The Beginning of Something Wonderful Chapter 3

Beth and Nacho Cheese continued to take care of their baby everyday, of course. It wasn't easy but no one ever said that it was going to be.

One day, Beth was washing the dishes while Pizza Dough Steve sat in his high chair and played with some little toy cars that Beth had given him. And she could hear him babbling some baby talk, Beth finished washing the dishes and walked over to play with Pizza Dough Steve a little bit. "Do you know what these are, Little squeezy?" Beth asked as they were playing with the cars. "Car." Steve muttered. Beth squealed. "You said your first word!" She was so excited, she picked him up and repeatedly kissed his face. "I have to call your father! He's going to be so thrilled!" Beth called him. She tried to get him to come home but he insisted he stay at work. Over time, Beth tried to get Steve to say more words but all he could say was car.

Flash forward a couple years, Pizza Dough Steve was turning 2 and wasn't so much of a piece of dough anymore. Pizzas usually have full form by age 3. So far he only had one pepperoni and the other 2 were starting to form.

For his birthday, Beth and Nacho Cheese agreed to have a simple birthday party for him. They gathered some of their family members and cooked a meal at home, kinda like a thanksgiving meal, and just hung out.

Later that night, after their little party, Beth was putting Steve to bed. Nacho Cheese was cleaning up from the party and decided to pause to check on his wife. Mainly because he wanted an excuse to stop cleaning. The door to the nursery was cracked open just a little bit, and Beth was facing the crib and couldn't see her husband peeking in. She was talking to Steve quietly, telling him how much he's loved, and et cetera. "Mind if I interrupt?" Nacho Cheese asked, quietly walking in. "Oh! No, I don't mind. How's cleaning going? You need a break?" Beth giggled. "Yeah. I wanted to come say goodnight to our birthday boy." "He's almost a full pizza! He just needs his cheese and pepperonis and he'll be done!" "I know, it seems like just last week we were bringing him home as a piece of dough." "Oh, Nacho Cheese, I can't wait to see how our baby turns out! He has so much potential!" "Before you know it he'll be all grown up and moved out." "Don't say that! I'm not ready to think about it!" Beth tittered. "Don't worry, we're only on our 2nd year."

The next day Nacho Cheese came rushing in from work. "Beth! Beth!" "What? Stop shouting, you're going to wake the baby!" "I have a surprise!" "You do?" "Yep! I've been working really hard and saving up money-" "Saving for what?" "Hold on, you didn't let me finish. We finally have enought money TO MOVE!" "Move...?" "...You don't seem happy about it, I thought you would be." "No, no, it's.. wonderful but, are you sure you want to move? We've raised our baby for the first 2 years in this house. Doesn't that mean anything to you?" "I mean.. I guess but, wouldn't you like to move out of this dump?" "Dump!? We have a wonderful house!" "It's not that luxurious." "It doesn't need to be! It's perfect for our small family!" "Wouldn't you like to live in a big, castle like house!?" "First of all, we can't afford a castle, and, we're not a king and queen, we don't need a castle." "I like to think we are.." "That's sweet of you but, i'm happy where we're at now." Then Beth just walked away leaving her husband speechless.

Without his wife's consent, Nacho Cheese went house hunting till he found the perfect house. One day Beth went to the grocery store with Pizza Steve and came home to her husband moving all their stuff, movers, and a moving truck. "Hey there you are! Pack up your stuff." He commanded as he went to help some of the movers move stuff to the truck they had outside. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? I SAID I DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE!" Beth shouted, scaring their baby and making him cry. "I know you don't want to, but it's for the best!" "NO! IT'S NOT! WE'RE FINE HERE!" "Stop screaming, you're scaring the baby!" "ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS YOURSELF!" "That's not true. If I only cared for myself i wouldn't WORK 24/7 AND SAVE ALL MY MONEY TO MOVE INTO AN AMAZING HOUSE!" "YES YOU WOULD! YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE! HOW DO YOU THINK WE ENDED UP HERE!? YOU CAN'T JUST MOVE WHEN YOU GET BORED OF A HOUSE, NACHO CHEESE!" Beth took a deep breath. "I can't do this, I'll pack my stuff but don't expect me to communicate with you during that process." "Fine with me."

