The next morning, Cody and Squib were awakened by the cries of the infant that lay between them. Cody was the first to wake.
"Squib, get the baby." she grumbled.
"You get it."
"I had her last night."
"Well I had her…you get it."
"Squib, just tend to her."
"Cody!"
"Squib!" she too was up by now. "Why are you shouting? Can't a person sleep peacefully on a Saturday morning . . . Saturday morning! Oh no!"
"What?"
"Today's the day that . . . damn it!"
"Explain, Cody."
"I can't deal with you right now." the baby was now crying even louder because of the lack of attention it was receiving. Cody picked up Skye and left the room.
Meanwhile Squib sat up and went to join Cody in the kitchen, where she had taken the baby.
"What's wrong with her?" he asked.
"She's hungry."
"Then feed her."
"It's not that easy! We haven't got a bottle or any bottle formula."
"Oh."
Cody could do nothing but sigh. "Grab a jacket and go start the car," was all she said before going back into their room.
"Wait, what? We can't go anywhere right now. We haven't even had breakfast!"
"How can you be so selfish? We'll eat breakfast outside. Right now we have to get some things for the baby."
Nodding, and mumbling something about not being selfish, Squib obediently grabbed a jacket and left the apartment.
10 minutes later, Cody also came downstairs and they were on their way.
Their whole morning passed with shopping causing a huge decrease in Squib's bank balance. Clothes, food, bottle formula, toys, a crib; the whole baby package had to be bought so that Skye's needs would be fulfilled. It was almost noon by the time they got back to their apartment.
Arriving home, Squib went straight to the answering machine, by habit. It was flashing a bright red 1. He pressed play.
"Hey Squib-" it was Cameron's voice. "There's been a little change of plans. Adena arrived back early from her parent's place and since Tanis is already here, we're heading out now. We should be there in an about two hours. See ya."
Squib stood staring at the machine in shock. If the time that the message was recorded was correct, then that meant that they only had one hour until the arrival of their friends.
"Cody! There's been a change of plans! Our monthly dinner is going to be in an hour instead of at night!"
Cody came into the room holding a gurgling Skye in one hand and another to her ear. "Why are you shouting? I can hear fine, thank you, but it seems like you want to change that by making me deaf." She handed Skye to him. "As for the change of plans, we can deal with it. Just hide everything we bought in our room and close it. We'll set it up tomorrow."
"And Skye?"
"Umm . . . a babysitter?"
"That's only if we can get anyone."
The next hour passed with them moving and going around the building to see if anyone was able to baby-sit. Unfortunately, everyone was busy on this particular Saturday so they got stuck with the baby.
"She's sleeping. Let's just leave her in the room," Cody suggested. "Hopefully, she'll sleep her way through lunch. We can check up on her every little while."
Before Squib could reply, the doorbell rang.
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