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Chapter 24

Going Home

Jesse managed to open the door to his dorm room despite having his arms full. The brunette in his arms smiled a little as they walked into the dorm room.

Jaden hadn't been allowed out of the infirmary for three days after the c-section. Now, he was finally allowed to go back - and even then, only after Jesse had insisted on it. Jaden was bored out of his mind with just sitting in the infirmary doing nothing except missing the baby and feeling sick. He was still very weak and was occasionally sick, but Yubel had told him that it was just because his body was adjusting. Jesse had brought the baby down every day, but it wasn't the same - Jaden only got to be with his son for an hour or so before he had to sleep, or Jesse had to take the infant home.

The brunette was still hormonal over it, and therefore emotional. He found that he was crying a lot, something he hated doing.

"Welcome home, Jay" the bluenette whispered, as they entered the room.

Jesse walked over to the couch and put the brunette down gently. Jaden sat against the cushions and took a few deep breathes. Then he looked up at his lover.

"So where's the baby?"

"He's right here, Jaden" a female voice said from another room, and Alexis walked out of the room they had prepared for the child with a bundle of blankets in her arms.

Jaden looked up at Jesse.

"I asked Alexis to look after him while we were out" Jesse explained, the girl nodding in agreement. Jesse looked up at her. "How was he?"

"He was fine" the blonde said. "Not even woken up."

Jaden smiled softly.

Alexis walked over and passed the bundle over to Jaden, who took the baby and smiled down at him.

Alexis whispered her congratulations to the brunette, and he leaned against her briefly in thanks. Then, with a promise to come back later, the blonde left.

Jaden balanced the baby in his arms and rocked him gently. Percy was sound asleep and the brunette didn't want to wake him. But he did look up at his lover.

"Did anyone ask about his hair?"

Jesse nodded.

"I just told them the truth, Jaden" the bluenette said honestly. "There's no point in making up stories."

"I didn't want to lie to them anyway" Jaden sighed, cuddling the baby into his chest.

"Yeah" Jesse agreed, and the two fell silent as they watched the sleeping baby.

Without any warning, Jaden suddenly started sobbing.

Jesse looked at his lover with worry and put one arm around his shoulders.

"Jaden, are you okay? Are you in pain?"

"No … not really" the brunette sobbed.

Jesse sighed and pressed his lips to Jaden's forehead. Miss Fontaine had told him that the brunette was very emotional, but Jesse hadn't expected random crying. By now, of course, he was used to Jaden's tears - much to the brunette's embarrassment - but he never liked to see them. Jaden looked so much more beautiful when he was happy. The tears clashed with his features.

Jaden leaned against his lover, still rocking the baby in his arms. He looked down at the baby and suddenly the truth hit him.

The child in his arms was his own. He was a father - a mother, whatever. He had his own baby. He was a parent.

It hadn't hit him in the infirmary because he had hardly seen the baby. Now, he was home and this was going to be the routine family day.

Jaden suddenly felt terror wash through him. He was a parent and he didn't feel that he was ready to be one.

Jaden turned to Jesse with fear in his eyes. Jesse looked worried - he was used to pain in the brunette's eyes, but not fear.

"Jesse, I …" Jaden whispered, and more tears fell down his face. "I … I can't do this."

Jesse looked at his lover in confusion.

"Can't do what?"

"I can't look after this baby, Jesse. I don't know what I'm doing!"

"Jaden …"

The brunette suddenly passed the baby to Jesse without warning, and got up and left the room, stumbling slightly as he was still weak. He shouldn't have had the strength to run, but he managed it.

Jesse sat still as he listened to his lover sobbing - the crying could be heard in the otherwise silent room. Jesse looked down at the baby he held.

Women got post-natal depression sometimes, after they had babies. Miss Fontaine had warned him that Jaden might be very emotional. She had compared the natural depression some women suffered from to the state of Jaden's mind, and warned Jesse that the brunette may suffer from emotional troubles for a week or so after the baby's birth. It had been only three days. It seemed the nurse was right.

