Thanks for being patient with me. I was in a Brenda Dylan only mood so stick with me but this is a B/D only chapter. I finished watching season 3 on soapnet and I just felt like it sooo sue me. Enjoy!
Chapter 37 Finally Home
"Brennnnnnnnnnnnnnnda." Dylan yelled.
"What?" She yelled back nervously hopping out of the shower quickly and grabbing a half towel that barely covered her. She rushed into the nursery dripping wet. "What…what is it? She said panicked.
Dylan frowned looking at her, "He peed on me again." he said sadly.
"Honestly Dylan you scared the shit out of me." Brenda gave him a look as she went and grabbed her robe. She made her way back into the nursery, "Don't do that."
"Uh Hello, pee all over me, can you get me a towel?"
Brenda finally looked down at his shirt that was wet. She covered her mouth and couldn't contain her laughter. She tried to hide it at first and then let it out bending at the waist.
"Are you finished?" Dylan said straight faced.
Brenda bent back up putting her hands up in defense and nodded still chuckling.
"Why doesn't he pee on you?" Dylan said bummed.
Brenda contained herself and walked closer to where Dylan was standing. "Baby…watch the pro." Brenda bumped her hip into his to move him out of the way as she covered him and got the second diaper ready, "Ok use the old one to cover it and slip this under his butt and pull out the old one and done…no pee in the face." Brenda fastened his sleeper and picked Kaeden up and rested him against her chest.
Dylan nodded, "I tried that."
"You'll get it." Brenda smiled sweetly at her husband who was honestly trying so hard to do everything right. She leaned in giving him a soft peck as she moved over sitting on the rocking chair. Brenda began to nurse Kaeden as Dylan came over kneeling next to the chair. He looked down at his son and gently kissed the top of his head and then leaning in kissing Brenda.
"I'm jumping in the shower." Dylan said pulling his wet shirt out away from his chest.
Brenda smiled and nodded, as she made eye contact with him before looking back down at the baby.
Brenda gently patted his back as she rubbed gently. She slowly placed him in his crib. She leaned her arms against the rails as she stared down at him. She watched him sleep and smiled. It had been exactly six weeks since Kaeden had been born. Miraculously he got to come home in four. When Brenda and Dylan had gone to visit him the doctor met them outside the NICU. He told them Kaeden had reached 5 pounds 6 ounces and they were releasing him. They had thought it was going to be a normal visiting day, which in the three weeks he was there without them they did three to four times a day. A lot had changed in the six weeks since delivering their baby. Brenda and Brandon's grandmother had passed away after a long battle with cancer and Jim and Cindy moved back to Beverly Hills with the help of Brenda and Dylan. And Brenda and Dylan were getting used to and loving being parents. Brenda jumped slightly as she felt arms wrap around the back of her. She smiled as she felt his hot breath kiss down her neck. Brenda closed her eyes and exhaled as it sent chills down her body.
"Let's go to bed babe, he'll be up in a few hours." Dylan whispered in between kisses.
Brenda opened her eyes and eyed the baby one last time before backing out of his bedroom. Brenda turned on the baby monitor at her bed side. Dylan stared at her as she took off her robe throwing it on the bench that sat at the end of their bed. She threw on one of Dylan's t-shirts. She turned and looked at Dylan and smiled uncomfortably, "What?"
Dylan shook his head slowly, "Nothing."
"I can't believe I have to be on set in three weeks. I love my show and acting but its going to be hard going back to work but they have been so great with me, taking more time off is probably a bad idea plus they have some big leading storylines for me leading up to May sweeps." Brenda rubbed lotion over her arms and elbows as she sat on her side of the bed.
Dylan continued to stare at her; Brenda looked over and laughed lightly. "Dylan…what? You're making me nervous."
Dylan leaned in and gently kissed her, he started slowly as he grabbed her lightly behind her head and started to make the kiss more intense.
Brenda slowly opened her eyes and smiled, "What was that for?"
