"I... am so confused..." Seedos said, scratching the back of his head. Dustin smiled, still tuning a banjo (somehow he managed to get his hands on one).
"Okay, so Maxime is a challenge- and not any challenge, THE challenge!" Dustin said, plucking on of the strings of the instrument. Seedos gave him a blank look.
"Sure, but-"
"So I have to try to woo her with complements and other romantic things,"
"Like?"
"Well, after some research, and going through Eddie's journals and chick flick movies, I figured out how to get a girl to fall for you!"
"How- wait, you went through Eddie's stuff?"
"Hey! I can't help it that Gary-Stu has everything!"
"Wait, who's Gary-Stu?" Seedos asked. Dustin face-palmed, and put his fingers back onto the banjo.
"Just tell me how this sounds-" Dustin said as he began to strum very badly, "OH MAXIME~" Then the boy began to sing the rest of it with a very scratchy, seriously cracked voice.
Seedos was almost tempted to call Patch to check his ears afterwards.
"So, have you decided on a Godmother yet?" Leafos asked, scooting closer to Sahari in the booth. Her blue eyes were wide, telling the desert girl that she should really choose her and not someone else. Sahari made a face, scooting away from her.
"Well, it's only been barely two months so no-"
"Leafos, let the girl be. She doesn't need you to be all over her like that," Maxime said, nudging Leafos's leg. Leafos shot her a look, but went back to her original seat, stopping her hovering. Sahari let out a sigh.
"Thanks..." She muttered quietly. Maxime gave her a slight nod, while Leafos pretended not to notice. Seiko covered her mouth, not wanting to giggle at her cousin's actions. She looked over at Sahari.
"So what have you two talked about then?" She asked. Sahari sighed. All the questions she has been getting asked lately have all been the same-
"Oh, have you decided on a Godmother or Godfather yet?"
"Have you two talked about the baby?"
"What were the names again?"
"Is Sparcticus helping out at all?"
Seriously, she wanted to have a real conversation- which is what she got when she was with Maxime. Even the guys- especially Sparctcius- would ask how she's doing with the baby and stuff like that. At least Maxime acted like a normal person and actually wanted to talk about everything else.
"Just names and stuff," Sahari replied, not really wanting to get into the details again. Seiko nodded, her grip tightening as the crying of a baby could be heard right behind her. No, for once it wasn't Edwin- A new family had moved into town recently, and had brought a baby with them, and he was a crier.
"Lovely day isn't it?" The woman said, completely ignoring the baby's existence. The father nodded, also ignoring the existence.
"Yes it is sweetheart! It certainly has been nice living here!"
"I know! No annoying neighbors, and the folk here are just so nice," She said.
"Indeed," The father said as the baby continued his crying. Seiko's eyes twitched. Leafos gave her cousin a strange look.
"You okay?"
"Yeah... No..." Seiko said. Maxime sighed.
"What is it this time?"
"Okay, so you know how Eddie always comes to me whenever Edwin cries or needs a diaper change?" Seiko said, not taking the hint in Maxime's sarcasm. Sahari and Leafos nodded.
"Well, it's just that it's getting a bit irritating," Seiko muttered, a headache starting to spread as the baby started to cry a bit louder. Sahari crossed her arms.
"What's so irritating?"
"Well, I'm just so tired of hearing the sound of crying babies- Sahari, I don't mean to be mean, but PLEASE tell me neither you or Sparcticus were criers as babies!" Seiko said, a bit pleading. Her fingers gripped her dark hair, almost tempted to scream like the baby. Sahari gave her a tiny glare, but then shrugged.
"Well, I don't know about Sparcticus, but my mom always said I was a LOUD one..."
"Do you think it's the right decision?" Sparcticus asked, looking a bit nervous. Eddie's eyes widened, his hand hitting the side of his head.
"Right decision? Sparcticus, this is PERFECT!" Eddie exclaimed, a giggle from Edwin in the stroller being heard as well. Sparcticus looked down at his friend.
"You think so?"
"Are you kidding? We ALL have been waiting for this, like, forever!" Eddie freaked, a wide smile on his face. He couldn't believe it! Sparcticus was finally going to ask her-
"Oh my God, I- I have to tell Seiko! She will be SO excited!" Eddie said, turning the stroller and himself around. Sparcticus's eyes widened, and he lashed out to grab Eddie's arm.
"W-Wait! I think she's still with Sahari on the girl's lunch!"
"Oh, I'll pull her aside!"
"Eddie,"
"Come on, do you really thing Iwould tell Sahari about this?"
"Can't you just alert her instead?" Sparcticus asked, letting go of Eddie's arm. Eddie thought for a moment as Edwin started to whine a little.
