Wow, I really can't believe I'm doing this. I'm mostly a sci-fi-ish writer, so this will be a big change for me. This will also be the first story I've published on here in years. And my first victorious fic.

Anyways, I love Bade, and this story has been fluttering around in my head for weeks now. I have no idea exactly what time frame this is, I'd say sometime during their senior year.

The basic idea behind this is to have a bunch of random one-shots centered around Beck, Jade, and their baby :3 some will take place before the baby is born, and some afterwards. Hopefully, eventually, they will create a somewhat readable story. Also, I would love your input on what kind of chapters I should do next. (eg before baby, after baby, prompts, ect ect)

Read on if you dare!

Disclaimer: I do not own victorious. Heck, I haven't even seen most of the episodes :P

...hope that didn't scare you off...

"Won't you let me sing you a lullaby?

Won't you let me kiss you goodnight?

Won't you let me tuck you in to sleep?

I'll promise you the happiest of dreams."

-lullaby by nat and alex wolff

"Beck."

No response.

"Beck!"

This time his name was accompanied by a swift jab of Jade's elbow into his stomach. Beck Oliver opened his eyes groggily and rolled over to face his girlfriend. His oh so beautiful girlfriend, who still managed to look amazing despite having given birth just three days earlier.

"Is there a problem?" he managed to ask, unable to keep his eyes open for more than a second. For whatever reason, he asked it in a British accent. Ah well. Sleep depravation could do crazy things to a person. Also, the stress of the last nine months, and particularly the stress of this past weekend, could have an affect as well. It wasn't exactly an easy thing, becoming a father and all.

"She's doing it again!" came Jade's tired, but still angry, answer.

"Doing what?" he asked

It was only then that Beck realized that Jade was sitting up in their bed, holding their daughter. Their very loud, screaming daughter.

"She doesn't want to eat, she's already had her diaper changed twice, and I still can't get her to stop crying." Jade explained in a not so pleasant tone.

"And, I'm supposed...?" Beck asked, rubbing his hand across his eyes.

"I don't know!" Jade snapped, "Maybe, I don't know, help me?"

Beck wracked his brain for an appropriate suggestion.

"Did you try rocking her?" was the only thing that came to mind at the moment. The glare that Jade gave him was enough to make him wake up a little more and think of a better idea. He shifted himself into a sitting position and allowed himself a few seconds to stare at the two most gorgeous girls in the world.

Jade, with her hair pulled to one side and braided, looked completely worn out. Her eyes had the faintest of dark circles under then, and she had gone to bed too exhausted to take off her makeup. Dressed in one of Beck's flannel shirts and a pair of shorts, she sat with her knees propped up. Lying on those long lean thighs, nope, don't even go there Beck, was their daughter, red-faced from crying.

Heidi Lee Oliver was born on December first, at about three o'clock in the morning. Three days later, she still seemed to go by her own clock, sleeping peacefully through the day and then waking up in the early morning hours and refusing to go back to sleep. This was already the third time she'd woken them up since they had gone to bed. Her cries had now settled down into more of a hiccuping sound, but she still wore an expression that said she could burst back into tears at any moment.

Beck reached out a hand to stroke Heidi's soft brown hair. She had a ridiculous amount of it too. She blinked a few times as Beck curled the ends of it around his finger. Her eyes were a stormy gray-blue, though Beck's mother had told him that they would probably turn brown at some point. Either way, she was perfect. Except for this whole being a night-owl thing.

As if sensing that her daddy's thoughts had turned to this subject, Heidi began to cry again. Jade let out an exasperated sigh before picking Heidi up and begin to get out of bed.

"Why don't you sing to her?" Beck suggested innocently. He was met by another one of Jade's death stares.

"No" was the only reply he got.

"Why not?" He asked, "Babies love lullabies."

"Yeah, well, I don't," Jade told him, standing up and shifting Heidi onto her shoulder. "And anyways, why would anyone fall asleep while someone's singing to them? If someone were singing to me, I'd..." her voice trailed off as she noticed Beck staring at her.

"What?" she asked, her cheeks blushing ever so slightly.

"Go ahead and finish," Beck smiled at her, "What would you do if someone sang to you?"

She knew what he was trying to get at, and she knew he was going to be all sappy about it and possibly even start singing. So she threw a dirty burp cloth at him.

