Chapter 1: Parenting
I'm back! Welcome to the second part of their life. They had finally became parents, do they know what they are doing? Read on my friends and find out X)
Azure's pov
I woke up in our bed. My pelvis still hurts a little, I thought. I guess it will, seeing as how I just gave birth... I was still tired a little, but I got up and walked around. I found Cody in the kitchen, making a sandwich.I noticed something off about his hand though. It was bruised a light purple color, and had the general shape of my paw.
"Did I do that?" I asked, walking up behind him.
"Azure? You are awake!" He said happily as he hugged me. "You have been sleeping for about a day now."
While he was hugging me I had noticed my breast had swollen, for the purpose of feeding our new child, of course. It made me wonder where our son had gone. "Hey, where is the little angel?" I asked wearily.
"Oh. He has been whining for a while now. I think he needs his mother. After all, I don't think I am fitted for feeding him just yet." He said with a laugh. "Here, I will take you to him."
He lead me through our house to the baby room we had set up the week prior. In the little crib was the cutest little ball of fur I had laid eyes on. I let out an "aww" upon seeing him, even though he was still whining. I picked up our child and he stopped whining a little and I noticed Cody had put a diaper on him.
"Ahem... a little privacy please?" I teased Cody as our son began suckling. It was an odd sensation but I got used to it.
Cody, who hadn't left, walked up behind me and put his hands on my shoulders and started to massage them. "So, what was it like? Other than being painful of course." He asked.
"The pregnancy or birth?"
"Birth."
"Other than the pain? Hmm..." I thought for a minute to try and describe it. "Have you ever tried to fit a watermelon through a lemon?"
I heard a laugh behind me. "No, but I can imagine it would be quite difficult."
"Yea. That is actually a pretty accurate description. It was quite difficult. And this? This feels pretty weird.
This got another laugh from Cody. "Well is it a good weird or a bad weird?"
"Good weird. I think." I said giggling. "I am sorry about your hand... I didn't know I squeezed that hard."
"It's fine. I was in a lot less pain than you were."
Little Aaron stopped suckling and I instinctively put him on my shoulder and began patting his back softly. "Well I guess you are right. But it still doesn't change the fact that I hurt you." I started to hear a few small burps,but it didnt bother me. After I finished burping him, I started to lick his head clean, getting a weird look from Cody.
"Well I have to wash him." I said, moving to his little face. I soon began collecting ample amounts of fur on my cat-like tongue. "I am going to have hairballs for a week." I said. For some reason I didn't hate grooming my little puppy, I actually felt glad I was able to care for him.
After I finished cleaning Aaron I set him back down in his crib and I began petting his head. He fell asleep shortly after and I looked at Cody and whispered, "See? It takes a mother's touch."
He laughed quietly. "Come on, our parents wanted to see you when you woke up." He whispered back.
We went to the living room of our house and saw everyone sitting down and watching tv. Mom was the first to notice us.
"How are you feeling?" She said, causing everyone to notice me. "I heard Aaron stop crying and I assumed you were awake."
"Fine." I said with a smile. "See? I told you it was a mother thing." I teased Cody.
"Well then I guess congratulations are in order." Rose said. "This little family gained a new little person and I think we should celebrate."
"I have to agree. We should go do something special. But I want to wait until Aaron wakes up. I just got him to sleep." I said. "I also just want to relax for now."
"Of course dear, you deserve it." Mary said. "You did just do more work than any of us. Oh! I almost forgot. Here, take these. They are from when Cody was a baby." She said, having me a pair of baby speakers.
"Thank you." I said. "But... What are they exactly?"
"Follow me." Cody said. "We take this one" he grabbed one without a volume knob on it, as we went to Aaron's room. "And put it in the baby room. We put this one in our room and we can hear if he starts crying at night." He finished with a whisper.
"Ohh."
"Be warned though. I will tell you right now you will NOT sleep for a while. Especially if this little riolu is anything like his father." Mary said quietly.
I walked over to the crib and watched my little boy. I couldn't help but shed a tear of joy at my hard work. "Isn't he just adorable?"
