Nick, Brian, and AJ made their way up the driveway towards the steps. Once in front of the door, Brian rang the doorbell.
“You’re finally here!” a young woman exclaimed, swinging the door open to let the three guys in.
“Yup. Sorry, but Kevin and Howie couldn’t come. Howie had to go somewhere with his mom, and Kevin had a date or something,” Nick smiled, stepping into the hallway.
“That’s fine. Make yourself at home, Jeff will be down in a second with Jenny.”
The guys nodded, and took a seat on the couch. A few minutes later, Jeff came into the living room holding a baby.
“Hi Jenny! How’s the little cutie?” Nick asked, walking up and taking the infant in his arms.
“Hey guys. Where’s Janet?” the man asked curiously.
“I’m right here,” Janet said, coming into view, slipping her jacket on her shoulders. “Alright guys, you know where everything is right?” The guys nodded. “The number of the movie theatre and restaurant are on the fridge, and…”
AJ cut her off. “It’s alright Jan. I’ve known you forever. Don’t you trust me?”
Janet opened her mouth to respond, but AJ stuck his hand up.
“Wait, don’t answer that. Anyway, how hard could this be?”
“Well, you’ll soon find out,” Jeff mumbled under his breath.
“What?” Brian asked.
“Uh, nothing. Come on honey, let’s go.”
The guys watched as AJ’s long time friend and her husband walked out of the house leaving them with their child to take care of for the night.
“Well, where do we start?” Brian asked, clapping his hands together. The sudden noise caused Jenny to start crying. Nick jumped, almost dropping the baby.
“Way to go Rok! Now look what you’ve done!” Nick shot him a look as he started lightly bouncing her, trying to calm her down.
“Man! Just 2 seconds into the job, and already we’re blowing it!” AJ moaned.
“We’re not blowing it! We just gotta feed her or something!” Brian said loudly, causing the baby’s cries to become louder. Nick groaned in frustration, rocking the baby a little more.
“Shh! It’s ok sweetie! Uncle Nicky’s here.”
“Uncle Nicky?” AJ laughed. Nick shot him a look.
“Shut up! I’m trying to get her to stop! It’s not like you’re doing anything!”
“C’mon Brian, let’s go get her food ready or something,” AJ suggested, grabbing the sleeve to Brian’s shirt and dragging him into the kitchen. Nick watched them go, and looked back down at a crying Jenny in his arms. He suddenly felt helpless. Nick decided to take a seat on the couch, and started singing softly to the kid. Her cries became quieter and quieter, until they had stopped completely.
Brian and AJ came back to where Nick was, holding 5 jars of baby food and 3 bottles.
“Alright little girly! We’ve got numm numms!” AJ cooed. He suddenly stopped in his tracks, and took a look at Nick. “She stopped crying!”
“Uh, duh! Guys, I don’t think she could eat that much! It’s not like you’re feeding an army of munchkins!” Nick laughed. Brian and AJ looked at each other, then at the things they were holding, then back at each other. They both shrugged and headed back to the kitchen. They came back in, and sat down in various places in the living room, all of them looking around.
“This isn’t that hard,” AJ grinned.