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Ch.2 Bathing John

Ricky turned the faucet on in the tub letting the water adjust to the right temperature. As he was letting it adjust he sat down and put John in his lap. "So John, are you ready for a bath? " John just looked at him while Ricky started pulling John's clothes off. He left him in his diaper and felt the water. It was just about right so he stopped it up and allowed it to start filling up slightly. He reached onto the counter and got some of John's toys including a rubber ducky and some floating fish. When the water got about 2 or 3 inches deep he took John's diaper off and sat John in the tub.

Instantly John smiled and started splashing the water in Ricky's face. Ricky laughed, "You love your baths don't you? " Then he started to play with John's toys making John laugh and clap his hands. 'He is such a happy baby,' Ricky thought to himself. 'Must be nice to be so carefree.' Just as he thought that John splashed a big wave of water in his face. "Oh so that's how you want to play, huh?" Ricky laughed and then splashed a little water back at John. They kept splashing at each other, laughing, until Ricky decided he'd best get little John clean before they distracted Amy from her work.

"Ok, enough play time. We will disturb Mommy and she really needs to get done with that work. She never has time anymore, but she loves you so much she barely complains now." Thank God, Ricky added to himself. Her complaining at the start all the time had gotten old fast and he had started to develop bitterness towards her but it soon changed as she got more adjusted to life as a mother and now she seemed back to her old self before John only better. She had turned out to be a great mom and really seemed to enjoy time with John now. Ricky was glad. At the beginning she had worried him a little bit but soon it was all straightened out. He reached down to get the baby wash and a bath cloth off the floor and started bathing John off. "Look, you got Daddy all wet too." After bathing him off Ricky washed his hair and picked him up out of the tub. "There's Daddy's big boy! All clean for Mommy. Maybe she won't find anything wrong with the way I bathed you." Even though Amy enjoyed being John's mom more she still stayed on Ricky's case, something he secretly liked in a way for a reason even he didn't quite understand.

He wrapped John in a towel and headed for the nursery to find some clothes and a new diaper. When he got there he stopped and looked around noticing Amy had added a picture of him and John on the dresser. It was taken when they went to the park one day and he had been pointing out a ladybug to John. In the picture John was smiling and pointing and Ricky was laughing with his arm around John's tiny back. He smiled thinking back to how good that day had been then moved to get a diaper. He grabbed one and laid John down on the changing station. John started to make a face. "Daddy's sorry but you have to wear it. I know it's uncomfortable but until you get big enough you have too." He tickled John's tummy as he finished putting on the diaper. "Ok, let's get you some clothes and we can go see if Mommy is done."

"Ma-Ma," John cooed.

"Mhm so let's hurry," Ricky smiled.

He carried John to the dresser with him where he wouldn't fall of the changing station and opened a drawer to pick out some clothes. After sorting through them a few minutes he went with a red t-shirt and some blue jeans with light blue socks. "Ok, John, let's put them on." He slipped on John's clothes which wasn't exactly easy since John seemed to love to squirm and clap his hands the whole time. "You definitely took after your mother when it comes to being difficult," Ricky muttered under his breath.

"What was that?" Amy's stern voice came from the door.

"Nothing. I got John all cleaned and dressed, anything else needing to be done?" he answered.

"I think I heard something about me being difficult. I am not difficult," Amy fumed with her arms crossed.

"Ok Amy, but I need to clean the bathroom so if you can end this now it would be nice," he said calmly.

The fact that he was so calm just infuriated her more. She hated how he stayed calm basically all the time. The only times she hadn't seen him calm was when his dad came back and when John was being born. "You didn't clean the bathroom when you were still in there? It doesn't take that long, or did you and John make a big mess?"

He sighed, "I let John have fun, and you know you do the same thing so don't talk about anything I have done. Look, take John in the living room and I will go clean up. It won't take but about five minutes then we can play with John or watch TV, ok?"

"Fine, but five minutes." She picked up John and went to carry him in the living room when she felt herself being pulled back around to face Ricky. "What?" she snapped. She was tensed up though. She hadn't been this close to Ricky since band camp. It was unnerving and she wondered why he had pulled her back.

"Chill, you've got pencil smudge on your face, I was just getting it off," he answered softly. Then he bent and wiped if off noticing her eyes closed slightly as he touched her face. "Ok, there."

"Thanks," she said shortly then turned to go back to the living room. Why didn't he just tell me? Why did he touch my face? Wait, why do I care? She shrugged off the thoughts and looked at John. "Did you and Daddy have fun getting all clean?" she smiled.

"Dada!" he responded as usual when anything about Ricky was said.

She laughed, "Yes, dada cleaned you all up and now he gets to clean the bathroom too!" She sat on the couch with John letting out a sigh as she relaxed.

"Ugh!" John muttered as he was reaching for his giraffe.

"Do you want your giraffe? Hold on Mommy will get it," she said as she reached for it. "Maybe Daddy won't take long and then we can all play then you get to take a nap." Then maybe I can talk to Ricky and he will tell me what has been going on. Just then he walked back into the living room and plopped onto the couch beside them.

A/N: Ok I am not that satisfied with this chapter but oh well, I hope you guys like it so give me some feedback! Btw, thanks to Madison, Candice, Cuppiecak12, and :D who all reviewed! I appreciate it greatly! More reviews will be appreciated also sooo R&R! Next chapter soon!