"Yea. He sure is. I don't know if you realized it, but he has your eyes. I noticed it after you had fallen asleep. Nurse Joy made sure everything is alright with the little guy and everything checks out. He is one healthy little pokemon."
"Mmh." I said still smiling. "We need to get out of here before we wake him up."
We all left and Aaron was thankfully still asleep. We all sat in the living room and talked for a few hours until I heard Aaron cry again. I politely excused myself and walked into his room. I tried feeding him, but he didn't seem hungry. I checked the diaper too, nothing there either. I began to get really confused. I took the crying boy into the living room.
"Mom? He won't stop crying. He isn't hungry and he doesn't need a diaper change."
My mom smiled. "Here, let me see him." I handed my mom my child. "There there, grandma is here." She said softly as she rocked him gently up and down. "He is just like you were. Sometimes you just have to hold them for a while. A gentle voice and rocking him will fix it most of the time. All it is, is him missing you." She explained as Aaron calmed down a bit. "Here, you try." She said, handing him back to me.
I took Aaron and did as I was told. "Shh shh. Momma's got you." He soon calmed down and his crying was replaced by happy sounding mumbles.
"Thank you." I said, relieved.
"Anytime. That's what we are here for. We don't stop being parents because you become ones yourself." She said with a smile.
I held Aaron for a while as we all talked for while. I soon felt him pawing at my chest and I figured he was hungry again, so I excused myself back to his room. When he was fed, I burped him and put him to sleep again.
Cody's pov now
Azure had finally came back from feeding Aaron. She came to sit by me and rested her head on my lap, I could tell she was incredibly tired, so I picked her up, surprising her, and carried her to our bed.
"Listen you." I said, "You are not to leave this bed until you wake up and you aren't tired. I will handle our son until then, so you rest up."
"Are you sure?" She said.
"Yes, you are tired. Now sleep." I said, kissing her goodnight. I looked at her smiling face, making me smile too, and I took the baby monitor into the living room with me.
"What was all that about?" Dad asked.
"She was tired so I put her in our bed and told her to sleep. She has done a lot and she has only been up for a few hours."
"The poor girl. She is probably exhausted, I know I was." Mom said.
I looked at the baby monitor and thought of all that had happened recently. I finished our house. I am a father at 17. What wisdom could I give my son at my age? I began getting confused and dad noticed this.
"I know what you are thinking son... trust me though, it will all work itself out eventually. I thought I wouldn't make it far as a father either, but look at you now." The lights had cut off at this point and Rose perked up.
"SPARKY! Give the generator your strongest thunder!" She yelled. The lights came on a minute later and my dad continued.
"No matter how tough things may get, that boy will always look up to you, just like you always look up to me." What he had said made me feel better by a long shot.
"Thanks dad. That means a lot to me." I said as a smile made its way across my face.
"Dont worry, your son will be the same way."
After a while the baby monitor began crying. I went to see what the matter was and I was greeted by an overpowering smell of a dirty diaper... Yay... I shouldn't have put Azure to sleep. Maybe I could have gotten out of this. I thought to myself. Nahh I probably would have made her sit down either way.
I quickly grabbed another diaper, baby powder, and some wet naps and undid his diaper, releasing more foul odors. I folded up the nasty diaper and set it to the side.
"Wow! Your son must be gifted. I can smell him from in here dear." My mom yelled. I ignored her and finished wiping clean my son's rear and put some powder on him in small clouds.
"There. All better." I said, as I began tickling his belly resulting in a high pitched laughter. I picked him up and began slowly swinging him around, causing more laughter. "You are little but I will tell you a secret." I whispered. "Mommy and daddy are the only sane people here. Everyone else just wants to pull on your little cheeks and then gobble you up." I stopped twirling him and my eyes had fallen on the baby monitor. Of course I left the other one in the living room. "I love you guys." I said, trying to get myself off the hook
I heard laughter from the living room. I walked in cautiously with Aaron, who thought this was still a game and I was surprised that I wasn't attacked. I WAS surprised because I didn't see dad. "Where is-" I couldn't finish because he gently grabbed Aaron and I let my dad hold him.
