What If…Liberty and JT Had Kept the Baby
"Waaaaahhhh!!!" Liberty sat up quickly in bed. She glanced at the clock, which read 5am.
Liberty looked over at JT. He had the pillow over his head as if trying to drown out the baby's crying. "He's hungry. And, it's your turn for the early morning breakfast," Liberty stated groggily.
JT sighed and threw the pillow to the ground. "James Tiberius Yorke, reporting for duty!" JT jokingly complained as he got up and headed towards the baby's room.
"Good morning, Matthew! You hungry?" JT picked up his son, walked into the kitchen, and placed him in the high chair. JT fixed the baby's breakfast in a small bowl and brought it to him.
"Mmmmm….yummy! Here comes the airplane!" JT flew the spoonful of baby food in the air trying to convince Matthew to open his mouth. Matthew shook his head violently and rubbed his sleepy eyes. "Matty, try some for daddy." JT tried once again to persuade him to eat the food. Matthew shook his head and hit JT's hand when it came close to his mouth. "It's yummy!" JT tasted some to show Matthew it was good. "Oh, god…" JT ran to the sink to spit it out.
SPLAT! Matthew slammed his hand in the bowl causing the baby food to splatter everywhere. "Oh, no…no. No, Matthew!" JT raced to catch the bowl before it fell to the floor, but as he neared the high chair, he slipped on the messy floor, and the bowl fell off the high chair and onto his head.
Liberty walked in to see what was all the commotion. "What's going on in…" At that moment, she spotted JT, covered in gook. She busted up laughing at the sight.
"Yeah, laugh it up, Liberty. Real funny. I'm guessing this is a foreshadowing of the rest of my day. I hate work."
"At least when school starts back soon, we won't have to work as much. Our families agreed to continue helping us our senior year as long as we stay in school and make good grades." Liberty walked up to JT with a towel and started wiping him off.
"Feed the baby, go to school, change diapers, go to work, feed the baby, pay the bills, change diapers, go to sleep, feed the baby. What a great senior year it will be." JT frowned.
"It'll all be okay, JT. Don't worry." Liberty tried to console JT. She let out a few giggles as she wiped the baby food from his eyebrows.
"What have we gotten ourselves into, Liberty? We're in over our heads. This is going to be too hard. We're going to crack under pressure. Maybe…"
JT was interrupted by some sounds coming out of Matthew's mouth. They both stopped and looked at Matthew. "Dada!" Matthew said sweetly while reaching for JT. Their eyes grew wide and they both shouted, "His first word!" JT walked over to Matthew's high chair, picked him up, squeezed him gently, and kissed him on the cheek. Liberty walked over and joined the hugging.