Through the Eyes of a Baby

Chapter 2

2 months

I kicked my feet. "Ah!"

He kissed me. "I love you Jewel. You're mine, huh?

I turned my head, whining.

"Leave her alone, Fang."

"I'm playing with my baby, Max."

"And she doesn't want you to." The woman picked me up off the blanket. I tried to tell her that I wanted to go back into my crib but she didn't get it. So I cried. The woman kissed my head, walking into the bedroom. She laid me down in my crib, turning on the spinny thing above my bed. I smiled, kicking my feet. I love my feet. The lady kissed my head before walking out of the room. I went to sleep.

"Baby, are you sleeping?"

I opened my eyes to see the fuzzy guy. "Ah!"

"Hi Jewel," he greeted. "Are you happy today?"

I closed my eyes again. I just want to sleep. Scary man didn't get it. He picked me up, taking me to the living room. "Well I'm happy too. What do you want to do? Huh?"

"Fang, I told you to leave her alone," nice lady told him. "Why can't you ever just listen to me?"

"I do listen to you," fuzzy said, laying me down on a blanket.

"No you don't."

"Prove it."

"By being here you're proving it."

He frowned down at me. "What do you think, Jewel?"

I don't know who this Jewel is but he sure is obsessed. I made a noise before closing my eyes.

"Are you sleepy? Huh, Jewel?"

I tried to tell him to leave me alone but it didn't work. He laid down next to me, putting a hand on my stomach.

"Fang, if you are going to bother her, at least play with her."

"Fine. I'll sing to her."

"What? N-"

"I want to hold them like they do in Texas Plays, fold em let em hit me raise it baby stay with me-"

"No. No Lady Gaga."

He frowned, kissing my head. "Alright then. Uh…Your kiss was the perfect drug, it gave me the-"

"No, Fang. That song is about adultery."

"Then what, Max? You want me to sing her hard core rap?'

"No. I honestly don't care to hear you sing at all."

"Then what do you want me to do?"

She smiled at him before getting up. When she came back, nice lady had these things that look like animals but don't move or talk. And they're soft.

"What do you want me to do with stuffed animals?" Scary man asked her.

"You're going to make them talk and stuff."

"Max-"

"This is your punishment for making me miss part of my show," she told him, laying the things on the ground.

He glanced at me before sitting up. He picked one up. "I'm a bear, Jewel."

"In a believable able voice, Fang," the woman told him, sitting back down on the couch.

He made his eyes roll before speaking again, this time in a deeper voice. "Hi, Jewel. My name's…Teddy."

"So creative."

"Max, if you want me to do this then let me do it my way," he told her. "Now, where were we, Jewel? Right, you just met Teddy." Fuzzy changed his voice again. "So, my name's Teddy, Jewel. My best friend is…you of course," scary said, rubbing the doll against my neck. "You smell good, Jewel."

Then he picked up another one.

"Max, what's a name for a tiger?" he asked.

"…Stripes."

"Right," he said, looking back at me. "And this, Jewel, is Stripes."

"Make this one a girl," nice woman said.

Frowning, he took a deep breath. Then his voice got really high. "I'm Stripes, Jewel, and I love you."

The woman fell over laughing.

The nice woman kissed my head, rocking me a little. "Aren't you glad that he finally left? Huh?"

I tried to tell her yes but it didn't work so well. Scary man made the things talk to me until I fell asleep. When I woke up, he was gone and the nice smelling woman was holding me.

"Daddy's so annoy, huh?" She sat down on the bed. "You love him though, right?"

I got sleepy again so I went back to sleep. When I woke up this time, it was dark and I was alone. After a few minute, I got hungry so I cried.

"What's wrong, Jewel?"

Fuzzy walked into the room and picked me up. I wiggled in his arms, wanting to get away but it was impossible. Carrying me into the living room, he whispered, "I love you, Jewel. Do you love me?"

I started crying louder.

"She's hungry," the woman told him. "Let me see her."

After she fed me, he took me back to the bedroom. I was hoping that he would just lay me back down in my crib but no such luck. He laid me on the bed before lying down next to me. I patted his nose, trying to get him to take me back.

"I love you, Jewel," he whispered. "Did you know that? I bet you knew that. You're so smart. I-"

The woman walking in stopped him from talking. She stomped over to the bed, laying down.

"What's wrong?" Scary asked her.

"Your girlfriend is here."

Fuzzy got up to go see what she was talking about. Nice woman was upset. He made her that way! I made a noise and she looked down at me.

"What, baby?" She whispered, rolling onto her side to look at me. "Don't worry, he's just cheating on me, not you."

I didn't know what that way but I didn't' care. Just wanting to be held, I started to cry. Nice lady rocked me for awhile, until mean and scary came back.

"How's your girlfriend, Fang? Come to see her future stepdaughter?"

I almost felt bad for him. Bouncing in nice lady's arms, I started whining. They ignored me.

"She's just a neighbor that I happen to work with. So what if we talk sometimes?"

"You sure seem fond of her."

He groaned. "So I have a thing for red hair, sue me. What's the big deal?"

