"These don't taste good." Scout announced to his father, after he tried the waffles put in front of him.
"What do you mean?" Link asked.
"Mommy makes it better." Scout said with a pout on his face.
"I know, but you'll have to deal with me." Link said distractingly as he packed the small boys lunchbox.
"Wake mommy up. She makes waffles."
"She needs to sleep. She was at work all night."
"She's made waffles after work." Scout pouted again, starting to get irritated.
"Yeah, but the baby needs her to get more sleep especially now that it is getting closer to term."
"Term?" Scout asked, not familiar with the word.
"That's like the time when the baby is ready and is going to come out. But not quite we still have awhile." This caused Scout to sigh dramatically. "Well, are you ready to go?"
"No."
"Well, we have to go."
"Stay here." Scout affirmed, jumping down from his chair and making a run for his room.
"Scout." Link tried to grab his sons attention but he was already down the hall. He made his way into his sons room to see him playing with his dinosaur toys he was obsessed with. "You've got to go to preschool and I've got to go to work."
"Stay with mommy." Scout said not looking at his father.
"You can't bud. I know you want to, but don't you want to see all your friends?" Link asked, picking up his son only for him to start screaming. "You've got to calm down."
"Not going." Scout yelled at his father as he tried to get out of his fathers grasp.
"Yes you are." This only caused the small toddler to expedite his tantrum.
"Whats going on?" Amelia asked half asleep leaning in the doorway.
"Stay here with you." Scout told his mother, immediately calming down and staying still in his fathers arms.
"You've got to go." Link told his son.
"I think it'll be alright if he missed a day." Amelia smiled.
"Are you sure?" Link asked skeptically.
"Yeah, I haven't spent enough time with my little guy." Amelia sat herself on the floor where Scout left his dinosaurs so they could play.
"Babe, you can't be on the floor that long your gonna throw out your back." Link told his girlfriend.
"I'll be fine Link, just let Scout down." Link obliged and their son made his way over to play with his mother.
"I'm already late I should get going. Call if you need me." Link told her as he left the room to try to get to work on time.
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Amelia had just put her son down for his nap and was lounging in the living room. She bit at her nails, trying to ebb away her anxiety about her sons jealousy. In result of her thinking she picked up her phone and clicked her mothers contact.
"Hey Mom." Amelia greeted once her mother picked up the phone.
"What's going on kiddo?"
"I'm struggling with Scout." Since her adventure to New York with Link, her relationship with her mother had gotten exceedingly better and she now went to her for advice.