By the end of the night they were all settled in, except for Pizza Steve. Beth put him in his new nursery but he wouldn't go to sleep. After trying to get him to sleep for the 3rd time, Beth stomped into the living room, where Nacho Cheese was watching some TV. "WELL! This is just FABULOUS!" "What are you screaming about now?" "Our BABY won't SLEEP!" "Ok...? We have problems getting Pizza Steve to sleep all the time!" "NO! I don't mean like that! He's scared! This house is new to him!" "I don't understand what the big deal is. He has all the same stuff!" "Stuff isn't the problem, Nacho Cheese! The room is unfamiliar to him!" "He'll get used to it!" "Not in the next 3 hours he won't be! Which is when I'm going to bed! If I go to bed and he is still crying and upset, YOU'RE DEALING WITH IT! NOT ME!" "I have to work in the morning!" "You should have thought about that BEFORE YOU decided to move!" And with that, Beth stomped back to the nursery.

3 hours later, and Pizza Steve was still crying. Beth picked him up, took him to Nacho Cheese, and went to bed. "Alright, little buddy. How about you sit here with your ol' man and watch some football?" Pizza Steve looked up at him. Sniffling with tears slowly dripping down his face. "This can be our first father and son memory here!" Pizza Steve started to get fussy. "Or maybe we could... um... I don't know, what do babies like to do?" He asked, looking down at the infant like he was going to answer. "I've got an idea! How about we play with your rocking horse!" Nacho Cheese hopped off the couch and grabbed the horse. He picked up Pizza Steve and sat him down on it. But Pizza Steve just sat there, giving his dad a confused look. "Look, Steven." He said as he began to rock the horse. Pizza Steve got really nervous and grabbed on to the horse tightly, fearing that he was going to fall off. Then he started whining. "It's ok, you're not going to fall." Nacho Cheese rocked the horse a little slower, calming down Pizza Steve. "See! Isn't this fun?" Pizza Steve's eyelids got really heavy as he began to fall asleep. He finally fell asleep as Nacho Cheese continued to rock the horse. When he was fast asleep, Nacho Cheese carefully lifted Pizza Steve up and took him to bed, followed by Nacho Cheese going to bed himself.

Nacho Cheese woke up early for work. He decided to check on Pizza Steve. He walked into the nursery and over to the crib to see Pizza Steve fast asleep. He patted Pizza Steve's crust then headed off to work. He came home late. When he walked in the house was completely trashed. "Aw come on! We just moved in yesterday! What happend!? BETH! WHERE ARE YOU?!" He shouted, looking around for his wife. She ran out of the nursery in a panic, scaring her husband. "Nacho Cheese! Come help!" She yelled, before running back into the nursery. "What is it!? Is everything ok!? Is our baby still alive!?" "Of course our baby is still alive, you imbecile! He's just really hard to deal with since he is still uncomfortable!" "Whats with all the toys, bottles, and baby stuff all over the house?" "Have you been living under a rock? We have a baby!" "I know that!" "Then you would understand the mess!" "Just because we have a baby doesn't mean my living room should look like a garbage dump!" "Look! I've had a really hard day with our baby, you can either clean the living room or take over for me!" "Fine, I'll watch the baby!" "Of course! I knew you would make me clean!" Beth handed Pizza Steve over to Nacho Cheese then went to clean the living room.

"It can't be that hard to take care of a simple toddler!" Nacho Cheese muttered to himself. Just then, Pizza Steve started crying. "What's wrong little guy? You must be hungry." Nacho Cheese took Pizza Steve to the kitchen. He sat him down in his high chair and went to grab a jar of baby food. He stirred the food with the spoon a little before trying to feed it to Pizza Steve. He scooped up some of the food and tried to feed it to Pizza Steve. "Come on, open wide." Nacho Cheese emboldened as his baby stared at him, silently. "Ok... so maybe you're not hungry? Do you need your diaper changed?" Nacho Cheese took Pizza Steve to the changing table in the nursery. "Nope, You don't need your diaper changed. So... do you want to play?" He sat Pizza Steve on the floor in front of some toy cars then watched to see if he would play with them. But he didn't, he started to cry again. "What's wrong, little slice?" He asked as he lifted him up and began to hold him. Just then, Beth walked in. "So, is it a lot harder than it looks?" "No... I... have everything figured out!" "Mhm... our crying baby really is proof that you have it alllllll... figured out." "Yep! I know what i'm doing!" Beth didn't respond, she took Pizza Steve from Nacho Cheese. "Hey!" He exclaimed. Beth sat down in the rocking chair "Have you looked at the time? It's an hour passed his bed time." Beth said before she started singing a lullaby to Pizza Steve. Not long after she started singing, he stopped crying and slowly fell asleep. Nacho Cheese watched Beth put Pizza Steve to sleep. When he finally fell asleep, she put him in his crib and they both walked out.