WE'RE A THIRD OF THE WAY DONE. WOW. This went by a lot faster than I thought it would (I say as I skipped two, three days- though one was by accident- days)!

And I'm pretty sure I'm past that awful stage where I have to rewrite all of my chapters, until the final ones where I feel I can go a better direction with it (but I can enjoy the time with my chapters until then!)

Day Twenty: Shopping together

I swear to God, why do we have to do this?"

"Because it would be considered rude to not show up to something your best friend invited you to." Saguru examined one of the items on the rack.

"Even though I'm going to hate everything about it?" Taylor asked.

"Taylor, dear, most people hate going to events that they don't want to go to." Saguru half-smiled at her and she pouted. "You are no exception."

"Ugh, fine. But you're the one who's gonna hear me complain afterwards." She scowled.

"It's only a baby shower, I'm sure it won't be that bad." He said, tilting his head as he eyed an item. "Did she say whether it was a girl or a boy?"

"Boy," Taylor responded, glaring at the material he was sorting through. "And of course it's going to be bad- it's a baby shower. Do you know what the main subject will be?"

"Babies?" Saguru answered, not fully listening to her complaints. He knew better to not listen at all (though he didn't know if he could not listen to something if he tried).

"Babies!" Taylor exclaimed, throwing her hands down to her sides before she started pacing between three steps and back again, using her arms for emphasis. "It would only make sense if that was the center talk! But it will be the center talk for four hours, since she likes to keep her guests for that long at minimum. And if that's not bad enough, do you know what else we get to do?"

"What else do you get to do?" He asked, pulling out another item. "Do you think it would be rude to get something that has 'God-mother's favorite child' on it?"

She opened her mouth before closing it again, glaring at him. "Don't you dare."

He gave her a sly smile and didn't pull the outfit down. "What else do you get to do?"

She paused, as if she forgot what she was talking about for a moment. But then the anger flared up as she remembered. "As if talking about babies isn't enough, we're going to play games and eat baby themed food! Food! Why does food need to be brought into this?"

"Oh the horror," He drawled. "I'm grabbing some diapers- we can't go wrong with diapers, right?"

"I don't know, can we?"

"Taylor, I know that I give off the impression that I know what I'm doing, but in actuality I have no idea." He admitted, something that he would have never done with anyone else. He was an only child, after all. He had no knowledge in what was needed to take care of a baby. And Taylor was the youngest child in her whole family (not to mention the fact that she hated babies) so she wouldn't know what to do either.

She groaned and ran a hand through her hair. "Why did she have to have children? She's only twenty-four. She doesn't need to have children at twenty-four."

"I hate to break it to you, but there are plenty of people who have babies at twenty-four." Saguru gave her an accusing look. "Are you going to help me pick stuff out?" Taylor glanced at him before taking a random outfit off the rack and tossing it towards the cart. He caught it in midair and looked at it, raising an eyebrow at her. "'Grandma's favorite baby'? Really?"

"What?" She looked shocked as she grabbed the article and looked at it. Then she cleared her throat. "Uh, yes. I figured that if I get one for her now, then her mother wouldn't have to get one for her later."

"How considerate of you."

"Thank you, I try." She gave him a mocking smile as he sniggered. She sighed. "My mom loves babies; I really wish she was here right now."

"We have the technology to contact her." Saguru stated. Her eyes brightened.

"That's right!" She pulled out her phone and already hit speed dial when he tried to interrupt her. "Saguru, did I ever tell you that you're a genius?"

"Yes, you have- and thank you. But don't forget about-" She shushed him and he frowned. "Taylor-"

"Sssshhhh!" She shushed again, waving him off as she frowned. He could hear her mother's voicemail. "She didn't pick up." She hit speed dial again, tapping her finger on her case.

"Taylor-"

"What?" She asked, finally turning to him. He made eye contact with her as he said two words.

"Time zones." Her eyes widened and she groaned, hitting her forehead with the palm of her hand. "Ohio is twelve hours behind, yes? So that would make it," he checked his clock. "Two thirty-seven in the morning."

"Shit," she sighed. "Well, now I'm happy she didn't pick up. She probably would have yelled at me even if it was to ask about babies."

"Well, you can always call back later." Saguru recommended.

"What? Leave the store without buying anything? Abandoning our quest to find a gift for a baby shower?" Taylor had mock shock on her face. "Is that really you, Saguru?"

"Ha, ha. Very funny." He said. "And we aren't abandoning what we're doing, just coming back later once we have more information."

She grinned. "More information is always better."

"Of course it is," he agreed, extending his arm out to her. "I have a recommendation for us to do while we wait, if you want to hear it."

"Let's hear it," She nodded, linking her arm with his.

"There's a bookstore that I saw on the way here," he explained. "We can go and spend time there until we get hungry, then we can go have a late lunch, early dinner at a nice restaurant."

He watched her smile grow and she placed her other hand on his arm. "I would love to."

Fun fact: I don't like babies. I mean, I know that people always say, "oh, but babies are tiny angles!" Not all the time. And, being an aunt, I'm more likely to get them when they're angles and not tiny demons (though that'll still happen). With that being said, I learned that diapers are always a good thing to get for a baby shower. The more you know.