The days were quiet in Doc Hudson's life. But those days were over three days ago with the arrival of the little Lightning McQueen. The baby would wake him up crying, in the need of going to the bathroom or wanting a good bottle of baby oil. Or like right now, making himself a pretty mess of baby oil and now Doc was attempting to bath him. Code word: attempting.

He simply couldn't get the baby into the water. The personal car wash in the bathroom would have made things easier, but Lightning kind of got afraid of it. So that left one option and that was bathing him manually with cloth and soap. The problem was getting him still.

"Lightning, if you can't get still you won't be clean and if you're not clean you won't be able to play."

But the baby just kept moving. And that was irritating Doc to no end. There was a knock on the door.

"Doc! You alright in there?" It was Sheriff. Doc growled.

"I'm fine! Just a little busy."

"If by busy you mean Lightning, then I suggest you come out, Flo prepared baby oil for him."

"I gave him some baby oil already and he just made a mess of himself, now I'm trying to bath him."

There was silence on the other side of the door. "Do you know how to bath a baby car?"

Doc hesitated. "Yeah, I do…"

"Are you sure?" Sheriff said. There was a hint of amusement in his voice. "Do you need any help?"

"Do YOU know how to bath baby cars?"

"Er- I'll be at Flo's. But if you need help, call someone."

"Thank you, Sheriff, you are a big help." Doc said sarcastically. Just then, Lightning splashed some water with soap directly onto Doc's eyes. He gasped and tried to blink away the soap. By the time he could see, his eyes were red. And Lightning was laughing off his hood, thinking that splashing water into someone's eyes is funny. Doc glared at the baby.

"No, Lightning. You don't throw water into cars' eyes. It's not good."

Lightning did not understood what he was being told, but he knew the hornet was mad at him. Doc took the chance that the baby was still and quickly tried to bath him. But the baby was too fast and splashed water into his eyes again.

He had no choice. "FLO!"

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"That's how you bath a baby car." Flo said as she quickly dried Lightning with a clean towel.

Doc, whose eyes were almost as red as Lightning's paint job, could only stare at the café owner. "How did you do it?"

"You have to make him believe water is fun."

Doc just stared. "That's it?"

"Yeah, pretty much. For babies and children alike, everything has to be fun for them, otherwise they will just oppose at whatever you say, honey."

"Where did you learned to take care of children?"

Flo shrugged. "When I was a teenager ah' used to babysit my cousins."

"I see."

"Well, if you need any help, don't hesitate on calling any of us." She drove away, but not before saying: "You sure can sometimes be stubborn."

Doc turned his head back to Lightning, who was now as shiny as a trophy. The baby giggled. Doc couldn't help but smile. Sure this baby was a pain in the bumper, but he sure was something to be loved.