I've been toying with this for months, trying to decide what to do with it. Right now I'm either avoiding stories or spending every second on them. If I don't start this one soon, it'll infiltrate my brain. So, yeah.

Through the eyes of a baby

Chapter 1

1 month old

The fuzzy one was back. Good smelling, nice woman kissed my head. I tried to tell her that I didn't like the fuzzy guy but it just came out as noise.

"Look Fang," the good smelling lady held me out to the mean looking fuzzy man. "She's happy your home."

No! I tried to tell her but she didn't understand. The fuzzy guy picked me up, taking me from the nice woman. I started crying a little but he just kissed me.

"What's wrong baby?" He asked me.

"Maybe she doesn't like this beard you're trying to grow." The woman took me back, cuddling me in her arms.

"No, Max, that's you." The guy laid down on the bed with us, putting his face into the pillow, sighing.

"Bad day at work?" The woman stood up and took me to the place I slept. She laid me down in the crib before moving back to the bed.

He moved his shoulders up and down. "I guess."

I could see them now through the bars of the crib. The woman laid down next to him, running her hand up and down his back. She leaned down and kissed his head.

They got boring so I looked up at the thing over my crib. It had butterflies on it and when the woman pressed something, it spun. After a while, I got hungry so I started crying.

"Max." The man pushed her a little. "Max."

She groaned. "What?"

"The baby."

"Go get her."

"I think she's hungry."

"I'm tired Fang. Go feed her."

"There are a few issues with that Max."

"There's a bottle in the fridge dumbass."

They were ignoring me so I started crying louder and louder until the man got up. He went over to my crib and lifted me up. I didn't want him! I cried louder but he just carried me out of the room and into the room where they made food. He opened the thing that held food and got my bottle out. He held me in one arm, trying to give me the bottle but I didn't like the bottle. I liked the way the woman feed me instead.

"Come on baby, just drink it," he sighed before putting the bottle down and carried me back to the sleeping room. "Max."

"Fang, just feed her!"

"She won't take the bottle. She wants you to breast-feed her, I guess. I mean, who can blame her?"

"Fang, I swear to God." She stood up and fed me as the mean man laid down on the bed. When she was done, she kissed my head and put me back in the crib before getting back into bed with the scary guy.

"I love you Max," he said as he tried to kiss her but she just moved her head.

"Go to hell."

When I woke up, the scary man was standing over my crib, as if he was waiting for me.

"Finally." He picked me up, cradling me in his arms. "I've been waiting for you." Told you. "Today's my day off so, I sent Mommy to the store so that me and you can spend the morning together. You ready to spend the day with Daddy? Huh?"

No. I want the nice lady to come back. He carried me to the living room and sat down on the couch, still holding me. I wish he would just go away. The mean guy leaned down and rubbed his face against mine. I started crying. The fuzzy stuff on his face hurts! I don't like it.

"I'm sorry. Daddy's sorry." He kissed me, rocking me gently. I cried until I realized that he wasn't going to put me down and then I let him kiss me, stopping my cries. "All better? Huh Jewel?"

I kicked my feet a little, trying to tell him that I wanted down but he kept holding me, looking down at me.

"You want down?" He asked after awhile. He stood up and laid me down on a blanket on the floor before sitting down next to me. Running a hand down my stomach, he smiled, watching me kick my feet again. I like my feet. The evil man saw me kicking them and he grabbed on, kissing it.

"You're beautiful Jewel." He leaned over me, his face above mine. I looked into his eyes, wishing that he would just leave me alone. He smelled weird. "I love you. Did you know that? Huh?" He kissed my head. "You look like Mommy. You're just as pretty as Mommy."

I wiggled a little, trying to get away from him. He just kissed me again. "You love me too, huh? Yeah."

The lady came back after awhile and she fed me before putting me back in my crib. I was sleeping for a while but then the nice lady came back in with another lady. I watched them both, wishing they would just leave.

"Aw." The one that I didn't know picked me up. "She's so cute. How old is she now?"

"Four weeks." The nice smelling woman told the other.

'Aw, I wish I had a baby."

"Nudge, you're nineteen."

"And?"

"Don't you at least want to finish college first?"

"You and Fang didn't go to college."

"Yeah and look where we are. A one bedroom apartment with a baby. American dream."

