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Chapter 16

Around seven Max realized waking up Logan repeatedly during the night for anything other than heat related issues made him pretty damn cranky. Which was shocking since she'd seen him go 24 hours easily without sleep. The baby waking up about every two, yanking him out of sleep before he ever even got to REM was definitely not having a positive effect on Logan.

Her mind kept telling her as she'd hear the baby gently stirring to get up and take the him into the living room. Getting her body to comply was another story. So here she was, seven am watching Logan transfer over to his chair after getting the baby to quiet back down trying not to grumble as he said he was taking a shower. Apparently getting rid of baby spit up rated higher than having coffee first or at least that's what she thought. She didn't know he wanted to shower while there was still a good chance the baby would remain quiet.

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The baby was waking again as he put on the exo and he wondered exactly how single parents did it. Somewhere around 4am all he'd wanted to do was put the pillow over his head and force Max to deal with the squalling infant. Common sense and logic overrode his need for sleep and luckily for everyone involved he was feeling a hell of a lot more social after his shower. He blamed his mood on the fact that he'd barely slept since he left the apartment to go meet up with Lydecker days ago. He certainly hadn't slept Saturday knowing what was coming on Sunday nor had he slept on Sunday as he tried to figure out how to come home with a child Max refused to mention.

He reached out a hand and placed it upon the baby's chest softly reassuring him that he was still here and hadn't been forgotten before flipping the bassinet back on to vibrate as he finished getting dressed.

-o-o-o-

She smiled up as she heard him enter the room and tried to hide the breath she held once more seeing the baby cradled up against Logan's chest. She wondered how morally wrong it was to just want five minutes alone with Logan after spending all but a few around the baby. "There's Cream of Wheat on the stove."

Logan rewarded her cooking by making a face, which she'd never understand since he didn't have a problem with oatmeal, which was just as bland. "It's the texture" he replied to the face she'd made to his own.

She shook her head as she stood to go pour him a cup of coffee as he moved to peer with disgust into the pot before moving to get a bowl.

"Do you want me to get the bassinet?" she asked as he settled down before his bowl at the table.

He shook his head, "I'm fine"

She nodded her head as her mouth lingered over her second cup of coffee. "So did you talk to anyone about him yesterday?" she blurted out as he was a few bites into his meal, past the lip smacking stage.

"You mean about-" he asked slowly pulling the spoon out of his mouth and slightly tightened his grip on the baby grateful her eyes were too glued to his face to look down at the infant.

"Yea" she nodded.

He nodded back, "I made a few calls." Technically he wasn't lying, he had made a phone call to Bling and one to Lydecker.

She looked at him expectantly.

"They should be getting back to me in a few days." Once more not lying.

She nodded again and took another sip of her coffee.

He resisted the urge to put the spoon down as he attempted to broach the next subject, but he held back not wanting to put any more importance on it than necessary, "You know we should figure out something to call him for the time being."

She opened her mouth to ask why, then remembered for how many years she'd simply been 452 until they had named themselves. She was about to tell him just to pick something until she realized there was a chance he would call the baby Zack, she didn't think she'd be able to survive hearing that, "What did you have in mind?"

Hmm good sign, she didn't shut down, "Nothing really. Just thought he should have a name."

Max looked across at the baby now sleeping against Logan's chest and tried to rationally think about it. He didn't really look like anything. All she ever thought about when she saw him was he's so small. She repeated her thoughts aloud, "He's so small."

Logan's lips raised up in a smile as he eyes raised up to look across at Max, "So what do you want to do name him Wilbur?"

She looked over puzzled.

" Charlotte's Web?" he supplied the literary reference.

"Oh right" she said with a nod, "Well Will's not too bad is it?"

"No" he said with a shake of his head as he ordered his lips not to smile, William Cale, kinda sounds nice.

"I'm gonna go shower." She said placing her coffee cup down with a little too much effort.

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"Someone was up all night." Original Cindy said taking in Max's slightly weary appearance.

She nodded her head, yup but definitely not in the way you think. She sighed realizing that the way OC thought probably wouldn't happen until the baby joined his new home. She'd barely even remembered to miss it in the past twenty hours being too busy trying not to be preoccupied with the baby…William, she corrected herself. Then frowned as she tried to figure out why she'd just lengthen his name. Will, they were calling him Will. William sounded so permanent.

"What's with the sour puss?"

"Nothing" she said with a shake of her head.

"You sure? You know if he's done something-"

Max cut her friend off, "We're fine, I swear.

Cindy gave her a disbelieving look and was about to press further when Sketch and Herbal walked in together, already in conversation.

"You don't understand there was throw-up on my shoes."

"And that is the price of bringing new life into the world." Herbal said simply

"If I were Natalie I would have chopped off your dick. Pull out my ass. Didn't you learn anything in high school?" Original Cindy said as she was once more reminded that her friend truly was a dumbass.

Max realized it was time to make a quick escape before she got dragged into the drama that was going on in Sketchy's life, enough baby talk already.

"Like I didn't already learn my lesson. She's happy, I'm miserable."

"Yea well you deserve to be for all you've put her through. You try bailin and I'm sickin' Max on your sorry ass."

"I'm not leaving. Jesus what kind of person do you think I am?"

"Specially since he groveled for over a month to get her back." Herbal said with a slight chuckle rubbing salt in the wound.

"Yea" Sketch said with a shake of his head, "Thanks for talking me into that you guys." He said sarcastically.

"Talk?" She turned to Max, "Did you hear Original Cindy say a single word about his sorry ass getting back with her fine one?"

"Don't pull me into this. I was done after Lydia."

"You sealed that poor girl's fate." She turned back to Sketch, "She could have moved onto finer things" she looked down at herself before turning back up to him, "Instead, she gets stuck with this genius who can't even move out of the way before she blows chunks."

"Okay as appetizing as this conversation is, I'm leaving."

"I'll come with you Maxie" Herbal said quickly following her lead, he too had had more than enough of Sketchy's horror stories.

AN: Whatever happened to Natalie? Did we have a breakup mentioned onscreen? Oh and before I get when did Logan and Max get married, they did not, nor have they gotten engaged, they've had a lot of other things to deal with.