A/N: in Finnick's POV.

Dada!

"Finnick, are you're sure you'll be okay by yourself?" Annie asks me still holding our son.

Annie has to leave to go help her sister with something or another and she doesn't want to take our son with her. This will be the first time she will be leaving him. So it will be the first time he will be alone with me. Annie has been alone with him more than once because I have to do official government things. I'm not as worried as Annie is right now.

"Annie of course I will be, I'm his dad."

"Okay but, if you need me you can call me or I could just come back."

I smile.

"Annie we'll be fine."

"Okay." She says.

"I love you." She says and kisses me.

"I love you too." I say and she starts to head to the door.

"Ermm Annie."

"Yes?" She says turning around.

"You have to hand him over to me." I smile.

"Oh right." She says and walks him over to me. I take him in my arms and he giggles and pats my shoulder.

"See he likes being with me." I say and smile.

"Okay." She says still worried. "Can you look at Mama?" She says and he does. "I love you." She says and kisses him. "I love you too Finnick." She says and kisses me.

"Don't worry Annie we'll be fine." I say again.

"Okay but, please call me if you need help." She says.

"Will do, now go." I say and she walks towards the door.

"Wave bye bye to Mama." I say and pick up his arm and wave it towards Annie.

She leaves and then it is just me and him.

"Okay let's go in the living room." I say and kiss the top of his head.

I set him down on his baby blanket on his tummy so he can try to learn to crawl. He can sit by himself but has not mastered crawling. Annie and I have been working on him. She would be extremely upset if he started crawling when she wasn't here but he does need to learn.

After putting various toys in front of him and rounds of peck a boo it is time for lunch. I feed him applesauce and then he yawns and I can tell he is sleepy.

"Here we are, nap time." I kiss his forehead and place him in the crib. I grab the baby monitor and head downstairs.

I hear the phone ring and don't need to answer to know who it is.

"Everything is fine Annie." I say.

"Are you sure?" She asks.

"Yes, it's nap time right now."

"Okay good and he's sleeping soundly and everything?"

"Yes Annie he's fine. You need to relax, just have fun with your sister. I'm perfectly capable of taking care of our son." I smile.

"I know but, I've never left him before."

"Don't get separation anxiety especially when he is with his father."

She sighs.

"I know but I worry. I will probably call later."

"Annie-

"You can't stop me Finnick." She says and I can tell she is smiling.

"Okay." I say and she hangs up.

After an hour I can hear him moving around from the monitor.

I walk upstairs and pick him up.

"How was your nap?" I ask and kiss his forehead.

He makes a raspberry noise as a response I'm assuming of approval.

I walk back to the living room and sit down I place him in my lap so he is siting.

"Gah." He says and points at something.

"Do you want your purple ball?" I ask.

"Gah!" He says happily again. I'm going to take that as a yes.

I set him down on his baby blanket I get his ball but when I turn around his face is scrunched up. I know that look.

"Don't cry." I say and pick him up but it's too late because he starts crying.

"Its okay." I say. "Did you want your ball?" I ask him but he slaps it out of my hand. "No." I say. "You shouldn't be hungry." I say because I fed him an hour ago. "You shouldn't be sleepy either." I say as the crying continues. "You need a new diaper?" I ask but don't feel anything.

I rock him back and forth but it isn't helping. I get his pacifier because I've seen Annie give it to him and he usually stops crying but just like the purple ball he just slaps it out of my hand.

I rock him back and forth not really knowing what is wrong.

"What does Mommy do when this happens?" I whisper. I'm not going to call her because I will never hear the end of it and she will probably never leave the house again.

"Shhhh. Shhhh." I say but nothing happens.

The tears keep spilling from his eyes and he has a scrunched face.

"What does Mommy do?" I say again and switch shoulders. "She sings." I say remembering.

I don't remember the words to the soothing song she usually sings to coax him. So I try and think of one myself.

Playing in the ocean, underneath the sea.

Snuggled in the waves is where we want to be.

We are the creatures swimming happily,

This is where we live because we love the sea.

I sing this at least three times and he starts to calm down with each time until he stops.

"You're okay." I say and kiss the top of his head.

I rock him back and forth for awhile and then sit back down. I place him in my lap so he is facing me. I grab his small hands in mine and make some funny face. He laughs at each one and blows some bubbles getting droll down his chin. I get a wiping cloth to clean him up.

I walk to the kitchen and do just that. After I am finished he smiles and moves his hand to my face.

"Dada." He says.

"What did you just say?" I ask in a playful voice making sure I heard him correctly. He has never said it before. Annie has been trying to get him to say Mama ever since he started making babbling noises that don't really make sense. I have been trying to get him to say Dada but not as hard as Annie has to say Mama.

"Dada." He says again and smiles.

"Yes that's right I'm daddy." I say and rock him back and forth.

He giggles.

"Dada!" He says happily.

"Yes that's me." I say and kiss his forehead. I feel a nice sense of happiness each time he says it.

I also know Annie will be jealous. For the rest of the time I try to get him to say Mama but he keeps saying Dada.

I sigh.

"Mommy is going to be jealous." I say and kiss his forehead.

The door opens and Annie comes over to him.

"Hi Annie." I say

"Hi Finnick." She smiles.

"Hi." I hear a faint whisper coming from our sons lips.

"Did he just say hi." Annie says excited.

"I think so." I say.

"Hi." Annie says again. "Hi."she says again trying to get him to say it again.

"Hi." He says and then smiles.

"Awee." Annie smiles and takes him from me.

"Did he do this a lot when I was gone?" She asks.

I shake my head.

"That was the first I heard of it."

"Okay, I got to hear his first word ohhh good job Nicky." She says and bounces him on her lap gently.

"Well actually Annie-

I can't finish the sentence because he beats me to it.

"Dada!" He exclaims.

"What?" She says with no emotion in her voice. I can see the jealously on her face.

"Hi! Dada!" He says with a smile.

"No say Mama." She says and kisses him.

"Dada!"

"No Mama." Annie says frustrated.

"Dada! Dada!" He giggles.

"I leave you with him for a few hours and he is already calling you Dada." She says jealous like I predicted.

"What can I say." I shrug. "You did get to hear him say hi for the first time."

"Hi." He says again because he heard me say it.

"I know." She says and smiles and kisses my cheek.

Annie sits with him for the rest of the night repeating Mama. Trying to get him to say it but it is no use he just keeps saying Dada.