Goldie discovered keeping the baby hidden from the others was hard. He had to stay in the back room, shushing her whenever she cried and tried to feed her with whatever they had in the kitchen. But the small infant fussed as she wiggled in his arms. It made Goldie panic. "No no no….Shhh…please be quiet. They'll be mad if they found out." he whispered to the baby, bouncing and rocking her gently. Sitting down slowly on the floor of the kitchen, Goldie sighed. If the others found out there was a human here after hours, there would be no telling what would happen but it wouldn't be good at all.
He glanced around the room, hoping to find her something to eat and calm her down. Spotting the pantry, Goldie went and found some applesauce he had found. "Thank goodness." he said to himself. He sat back down and began to gently feed the little girl some of the sauce. Thankfully the infant quieted down. She ate it, getting the sauce all over her face somehow. It made Goldie chuckle softly in amusement. "You're a messy girl." he said with a smile and gently wiped her face. She fussed, obviously not liking the sensation. He frowned as he managed to clean her and the tiny baby soon quieted down. Goldie looked towards the door, worried that Chica might come in and discover the baby. He bit his lip and sighed as he shakily stood up.
It then dawned on the golden bear that this small bundle of…life needed a name. He looked down at her and she stuffed one of her hands into her mouth, quietly fascinated by her own hand. "What should I call you?" he murmured softly. "If….If I'm going to be taking care of you, you need a name." Goldie fell silent in thought until one name popped into his head. "Why don't I call you-"
"Goldie? What are you doing?" Chica's voice asked, abruptly interrupting from the doorway of the kitchen. He jumped in surprise and gasped, shielding the baby from the chicken's view as Chica had a hand on her hip frowning. "N-Nothing!" Goldie said. Chica frowned and eyed him as she came over to him. "I heard you talking to someone."
"I was talking to myself." Goldie said nervously but the yellow chicken wasn't buying it. "What do you have there?" she asked, attempting to peer around him to see but he blocked her view. "Nothing!" "Sure looks like-" Chica froze when she saw the small bundle in Goldie's arms move. She stared at it with her magenta eyes in surprise and Goldie bit his lip worriedly. "A baby?" A tense silence filled the room between the two animatronics. "Freddy's not going to be happy with this." she pointed out, shaking her head. Oh no no no… Panic bubbled up inside him.
"Please no! Don't tell him. She was left here. I don't want to hurt her…please don't tell him…I know h-he doesn't want me n-near the children a-after what h-h-happened but….sh-she…she reminds me of o-of Spring…please…I can't leave her outside alone..." Goldie whispered quietly to Chica. Chica stared at him, stopping in her path from leaving. Her eyes examined his face and noticed the truth behind his words. Her hardened expression softened slightly and she sighed. "Fine. I won't but I can't promise he's not going to find out about her."
Goldie let out a sigh of pure relief. "Thank you, Chica." he said softly and the baby started to fuss quietly, waving her arms around a bit. Chica looked at her. "Does she have a name?" she asked Goldie, looking back at him. "No. No note, or name. Just the blanket." he shook his head, rocking the infant to calm her down a little. "Shhh shh its ok…"
"So what are you going to call her? You can't keep calling her 'baby' or 'girl', you know." Chica said a-matter-of-factly
as she started to bustle around the kitchen so the others didn't hear the baby. Goldie huffed. "I know that. I was thinking….maybe…Hailey." He looked down at the small baby, who was still fussing but at his rocking motion, calmed down. She barely made a sound as she chewed on her blanket but she seemed to like the name. Hailey. Yeah, he liked that. It suited her. "I'll name you Hailey." he said softly with a small smile at the baby. His chest became light as he looked at her and Chica glanced over at him, noticing Goldie smile faintly for the first time in years.