The Moosehead Tavern [2]

I smiled, "I have three baby sisters." I said laughing. "But two of them are a few months old and the other one is three." I watched Kalen. "You wanna meet her?" I asked in my sweetest voice.

Kalen smiles and glances at Joseph, who smiles back and nods.
"He'd like that." He says for him.

I nodded, "Sure but I'm gonna have my sister drop her off. It's actually my turn to babysit her. She should be here any minute." I smiled again.

Becca walks in with Gabi and I take her from Becca. I walk back over to where Jace, Joseph, and Kalen where. "This is Gabriella. But I call her Gabi for short." She giggles and reaches out towards Jace. "I think she likes you," I laughed.

Jace smiles as he sets Gabi in his lap. Kalen excitedly reaches towards him too, wanting to be close to the new face. Joseph picks him up and carries him to Rayah, scooting her chair closer to Jace's with his foot and setting his son on her lap.

I let Kalen play with Gabi, "R-Rayah." She called for me an I smiled, "W-what? You've never spoke before! Oh my god!" I laughed, she giggled and covered her mouth. "No,no Gabi that's a good thing." I covered my mouth. "I'm so proud of you!"

Jace smiles at Rayah and Gabi, Kalen smiling innocently too, but Joseph doesn't, at least not as joyful. His smile is sad, his eyes locked on his son, not for himself but for the little boy. A whole life without words.

Gabi giggled again and reached for Jace's hair and took a fistfull of it. "That's Jace." I smiled and nodded at her, she smiled and touched the side of his face. "J-J-Jace?" I nodded and she giggled.

Jace smiles, letting the little girl yank his hair and touch his face. Kalen reaches towards them again, opening and closing his fists to gain Gabi's attention.

Gabi turns away from Jace and looks playfully at Kalen. She smiles a baby-tooth smile and claps. She reaches for me and yanks on my hair. "She wants to play," I smiled and looked at Kalen.

Jace looks at Joseph, still a little clueless when it came to things like this, and Joseph takes both toddlers, one in each arm, and sets them on the floor close to teach other. He motions Jace and Rayah to make a circle around them with him, keeping them in a safe area.

I nodded and stood up walking towards Gabi and Kalen. I looked over At Joseph, "How do you know this stuff? All about little kids." I shake my head, "I don't know one thing about them. The last time I babysat Gabi in my dorm, she got my phone and broke it." I laughed.

Joseph smiles.
"I have to know." He says. "I've got one. You learn along the way. Your instincts kick in and they work in your favor."

I smiled back, "I'm gonna have two though." I said biting my lip. I looked over at Jace And smiled slightly. "And I have instincs. The last time I used them, I almost got killed. So yeah." I laughed.

Joseph smiles at the two.
"You'll be fine." He says. "Paternal and maternal instincts are different than your own instincts. They don't act for you, but for the child instead."

I nodded, "I'm not gonna be a very good mother though. I'm not good at cooking, or cleaning, or grounding. I don't belive in yelling at someone younger then ten. I gotta learn some stuff." I shake my head and laugh, looking at Gabi. She crawls over to me and pulls on my shirt. I smile and she yanks on my hair. I pick her up and set her on my lap.