Salene stirred and opened her eyes blinking against the light of the morning sun spilling in from the hallway outside her room. She pushed herself up and looked around the room.
"Pride." She said weakly.
He didn't answer,
"Pride?" She said this time with more force in her voice.
"Salene," Amber said appearing in the doorway. "Easy honey it's okay."
"Where's Pride." Salene asked as Amber pushed the pillows up so Salene was in a sitting position.
"He's gone to find food." Amber answered. "We're going to have a lot of mouths to feed very soon."
"The baby."
"She's just fine. Lex is taking care of her."
"Lex? He doesn't know the first thing about babies."
"Well it seems like he's a natural."
Just as Amber said those words Lex came in shirtless with baby Alexis. Salene noticed that the nappy was on backwards.
"A natural huh." Salene said smartly.
"Well we all need practice."
"Salene! I am so glad you're awake now Alexis can be with her mummy and I can go wash out my shirt."
"Lex what's wrong?" Salene asked surprised.
"Well first I fed her and she spit up on me."
"And…" Salene said.
"Well then I took the nappy off of her and she decided that that was the right time to pee so I ended up with that down the front of my shirt as well. It's disgusting."
"The trials and tribulations of being a father." Amber said grinning widely.
Lex threw her a look and handed the baby over to Salene then stalked out of the room.
Both girls started giggling.
"You've been a lot of trouble little one haven't you?" Salene said gently stroking her daughter's forehead.
"Well that explains it." Amber said.
"What?" Salene asked curiously.
"That the rumors are true. Lex will take his shirt off for almost any girl."
Salene and Amber burst out laughing.