Whiskey princess (Pierce the Veil Mike Fuentes fanfic)

(8)One Hundred Sleepless Nights

I woke up to the sound of Jinxx crying. I was tired, but I was okay with her waking me up. I picked her up and held her in my arms. She was still fussing.

"Hush, honey. You're gonna wake your daddy." I told her and she seemed to only get louder. I heard Mike stir next to me.

"She woke daddy up already. Here, let me hold her." he said as I handed him our newborn baby. He put her close to his chest and hummed to her for a while. She calmed down and fell back asleep. Mike put her down and faced me.

"So, um. I don't know what you want to do about this, but I found some cheap apartments at the corner and we could go look at them tomorrow. Maybe you'd want to move into one with me?" he asked. I said yes. I didn't want to keep the guys up with Jinxx's crying, and it was still close enough they could visit whenever. I looked over at the clock, it was about 2:30 in the morning. I could live off of a few more hours of sleep. I went to bed and slept the rest of the night uninterrupted.

The next morning, when I woke up I found that my boyfriend and my baby were missing. I looked over at the clock, 9:30 AM. I got up and took a shower, knowing Mike had Jinxx and was probably sleeping on the couch with her, as he had been doing the last few days since I came home from the hospital. They both slept better on the couches, and I have no idea why. But I let them, as long as they slept. I put some clothes on and went to the living room. Vic was on the couch holding Jinxx and she was, of course, asleep.

"Why does she always sleep for you but never for us?" I asked jokingly. Vic looked up and smiled at me.

"I don't know, she must just like me more." he laughed. I took Jinxx from him and set her on our bed in the other room. When I re-entered the living room Mike was telling the guys that we were thinking of moving into an apartment.

"That sounds great, man. We can watch the baby while you go if you want." Jaime offered. Mike hesitated.

"Sure, Jaime! She's asleep right now and you know what to do if she fusses." I told him before Mike could say no.

"Yes ma'am. I'm supposed to give her to Vic if she needs to go back to sleep and to Tony if she needs changed." he said. 

"Why am I always on diaper duty?" Tony complained.

"Work it out, guys. Just be careful with her." I said as Mike pulled me out of the door.

When we were on the tour of the apartment, I knew instantly that I wanted to live in it. It was a 2 bedroom and 2 bathroom apartment that came with the kitchen and living room attached together. The master bedroom had a bed in it and the living room had a 50" flat screen tv and a nice futon couch. Perfect for when the guys slept over or if Mike decided not to sleep with me. After the tour, Mike and I signed the papers needed and went shopping for furniture to put in the room that would be Jinxx's. We got a crib and bought some sheets that had Jack Skellington on them. When we got to the guys' house, we found Jinxx playing peek-a-boo with Tony. I sat down across the room from him and watched them. Hopefully, the guys will come by often to see us. After all, we were only 2 buildings away. Jinxx was laughing and smiling as Tony covered his eyes. He saw me and picked her up and held her.

"Do we get to see the new place?" he asked as he handed her to me.

"On Friday. I need to do some cleaning in it. Can Jinxx stay here or?"

"She can stay with us. And we can watch Mike too if you want." Tony joked. Mike walked in the room and asked what we were talking about. Tony and I just laughed. Vic walked in the room on his phone.

"Ash, do you have an instagram or twitter?" Vic asked. 

"I have old ones. I haven't been on them for about a month." I said.

"You should re-activate them. Then you and Mike can post pictures of Jinxx." he said. I pulled out my phone and set up my account. I put Mike as my boyfriend and posted a picture of us kissing from when we first started dating. I had still been on these sites, so pictures of us were already up. I looked at the comments. It was mostly people saying it wouldn't last, and that he just felt sorry for me. I added a picture of Jinxx and put "Mike's and my beautiful baby." and then left to clean the apartment.

A few days later, the apartment was clean enough for the guys to see it. Mike bought some liquor and made sure there were clean sheets for when the guys wanted to sleep over. They brought Jinxx at around 6:00 and we all talked and laughed. Vic got a notification on his phone.

"Ash, you might want to read the comments on Jinxx's picture." he said. I pulled out my phone and looked. All of the comments said that Mike would never want kids. That I was probably just a one night stand gone wrong. I ignored them, but they hurt a little. We kept talking and Eventually Jaime asked if they could sleep here. Mike got them the blankets, and we all went to bed.

"Baby monitor." Mike grumbled beside me as he rolled over. I sighed and got out of bed. I went to Jinxx's room to get her but Vic was already in there. He was gently singing hold on till may to her.

"now don't be crazy yes now. of course you can stay here." he whispered. Jinxx was already asleep and he kissed the top of her head and put her back to sleep. 

"Thank you." I said. He smiled at me and told me to go back to bed. I gladly listened and left. 

The next morning, Mike was gone when I woke up, and Jinxx was fussing in her crib. I went and got her and gave her a bottle while I watched tv. She fell asleep half way through her bottle and I laid her on the couch with pillows around her so she wouldn't fall off. I opened my instagram and read through the comments of Jinxx's picture.

"Slut. Mike doesn't deserve you." "You were a one nighter gone wrong. Nothing more." "There is no way Mike would want a kid with you. Ew." and I started crying at one that said "I was going to say kill it before it breeds, too late." I kept reading more that said how I didn't deserve Mike, and that he only stayed with me because he got me pregnant. I heard the door open and shut on the other side of the room, but ignored it. Someone took my phone out of my hand and I looked at Mike.

"I told you not to worry about these." he said sympathetically. 

"I just wanted to read them." I said.

"You're crying. Baby, they're all lies, you know that. I stayed with you because you're amazing, funny, beautiful, nice. Look, this girl agrees." he said as he showed me my phone. One single comment defended me.

"Come on guys. I like Mike as much as all of you, but wouldn't you want him to be happy? He didn't stay with her because she was pregnant. He wouldn't have had sex with her if he didn't like her. Leave her alone."

I started crying harder than before. Mike asked what was wrong.

"She's being nice to me. I'm not sad, I've just never had someone stick up for me online like that before." I said.

"You know I love you, right?" he said and I nodded. He pulled me close to him and took a picture of him kissing the top of my head. He posted it with a caption that said "I love this girl with all of my heart and soul. People are cruel to her and it makes me sick. If you were a really a fan, you would accept her because I want her here. She's so beautiful she doesn't deserve to be picked on. Leave Ash the fuck alone." And he cuddled with me on the couch.

I think I'm just fine being a Whiskey Princess.