Lying in a crib was a small tiny little thing weighing at twelve pounds and seven ounces and was three months old.

The little baby looked around with gray, blue eyes in the dark. Its little fist clinched to the small blanket the lay over it. A spark of light started to fill the room and it looked over to see a man.

This man was not your typical man. He was stronger and had far better abilities than most. He could out races anybody and had one hell of a good shot. Not only that, but he also had the ability to control two of the most dangerous substance in the world.

Not that the baby cared.

The baby pushed itself up, its little head wobbling a few times, and watched as the man strode over to its crib. The man stopped beside it and wreached for the baby to pluck it from the crib and then place it against his chest.

"Hey there, bud. I guess you beat mommy today."

The man smiled at the baby and the baby smiled because it liked the sound of the man's voice.

"I think you need to be changed."

The man then went over to the changing station and settled the baby down. He slowly removed the infant's tiny pajamas and removed the soaked diaper only to reveal that it was a boy.

When a new, fresh diaper was placed on him, the man smiled and grabbed a foot. He wiggled the baby's foot and watched as other kicked out.

"It's your mom's turn next. And we both know what it'll be then."

He let go of the foot and slowly picked up the baby with as much care as he could. He then walked out into the lit up hallway only to bump into said mom who yelped on surprise.

Chapter one. The boy who changed my life.

I woke with a groan as my alarm beeped softly on the bedside table. I glared at the blinking numbers that read five and then slammed my hand down on the snooze button. I blindly groped for the baby monitor right next to it and listened.

Nothing out of the ordinary. Good, I can use the bathroom before checking on him.

After I finished my business, I stepped back into the hall only to bump into a man.

Before I continue, I need to explain a few things.

About a year ago, I had a one night stand with a man by the name of Jak Mar. From that one night stand, I got pregnant. I didn't take it very well.

At first, I chose not to believe it. Then, when I couldn't do so any longer, I fooled myself into thinking the baby was my best friends, Kaden Allens.

We were going to get married at one point, but he unfortunately passed.

After that, I feel into a deep depression and wasn't able to climb out without the help of antidepressants. It wasn't long after that that I was forced into an early labor.

Despite being forced into labor by a gunshot to the shoulder, the birthing went smoothly and my son, Kade Damos Mar came into the world.

A big problem to my story was the fact that I didn't tell the father of my son, Jak Mar, about being pregnant. From what I'm told, he found out when I was about six months along. He was there when I gave birth to Kade. The next day, he told me what was going to happen.

He told me that he was going to be in his son's life and that I was not allowed to run off, or else. He also said that he was going to chose where I lived, which he did.

He chose a three bedroom house in the Bazaars. I was right next to the farms. When I asked why, he answered that he wanted our son to know what grass was.

After that, life was simple. I moved back to Haven City and into the home and was left alone for most of the first month. Jak told me that he wanted to get me comfortable to the idea of him being around so he limited himself to twice a week.

The second month was wretched and he slowly started to come more. It was in the middle of the second month that he did it the first time.

I woke up that morning and, after checking on Kade, walked to the kitchen. On the couch that sat right at the line that divided the kitchen and living room was Jak and his best friend Daxter.

At the time, it was too dark to see, so I thought that it was some type of intruder. I grabbed a shotgun that had no reason being mantled on my wall and held it like a club. I then held it high and brought it down as hard as I could.

The gun however, was caught and wrenched out on my hands. Jak them growled at me and asked me what the hell I was doing. Throughout all this time, Daxter chuckled silently at the two of us.

I didn't ever answer him though. When I found my voice, I simply said that I was going to cook breakfast.

I later found out that Daxter taught him how to pick a lock. This event happened a lot more.

Which was why I bumped into Jak this morning and yelped. Jak held out one hand as if to steady me while the other held a vary awake baby Kade.

He chuckled at my surprise. "Good morning."

