he isnt that bad

last day before school

its sunday and rachel is in her room its seven am and she is in the middle of bathing jacob who has thrown up over himself.

sebastian and his mom had bought her alot of things for jacob including an inflatable bathing chair so she can safely bathe him in the bath. usually she gets in with him on an evening s her midwife had told her skin to skin was great for bonding. however as it wasnt an expected bath she was using the chair jacob didnt like been bathed her cried loudly as she washed him.

as she was washing him she heard her bedroom door open she assumed it was her dads having been woken up by his cries but it wasnt a moment later she heard...

" rachel are you in the bath" sebastian ssid through the door

" no you can come in" rachel said sebastian opened the door and a smile crept on his face as he saw jacob crying and kicking his little legs about in the water.

" hey little man" sebastian said getting down and kneeling next to her and stroking jacob face who just carried on crying.

" when he is alittle older we should take him swimming get him more used to it" sebastian said

" yeah" rachel said grabbing a towel and getting jacob out of the chair wrapping  him up warmly in the towel his cries stopped as she placed him against her.  his little fingers making funny gestures as his head rested against her chest.

" there there baby its ok" rachel said

" give him to me i brought breakfast you go eat" sebastian said taking jacob and holding him the sane way rachel had.

rachel walked through to her room from her ensuite to find a lima bean coffee a bagel and a blueberry muffin on her nightstand she tuck a sip of her coffee in hope it would give her a caffeine boost.

sebastian walked through carrying jacob still wrapped in the towel.

" i cant get over how small he is look at his toes so cute" sebastian said marveling at his son.

" i cant believe how much he has grown since he was born " rachel said

" yeah plus your pretty small too so he will seem bigger to you" sebastian said still looking at jacob.

" thanks for breakfast" rachel said

" dont worry about it" sebastian said

rachel picked up her bagel and went and sat on her bed sebastian was drying jacob

" can i dress him" he asked

" yeah" rachel said pointing to his dresser where his baby clothes were kept.

sebastian still holding jacob safely in one arm looked through the drawers and pulled out a romper suit.

" i think navy after all you are a future dalton boy" sebastian said to jacob then looked at rachel.

" i noticed alot of the clothes you have bought him have been dalton colours" rachel said

" well we dlton boys are stylish arent we jacob yes we are... oh no" sebastian said

" whats wrong" rachel asked standing up concerned

" i really should have put a diaper on him" sebastian said

" he weed on you" rachel giggled

" nope" sebastian said

" oh god give him here" rachel said laughing as she tuck jacob from him and tuck him straight back to the ensuite she tested the water of the tap of the sink and swilled his bum before getting a new towel to dry him with which she did quickly.

sebastian was stood in her bedroom holding his arm out as she walked back into the bedroom

" go wash it there are towels in the closet in the there " rachel said sebastian nodded rachel set about getting a diaper on jacob who seemed quite happy and content now.

a few minutes later sebastian exited the bathroom a strong smell of soap filled the room

" i owe you a bar of soap i used the whole damn thing" sebastian said

" dont worry about it do you want to dress him" rachel asked

" yeah" sebastian said grabbing the navy romper suit off the bed

" we put this little leg in this part and this little leg in this one and then we put this little arm in this sleeve and this little arm in this sleeve. im going to take that spit bubble as yes we do. then we button up these pressed studs. they were all look at you all cute daddy needs photo of this" sebastian was talking away to jacob rachel was amazed at how gentle sebastian could be.

" do yoy want me to tke a photo of him in your arms" rachel asked

" please then i can show grandma but not granddad because we dont like him do we little man no we dont he is mean" sebastian asked picking jacob up off the bed where he had rested him to dress him. rachel tuck his phone and snapped a photo of the two of them.

" thank you " sebastian said taking his phone back from her to look at the photo.

" look at that jacob your even more photogenic than i am" sebastian said

" how did you get in are my dads up" rachel asked

" leroy is" sebastian said

rachel set about sorting out the bathroom emptying the bath and picking up the towels to take them to the laundry room.

" just taking these downstairs" rachel said

" ok" sebastian said he was still holding jacob but was looking out of the window.

as rachel made her way downstairs leroy came out of the kitchen with a smile on his face.

" you were worried he wouldnt want to be involved he is hardly ever not here" leroy said

" yeah" rachel said walking through to the laundry room which was just off the kitchen.

what her dad said was true sebastian had seen jacob every day since he was born he had even called to see her everyday for the last few weeks of her pregnancy to see how she was.

once the laundry was in the washing machine she headed back to her room as she walk at her door which was slightly open she could hear sebastian talking...

" dont you worry little man we might be ypung but your mommy and i love you a d we will do anything you need us to do. i know what its like to have a father who doesnt care you will never know what that is like.  no matter what happens you can rely on me" sebastian was saying to jacob rachel waited until he finished not wanting to interupt him.