Authors Note: Sorry this took so long I was binging Supernatural to catch up on the new season. Thanks to everyone who reviewed/followed and favorited. I'd also like to apologize this will be the last update for a while with the holidays coming up I like to make my gifts so that's what I'll be doing for the next few months. If I get a chance I'll update sooner. Thanks for reading and enjoy.

Chapter 5

Ring, Ring, Ring was sound Riven woke up to and he groggily searched for his cellphone.

"Hello?" He sleepily asked.

"Riven hey its Layla."

"What do you want?" he asked grumpily.

"Geeze mister cranky what's got you in a mood?"

"You woke me up." He said with a yawn."

"But it's one o'clock in the afternoon."

"I was working last night remember, and didn't get home until three this morning plus I'm working again today"

"Yeah about that. Do you think you can come in an hour from now?"

He sighed "Why do you need me to come in so early?"

"Because the guy that normally comes in the afternoons has food poisoning so could you come in please?" She begged.

"Fine." He said with a huff, "I'll be there in an hour." Then hung up the phone without hearing her response. With a groan he got out of bed stretched and headed off to take a shower.

"Wow that was rude." Layla said hanging up her phone.

"What was rude?" Nabu asked

"Riven just hung up without saying goodbye or letting me say goodbye."

"Was he asleep when you called?"

"Yeah he was."

"There's your answer." He said with a wave of his hands. "He's always cranky when he first wakes up. You know that."

"Yeah you're right." She said with a sigh. "I guess I'll go get a pot of coffee ready for when he gets here. He's always more friendly with caffeine in his system." Then she gave Nabu a quick kiss on the lips and went to make coffee, but before she got too far he grabbed her and spun her around towards him and gave her a kiss that knocked her socks off as she hummed with delight. "

"Am I interrupting?" Musa asked as she walked into the Fruity Music Bar carrying James in his car seat and a diaper bag slung over her shoulder.

The two separated but still stayed close. "Not at all." Layla said, "Nabu was just starting something he probably couldn't finish anyways."

"Is that a challenge?" He asked pulling her in for a kiss.

"Maybe." She said against his lips then darted out his arms with a giggled going over to Musa before he could claim his prize.

"Well that wasn't very nice." He pouted.

"Sorry honey I promise we'll finish it later." She said sweetly. "But you know what you could do?"

"What's that?"

"You could make some coffee."

"I second that." Musa said, "James kept me up all night and I'm dead tired." Looking at the sleeping infant you wouldn't have guessed it though.

Nabu just shook his head and went to make the coffee.

"So what brings you hear?" Layla asked as they took a seat at one of the tables.

"You called me and told me to come here remember." Musa told her.

"Oh yeah that's right." Layla said feigning innocence.

"Did you need something?"

"Yes I did." She said while fiddling with a menu.

"Well what do you need?" Musa asked after Layla didn't say anything for a while.

"Right, right." Layla said nodding her head. "I need to do this." Then smacked Musa upside the head with the Menu.

"Hey what the hell?" Musa asked batting at the menu with one hand while covering her with the other.

"I'm trying to knock some sense into you."

"Knock some sense into me what're you talking about?" Musa asked trying to fend her off.

"Sweetheart violence solves nothing." Nabu yelled from the counter.

"You stay out of this." Layla shouted back still thumping Musa in the head.

With a growl Musa finally snatched the menu from Layla and tossed it behind her somewhere out of her friends reach. "Now what's this all about?" Musa asked calmly while straightening her hair.

"It's about you being an idiot." Layla told her.

"What! How am I an idiot?"

"Because a smart person would have called the police when someone breaks into their house. Idiots don't, therefore you're an idiot."

"Riven already gave me this lecture and without a beating I might add."

"I'm not giving you a lecture I'm telling you that when I heard about it I freaked out. I thought something really bad happened to you and James, but then Riven told me you only had a few bruises. Then he said that you didn't even call the cops and that made me pissed at you. I mean come on Muse you have a son what would have happened if they hurt him."

"I'd never let that happen." She told her.

"You can say that but you never know what'll happen in that kind of situation. They could of had a gun and a random shot could have hit him. Hell it could have hit you. Then what would he do while you were recovering? What would happen to him if you died?"

"He does have a father you know."

Layla scoffed at that.

"Come on Lay I know you don't like him, but he's never done anything bad to either of us." Musa said, "Unless I deserved it of course." She thought.

"Here's your coffee Musa." Nabu said setting down a steaming cup.

"Thank you." She said taking a tentative sip. "Is there anything better than a good cup of coffee?" She said with a sigh.

"Don't try and change the subject Musa if anything like that happens again you need to call the cops."

"I wasn't trying to change the subject."

"Uh-huh." She said crossing her arms.

"I already promised Riven that if someone tries to break in that I would call the cops."

"Layla I think she gets it" Nabu said.

"Fine I'll drop it. If there's a next time don't be an idiot."

"Yes mam."

Then out of nowhere James started crying.

