Babysitting Bands

8

"Do you know how cute you are? I don't think you do." Kellin said. Copeland giggled and Kellin tickled her.

"Ahh! Daddy!" She cried. Cope wiggled around and escaped from his grasp. She ran over to me and fell onto my lap. I sat her up and pointed to Kellin who was slowly crawling towards us almost mocking his daughter.

"Uh-oh, here he comes! Here comes the tickle monster!" I warned her. She screamed again and pushed herself further onto my lap.

"Save me, Bwandy!" She clung to my neck while choking out something between a scream and a laugh. I wrapped one arm around her and used the other to push myself off the ground. I stood and ran away from Kellin.

"Don't worry I'll protect you Copeland!" I shouted. I glanced back at Kellin who was pouting on the the floor and then stood up.

"Ahh! He's coming!" Cope yelled in my ear. I swerved around the couch and spun around, ready to take a stance, but I felt an arm wrap around my waste and pull me down. I fell onto the couch, but landed on Kellin's lap.

"Don't run from me!" He whined and pulled me closer to him. My back was to his chest and he kissed my cheek. I wiggled around, trying to get away from my assaulter, but Kellin just held me tighter and nuzzled his head into my neck. I recoiled away when his soft hair brushed against my shoulder.

"Kellin s-stop! That tickles!" I stuttered as I laughed. He paused and looked up at me.

"Uh-oh! The tickle monster returns!" He grinned malevolently, yet playfully and Copeland screeched again. She slid off my lap and made a run for it, but I was flipped over and pinned under Kellin.

"Ahh! Stop! Ah-a n-no! Stop I'm so ticklish K-Kels!" I couldn't stop laughing and gasping for air as he tickled and kissed me. Eventually he stopped tickling me and just kissed me. He let my hands go which he had pinned above my head and I tangled my fingers in his hair. He pulled back and leaned his forehead on mine as we both gasped for air. Kellin sat up, pulling me with him and readjusted us so I was on his lap.

"Brandy?" He mumbled as his lips were attached to my neck. I leaned back into him more.

"Mmm?"

"Would it be way too soon to tell you that I love you?" I smiled and turned towards him.

"Not if it's true." I said. Kellin brushed a piece of my hair out of my eyes and kissed my nose.

"Then, I love you."

"I love you too." There was a whine from the other side of me and I turned to see Cope pouting at me. I laughed and scooped her up. "And I love Copeland too!" I said and kissed her cheek. She giggled and hugged me. I hugged her back and Kellin sandwiched us together.

"And I love both of you so much!"

"Ahh! Daddy!" Cope shouted when Kellin squeezed her a little too hard. He let her go and she looked up at Kellin. "Daddy, you wuv Bwandy?" She asked.

"Yeah, Cope, I do." Then she turned to me.

"And you love Daddy?" I giggled at her and nodded. She grinned and laughed. Why? I don't know. After that she ran off to her blocks. Kellin's phone rang and h answered it.

"Hello?...Oh, shit, really?...Yeah, I'm coming...Bye." He sighed and hung up his phone.

"Gotta go?" I asked. He pouted and nodded.

"They lost a bunch of what we already had recorded so we have to re-record it all." He ran his fingers through his hair and squeezed his eyes shut. "This is so stressful..." He said quietly. I kissed his cheek.

"But as soon as its all over and recorded, you get to go on tour again. That's good, right?" I asked. Kellin shrugged.

"Tour's fun, but then I won't be able to see you or Cope." He said sadly. I climbed off his lap and we got up.

"We'll keep in touch, don't worry." He smiled and hugged me. "Anyway, I should probably go. Do you want me to take Cope since you're leaving?" Kellin nodded and scooped Cope up off the ground.

"That would be great. Thank you so much, Brandy, I would literally be lost without you." I shook my head and took Cope who wrapped her arms around my neck.

"No problem. I'll see you soon, okay?" He nodded.

"Yeah, see you later, Babe." He kissed me good-bye and opened the door for me. "When should I pick her up?"

"Actually, I'll ask Kate; I think she wanted to see Cope today. I'll text you though!" I carried Cope to the car and buckled her into the car seat. She waved frantically to Kellin as we drove away. It was so cute how much she loved seeing him.

I called Kate on the way and asked her if she wanted me to drop off Cope, leaving out the part about me spending the night at Kellin's. She said that that would be good and that Cope was going to get her hair cut today, which I was sure Copeland would be less than thrilled about. I drove her to Kate's and then went back to my house.

After a fun, but somewhat tiring, night at Kellin's, I was looking forward spending the rest of the day at home alone. But guess who was there when i got there: Gabby! I loved the girl, but sometimes she was a little too much. As soon as I walked in the door, she was standing in front of me with her hands on her hips looking as sassy as ever.

"Oh. My. God. You spent the night and didn't call to tell me!?" She screamed. I rolled my eyes and pushed by her.

"Nice to see you too." I said.

"This is Kellin Quinn we're talking about!"

"Wait, were you at my house all night?"

"How could I not be imploding at the fact that my best friend is sleeping with him!?"

"Whoa! We didn't do anything! He just said he loved me and that was i--"

"He said the L word!?" I rolled my eyes and nodded. "Oh. My. God." I grabbed a monster from the fridge and sat on the couch with Gabby right next to me.

"Hot Topic is sponsoring their tour because they're practically broke." By this time, Gabby had finally started to calm down.

"Pssh! Brandy, compared to you, everyone's practically broke." I shrugged.

"And that's the only reason I allow you to basically live with me, peasant!" I joked. She rolled her eyes and shoved me.

"Anyway, what did he say when you told him?"

"Nothing much, just that it was a huge help. He's really sweet; he felt really bad, like he was asking for money or something." I laughed to myself at the thought of the face Kellin made when I told him I would give him the money for the tour.

"Cute. Now back to what I really care about instead of pretending I care about business: what the hell did you say when he said he loved you!?" I shoved her this time and scoffed.

"My business! And since you don't care about business..."

"God dammit tell me woman!"

"I said I loved him too okay!?" I said quickly. A smile spread across Gabby's face.

"Eep! So cute! You're in love with a rock star and for once, he's in love with you too!" I was about to respond when my phone rang.

"Hello?" I asked. For a moment I just heard what sounded like sniffling.

"B-Brandy? It's Kate."

"Hey, is something wrong?" I asked urgently. She sounded upset.

"C-Can you go to my house and get Cope's travel bag and bring it to the hospital?"

"Shit, yeah, sure, but Kate, what happened? Is everyone alright?" I was already getting my shoes on to go.

"It's Kellin."

A/N: Dun dun duuuuuun! What's going to happen to Kellin!? Sorry this took so long :(