My Life as Mrs. Crosby

Uncle Geno

Because everyone needs this chapter in their life.

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It took a long time for me - or Sidney - to agree to let anyone besides our family watch Charlotte. Both Maureen and Veronique offered to watch her a few times so that we could have a date night but neither of us wanted to leave her. We did go out to eat a lot with our baby girl, but it wasn't the same. Neither of us really dressed up and it was never anywhere fancy like we used to.

We were at lunch with a few of the other players when we were discussing plans for the weekend. It seemed like most were going to go do something in the warm weather or having a night to themselves.

"What are you doing Sid?"

He turned to me, wondering what he should say. "What are we doing this weekend?"

"Probably same thing we always do. Cook a little and watch some movies with Charlotte." I shrugged, grabbing a couple fries from my plate and putting them in my mouth. "We can figure it out when we get home." He sighed, dropping the subject. I could tell he wanted to go do something, whether it be just the two of us or if Charlotte was there too.

"Did you have anything in mind about plans this weekend?" I asked him as we put groceries away. Charlotte was in her swing, giggling over one of her toys.

"I mean, it would be nice to have a night to ourselves, but I don't want to leave Charlie with anyone."

"Can leave baby with me." Geno's voice startled the two of us. He must have let himself in. "Sorry, was unlocked."

I looked at Sid to see what he was thinking about leaving Charlotte with his teammate, he just shrugged. Evgeni was kneeling in front of our daughter, talking to her. She reached for his finger and started suckling on it. He grabbed her out of the swing, craddling her in his arms.

Charlotte loves him, we already knew that. He loves her too. Plus, he was great with kids. I mean, we should at least give it a chance, right?

"Should we?" Sidney turned to me as I kept watching the Russian interact with our child. The only time she wasn't giggling was when she had his finger in his mouth.

"Well I'd prefer him over Beau."

"That's true." He mumbled. "Well are you doing anything tomorrow night, Geno?"

"Nope. Uncle Geno loves Charlie." He cooed.

"Well then, do you want to watch Charlotte for us?" I asked.

"Of course. I be here at 6." He set our daughter back in her swing, making her cry. "Don't cry. Uncle Geno come back tomorrow."

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited for this. I worked my ass off to get the body that I had before getting pregnant. No, I don't mean amazing body, I mean the body I was comfortable with. The one that Sidney loved. I was more than ready to show it off in the dark blue dress I always wore when we went on dates. I ended up pairing it with a pair of nude heels that made my legs fantastic and walked downstairs.

Sidney turned around to see me and his jaw dropped. He walked over to me and gently brushed his lips against mine, "Are you sure we have to go out? We could just stay here."

"Geno will be here any minute. Later when Charlotte is asleep."

We parked kind of far away from the restaurant, meaning we would have to walk past some obnoxious fangirls. It didn't matter where we went, they were everywhere in Pittsburgh.

Okay, I guess I didn't have problems with some because a lot of them were really sweet to me. It was the girls that gave me dirty looks when I was with my husband that I could not stand.

As we walked past them, I could hear them snickering and saying 'Hey Sidney' just to get a rise out of me. Once he knew they were all looking, he grabbed my ass and kissed me. I blushed as all the girls started to whine.

"I love you." He smiled.

"I know."

Once we were finished with our date night, we started to head towards home. Geno had blown up my phone with instagram notifications. He took at least five pictures with Charlotte and tagged me in all of them.

"So how did it go?" Sidney asked his teammate as he steadied me so that I could take off my heels.

"Great. Charlie loves me." He told us with a huge smile.

"Yeah she does." I wrapped my arm around my husband and smiled. Leaving our baby girl for a few hours wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.