"Well…I was just thinking, it has been exactly six weeks since Kaeden was born and I definitely think we need to have sex." Dylan smiled as he raised an eyebrow.
"Oh you think so huh." Brenda shook her head as she turned the light off next to her bed.
Dylan waited for some sort of hint that she was into it too but didn't get one, "Andrea said it was ok after 4 to 6 weeks." Dylan added.
"I know." Brenda lay back turning to face him. "It's just he will be up in a few hours again and I need sleep."
"I will be quick." Dylan shrugged.
"Oh how romantic." Brenda rolled her eyes moving to her back.
Dylan sighed loudly, "It's happening…we are officially an old married couple. You and Me…not having sex now? I am surprised we contained ourselves for the full 6 weeks." Dylan said sadly. "We're in trouble."
Brenda shook her head with a laugh, "We aren't in trouble, we have a newborn, we barely sleep and yes theoretically we are newlyweds but babe come on we have been together on and off for a long time. Give it some time; we will be just as crazy as we used to be in no time."
Dylan looked at her and sighed, "fine…goodnight."
Brenda smiled, "Goodnight."
Brenda tried to get comfortable as she looked over at Dylan who had his eyes closed. A sneaky smile spread across her face as she moved over him. She leaned down and kissed him which caught Dylan off guard for a second, "You need sleep huh." he said with his eyes still closed as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Well I think maybe I gave it enough time." Brenda smiled down at him.
"Hmmm…I don't know…I am really tired." Dylan joked as he aggressively leaned up after a second kissing her, moving her on her back.
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Brenda stretched in bed as she smiled feeling relaxed and had the feeling of a good nights sleep. She sat up quickly looking over at the clock, she cursed at herself thinking she had just slept 7 hours and poor Kaeden must be starving. Did he cry and she not wake up? Brenda jumped out of bed throwing her robe over her still nude body and ran into the nursery. She looked down to find him not in his crib as she called out, "Dylan."
"Dylan?" she said again moving to the living room and stopping. She smiled as she saw Dylan lying on the couch with Kaeden lying on his chest. She sighed relieved and walked up kneeling beside them and running her fingers through Dylan's hair. Dylan shifted in his sleep and exhaled, he opened one eye and then the other.
"Hey. Did you sleep well?" Dylan smiled sweetly.
"Yes, but I didn't wake up to feed Kaeden, I can't believe I slept that long."
"Bren…there is milk in the fridge and you needed it. You looked so peaceful plus it gave us a chance to have a little bonding session." Dylan smiled as he leaned down kissing the top of his head. "I can get up too you know."
"I know." Brenda gave him a look, "Coffee…breakfast?" she raised an eyebrow.
Dylan nodded his head, "If you are going to have some."
"Just fruit for me, I have to be on camera in 3 weeks, gotta lose those extra 10 post pregnancy pounds." Brenda stood up patting her already flattened belly.
Dylan grabbed her hand pulling her back down to his level again, "10 pounds? In your boobs maybe." Dylan smiled as he stuck his hand in the opening of her robe cupping her new and improved nursing mom breasts.
Brenda playfully pulled back, "No way I'm liking these." Brenda laughed as she got up and made her way to the kitchen.
Dylan got up slowly; gently putting Kaeden in the bassinet they had out in the living room and went to join Brenda.
"Should I shave?" Dylan asked honestly rubbing his face. He had the most scruff Brenda had ever seen Dylan sport and it was officially turning into a beard.
Brenda looked at him and tilted her head, "I like it." She said with a shrug.
"Oh don't let me forget, we have two interviews with the potential nannies today, they both called yesterday and confirmed." Dylan said taking out a coffee cup out of the cupboard.
Brenda made a face, "I don't know about a nanny Dylan…its so Beverly Hills, my mother and father raised me and Brandon just fine without a nanny."
