Blake arrived at Big Hearts Daycare Center as she parked her Bravado Gauntlet in the front parking lot for parents/guardians. When she climbed out of her car, Blake walked into the daycare in a fast pace as she can hear the piercing cries, coming from the hallway. Instead of speaking to the receptionist, she ran towards the hallway and found the cuddlebugs room where she saw the teacher holding a crying Bobby in her arms.
"Hey, I hear you, baby boy." Blake said, which made Bobby turn around to face her. She slowly take off her brown combat boots, showing her light pink ankle socks with a banana print on them, before climbing over the gate.
Bobby kept crying and his face was red as Blake walked towards him, before having him in her arms. She started rubbing up and down his back, soothingly while quietly shushing him.
"I'm very sorry." Blake apologized, before hearing Bobby coughing up a storm.
"It's alright." The cuddlebugs teacher said, before walking towards the mini refrigerator to get Bobby's sky blue 360 sippy cup. "I had a feeling that he's having a fever when he didn't eat much at lunch. I gave him a few of his banana puffs, and he played with them like he wasn't interested in them." She explained, before going towards the baby cubbies to grab a navy blue colored floral buckle backpack which contains Bobby's needs.
"I just took him to the doctor last week, and he probably has a slight asthma problem." Blake said, placing the floral backpack on the floor and did the same with Bobby who dropped down onto his bottom, causing him to cry more. She started digging through the backpack as Bobby grabbed onto Blake's arm while crying, until she pulled out an asthma inhaler with a mask. "I forgot to give him his breathing treatment this morning, but here keep this just in case. I have an extra one at home, and I'll bring his treatment machine the next day."
"Alright then, thanks for letting me know." The cuddlebug teacher said, taking the asthma inhaler. "But he needs to stay at home for at least 24 hours, before returning back. It's part of the daycare rules when a child's ill."
After when Blake left the cuddlebugs room, she decided to leave the daycare as Bobby was sucking on his green colored soothie pacifier while holding onto his 360 sippy cup halfway full of water.
"Miss. Neathery?" The daycare receptionist called out to Blake and stopped her from leaving.
"It's Rose. Miss. Rose." Blake corrected her as she walked towards the desk.
"I apologize, but the reason why I stopped you is that today is Monday, and you must pay for Bobby's daycare fee." The receptionist explained. "I need at least $80 to cover the cost of last week."
"Uhh… I don't have the money in cash, but can I use my credit card?" Blake questioned, before placing Bobby down on the floor as he grabbed onto Blake's leg, whimpering for attention. "I know, little man. Let Mommy pay for the receptionist and we can go home." She said, after pulling out her wallet from out of her grey crossbody purse, taking out her credit card. She swiped her card, before putting in the number code and leaving the daycare with Bobby.
At the FIB building, Cali was in a middle of a meeting along with Steve Haines and Dave Norton. She was sitting next to Dave, until he placed his hand onto Cali's leg just to get her attention, which a smile crept up on her face.
But somehow, Haines started to take noticed as he was disgusted that his enemy coworker has started to take a liking to an older man. Even though, he and Cali were enemies when they were getting promoted throughout their jobs. But Haines been in the FIB for 20 years, and Cali worked for nearly 11.
Then Cali saw her Bagger smartphone flashed in front of her, as she saw four notifications on the screen. The first one a missed call was from Bobby's daycare and Rockford Hills Academy. Next one was a text message from her niece, Blake. And there was a $80 card transaction to Blake's card, showing she used it at the daycare.
"Damn it, Blake." She whispered to herself and it caught Dave's attention.
"Blake?" Dave questioned quietly, and Cali nodded
She stood up from her chair, before leaving out of the meeting room which left a smile on Steve's face, knowing that Cali had to deal with her so called troubling highschool niece, instead of staying for the whole meeting.
Blake was back at the two bedroom loft apartment with Bobby as she decided to give him his breathing treatment while he strapped into his baby bouncer. She was having such a hard time when Bobby didn't want the mask to cover his nose and mouth with his treatment medicine going through. Bobby's face was slowly turning red as he cried through with tears running down his eyes and his small hand were trying to remove it.
