On Kendall's and Logan's anniversary, it's all James can do to shove them out of their own apartment telling them they hadn't spent time alone since Maddy was born five years ago. He swears he can handle anything the little girl can dish out, and he's great with kids. Logan assures him that handling kids is a lot harder than one would think, and Maddy can be as rambunctious as Carlos sometimes. James assures him that if he can handle Carlos on a daily basis, he can handle a girl with the same hyper active attitude and less than half the size.
"Maddy, promise me you'll be good for Uncle James," Logan pleads looking down into the sweet chocolate eyes of the girl that mirrored his own. She smiled up at him, nodding sweetly. She looked the picture of innocence. Too bad Logan knew that spark of mischief behind her eyes because he had been seeing that same look from Logan since they had met in pre-K. Yet before he could try and convince her to behave further, he felt James hands on his shoulders and pushing him and Kendall towards the door.
"Maddy and I will be just fine, you two go out, have fun, be romantic and mushy, and I'll hold down the fort here until you get back. Bye!" And with that James closed the door behind them and Logan was left to look at the mahogany door, wanting so badly to open it again just to see how much trouble his daughter had already gotten into. Yet as he reached for the door, Kendall threaded his fingers through Logan's, smiling.
"I think James can handle her. Like he said, he does deal with Carlos everyday." Logan really didn't look all that comforted, as he took slow, small steps towards the elevator, trying to listen carefully as if he could hear if something was going awry. "Think of this as a test run Logie," Kendall said once inside the elevator, placing a chaste kiss to the boy's cheek. "If things don't go well, this will be the last time we go without her. If it does go well," Kendall's hand slide from where it had been around Logan's shoulders, to give a playful grab at Logan's backside. "We can utilize James' babysitting service more often."
It wasn't that Logan didn't want to be alone with Kendall, nor was it that he didn't trust James. It was just that when it came to Maddy, his brain worked on over drive in all the worst ways. Ever since Maddy was born he could do nothing but think of all the worst things that could happen. If it weren't for Kendall he could imagine that Maddy would have been wrapped in bubble wrap inside a plastic bubble in order for her to never get a scratch on her. Kendall had assured him that she needed to get a scrape here, or a bump on the noggin here, because if not she'd grow up a wimp. Kendall knew that some things were just a learning experience.
Honestly, Kendall had been right, and even Logan was glad Kendall would keep his babying in check. Like last week when Maddy had been at the park playing with some of the other kids and fell off the top of the jungle gym. She merely stood up, brushed herself off, and went back to playing as if nothing had happened. Logan had already been halfway across the playground before she stood up. Kendall merely smirked at him as he began walking back to the bench he was previously sitting at. Their anniversary date had gone wonderfully, the restaurant they had gone to was romantic, the park they had walked through was serene, and yet, Logan and Kendall couldn't wait to get home to their little girl. Their usual little threesome, or five some as it usual was when Carlos and James were around, was feeling a little lonely without her. So the two began heading back to their home, both thinking that though this was nice, their favorite anniversary gift, and any other gift, would always be her.
So as Logan opened the door to their apartment, he almost immediately heard Kendall bust out laughing from behind him. Logan bit his lower lip, trying to keep his own laughter quiet at the sight before him. James was sat on their couch, looking a mixture of amused, and slightly distraught. He looked no different from when they had left except for a few minor details. James usual very kempt brown locks were in disarray as various parts were in pigtails, if you could call a few tangled strands of hair mashed into a hair tie a pigtail. The pink and blue barrettes also added a very nice touch.
"Daddy look! I made Uncle James's hair even more prettier," Maddy said as she ran over to Logan and Kendall taking both of their hands in her smaller ones and pulling them towards the couch James sat on, as if they couldn't see him from the doorway.
"James, you've never looked prettier," Kendall said smirking the entire time. "Hey Maddy, why not go sit in Uncle James lap so I can get a picture of you're beautiful work." James glared at him so badly Kendall couldn't almost feel his body trying to light on fire, but too bad for James he just hadn't mastered lighting people on fire with his mind.
That's how it came to be that Carlos got his phones background picture. And no matter how many times James would delete it, he knew Kendall could always send another.
Ahhh another chapter :) Lotsa drabbleness from me lately, but I've been in a drabbly sort of mood. I've had this chapter stuck in my head since the beginning, but only now got to sit down and type it out. The next chapter of this will probably be Halloween related if I can get it out in time. If not.. well we'll just see what happens :P
xChemicalxFallxPanicx pointed out that Titled Heart's story "Her Sacrifice." also deals with the similar issue of surrogate parenting, so if you are enjoying this, mayhaps you should go check it out (and by mayhaps.. I mean DO IT! ;p)
PS: Yes I have/had read it, and quite enjoy it X3