8 hours earlier …

"Liz … can you help me please" John remarked frustraitedly at his fiancée as she continued to sit on her ass while he ran around trying to clean the house so it looked presentable when Rainey and Johnny got there.

"Lemme think about that one … no … it ain't my bastard kid" she replied.

"God … you are so fuckin lazy"

"I'm going to the bedroom to finish watching my movie" she announced.

"Try not to overdose while you are in there" he said.

"I wouldn't give you the satisfaction"

"Too bad" he muttered.

Later that day with Rainey and Johnny …

"Well Johnny this is where your daddy lives" John told the baby as they entered his home. "I hope you get to spend a little more time here in the future."

"Meh … I like my house better"

"Here Johnny look at the fishies" John picked the baby up from his carrier.

"What the hell are fishies … OH MY GOD … I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THOSE ARE BUT I LOVE THEM"

Johnny stared in wonderment at the fish swimming around in the tank. He began to squeal and kick his legs in excitement. John looked on in amusement, he wasn't used to seeing Johnny this excited so the fact that he was made the first time father very happy.

"So this is your house" Rainey said just to start a conversation. "The one you share with your fiancée".

"Don't worry about Liz, she promised to be on her best behavior"

"Ok … I wasn't worried till now … besides its her home too and you are her fiancée so if she wants to bad mouth me and kick me out she can"

"I paid for the house so it is my house so nobody will be kicking you out" he assured her.

"John … maybe this was a bad idea … this is an awkward situation as it is but to have the woman you cheated on her with sleeping in the same house … that would be too much to handle for me if I were her."

"You are my guest and you and my son are not going anywhere" he stated.

"If you insist" she relented. It's not like she really had anywhere to go anyways. Besides this was a good time for her son to bond with his father.

"You wanna see your room big guy?" John asked his son. Rainey gave him a funny look but followed him none the less. They left the foyer and took a left turn down a brightly lit hallway. They got about three doors down before John stopped and opened the door. Rainey blinked a few times, he had recreated Johnny's nursery from her home.

"I wanted him to feel comfortable here so I took some pictures of his room at your house and did my best to make sure everything looked similar so he didn't get all stressed out".

"Hey … this is my room from home … how'd it get here … maybe it came on that big flying thing with us"

"You are great with him you know that right" John shifted the baby in his arms so that he could get a better look at his face.

"Of course I am … he's my son".

"John … I … oh" a woman came out of the room that was next to Johnny's. She eyed the baby in John's arms and then the woman who was standing next to him. "I didn't realize that our company had arrived".

"They just arrived hun"

"So this must be your bas…" he shot her a look that stopped her from saying anything further. "I mean Johnny".

"Yep this is him and he's the spitting image of his dad huh little man" he kissed the baby on the cheek which cause the infant to laugh. Liz rolled her eyes which John didn't seem to notice but Rainey hadn't missed it.

"You must be Liz it's nice to finally meet you" the young mother extended her hand. Liz looked at her but made no motions of wanting to have any friendly feelings towards the mother of her fiancée's son. "Alrighty then" she placed her hand in her pocket. "John how about you show me and Johnny your cars".

"Ok" John said sensing the building tension. He led Rainey outside and over to his garage.

"Liz seems nice" Rainey remarked sarcastically. "Your bastard … was that what she was going to say. She can hate me all she wants but Johnny is an innocent baby".

"I know Rains I know just give her a little time to warm up to him" he really needed someone on his side right now and it didn't seem like either woman wanted to do that for him. Rainey crossed her arms over her chest and gave him a look. "I will try for you but she even looks at him wrong I'm gonna beat her ass down".

"Fair enough I guess" at least she was willing to help him out just a little. Plus he liked that she was protective of his son. It made him feel good that he didn't have to worry about whether Johnny would be safe or not when he wasn't around. Rainey had the whole being someone's mother thing down.

"Hey there munchkin you havin fun with your dad?" she asked the baby before blowing a raspberry on his chubby little cheek.

"When can we go home I want to watch my movie"

"Is it just me or does he look like he is brooding?" John asked.

"He might be a little over stimulated there is a lot of new things to take in" Riley suggested.

"Again with the intelligence thing … I'm starting to think I am smarter than you are mommy. No I am not over stimulated I'm bored".

"Yea you are probably right". Although he looked calm and cool on the outside he was internally scared shitless of how these next two weeks were going to turn out.