Babysitting

Melanie was 5 months pregnant now and had a definite bump now, Lirlyn and Clinton had asked Melanie to baby sit Oscar their 9 month old son and Emily their 5 year old daughter.

Jake got home and saw Melanie in the kitchen with Oscar balanced on her hip as she gave Emily a plate with Chile and bread on it. Jake couldn't help but smile this was exactly what he wanted, his beautiful wife who he loved more than anything in the world feeding their children and looking perfectly natural while doing it. Even though Emily and Oscar weren't their children, he knew that they would have children just like them one day.

Just then Melanie noticed Jake watching her,

"Hey you're home thank god, Clinton dropped these two off at 3 and we've got them till 8, so you better get your beautiful little butt over here and help me. " said Melanie

"Uncle Jake" shouted Emily running over to hug Jake

"Hey there" said Jake hugging Emily back, "I hope you've been a good girl for your Aunt Mel"

"Yeah she has they've both been absolute angels"

"We felt your baby kicking Auntie Mel, but she explained that it wasn't the baby hurting her it was their way of talking to us"

"What" said Jake "the baby kicked"

"yeah" said Melanie happily "it kicked for the first time about 2 hours ago"

"Wow" said Jake "I can't believe I missed that"

"It's okay I'm sure there will be lots of other of times when you can feel it" said Melanie knowing that Jake was disappointed

"There sure will be, I hired a manager to look after the warehouse, so I can be here for you and the baby" said Jake, he always called it a warehouse because it had been a warehouse when he had bought it but now he had transformed it into a successful glass business, they made and sold glass, they also had a cafe there.

"Really, so you'll be here all the time" said Melanie

"Pretty much" replied Jake

"Uh honey I love you but we'll kill each other if we have to spent every moment together"

"I know I'll still have to go to work, but hopefully not every day and only for a few hours when I do have to go in"

About an hour later Melanie was relaxing on the porch, she had put Oscar in his pram to sleep and Clinton and Lirlyn were due back in an hour. She was watching Jake play with Emily, he was so good with children, right now they were playing basketball and Jake was lifting Emily above his head so she could dunk the ball in. Melanie started to think about their baby and what it would look like, she hoped they had Jake's gorgeous eyes and his sandy blonde hair, in fact she wanted them to be just like him except maybe not as stubborn.

An hour later Lirlyn and Clinton came to pick the children up and when they left Jake sat down next to Mel and asked

"Why didn't you call me when the baby kicked?"

"I couldn't right away I had to explain it to Emily then Oscar needed changing and feeding and by the time I could call you I knew you would be on your way home. I'm sorry"

"It's okay I should have known you were busy. I'm sorry for asking"

"I was thinking about the baby today. I was wondering what sort of mother I would be and what it will look like."

"You're gonna be a terrific mother I saw you with Emily and Oscar you're a natural. I hope the baby looks just like you and has your brains, but it has to have my sporting talent because you throw like a girl"

"I am a girl"

"Doesn't mean you have to throw like one"

Jake and Melanie sat up all night talking about the baby.