Wishing I Was 23

↞chapter thirty nine↠

*August 9, 2021*
Lanie's POV:
We've been very busy filming the movie, but luckily this week we got off. Rydel's birthday was today, and I knew Rydel and Ellington would want to go somewhere but were worried about Andy. I offered to take him, and, after some convincing, they took up on my offer. I was spending my entire afternoon with my nephew. Yes, I call him my nephew. Rydel is like my best friend and sister combined, and I'm married to Riker in my head. Close enough.
Rydel came in the house and dropped Andy off with explanations on everything. As soon as she left, I laid down on the couch with him on my lap. She had given me a schedule of when to do everything, and nothing was on there right now. I turned him around and laid him on my stomach/chest. I kissed his little forehead lightly, and he giggled. Oh. My. Gosh. He is so cute! I heard footsteps come down the stairs, and I already knew it was Riker. One, he has slightly softer footsteps than Ross, and two, Ross is out with Walker.
"Baaaaaaaaaabbeeeeeeeeee!" He whined, coming down the stairs.
"Whhaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttt?" I copied him. He followed my voice until he stood in front of me, smiling.
"I didn't know you were babysitting today," he said, still smiling. "May I hold him?" I nodded and gave Andy to Riker. I began to record, knowing that this was going to be adorable.
He sat down and began to raise him up and down. Andy giggled and continued to giggle until Riker stopped. Riker laid him on his chest. Andy reached up to his nose and booped it, but he didn't stop there. He reached up and removed Riker's glasses from his face, almost poking Riker in the eye. Riker took them from him, but instead of putting them back on his face, he put them on Andy. I stopped recording and put my phone on the picture setting. Riker turned Andy to face the camera, and as I took the picture, Andy began to giggle. Riker put his glasses back on, and I went to check the picture. Andy looked adorable! When he giggled, it actually looked like he had smiled for the camera. I sent the picture to Rydel and Stormie and posted it on Instagram and Twitter.
@roser6: Andy loves Uncle Riker's glasses👓👶 *image attached*
Rydel sent me back a text.
Del🎀: 😱😱😱😱 HE IS SO CUTE🙊
Lanie🙈: he takes after his momma🔥🔥🔥😏😂
Del🎀: you know it😏😂
I received another text, but this one was from Stormie.
Momma💗: HE LOOKS LIKE RIKER AS A BABY😱💙💙💙💙💙
Lanie💙: I MAY NEED TO LOOK THROUGH THOSE PICTURES😏
Momma💗: COME OVER SOON! IVE GOT SOOO MANY PICTURES TO SHOW😱😱😏
Lanie: HOW ABOUT TOMORROW?
Momma💗: YESSSS!! SEE YOU THEN💕
We always typed in caps. It was something she does a lot, so I always do the same when I'm texting her. Also, I call her Momma instead of Mom because I used to call my mom Mom, and I wanted to call Stormie something else.
"Who ya texting?" Riker asked.
"Somebody," I smirked.
"C'mon! I wanna know," he whined, laying his head on my shoulder. I shook my head. "Pleeeeaaasseeeee?" I laid my arm around his neck and shoulder since he was leaning on me and kissed his forehead.
"It was Momma," I said, grinning down at him.
"You're mean! Isn't she mean, Andy?" He looked down at the baby laying now on both of our laps. Andy giggled again. "See?" I pretended to pout and looked down at Andy. He reached up and poked my lip. He giggled since apparently that's all he knows to do. "I'm kidding. I love you." I began to smile again.
"I love you too, but you gotta get up. I've got stuff to do," I said.
Rydel's POV:
[A/N: SURPRISE!😱]
I've been worried about Andy since Ellington and I went out. We went to the beach first. It was great! I really did miss spending alone time with Ellington, but I loved Andy to pieces. When I received the picture of Andy with Riker's glasses on, I knew Lanie had done that to show that he was ok and because he's adorable, obviously.
Ellington then took me home where we got ready to go out to eat. He drove over to my favorite restaurant. It was fancy, but not extremely expensive. We talked for hours! It was truly amazing how much we could talk about even though we lived together. Finally, it was time to go pick my baby up. We drove back to the band house and walked into the living room. It was already almost midnight, so I didn't know what to expect.
Lanie was leaning on Riker with Andy in her arms. Riker had one arm around her shoulders and the other on the outside of her thigh farthest from him. All three were asleep. I snapped a picture and woke Lanie up, so she could give me my child. She gave him to me, which woke Riker up. He stretched and got up, and Lanie followed suit. We said our goodbyes and headed our own ways.
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How did everybody like Rydel's POV? I decided to add it to make the chapter longer and because I thought it was a great time to sneak more Rydellington in.😏
~Elizabeth✌️