Ok so this is the sequel to Some Kinda Casual Thing! A picture of Gavin will be put up soon. I hope you like it!
Life was interesting, to say the least. I was still with Vanessa, to a few people surprise. Gavin was two and it was pretty easy. I worked at the shop and had my deals on the side. I didn't really know what to expect with a baby but I got used to it. I realized you didn't have to be the clean cut guy to be a father. I handled things just fine. We got a lot of funny looks when people saw us out but I actually enjoyed it. Even the 2am cries and the really bad diapers. He was a good baby. He didn't pitch a lot of fits and was quite the charmer. Yes, at two he had that Darley charisma. Vanessa hated it sometimes but she was pleased. She was happy. The way she held him and the way she smiled when she saw him. I couldn't believe we almost gave him up. He was our baby. He was my son.
"Gavin! Stop son, please." I yelled when yet another cheerio fell into my coffee cup. I looked over at the giggling two year old and sighed.
"Don't yell at him." Vanessa said handing me another fresh cup of coffee. I huffed and lit a cigarette.
"Let him throw cereal in your coffee and see if you yell at him or not." I mumbled and waved the smoke away from Gavin. Yes, even I was aware of the effects of smoke on babies.
"Billy, honey he's only two." she said sitting down at the table. I glared at her and set my cup down.
"I know that, Vanessa." I snapped. She rolled her eyes and sipped her coffee. I was putting my cigarette out when Gavin knocked his cup over in my lap.
"Fuck!" I yelled and stood up. Vanessa was grabbing a towel when he said it.
"FUK!" Gavin screamed smiling. Vanessa dropped the towel and we gaped at him.
"GAVIN KADE!" well yelled in unison. Gavin stopped smiling and pouted. Now that's where Vanessa came into play. He got the pitiful pout thing from her. God, knows I don't have one but she's uses it all the fucking time. Vanessa walked over to him and picked him up.
"Gavin, honey you can't say those words. Those are bad words." she told him softly. He looked at me and kept hi bottom lip out. She sighed and handed him out to me. Another thing Vanessa hated, he always wanted me. I took him and held him with one arm.
"You don't say those words." I told him firmly. He nodded sadly and laid his head on my shoulder. I looked over at a smiling Vanessa and sighed.
"Stop getting mushy." I warned her. "Clean up that mess." I ordered. She smiled and winked.
"Yes, boss." she smiled sweetly. I bit my cheek and walk into the living room. I sat down and moved Gavin onto my lap. He had been intrigued with my tattoo's for a while now. He'd stare at them and touch them. I had thought he was going to be afraid of me bu he loved them.
"You working today?" Vanessa asked sitting next to me. She tickled Gavin's foot but he kept playing with my necklace.
"Yeah but I don't go in until noon." I told her.
I looked down at Gavin and he smiled. It was weird looking at him, I was looking at me when I was his age. The dirty blonde hair, the green eyes and even that famous smirk I had. He walked liked me, looked like me and as of this morning, he was talking like me. Sure Vanessa gave birth to him and he has some of her personality but this boy was a Darley through and through. And no one dared deny it.
"Good. I'll drop him off at Heather's around 8 and you can go shopping with me." Vanessa said running a hand through Gavin's hair.
"We get time alone and you wanna shop?" I whined. She smiled and traced the lettering on my wrist. Not even a week after Gav was born I had his name tattooed on my right wrist and Vanessa got it on her left.
"We'll see what happens." she purred in my ear. I smirked and leaned my head back to face her. I kissed her lips softly and she nipped at my lip when she pulled away. I went to kiss her again when Gavin slammed his tiny hands on my chest.
"Kee!" he yelled. Vanessa smiled and grabbed him off my lap.
"You wanna kiss?" she asked. Gavin grabbed her cheeks and kissed her lips. I smirked when he pulled back and smiled. She smiled back and hastily wiped the toddler slobber off.
"You are so your daddy's son. Ya both slobber all over me." she teased. Gavin giggled and scooted off her lap into the floor. I leaned over and kissed her neck.