"Dont listen to him. Grandparents only want to give you candy and good things." He said, tickling Aaron on the feet. "That way when we send you home to mommy and daddy you can be really hyper."
"Oh no. I dont think so." I said, retrieving my son. "You send a hyper grandson and I send a drunk daughter in law." I said laughing.
"Haha nice try, Azure doesn't seem like the drinking type." Dad said.
"Ok you got me there... but I will still get you back for it." All the excitement had made Aaron tired because I heard a little yawn. "Alright. I guess I can let you go to sleep." I said, rocking him. "I will be back in a minute." And I headed back to his room to put him in his crib.
When I set him down in his bed I felt full of pride for some reason. I looked down at him and pet his head, smiling. "Sleep tight little guy." I said, leaving his room.
I went back to the living room and talked for a couple more hours until I went to bed. I managed to slip into bed and put the monitor on our side table without waking Azure. Her sleep didn't last long though because Aaron had began crying an hour later, hungry.
Azure sleepily got up. "We should invest in a breast pump…" She said. I could hear the weariness in her voice. She got up and I followed her into the baby's room and breast fed the hungry child as she walked into the living room and plopped down on the couch. I walked up behind her and gave her shoulders a massage to try and keep her from getting cranky.
"You can go sleep. You don't have to sit here and make me feel better. I have slept almost two days straight now."
"Well I don't want you to feel like you are doing this alone."
"I hope you know this won't help you get laid. My sex drive went down the toilet ever since I got pregnant." she said rather bluntly.
"Nonsense. Like I said, I want to help you because I want to, not because I might get you in bed. You are my wife anyway, if I wanted you, I could just make you want it." I whispered in her ear. "Not to mention the fact that you are still tired, no matter how long you slept. You almost fell asleep in my lap earlier."
"You are too nice." She said.
"There is no such thing." I said. I continued to massage her until I heard a small snore and I noticed she had fallen asleep. I looked down surprised and saw that both of them had fallen asleep and I had been completely oblivious to it.
I gave a small chuckle to myself and went to go grab covers off of our bed and held Aaron as I readjusted Azure on the couch so she would be more comfortable. She didn't wake up as I moved beside her and slipped Aaron in between us. I had fallen asleep rather quickly after that.
My peaceful sleep was interrupted again around 5 in the morning as Aaron started to whimper. I got up and soothed him before he could start crying too loudly. I sleepily rushed to his room as he began to get louder.
I could tell his diaper was dirty just be the feel of it. I sighed and began the smelly process of changing him. I heard a yawn behind me and dropped the wet naps I had picked up because I jumped.
"On edge?" Rose said. "Were you expecting to change something that smelly and not be barged in on?" She said from the doorway.
"Hey, go away. My son is naked." I said jokingly.
"Oh hush. I know all about anatomy and what ALL boys have and what ALL girls have." She said giggling. "Here, this will make him more comfortable." She came up and readjusted the diaper a little after I had cleaned him off. "There. All better."
"Thanks, but how did you know?" I asked.
"Well I used to babysit for some money and I had to take care of my baby cousin Amber for a week." She explained.
"Ahh. Well there is no use in going to sleep now. I would only get to sleep for about an hour."
"I almost always wake up around this time. My parents and I could never figure out why I did, so we just let it happen. Can I..?" She asked, motioning to Aaron.
"Sure." I said, handing him over to Rose.
"Hi there, I am Rose." She said with a smile. He let out a small gurgle and yawned. "He is just so cute." She handed him back.
"Alright, I have to put him back to sleep, because I am going to surprise Azure with breakfast in… couch." I said, laughing.
"Aww, how sweet of you." She said, as she walked toward her room. "Anyway, I will be back. I usually shower at this time so i get the hot water I need. Bye."
"Later." I stood there for the next half hour or so trying to get Aaron to sleep but he refused. I decided to bring him into the kitchen with me as I began to make Azure's breakfast of sunny side up eggs, bacon that will be chewy and perfect, and some toast with butter on it, all with one hand.
