I smiled as Carly kissed me on the cheek, Julia grabbing at me as she did so. Being greeted by happy baby squeals never gets old. What can I say? I'm in love with little Julia. I can't think of anyone who isn't. She's a very loveable baby. Most are, but I think I'm a sucker for babies in general. Julia's got a lot of charm for such a little lady.
"Hey there," I told Carly, returning the gesture and kissing her on the opposite cheek. I quickly took hold of Julia as Carly passed her to me, grinning as she planted a sloppy baby kiss on me and grabbed at my collar.
Seriously, that's totally cute.
"I guess I'm not good enough for her."
"It's not your fault. The ladies love me," I teased, poking Julia's tummy before giving her a kiss on the forehead. "Nice to know I still have the magic touch."
"Thanks for coming so soon. How've you been?""Hey, no problem. You know I don't mind helping you out. Thanks for having me." Especially since I'm sure Sam threw a few dozen shit-fits about the whole thing. "I've been alright
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"It's not your fault. The ladies love me. Nice to know I still have the magic touch."
He has a point. As long as they're female, even babies find him attractive. Okay, so it's innocent baby love, but we can joke about it. Julia should love her godfather; it makes me happy that she does. Sam on the other hand, gets insecure about it. Julia isn't allowed to adore any man who isn't him--which I would understand if we were talking about a stepdad or something. Jake isn't someone who would ever try to take his place. She's glued to his side when he visits, but he's Uncle Jake. It's supposed to be this way, and damnit, it's a good thing.
"What are you talking about? Good looking guys like you can't get rid of it."
Is this what Sam was worried about? Compliments and friendly communication? What a turn on. The only girl in this room flirting with Jake is Julia, and I plan to keep it that way.
"Hey, no problem. You know I don't mind helping you out. Thanks for having me." "You're thanking me? That's not right Jake, you know you're my
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"Busy with...life. Julia has been extra energetic lately. If she's not crawling she's throwing stuffed animals at me."
Busy with life. I wish I had that problem. For me, work doesn't exactly amount to life. It's been this way for awhile now... I get up, I shower, I eat, I dick around the house until it's time to go to work, I work all night, come home, and sleep all day. That's about all there is to it. For the first time in a long time, I don't have a girlfriend -- not even some kind of fling to indulge in. I just haven't felt like it.
Everyone else around me is busy moving on with their lives. Carly and Sam are happy together and have Julia, with Sam himself looking at a career in photography. Dan is doing the college thing, and seems like he's having better luck with it than I ever did. My Business degree might as well be scrap paper at this point. My sister is finishing school and already working almost full-time at a bonafide adult job. Hell, even Madsen might have more on the ball than me
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I can complain about stuffed animals if I want to. It's better than complaining about vampire slaying, or blood stains, or worst of all, Sam. I could do a lot of bitching about him if I wanted to. But I wouldn't do that to Jake, especially in front of Julia. She might not be able to understand what I'm saying, but I do think that she senses when something's wrong. And I know for sure that she understands that Sam is "Da da".
She shouldn't have to hear me going off about him. When my parents were alive enough to argue, it was bad enough to hear them throwing insults around, and I was five years old than Julia. Besides, one of these days, someone is going to screw things up by thinking I mean it when I talk about what a jackass he is.
"Are you giving your poor mommy a hard time, kid?""Nah, she only gives me a hard time when I get more attention than her
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Madsen wouldn't have the guts to call the cops on me. Besides, if he did, I could argue that I was well within my rights as a woman. Someone has to give the creeps, the bastards, and the idiots what's coming to them. I'm good at serving it up.
Still, I doubt Madsen would get the police involved. Sam is as good an officer as anyway, although he does take Madsen's side too often. I'm the mother of his child, I think Sam should be a little more understanding of my situation, especially since he's witnessed our entire...relationship. I hope to God that what I have with Madsen is not important enough to be considered one, but it's the only word that I can think of.
"You could just confuse him into defeat."
"Not painful enough."
"Someone feels left out. Has she eaten yet? I'll feed her when she gets hungry so you can relax for awhile."He's really, truly great with her. I don't think I could have chosen a better godfather for Julia, she just adores him. Sam
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"She should be okay for a little while. We've been playing games all morning, but I managed to get her to eat before we watched Caillou."
"I missed Caillou?" I asked, directing the question more to Julia than to Carly. She seemed amused -- though it's hard to tell sometimes, she smiles at everything. "Aw." I don't really understand why kids love Caillou so much, but Julia's nuts about him. Personally, I'm a Little Bear and Blues Clues kind of guy, but that's just me. To each their own.
I shifted Julia on my lap so that she could lean back against me rather than facing me, since she wasn't expressing a whole lot of interest in sitting up straight anymore. "What time did you want to head out and pick up movies?"
"What time did you want to head out and pick up movies?"
"Julia has to have a nap first, we can go after that."
Or I can go myself, if Jake doesn't feel like it. To me, picking out these movies should be a joint effort because we're both going to be watching them. But try getting Sam to do that, and it's like pulling teeth. He'll watch whatever I want, but he'll complain about it after, and act like he did me some big favor by sitting through it. If Jake comes with me, I'll be sure not get anything that he hates.
The worst thing that could happen to Jake would be him turning into another Sam. Life would be unbearably cruel for me if I had to deal with that.
