Melody was sitting on her bed cradling Caleb waiting for Jeff to come over with Blaine and Nick. She wanted to tell the two boys with Jeff because Blaine and Nick were two of her best friends, and she trusted them. She jumped when she heard the door making Caleb cry.
"Crap. Shhhh, honey, shhhhh," Melody murmured soothing her son enough to put him in the crib and shout, "COME IN!"
"Melody!" Jeff called making her wince when Caleb started crying again.
"Uhm... Come up here..." Melody shouted back picking Caleb up.
"Are you sure you're ready?" Jeff asked peeking his head in the door.
Melody nodded, "Yeah. Bring them in."
Jeff walked in followed by Nick and Blaine. Blaine stared at her and said, "Your little brother is really cute!" Nick nodded in agreement making Melody shake her head.
"He's not my brother..."
"Cousin?" Blaine asked making Jeff offer to take Caleb from Melody.
"Well, no. He's my son," Melody replied making the two boys jaws drop open.
"You have a son?" Nick asked staring at Melody as her eyes started to tear up.
Melody nodded and started crying making Nick and Blaine embrace her. She looked over Blaine's shoulder to see Jeff rocking Caleb back and forth making her smile.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Blaine asked.
"I was afraid you'd hate me," Melody replied as the two boys let her go.
"It's not my place to judge you, Mel," Nick told her smiling.
"Nor is it mine. So, who's the father?" Blaine asked.
"Why don't we sit?" Melody asked leading them downstairs and they sat on the couch.
"I can take him, Jeff." Jeff handed Melody her son and she went into kitchen to fix him a bottle.
She pulled all the stuff out for formula and started fixing it. Jeff got up and offered to take Caleb since Melody was having problems holding him and getting a bottle out.
"I can do it, Jeff. You won't always be here," Melody replied as Nick and Blaine entered the kitchen.
"One of us will be," Blaine replied.
"What?" Melody asked sighing when she couldn't get the bag in the bottle.
"One of us will be around to help whenever you need it, Mel," Nick told her as he took the bottle and fiddled with the bag.
Melody giggled, "Thank you but... Nick, you're doing it all wrong!"
Nick laughed as Jeff took Caleb and Melody took the bottle, and she fixed it. She filled the bottle and took Caleb back as they sat back on the couch. Jeff put an arm around Melody watching her feed her son and Blaine and Nick smiled.
"Can I hold him? Blaine asked softly as Melody finished feeding him.
"Of course but I don't think you want spit up all over your sweater vest," Melody teased reaching for the burp cloth that was on the back of the couch and laid it on her shoulder as she burped Caleb.
She finished and handed Caleb to Blaine. Blaine held him tightly against his torso and Melody grinned.
"He's precious," Blaine murmured making Melody nod.
"He is, isn't he?" Melody replied as Jeff pulled her closer to him.
Nick smiled and began to sing,
"Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that"
Melody smiled and joined him,
"Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up"
Jeff joined next,
"You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At 14 there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school"
Blaine was the last to join,
"Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to, just try to never grow up"
Jeff sung the next verse,
"Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone"
Melody took the next,
"So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder that I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on"
They all took the next two lines,
"Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up"
Blaine sung the last verse cradling the little boy close to his chest,
"Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
I could still be little
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to, please try to never grow up
Oh, don't you ever grow up
Oh, never grow up, just never grow up"
"Can I hold him, Blaine?" Nick asked as Blaine handed Caleb to him.
Melody smiled and rested her head on Jeff's chest, and he rubbed her waist softly. Nick offered Caleb back, sleeping, and she took him as Blaine looked at her, "What's his name?"
"Caleb Michael Cramer," Melody replied starting upstairs to set her sleeping baby in his crib.
She put him in it and turned on the monitor before coming back down and sitting by Jeff again.
"Melody?" Nick looked at her smiling.
"Yeah?" Melody asked looking back at him.
"If you ever need anything, just call," Nick told her.
"Seriously, Melody. If you ever get overwhelmed we're here to help," Blaine joined in.
"You guys are so sweet," Melody replied standing up to hug both of them.
"Alright, honey, I'm leaving now! You sure you'll be okay?" Melody's mom asked as Melody fed Caleb.
"Yeah, Mom. Go visit your parents for the week, I'm fine. If I need help Jeff said he could come over, and if he can't I've got Nick and Blaine," Melody smiled as her mom hugged her.
"Okay... Call me everyday!" Melody's mom closed the door behind her leaving Melody alone with Caleb for the first time.
She sighed and turned up the radio. It was almost six so she figured she should make herself some dinner so she set Caleb down in his bouncy seat, and went into the kitchen. She couldn't decide what to eat so she just heated up the left over pizza from yesterday. She took the plate into the living room and ate her food while watching Caleb play. She spent the rest of the night playing with Caleb and watching TV until Caleb fell asleep and she took him upstairs. She decided at eleven that she should go to bed so she went up into her room and drifted off to sleep.
3 AM
Melody shot awake when she heard Caleb crying and glanced at her clock; 3: 02 AM. Lovely. She went into his room to see him crying and picked him up rocking him back and forth. She tried singing, patting his back, and rocking him in the rocking chair.
"Please go back to sleep," Melody whispered rubbing his back.
Caleb answered with a cry so she decided to check his temperature. When she checked it, he was fine so she couldn't figure what was wrong. She sighed and went downstairs to fix a bottle and tried putting him in his bouncy seat but he screamed louder. She sighed and picked him up while getting all the stuff out to fix him a bottle. She finally got him to settle down and spilled the formula everywhere.
"Crap!" Melody sighed as she slid her back down the cabinets and started to cry.
Caleb started crying again and she decided she needed help. She scrambled for her phone and found it on the other counter and she dialed Jeff's number.
"Hello?" Jeff asked drowsily.
"Jeff..." Melody trailed off tears streaming down her face.
"Yeah?" Jeff asked sounding a bit more awake.
"I can't do this," Melody whispered standing up to wipe the spilled formula up.
"Do you need me to come over?" Jeff asked making Melody bite her lip.
"Will you?" Melody asked softly.
"Of course. I'll be over in ten," Jeff replied hanging up.
She finished wiping up the formula and stood in the kitchen rocking Caleb until she saw Jeff enter wearing shorts and a half buttoned pink plaid shirt. He hugged her and took Caleb from her so she could make him a bottle. She finished the bottle and took him back to feed him. They got Caleb back to sleep and Jeff set up the pack and play in the living room so they could stay in the room with him. Melody laid Caleb in the pack and play and Jeff opened his arms.
"You're a good mom, Mel," Jeff murmured.
"I'm a teenager. I shouldn't be up at four in the morning with my baby," Melody replied making Jeff stroke her hair.
"I know but this is where life has taken you and you should be the best you can at being a mom," Jeff told her.
Jeff and Melody laid down on the couch and fell asleep with Jeff's arms protectively around Melody.
Author's Note: Thanks for reading! This is more of a filler chapter leading up to some big plot twists and what not! :D Read and review, and don't be afraid to critique me!