I growled my morning greeting back and simply walked on into the kitchen to make breakfast. Jak followed silently behind until he got to the table and took a seat.

"So, what happened this time?"

Jak had that amazing ability to not show any change of emotion when he had Kade's eyes on him. By now, he was setting Kade up while supporting his neck with a huge grin as he answered me with an odd sounding voice. I started to warm up the baby formula.

"Keira and I got back together."

"And that warrants you break into my house at night?"

He flashed that grin at me. "What, getting tired of me already?"

Despite being still slightly annoyed at the fact that he scared me this morning, I snorted as I took out Kade's bottle from the microwave and checked the temperature.

"No. I just thought that you would stay with her if you got back with her."

He shook his head at me while he took the bottle from me. "I don't want to push it is all. Finding out that I have a son freaked her out and I think that she's just coming to terms with it."

I nodded as I finished the eggs and toast. After putting them on two separate plates, I also got the smallest bowl I could find and filled it with some green eco infused rice cereal.

I picked the two plates and bowl up and placed them all on the table. Just in time too for Kade had finished his bottle. So Jak could eat his food, I took Kade and settled him on my lap.

Just holding him reminded me of my luck. If Jak hadn't been the caring person that he was, I would never have got the chance to do this.

Not that the three months hadn't had there own complications. First, Jak was around a lot more. During the first month, he practically moved into the home he chose. He helped as much as he could and when he didn't know what to do, he made sure that he found out.

The first time he changed a diaper was sort of funny to watch because he gagged a lot until the job was done. He went scarce for a while after that. I later found out that he went to the sewers and hung out until he could stand the stench without his scarf. The next time he changed a poopy diaper, he did so without gagging.

The second month as a bit worse.

Since his birth, Kade has been an extremely happy baby. Yes, he cried like all baby's do, but he was still very happy.

In the middle of the second month, Jak had to go to Sparges for a while. When he told me this, he also told me that he wouldn't be back for a good (seven days.

I wasn't all that worried. I knew that he would be back and I could take care of Kade til then, so why would I?

The first four days were great. There were only a few times when Kade would get fussy about his father's disappearance. The worst was when it was feeding time and, since Jak and I took turns feeding him, he would get upset when I fed him on Jak's turn.

The fifth day, Kade was upset and fussy. I thought that he didn't feel good so I spent the whole day worried about him. When he got worse the next day, I called the doctor and asked him.

Apparently, Kade not only had a large appetite for food, but for eco as well. Jak was a literal powerhouse of eco and, when he picked up the boy, he transferred some to him.

I was told to get some eco infused formula stronger than what we had and just wait for Jak to come home. When he did two days later, I placed a still fussy Kade in his arm's and explain everything to him.

He promised that he wouldn't leave like that ever again, or at least until Kade could learn to channel eco all on his own.

When that fiasco passed over, we walked straight into the third month. Kade started to eat rice from a spoon! I even took a picture of his first bite. Jak thought I was crazy to do so.

I learned this month, which surprised me because he did come over a lot, that Jak didn't have a permanent home. He just stayed with Daxter and Tess or Keira. Occasionally he would stay in Deadtown at the Sacred Sight for a night or two. He only stayed hear a few times.

Which brings me back when he cleared his throat.

"You don't mind if I stay a few days, do you?"

It took me a few seconds to process that he actually spoke to me, seeing as my mind was fully set on Kade. When it did, I smiled and glance at him for a second with a joke.

"You plan on giving me heart attacks every morning?"

He went to reply but stopped and watched Kade. "Are babies his age aloud to eat eggs?"

Kade had reached up and grabbed some of my eggs from my half eaten plate. I chuckled and wiped away some drool. "They can. In Fact, the doctor said that eggs can be healthy for them. It doesn't need teeth to chew threw either. Does it hunny?"

Kade looked up at me and, while chewing on his fingers, smiled.

"Any plans today?" I asked. I pulled Kade's fingers out of his mouth gently and showed him his rice cereal. His eyes bulged and his mouth opened wide.

