Here comes Teddy

Is Nana better? (Thirty-eight)

Teddy PoV

It was 4:30 in the morning on Ro's birthday, and I was still up wrapping her birthday presents, because I wasn't organised at all that year, (or any year before that).

"Hey there Teddy, have you even slept yet?"
"The answer to your question is no Georgie boy"
"Then why are you still up at this time of the morning Daddyo?"
"Because I'm unorganised as fuck this year Kiddiwink"
"So how many bloody presents did you actually get for Ro?"
"Well you see Georgie, not all of the presents that I'm wrapping here are from me you dipshit"
"Well who else are you wrapping for then Teddy?"
"Nana, Mum, you"
"I'll do my presents to Ro Teddy"
"Georgie, no offence to you or anything like that because I love you dearly, I really do, and you're good at other things but you can't wrap anyone else's presents for shit"
"Hey!, you take that back Theodore!, I wrapped your Christmas present very well last year, thank you very much Mr Perfectionist"
"(Snorts), If you say so Georgie boy"
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean then Teddy?"
"Well if I'm being completely honest with you Georgie boy, it means that I wouldn't open a present wrapping business if I were in your shoes"
"You know that you are actually such a dick sometimes Teddy"
"Oh boohoo, go cry me a fucking river"

So then Georgie went back to bed, I had a couple of presents left, so I did them and went to bed, though I only got like an hour of sleep before Ro came in.

"Daddy"
"Yes Darling"
"Is Nana better yet?"
"No Baby, she's not better"
"Is she going to die?"

I didn't want to tell her about the fact Nana was dying on her birthday, but, and it's a big but, if I didn't tell her, well she wouldn't stop asking me until she got an answer out of me, because her puppy eyes can be used for fucking evil sometimes.

"Yes Darling, Nana is dying"
"But I don't want her to die Daddy"
"Nobody wants her to die Baby, but the doctors can't make Nana better"
"Daddy, can we bring Nana some birthday cake?"
"I think she'd like that Sweetheart"

So we waited another hour to get Georgie up, because we were nice people and we didn't want to wake up the neighbours with Georgie's screaming at 6 O'clock in the morning.

"Get up Uncle Georgie!"
"Why?"
"Because it's my birthday Uncle Georgie"
"But it's only 7 O'clock in the morning"
"Well if Ro had gotten her way then you would've been woken up at 6"
"But I don't do mornings"

Georgie then sticks his head back under the covers, I guess it was his way of saying that he wanted to go back to sleep, but why do let him do that when I could be a fucking annoying older brother.

"You know what Baby"
"What?"
"It might be a good idea to get that bucket of water now"
"Ok Daddy, I'll go get it"
"I'm up! I'm up! I'm up!"
"(Giggles adorably), thank you Uncle Georgie"
"You're welcome kid"

Ro ran into the living room, but if looks could kill, Georgie would've killed me right there and then, because he's a little shit.

"What Georgie boy?"
"You wanted to pour a bucket of water on my bloody head!"
"Yeah well, you were whining about getting up at 7 O'clock in the fucking morning when we could've totally woken you up at 6 O'clock in the fucking morning instead"
"Ok so, your point is?, look I'm a teenager Teddy, it's self explanatory that I don't like or do mornings, so it doesn't matter if it's 6am or 7am, I fucking totally hate getting up at that time of in the morning"
"So you couldn't do what I did and had a kid at 14, having to get up in the middle of the night because your baby needs comforting"
"Fuck no Daddyo"
"You're a little shit Georgie, you know that, right?"
"Me, no, Teddy don't be silly I'm a real boy"
"Oh fuck off Pinocchio"
"Oi!, my name's George actually Teddy, and I don't fucking lie or have a magical nose"
"Oh boohoo, go cry me a fucking river"

Georgie proceeded to roll his eyes at what I said to him, but I didn't say anything to him about it because Ro didn't see him do it, is that weird logic, well yes obviously, but it made sense to me at the time.

We sat in the living room while while Ro was opening her presents, and while I was running on an hour of sleep and felt like shit, it was worth it to see Ro's face light up at everything she got.