"I agree…but with your show and me opening that new club downtown, we could use a little help. I mean Brandon and Kelly have one, Donna and David, even Steve. We aren't the only ones, plus your mother didn't work Bren." Dylan went and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. Brenda looked up at him and Dylan could tell by her face she wasn't all that comfortable about some strange person being with their child.
"It will be ok, its just interviews, if you hate her than we don't go with her…but Kelly said that her nanny is great and this is her sister."
"I guess you're right." Brenda said looking down with a sigh.
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Brenda stared at the women up and down. She gently tapped her pen against her lips as she studied her closely. Her button down collared shirt perfectly ironed and pink, all Brenda saw was pink. She talked intelligently and seemed qualified. As she talked Brenda couldn't stop looking at her damn pink shirt and blonde hair. Brenda was annoyed just by looking at her. Brenda's train of thought was broken as Dylan kept the interview going.
"So how long have you been a nanny?" Dylan asked with a smile
Michelle smiled, "Going on eight years, I had to say goodbye to my last family, I was with them for 4 years. That was really hard."
"Why did you leave?" Brenda said semi coldly.
"Their youngest that I had cared for since she was 2 months old, went to school. Mel, she is the mom, started working from home and since the economy is where it is, they made some cut backs. I guess no sense in paying a nanny when your kids are in school all day." Michelle spoke honestly.
"Well Bren works 14 hour days sometimes but also has a lot of time off. I do a lot of my work from home but I'm in the process of expanding so I will probably be on site a bit more than normal. We would need you for the most part Monday through Thursday and maybe some random nights if we have something going on…stuff like that. We like to travel as well so it might be a good opportunity for you as well to come with us. Would that be an issue?" Dylan acted professional; Brenda actually was surprised he was talking so much.
"No it would not be an issue." Michelle shook her head.
"Do you have a boyfriend? Do you plan to have kids of your own?" Brenda still had not even as much as smiled at this poor girl. She hated that she was interviewing a girl younger than herself, pretty and bubbly to help raise their son. Brenda didn't mean to be so judgmental but she justified by saying it was this was her son, she had to like this person, especially if she was going to be vacationing with them and around all the time.
Michelle looked down sadly before looking at Brenda in the eyes, "Actually I was engaged but we broke it off six months ago. And I can't have kids." Michelle almost looked teary.
Brenda swallowed hard, "I'm sorry." as she looked down and felt bad.
"No…no it's ok, I had cervical cancer when I was younger and they did treatments. I'm cancer free now but the chemo pretty much made my eggs and uterus like a 60 year old after menopause." Michelle forced out a half smile, "I guess that's why I love my job so much."
Brenda smiled and nodded, "I can see that." she said nicely. "Well Dylan you have her number and contact information?" Dylan nodded. "Ok well thanks for coming Michelle we will be calling you regardless. I start work in a few weeks so we will need someone right away." Brenda got up reaching out her hand.
"Thank you guys so much, and I didn't want to say anything before, thinking maybe it was unprofessional of me but I do love your show. Also I grew up in L.A. so I understand how Hollywood and stuff can be and how important privacy and stuff would be for you. I guess I just wanted you to know, I am very trust worthy and respectful." Michelle politely smiled as she looked back and forth between them.
"Thanks…that is important." Dylan said as she walked her to the front door. "Nice meeting you." Dylan closed the door behind her. He walked taking a deep breath.
"Sooo what do you think?" Dylan stopped in front of her and looked down.
Brenda shrugged, "I wanted to hate her but she is so sweet, it was kind of hard too." Brenda smiled kind of embarrassed.
"Well yeah I wasn't sure what you were thinking, you are a scary interviewer." Dylan laughed as he walked over and plopped on the couch.
"I know…I'm sorry I made you do most of the talking. Honestly I was annoyed by her blonde hair and pink shirt." Brenda felt silly.
Dylan let out a laugh, "I totally knew you were thinking that when she came in."