"Oh James what's the matter little guy?" Layla asked, "Never mind I know." She said catching a whiff of a very unpleasant smell. "Mommy I think we need a diaper change."

"I'd be more than happy to let you do it." Musa said.

"Sorry but I have work to do." She said getting up and rushing off to grab the closest cleaning utensil.

"Everyone wants to pay attention to you buddy when it comes to a diaper change they run like the wind." Musa said to James as she unstrapped him then took him to the restroom for a change.

"Okay I'm here." Riven said as he walked into the bar and went behind the counter.

"You're early." Layla said.

"But I'm here." He said.

Layla just shrugged "I made some coffee." She said while she was sweeping.

"You made coffee." Nabu yelled from the kitchen.

"Okay there's coffee. I know you're cranky without some caffeine in your system."

"Good I could use a cup." Riven said and went and poured him a cup.

Musa walked out of the restroom with James and noticed Riven behind the counter. She smiled to herself an idea forming in her head. Quietly she went put James back in his seat and hoped he didn't make a sound. Then silently strode over to the bar took a deep breath and yelled "Boo!"

"Jesus!" Riven shouted as he jumped out of his skin. "Ah dammit!" he said as the coffee burned him dropping the coffee cup and it smashed onto the floor coffee splashing all over the ground. "Musa!" He growled.

"What?" She asked howling with laughter.

"That wasn't funny."

"It was funny and you know it." She told him. "Just give it a minute and you'll realize I'm right."

"She's right Riven it was kind of funny." Nabu said tossing him a rag to which he caught easily, "Besides if the roles were reversed you know you'd of done the same." Then went back to getting the kitchen ready.

Sighing Riven bent down used the rag to scoop up the glass shards tossing them into the trash then mopped up the coffee.

"Sorry I scared you." Musa said once she got her laughter under control. "I just couldn't turn down the opportunity to scare you."

"Yeah, yeah." He said.

"Wow someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning."

Tossing the used rag in the nearest laundry bin then made another cup of coffee. "Sorry I haven't had any caffeine yet today." He said taking a sip of coffee.

"Then I'm really sorry I know you get rather cranky when you don't have your morning coffee. Did the coffee burn you bad?" She asked.

"No I'm fine."

"Good I'll be right back." She told him then went and grabbed James, the diaper bag and her cup of coffee and sat at the bar setting James's car seat and bag on top of the counter.

"Hey little guy." Riven said to James who just smiled. "It looks ready to go back here Layla did you already get everything set up for today?"

"Yeah I did." Layla told him putting the broom and dustpan away then sat at the bar close to James turned his car seat around and began playing peekaboo with him.

Riven joined them on the other side of bar taking a seat next to Musa. "What brings you here today?" he asked.

"Layla called told me to come over then she proceeded to beat me with a menu."

"Beat you with a menu why did she do that?"

"She was trying to knock some sense into me for not calling the cops the other night."

"Then I completely agree with her reasoning. I wanted to do the same myself but we were out in public." He said.

Nabu came out of the Kitchen and sat next to Layla and also began playing with James. "What's this?" He asked holding up a stuffed Tinkerbelle doll.

"That's Tinkerbelle." Musa stated flatly

"I know its Tinkerbelle, but why does your son have a fairy doll?"

"Because he liked it."

"But he's a boy."

"Thank you for stating the obvious Nabu." Layla said taking the doll from him and making it dance and fly around for James.

"Boys shouldn't play with dolls." Nabu said.

"He's three months old Nabu he doesn't care what his toy is all that he knows is that it's colorful."

"But it's a girl's toy."

"So." Musa said crossing her arm.

"Okay so when we have a child and it's a boy and he like a girls toy you won't let him have it." Layla asked pointedly.

"Um… Riven help me out here."

"I'm keeping my horse out of this race man you're on your own. I could care less what kind of toy my kid plays with as long as it's safe." He said. "But you know what this reminds me of?" He said taking the toy from Layla for a second.

"What?" They all asked.

"That play Bloom made us do High school with the fairies. What was it called… the Winx. I remember Bloom was fairy of fire because well she's a pyro, Stella was a fairy of the sun because she loved to be in the sun, and Flora was nature since we couldn't get her out of her garden. What were you two again?"

"I was the fairy of waves because I loved surfing." Layla said.

"And I was the fairy of music since l loved music." Musa said, "And you and the others specialist someone who helped out the fairies and hunted monsters."

"I was the coolest out of all of us." Nabu said.

"Why's that." Riven asked.

"Because I was a wizard."

"Oh please I had sword."

"If I remember correctly you had a boomerang."

"And a sword."

"Sure you did." Nabu said mockingly.

The girls just laughed Musa grabbed the doll and gave it back to James when he started fussing. "I've got to get back you guys I still have a few things to do at home before I get dinner going." Musa said.

"Okay I'll see you another time then." Riven said standing up and giving her a hug.

Layla and Nabu did the same. She grabbed the diaper bag and James and headed for the door.

Layla didn't miss the backwards glance Musa gave to Riven and smiled to herself.