"Shut up Beck," she requested sweetly. Beck grinned as he peeled the offending cloth off of his face. He noticed that Heidi seemed to have quieted down during his and Jade's little exchange. Jade noticed as well, and began slowly making her way to the door of their bedroom, rocking back and forth softly as she went. Beck threw back the blankets and followed Jade out the door.

He stood in the hallway of their tiny apartment. Downstairs there was a crazy kitchen/ dining room/ living room combination, a bathroom and a ridiculously small office space. There was barely room for a desk in there, let alone a chair. Upstairs there was two bedrooms with just a short hallway separating them. Along the back wall was a fairly large closet. And that was pretty much it.

Even though it was small, it was plenty big for the three of them. Frankly, it was all they could afford. Beck's parents had offered to help pay the rent for awhile, at least until he was out of school. He and Jade had had so many arguments over that. Neither of them had felt quite right in letting the Olivers pay so much, but there was no way Beck and Jade could afford the apartment on their own. And Jade had made it very clear that she was not raising her baby in a RV.

Beck had gotten a job at one of the local grocery stores as a cashier. Not exactly his ideal job, but finding work was tough. He took what he could get. Which meant he had to go to school during the day, then come home just long enough to eat dinner, and then head back out to work until the store closed at nine. All in all, it didn't leave him much free time to spend with Jade or Heidi, let alone his friends.

He followed Jade into Heidi's room. The walls were painted a dark purple, and the furniture was mostly black. Jade's choices,obviously. Luckily, Beck, his mother and Jade's mother had teamed up against her in picking bedding, curtains and other accesories. These were mostly soft purples, greens and pinks, and patterned with flowers. Beck thought it was perfect, and he knew Jade agreed with him, even if she did complain about the flowers. It was also the room that they had put the most money into. Having the baby's room ready was more important than getting luxuries for themselves.

Jade was turning Heidi around in her arms, preparing to lay her down in her crib. Heidi was practically asleep now, her cries now only soft wimpers. Jade kissed Heidi's forehead ever so gently, and settled her onto the crib. Whispering something so quietly that Beck couldn't hear what she said, Jade turned off the lamp and brushed past him on her way back to their room.

Beck lingered a few more moments in the doorway, watching Heidi's tiny, sleeping form, before making his way back to bed. Jade had already turned out the lights, so he had to stumble through their room in the dark, before he finally made it to the bed. Pulling the covers up to his chest, he turned to face Jade.

"So, you never did tell me what you would do if-"

"Drop it." Jade interrupted him, rolling over to face Beck. They stared at each other, the only light coming from Jade's phone charger, which gave a blue-ish tint to the room.

"If you don't tell me, I'll just have to find out myself." Beck warned, in a playful-serious tone. Jade just smirked. Beck continued,

"Now what sort of lullaby would Jade West enjoy?"

"Don't even-"

"Mary Had a Little Lamb?"

"Beck, I'm serious-"

"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star?"

"Oliver-"

"Twiiiiinkle twiiiiiinkle little-"

"Beck, just shut up, ok?" This time, although Jade was practically yelling at him, Beck could hear that she was trying not to laugh. Smiling, he opened his mouth to start a new song. Jade quickly clamped a hand over his mouth.

"You're going to wake Heidi up." she warned, all traces of laughter gone from her voice, and with somethskin akin to fear in her eyes. Beck closed his mouth, and pulled Jade's hand away from his face. Still holding on to her wrist, he leaned close to her, and kissed her full on the lips. She indulged him for a moment, then pulled away and rolled over so she was facing away from him.

"Goodnight Beck." Her tone was somewhere between amused and annoyed.

Beck smiled and wrapped his arms loosely around her waist. "Goodnight Jade," he replied, in a tone that mocked hers. Jade snuggled closer to him and mumbled a "love you" under her breath. He matched this by softly kissing the back of her neck.

Heidi chose that moment to announce that she wasn't ready to go to sleep yet.

Yay? Nay? May-bay?

Well, that didn't turn out quite how I expected, but I'm actually ok with it. The whole "jade doesn't like lullabies" is from a video on the slap. I really wanted to include the song "didn't leave nothing (or nobody) but the baby" since that is Avan Jogia's favorite nursery rhyme, but it just didn't happen.

I can't say how soon another update will be out, as of I am super busy this week. Maybe some reviews would motivate me? ;) I'd really like to know if you guys want a "before Heidi" or "after Heidi" kind of one shot.

Thanks for reading! And virtual kittens to anyone who reviews :3