Silver sighed and rubbed his head. "Sonic what are we going to do? How long is he gonna stay like that again. I don't wanna be up at 4:30 in the morning feeding him, rocking him or changing diapers ok." Sonic patted his back and smiled. "Silver don't worry. Shadow may have been a little "Difficult" last time but I'll help more this time." "Yeah?" Silver said like he was annoyed. "You only did all of that stuff that I said once. And you didn't do a very good job." Sonic sweated. I'll do an awesome job this time I promise.

Later Shadow was waking up in his room. Shadow yawned and looked around at his surroundings. "Not this stupid crib again!" Shadow tried to stand up but fell back on his bottom. "Owww owww," Shadow started to tear up but shook the feeling off. Shadow suddenly noticed a warm wetness in between his legs and looked down and saw a yellow spot forming on the front of his diaper. "No no, no, no! They're gonna laugh at me!" Shadow started to cry really loudly so maybe someone would hear him.

The baby monitor screeched and showed 6 bars. (Largest sound frequency) and showed sounds of Shadow's crying. Sonic heard. "Sounds like Little Faker is awake." Silver got up from the couch and stretched. "I'll go get him." Silver walked into Shadow's nursery and picked him up. Shadow cried and cried. "Whoa little fella your diaper is soaked!" Silver said as he noticed why Shadow was crying. Shadow cried more. "I said I wouldn't do that! Now I'm all soggy!" "It's okay Shadow," Silver said. "That is what diapers are for." Silver carried Shadow over to the changing table and laid him down. "M-Maria!" Shadow wailed.. Silver untapped the wet diaper and threw it in the bin. "Shhhh shhhhh you're making this seem harder than it is." Silver said as he wiped Shadow's bottom and powdered it. "You don't know what I see." Shadow said. Silver picked up a new diaper and put it under Shadow and tapped it up. "Now was that worth all the crying you did?"Silver asked. "Yes." Shadow answered. "I wish you were Maria instead of you." "Oh." asked Silver."So you would be absolutely fine with being a baby if Maria was taking care of you?""Yes I would." Shadow answered. Silver Sighed and picked him up. "Well she's not here so you're stuck with me and Sonic."

Silver opened the door and carried Shadow out into the Den and sat down on the couch. "What was wrong?" Sonic asked. "His diaper was soaked." Silver replied. "Oh," said Sonic. He looked at Shadow. "I thought I heard you say you wouldn't wet." "Shadow blushed and growled. "Ok ok Sonic. We now have to go to the store and get Shadow's stuff remember?" "Yeah I'll get his car seat." Sonic went in the closet and got Shadow's car seat. Silver got his wallet and carried Shadow out to the car while Sonic installed the car seat in the front seat. "It's ready." Sonic said. "Wait I need to get some clothes on him first." Silver went back inside and got Shadow into a pair of jeans and a blue t-shirt. "Hmmm I wonder if I should take off the jeans and make you look like Tommy Pickles?...Yeah I will." Silver took off the jeans and picked up Shadow again and gave him a pacifier. Silver then went outside to the car and put Shadow in his car seat and buckled him in. Shadow sucked on his pacifier and looked around. "Heh. You like it?" Silver said as he got in the passenger's seat and Sonic got in the driver's seat. "Not too fast Sonic, stay on the speed limit." Sonic brushed him off. "Silver don't worry." "Yes but we have a baby in the car now." Silver worried about the safety of Shadow. (Awwwwww.) Sonic started the car and backed out of the driveway and drove down the road. Silver kept his eyes on the speedometer. "Whoa whoa Sonic you're going over the speed limit!" Silver yelled. "I CAN'T HEAR YOU I'M GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT!" Sonic yelled in bliss. Shadow started to cry again and hit Sonic. "Ow Sonic exclaimed. "Ok ok I'll slow down. Sonic then pulled into the Babies R Us parking lot and parked the car.

Silver got out of the car and unbuckled Shadow while Sonic got a basket. Sonic did you bring the list? Silver asked as he strapped Shadow in the baby seat of the basket. "Yes Silver I did. Sonic replied and showed him the list. "Good." Silver Replied. "Ok Shadow when we get in here no talking unless it's simple words. You can also make noises but absolutely no talking in complete sentences. Sonic butted in. "Yeah babies don't talk." "Yeah yeah I know-"Silver stuck the pacifier in Shadow's mouth just as a woman walked by. "Shhhhh…" Silver shushed Shadow and started pushing the basket into the store.

