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A month later, Adam had to meet with a lawyer about his will and some other legal matters. The other guys were at the gym training so, Randy was the one to watch Payton.
"Okay, there is juice in the refrigerator, snacks in the cabinets and stuff for lunch. We have started potty training so, she should tell you when she has to go."
"Potty training?" Randy had no idea about any of it.
"Yes, when she says she has to go, take her and you will see the Dora potty in the bathroom. If she doesn't tell you and she has an accident, just clean her up and it will be fine."
"Okay." Randy was still unsure about the whole potty training thing.
"She has had a little cough but it should be fine. If you have any problems, call me." Adam walked over to Payton who was on the sofa watching Dora. "Be good for Uncle Randy."
"K, daddy."
Once Adam had left, Randy sat on the sofa beside Payton and watched Dora with her. He wished one of the others were there with him. He had only had Payton by himself maybe two times and it wasn't for that long.
"Randy, I'm hungry." Payton said moving closer to him.
"Okay, let's go see what we have." He picked her up and carried into the kitchen. He sat her down in the high chair and looked in the cabinet. "How about some Mac and cheese?"
"Yay!" Payton clapped her hands.
"Okay, Mac and cheese." He took the Gerber graduates entrée and put it in the microwave. Once it was done and cooled, Randy gave it to Payton.
Once she was done, he cleaned her up and headed back to the living room. He put in another DVD for her to watch.
"Uncle Randy, I pottied." Payton said to him.
"What? Oh, no!" Before Randy could do anything Payton started crying. He hadn't meant to raise his voice to her, it just came out. "It's okay, peanut. We will just give you a bath and get you cleaned up. It's no big deal."
He picked her up and carried her upstairs. He noticed she was a little warm. He drew her a bath and cleaned her up. Once he had her dressed again, he felt her forehead and it felt warm.
"Let's take your temperature, peanut." He went into her room and got the thermometer. He placed it in her ear and it beeped a few second later. "101." His eyes grew when he realized how high it was. "101! That's not good. What to do? Oh, call Adam."
He picked Payton up and headed to get the phone. He dialed Adam's cell phone but got voicemail.
"It's Adam, leave me a message."
"Adam, please call me. Payton has a temperature of 101. I'm not sure what to do." Randy hung up and thought for a minute. "John. I will call John and see if he knows what to do."
He dialed John's phone and got voicemail too. He left message to call him. He then proceeded to call Jay and Chris and once again got voicemail.
"Where the hell is everyone?" He said loudly. Payton started to cry. "It's okay, peanut. Uncle Randy will fix it." He rubbed her back to calm her down.
He thought of who he could call who had children. He decided to call Paul and Stephanie and see what they said. He finally got Stephanie on phone.
"Okay, Steph, what do I do?" Randy asked still holding Payton who didn't seem to want to calm down.
"Go to the bathroom and to the medicine cabinet." Stephanie instructed him.
"Okay, we're here." Randy said as Payton cried again. "It's okay, peanut." Randy tried to get Payton to calm down.
"Do you see some children's Tylenol?"
"Will it say that on it?"
"Yes." Stephanie replied shocked that Randy wouldn't at least know that.
"Okay, no children's Tylenol."
"What? He has to have Tylenol. All parents have it."
"There is Advil for children."
"That's it. It should be for fever and cold."
"Okay, got it."
"Read the instructions and find the medicine spoon. It should be right there."
"Okay, got the medicine spoon."
"Okay, now, put a tsp in the spoon and give it to Payton."
"Okay, done."
"Okay, that should bring down her fever. Keep a check on it and if it doesn't then, call Adam again. Do not give her anymore until it has been six to eight hours."
"Okay, thanks Stephanie. You were a life saver."
"Not a problem." Stephanie hung up the phone.
Randy looked at Payton who was calming down a little now. He hoped this would bring down her fever.
"Okay, peanut, let's go back down stairs." He carried her back down stairs and sat on the sofa with Payton in his lap.
She laid her head on his chest and coughed a little. He gently rubbed her back which always seemed to calm her down. Once she was asleep, he tried to put her down but she started to cry again.
"It's okay, peanut." He rubbed her back again and laid down with her on his chest still. It wasn't long before she was asleep and he was too.
Adam walked in the house and saw Randy asleep on the sofa with Payton asleep on him. He walked over and woke Randy up.
"Rough day?" Adam asked with a laugh before taking Payton and placing her on the other end.
"I had to give her a bath and then I noticed she was warm. So, I took her temperature and it was 101."
"101? Why did you call me?" Adam asked worried about what was wrong with her.
"I did. It went right to voicemail."
Adam took his phone out and realized that he forgot to turn it on. He felt so stupid.
"I forgot to turn it on."
"Yeah. I called everyone and it went right to voicemail so, I ended up calling Stephanie. She talked me through what to do. I give her some medicine and kept an eye on her temperature."
"Okay, thanks Randy. You were a life saver today. I got what I needed to get done. Thanks for watching her and I'm sorry you couldn't get a hold of me."
"It's alright, but next time, make sure you have your phone turned on. I don't want anything to happen to my peanut."
"I promise and thanks for taking care of her while she was sick."
"Not a problem. I haven't checked her temperature so, you might want to."
"I will and thanks again."
Randy left and it was just Adam and Payton. Adam walked over to his daughter and took her temperature. It was 99.5 which meant it was coming down. He turned on the vaporizer and sat down beside his daughter who was sleeping peacefully. He knew now that he could trust Randy to keep her alone for a more than a few hours. He was once again grateful for his friends who didn't think twice about helping him with her. If he didn't have them, he was certain that he wouldn't be a good dad. And that was the most important thing to him, being the best dad Payton could have.
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