Cooking her breakfast had taken longer than I thought and by time I finished, she was starting to stir in her sleep. I had to carry one thing at a time because I was holding Aaron the whole time. I eventually got everything to the coffee table in front of her and she woke up to the sight of her breakfast.
I heard her gasp and saw her look my way. I was smiling when she said, "You didn't have to do this." She walked towards me and hugged us. "That is one heck of a good morning. Speaking of good mornings, good morning to you!" She said as I released Aaron to his mother. "For being so nice I am hereby ordering you to go take a nap. I don't know how long you have been awake, but I know from the size of this breakfast, you didn't wake up anytime recently. I will take care of him for today. You just go relax."
"Well you do sound less tired. But I don't think I can sleep." I said. "While I was awake though I did read something interesting. Infants who sleep with their parents don't wake up as often. They say they sometimes wake up from 'separation anxiety' which is just a fancy way of saying that they miss us."
"Hmm… definitely something to try." She said, as she stopped rocking Aaron, who began eating. "Well someone sure is hungry. Speaking of which, I just noticed I haven't eaten since before I gave birth. I am so hungry I could eat a rapidash." She said jokingly as she walked to her breakfast. I realized my own hunger and washed off the pans I had used to make Azure's breakfast and started my own. It was nowhere near as perfect as hers was because it was just scrambled eggs and bacon, but it was just something to eat.
She finished breastfeeding Aaron and we both decided to eat when Mom and Dad came out. "Oh i thought you two would be sleeping in. Especially seeing as how you have a newborn."
"Oh he woke me up a few times." I said. "Azure was woken up once but he started crying an hour and a half ago because he made a mess of his diaper."
"Hmm only twice last night? That isn't very much actually. Expect to wake up a little more dear."
"I guess I will." I said.
"Anyway, your father and I have decided to go home. You won't be alone though. Don't be afraid to call us if you have questions, we will always make time to help you three." She said smiling.
I felt a little panicked that my parents aren't going to be there to help. I was a little comforted to know that Eris and Azure would still be here. I went up and hugged my parents. "Thank you guys for raising me." I said.
"it isn't something to thank. But you are welcome, regardless." My mom said. "You had better take real good care of my boy." She said to Azure with a smile. "Both of them." She pointed to Aaron.
"Hmm you are funny. This is MY boy." Azure said, smiling back.
"Fair enough. But you better do right by him."
"Of course Mary. You two visit often ok?"
"Promise." Mom said, giving me some relief. I honestly didn't want them to go. I know it was childish, but it is normal to not want to leave the two people that have been there your whole life. At the same time I wanted to prove to them and myself that I could make it on my own. "Goodbye Cody." She said as she hugged me one last time. "Goodbye Azure." She hugged her too. "Eris." She gave out one last hug. "And of course you." She said, scratching Aaron's head. Then they left.
It felt odd to see them go. I felt alone, but at the same time I knew Azure would always be by me. I felt the dependance on my parents dwindle as watched them get into the car. I felt Azure put her paw on my shoulder as I watched them go.
"They are leaving… The two people I have known my whole life… Gone."
"We will be fine." She reassured me. "We have done a lot on our own. Just think of this as a really long pokemon adventure." She said, which helped a lot. "They are not gone though, they will visit every once in a while, and I am sure they want to see all of us here as much as we want to see them. Everything will be ok." She said, giving me a kiss on the cheek.
"You have a silver tongue, you know that?" I said smiling.
"I am your wife. I should know what words cheer you up." Aaron mumbled a bit and we heard a rather unpleasant noise, followed by an equally unpleasant smell. "And he is definitely YOUR son!" She said covering her nose.
"Here, I got this." I said but was turned away.
"You have done enough. I will do this." She said, walking towards Aarons bedroom. I just smiled and laughed as she let out an "Eww!" as Aaron finished his work.
The first chapter of my second story is finished! First of all i am sorry if you are disturbed by the last paragraph. Second. I know this is a little short, but it is the first chapter. I hope to make them longer and reach my usual 4000 word minimum again. Like i said before, if you have any ideas you think might make a good addition to the story, don't hesitate to pm me about it. I love including everyones likes into my work to make it better.