(6 months later)

"Sydney, honey, please stop crying." I nearly begged as I rocked my crying daughter in my arms.

She'd been crying for nearly an hour now and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I'd tried feeding her, changing her diaper, singing to her, playing games with her, but it was all useless.

"I know, you miss Daddy. I do too. But he'll be back tomorrow. He just went with Uncle Jack for the weekend." I cooed.

She wailed again.

"Ugh." I groaned and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Please, honey. Mommy needs some sleep and so do you." I begged again.

I held her to my chest and kissed the top of her head. She started to calm down. "That's it, honey. See, it's okay."

After a few minutes I got her to finally calm down and she started to fall asleep.

I walked back into the nursery and put her in her crib.

When I walked back into my bedroom, my cell phone started ringing and I snatched it off of the bedside table. It was Alex.

"Hello?" I answered immediately.

"Hi, Annabeth." He said.

"I finally got Sydney to calm down. I just put her to bed." I yawned.

"I'm sorry I'm not there to help you. I never should have left." He apologized.

"No. No. It's okay. Really. You needed a break." I said.

He sighed. "You need a break, too. You're 18. You should be out having fun, not staying at home taking care of the baby."

I bit my lip but I didn't know what to say.

"You still there?" He asked after a minute.

"Yeah, barely." I yawned again.

"Go to sleep, Annie. I'll be home around noon." He said.

"Okay." I whispered.

"Goodnight, honey." He said.

"G'night." I muttered and hung up the phone, finally collapsing into bed.

Sadly, Sydney woke me up before I'd even gotten 2 hours of sleep.

I stared at the ceiling before getting up and muttered, "Fuck my god damn life."

~!Author'sNote!~ I know, I know. Another short one. I'm sorry guys. I'll make it up to you, I promise. Oh, and I put up the first chapter of my Paradise Fears story. I would really really apprectiate it if you would read it and tell me what you think. Reviews=Alex Gaskarth naked in your bed. xoxo, Aly.