"You know you like it when I slobber all over you." I whispered. She smiled and gave me a quick kiss. "I love you." I said before she moved away.
"I love you too." she whispered. I kissed her again.
"Wah too!" Gavin yelled from the floor. Vanessa moves next to him and smiled.
"Yes, we love you too." she told him. I leaned back and watched them play. This whole family thing wasn't so bad after all.
"Ok well, I'm going drop him off. Get showered and we'll leave when I get back." I told Billy as I walked to the door. He grunted and walked to the room. I smiled and picked up Gavin.
"Daddy's cranky. He acts like he's dying without sex." I smiled.
"Heder?" he asked while I was strapping him in.
"Yes, we're going to see aunty Heather." I smiled and kissed his head. I got in the front and drove to Heather's. She had been an angel since he was born. She was there whenever I needed her. And when I decided to get a part time job about six months ago she said she'd watch him when me and Billy worked the same shift. She'd even keep him when I had errands of just needed some alone time with Billy. And the living situation with Joe worked out. When she couldn't keep him, he would. He paid half the rent and helped around the house. She was surprised he did as much as he did. But Joe was always the neater of the Darley boys. Her and Joe got along, most of the time.
"Gav, you are getting way to heavy." I mumbled walking up the stairs. I sighed and set him on his feet. "Why don't you walk." I told him. He pouted and grabbed my hand. We made our way up the last few steps and walked down the corridor. I set his bags down and knocked when I got to her door. After a few minutes I knocked again.
"Gah?" Gavin asked raising his hands. I laughed and got my spare key out.
"No, she's not gone. She's probably sleeping." I said opening the door. I pushed the door open and drug his bags into the living room. He started playing as I walked down the hall to her room. I figured she was sleeping so I slowly pushed the door open. Lord, I wish I hadn't. I opened it to see a very naked Heather on top of a very naked...
"JOE?!" I screeched. "Oh my god1" I yelled and shut the door. I heard numerous foul words through the door as they stumbled to get dressed. I rubbed my eyes and tried to get my head around what I had just seen. I opened the door back up and gaped at them.
"What the hell!?" I yelled as Heather covered her bare torso with a pillow. Joe was beet red with a half open buttoned up shirt.
"What?" she asked innocently. I waved my hand between the tiny blonde and the very embarrassed Joe.
"What the hell?" I repeated. She huffed and wiped hair out of her face.
"You can't judge me nor yell at me." she told me.
"I'm not going to judge you. Joe's a good guy." I told her, slightly offended and wondering why I would judge her.
"Then what's the big fucking deal!?" she snapped. I glared at her and crossed my arms.
"The big fucking deal, Heather, is that I didn't know." I told her harshly. She cocked her head and stared at me.
"And?" she said slowly. I gaped at her and threw my arms in the air.
"And?!" I yelled. "Why didn't you tell me?" I asked. She shifted and quickly grabbed a shirt.
"I wasn't aware I was obligated to tell you about my sex life." she spat putting her shirt on. Oddly enough joe turned away when she exposed herself.
"You're not. But you are my best friend. I thought you'd tell me." I said trying to compose myself. Maybe we started off on the wrong foot today...
"I didn't think you'd care." she told me. I dropped my arms and closed my dropped jaw.
"Heather, you're my best friend. How long has this been going on?" I asked.
"A couple months." she informed me. I couldn't hold my mouth shut this time.
"Fuck, Heather! Months? Why didn't you tell me? I see you almost everyday." I yelled. She turned red and stepped up to me.
"You have better things to do than gossip about my sex acts, Vanessa." she spat. Joe saw me turn red and walked over to me.
"Calm down." he told me. I ignored him and stared at Heather.
"Excuse me?" I asked as calm as I could.
"You have a fucking child, Nessa. You don't need to be worried about my life, you need to be worried about that kid of yours." she said matter of factly. I felt my fists tighten and Joe grabbed my wrist.
"Let's go." he told me again. Again, I ignored him.