"Bobby, you need to take your medicine, little man." Blake said while holding down the mask as she can feel Bobby's hands and nails, trying to take her hand off. The infant continues to cry as he didn't like his breathing treatment at all. Even though this was his fourth time getting through, Bobby had to get used to it when he has asthma. Until Blake had an idea about this old song she heard when she was a kid.
"Wise men say only fools rush in. But I can't help falling in love with you. Shall I stay? Would it be a sin. If I can't help falling in love with you?" Blake sanged while looking down at Bobby who turned his attention towards her after when he stopped crying and slowly breathing in his medicine. "Like a river flows surely to the sea. Darling so it goes. Some things are meant to be. Take my hand, take my whole life too. For I can't help falling in love with you."
Then Bobby slowly went to sleep with the treatment medicine going through his nose which causes Blake to remove her hand and looked back at the portable machine to see how much was left. She looked back at her son, before placing a kiss onto his light brown curly hair, standing up and leaving her sleeping baby to sleep.
Over an hour has passed since Bobby went to sleep with his treatment medicine mask over him. Once his medicine was empty, Blake removed his mask and turn off the machine as Bobby continues his slumber. The young teen mother thought she woke up her son when he started moving around in his bouncer, but Bobby rested his hands and arms behind his head to get comfortable. A smile curled up on Blake's face as she decided to pull out her iFruit phone and taken a quick picture of him sleeping. Then she turned on the 55 inch flat screen TV, and quickly put it on low volume, before turning it towards the children's cartoons, just in case Bobby wakes up from his nap, wanting attention from his mother.
Blake heard the door unlocking as she noticed Cali walking the two bedroom loft apartment with food from Burger Shot, since she didn't want to cook dinner for tonight. Blake decided to stay quiet, but the only thing that gave her away was the TV playing children's cartoons.
"I know you are here, Blakesleigh Victoria Rose." Cali said after placing the fast food bags on the counter. "Come here." She said, before Blake stood up from the hardwood floor and started walking towards her aunt in the kitchen.
"Hey, auntie." Blake greeted, before finding her medium sized drink of Cherry Sprunk.
"What happened today?" Cali questioned, removing a small sized french fries for her great nephew. "Because I have to leave right in the middle of a meeting, when I receive a message from the daycare and even the school called in."
"I… I forgot to give Bobby his breathing treatment medicine. I was running late with him, cause he was throwing an attitude with me when I dropped him off at the daycare. But I made it to first class." Blake explained, sticking her straw through the hole. "And I forgot to tell his teacher about his asthma going on. But as soon as I got home, I immediately gave him his breathing treatment."
"Blake, you can't keep leaving school just for him." Cali stated. "He's 8 months old, not a newborn anymore. And how can you be so forgetful? You're supposed to be his mother. And yet, you call yourself one?"
"Yeah, I am a mother to him remember? I found him and took care of him. I couldn't leave him there. His birth mother is the one who should be so forgetful of raising her own son, treating him like trash." Blake explained, before getting her cheeseburger from Cali. "Extra pickles with mustard?" She questioned, and Cali nodded. "You can remember stuff, but sometimes I can't."
"Blake, you have to step up as a mother not a young, free-spirited teen anymore." Cali explained, before unwrapping her chicken sandwich. "I brought you out here with me, so you can stay away from your mother. And of course, we have to bring Bobby with us."
"Yeah, cause I don't want to regret leaving him behind with some strange person he doesn't know, beside his mother..." Blake said, before taking a bite of her cheeseburger. "Which is me." She said with her mouthful.
"And speaking of free-spirited teens, you even look like one." Cali said, looking at her 16 year old niece.
"Why do you say that? I look alright, and I even fit in here in Los Santos." Blake said, before sipping her soda.
"Well most teen moms, don't have wild but three different colors of hair dye, blending into their black hair." Cail explained, playing with a lock of Blake's multi colored hair of hot pink, violet turquoise.
"I really love the colors and it was a dare made by my friend."
"Let me guess… my arch enemy Steve Haines?" Cali guessed, and Blake nodded. "And it was his so-called stepdaughter made you do that dare?" She finished answering her question, before the multi colored teen nodded. "I hate to say this, but that dare you did made you look like one of the ponies from off of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic."
"Ha, ha very funny. But this hair and the colors, cause I wanted to fit in." Blake explained.