"Fang, incase you haven't noticed, you're with me and I'm not a fucking red head."

"Hey, stop, alright?" He said, taking me from her arms. "I don't want to fight in front of the baby."

"Then get out."

"Max-"

"Get the fuck out!"

He laid me down in my crib before leaving.

Fuzzy blew air in his cheeks before blowing it out in my face. I started whining.

"That's not nice, Fang. She doesn't' like that."

He frowned at the woman. "You treat me like a child."

"Then stop acting like one."

"I'm trying to play with my baby, Max. Just because you're mad at me about-"

"Shut up about last night, okay?"

He run a hand down my face. "Jewel wants her mommy to play with her."

"Her mommy is about to be on the phone," the woman said, pulling this thing that she talks into out of her pocket.

"Who are you calling?"

"Someone to talk about how badly you treat me."

Sighing, the fuzzy guy kissed my head. "Jewel, you know that truth, huh? I could never cheat on Mommy, could I? I love her and you too much. Who's baby are you? Are you mine? Huh? Say yes, Jewel. Please?"

I kicked my feet. "Ah!"

"Good girl," he said, laying his forehead gently against mine. I stared into his eyes before closing mine. He scares me. Fuzzy picked me up before getting up. Putting me in my carrier, he called to nice lady, "I'm going out, Max. I'm taking Jewel."

"To what? Go sleep in the woman's living room while you fuck her in the bedroom?"

Ignoring her, he walked out the door. "Ready to go? Huh, baby? You wanna go see Uncle Iggy? Ready to go for a ride in the car?"

He put me into the seat that was in a big, red shiny thing.

"You like Daddy's truck, huh? Say yes," he said, kissing my head before closing the door. I went to sleep after that. When I woke up, I was on the floor of a new place. I had never been here before.

"She's still flipping out about that?"

"Yeah," I heard mean man say from somewhere. I couldn't see because I was on the floor but I knew his voice.

"Ah," I cried, wanting out. He came and got me before sitting down in chair. Some guy was on the couch, talking to him. I had seen him before. He smells like food. I like him.

"Does she really think that you're doing something with this girl?" Food smelling guy asked fuzzy.

"No. She's just looking for drama," fuzzy told him before giving me a kiss on the head. "What do you think, Jewel?"

"Ka!"

He bounced me a little. "Iggy, I think I have a problem."

"Just stop talking to that woman and Max will-"

"No, I meant with Jewel. She doesn't like me."

The food man laughed. "Really?"

"It's not funny! She gets scared of me sometimes."

I yawned, sleepy again. Scary kept bouncing me.

"Fang, it's not like you're…kid friendly."

"I am too!"

Fuzzy's yelling made me cry. He started rocking me, giving me kisses and stuff. Once I stopped crying, he said, "Okay, so maybe I'm not the best kid person but I have my high points."

"Maybe you should start speaking in a high pitch voice," food smelling man offered.

"What? Why?"

"Because then you'll seem fun to her."

Scary shook his head. "I was pretending to be stuffed animals yesterday and spoke in a fake voice. She still didn't like me."

I tried to tell him that I wanted to go home now but he just kissed my head, trying to get me to be quiet.

"She seems to like you now," food guy said.

"She just doesn't know you and is clingy."

I wanted to tell him no but it didn't work. After sitting there and talking for a little while, someone else walked into the room.

"Iggy, you didn't tell me we had guests, and such a cute one at that."

"Thanks," scary said.

"Not you," the woman said, coming over to me. "You can't be Fang's baby, no. You're too cute."

Scary let her take me. "You know, Iggy, I think it's time that you move on. This girlfriend's defective."

The woman gave me a kiss and I started to cry. I may not like scary but at least I knew him. She gave me back.

"Looks like she doesn't like you, Kim," food man said.

I stopped crying as fuzzy gave me kisses.

"Don't feel bad," scary told her. "She's not that fond of me either."

"So how's your girlfriend?"

Fuzzy sat my carrier down on the ground. "I went over to Iggy's, Max."

"Did you now?" She asked, coming to get me from my carrier.

"Yeah. Kim says hi."

"Kim…do we like Kim?"

He shrugged. "Better than that other girl he used to be with."

"I guess I like her then."

Scary kissed her head. "I love you."

"Not as much as-"

"Max, stop it, alright?"

Following him into the bedroom, she said, "Do you work tomorrow?"

"Yep. Have fun home alone with the baby."

"I'll try."

Fuzzy jumped into bed. "Lay her down with us."

"No. Jewel needs to go to bed."

"She wants to spend time with me, though."

"No she doesn't," nice smelling lady said before putting me into my crib. "Goodnight Jewel, I love you."

Scary groaned, getting up to kiss my head. "I love you more."

Nice lady laid down on the bed. "So was Iggy good?"

"Yep."

She cuddled against him. "Good."

"Yeah."

Wrapping an arm around him, she added, "I love you, cheater."

"Max-"

"I'm kidding."

"No you're not."

She didn't say anything to that. I closed my eyes, listening to him whisper things to him but she never said anything back. His voice is nice when he talks soft. I fell asleep.