Danny was too tired to do anything that morning, so instead of getting up to get the milk out of the refrigerator, he picked up Emma's bottle that was sitting on the counter and poured some of the milk from there into his coffee. Tucker, who was standing nearby looked at him in disgust.
"That's disgusting." he said. Danny looked at him.
"You want some?" he asked. Tucker nodded.
"Give me the bottle." Just as he poured some of it into his cup, Brooke walked into the apartment with a bag.
"Hey!" she greeted lightheartedly. "Where's Ben? I got him something that'll help him with Emma." Danny and Tucker looked at her.
"What'd you get him?" Danny asked. Brooke reached into the bag and pulled out another bag that was brown with pink stripes and green along the seams. the straps were decorated with cartoon bees and butterflies. The two men looked at her, confused.
"Why did you put a bag inside of a bag?" Tucker asked. Brooke groaned.
"It's a diaper bag, duh!" she said. "I bought it so that Ben wouldn't have to carry all of Emma's bottles and diapers in a shopping bag like he's been doing. Milk keeps getting all over the diapers." That's when Ben walked in with Emma. He smiled when he saw Brooke. He knew how to take care of Emma by himself now, but he always appreciated it when she came over to help. Ben worked late nights at a bar, Danny played hockey, Tucker had a girlfriend, Riley was working to become a lawyer, and Ben didn't really enjoy it when his mother came over.
"Hey Brooke!" he said, setting Emma down on the floor. "What's that?" he asked, pointing at the diaper bag. she smiled and handed it to him.
"It's a diaper bag! It has separate pockets on it so that you don't have to put the bottles with the diapers. You know how much milk gets on the diaper? It looks like instead of putting the diaper on Emma, we put the diaper on the bottle." Ben laughed. Then he turned around and faced his roommates.
"Hey guys, I need you to watch Emma tonight. I'm planning on working late tonight." Danny stood up.
"Can't dude, I've got practice tonight." Danny said.
"Yeah, me either. I've got a date with Vanessa." Tucker added. Ben turned to Brooke. she sighed.
"I'll watch Emma tonight, but you know your mom is going to say that you're irresponsible and she's going to make you give her up for adoption." She said. Ben scoffed.
"Don't worry about it. My mom does not have to know that you are watching Emma. " Then he looked at Emma, and saw that she was gone. "Where's Emma!?" He cried. The four of them ran around the apartment until Brooke yelled from the living room
"She's under the coffee table!" The three boys ran in.
"Okay, Tucker, Danny, lift the coffee table!" Ben ordered. The two men hurriedly lifted up the coffee table while Ben and Brooke pulled Emma out together. At that moment, they heard a voice that they were dreading.
"Child Services!" Bonnie walked in and saw the scene. It looked pretty bad. "Yeah, the four of you should get used to hearing that." She said, sashaying in and laying all of her stuff on the counter. "Alright, so I am all set to say I told you so because you need my help taking care of this child," the four of them scoffed.
"Relax Mom, we've got this." Ben assured her. "we were just about to make a plan." Then the four of them, five if you counted Emma, and whispered amongst themselves. Then they separated.
"I get her for the rest of the morning." Brooke said, taking Emma from Ben.
"I get her from noon to 3:30." Danny said.
"I get her from 3:30 to five." Tucker added.
"And I get her this evening." Ben finished. Bonnie gave them a look.
"I can't wait to say I told you so." She said.
