Bloody Knuckles and Roses - Jimmy/Pete/Gary - 18+

8. Confession

October 27th, 2009
3:03 AM
   Pete walked into the main area of the Tenement, and everyone was so close, so they kept their doors open at all times. This was Peanut's parent's loft, but they hosted several other kids here. Most parents were away on a Motorcycle tour, so Johnny was stuck with the baby.

   "Pete, I told you to sleep," Johnny said as he entered the room.

   "What are you doing..." Pete asked as he saw Johnny was hiding behind the couch and his henchmen were hiding behind him, all peeking over the couch to see the baby crying a couple of feet away. "Poor baby, he is probably hungry,"

   "Don't touch it, Petey, it is a spawn of one of the preppies, the first ever of our clique... it is pure evil," Vance gulped as Pete pulled the baby out of the carrier and started bouncing him.

   "He is just a baby, guys. He didn't ask to be brought into this world; he has a full diaper, and he needs a bottle," Pete said, burping the baby, "Who's a baby, you're the baby, who's a baby-" Pete started talking cutesy, and it worked, Jacey was giggling in his arms.

   "How did you do that?" Johnny asked in awe.

   "I have been babysitting since I was 7 in the summers," Pete said, seeing all of Johnny's henchmen rush out of the room. "Come on, let's go back to your loft and get him to sleep," Pete said, picking up the care bag and letting Johnny trail behind with the carriage. "He is with us for the weekend. I used your phone to get ahold of my father, and he contacted Mr. Vendome. Their doula had just quit, so they are looking for another one first thing in the morning."

   "Doula?" Johnny asked, and Pete ignored him, "Ah!" Johnny froze when Pete quickly put Jace in his arms.

   "Just talk or sing to him. I assume you don't know how to change a diaper or make formula?" Pete said, searching through the bag.

   Johnny tried singing, but it only made things worse, "it hates me,"

   "He is just fussy, and he might be gassy. Just lightly put him over your shoulder and pat him on the back," Pete said, and Johnny just tried to copy what Pete had done earlier. He thought he did it wrong since the baby spit up all over him. Pete chuckled and pulled the baby in his arms, cleaning and bathing him in the sink. "Towel?" Pete asked, and Johnny rushed to get one.

   Pete ensured the blankets in the carriage were clean before he dressed Jace back up. He fed him the bottle and made sure he got all of it down before tucking him into the carriage. "Wow, Petey, you are good with baby stuff," Johnny said as Pete got him to sleep by turning the channel to a cartoon. He was upset that the Baby didn't like him. He has wanted to be a father since he was a child himself.

   "You just need practice, and He is a baby. He can't hate," Pete whispered, grabbing a napkin to wipe up the spit on the both of them. "Think you can watch over him while I wash off quickly?" He asked, and Johnny made a stressed face, "You just have to watch him, maybe rock his carriage if he wakes up,"

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7:28 PM
   "Say... Johnny?" Pete asked as the greaser came into the room, fresh out of the shower. Jace seemed to like using him as a spit-up rag. "Do you have any pictures of you as a baby?"