A/N: OH MY GO IT HAS BEEN OVER A WEEK SINCE MY LAST POST. If you couldn't tell, I just started school, my freshman year of college to be exact (God I hate being a freshman!), and I have been very busy with little time to write, and for that I apologize.

So anyway, I really didn't get that much feedback on which would be a better idea for this prompt so I am just going with it. This one also has some Balthazar and Veronica parenting in it, more Veronica this time though, cause she would make a good mommy. I'm sorry if you're getting sick of baby fics, but I like em, so until I am demanded to stop, there will most likely be more.

Nose

"Hey is anyone home?" Dave called as he walked into the Blake's living room. Balthazar had recently given him a key so that he could come and study and practice spells in the lair whenever he needed it. He seemed to be doing a lot more independent work since the baby had come along. Balthazar always made plenty of time for their lessons, but with a wife and daughter to take care of, and a new shop to maintain, he expected Dave's endless hours of trial and error to be done on the boy's own time.

"We're in the kitchen Dave, " he heard Veronica's soft voice call out to him. Setting his backpack down by the coat rack, he closed the front door and followed her voice.

She was standing at the considerably large stove, stirring a pot of something, reading a cookbook that was suspended in air in front of her. Little Daralis was sitting in her bouncer chair on the island behind her mother, thoroughly covering the horn of her unicorn plushy in baby slobber. Her infant face lit up at the sight of Dave walking through the door, and she squealed with happiness. She had taken a strange liking to Dave. Becky said that it probably had something to do with his connection to her favorite fluffy pink toy. He hoped that was the case, and that she wasn't just laughing at his face.

"Morning Veronica. Where's Balthazar?"

"He's at the shop, " she answered turning away from her cooking for a moment, " he had a few appointments. Did you need his help with something?"

"No, just wondering. I'm not going to be here long anyway, I just wanted to drop by and pick up my physics book, I left it in the lair," he walked over to the island, giving his pointer finger to Daralis to wrap her little fist around.

"Hey there kiddo, how you doing? Look here, Daralis," he said wrapping his index and middle fingers around the sides of her little nose, "I got your nose!" he said pulling his hand away and replacing her nose with his thumb. She squealed with laughter.

"You like that huh?" he asked her. She only smiled in response. So he did it again, receiving even more laughter.

As he continued to "remove" and then "replace" the little nose, he didn't notice Veronica coming up behind him, studying his actions. At first she had been concerned that David was somehow mutating little Lissy's face. But when that proved to be no concern she began trying to figure out if he was performing some sort of a trick or if he actually believed that he was somehow detaching her child's nose.

"David, what are you doing?" she asked leaning over his shoulder, trying to get a better view.

"Oh um, it's kinda a game I guess, you pretend that your stealing someone else's nose, but it's just an illusion. See the thumb is the nose. It's kinda stupid, but it entertains kids, so I guess it serves a purpose. Daralis seems to like it, " he said, stealing her nose yet again to receive another chorus of giggles. When he turned back to Veronica she had her right hand in front of her holding up a peace sign, attempting to understand how to perform the trick.

"Let me try," she said to him, and he quickly moved out of the way.

"Look Lissy," she said placing her fingers on either side of the baby's nose like Dave had, and then quickly pulling it away and sliding her thumb in between the fingers, "Mommy has your nose!"

Daralis naturally began to crack up, and Veronica's face broke out in one of the biggest smiles Dave had ever seen.

"Look David, she likes it."

"Yeah, anyway I was gonna ask you, do you…" but Veronica wasn't listening to him. She was to busy playing the new game with her daughter. Both of them were laughing now. Dave decided that his question would have to wait until later.

"I'm just gonna go get my book and head out. I'll see you later Veronica."

He heard an barely audible "uh huh" as he made his way towards the basement.


Balthazar was exhausted when he got home. He hated dealing with fairies, and that was why he avoided it at almost all costs. They had left him tired and aggravated after hours of bartering with him. Really they were just out to rob him, and he knew they were, and they knew that he knew, so why they kept trying he really didn't know. He really hoped that he wouldn't have to deal with them again in the near future.

He walked into his house with a black cloud over his head, thinking that absolutely nothing could improve his mood. And then he heard it, the sound of the perfectly synchronized laughter of his wife and his child coming from the kitchen. His mouth immediately widened into a smile.

He walked into the kitchen where the laughter was coming form. Daralis was on the table in her bouncer and Veronica was sitting in a chair in front of her. He walked up behind his wife and put his hands on her shoulders.

"What on earth is going on here?" he asked.

"Oh Balthazar look, Look what David showed me today. Ready Lissy? I got your nose!" Balthazar couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle a little as his wife and child both broke out in laughter over the silly trick.

"Exactly how long have you two been at this?" he asked. Veronica turned towards him.

"Only a few…" she cut off as she caught sight of the clock behind him, "goodness we've been doing this for two and a half hours. I need to finish dinner, and the baby hasn't taken her nap." Said baby, with the lapse in excitement, had begun to fall asleep in her bouncer.

"Here," Balthazar said picking her up, "I'll go put her to bed so you can finish whatever you need to do in here ok?" Veronica gave him her "my hero" smile and then turned to her pot.

He made his way back to the kitchen after putting the now fully asleep Daralis down. Veronica was dishing their dinner, gumbo by the smell of it, into two bowls and then set them down on the table.

"Looks wonderful darling, I am absolutely famished," he said going to sit in his normal chair.

"Ah ah, wait!" Veronica scolded. He stopped his tracks.

"What?" he asked confused.

"Come here first," she said beckoning him to her. He smiled and obliged.

"Are you going to steal my nose too?" he asked.

"No, " she said wrapping her arms around his neck and leaning in close to him. "I'd rather have your lips," she said closing the distance and capturing his lips with her own.

A/N: Oh yes it is very fluffy. I hope you enjoyed it anyway. As always, please review and let me know what you think. Hopefully my next prompt will be up soon. Ttyl!