"Austin! Slow down!"
"Ally, I'm going under the speed limit."
"You're still going too fast!"
"I'm gonna get pulled over for driving so slow."
"We have precious cargo! I knew we should've bought a 'baby on board' sign or bumper sticker."
"Yeah, because those work."
Ava was finally going home. Her parents were more than ready to be back in their own house.
But Ally was anxious about Austin's "reckless" driving with their daughter in the car.
"Red light, red light, red light, RED LIGHT!" Ally said, reaching back to try to touch Ava's car seat in the back.
"Yes, Ally, I see the red light." Austin said. "I know what that means."
Ally stayed quiet once the car stopped at the red light.
"I get to teach Ava how to drive." Austin said. "I'm calling dips now."
"That's probably a good idea." Ally sighed. "I'd be a nervous wreck."
"You're a nervous wreck right now and this is just her first time riding in the car." Austin smiled at his wife.
"I can't help it!" Ally said. "It's this new motherly instinct, it'll take some getting used to."
"Well, I have a new fatherly instinct which is why I'm driving extra careful." Austin said as they pulled down their street.
"I know you are." Ally said. "You're a good driver, I mean I kinda taught you how so..."
"One month." Austin said shaking his head, an amused expression on his face. "You are one month older than me, yet you find a way to bring it up in any situation."
Ally laughed as he pulled into their driveway and opened the garage door.
"Welcome home, Ava." Austin said softly after he put the car in park.
The couple hopped out of the car, Ally carrying Ava in her car seat and the diaper bag while Austin carried in the rest of the stuff they had received at the hospital.
Once inside, they placed everything on the island in the kitchen, going back out to the garage to get the rest of the stuff from the car.
"Do we really need all these balloons?" Ally said, struggling to get them all out of the car.
"Of course!" Austin said. "It was Ava's actual day of birth, which is your most important birthday ever! And- OH MY GOD WHERE'S AVA?!"
Ally's eyes widened, releasing they had left the baby alone inside on the counter.
The duo dropped everything in their arms and sprinted inside.
They expected the worst, somehow thinking that a dinosaur had broken into their kitchen and eaten their previous child in the two minutes they had left her unattended.
However, the baby was completely fine. She was fast asleep in her car seat on the counter, she didn't even notice her parents were gone.
"How about you watch the baby while I unload the car?" Austin suggested, trying to regain his breath from the near panic attacked he had just experienced.
"That's a good idea." Ally said, taking Ava out of her car seat and carrying her to the couch.
Austin finished unloading the car and put all the stuff away, coming back downstairs then looking in the kitchen to find food.
"We don't have much food here." Austin said. "I'll head to the store and pick up some stuff."
"Thank you." Ally called, never taking her eyes off the infant sleeping on her chest.
"Text me if you need anything." he said, kissing the top of his wife's head then kissing his daughter's head. "I won't be long."
After Austin left Ally flipped on the TV, looking for something to amuse her.
She saw that "The Helen Show" was on; feeling nostalgic, she clicked on it.
She didn't know anyone who was on it. Some actors promoting some movie they had done. Some singer sang some song they had wrote.
But Ally didn't even pay attention.
She was too lost in her own thoughts.
This had been where it all started for them. Austin went on this show, performed her song, and claimed it as his own. He then found himself in the predicament where he needed a new song in less than 24 hours, which is where she came in. She agreed to help him write one more song. They stayed up all night writing. The piano player for the show was sick, so Ally had to fill in. And of course Austin took this opportunity to force Ally into facing her biggest fear, which resulted in Ally destroying the set and becoming the most viral video ever. But nevertheless, it was after that show that they became partners.
But that's not where their story with that show ends. Eight years later they found themselves on that same show after barely speaking to each other for years. They had broken up when she was in college. Both were miserable. They spoke for the first time in years, telling the other that they missed them. Austin sang Ally's new song with her, and the two ended up becoming an official musical duo and got back together on live TV; which then became the most watch video of all time, getting over a billion hits on the Internet.
Sometimes it blew her mind how far they had come. Austin was this annoying kid who caused a ruckus in her father's music store by playing the drums with corn dogs; never in a million years did she imagine they would end up falling madly in love and she would end up married to him.
But as they had proved many times, they were two in a million.
She could hardly believe that she was holding their child in her arms. The same boy who had stolen her song and used it as his own because he was convinced he made it up was the father of her child.
Ally was so lost in her thoughts she didn't even hear Austin return.
"Ally?" he said, poking her shoulder. "Ally!"
"Huh?" Ally said, jumping out of her trance.
"You tired?" Austin laughed.
"Maybe a little." Ally said.
Ava stretched out her arms, yawning widely and blinking her eyes open.
"Well look who's awake." Austin said, smiling down at their daughter.
Ava looked up at her parents with wide eyes, a smile coming across her face as she let out a string of incoherent giggles.
"She's smiling!" Austin said excitedly. "She's smiling for the first time!"
Ally felt tears spring to her eyes as she saw her daughter's smile for the very first time.
