Sunday February 14, 2016

"Do you know what today is baby?" I asked my son. "Today is Valentine's Day and you are my only valentine." I heard someone buzz up to my apartment. "Hmm… I wonder who that is." I put the baby on my hip and walked over to the door and talked into the box. "Hello?"

"Delivery." A male voice said.

I buzzed him up and looked and Brendan. "Bren, did you do some online shopping?" I joked. I heard a knock at the door and opened it seeing a man holding a bouquet of red roses in a vase. "Oh those are gorgeous." I placed the baby on the floor and he handed me the flowers and I closed the door. "Brendan, did you send mommy flowers?"

I put the flowers on my table and picked up the baby placing him in his high chair. "Oh look a card. Let's see who sent me these." I read the card. "Oh, they're from daddy."

Happy Valentine's Day Baby! I love you so much. I wish I could spend it with you. There are twenty-four roses, one for each hour a day I think of you.

I smiled and place the card back in the flowers.

"Daddy's the sweetest, you know that? I hope you'll be just like him." I grabbed my phone and sent Spencer a text.

T: Thanks for the flowers, they're gorgeous!

S: You're welcome baby, I love you!

Brendan started to bang his hands on his high chair.

"Oh, aren't you a little drummer huh?" I picked him up and carried him over to the couch. I laid him on my lap and started to breast feed him. He placed his hand on my boob and stared up at me.

"You know baby, I'm going to start taking you off "your" boob. You are getting too old for this, so enjoy it as long as you have it."

A few hours later I headed over to my parents because they wanted me to watch Charlie and Toby since they are going out tonight and won't be back until tomorrow morning.

"Hey mom." I said when I entered the house. I walked over and sat on the couch.

"Hey Honey. So you know where everything is. Gabe is out with Lauran and should be back later. Charlie and Toby are taking a nap and we should see you in the morning. If there is an emergency, Mrs. Dabney is right next door."

"Okay mom, I got it. I hope you and dad have a fun time but not too much fun. You don't need another baby."

"Teddy stop it. Besides, we can't do anything while he's on chemo. Bob, come on Honey. We need to go." Mom shouted.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." He said walking down the stairs.

"We'll be back tomorrow morning and like I said Mrs. Dabney is right next door."

I got up and pushed mom out the door. "I got it, bye." I closed the door and walked back over to the couch. "Okay Brendan, mommy gotta study for her mid terms on Friday." I placed him in his bouncer and turned on the TV. "You are going to watch one of mommy's favorite movies from when I was a kid while I study." I put in the Lion King and grabbed my books out of my bag and sat back down on the couch crisscross style.

Friday, February 19, 2016

"Wish mommy luck on her mid terms. I'm doing this all for you." I gave him a kiss on the cheek and handed him to Mrs. Walsh.

My phone started to vibrate as I headed back out showing I got a new text from Spencer.

S: I'm going to fly down today after I finish mid terms so I can spend the weekend with you guys (:

T: Yay, I miss you. When does your plane land?

S: 5:15 Denver time.

T: Oh, I don't get out of class until 6:30.

S: Then I'll meet you at my parents when you pick up the baby.

I put my phone back in my bag after reading that text and headed over to the college. Now I can't wait for it to be the end of the day.

"Hey Teddy, wait up." I heard Skylar say.

"Hey, I can't talk. I need to get to class. There was a lot of traffic so now I'm running late."

"It'll only take a minute."

"Talk fast then."

"Okay so my parents are in town and PJ and I want to get our families together for dinner tonight at this one restaurant. Can you come? Please tell me you can come."

"I don't know. I mean Spencer is coming back tonight for the weekend and I was hoping I could be with him."

"Bring him."

"No… Do I have to come?"

"We would love it if you did but I understand if you already have plans. We were planning on telling them about our engagement."

"Wait what? You haven't told them yet?"

She shook her head. "No."

I laughed. "I'll come. Now I really need to go. My class is on the other side of the campus and I have ten minutes to get there."

"Then you better run."

"Yeah, I'll talk to you more about it later."