"Yes, I do have a child. I've had one for two years now and it hasn't affected our friendship yet. And remember I'm still 21, just because I have a child does not mean I can't be a friend." I yelled at her.
"Well, I'm sorry if I tink your motherly duties should come first. And it's not my fault you got knocked up so damn young." she yelled. Where in the hell was this coming from?
"Are you trying to say something?" I seethed. She smirked.
"May our friendship wouldn't be this way if you didn't get pregnant." she said coldly. Before Joe could grab me my fist came across Heather face. She fell and cried in pain. Joe pulled me out of the room and pushed me to the front door.
"Go to the car!" he yelled. He grabbed Gavin and his bags and followed me out. He made me sit in the passenger side while he drove us back to my place.
I was sitting down watching tv when Joe ran in with Gavin. I jumped up and watched him run to Gavin's room and slam the door. I was about to yell for him when I saw a fuming Vanessa storm in the room. She slammed the door and glared at me.
"I hate this!" she screamed. I looked down the hall and saw Joe walk out of Gavin's room. He walked into the kitchen and sat down quietly. I looked back at her and waited for more. "It was all a mistake! Can't do this!" she yelled again.
"Do what?" I asked. She glared at me and hit my chest.
"I'm 21 and I have a two year old! I lost my life and my friends. This is it!" she screamed. Wait, she said Gavin was a mistake. No, that pissed me off. This was my son she was talking about. I pushed her against the wall and heard Joe walk into the living room.
"We nearly broke ourselves to have that boy. We almost lost each other, hell we almost lost him. You had the chance to get rid of him and you couldn't. Now don't you dare fucking call him a mistake because incase you forgot I'm still Billy Darley and that's my son you're talking about." I yelled in her face. "Now what in the fuck brought this one?" I asked a little calmer seeing the anger drain from her face. Now I saw hurt and embarrassment.
"Heather. She's been seeing Joe and she didn't tell me. We got into a big fight and I asked why she didn't tell me. She went off on me and said I told me I should be more concerned with Gavin. I care about Gavin, I pay him attention." she sobbed. I let her go and pulled her over to the couch. I sat her next to me and made her face me.
"Just cool off. You're a damn good mother. She had no right, but you can't go off saying shit like that Nessa. He might hear you one day." I told her. She started crying again and fell into my chest.
"I can't believe I said he was mistake." she mumbled then looked up at me. "He's not a mistake. I love him more than anything. I love you to. I'd do it all over again, Billy. I would." I cried. I pulled her closer and kissed her head.
"I know. But let's wait a while to do it all over again, okay?" I smirked. She laughed a little and looked up at me.
"Okay. But we can still do the baby making process, right?" she winked. I kissed her lips and smiled.
"Hell yeah." I told her. She smiled and kissed me again. Joe had since gone back into the room and was now walking out with Gavin. She sniffed and wiped her face when Gavin ran over to us.
"Da!" he yelled and jumped on my lap. I set him down and he smiled at Vanessa. "Ma!" he smiled. She ran a hand over his face and laid her head on my shoulder.
"Gav, give your daddy a kiss." she smiled. I glared at her and was about to protest until those tiny hands grabbed my face. I saw Gavin smile and he kissed my face. I smiled and wiped away the slobber. I pulled him down to lay on my chest and sighed.
"I love you, Vanessa." I whispered in her ear. I waited to hear her say it back but she was asleep. Gavin looked up at me and smiled. "Yes, I love you too, Gav." I told him. He giggled and jumped off my lap.
"Just take the day off. Stay home with your family." Joe smirked. I smiled and looked down at Vanessa. I kissed her head and looked back at Joe.
"Tell the boys I'll be back tomorrow." I told him. He nodded and left. I leaned my head back and sighed again. Yeah, this family thing wasn't so bad. That is unless your two year old slams a ball into your crotch.
"Fuck, Gavin." I groaned and moved the ball from my lap.
"Fuk?" he asked. Vanessa burst into laughter and sat up.
"I can't even take a nap without you two starting a cursing war." she joked. I tried to smile.
"What can I say. Boys will be boys."
