Johnny was slowly waking up as he heard scuffling going on around him. He rolled over on his right side as he opened his eyes. There he saw two big bright brown eyes resting on the side of his bed looking at him.
"Hi." He heard that beautiful face looking at him say.
Johnny watched as Josie focused on his every move. "Good morning."
Josie had her face propped up in her hands as she spoke. "Who are you?"
Johnny sat up in his bed. "My name is Johnny. What is yours?"
"I'm Josie." She said as she bounced up on his bed. "What are you doing sleeping in our living room?"
Johnny couldn't help but laugh at Josie curiosity. "I am a friend of your mom's."
"I just took a peak at her. She isn't awake yet." Josie said as she grinned from ear to ear.
Johnny glanced over at the clock on the wall and noticed it was just 7 a.m. "It's still kind of early perhaps we should let your mom sleep."
Josie nodded in agreement as she just stared at Johnny. He then could get a good look at his little girl. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Her brown eyes shinned back at him with such life he was taken back by them. "I like your toboggan."
Josie pulled it further over her heard almost covering her eyes. "It's my favorite thing to wear."
"Are you hungry?" Johnny asked Josie.
"Yeah we can make breakfast for mommy." Josie said full of excitement.
"Well let's go see what we can come up with." Johnny said as he drug himself out of bed.
Baby rolled over and looked at her alarm clock. It was almost eight o'clock. She knew normally Josie would have already been in here and woke her up. It was then she got the faint smell of bacon.
She crawled out of bed and quickly found her robe. As she emerged from her room she looked in Josie's room to find it empty. She rounded the next corner and seen Johnny standing over the stove and Josie sitting up on the counter. "Good Morning."
"Morning Mommy!" Josie said as she hopped down to give her mother a hug.
"It's about time you woke up." Johnny said picking at her. "Breakfast is almost ready.
"It all smells wonderful." Baby said as she stepped into the kitchen to get a better look.
"I helped!" Josie told her mother.
"Then I bet it will be ten times better." Baby said kissing Josie forehead.
"Hope you like bacon and eggs." Johnny said as she turned the eye over the eggs down.
"Oh yes that would be fine." Baby said. "Can I help with anything?"
"Nope. I think me and Josie have it under control. Don't we?" Johnny said placing Josie back up on the counter.
Josie nodded in agreement as she still watched Johnny's every move.
Baby sat back and watched Johnny and Josie talk and cut up as they made breakfast. It seemed to be a perfect fit. It's like it was meant to be. She now regretted every day she didn't tell Johnny about Josie but she knew now everything would begin to fall into place.
"Alright. Bacon and eggs it is." Johnny said as she placed some on a plate and placed it in front of Baby on the table. He proceeded to fix him and Josie a plate as well.
"Looks good." Baby said as she rose to her feet to grab the orange juice.
"I bet it is good Mr. Johnny." Josie said as she took her seat at the table.
Mr. Johnny? Those words couldn't help but bring a smile to Johnny's face. "You don't have to call my mister."
"My mommy says that I have to address everyone mister or misses." Josie said as she took a big bit of bacon.
Baby chuckled under her breath as she just watched Josie and Johnny smile at each other. "You can call him Johnny baby."
Baby wondered how she would tell Josie that Johnny was her father. How would she take it? She was so young Baby was sure she wouldn't be upset and from the looks of things she might take to Johnny very well.
"What you girls want to do today?" Johnny asked them both.
"What about the park?" Baby asked Josie.
"Yes, Yes!" Josie said all excited. "I can play in the sandbox."
"Sure, we will go to the park." Johnny said liking that idea.
"I will go get dressed." Josie said hopping down from her chair.
"Not so fast prissy." Baby called after Josie. "You need to finish your breakfast first."
"But, mommy." Josie said to counteract.
"No buts. As soon as you finish you can go get dressed." Baby said as she motioned for Josie to come back.
Josie put on her frowny face and joined her parents back at the table.
"You like playing in the sandbox?" Johnny asked Josie
"That is my favorite thing to do." Josie said as she hurried to gobble down her breakfast.
Josie would just look over and smile at Johnny. It was obvious she was just smitten with him. It's almost as if she knew who that man sitting beside her was.
"I think it is safe to say that we have an exciting day planned huh?" Johnny asked them both at the table.
"Can we eat at Paul's Playground?" Jose asked her mother.
Paul's Playground was a well known attraction to the kids in New York. It had an indoor playground and served excellent hamburgers. "Sure we can." Baby told her little girl.
Josie looked down at her plate. "Mommy can I please go get dressed now?"
"Ok honey. Don't forget to brush." Baby called after Josie as Josie rounded the corner and disappeared.
Johnny couldn't help but laugh at Josie's child like innocence. "She is precious."
"That she is now." Baby said sipping on her orange juice. "Thank you for coming back with me."
"I am so glad I came." Johnny said smiling at Baby. "Josie and I have so much to catch upon."
Baby tried not to let that comment bother her. She had to concentrate on the present now and Johnny and Josie getting to know one another. "When do you want to tell her who you are?"
"I have no idea. What do you think?" Johnny asked eyeing Baby as he awaited her answer.
"She will be so confused." Baby told Johnny. "We will know when the time is right."
"We better be getting ready ourselves." Johnny said as he took his plate to the kitchen sink.
"She will be rushing us soon." Baby said laughing as she walked up beside Johnny and placed her plate in the sink. "We won't be moving fast enough for her."
"It will take you longer to get ready so I will clean up the kitchen if you like so you can go ahead and get dressed." Johnny offered as he turned the faucet on.
"You're a guest in my home." Baby told him thinking his offer was sweet.
"I know but, Josie will be beating your bedroom door down if you don't hurry." Johnny said stating the facts.
"You are right." Baby said smiling as she turned her head up to look at Johnny. "You win."
Johnny turned his head to meet Baby's as he saw the happiness that had swept across Baby's face. That made her look so beautiful to him in the early morning glow.
Baby and Johnny just looked at each other till one of them had to break the stare. Baby quickly got composure of herself and finally broke the trance they bother were in. "I won't be long."
Johnny watched Baby head to her bedroom as his heart started to flutter like it did all those years ago.
