Ryan opens the door to his house, grocery bags in hand and sees Marissa sitting on the couch watching TV with Jaiden.
"Hey, what took you so long?" Marissa asks, taking her eyes off the TV.
"Traffic, but umm, I got us some take out, cookies, ice cream, and some McDonald's." Ryan says, looking through the bags, "You know, if our little buddy here doesn't like Thai just yet."
Marissa lets out a small laugh and takes Jaiden's hand before following Ryan into the kitchen. "Hey what's that?" she asks, noticing another bag.
"Oh, and I stopped by Toys R Us and bought…." Ryan takes out a plastic baseball bat, a small baseball, and two baseball gloves, "these." He says, handing them over to Jaiden. "You wanna play some baseball, Jay?"
"Yeah!" Jaiden says excitedly, as he looks at the toys Ryan just bought him.
"But wait, I bought this too." Ryan pulls out a small baseball cap and puts it on the little boy's head. "Now you look like a pro."
"Awesome! Can we go play now?" Jaiden asks, tugging on Marissa's hand.
"But, dinner?" Marissa says, trying to hide her smile.
"Aww, come on, please?" Ryan says, picking Jaiden up into his arms.
"Just for a little bit." Jaiden pipes in.
Marissa lets out a defeated sigh and shakes her head, "Fine, I'll bring out the food, so we can eat outside."
"Yes!" The two boys rush to the back yard and leaves Marissa in the kitchen.
When Marissa finished getting the food set up in the back yard, she sits on one of the chairs and watches Ryan trying to teach Jaiden how to bat.
"Okay, so keep your eyes on the ball, and then…wait…" he walks over to Jaiden and adjusts his hands on the bat and then turns the little boy's baseball cap backwards, "now you can hit well and look good…" he says, causing Marissa to let out a laugh. Ryan throws the ball lightly and Jaiden hits it, but the ball lands in the pool.
"Oh man!" Jaiden says, with a small smile on his face.
"Aww, well we'll get it later, but for now, I'm starved. Let's eat." Ryan says, ruffling the little boy's hair. "Good hit though, kid."
Jaiden follows Ryan and sits with Marissa who was getting Jaiden's McDonald's ready. Ryan smiles and watches as Jaiden plays with the toy from his happy meal and Marissa reaching over and takes off Jaiden's baseball cap, hearing a small, "No hats on the table."
He lets out a small, satisfied sigh, and takes a drink from his glass of water. Now this is my life. He thinks to himself with a smile.
You guys like? Kinda cute chapter right? well..i've got a lot to come up with from here on in..so..if you guys have ANY suggestions..let me know. now i'm off to work..good day