I didn't like the one that was holding me. I just wanted the nice lady and nobody else. I cried a little until she took me from her.

"What's wrong baby?" The woman that always held me kissed my head. I stopped whining and closed my eyes. I wanted to sleep again. She laid me back down in the crib before talking to the other woman again.

"How's college, anyways?"

"Fine."

"You're passing, right?'

"Yes Max."

The nice lady sighed. "How are you and…what's his name?"

"His names Trey and we're good."

"Right."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Whatever Max. I just came to see the baby."

"Okay." They walked out of the room.

I made noises as he changed my diaper. He threw it away before giving me a new one. Then he picked me up and kissed my head.

"You okay now?" He walked into the bedroom. "Max?"

She was sitting on the bed. "I'm reading Fang."

"Jewel wants her mommy though." He sat down on the bed. "Wanna hold her?"

"No Fang."

Fuzzy looked down at me. "Well, I guess she just doesn't love you like I love you."

I wiggled in his arms. I was changed and fed so now I wanted to sleep but not with him holding me! He laid me down on the bed between him and the lady.

"Fang, go put her in her crib."

"No." He laid down facing me. Scary man got in my face, his fuzz tickling me but not enough that it hurt. "You want to sleep with Daddy, huh?"

"Fang, you're scaring her."

"Am not."

"Are to."

"No."

"Yes."

"Fang."

"Max."

The lady sighed. "Fine but she is going back into her crib before you go to bed."

"Whatever." He kissed me. I cried a little, moving my arms. The woman looked down at me.

"Is he scaring you baby?" She pushed his head away from me. "You're scaring her."

"I am not. She loves her Daddy." He laid his head on the pillow next to me. "Huh Jewel? You love Daddy."

"Why can't you go in the living room? It was nice and quiet before you came in here."

"I got lonely." He leaned over me to kiss the nice lady. "Max."

"What?"

"I love you."

"Shut up and put the baby in her crib."

He sighed loudly before standing and putting me in my bed. He push the button on the butterfly thingy and it started moving. I giggled, watching it. It was better than the fuzzy guy. I would give him up for another one of these!

The nice lady and the fuzzy guy were both still asleep. I started whimpering because I got hungry. When they didn't hear me, I started crying.

"Max, get the baby."

"You get her."

"I've got work in the morning. You get her."

She groaned loudly before going over to me. "What's wrong Jewel? You diaper's not full. Are you hungry?"

"Just feed her and shut up."

"Screw you." The lady fed me. I was happy but not sleepy. When she laid me back down, I started crying. She sighed, lifting me into her arms. I stopped crying, having just wanted her to hold me. "What do you want baby? Huh?"

I reached up for her as she walked back towards the bed where the evil man was still sleeping. She laid down, me still in her arms.

"Fang, she doesn't want to sleep."

He grunted against the pillow. The lady sighed, sitting with her back against the wall behind the bed. I cuddled against her and tried to tell her that I wasn't sleepy any more but she didn't understand me. She just smiled, leaning down and kissed my head.

"Put her back in her crib."

"No Fang. She's not tired."

"Well I am."

"Then sleep. I'm not stopping you."

He groaned, turning on his back. "What's wrong with her?"

"Nothing, she just wants to be held." The nice lady kissed my head. "She sleeps all day."

Fuzzy sat up, opening his eyes so that he could look at me. "She's not sick is she?"

"Yes Fang, because her symptom that told me this is that she's not tired. You should be a doctor."

He ignored her, instead putting his hand against my cheek. "Go night-night baby. Mommy and Daddy are tired."

I started crying. I don't like when he touches me! The woman frowned at him before rocking me in her arms.

"Shhh. It's okay. I'm right here," she cooed. "Did Daddy scare you? Huh? Want me to make him leave?"

The man just laid back down. "I don't get why she doesn't like me. All I ever do is change her diaper and kiss her. Jewel should be eternally grateful to me."

"Eternally? When'd you get a bigger vocabulary?"

"Same time your stomach got bigger."

She moved me to one arm so that she could hit him. "Go back to bed."

"What time is it?"

"After four."

He groaned, standing. "I need to get up anyways. Got to leave at six. I'll be in the shower."

"'kay." She looked down at me. I closed my eyes. I was sleepy again. She kissed me before going and putting me back in my crib.