I rushed over to class and made it with two minutes to spare.

"You're late." Josh said.

I rolled my eyes. "No, I'm two minutes early." I took my phone back out and texted Spencer.

T: Actually we won't be able to hang tonight. After I pick up Brendan I have to go out to dinner.

S: With who?

T: Sky's family and my family.

"Who are you talking to?" Josh asked.

"Spencer, my boyfriend."

S: Then I'll see you when you pick up Brendan. Can I stay with you?

T: I don't know… we'll talk more later, I'm in class."

Josh grabbed my phone out of my hands.

"Hey, give it back."

He laughed. "Oh who's this?" He asked seeing my screensaver.

"Me."

"No, this and this."

"My boyfriend and a baby. Now give it back." I saw him putting something into my phone. "What are you doing?"

He smiled and handed me my phone back. "Here"

"Thank you." I looked through my phone and saw he put his number in my phone. "You know if I wanted your number I would have gotten it sooner."

"Students please turn off all electronic devices and good luck." Our professor said.

"Now you don't need to ask." He whispered.

I put my phone on silent and in my bag. Our professor passed out paper and I began. The test was fairly easy in my opinion so I felt like I did great on it.

"Hey, wait up." Josh said when I was exiting the class.

I stopped. "What?"

"Let's get something to eat."

"Josh, I have a boyfriend and I have no intent on cheating on him."

"And I have a girlfriend. It's just two friends having lunch."

"We're not friends."

"Can we change that? I wanna be friends with you."

"Nope, I don't have time for friends other than the friends I already have."

"Everyone have time for friends."

"No, I really don't. I spend every day all day when I'm not here with." I stopped because I don't want him to know about my son.

"With?"

"It doesn't matter with who. The point is my life is too hectic. I don't even have time for school or even to sleep and eat."

"You have time now."

"Uh, fine, we can get a coffee but this is not a date."

He placed his hands up in front of himself. "Hey, I'm all for that."

After my last class for the day, I headed over to pick up Brendan. I walked up to the Walsh's front door and knocked. I had to wait a minute before someone opened it.

"Oh hi Teddy." Linda said. "How were mid terms?" She asked.

"Pretty good, better than I thought it would be. Where's Brendan?"

"Spencer has him up in his room. I'll go get him."

"No, its fine, I can get him." I walked up the stairs and down the hall to Spencer's room and opened the door.

"Hey Spence." I said. I walked over to him and gave him a hug.

"There's my girl. You just don't understand how much I've missed you."

I smiled. "Me too." I took my phone out to see what time it was and grabbed Brendan. "I need to go."

"Aw, really, you just got here."

"Yeah I know. I wish I could stay longer but like I said earlier I have to be somewhere at eight and it's already 7:30."

"Alright, when are you going to get back to your place tonight? Maybe I can come by later and stay with you."

"Umm… I don't know, probably nine or something."

"Nine? Don't you think that's kinda late for Bren to stay out?"

"Spencer, I'm his mother. I don't need to consult you about him."

"But I'm his father, don't I get a say on his life?"

"I understand that but as of right now he lives with me and I make all the choices concerning him including how long he and I will stay out for tonight and every other night. Besides he'll probably just pass out in my arms in thirty minutes."

"Fine, I just hope you are making the right choices for him."

"Spencer I am, don't you trust me? Now I really need to go."

"Okay, I love you."

"Brendan wave bye to daddy. Show him you know how to wave." He laid his head on my chest. "I guess not. Bye Spencer."

'Don't I get a kiss?" Spencer asked as I was leaving his room.

I sighed and stopped and walked back over to him. I got on my tippy toes and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Bye, love you."

When I got to the restaurant Brendan already fell asleep in the back. I picked him up and wrapped him in a blanket and carried him in. I saw Skylar's parents and brother and sister and my family already there.

"About time you got here." Gabe said.

I glared at him. I was only five minutes late.

"Hey Teddy." Mom said. "How were mid terms?"

"I think it went well. It was fairly easy in my opinion."

"Then you must know the subject pretty well."

"Uh-huh, I'd say I do."