Jesse sighed softly and got up. He left his son in his crib and then went to his own room, pausing outside the door. Jaden will still crying.

Jesse was worried, too. He had been looking after Percy for three days alone, so he was more used to it, though. He had figured out how to change and feed and bathe the baby safely, and was getting a bit better with getting out of bed in the middle of the night to go see to him. But that wasn't skill beforehand, it was practice.

He was maybe overly confident that Jaden could do all those things, too.

Jesse sighed and went into the room. Jaden was sitting on the bed, curled up with his head on his knees.

"Aw, Jaden" the bluenette whispered, sitting down beside him and pulling the brunette into a hug. He felt Jaden's arms snake around his body and hold him tightly. "Jay, what is it you think you can't do?"

"I've never looked after a baby before, Jess" the brunette whispered, no longer crying but still snuffling. "I don't know what I'm doing."

"Jaden, neither do I. And yet I've been looking after him fine."

"Yeah, but …"

"Jaden, if I can do it, so can you."

Jaden nodded once, and then he pulled away slightly.

Jesse stood up, taking the brunette with him. He then grabbed Jaden's hand and took him into the baby's room, and let go of the other boy's hand so he could pick up the baby. Jesse placed the baby on the changing table in the corner, and then stood back.

"On you go" he said to his lover.

"What?" Jaden asked, confused.

"Change him" Jesse said, folding his arms. "Go on."

"I … I don't know how!" Jaden said.

"You do. You just don't know it yet."

Jaden frowned a little and stepped forward. He undid the buttons of the baby's sleep suit and pulled it back and undid the nappy the baby was already wearing. He didn't actually need changing, but it was good enough practice.

"I don't have a clue what I'm doing."

"You should have seen me the first time I tried" Jesse muttered, laughing a little at the memory. "I had to call Alexis in to help me, and it took the two of us about ten minutes before we were sure it was on right."

Jaden laughed a little.

"You might not get it right the first time, Jaden" Jesse said. "But neither did I."

Jaden grinned a little, feeling more confident. He had thought the mood swings were gone, but it was almost like they were still there. But hadn't Yubel said that he would feel strange until his body had fully recovered from all the changes? And he believed her, since he knew she wouldn't lie to him about something so serious.

Jaden set to work changing the baby. He messed it up the first time, but the second time he did it all perfectly. And then Jesse nodded at him in approval as Jaden re-buttoned the sleep suit.

"See? You got that done way faster than I did."

"Yeah. Well, guess I'm just better at it than you" Jaden grinned, winking at his lover to show he was meaning it as a joke.

Jesse grinned and walked over to Jaden, and pressed his lips against the brunette's. Jaden wrapped one hand around the other boy's neck to pull him closer as his tongue came into contact with his lover's. He felt Jesse's hand caress his cheek and his arm go around his waist. Jaden ran his fingers through the bluenette's hair.

It had been so long since he had felt well enough to put so much passion into a kiss. He wanted to stay that way forever, but his legs were becoming weak and he was feeling tired - a normal reaction, so Miss Fontaine had predicted. He broke away from the kiss and said he had to get some sleep.

Jesse nodded and kissed his lover's cheek.

"See you when you wake up, Jay."

"Yeah." Jaden hesitated. "Hey, Jess?"

"Hmm?"

"Thanks." Jaden shrugged. "I don't know what happened to me there …"

"Hormones" Jesse grinned, causing the other to pout. "Goodnight."

"Yeah, yeah."

And as Jaden lay down in his bed, he felt a bit better - emotionally. The pain wasn't gone, it was true, but he didn't think he was going to be crying like that again.

The brunette lay in bed and suddenly he felt clawed fingers running through his hair. He looked up to see Yubel standing over him protectively. She smiled at him and bent down so she could lean her cheek against his own. Jaden smiled at her, and then drifted off to sleep with his guardian watching over him.

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