Making History With Every Moment

I'm Alex. I'm a history professor at Columbia University. It's my favorite subject, I can talk about it for hours on end. Then again, I can talk about most things for hours on end. (NSFW role play blog)

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

Daven smiled as Grace waked into the room. He put his arm around her waist and leaned up to kiss her cheek. He was glad to see that Grace was proud of his fathering skills.

“I’m going to get her to smile if it’s the last thing I do. She can’t stay serious for long.” He laughed. “She reminds me of Grace with some of the looks she gives me.” 

[alexbphillips]

“She looks just like you” Alex said to Grace. She nodded in thanks, she knew that was Alex’s way of saying that their baby was cute. Grace ran her fingers through Draven’s hair and smiled down at him. “Anyway, I should be off. got the little woman to tend to”

“Don’t be a stranger” Grace said. “I’m glad you had a chance to stop by”

She leaned over to kiss Alex’s cheek. He pat her arm. “Of course. Draven? I’ll call you later?” when he got a confirmation, he waved to the couple and went back to see what shenanigans his wife to be was getting herself into.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“Good luck with that. I’ve been working on that for a while now. I thought I got her to smile once, but it turns out she had gas.” Draven laughed. He heard the front door close. He hoped that Grace didn’t cut her lunch with her sister short to come home and check on them. He smiled when he heard Grace call for him.

“We’re in here baby. The apartment is fine and Mia is totally fine. We survived without you for a little bit.” Draven said as she walked into the room. “Alex was just telling me his plans to get our baby girl to smile.”

[alexbphillips]

Grace was taking off her earrings as she stepped into the doorway. She looked great, especially for having a baby a month ago. He smiled at her and sat up a little bit.

“Well good luck, it’s a feat Draven and I haven’t accomplished yet” Grace said. She sat on the arm of the couch and rubbed her husband’s shoulder. She peeked over and saw Amelia was still sleeping peacefully. “I’m glad to see you guys have successfully managed to keep Mia safe and have a good time. You guys have been having a good time right?”

“Oh the best” Alex said finishing off his beer.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

Draven looked at the monitor when he heard her. No crying yet. Maybe she would go back to sleep on her own. Alfred’s ears had perked up when he heard Mia. He rolled over and trotted off to the Nursery to keep a better eye on his little sister.  Draven shut the pizza box and sat back on the couch.

“She’s okay. Of course you can hold her. She has to get use to you know if you’re going to be her uncle Alex.” Draven grinned.

[alexbphillips]

“Good, I don’t want to disturb her now. But whenever she wakes up, I would like to practice my baby skills again. Anything to try to get her to smile” he said.

It was then he heard the front door of the apartment open and shut. He took another long swig of his soda. Grace was home, he looked at the time and figured he should probably head back down to see Cherry soon.

“Your wife’s home” he said.

“Draven?” Alex heard her call from the front of the apartment.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“Whenever we talked about kids I was pretty sure it was more than one.The world needs more of my genes.” Draven grinned. He finished his second piece of pizza and sat back on the couch. He wondered if he should have another piece of pizza. Probably not, he had to start going back to the gym.  He kind of slacked off after Mia was born.

He smiled at Alex. “You’re one of my best friends too. I don’t know what I would do without you and David.”

[alexbphillips]

“Your life would be horribly boring” Alex said with a smirk. He was joking of course, he was glad to know that Draven cared about him as much as he cared about Draven. But he wasn’t going to say that out loud. No way in hell. He smiled and wiped his hands on his pants. He heard a sound from the baby monitor.

“How is she with newish people? When she wakes up, do you think I could...well...maybe hold her for a little bit?” he asked the man who knew her best.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

Draven took Alex’s hand and gave it a shake. He was happy with this little deal. If he could figure out how to never age then he would be set for life. Of course he would share the secret with Grace and his friends.  It wouldn’t be fun to live forever without his friends and Grace. He smiled and took another piece of pizza.

“I don’t know maybe a few more. I want Mia to have at least two other siblings.” He said in between bites. “We never really talked about how many kids we wanted, we just agreed that we wanted kids.”

[alexbphillips]

“Grace always struck me as a one and done kind of woman. But I guess that’s why I didn’t marry her hm?” Alex said.

