Chapter 1

Sleepless nights

"He's so adorable! Who's Granny's little Richie? You are!"

"Gran' please be careful he's still very young."

Mrs. Mikulski looked away from her great grandson to her grandson with a raised eye brow. "Well look who's become mister baby master! For your information Kevin, I did the same thing to you when you were born."

"And we all now how that turned out."

"Shut up Double dork." Old habits are hard to break. Double D gave Kevin a smile not bothered by the so called insult while giving Mrs. Mikulski the warm bottle of milk and settling down next to her.

"I think Kevin should feed him ma'am." Edd said and looked up at the red head with another smile. Kevin's eyes widen

"M-me? Feed him?"

"What's the matter baby master?" His grandmother teased as the phone rang. She passed the baby gently to Double D and stood up to answer the phone.

There was an awkward silence.

"I really think you should feed him." Edd said in a small voice. Kevin wanted for some reason to grab the other and hug him closely. Guys were not meant to be so, so cute! Surprisingly he wasn't disturbed by his own thoughts. Kevin had figured almost a year ago he was mildly attracted to guys as well as girls, though lately he'd checked out more guys than girls, maybe it was because of Nazz's betrayal to their child, no! it was his child now.

He stood up from the arm chair and sat down next to Edd. As Edd placed the baby gently in his arms worry washed over Kevin's face.

"What's the matter Kevin?"

"What if I do it wrong?"

Edd smiled at the young father who was currently looking like the confused boy he was. He placed a hand on his shoulder and smiled.

"Don't worry." He said "It will come naturally. Just relax and let your instincts guide you." He handed Kevin the bottle and their fingers brushed gently. Kevin positioned the bottle near the baby's mouth and watched as Richard opened his mouth and began to suck hungrily. Kevin smiled and began whispering sweet nothings to the child.

"Who's going to be big and strong? Who's going to be daddy's little basketball star?"

It was that last sentence that made Kevin pale.

"Holy shit, dude I'm a dad!"

Double D's eyes widen and he quickly covered the baby's ears

"Don't say such horrid words in front of your son! And it's about time you realized that."

Kevin raised an eyebrow as Double D took the baby and continued feeding him while rocking him gently mumbling something about proper manners in front of the little one.

"You act like you're his mother or something." Kevin said and held back a smirk as Edd blushed crimson.

"I need to get back to work." He said avoiding the others statement while handing Kevin back the baby for the last time and walking towards the register as a man walked in.

Kevin watched him walk away and smiled at his back then down at his son who was beginning to fall asleep after his meal.

Last night he had gone to the hospital and taken his child. Thinking it would be a happy ending Kevin went to his grandmother in hopes of her helping him raise his son. The fact that he was slowly but surely developing feelings for one of her workers who he just happened to know since elementary school was just a bonus to the giant twist his life had taken.

As the day went by, Edd made sure to avoid Kevin as much as possible after the 'mother' comment. Kevin noticed that and decided not to bother the boy about it. He will get over it by himself.

It was eight o'clock and Kevin was once again feeding Richard. He was sitting in the kitchen at a small table where the staff ate, as in Mrs. Mikulski, Edd and now Kevin and baby Richard. Double D was fixing dinner for them.

Kevin watched amused by the fact that Edd was wearing an apron while cooking. He was about to make a comment when his grandmother entered the room with a worried look. She walked over to the table and sat in front of her grandson.

"You realize you do not have any custody over your own son?"

Though it was said in the form of a question Kevin knew it was a statement. He withdrew the empty bottle from his son's mouth and frowned at his grandmother.

"What do you mean? He's my son, I'm his legal guardian!"

Double D turned and listened to the two's conversation with a puzzled expression. He whipped his hands and set the table making sure he heard every bit of the conversation.

"It seems your girlfriend-"

"She's not my girlfriend." Kevin said firmly.

The older lady rolled her eyes and continued. "What ever, apparently she wanted the child to be adopted so he is technically under the countries care."

"So in other words," Edd spoke for the first time "She took away your custody over Richard."

"Correct. I've been on the phone all the day and it looks like the only way out of this problem is to take it to court."

Just when he thought things were getting better and that life would be easy, once again Nazz had to ruin it for him.

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Double D had finally finished all his duties plus all the extra work he volunteers to do (Clean the kitchen spotless for example). He climbed up the stairs to his room; the Cul-Da-sac was pretty far from the youth hostel so Mrs. Mikulski offered him a room. Double D had accepted the offer with no hesitation what so ever. Living with someone for the first time since he was very young was a big and welcome change in his life; Mrs. Mikulski became the family he never really had.