Austin reached down to tickle her little belly, Ava grabbing onto two of his fingers with both of her hands, moving it up and down.
"She's already a goofball just like her daddy." Ally laughed, yawning at the same time.
"You should get some sleep." Austin told her. "I'll take Ava, you go lie down."
"Are you sure?" Ally said, handing Ava over to Austin.
"Yes!" Austin said. "Look at my happy little girl, we'll have some daddy daughter bonding time."
"Okay." Ally agreed, kissing Ava's head and Austin's lips before heading upstairs.
Austin looked down at Ava, who smiled up at him.
"Let's take a tour of your new house, Princess." Austin told her. "Here's the living room, I don't know why it's called a living room, I mean you live in every room. But this is where we watch TV.
"This is the kitchen." Austin said, turning around to walk into the kitchen, which was in the same open area as the living room. "This is where all the food is, it's one of my favorite rooms.
"Oh and that's the backyard." he said, holding her in front of the sliding glass doors that lead to the back porch. "But you're not allowed out there quite yet. There's gators and snakes and all kind of scary things that don't like babies out there.
"This is the dining room." he said, walking into the room right next to the kitchen. "It's like the kitchen but fancier. And without the food. The food is still in the kitchen.
"This is the laundry room, the room where we do the laundry. And that's the garage, where the cars live. Oh let's go downstairs!"
Austin carried Ava down the stairs to the basement.
"This is the fun place." Austin said. "We've got a pool table, ping pong table, foosball table, all the tables. And look how awesome that TV is! It's got surround sound, it feels like a movie theater.
"That's just a bathroom, and here is you mommy and daddy's music room. This is where we keep all of our instruments and where we work on songs. It's my favorite room in the whole house. Well, besides the bedroom. Actually, anything we do in the bedroom we've totally done down here before too. I mean ya gotta do what ya gotta do to get inspired."
Ava just looked up at him blankly.
"Okay let's go back upstairs." Austin said.
"This is the foyer." Austin said once they were back upstairs. "That's the front door. That's a closet. And here's the stairs. Man, I could totally be a relater."
"This is where all the bedrooms are." Austin said once they were upstairs. "That's the master bedroom, but mommy is asleep so we can't go in there. We have like 6 guest rooms, I don't know why we have so many, we don't even ever have guests. That's a bathroom, that's another bathroom, that's a closet.
"And here's your room!" Austin said, carrying her into the nursery. "Your Uncle Dez as I put together all the furniture, and your mommy and Aunt Trish decorated."
Ava yawned widely.
"Aww, are you sleepy, baby?" Austin cooed.
The infant was obviously about to fall asleep.
Checking the time, Austin took Ava back downstairs and placed her in the bassinet that had been placed in the living room, the baby already asleep by the time they were back on the main floor.
The house was very quiet with the two females that now occupied it fast asleep.
Deciding he should do something productive with his time, he started making dinner for himself and Ally.
He chose to make spaghetti because it was simple and pretty much impossible to mess up.
He placed a pot of water on the stove; while he waited for it to boil he went on tweeter, loving how excited all of his fans were for him and Ally and how much they already adored Ava from the one picture he had posted of her.
The water started to boil and he put the noodles in the pot. Just as he was about to pour the sauce into a separate pot to start heating it up, he heard Ava fussing from across the room.
"Aww, what's wrong, baby?" Austin cooed, picking her up and holding her close to his chest. "I know, I know."
Ava began to wail loudly.
"Shh! Shh! Sweetie, it's okay!" Austin said, grabbing a pacifier and placing it in her mouth.
"There we go." Austin said once Ava had calmed down. "Here, let's come help daddy cook some food for mommy."
Holding Ava in one arm, he poured the pasta sauce into the pot with the other, stirring it around.
"When you're older, I'm gonna teach you how to make pancakes." Austin said. "That's one of the most important skills you will ever learn, believe me."
Instead of listening to the knowledge her father was passing onto her, Ava began to fuss more.
"Oh, Ava, shh! Shh! You're okay!" Austin said, bouncing the baby and swinging his body back and forth whilst still stirring the sauce.
"Need some help there?" Ally said, a tired yet amused tone in her voice.
"What are you doing up?" Austin asked. "I was gonna bring dinner up to you!"
"Well, I figured Ava would wanna eat too." Ally said, taking a very hungry Ava from Austin.
"Okay, but you go right back up to bed, you can take her with you, and I'll bring dinner up when it's done." Austin said.
Rolling her eyes playfully, Ally took Ava upstairs with her while Austin finished making dinner.
Once the food was ready, Austin placed the spaghetti in two bowls, filled up two glasses of water, grabbed napkins and utensils before making his way upstairs to his and Ally's bedroom.
When he entered the room he saw that Ava was already back to sleep, so he took her from Ally and let her eat.
Ally held Ava while Austin ate then took the dirty dishes back downstairs
Austin came back up and laid down in bed; Ally snuggled into his chest while Ava snuggled into her chest. And before they knew it, the exhausted family was fast asleep, all content in each other's arms.
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