Just the Way you Are

Caring for a Baby

Note: 50 chapters! This has only happened twice for me so far. Thank you to all who have read these chapters! ;)))

Granger came home 1 night to see Hetty with a baby.

'What's with the baby?' He asked.

'Neighbors 3 houses up were looking for a baby sitter, and I agreed to watch this baby girl while they go away on a trip for a few days.' Hetty replied.

'Could've asked me first.'

'Well, I plan on mostly taking care of the baby myself. Can't imagine you'd want to take care of a baby after that bad incident you told me about.'

'That was mostly with the high maintenance mother! I didn't mind taking care of the baby.' Granger replied.

'Oh. Well, you can take turns with me with taking care of the baby, if you want.' Hetty offered.

Granger didn't want anything to do with the baby, but something was telling him inside that he should try taking care of the baby anyways.

When Hetty was taking longer then usual with getting back from the store, and the baby needed a diaper change, Granger changed her diaper.

'Sorry I took a while! The line at the checkout counter was really long and-' Hetty said, then she noticed Granger was singing to the baby.

She smiled proudly, and stopped talking.

That night, when Hetty was up to check on the baby, she saw Granger was already up doing the same thing.

'I got it from here, you can go back to sleep.' He whispered.

' . Okay! I'll see you later!' She whispered back.

The next day, Hetty helped Granger change the baby's diaper. And when Granger took a nap, Hetty watched the baby during the day.

When the time came for the baby to come home, Granger was sad to say goodbye.

'I'm proud of the way you helped me take care of her. You're more of a softie then you think.' Hetty said.

Granger chuckled. 'Nah. I just helped out so you could have a break.'

'No, I don't think so. There's something more to this, I can tell.'

'Well, if you're so insistent. When you were at the store, the kid called me 'dada'. And, it made me think about how I couldn't be around for my own kid's first words. I guess, I wanted to do for this kid what I couldn't do for Kim.'

'And, you were amazing!'

'Yeah. I would've been a good dad.' Granger said, sadly.

'And you are a good dad! You're in her life now, and she loves you! And before you say 'Glad you think so', it's because I am right about this! You're a good dad, and it's true, not just your doting wife saying it because she loves you, but because it's true!'

Smiling, 'Thanks Hetty. And, you're a good mom as well.' He replied.

'You're welcome.'