"Jade…Jaaaade. Wake up sleepy head." Ricky sings in Jade's ear, giving her a gentle shake to wake her up. "Jade!" He whispers louder.
She pulls the covers from over her head and shoots Ricky a nasty glare. "What!" She snaps.
"I'm back, aren't you glad to see me?" He says, climbing under the blankets with her.
"Whyyy are you in my bed?" She groans, holding a pillow over her head. "Get out of my bed Rick!"
"Get out of the bed, what do you suppose I do then?"
"Sit your ass on the floor."
"Yeah right, you know I am too fabulous to be sitting on anybody's floor."
"I know." Jade says as she slides herself up in the bed and looks Ricky over. "Eww, why do you have your shoes in my bed. You know I hate that."
"Do I? It's been so long, I can barely remember what you like. Hell, I was starting to wonder if I still had a job."
"Well the deposit of money into your bank account every week should've told you that you still had a job. Are you going to take the shoes off or what?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot that quick…" He says, taking a shoe off and dropping it to the floor.
"Your feet better not stink either, I swear if your feet smell I will stab you with a pair of scissors."
"Someone is testy this morning, but I guess it's those pregnancy hormones so I'll let it go." Ricky says, giving Jade's belly a quick rub. "You want some coffee?"
Jade shoots Ricky a look of impatience for asking a question she considered rude. "You know I stopped drinking coffee when I found out I was pregnant. I can't have the caffeine."
"Well I'm going to brew myself a cup." He says climbing out of bed. Jade grabs him by the arm and pulls him back to her.
"Noooo, if I can't have coffee no one in this house can."
"You know I am no good without my morning cup of Joe, Jade!"
"Come on, pleeease…." She pleads, pouting and batting her eyelashes.
"Fine… I swear, you and those big blue eyes get me every time and you know it."
Jade smiles and slides back down in the bed pulling the covers over herself. She starts to fall back asleep when she feels Ricky tap her on the shoulder. "Whaaat…" She whines, opening her eyes to look at him again.
"So, what are we going to do today?" He asks.
"This."
"We're just lying in the bed?"
"Yep."
"So… we're not doing anything…at all?"
"Nothing at all."
"So… why am I here?"
"To keep me company and to get me things when I need it. I'm on bed rest Rick, which means I get to lay in this bed all freaking day."
"Well can we play a board game or something?" Ricky says, walking towards the closet to retrieve a game.
"It's too early for board games. I just want to go back to sleep." Jade says, as she lets out a long yawn. "Go ahead and get one out, we'll play it later."
It's the middle of the day and Jade has grown tired of laying in the bed doing nothing. She sends Ricky down to order lunch but grows more and more impatient waiting for him to come back.
"Riiiiiiiiiiick! Where is the foooood!" She yells from the upstairs bedroom. "I'm hungryyyyy!"
"Your food is coming, just hold your horses." He yells back up to her.
Just then the doorbell rings. Ricky blindly opens the door as he finishes typing a message on his cell phone. "Thank goodness you're here, I have a very pregnant woman in here and she is hun-gry!" He says, never looking up from his phone.
"I didn't bring any food, but It's nice to see you too Rick." Andre says, walking past him and towards the stairs.
"Andre! I thought you were the delivery guy. What are you doing here?"
"Beck told me Jade was on bed rest so I came to visit with her. I know she's probably annoyed and being a terror."
"You have no idea. Go 'head up, she'll be glad to see you."
"Alright man."
Andre walks up the stairs and peeks his head in the bedroom door. "Knock, knock Ms. West." He calls out.
"Andre!" Jade yells and waves him in. "Hey, come in!"
Andre walks in and takes his shoes off and sits them by the door. "I know how you are about shoes in the bed!" He laughs. He walks up to the bed and slides underneath the covers with her. Jade turns over and gives Andre a big hug and rests her head on his chest. "So how are you holding up?" He asks her.
"So far so good. I just don't know how much longer I can keep this up."
"Yeah, Beck told me you were on bed rest. I figured I would come see you and make sure you were following doctor's orders."
