LUX
Baze was playing video games. For the tenth time this week. Sure things had been good in the first year of Lux's life but moor that Cate and Baze had moved in together the effort stopped being made. LUX was still the priority but videogames came in close second.
Cate coughed, loudly and obviously attention seekingly. Baze looked up from his Zombie Warfare game and saw the disdain in her eyes, he at least had the gall to look sheepish, Lux tottered into the room her bright blonde curls lighting up the room, "Mama." She gurgled throwing her arms up for her mom to pick her up. Cate bent down,cooing to Lux as she picked her up. She walked over to the sofa that Baze was sitting on, he switched of his game with a flick of the remote." Heya baby, how are you doing ?" He tickled Lux under her chin, she let out a screech of laughter bringing a smile to her parents faces."Look Cate, I'm sorry I've been such a dud about looking after you and Lux, its just hard to kinda still be me with all of this." He gestured toward the room filled with toddler paraphernalia. Cate smiled, "I know, it hasn't been a ball for me either, what with Lux's condition and my mom, things have really been piling up lately." She glanced down at her baby, twittering away happily to herself, smiling when she heard Lux say mama under her breath. Baze put his arm around Cate and pulled her in closer, he kissed the top of her head, inhaling the scent of her beautiful coconut shampoo. She lent on to his shoulder. Relaxation filling her body. Lux's first birthday was one week away, her baby had grown so much over the past year and it was strange for Cate to think just how much her situation had changed since then, especially with Baze.
At that moment his mom walked in, neither Cate, Baze or Lux heard her. She stopped in the doorway briefly, an immense feeling of pride filling her as she saw what a fantastic man her son was. Lux caught sight of her grandmother standing in the doorway, she was Lux's favourite grandparent. Ellen walked over to her son and (semi) daughter-in- law Cate and Baze looked up as they heard her walk in behind them. She went and sat in the old leather recliner, her mind on the business of Lux's first birthday party. The guest list forming in her mind. "So Cate, when do you want to host Lux's birthday party ?"
The two women were downstairs discussing balloon colours and entertainers, whilst Baze was in his room battling with himself over whether or not it was the right time to tell people about Lux. She was almost one and she would be going out way more often now, trips to the local park were imminent. Not that his usual crew hung around at the kiddie park but he knew for a fact that lots of girls in his year looked after neighbourhood kids in their spare time so they often used the park as an excuse to meet up with friends. So if he and Cate went together with a baby that was undeniably theirs it would be difficult to explain. Cate and Baze had been a couple for two months, realizing on Lux's tenth birthday that their baby was more than what they had in common, He'd had a bit of grief about it from the team but he had ignored it, knowing full well that it was the minimum of the torment he would indure if they knew he had a kid. It wasn't that Baze want proud of Lux and Cate, he wasn't proud of himself. He hadn't been a good enough dad, he should have made Cate tell people about Lux, they clearly weren't ashamed of their daughter, she was the best thing in their lives but right now keeping her away from the world might not be in her best interests.