The Sidemen Baby

Chapter 10

Cat's POV

I was so excited to take Veronica home for the night. She was such a cute little baby!! I've always loved children and she was no exception. She was always so well behaved. 

The little girl was babbling the whole way to my apartment, pointing out things that she knew. 

"SIY!!" She squealed from the backseat and pointed out the window.

"Yeah! That is the sky! it's pretty, right Verry Bear?"

I was glad she was making noise, because that cop was boring AF. Dry as toast and just as exciting. He was just sitting there quietly and judging me for everything for half the ride, and then for the other he started criticizing MY driving!!! 

How dare he!!!!

We finally got to my apartment and I got to setting all of Veronica's stuff up. The boys had sent enough stuff to last me two apocalypses with the baby.

My biggest problem was getting her to settle down. Ver started to show that she was nervous without her papa bear or anything she really knew well.

It took hours to get her to go to sleep before I realized that she needed her nappy changed and her teeth- well, tooth, brushed. And to make matters worse, Mr. Grumpy shittydick the policeman was watching me like a hawk.

Part of me expected him to turn into a dragon and eat us raw.

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[2:26 am]

J: Hey baby cat!! How's the baby cat!!

C: HOW CAN SOMETHING SO SMALL HAVE THIS MUCH ENERGY IT'S NOT FAIR I WANT SLEEP

J: I know. Just you wait. Once this whole mess is cleaned up, I'll leave her with Ethan so me and you can go.... escape 😈😈

J: 😆😆😛😛😘😘

J: You there baby?

C: .....maybe. I was gonna send you a little... something. But Mr. Dumb bum cop is glaring at me from across the flat.

J: Stupid open floor plan, letting him see you be naughty. That's my job!!😠😠

C: I get it Mr. Macho tough guy Mc. Beardyson.  Now go to bed. And wear your nice suit tomorrow!! I'll bring Veronica by in the morning to get her dressed.

J: fine. I love you. Sleep well. 😪😪😪

C:😪😪😌😌😛😛
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I did NOT sleep well. 

I owned two twin mattresses and they were just pushed together with a worn out sheet stretched over them. I couldn't afford an actual adult sized bed, so it had to do. The apartment was pretty open floor. The only real walls were surrounding the bathroom and my storage closet. There were half walls separating the kitchen and living room, and that was about it. I had four rooms. 

There was no way in hell I was sharing a bed with Mr. Somebody-shit-in-my-coffee so I made him sleep on the floor with a bunch of pillows as a bed. There wasn't anything I could do about it.

.......Not that I'd try anyways. He was mean.

The next morning I got up bright and early to get Veronica ready, but I completely forgot that the cop was still there. There may have been an incident where he got to see me checking myself out in my underwear in the mirror......

.........Don't tell Josh. It was an accident. I swear.

I got her dressed in her Fanciest baby gown and little name brand jewelry, making her look as pretty and healthy as I can.

I gave her breakfast and then we were off, heading down to the courthouse early to try and impress Mr. Rusty swith our time management.

Ethan was already there, dressed in his best suit and holding a huge file folder of papers. He was looking very professional and stressed, constantly fiddling with his tie and collar. 

Josh on the other hand.... Fuck me sideways. 

He was wearing a blue flannel with grey jeans and his hair was perfectly waved to the side. He was wearing fake glasses, probably in an attempt to look more responsible, and his beard was trimmed to the perfect fuzziness. My heart melted at such a sight and my pulse sped up to an unbelievable pace. How can a mortal look so perfect?!

He eventually looked up from his phone and noticed me staring before waving and wrapping me up in a tight hug.

"Hey kitten. How was last night?" He kissed the top of my head, his beard tugging at some loose hairs from my attempt at a professional looking bun.

"Hard. The cop is scary and intimidating. I have your baby though!"

Veronica seemed to sense that we were talking about her and started babbling from her carrier about her teddy bear. 

He cooed and took her out, holding her close and humming his favorite lullaby. It was a song from our game, fable 2.

*CUTE FLUFFY FLASHBACK TIME*

"well, what about this one?" Josh held up a blue xbox controller.

I shrugged and thumbed through the games. We were at gamestop looking for a new controller for his xbox. 

"wait, Josh? Have you ever played the fable series?"

He looked up, his eyes searching my face. "No? Why?"

I instantly bought the games and the blue controller and skipped out to the car. He drove us home and tried to reason with me. I'd just spent almost $130 in ten minutes and wasn't telling him why. Oh pleeeeaaaaase. He spends more then that in a day.

.......And then he pointed out that that's more than half my cost of rent and I got really sad.

Nevertheless, I made us go back to his house and set it up, starting with fable 1. We played them all in order together, staying up all for days in a row to cheer each other on whistle fighting trolls and hobbe monsters and hollow men skeletons and ghost pirates. After three days and what seemed like thousands of energy drinks, we finished the last fable game. 

We sat in the dark for a while, just watching the credits role and relishing on the fact that we'd just spent three and a half days together with no showers, no work being done, and only takeout for food. 

After a two hour debate about which of them was the best game, we both compromised on fable 2. 

That night, Josh was cooking and singing one of my favorite songs from the game, Down by the reeds. 

That was the night that I realized I was in love with him.