A/N: I was suffering from writer's block really badly but then I ended up listening to the song Just the Two of us by Will Smith so all thanks can go to Will for this chapter.
Boston and I managed to get a full night sleep. He was the first one to wake up the next morning. He started to cry which woke me up right away, I thought he had fallen off the bed or something like that. I shot right up.
"Buddy are you ok?" I asked him.
It turns out he just wanted to get out of bed and was getting frustrated because he couldn't. I put him on the floor and he ran into the other room.
"Another day begins" I said to myself.
Boston was running around the living room like a man possessed. All you could hear was the clatter of his bare feet as the hit the hardwood floor. I grabbed him as he was running by.
"Hold up Speedy let's eat some breakfast before you wear out the floor" I told him.
He tried hard to slip out of my arms but I was too strong for him. Boston being his mother's son didn't take this lightly, he pouted and sulked.
"We need to eat" I said to him.
It was then I realized I had no idea what to feed him. That is when it hit me call my mom. She raised 5 boys she's bound to know what to feed him. I grabbed my cell out of my coat pocket and the minute I did Boston wanted to play with it. I dialed my mom's number.
"Yes John" she said
"How'd you know it was me?" I asked.
"Caller ID" she replied.
"Oh" was all I could say.
"So what do you need?" she asked.
"I have Boston and I have no idea what to feed him" I said.
"He loves eggs so get him some eggs also he needs a bottle filled with the baby cereal and some fruit, he loves pineapple and pears" she said.
"I'm glad one of us knows what he likes" I said glumly.
"Give it some time Johnny you need to get to know him" she said.
"I just realized I have no stuff for him at my house" I said.
"Well go shopping when you get home" she told me.
"Ok now how do I make his bottle?" I asked.
She explained how to make the bottle. She also advised me to make a couple of them because I would need them throughout the day. It was one of the rare days where I had nothing to do so I decided to go to the local mall and pick Boston up a few things. Of course I was going to enlist the help of a few of my female co-workers because I had no idea what to buy.
I invited Stacy, Ashley, and Trish to come with me. Trish seemed pleased that I was taking the first steps of preparing to make the radical change in my life.
"You know what this means John no more all night partying or getting drunk with your buddies" Trish said.
"I know" I replied.
We were walking around in Baby Gap.
"Trish no offense but I can't see myself wearing half of this stuff and if I won't wear it he shouldn't have to either"
"Well what is he going to wear jerseys and jeans shorts?" she asked.
"Yeah what's wrong with that" I said.
She just shook her head and sighed.
"Ashley would be turning over in her grave if she knew that you were turning her son into a mini you" Trish said.
"Are you forgetting that she dated me so she must have liked me the way I am" I pointed out.
"John it's fine for you but he is a little boy" she insisted.
"Fine" I just didn't want to fight with her anymore "but we can get him a few sports out fits and some Reeboks.
"Whatever you say" she replied.
Having a child is expensive I honestly couldn't believe it. There is so much stuff that we bought Boston that I never had as a kid. But I want him to have everything he needs, I owe Ashley at least that much.
"Hey Trish why doesn't Boston talk to me?" I asked.
"Give him some time just because he is little doesn't mean he's just going to open up to you" she said "he needs to make sure he can trust you"
"I guess I kinda deserve that I mean I haven't always been there for him or at all" I said. "I remember the first time I ever held him, he was so tiny my heart melted right then and there"
"I didn't realize you had ever seen Boston before a few days ago" she said.
"I went to the hospital right after he was born" I said "I'm not sure why I went but I just felt like I had to but then I looked at him and knew that I could never take care of him like we needed to be taken care of"
"You are doing it now"
"I still don't feel like I can do it" I admitted. "you aren't alone John people want to help you with him"
"Thanks I appreciate that I really do" I said.
"Just don't think we are going to do everything for you" she said "because we're here to help not take over"
"I get it I really do" I said.
"Well you son needs to go to sleep" Trish said "so leave and put him to bed"
Trish seemed like she really cared what happened to me and Boston unlike a certain aunt who had even called to see if her nephew was ok. I would soon come to regret those thoughts when I found out where Adrian really was but that is later on.
"What do you say Boo time for bed?" I asked.
He didn't fight which must have meant that he was really tired. I still hated singing that song but it really did work he was out like a light in no time. I laughed thinking about earlier it took me an hour to get the car seat correctly installed in my car. I looked at him closely.
"Poor kid you inherited my ears" I said.
That night I asked God to help me be a good dad for my son and for him to know that I would always be there for him for the rest of his life. Hopefully I wouldn't totally mess the kid up. But only time would tell.