"I was just gonna spend the day with Kade. Do you think I could take him off your hands for a few hours?"

Kade hummed so hard that his whole body clinched after he swallowed his bite. I had swiped some that had slipped out and refed it it him. He was ecstatic.

"Not at all. Actually - and don't get angry because I tried to call you yesterday about it - I'm supposed to start work again today."

"Really?"

"Yeah, the Commander finally talked Ashelin into letting me come back. My first mission is to make a new map of Haven now that a year has passed and I comb every inch of the city too."

He nodded and grabbed a rag to wipe the drool that started to drip off of Kade's chin. Our boy was one messy eater.

"Why wouldn't Ashe let you go to work?"

I shrugged and looked into the now empty baby bowl. I then took the rag from Jak and folded the z, side inward and placed it on my shoulder. Kade was also placed there and I began to pat his back, firmly but gently.

"I guess the gun shot scared her. After all, the others partied almost all night and all but Sig left that morning. She didn't see me until we got back from Kras and I had a baby in one arm with a gunshot wound on the other."

"Yeah, I guess."

Jak was getting very annoyed vary fast.

Sure, he got it. This was the first day that Tamantha wasn't going to be around Kade all day since his birth three months ago. She was just so worried, not because she thought that he was an unfit parent, but because she was unable to know immediately if something went wrong.

He was sad to say though that he was glad when he finally pushed her out of the house.

It was completely weird to see her like this. She never seemed to worry all that much over anything. She was what Tess called a natural mom. She could just go with anything that happened and had an answer for almost everything when it came to Kade.

Why was he crying? She just wrapped a blanket around him and would rock him on her rocking chairs and he falls right to sleep.

What was he chewing on? She would hook her finger and search his mouth to find a soggy cracker that he found.

Where the hell did he find the cracker? She would point under the couch and give some weird explanation that hardly made sense to him.

Jak felt bad but he had hoped that, during the first couple months, she would be just as bad as he was at the baby thing. He struggled to know how to care for a child. He got the hang of it eventually but it took a while.

He sighed and ran a hand threw his hair. He then looked down at Kade who was now perched on a special baby pillow that Tess had got for him.

Speaking of Daxter and Tess, Jak chose Daxter to be the Godfather to Kade. It didn't surprise anybody accepted for Daxter.

"Thanks Jak, I'm honored. The only problem is that I can barely hold him in my lap now. Image when he's ten and can literally walk all over me."

Jak however, refused any type of excuse the ottsel provided and would tell him over and over again that he was going to be a great uncle and Godfather to his son.

Tamantha chose Ashelin to be the Godmother. This didn't surprise anybody either but Ashelin took the mantle with pride.

Kade suddenly mad a gargling noise which caught Jak's attention. He had a paw of a lurker doll that Torn - yes, that Torn - gave him in his mouth.

The sight of caused Jak to smile and set in front of his son. "I don't think that you should have that in your mouth."

Jak spent the next ten minutes trying to pry the paw from Kade's gums.

I sighed for the twentieth time. I was already wanting to go back home to check on Kade.

It wasn't like I didn't trust Jak. Infact, I trusted him with everything because I knew that he would protect Kade with his dying breath. I was just worried.

I guess I was just lucky that Jak was Kade's father. The man's soul was spun from gold and his views were bread of right and wrong. My son could look up to him and see a true hero and learn from him.

'Then again', I thought as I sat on a ledge in the center of New Haven with a thick parchment in my hands. 'It wasn't luck that gave my son this man. It was just Jak.'

Hey everybody!

I have not been long but I have been frustrated.

I had this chapter finished about a day after the last chapter of One Night Stand. The only reason I didn't post it was because I could not think of a name for it to save my life.

The idea came to me just this morning, right after I woke up. I loved it and hope you all do to.

Please review and give me feedback. I would love to see what you all have got to say.