"Nope, i have to tell her in person! Can you watch Edwin for a minute? I promise I will be RIGHT back," Eddie said, racing off as fast as he could in his tight pants. Sparcticus sighed, looking into the stroller at Edwin. Edwin looked back up at the eskimo with wide silver eyes, and he smiled.
"... So how are you doing?" Sparcticus asked the little baby. Edwin only made gibberish baby sounds in response.
"So then I told Petula that anyonecould beat that over-dressed Kittyfloss of hers in the P-Factor any day," Leafos said, continuing with her painfully long story about her and Petula's weekly argument. Sahari wasn't paying much attention as she picked at her nails.
"That's nice," She said. Maxime nodded, playing with the straw in her drink. Seiko was the only one who didn't say anything. Instead her teeth started to grit together, her right eye twitching as that same baby continued to cry. His parents continued to have their useless conversation, not even bothering to do anything about it. Sure, everyone there was getting irritated with the child, but Seiko was the only one who was actually showing it in her face.
Then the child started to get even LOUDER, and finally... the gardener snapped.
"WHAA! WHAA! WHAA!" Seiko screamed, looking over in her booth right at the baby. The father and the mother of the child stared back at her, eyes wide, and the baby went silent with it's tear stained face.
"WHAA! IT'S NOT SO FUN IS IT? WHAA!" Seiko continued to scream, her face turning bright red from her irritation. Maxime, Leafos's and Sahari's jaws dropped, watching as their friend continued to scream at the innocent child.
"YOU TWO ARE JUST TUNING THIS OUT AREN'T YOU?" Seiko then screamed to the parents, leaning in real close to the mother's face, "WHAA!"
"Seiko, you REALLY should calm down-" Maxime said, trying to yank the gardener back into her seat, but Seiko continued to make the loud, fake crying noises at the child. The parents looked quite angry.
"Man, I take back what I said about the people here being real friendly!" The father said, grabbing his child before he and his wife walked out of there angrily. Seiko then sat back down in her seat, her arms crossed as her brows where creased together in annoyance. Maxime and Sahari looked at each other, while Leafos watched the angry couple leave.
"... Well, now I know who DOESN'T babysit the kid..." Sahari said, putting a hand on her stomach. Maxime snorted.
"Man Seiko, I knew you had temper problems, but I never would have thought you would have screamed at a baby," She said, hitting her fist on the table as she tried to hold back her laughter. Seiko felt her face burn.
"Well, his damn parents weren't doing ANYTHING about it! At least I know Sahari and Sparcticus would never let their-"
"Seiko?"
"WHAT LEAFOS?" Seiko screamed, not in the mood for being interrupted. Leafos didn't take any note of it, and goobaaishly pointed to the door. Seiko turned her head, her angry face suddenly turning to shock when she saw Eddie there, returning the same look. The Inn was completely silent, except for the faint sound of dishes being washed in the back.
"E-Eddie?" Seiko said in a shaky tone through the silence. Eddie blinked, opening the door back up.
"Um... I can see that this is a bad time..." He said before bolting out the door.
"W-WAIT! Oh man..." Seiko said, her head hitting the table. Maxime turned her head away, hiding her laughter along with Sahari, while Leafos was the only one a bit sympathetic.
"Man, I'm sorry Seiko, but THAT... was hilarious," Maxime said. Seiko looked up slightly to give her a seething glare. Sahari snorted.
"Careful Maxime... she might go off you you too!"
Sparcticus stood there, right where Eddie had left him. He was cradling Edwin in his arms. About a minute ago, the baby stretched his arms out to the Eskimo, begging to be held. Sparcticus wasn't sure if Eddie would have wanted him too, but he couldn't resist the little whimpers any longer. He sighed.
"Man, you are cute..." Sparcticus said, letting the little baby play with his fingers. He managed a smile, realizing how much he loved listening to a baby giggle. He almost started to see Edwin's hair turning a dark brown color, and his silver eyes turning into the beautiful golden brown Sahari had. He almost started to see his own child-
"Sparcticus," Eddie's voice said, snapping Sparcticus out of his thoughts. Sparcticus looked at the Lizard boy, who looked both confused and a bit sad.
"O-Oh, I'm sorry... I'll put him back-"
"No, it's alright- I don't mind that," Eddie said, waving Sparcticus off. Sparcticus continued to cradle the baby, frowning at his friend's face.
"Is something wrong?" Sparcticus asked. Eddie sighed, which meant that it was a big problem.
"Well, I went to go tell Seiko the news about you and Sahari, and... I think she hates kids," Eddie said sadly, slumping a bit as he began to tell about what happened at the restaurant.