"That's good that Brendan isn't preventing you to study."

"Yeah, I know. It was hard at first to adjust but I'm good now. I have a schedule that works for me and him and yeah."

"Hey, you talk to Skylar a lot, has she told you anything for wanting us all to be here tonight?" She asked. "Do you know why?"

"Uh-huh, I've known for three weeks or something."

"Teddy tell me."

"No, they're going to tell you soon enough. Just be patient."

"Hey Teddy." Sky said. "I saw you hanging with Josh earlier today."

"Yeah and? Wait you know Josh?"

"Uh-huh, isn't he cute?"

"Yeah I guess but Sky, I have a boyfriend."

"So do I. Anyways, what were you two talking about?"

"Nothing really… Just stuff."

'What kind of stuff?"

"I don't even remember, it was so long ago."

"It was just like eight hours ago."

"Exactly, so long ago, I don't even remember what I had for lunch."

She laughed.

"PJ, Skylar, what is the reason for all of us being here?" Mom asked.

They both looked at each other. "We're getting married!" They both said at the same time.

"You're what." Dad said.

"We said, we're getting married." PJ said again.

"Sky, Honey, are you pregnant?" Her mother asked.

"Oh gosh no mom, we just love each other so much and want to be married."

Gabe laughed. "PJ's getting married, Teddy's a mom, don't you think you raised your children great?"

"Gabe be quiet." Mom said. "PJ you are so young. If you guys love each other, you would wait just like Spencer and Teddy."

"Correction mom, Teddy did get married." Gabe said.

I glared at him. "You're not helping."

"And we're adults so you can't say we can't. You can either approve or disapprove but even if you disapprove, we're still going to get married." Sky said standing firm.

Everyone was mainly quiet after hearing about this. I could tell both my parents and hers are not happy.

Saturday February 20, 2016

"Okay Brendan, mommy needs to go to her college and pick up a few things from the student store. It's going to be chilly today so I need to dress you nice and warm." I put a onesie on him with sweats and a long sleeve shirt over it and a pair of white socks on his little feet. "Perfect." I laid him down in his car seat and put a blanket on top. "Now it's perfect." I put his binky in his mouth and headed out.

When I got to my college, I picked Brendan out of his car seat and carried him on my hip with a blanket around him.

"Look baby, this is where mommy goes to school. Isn't it big?"I could tell he was amazed. He kept looking around as if he never seen anything like it before.

I walked over to the student store.

"Okay, mommy gotta get some books for one of her classes." I walked around the store. "Here we go" I sighed. "Brendan, books went up." I grabbed the two books I needed and checked out.

"62.50" The cashier said.

I sighed and slid my card. She handed me the bag and I left.

"Hey Teddy." I heard someone say.

I stopped and looked behind me. "Oh hi Josh…"

"Who's this?" He asked referring to Brendan.

"Umm... a baby."

"No really? I thought it was a dog." He joked. "What's his name?"

I laughed. "His name is Brendan."

"Are you babysitting him or something?"

"Umm..." My phone started to ring. "Hey can you hold this real quick." I handed him my bag of books and took my phone out. I saw that Spencer was calling so I ignored his call. He kept calling so I finally answered it.

"Hey, did you need something?"

"Yeah, let me up."

"I'm not there."

"Where are you then?"

"The college with Brendan; I needed to get a few things."

"Are you coming back now?"

"Umm… yeah I'll be there fifteen, thirty minute's tops."

"Okay, I guess I'll just wait here for you then."

"Alright, I'll be there in a little bit."

'K. Love you. Bye."

"Love you. Bye." I hung up and placed my phone back in my bag and grabbed the bag of books from Josh. "Sorry."

"Who was that, your mom?"

"No actually my boyfriend. Yeah, he came to visit us this weekend, isn't that right Brendan?"

"Us? Is Brendan your…"

"Son? Uh-huh, he was definitely not planned but I still love him no matter how complicated he makes my life."

"So your boyfriend is his dad?"

"Yeah… I gotta go."

"Okay… I'll see you Monday in class."