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A/N – "Thoughts"
Chapter 8 – Father And Son
It had been a few months since Jason was born and Miranda was wearing herself out taking care of him. She was so convinced that she was the only one who could care for him, that she had to do everything and because of that she was driving herself into the ground. Plus, the past month, Gordo had gone back to work full time, so the majority of Miranda's contact was with a four-month-old baby.
Gordo had finally convinced Miranda to spend a Saturday out of the house without the baby. Lizzie, Kate, and Amy were taking her out to lunch and then shopping for a few hours. In the meantime, Gordo was going to take care of Jason.
Gordo sat at his desk in his office, working on his latest screenplay. Taking a break, he leaned back in his chair and stretched his arms over his head. Hearing a noise, Gordo looked off to the side and grinned.
Jason was sitting up in his playpen holding a small plastic ball. As he threw it against the side of the playpen, he laughed as the ball would roll back to him. Gordo had set the playpen up in his office so he could keep an eye on Jason as he worked.
Standing up from his desk, Gordo walked towards the playpen. Seeing his father, Jason immediately stuck his arms out at him and wiggled his fingers. Gordo grinned and picked him up. "Hey little guy," he said as he settled him against his shoulder. "Enjoy you nap?" Jason started talking excitedly in gibberish and grabbing at Gordo's hair.
Letting out a small laugh, he walked out of his office and into the kitchen. "Hungry?" Gordo asked as he grabbed one of the bottles from the fridge and started to warm it up. "Who am I kidding? You're our son, you'll always be hungry," he teased as he tickled his son's stomach.
As they waited for the bottle to warm up, Gordo started walking around the kitchen and living room. "We're gonna go see Rebecca and Amanda tomorrow," Gordo told him.
When Jason let out a happy squeal, Gordo laughed. "Yea, you're happy now. Just wait a few years," he told him sarcastically.
Walking back into the kitchen, Gordo grabbed the bottle and walked back into the living room. Settling into one of the armchairs, he started feeding Jason.
"I'm gonna give you a little heads up kid. Becky and Amanda will more than likely be your best friends. Having best friends that are girls isn't easy. It isn't horrible but it takes a lot of patience. You're not gonna understand each other a lot. You'll see things very differently and they'll confuse you to no end, but no matter what, you'll always stand by each other."
Gordo smiled as he remembered growing up with Lizzie and Miranda. "Me and your Aunt Lizzie knew each other since birth and we were about three when we
met your mom. From the moment we met, your mom and I would constantly bicker at each other about everything," he told his son with a laugh. "You'll prolly fight with your girls a lot more cause you got some of your mom's fiery temper in you."
"I've never met anyone as stubborn or strong willed as your mother. She's constantly challenging me to do better," Gordo said more aloud than to Jason. He looked down at Jason, who was still feeding, and grinned, "But that's why I love her."
Gently repositioning him, Gordo snickered a little. "Speaking of love, I'll let you in on something else. Something that will make you lay awake late at night and drive you absolutely crazy. You will fall for one of them, hard. And if you're anything like your father, you'll end up falling for both of them. You may just stay friends with both of them but you'll fall for them, trust me. As a guy, you'll at the very least be attracted to them and I can't blame you," he told him with a smirk, "Have you seen their mothers?" Gordo joked with a grin and Jason grinned back at him.
As Jason finished the bottle, Gordo put it down on the floor next to the chair. "But seriously, they'll constantly whine to you about how their crushes never notice them or use you as their shoulder to cry on when something upsets them, but you just gotta take it all in stride. Cause one day, after banging your head against a wall for years, they'll open their eyes and one of them, maybe both, will see you like you see her."
Before Gordo could continue, a familiar voice from the kitchen interrupted him. "And what exactly are you telling my son?" Miranda asked sarcastically with a smirk.
Gordo looked over and grinned at her and saw Lizzie standing behind her. "Just letting him know of the headache he's in for with having two girls as his best friends," he told them with a wry grin.
Lizzie snickered and turned to Miranda, "Then maybe we should tell Amanda and Becky the joys of having a boy as a best friend."
"Haha," Gordo responded. He looked down at Jason in his arms, "See what I mean." Jason just giggled back at his father.
Miranda rolled her eyes as she walked over. "Hey handsome," she said to Jason as she took him out of Gordo's arms and into her own. "Is daddy whining again?" she asked as she looked at Gordo with a smirk.
Grabbing the bottle, Gordo stuck his tongue out at her and walked to the sink. "You enjoy your day out with the girls?" Gordo asked his wife as she followed him, carrying their son, into the kitchen.
"Yea. I defiantly needed a day out," Miranda said as she kissed Jason's head. "But I missed my little boy," she said as she tickled him making him squeal in laughter.
Turning to face Jason, Gordo grinned at him. "This is what I was talking about never understanding them. How can anyone have so much fun shopping? Be warned, you'll be spending a lot of time at that dreaded place they call the mall," he joked.
Miranda glared at him, "You're lucky I have Jase in my arms." She then gave him an evil grin, "Lizzie." As Miranda said her name, Lizzie slapped Gordo upside the head for Miranda cause of his comment. "Thank you."
Lizzie grinned at her, "No problem."
Rubbing the back of his head, he rolled his eyes. "Get out while you still can," Gordo said to Jason as everyone started laughing.
That night, after putting Jason to bed for the night, or for at least the next couple of hours, Gordo walked into the bedroom.
He smiled as he saw Miranda lying under the covers with a far away look on her face. To him, the pregnancy only made her more beautiful. While she was still trying to lose the weight she had gained, in Gordo's opinion, the weight was in all the right places and only accented her curves more.
Slipping into bed, he snuggled up next to her, "Penny for you thoughts," he whispered to her as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"If you could do it over, would you change anything?" Miranda asked as she rolled over so she was facing him.
Gordo arched an eyebrow, "This about this afternoon?"
She just shrugged. "Kinda. I don't know. I've just been thinking about something, the same thing you said earlier to Jason. I can really see Jason falling for one of them. It got me thinking about us, best friends falling in love, and I just want to know if you would change anything."
Smiling, Gordo leaned in and kissed her. "No."
Miranda gave him a skeptical look, "Nothing?"
"Well," Gordo said with a smirk, "I would've decked Ryan the first time I saw him instead of waiting."
"I'm serious," Miranda said trying not to smile at him.
"I am serious. I'm extremely happy with how things ended up," Gordo told her as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her up against him. "What about you?"
"Aside from wishing I realized I loved you earlier, no. I'm happy with how things turned out too," Miranda said as she closed her eyes and buried her face against Gordo's neck.
Gordo reached over and shut the light off. Settling back, he wrapped his arms back around Miranda and laid there for a few minutes. With a smile, he fell asleep with his queen in his arms.