AN: Sorry for the long update, but I haven't had any Internet connection for a week. I am now on my father's work computer. My own computer still has no internet connection.

Dolly: No need to worry, I'm fine. Just going a little bit crazy without internet, lol.

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Sophia was 5 weeks old when her big brother was babysitting her for the first time. Jessica was visiting a friend at the hospital and Kyle had told her to go there alone while he took care of Sophia. Horatio was at work; a triple homicide had required his attention.

Kyle was lying on his back on the couch while he carefully held Sophia in his hands above his face. He gave her en Eskimo kiss and Sophia laughed. So far so good. What Kyle didn't know was that he would have a few challenging hours ahead of him. Without warning, Sophia suddenly threw up right in Kyle's face. Kyle froze and then sat up slowly. He worked extra at the morgue and saw dead people a few days every week so a little baby vomiting didn't scare him.

But the smell was unbearable!

Kyle placed Sophia in her sitter while he went to the bathroom to get cleaned up.

"Oh jesus, what a smell!" He groaned as he splashed water in his face.

When he was going to dry his face he reached out and touched something he felt like he could use. He didn't realize it was his father's blue shirt until it was too late.

"Shit." Kyle cursed and threw the shirt in the washing machine and then started the machine. He had no idea that the shirt was now being washed with red and pink clothes that belonged to Jessica and Sophia.

Kyle sighed and went back to the living room. He sighed heavily as he saw that the couch had also got some of Sophia's vomit on it. While Kyle cleaned the couch, Sophia watched and chuckled every now and then. When he was done Kyle picked up Sophia and smiled at her. Sophia smiled back and then her smile suddenly faded and she broke out in tears.

"You hungry? Tired?" Kyle asked.

Of course Sophia couldn't answer him and the cries just got louder. Kyle tried to entertain her with some songs and toys, but when that didn't work he put her in her crib. Sophia just cried louder when she was put in the crib so Kyle picked her up again.

"Food maybe?" Kyle asked and went to the kitchen.

He didn't want to disturb Jessica or Horatio by calling them and ask them what to do. Kyle was determined to handle Sophia on his own. He found some milk in the fridge and tried to see if Sophia was interested in drinking. Sophia was not. She just cried and Kyle sighed.

"Now what do I do?" He asked himself and ran a hand through his hair, "Aha! Road trip."

Kyle had not failed to notice how riding in a car always seemed to calm babies down and put them to sleep. Sophia did calm down some when she was put in her car seat and Kyle started driving through the neighbourhood. But soon she didn't like it and she started crying again. Kyle felt himself getting desperate to calm her down. He hated to hear her cry. It broke his heart every time.

"Hush little baby, please don't cry." Kyle sang, but it didn't work.

When Kyle got back home, Sophia had stopped crying but she still didn't look happy. As soon as Kyle tried to put her in the crib she would start whining and if he didn't pick her up within seconds she would scream.

Kyle decided to try one last thing and take Sophia for a walk on the beach with her stroller. It did the trick, because Sophia started falling asleep while Kyle fought to make the stroller move through the sand. By the time he had only got about 130 feet from the house he was already panting and sweating.

"I wonder if this is what dad and Jessica do when they take you for a walk on the beach." Kyle said to the sleeping Sophia, "Now that I think of it, they probably don't take the stroller along with them."

After thirty minutes Kyle reached a sidewalk and turned back home. He was happy to finally walk on asphalt and not sand. Sophia continued to sleep all the way home and inside the house again. She didn't wake up until Kyle put her in her crib. She whimpered and looked at Kyle with sad eyes. Kyle shrugged and picked her up.

Brother and sister enjoyed an hour of fun and play. During that hour Kyle grew more and more tired and could barely keep his eyes open. However, Sophia wanted to make sure he stayed awake. She made baby noises and when she felt that she was losing Kyle's attention she whimpered to remind him that she wanted to play. What felt like an eternity was really just three hours and when Jessica got home, Kyle was almost asleep on the couch with Sophia on his chest. Sophia was drooling and Jessica snapped a photo.

"Have fun?" Jessica asked.

"She threw up on me and on the couch. She cried and cried and we took a walk. Then she wanted to play." Kyle yawned, "How do you do it every day?"

"It's easy if you make it easy. Think positive and it will all just be easier." Jessica smiled and picked up her daughter.

Sophia smiled at her mother. Kyle closed his eyes and soon fell asleep. He slept until it was time for dinner and then slept some more after that. Kyle had to babysit again as Jessica took a shower, but this time it was easier. Sophia wasn't tired or cranky. She was happy but calm. She just enjoyed spending some time in her brother's arms and watch TV with him.

Once Jessica had finished her shower, the trio sat in front of the TV waiting for Horatio to come.

-I-

"Do you think Kyle had been scarred for life?" Horatio asked the following morning.

Horatio had laughed so hard that he had cried when Kyle had told him all about his three hours of babysitting.

"Nah, he'll be okay." Jessica smiled, "What are you looking for by the way?"

Horatio was searching through his closet for his blue shirt that he needed. He was going to need it for work, because the rest of his shirts were in the laundry basket.

"My blue shirt, didn't I leave it in here yesterday?"

"No, you left it in the bathroom so you wouldn't have to search for it." Jessica smiled.

"Oh right." Horatio chuckled and went to find his shirt.

Jessica went to the nursery to get Sophia who had woke up and was now crying for attention. Sophia smiled when she saw her mother. Then there was suddenly a manly yelp from the bathroom and Jessica and Sophia went to investigate. They found Horatio standing in the bathroom, holding what used to be his blue shirt, but was now his pink shirt.

"What the? How? I didn't wash it... How did it?" Horatio asked, "What am I going to wear now?"

"You got nothing else to put on?" Jessica asked.

"No."

"Then you have no choice but to wear it." Jessica shrugged.

"The boys are going to tease me about for the rest of my life! Especially Frank." Horatio whined.

"You can always give them one of your famous death glares." Jessica smirked.

"Famous death glares?"

"Yeah, you know when you look at a suspect or criminal and give them that glare."

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Horatio shook his head.

He sighed sadly as he glanced at his pink shirt.

"I will look to awful in pink." He muttered.

Jessica just chuckled. When Kyle came down the stairs and saw his dad wearing a pink shirt he almost had a heart attack. Not because it was incredibly funny to see Horatio in a pink shirt, but because he then realized it was pink because of him! Something red had been in the washing machine the evening before and he hadn't seen it.

"Kyle do you know how my blue shirt became pink?" Horatio asked.

"I have no idea." Kyle said.

"Somebody washed it with red clothes." Horatio muttered.

"Yeah, somebody did." Kyle agreed.

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