"And speaking of fitting in, how many tattoos are on your body, as we speak?" Cali questioned
Then Blake started looking around on her body while counting the parts that were tattooed on, before saying the answer. "At least five." She answered.
"And when did you have your last one and what was it?" Cali questioned, before Blake showed her left thumb seeing 'Bobby' with a small heart at the end of his name.
"Why are you asking all these questions?" Blake questioned, after placing her drink down along with her cheeseburger.
"Because, I'm looking out for you." Cali answered. "Even though you're my only niece, I'm just trying my best to be a supporting aunt to you. You've only been in Los Santos for about 6 months now with Bobby. And I'm doing my best to keep you safe along with him. I just don't want you to be a troubling teenager, like your mother did when she dropped out of high school and left home to support on her own when she didn't want to work with our father."
"Why did you bring her up? You know how much pain and suffering she did to me." Blake stated.
"You look so much like your mother, but I can see a few things that you inherit from your father." Cali explained.
"I never knew my dad. I wish I knew who he is, since you ran out on me and my mom before I was even born." Blake said with her arms crossed, before Cali pulled her niece into a hug. "Yeah, yeah, I love you too, auntie."
"Even sound like him as well." Cali said as a laugh escape from her mouth, before letting her niece go. "Alright, before I forget, I need to tell you something very important." She said, before hearing she and Blake turned their attention towards the living room area, hearing Bobby waking up with small babbling noises.
"Go ahead." Blake said, before walking towards the living room area and unstrapped Bobby from the baby bouncer as his small arms were reaching up for his mother. "Hey, baby boy. Did you sleep well? Guess what? Great Auntie Cali brought home fries just for you."
Bobby lazily lay his head down on Blake's shoulder, since he only just woken up from his nap before his right hand started gripping onto her multi colored long hair. "Ah da…" He babbled as a reply, before he felt Blake's lips touched against his face.
"Blake… You know what my job is, right?" Cali started to say, before Blake nodded and Bobby started touching his mother's chin. "Well, my boss has line me up with a case in Liberty City and… I will be leaving tomorrow morning to catch a flight there. So, the thing is… I'm leaving you here with Bobby for a few weeks at least."
"What? You're leaving me here with my son? Auntie, you promised me." Blake explained.
"I know, but my boss told me at the last meeting. But, I'll be checking in on you and Bobby every few days and nights when I'm alone." Cali explained. "I'm not actually leaving you here in this apartment by yourself with him. I'm just going to be gone for a couple of weeks. And I expect you to go to school each day, and take care of Bobby without putting him in the hospital."
"I never put my baby in a hospital." Blake said.
"I know… but this is the first time I'm leaving you alone with him besides you babysitting him, until I come home." Cali said. "And while I'm in Liberty City, I must check in with father and how Rose Electronics are. But don't worry I will have someone checking in on you from time in the timer on."
"Let me guess…" Blake started say, already knowing the answer before handing Bobby one of the french fries The light brown haired infant grab it from his mother's fingers and started eating it. "Davey?"
"That's correct." Cali said.
"Uhh, I don't need no FIB bodyguard, auntie." Blake disagreed.
"Listen to me, Dave is willing to check on you and Bobby, since he's the only person, beside your friends and teachers that you are raising Bobby as your son." Cali explained. "If LSPD or Steve Haines knows about this, they're going to figure out a way to take Bobby away from you and worse… I'll be going to jail and losing my job, claiming that you have found a baby in an alley, abandoned by its mother. And you will be sent to a foster home or juvenile hall."
"I don't want that to really happen." Blake said while looking at Bobby finishing his fry, before she gave him another one. "I love him so much. He's my little man." She said as Bobby's big brown eyes looked up at Blake's teal ones.
"Then, follow and listen to me and Dave, alright?" Cali stated.
"Fine, auntie." Blake said.
"And if something happens, call me or Dave. Do not wait until the last minute, young lady." Cali explained.
"Alright, I understand everything." Blake said.
I used the song Can't Help Falling In Love by Haley Reinhart which is a cover to the Elvis Presley song. I heard this song so many times and I thought it was cute. It was also used in the Extra Gum commercials on TV.
So, what will happen in the next chappie, since Blake will be left alone with Bobby while Cali is away on FIB business?
