Babysitting

A short but funny chapter!

Even Natalia thought her boyfriend was being a drama-king. A dirty diaper could not have been that bad. Natalia was sick so she couldn't go to the lab and her boyfriend Ryan had worked a triple shift. Because those two were unable to come in when there was a case overload on that Tuesday, Natalia had offered them to babysit Nevaeh while her parents worked from 5:00pm to midnight.

"Why do we both have to go?" Ryan whined.

"'Cause I promised our friends I'd look after their baby while they work our shifts for us. Besides, you know yourself you like spending time with her," Natalia said. "And she won't up all night. You don't wanna spend time with me when she goes to bed?"

"I do but..."

"Don't tell me this is about diapers!" Natalia said. "I'm so making you change Nevaeh's diapers when we're over there! Bring a pair of gloves if you have to. You're going!"

"Hey Natalia. Hey Wolfe," Eric said when the couple arrived. Nevaeh was just walking out of her bedroom, holding her mom's hand.

Nevaeh smiled at Ryan and Natalia when she saw them. She started to walk toward Natalia and the woman bent down.

"Hi there, pretty girl," Natalia said.

"Hey guys," Calleigh said. "Thanks for coming."

"No problem," Ryan replied.

Nevaeh had let go of her mom's hand and Natalia had picked her up. Eric said that Nevaeh had already had her dinner but there was a snack pack of animal crackers on the table and juice in the frig if she wanted any time between now and bed at 7:00.

"Half water, half juice in the cup, right?" Natalia asked.

Nevaeh now drank from a sippy cup half of the time. She only had three bottles a day now. One in the morning, one in the afternoon and one at bedtime.

"Yep. And her bottle for bedtime is in the frig."

"Okay," Natalia said. "And I hope this is all right with you two, I promise I won't let her be traumatized but it but Ryan will changing all diapers this evening."

"Fine with us," Calleigh said with a shrug of her shoulders and a smile.

"Ya bring your gloves, Wolfe?" Eric asked with an evil grin. "She ate a lot at dinner tonight."

Even Calleigh couldn't help but laugh at Ryan's horrified expression.

Changing a dirty diaper did seem to horrify the CSI. His girlfriend was nearby in the room laughing at him. Ironically Nevaeh also laughing, seemingly at him. Sure a stinky diaper was indeed not pleasant but Ryan was being so dramatic.

"The dear god! How do they do this so many times a day! Agh! This is so gross! How can something so small and cute make something like this!"

With all his whining, Natalia were relieved when a clean diaper was finally on the baby girl and the used diaper was disposed of. Nevaeh was still giggling. She probably thought Ryan had been putting on a show to entertain her.

"I have to go wash my hands," Ryan mumbled quickly exiting the room as Natalia picked up Nevaeh from the changing table and cleaned the child's hands with wet wipes.

"Wuss!" She called after Ryan. "You would think dumpster dives would prepare you for this!"

Nevaeh laughed.

Natalia smiled and kissed her cheek.

"You thought that was funny, didn't you?" She asked Nevaeh. "Daddy doesn't act like that when he changes your diaper, do he?"

Both Calleigh and Eric were holding their ribs with laughter while Natalia told them about Ryan's 'ordeal.'

Ryan had even shivered at the mention of the diaper.

"It was horrible!" He told the couple.

"I'm sure, Wolfe," Eric said, catching his breath.

"Yeah," Calleigh said. "But I bet we've seen worse!"