"I'm afraid she'll get cranky if I don't let her get some rest first. And she is not fun when she's cranky."
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I smiled as Carly kissed me on the cheek, Julia grabbing at me as she did so. Being greeted by happy baby squeals never gets old. What can I say? I'm in love with little Julia. I can't think of anyone who isn't. She's a very loveable baby. Most are, but I think I'm a sucker for babies in general. Julia's got a lot of charm for such a little lady.
"Hey there," I told Carly, returning the gesture and kissing her on the opposite cheek. I quickly took hold of Julia as Carly passed her to me, grinning as she planted a sloppy baby kiss on me and grabbed at my collar.
Seriously, that's totally cute.
"I guess I'm not good enough for her."
"It's not your fault. The ladies love me," I teased, poking Julia's tummy before giving her a kiss on the forehead. "Nice to know I still have the magic touch."
"Thanks for coming so soon. How've you been?""Hey, no problem. You know I don't mind helping you out. Thanks for having me." Especially since I'm sure Sam threw a few dozen shit-fits about the whole thing. "I've been alright ( ... )
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He has a point. As long as they're female, even babies find him attractive. Okay, so it's innocent baby love, but we can joke about it. Julia should love her godfather; it makes me happy that she does. Sam on the other hand, gets insecure about it. Julia isn't allowed to adore any man who isn't him--which I would understand if we were talking about a stepdad or something. Jake isn't someone who would ever try to take his place. She's glued to his side when he visits, but he's Uncle Jake. It's supposed to be this way, and damnit, it's a good thing.
"What are you talking about? Good looking guys like you can't get rid of it."
Is this what Sam was worried about? Compliments and friendly communication? What a turn on. The only girl in this room flirting with Jake is Julia, and I plan to keep it that way.
"Hey, no problem. You know I don't mind helping you out. Thanks for having me." "You're thanking me? That's not right Jake, you know you're my ( ... )
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Busy with life. I wish I had that problem. For me, work doesn't exactly amount to life. It's been this way for awhile now... I get up, I shower, I eat, I dick around the house until it's time to go to work, I work all night, come home, and sleep all day. That's about all there is to it. For the first time in a long time, I don't have a girlfriend -- not even some kind of fling to indulge in. I just haven't felt like it.
Everyone else around me is busy moving on with their lives. Carly and Sam are happy together and have Julia, with Sam himself looking at a career in photography. Dan is doing the college thing, and seems like he's having better luck with it than I ever did. My Business degree might as well be scrap paper at this point. My sister is finishing school and already working almost full-time at a bonafide adult job. Hell, even Madsen might have more on the ball than me ( ... )
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I can complain about stuffed animals if I want to. It's better than complaining about vampire slaying, or blood stains, or worst of all, Sam. I could do a lot of bitching about him if I wanted to. But I wouldn't do that to Jake, especially in front of Julia. She might not be able to understand what I'm saying, but I do think that she senses when something's wrong. And I know for sure that she understands that Sam is "Da da".
She shouldn't have to hear me going off about him. When my parents were alive enough to argue, it was bad enough to hear them throwing insults around, and I was five years old than Julia. Besides, one of these days, someone is going to screw things up by thinking I mean it when I talk about what a jackass he is.
"Are you giving your poor mommy a hard time, kid?""Nah, she only gives me a hard time when I get more attention than her ( ... )
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"I don't think that'll be a problem."
Madsen wouldn't have the guts to call the cops on me. Besides, if he did, I could argue that I was well within my rights as a woman. Someone has to give the creeps, the bastards, and the idiots what's coming to them. I'm good at serving it up.
Still, I doubt Madsen would get the police involved. Sam is as good an officer as anyway, although he does take Madsen's side too often. I'm the mother of his child, I think Sam should be a little more understanding of my situation, especially since he's witnessed our entire...relationship. I hope to God that what I have with Madsen is not important enough to be considered one, but it's the only word that I can think of.
"You could just confuse him into defeat."
"Not painful enough."
"Someone feels left out. Has she eaten yet? I'll feed her when she gets hungry so you can relax for awhile."He's really, truly great with her. I don't think I could have chosen a better godfather for Julia, she just adores him. Sam ( ... )
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"I missed Caillou?" I asked, directing the question more to Julia than to Carly. She seemed amused -- though it's hard to tell sometimes, she smiles at everything. "Aw." I don't really understand why kids love Caillou so much, but Julia's nuts about him. Personally, I'm a Little Bear and Blues Clues kind of guy, but that's just me. To each their own.
I shifted Julia on my lap so that she could lean back against me rather than facing me, since she wasn't expressing a whole lot of interest in sitting up straight anymore. "What time did you want to head out and pick up movies?"
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"Julia has to have a nap first, we can go after that."
Or I can go myself, if Jake doesn't feel like it. To me, picking out these movies should be a joint effort because we're both going to be watching them. But try getting Sam to do that, and it's like pulling teeth. He'll watch whatever I want, but he'll complain about it after, and act like he did me some big favor by sitting through it. If Jake comes with me, I'll be sure not get anything that he hates.
The worst thing that could happen to Jake would be him turning into another Sam. Life would be unbearably cruel for me if I had to deal with that.
"I'm afraid she'll get cranky if I don't let her get some rest first. And she is not fun when she's cranky."
Like me.
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