"I know but she does seem sweet, her references were outstanding and she made me feel bad about the fertility thing. Makes me think she does this job for a reason and really does enjoy it." Brenda joined him on the couch. As soon as Brenda got comfortable she heard Kaeden cry.
"Never a dull moment." Brenda said as she used Dylan's leg to help her off the couch.
Dylan clicked on the television when he heard a knock at the door. Dylan pushed back his hair as he opened it and smiled. "Hey bro, come on in." Dylan said moving to the side allowing Steve access.
"Hey D. How are the newbie parents?" Steve said with a smile.
"Things are good. We are interviewing nannies." Dylan looked toward Kaeden's room making sure Brenda wasn't in ear shot, "When you and Janet were first interviewing nannies for Maddie, how did you know she would be the right one?"
Steve let out a laugh, "Don't you remember we hired a great nanny and come to find out I had slept with her in college. You remember that, don't you?" Dylan shook his head not remembering that. "Well…anyway I guess you get a good feeling about someone and go with it. She was an excellent nanny; I just had to tell Janet that we had done it. And then the nanny didn't even remember."
Dylan laughed, "Yeah well don't jinx me, we just interviewed one a little while ago, I thought she was great but Brenda acted cold towards her and already commented on her blonde hair. I don't think I had slept with her." Dylan joked biting his lip.
"Well just pay a lot of attention to your wife; they get jealous when it comes to another woman, coming in spending time with you…your kid, especially if she is cute…was she hot?" Steve raised his eyebrows and leaned in.
Dylan shook his head with a smile, "Unbelievable...Oh hey Bren look who's here." Dylan said as he caught her out of the corner of her eye with the baby.
"Hey Steve, how's the fam?" Brenda said sitting on the couch. She reached over grabbing a blanket and covered herself as she began to nurse Kaeden.
"Everyone is good; hey I wanted to give you your advance copy of…The Hollywood Source." Steve said with a smile as he held it up with a picture of Brenda on the front.
"Oh cool, how did it turn out?" Brenda smiled as she motioned Steve to come show her.
"It turned out great. Thank you guys so much. There is so much hype, TMZ and access Hollywood reported last night we had the first pictures of the cutie."
"I'm glad Steve." Brenda finished feeding Kaeden and handed him over to Dylan, "Let's see." She looked at the cover; it was a classy colored photo of her alone. She opened up to her 2-page spread and smiled. "Oh wow, Steve this looks so good."
"I know." He said proudly, "Best celebrity spread I think we have ever done. And even you look good." He joked looking at Dylan.
Dylan playfully rolled his eyes, "I can't believe I let you talk me into that. That's not me; I must be getting soft in my old age."
"And hairy, what's up with the muff on your face?"
Brenda giggled still looking at the magazine. "Steve…you are so vulgar." Brenda laughed.
"Always." He got up with a smile, "Call me, we can get everyone together soon. And…" Steve looked down sincerely, "Thank you guys again, I don't think you guys realize how much you saved my butt. I will let you know how the sales are."
Brenda nodded slowly, "No problem, it's beautiful and on the bright side we got some great professional photos for us." Brenda smiled looking up at Dylan. "Like this one." She said pointing to the family photo of Dylan, Brenda and Kaeden in black and white on their couch. "I am going to get this one for that wall." Brenda smiled as she admired her photos in the magazine. She was proud of them and looking at them and her husband and her new baby, she really couldn't ask for more.
Sorry next chapter is BK wedding stuff. I'm sorry for those of you who wanted to see both couples and their new babies and don't worry you will. I was just in a sentimental B/D mood I guess and couldn't help myself. Please review, this story is winding down a bit, how exactly I am going to end it is still up in the air, I have ideas but actually pulling it all together is what I need to do still. I so wish the real spin off was like that. I was feeling artsy and bored and I actually made the magazine spread that Steve brought over. If you would like to check it out private message me and I will send it along. Thanks for reading and again REVIEW!!