As he made his way through the corridor towards his room he glanced into the room Kevin and Richard were staying at. Mrs. Mikulski had him and Kevin climb to the attic and fetch Kevin's old baby crib she had kept for reasons unknown. The place was covered in dust, more like loaded in dust! It was like a huge grey blanket covered the whole place. Edd had immediately ran to his room and put on a pair of gloves and a mask. So much dust might trigger his long forgotten asthma! He wasn't sure how it left in the first place but he wasn't taking any chances.

Looking into the room Edd saw Kevin leaning over the crib looking down at his son with a worried expression. Without even realizing he had walked into the room and stood about a meter behind the red head.

"Don't worry."

Kevin's shoulders shock gently in silent laughter. He turned around to face his friend. "I'm not worried."

"You're a terrible liar Kevin."

Kevin smirked at the Ed and sat down on the edge of his bed with a rather large sigh. Double D joined him, looking up at the ceiling.

"That's a mighty big sigh for someone so young, don't you think?"

"What ever man..."

Some where along the line they had settled into a comfortable silence and before either of them could register they had fallen asleep together, their legs dangling from the edge of the bed, mouths slightly open and their hands only mere centimeters apart. All was well, all was peaceful and they would have stayed like that till morning if it wasn't for-

"WHAAAAAAAAA WHAAAAAAAA"

"Holy shit! Take cover!" There was a loud thud as Kevin rolled off the bed and landed on the floor.

"It's a baby!" Edd had woken up as well

"What baby?!" Kevin asked from the floor "Oh fuck! My baby!"

"Mind your language!"

Kevin quickly stood up and ran towards the crib gently picking up Richard and rocking him in his arms.

"WHAAAAAA WHAAAAAAA WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"

"What's wrong Richie? Are you hungry? Oi Double D, get me his bottle will ya'?"

A few minutes later Kevin was gently rocking the little one in his arms as he fell asleep once again. When he was finally asleep Double D decided it was safe for him to leave the room.

He had fallen asleep with out brushing his teeth! The unsanitary was beyond ignorable.

After brushing his teeth he changed into his pajamas and crawled into bed sleepily. But it was only a matter of minutes before.

"WAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

He sprang out of bed and ran back to Kevin's room.

"What's wrong?" He asked worried then almost choked at the sight.

Kevin was standing with a pair of sweat pants, shirtless and with messy hair. The baby in his arms wasn't a complete turn-off unfortunately, the idea of a responsible man was always welcome in Edd's mind, and of course a sexy man which made the whole picture perfect in his mind. Yes, Double D was pretty much openly gay; he had come out of the closet two years ago. Every one had taken the news well, though it took Eddy a while to accept it.

"I think he needs a diaper change!" Kevin said distressed. The other's voice snapped Double D back to reality.

"Did you check him?"

"Have you smelled him?!"

"Why won't you change his diaper then??!!"

"Because I don't know how! Gran' has been doing it all day!"

Double D walked over to the red head and took the baby. He gently placed him on the bed.

"Get me a clean diaper, wet wipes and talc powder. Oh and the baby oil."

Kevin rushed to the corner where he had put all the baby stuff his grand mother had bought during the day. He handed double D the products and went to sit in the arm chair.

"What do you think you're doing?" Edd asked

"Sitting. My back is killing me."

Double D's eye twitched.

"I'm not going to be doing this till the boy is potty trained so get your ass over here right now mister and watch! So that you will be able to do it too!"

Kevin stood up quickly and made a bee line to double D's side. As he watched Edd attend to his child he couldn't help but wonder out loud.

"Should he be circumcised?"

Double D blushed. "W-well it's up to you. Research has shown that it's healthier..."

Kevin made a face and looked at his child.

"My mother's dad was Jewish so he insisted that I was circumcised..."

Double D closed the new diaper around the baby who made sounds of approval before taking him into his arms and rocking him gently.

"My parents had me circumcised when I was born as well if it helps. They wanted to reduce any chances of any kind of sickness."

Kevin watched Edd rock little Richard and smiled. He really enjoyed watching those two.

Edd placed the once again sleeping infant back in the crib. He was about to turn and leave but was stopped by two arms.

Kevin had pulled him into a hug. Double D blushed.

"Thank you." Kevin said.

And Eddward Double D knew from that moment, that he was going to face a lot of sleepless nights, and that things between the two of them will never be the same...

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SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT! But I did tell you not to expect frequent updating...This was not betaed by the way.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I personally had fun writing it...

Let me know what you think and I'll do my best with chapter 2.

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