Fungus Baby

Chapter One

Abby Temple dipped the teaspoon into the plastic bowl and scooped out another spoonful of baby food. In front of her in the high chair was her year old son, Nicholas Connor Temple. His first name was in honour of Abby's late boss, Nick Cutter, while his middle name was in honour of his father.

Nick, as he was affectionately known by his parents and the rest of the anomaly team, was a sweet little baby with jet black hair like his father and a face very similar to his mother's. His eye colour however was not like either of his parents'. They weren't chocolate brown like Connor's, nor were they sea green like Abby's. Instead, they were a beautiful baby blue, which in Abby's opinion. was the colour that every baby's eyes should be but so rarely were, which made her all the more happy that fate had given her son those colour eyes.

There was a chirping from above their heads and Rex flew down and landed on the little table of the high chair, causing Nick to gurgle with laughter. Abby smiled as she gently shooed Rex away. She was so lucky to be living the life she lived now. She had three great prehistoric pets (Sid, Nancy and of course, Rex), she had a wonderful job at the ARC, she had Connor, her loving husband. And they had the best thing that either could have given the other: an adorable child.

Suddenly she heard Connor coming down the stairs. He came up to her and placed his hands on his shoulders, before planting a small kiss on her left cheek.

"Morning Abs" he said lovingly.

"Morning Con" replied Abby just as lovingly as she turned to face her husband. They smiled at each other but then, Connor turned his attention to their son.

"Morning Nick mate" he said as he ruffled Nick's hair.

"Say good morning to Daddy, Nick" cooed Abby. Nick responded by gurgling happily at both his parents.

"I can't wait till he can actually say good morning properly to us" siad Connor.

"Well he is" retorted Abby, "In his own sort of babyish way."

Connor smiled and kissed her.

"Well, I'd best be off then or Lester will have me thrown to the dracorex."

"Connor, you know he's a herbivore"

"Just have good day, both of you" said Connor cheerily. Then after kissing Nick softly on the forehead, he went out the door and soon, Abby heard the sound of the car leaving.

"If only you knew what Daddy gets up to during the day Nick, if only you knew."