Little Clay Spencer

Chapter 2

Jason went back out to his truck and put Clay into the back, he set in the drivers seat for a munite or two knowing by tomorrow everyone on base would be asking why he had a kid with him, Military bases were as bad as a high school sometimes. He pulled out of the military base on his way to the store, he knew he didn't have much at his appartment and if he was going to be there for a while he needed to get some supplies and more food and diapiers for Clay. As if on cue Jason's phone starts to buzz and he knows it has to be Ray or one of his guys. He ignores it because he doesn't want to have to deal with their questions yet. Jason looks back at Clay for a second and sees he's chewing on his hand again, Jason realizes that the kid might be teething, maybe that's why he keeps putting his hand in his mouth. He adds that to the growing list of things he needs to acquire.

By the time he got to the store Jason's got 9 missed calls, half a dozen voicemails and several texts from Ray and others now. He guesses that when Ray couldn't get ahold of him he started calling the other teammates. He just shakes his head and turns the phone on silent getting out of the truck and getting Clay out of the back pulling him into his arms and grabbing the baby bag off the floor heading into the store. "Okay buddy, let's get you some stuff and then we'll deal with your uncle Ray," Jason says grabbing a cart, putting Clay in the front basket and setting the bag in the cart. He heads to the heatlh and beauty aid section to find soap and shampoo for the kid. He never really realized there were so many different brands and kinds of soap let alone for kids... Jason just stands there dumb founded for a munite trying to figure out what to get. He ends up grabbing some watermellon shampoo that's not supposed to sting the kids eyes but he knows from the other wives that it does still sting the little ones eyes. While he's standing there he realizes he only has a shower in his appartment and wonders exactly how he's gonna give Clay a bath; he's gonna have to figure that one out later. Jason grabs a tooth brush and some tooth paste before heading over to the diapers figuring he probably should grab a pack of those since there was only a half pack in the diaper bag. When he gets to the isle he's in the same situation as the soap, why are there so many different kinds of diapers? He grabs the diaper bag from the cart and pulls out the pack of diapers that were packed trying to match what was in the bag. It took some hunting but he found the kind and the size that already fit Clay and put the box in the cart. Jason heads over to the baby boys department to find something soft for him to sleep in instead of sleeping in the overalls that he had on, on the way there Clay sees a display of stuffed animals and squeels and starts to point at the stuffed seal on the counter; Jason just laughs at that, "Okay buddy, you can get the seal," grabbing the Seal handing it over to Clay who hugged it to his chest content now just with the stuffed animal. Jason grabs a couple soft onesies that Clay can sleep in and heads for the food section. He knows he has next to nothing in his cupboards. He grabs chicken and waffles; and some things that he can cook for the both of them: eggs, yoguart, oatmeal and grabs some milk from the coolers and bread before heading to the checkout. At the checkout everything goes fine except Clay doesn't want to hand over the seal so it can be scanned so the cashier had to walk around to swipe the barcode on the stuffed animal. Jason pushes the cart out to his truck, puts Clay in his carseat, and loads the groceries into the back on the floor then heads to the storage units before he heads home.