Compulsive (Robert Downey, Jr.)

Baby cry

Third Person's POV

Robert walked in the gym, ready for a few hours of work out. Spotting James near the weightlifting, he approached him

“Hey there” he dropped his bottle of water, keeping the white towel over his neck.

“Hey Rob, all good?”

“Yeah… I didn’t see you around, yesterday”

James looked down “Yeah, well, a freshman student is coming to town and asked to see the house and the empty room I’ve got, she needs a place to stay”

“Oh?” Robert sat near him as he kept lifting his weights “So, did she stay?”

“No… wanna know why?”

“Why?” Robert frowned

“Because her mother thought it would not be good to share the house with someone like me. Now can you tell me what the hell does that mean?” James snapped, while Robert laughed at him

“It is not funny…” James dropped the weights

“C’mon man” Robert laughed “I’m sure you’ll find someone”

“Yeah, right” James grabbed his bottle of water “So… what about you, man? All that uproar with Soph, how did it go?”

“Oh, man, you won’t believe me…” Robert said, before telling him the entire story

James was surprised, but laughed at him in the end

“So… you were all worried with your friend, ready to give her a huge sermon if it was necessary…” He giggled “And you were the one losing a spermatozoon in your girlfriend’s vagina”

“Stop it, I’m still panicked about that”

“C’mon man, you are going to be a daddy, aren’t you excited about it?”

Robert glanced at him “That is not the thing James, you see… it’s all the not so positive things I am thinking about… particularly what this child will get from me”

“Hey… worry not, ok? I’m sure you’ll do just great”

Robert took a deep breath “I guess I’ll have to wait and see, uh?” he stood up, walking to the treadmill escorted by James

“Look at you and your life. You’ve come from the innocent boy, who relied on your uncle for everything, with a small job in a night club in which you obsessed totally in its cleanups… to what? To a growing famous guy, with a nice job, stable-ish life, great girlfriend… and most important, an inspiration to many people. Are you not proud of all this? You’ve had OCD this entire time, man. Last time I checked there wasn’t a cure for it” James smiled “So… A baby? What is the problem again? You’re going to be a daddy? You’re going to have a baby boy who’ll be constantly dragging you to play football with an who’ll ask you for advice to take his first crush on a date. Or, you’ll have a baby girl who’ll ask for your tight hug whenever she has a nightmare and who’ll give you a hell of a headache whenever random guys start showing up at your doorstep”

Robert looked at him, fascinated.

A smile appeared in his face “Well, you... are experienced in this field I see. I’ll look up to you for advice next time”

James giggled “C’mon man, you know I’m right”

Robert looked at him, smiling “Thanks, man. You have no idea how better you just made me feel”

“Anytime, man” James smiled

“Well, I better get started” Robert said, glancing at the watch