Alex finished off another slice and took a long drink of soda. He held in a burp, something he had picked up after dating Cherry for three months. She broken a lot of his habits. But she replaced it with some new ones, better ones.

“By the way, regardless of who I choose to be my best man, you know you’re like one of my best friends right?” he asked.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“You wish. If there is anyone godlike around here it’s me.” Draven laughed and finished his beer. He thought about getting another one but he was sure that Grace wouldn’t like to come home to find the both of them drunk with Mia asleep. So instead Draven went to the kitchen and got them both a soda. 

“I’m never going to get old,even after we have a whole bunch of kids.” He smiled. 

[alexbphillips]

“Let’s shake on it” he sad. “To never getting old. To always being young, hip, and with the times”

He held out his hand to shake for Draven. He liked their little pact. He could definitely get with not getting older. He wanted to make sure he was always young enough. Especially since his wife to be was in her early twenties and it seemed like he was pushing forty. “And bunch of kids? How many do you expect Grace to give you?”

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“There is not!” Draven dropped his pizza and his hands went to hair. Is it possible he missed them during his morning check. Alex was right their lives have completely changed. Although Draven liked to think he was still as youthful as before.

“If I start having a midlife crisis, I’m going to blame it on you.” Draven picked up the pizza. It was only on the floor for like a second, it was still good. He took a bite and smiled. “Yes this comic con is going to be very good for is.”

[alexbphillips]

“I’d rather you name your gray hairs after me, but I guess I’ll take the brunt of the mid life crisis” he teased. He was surprised Draven dropped his pizza on the floor but he wasn’t going to judge him for eating it. He had done and eaten much worse.

“Besides, I was teasing, you’re not getting old. I’m older than you are so if you’re old I have to be ancient! The crypt keeper. And look me be, I’m a god among men”

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“She just wanted something to suck on. Pacifiers are a gift from god.” Draven said with a smile. He laughed when Al rolled on his back for Alex to continue petting him. He was glad that Alfred was protective over his baby sister. Isis on the other hand was indifferent. The cat went off and did her own thing and only came around when she wanted attention. Maybe once Mia was older her and Isis would bond. 

[alexbphillips]

Alex nodded and finished off his beer. “This is 100% different from the first time I came up here to watch a movie. Now you’re all worried about diapers and pacifiers...”

“I’m marrying the woman you suggested as a distraction...when did we become adults? I think we’re going to need that ComicCon to regain some of our youthfulness! I even think I see a gray hair or two by your ears Draven” he protested with a smirk.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“We can do that. You just have to tell me which team and I’ll take care of the rest.” Draven grinned. He heard the faint sounds of Mia beginning to cry and sighed. “I’ll be right back.”

He hurried into Mia’s nursery to figure out why she was crying. She had been fed recently and he checked her diaper before he put her down. He found her pacifier and gave it to her. It seemed to work and she went back to sleep.

“We’re good.” Draven said as he picked up a slice of pizza and sat down next to Alex.

[alexbphillips]

“You sure?” Alex asked. Alfred had perked up when Mia started crying. The dog hopped off his lap and trotted after Draven. Only returning when Draven did and rolling back onto his back for continued petting. It seemed like the bulldog was protective of the newest member of the Johnson family. Something Alex wondered would Sugar adopt as well whenever Cherry got pregnant.

“Was she alright, hungry? Wet?” he asked. He loved children but babies were a whole different story. He loved them, they were just harder to understand.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“I’m excited. I’m also curious on where you want to go for your bachelor party.” Draven smiled. Even if Alex didn’t name him as best man he was still going to throw him one of the best ever bachelor parties.  “I was thinking we can go to Vegas again. I might be able to reserve the company jet. It will be fun.”

He finished his slice of pizza and grabbed another one. “What do you think? Of course I could cover everything.”

[alexbphillips]

“Oh we don’t have to go all the way back to Vegas for little ol’ me” he said. Alex scratched Alfred’s stomach and he heard the dog make a small sound. It wasn’t a growl, per say. It was more like a content gruff. So he continued to scratch. 

“I am perfectly happy with a trip to Atlantic City” he said. “As long as there’s beer, wings, and maybe even a good game on....hell we can go see a football game live for my bachelor party.” his eyes opened wide. “Let’s do that! Rent a limo, head to the game, then crash at a hotel afterwards?”

