yawning. Kara was in her room groaning. She ate most of the food she was given, but the constant crying of lazari was driving her insane. She covered her ears with her pillow and managed to fall asleep. Steven, in his office, was purely exhausted; he made his way from his office to the kitchen, where he earned a warm bottle With a mix of formula and warm milk. Having walked past lillians office, which she was not there, she was down the hall getting some coffee, trying to keep herself awake as long as she could to finish her project that she was working on.

Steven didn't bother to make contact with her. He put the bottle in the microwave and warmed it up before he tested it on his wrist, and walked back down the hallway and past a couple of double doors into the chambers where Lucas and the other were staying. Steven walked into the room to lazari screaming. He gently picked her up and let her feed herself, holding the bottle for her to drink. At this point, they were trying anything to get her to sleep. Lazari took the bottle in her hand and drank it as Steven rocked her Lazari was sleeping softly and had finished the bottle. Steven looked down at Lucas with a smile as he carefully laid her down in the crib and covered her up with the teal blanket that was draped over the side of the crib. He turned the lights off and slowly silently high-fived Lucas as He walked out. Steven went back down to his room past his office, and as soon as he hit the bed, he was asleep. Lucas took this chance to sleep as well. Lucas curled up in the bed, wrapping himself up in blankets.

A couple of hours later, Lazaris's cries came through the baby monitor. As her diaper was soaked and it was keeping her up.

"ugh..."

Steven groaned as he pulled himself up out of bed and went down the hall and into her room, picking her up, laying her down on a blanket on the floor. He pulled her shirt up from her stomach and changed her diaper. He was rocking her back and forth, humming a little lullaby before laying her down in the crib and covering her up. Lazari Fell asleep quickly once again. She must've been tired. Or she didn't feel good. She was warm. Her head was softly warm, indicating she Had a fever. When Steven had felt her head softly while she was sleeping. Steven sighed and called his mother, not exactly sure what to do.

"Hello, mom... yeah... The good news is that I now have a new kid to take care of. I need baby clothes for her, warm ones too; she has a fever" "Of course, I'll be over as soon as I can."

"Thanks.." After Steven hung up his phone, he waited for his mother to show up, which she showed up about 2 hours later. Steven walked down the hallway and opened the door to lead her down to Lucas's room.

"Hello, little one," Anna Smiled at lazari, who was sitting up in her crib crying with pace laced across her face. Steven had Had a bottle in his hand, which he gladly gave to his mother. Anna had picked up lazari from her crib and gave her some more formula to drink. Lazari slowly drank it, snuggling up while yawning she didn't finish it. Though she was purely exhausted. So with a full stomach, she slept well the rest of the night. "Guess she needed some motherly care," Anna mentioned