Adopted By 5sos

#4 Babysitting

CALUM

Today, I was more nervous than ever. The guys had to go to the studio, and I had to babysit Bethany. She was still kinda traumatized after yesterday's events. The guys were getting ready to walk out the door when Ash yelled out, "Bethany can I have a hug before I go love?" Bethany stood up from her place where she was coloring, and gave Ash, Luke, and Micheal a big bear hug and said goodbye. "Cal is going to watch you honey, be good okay?" Micheal said, "Okay Mikey!" She said with a big grin. They waved goodbye and left.

"Do you wanna color with me Cal?" Bethany asked when she got back to her place on the carpet. "Um sure, I'm not really that good at it though." I said. She giggled, "Silly, coloring is easy!" I gave her a fake glare, "Well not for me, coloring is really hard!" I said defensively. She laughed again. "Here, I can do it, so you can too." She said with her tiny hands on her hips. "You know you can be my mother sometimes Bethany." I said. She gave me a fake stern glare and pointed her finger at me and said, "Calum you better eat your veggies!" She lost character and started to giggle. Maybe this isn't so hard, I thought.

So, I joined Bethany on the floor, but she wasn't coloring in a book, she was just drawing. I started drawing me as a punk rock stick figure. I added lights and sunglasses and even a Mohawk. Then, Bethany looked over my shoulder and onto my drawing, she started laughing hysterically. "Haha, you look silly!" She said. "What?! I do not! YOU look sillier!" ( I dunno if that's a word...) I said. She stuck her tongue out at me, and sprayed saliva all over my face. "Eww! Gross! IM GONNA GET YOU BETHANY!!" I yelled. She ran off laughing her butt off as I chased her. I wasn't angry at her, I was actually kinda impressed. Bethany's laughter echoed through the giant house, until I heard a loud thud.

"Hey Beth? You okay?" I asked worriedly. What if she fell off the stairs? What if she slammed her head on something so hard that she died? "Shit...Bethany?" I asked. Walking around the house. A muffled groan came from behind a wall. Bethany was sprawled out on the floor. I couldn't help but laugh my head off. "It's NOT FUNNY!" Bethany said angrily. "You slammed into a wall, what's not to laugh at?" I said, still chuckling. When she wasn't looking, I snapped a picture and sent it to the boys.

(A/N: Here's the group text. I'm not on my computer so I can't change the font.)
Calum: Here's our little girl getting ready for college...
Luke: OH MY JESUS IS SHE OKAY?! 😱
Calum: Yeah, she's fine.
Ashton: I shouldn't be laughing, but I can't stop myself...
Michael: OH MY GOD FUNNIEST THING EVER 😆
Luke: this is why we didn't leave you in charge.
Michael: Ouch...
(A/N: Okay, back to the story!)

"All right love, let's get something to make that goose egg go away." I said as I lifted up Bethany. She still had that scowl on her face from earlier. "Hey, don't be mad at me forever. You're gonna kill your old man here." I said, putting a hand over my heart. Bethany giggled. "Cal, you're not an old man, you don't even have a beard!" She laughed. "Hey! I'll get a beard one day, and it will be the most awesome beard in the universe!" I shouted. I sat Bethany down on the counter and got some ointment (I don't even know if they have ointment for goose eggs, but I'm just gonna guess.) and spread it on her bump. She winced a little, but was fine afterwards.

"How about a movie? I'll let you pick!" I said, trying to cheer her up. "Okay, let's see...yes! We are watching Big Hero 6! (I just picked a random one.) I clapped my hands together, "All righty then!"I popped the movie in, and we watched Big Hero 6. At the end, I didn't want to admit it, but I cried. Bethany laughed her butt off when she saw tears rolling down my face. I smirked, and tickled her until she cried, "Okay! I give up! UNCLE!!" She had tears trickling down her round cheeks from laughter. "Well, what do you wanna do now?" I asked. "Ummm, let's go to the park!" She said happily. "To do what?" I questioned. "To play! Duh!" She responded. "Fine." I huffed. She smiled to herself, I shot her a fake glare, and she grinned, showing her almost full set of teeth. "All right, buckle in missy!" I said. I buckled Bethany in her car seat and we drove off to the park. Luckily, no kids were there. 'Probably in school.' I thought. "Ooh! I wanna do the swings Cal!" She chirped, and ran to the swing set.

We played at the park for about two hours, and then went home. I fixed Bethany some lunch, which was some grilled cheese and Doritos. We watched the Fairly OddParents while we ate. "Calum, did you ever know you make some pretty good grilled cheese?" Bethany asked. I shook my head no, "Nah, usually I just watch Ash or my mum make it, so I learned some things from them." I said. And she shrugged, "That's how I know what to use to get pickles out of the pickle jar." She confessed. I smiled. "That's how the pickles keep disappearing, huh?" I chuckled. This kid is gonna go places.

It was six already, another hour and the boys would be home. "Hey, we never finished our coloring." Bethany said. "That's right we didn't, but I don't wanna color with YOU." I faked being mad. "Come on Cal, I didn't mean that, well maybe a little. But it was all good in the end!" She said. "Fine, I'll color with you Bethy." I responded. We colored for about half an hour, until Bethany fell asleep, her tiny limbs sprawled across the carpet. The familiar sound of the door opening echoed throughout the house. "BETHANY? CALUM? WERE HOOOME!" Someone yelled. "Shit! You're gonna wake Bethany up!" I whisper-yelled. Like looked guilty. "Sorry mate." He mumbled. "Did she eat?" Ash asked. I nodded my head.

"We should put her to bed." Michael said. Ash picked up Beth's tiny body and gently carried her up to her room. As,he laid her down, she fussed a little, but calmed down once she sunk into the pillows. "Aww, she's so cute!" Luke whispered. Bethy was sucking her thumb while little snores escaped from her nostrils. (Dunno if that sounds cute though😬) The lads and I went down to the lounge and hung out. Maybe babysitting wasn't SO hard..

Thanks for reading, I know I haven't updated in a while, sorry! So Bethany's new nickname is Bethy or Beth. Sorry for all the spelling or grammar mistakes. My iPad won't let me edit my chapters 😤. Thank you guys for reading love you!

-Emily