Sonic, Silver and Shadow looked around in the store which smelled like baby powder. Sonic spoke first. "Ok first things first. Shadow needs more formula and diapers….Um what was the brand of formula that you had again?" "It was Good Start." Silver replied." Ok I've got it." Sonic walked off towards the baby food department. Silver pushed Shadow in the basket who was playing with some toy keys. "Ok Shadow here we go after we get you some more diapers I'll take you to the toys okay. Silver said to the little hedgehog. Shadow wasn't listening. They rolled on to the place where the diapers were and Silver found some in Shadow's size and put them in the basket. "Ok Shadow now we get to go to the toys!" Shadow still wasn't listening. Silver rolled him to the toy department and looked. "Ohhh Shadow look at this Shadow!" Silver picked up a set of set of soft blocks. Shadow just looked at him and went back to what he was doing. "uhhh no I guess." Silver put them back and got a little doggie rattle and shook it in front of Shadow. Shadow dropped his keys and started to cry. "Oh crap. Shadow I'm really sorry." Silver picked up Shadow's keys and tried to calm him. "Poor little guy. What did you do?" Some lady asked Silver. "I just showed him this rattle and he got scared I guess." Silver replied. "Poor thing, he's so cute." The lady said as she tried to help stop Shadow's crying. She noticed his pacifier and carefully put it in his mouth. Shadow slowly calmed down and started sucking on the pacifier and cooed with tears dried on his face. The lady smiled. "Now that's better li'l Cutie. No more tears." "Thank you ma'am. I really appreciate your help." Silver thanked the woman. "You're welcome. I have 2 little ones about his age at home with their daddy so I know how to deal with kids at his age." Silver thanked her again and met Sonic."I got the formula." Sonic said as he dropped it in the basket along with some jars of baby food. "What happened?" Sonic asked as he looked at Shadow's tear-Stained face. "I accidently scared him with a dog rattle and he started crying." Silver said quietly "Oh!" "Sonic said with a sarcastic-shocked tone. "How dare you scare this little bitty baby!" "Shut up Sonic. "Silver snarled. "Just get to the check out."

Silver rolled the cart up to the checkout line and waited for the cashier to finish scanning a mother cat's items. The basket in front of her had a little girl kitten about Shadow's age. "Awww your little girl is so cute Ms." Silver told the woman. "Thank you, She's been sort of shy the past couple of weeks so really don't expect a Hello from her." The woman got the kitten's attention. "Blaze, honey will you say hello to the nice man?" The kitten hid her face. "It looks like she's not feeling talkative today." The woman sighed and noticed Shadow putting his toy keys in his mouth. "Your little boy is adorable." "Thank you ma'am. Shadow can you say hello?" Silver replied. Shadow sneezed. "Atchoo." "Awwww isn't he something. How old is he?" Asked the woman. "He's 8 months." Silver replied. "Oh my little Blaze here is 7 months." Said the woman. "By the way my name is Flame." "Nice to meet you Flame I'm Silver and That is Sonic." Silver motioned over to Sonic who was putting the items on the conveyer belt. "Oh that's nice. Flame noticed Blaze who had taken a liking to Shadow. "Look at that. I think she's made a friend. Do you think that they could have a play date sometime? I mean…If it's alright with you." "Sure." Silver said. "Where do you live?" "On 402 Dorane Drive." Replied Flame. "Ok we'll come over I know where that is. When?" Silver asked. "Maybe tomorrow, I'm off work." Flame answered. "Nice." Replied Silver. Flame finished checking out and said bye to them and left with Blaze. "Well Shadow, looks like you have a play date tomorrow with Blaze. That'll be fun.

Silver and Sonic checked out and got back into the car. Silver buckled Shadow in while sonic put the bags in the trunk. "A play date? YOU GOT ME A FREAKING PLAY DATE!?" Shadow screamed in the car. "Yes you need time to play with kids your age." Shadow protested. "But I'm not really a ba-" Silver put a pacifier in Shadow's mouth. "Yes you are, now go to sleep." Silver pulled a shade over the car seat leaving Shadow in the dark. Shadow gave up and went to sleep.

After they got home Sonic moved Shadow to his crib and laid him down on his pillow. Shadow wiggled and kicked in his sleep. "Awwwww." Sonic cooed at the baby. Sonic left the nursery and headed down the hall into the kitchen. "Silver, so Shadow's gonna have a little play date tomorrow?"Sonic asked Silver who was drinking a cup of tea. "Yeah, with this cute little kitten named Blaze. She's about a month younger than Shadow." Silver replied. "Um….exactly how old is Shadow?" Asked Sonic. "You didn't know? He's 8 months old Sonic." Silver face palmed. "Well So-ry I didn't keep track." Sonic scoffed. Silver finished his tea and began washing baby bottles. "Sonic you're leaving me with everything again. I'm leaving you to take care of Shadow while I go to the Grocery Store." "But I can't-" "Don't tell me you can't take care of an 8 month old infant for 2 hours." Sonic sighed. "I guess I can…." "Don't worry Sonic," Silver said. "It's 2 O'clock in the afternoon. It's his naptime, he'll be sleeping. If he does wake up just do what he needs." Silver then got his wallet and headed out the door. Sonic heard the car engine rumble and saw the car pull out of the driveway. "Ok. Sonic told himself. "This isn't so bad…as long as Shadow stays asleep everything will be fine. What could an 8 month old do?"