First story for Baby Daddy! It is set after the finale of season 3. Hope you enjoy! :D
Exclaimer: I don't own anything that belongs to Baby Daddy, just the plot and OC character.
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The past six months, Ben and Riley have been together while Danny had also moved to Paris with Georgie. Much to Riley's dismay, he believed it was good for them. Of course they had a couple more weeks together before he left, spending Halloween and Christmas together. Riley couldn't stop thinking about Danny as time went on. She also couldn't stop thinking of how they almost kissed when he told her goodbye.
Riley laid awake one morning in bed and sighed as she looked over at Ben, sleeping peacefully beside her. She frowned slightly and wanted to call Danny to hear his voice, but he told her that he thinks they shouldn't talk either. She felt guilty for thinking about Danny, but she knew her heart belonged to Ben, or so she thought it did. Ben woke up and he grinned as he reached over for a small peck on the lips.
"Morning," He smirked and she smiled.
"Morning," Riley replied, and Ben got up once he heard the cries of Emma, knowing it was time to feed her.
An hour later, Riley was showered and dressed for work. She grabbed her jacket and briefcase. Ben handed her a grilled cheese that he made. She headed for the door when Ben called her name.
"Yes?" Riley asked as she looked back at Ben.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Ben smirked as he opened his arms and he saw her lips form into a small smile as she walked up to him and pecked him on the cheek.
He furrowed his eyebrows as he watched her walk out, and sighed, looking down at his feet. He wondered why she's been distant lately. He was getting worried about their relationship because as the days past, the more distant she became. He also knew that she was hiding things and every time he would bring it up, she would dismiss it or change the subject. He turned to Emma who was sitting in the high chair and he fed her the food in a small green bowl and smiled when she picked up the spoon and fed herself as he drank a cup of coffee.
Weeks had passed by and Riley and Ben had begun to argue and argue more often. They would always argue about the same thing, about her hiding something and she wouldn't tell him. She would always argue that she's not hiding anything and that she was just stressed out and tired. Tucker would always hear their arguments late at night after Ben had put Emma to sleep.
"Ben! I'm not hiding anything! Stop accusing me of it!" Riley yelled as she ran her hand through her hair as she tried to walk back to the bedroom.
"Riley seriously? You think I'm that stupid? Obviously you're hiding something! I know you are, you know you are! Why don't you bring it out in the open so I can help you!?" Ben yelled back as he tried to grab her wrist to resolve their issue.
Tucker would listen to their argument for about an hour or two. He sighed as he somewhat knew the reasoning to the way she was act. He got up and went to the living room to try and stop the arguing late at night.
"Guys! Please stop, I'm trying to get my beauty sleep. I need to wake up early," Tucker whined and Ben stopped trying to get Riley to talk to him and he sighed.
"Ok, I'm sorry. We will let you sleep." Ben said as he looked at Riley go to the bedroom and close the door behind her.
Ben sighed as he grabbed one of the pillows on the couch, grabbed a blanket and went to sleep on the couch.
Months passed and it was becoming summer soon. Ben and Riley continued to argue while Tucker tried to keep himself busy with work and other activities. Tucker decided to join dance for fun. He invited everyone to come by a dance session one day to show off his dance moves.
Ben continued to annoy Riley about what she was hiding.
"Riley, I'm getting tired. It's been months now and you still won't tell me. I don't get it." Ben said as he sighed.
"Ben, stop. I'm not hiding anything. I don't understand why you keep bothering me about this. Stop! You're annoying me! I have a limit and I'm reaching my limit with you." Riley said.
"Your limit?! What damn limit?! You're the one who's hiding something! Not me!" Ben begun to yell.
"I already told you! I'm not hiding anything! Stop bothering me!" Riley yelled louder.
Their voices had begun to get louder with each minute. Soon after an hour, they were yelling at the top of their lungs once more. It ended up getting to a point to they didn't know what they started arguing about.
"No! You know what?! I'm done!" Riley yelled.
"What?" Ben said.
"I'm done! I can't deal with you anymore! I can't deal with the yelling! I can't deal with you accusing me of hiding stuff! I just can't anymore!" Riley yelled, but her voice began to crack. She grabbed her purse and walked out of Ben's apartment.
Ben just stared at the door, but then soon realized that it was most likely for the best. He went to go make food for Emma. There was then a knock on the door. He furrowed his eyebrows as he went to go answer.
"Hey bro!" Danny yelled in excitement when Ben opened the door.
About a week later, Ben, Danny, and Emma had gone to the dance session Tucker had told them to go to. Ben stood around, bouncing Emma in his arm as he waited for Tucker to come out and dance.
A few minutes later, Tucker had come out to the middle of the floor with a partner. Ben and Danny watched as music came on. Tucker's partner was a young woman, she wasn't short, but she wasn't tall. Her hair was an ombre hair color with dark brown and a lighter brown, almost blonde, and in a ponytail. The two brothers watched as they moved around each other and with each other. His partner was also of medium build, she was curvy, but toned. After the dance, Tucker had come up with his partner to the two brothers.
"Hey guys, this is Melissa." Tucker smiled as he introduced his partner.
"Hi," She said.
"Hi, I'm Ben and this is Danny. This is my daughter, Emma." Ben said, introducing all three of them.
"Oh, she is so adorable!" Melissa exclaimed as she smiled and took a look at Emma.
"She's not the only one who's adorable." Ben smirked and Melissa looked up at Ben then smiled slightly as she looked back down.
Ben noticed that his flirting ways had come back, he couldn't help it, but he was attracted to Melissa. He smiled at her and watched her as she walked away, introducing herself to other people. Tucker had come up to Ben and Danny.
"So how was it? Did you guys like it?" Tucker asked.
"Yeah, I liked it very much." Ben said as his eyes were on the young woman he had just met.
Tucker looked over to where Ben's eyes were. Tucker looked back at Ben and shook his head.
"No way bro! You are not going after her. Besides, it's only been a week." Tucker said.
"Only been a week to what?" Danny asked.
"Oh when Ben and Riley broke up." Tucker said.
"Tucker!" Ben exclaimed.
"What?" Tucker said and Danny furrowed his eyebrows.
"Is that why she's not here?" Danny asked and Ben looked at Danny and sighed.
"Yeah, we just kept arguing a lot. I guess it wasn't meant to be." Ben replied and Danny looked at his phone, his feelings for Riley came rushing back and the glint of hope had come along with his feelings as well.