"I am…well, I'm trying to. I'm just so glad to see you. I need a normal person in my life right now. Ricky is driving me insane." Jade whispers as she rolls her eyes.
"Is he driving you insane or is it the other way around?"
"Probably a little bit of both."
"So is he going to be here every day to help you out?"
"For the most part. And sometimes Cat will be here, my mom will be here and Stella will be here. I guess those three will be alternating shifts, with Ricky being my main caregiver." She laughs. "I don't know why Beck feels like I need someone here to watch me all day long."
"Because Beck knows you." Andre says bluntly. "He knows you'll be in here trying to do everything."
"Whatever." Jade says, bitterly.
"Well you know I'll pop in on you from time to time."
"Thanks, but I know you're busy."
"I'm never too busy for the Queen of All Things Mean." Andre chuckles.
"Oh my goodness, you haven't called me that since high school."
"I'm sure it applies."
Jade lets out a loud, exaggerated gasp. "You of all people should know that I'm not as mean as I used to be."
"Yeah, you have softened your edges a little." Andre says. "So have you guys come up with a name for your little bundle yet?" He says, gently tapping her stomach.
"No, not yet." She says. "We've gone over a few names, but haven't agreed on anything. Actually, I heard a name this morning that I kinda liked." She says, pointing to the nightstand. "Give me that paper so that I can write it down."
"Oh yeah, what is it?" Andre says handing her the paper and a pen.
"Bellamy."
"Bellamy? For a girl?"
"YEAH!" Jade says, eyes wide with excitement. "I love Bellamy for a girl, and we can call her Belle or Bella for short."
"Why not just name her Belle or Bella?"
"Because, they're not as original."
"I can respect that." Andre says nodding his head. "But I think I might have the perfect name for you."
"What is it?"
Andre puts his hands up as if he's just seen a perfect vision. "Andrea!" He says, with a huge smile on his face.
"Andrea? Maybe you should save that for your first daughter. You're already going to be the god-father, we don't need to name her after you too."
"Whoa… I'm the god-father?" Andre says, pointing to himself in disbelief.
"Beck didn't talk to you yet?"
"No."
"Oh." Jade says, scooting herself up in the bed to talk to him. "I feel bad telling you because Beck wanted to be the one to talk to you about it, but Beck and I talked and we decided that we would like for you to be our daughter's god-father… if you want."
"Wow. You guys really want me? I thought you would have picked Robbie."
"Robbie is cool, but we want you. You're Beck's best-friend, and I absolutely adore you." Jade chuckled.
"Feeling's mutual." Andre says, laughing and giving Jade a playful nudge.
"And we just thought you would be the best person for the job. Face it Dre, we're crazy about you."
"Wow, it's really cool that you guys think I would make a good god father."
"Sooo Andre Harris, do you accept this honor we have bestowed upon you?" Jade playfully says, poking Andre in his stomach.
"Of course I do. I would love to be little Andrea's god-father!"
"Well I'm glad you accept, but once again her name is not going to be Andrea."
"You should really consider it, it's a beautiful name."
"Umm, considered and passed. Sorry."
"Damn, that's cold." Andre says, bowing his head and shaking it from side to side.
"Jadey poo, your lunch is here." Ricky says carrying a bag into the bedroom and sitting it on the nightstand."
"Rick, I thought I told you if you call me Jadey Poo one more time, I was going to fire you."
"Umm hmm." He says dismissively. "You sure did. Now here is your salad, and your chicken breast. I'm going downstairs to eat, do you need anything else?"
"No."
"Alrighty… toodles." Ricky says waving and heading out the door.
Jade watches Ricky as he heads out the bedroom singing a song. She scrunches up her face and cuts her eyes at Andre. "See what I mean?" She says to him.
Andre chuckles and puts his arm around Jade. "It's not that bad Jadey Poo, at least he's entertaining. Now let me get a bite of that chicken breast, it looks good."
"It looks fuckin' amazing!" She says as she and Andre dig in.