Disclaimer: I own nothing except Tyler.
That weekend Nick and Tyler were outside. It was really nice out so Nick was letting Tyler ride his bike. As Nick watched Tyler ride his bike it clicked in his mind. Tyler's fifth birthday was in just a few weeks.
He couldn't believe Tyler would be five soon. School was going to be over next week and Tyler seemed excited about Kindergarten.
"Daddy, I wanna try to ride with out training wheels" Tyler suddenly said.
"Ok bud, I'll take them off" Nick said.
He got his tools and took the training wheels off Tyler's bike. Then he settled Tyler on the bike.
"Ok, I'm gonna push you and you're gonna pedal just like you would normally. I won't let go until you say" Nick said.
"Ok" Tyler said.
Nick started pushing and Tyler started pedaling. It was going well.
"Let go" Tyler said.
"Are you sure?" Nick said.
"Yeah. Let go" Tyler said.
Nick let of the seat. Tyler didn't make it far and he fell off. He scraped his knee up.
"You made me fall daddy" Tyler said.
"You told me to let go Ty" Nick said.
"You should've been ready to catch me" Tyler said.
He stormed off, into the house. Nick sighed. He put Tyler's bike away and went inside
"Let's fix your knee Tyler" Nick said.
They went to the bathroom. Nick set Tyler on the sink. He got the disinfectant and band aids. He sprayed the disinfectant on, which only angered Tyler more. Nick put the band aid on him.
"Leave me alone daddy!" Tyler said.
He ran off to his room. Nick was hurt. Tyler had never acted like this before. He went downstairs to the kitchen. He grabbed a bottle of water and went to the living room.
He tried to tell himself that Tyler would be over it soon. But it didn't dull the hurt. He turned the TV on and flipped through the channels. He found a sports show and settled in to watch it.
Soon enough Tyler walked in.
"Daddy, I'm sorry I yelled at you. I didn't mean it" he said.
"I know you didn't buddy" Nick said.
Tyler climbed onto his lap and wrapped his arms around his neck. Nick returned the hug.
"Can I have lunch?" Tyler asked.
"Sure. What do you want?" Nick said.
"Chicken noodle soup" Tyler said.
Nick went to the kitchen and made Tyler's lunch.
"So Ty, where're we gonna have your birthday party?" Nick asked.
"Right here" Tyler said.
"You want to have it at home?" Nick asked.
"Yeah. We can have a piƱata, pizza, games, and cake" Tyler said.
"Ok" Nick said.
When Tyler finished eating, they both took a nap.
Note: next chapter will be Tyler's birthday party.
