Ryan and Seth drove straight home from school that day. Seth had considered hanging out with Summer, but he thought that it might be good to be there for Ryan when the baby arrived for the night. It was obvious to Seth that Ryan was nervous. Ryan had never babysat for anyone before, let alone had a child of his own to watch. He was very pensive. His hands kept moving on the steering wheel.

"Hey, Man, you don't have to do this, if you don't want to. I think Theresa would understand if you needed more time," Seth said to Ryan.

"Look, I know that you're just trying to look out for me, but he's my kid, and as nervous as I am, I have to take care of him," Ryan replied. "I want this kid to have a father. One who's there."

"I know," Seth said as Ryan pulled into the driveway. Marissa was supposed to meet them at their house when she got out of school. Now that she went to public school, she actually got out of school a little later than when she went to Harbor. Sandy's car was home when Ryan and Seth came home, which was odd, considering normally he was at work. Ryan turned off the Range Rover, got out of the car, and went inside. Seth did the same.

"Hey, Dad, why are you home this early?" Seth asked.

"Hey, Fellas!" Sandy exclaimed. "Actually, I took the afternoon off. I wanted to be here when Theresa got here with the baby. Ryan, here's the check."

Sandy handed the check to Ryan, and Ryan replied, "Thanks, I really appreciate this."

"No problem, Kid. Well, actually there is one problem. Where's this baby going to sleep tonight? We don't have any cribs or anything like that anymore. I think we got rid of all that stuff when we moved here from Berkeley," Sandy told Ryan.

"Actually, Marissa's coming over after school, and she has some of that stuff lying around her house, she said. I guess her mom never got rid of the stuff after Kaitlin grew out of it," Ryan explained.

"Oh, okay," Sandy said. Then the doorbell rang. Sandy walked over from the living room to answer it. The girl at the door was Marissa.

"Marissa! How are you?" Sandy asked.

"I'm good. I brought some stuff over," Marissa told them. "Ryan, can you help me get it out of the car?"

Ryan nodded, and he went out with Marissa to get the baby stuff out of the car. Seth turned to Sandy and said, "This is weird... having a baby in the house. Ryan having a baby in the house."

"I know, Son, but this is the way it is," Sandy told him.

"I know, Dad, but it's just... weird," Seth replied. Marissa and Ryan came in the house with a rectangular box, and a high chair. They set them down right near the stairs. "What's that?"

"What's what?" Marissa asked.

"That box. Is that like a play thing or something?" Seth wondered.

"No, it's a portable crib, like a playpen," Marissa explained. "It's where the baby can sleep."

"Oh," Seth said, in response. "Is that all you brought?"

"Yeah, how much did you think I was going to bring?" she asked.

"I don't know. How much do babies need?" Seth asked.

"Clearly not as much as you think," Marissa replied. Ryan brought the high chair into the kitchen. Marissa picked up the box, and brought it into the living room. "I'm going to leave this here, for now. Does anyone know how to assemble it?"

Ryan looked at Seth. Clearly, neither of them had been around young children much. Neither of them knew how to do it. Then they both turned to look at Sandy, in hopes that he might know how to assemble such a piece of equipment. "And you Fellas think I can assemble this?" Sandy asked jokingly. "Well, it so happens that I can."

"Um... what about food? Like baby food?" Seth asked.

"I think Theresa is bringing that," Ryan told him. "And if she isn't we'll just go get some, it's no big deal."

After they had put everything where it needed to be, they waited for Theresa in the kitchen. The four of them sat around talking about various things, just trying to make small talk until Theresa arrived with the baby. Clearly, everyone was a little edgy about it. Sandy decided that they would have pizza for dinner that Friday night. He ordered two pizzas. One with Pepperoni and one with plain cheese. About ten minutes after he ordered the pizzas, the door bell rang. Ryan went to answer it. It was Theresa.