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“Probably about the same as me convincing Grace to dress up as cat woman.” Draven said in between bites of his own pizza. He pictured his wife in the skin tight suit, it would be very hot. He decided that if he didn’t stop thinking about it he would have to excuse himself to take a cold shower. It had been forever since they last had sex and it was killing him. He knew Grace needed time to heal and he respected that but it was still torture at the same time.

“When is the date for your wedding?” He asked with a smile before taking another bite of pizza.

[alexbphillips]

Alex cast a casual glance over at Draven when they spoke about their significant others in quite...revealing costumes. He wondered how long it had been for them. The baby must have made any intimacy hard. Not that Draven regretted Mia in the slightest. But still, it had to be rough.

“October 3rd” he said. The date was sealed in his brain. He needed to get dressed and show up at the chapel looking fine as all hell for his woman. “You’ll get to meet my family. Including the one other man who might out you and David for best man position”

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“Yeah probably not. Anyways I think our first big plane trip with Mia is going to be to London. I want to see how the branch is doing. Plus we want Landon and Clara to meet Mia. Plus they just had twins of their own.” Draven said with a smile. He took a bite of his pizza. Alex was right having Mia on a plane too young would be a terrible experience. There already was a few nights where she kept them up just by being fussy. 

“I’ll get passes for everyone. I’ll try to convince David to go and to bring his two kids with him. Maybe Tai and I can do matching costumes again this year.” He still had a picture of them dressed up as Batman and Robin from last year sitting on his desk at work.

[alexbphillips]

“You don’t have to do that” Alex explained. He took another swig of his beer. “I’ll get mine and maybe one for Cherry. But I think it might be too close to our wedding for her to be super excited about adding it onto planning” 

His pizza was cool so he took a large bite of it. It tasted fabulous and he knew he was going to get at least three more slices. He smirked.

“If Cherry did come, what do you think the chance is that I can convince her to cosplay Poison Ivy....” he suggested. The image of Cherry in that mask, with the carefully placed leaves on her body. He was going to sport a partial if he kept thinking about it so he knew he should settle down.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“I wanted to go to Comic Con in San Diego, but between work and being excited over Mia, I forgot to get passes and now they’re sold out. Plus I don’t think Grace would want to go or for us to take Mia.” He took a piece of pizza and hit play on the movie.  “So I’ll have to settle with the New York Comic con. It won’t be that bad. Plus I could probably find a cute costume for Mia.”

[alexbphillips]

“She’ll be old enough by then. Maybe even trying to toddle around.” he suggested. He wondered if they could bring Sugar and dress her up. That would be pretty cute. 

“And she probably won’t like traveling that much. Not that young. I mean I know you have your own private plane, but her tiny ears could still get clogged and then she will hollar the whole way there” he said as he took another sip of his beer. Alfred rolling to his back and offering his stomach for a scratch.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“Don’t worry about it. Mia will have her cousins to look up too.” Draven said with a smile. He left the room and came back with two beers. Just as he handed the beer to Alex he heard the door bell ring. He froze for a second hoping that Mia didn’t wake up. He looked over at the monitor. So far so good. He went to the door to get the pizza and pay for it. He came box and sat the pizza down on the table in front of Alex.

“Let’s watch Thor.” He said as he walked over to put the movie in.

[alexbphillips]

“Sounds good to me” he said. The pizza smelled great and he reached over to take a slice. It was still hot so he knew if he bit into it, he would scald the roof of his mouth. So he had to wait. Sometimes, it was very apparent that he was a changed man since meeting the carrot top downstairs.

“Are you planning on going to ComicCon this year?” Alex asked him, Sitting back with his slice and waiting for Draven to start the movie.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“Definitely. We need to push our kids together early so they can be best friends. Also I think your son is the only one I would trust Mia with.” Draven said with a smile. “Especially if she grows up to look like her mother. I’m going to have to invest in a shot gun.”

He finished his beer and stood up. He was pretty sure that he would be okay to have another beer. “Do you want another one?” 

[alexbphillips]

“Yeah, I’m going to need it” he said. Then he chuckled at Draven’s comment. “Sorry to break it to you buddy but with my genetics, Cherry is only getting little carrot top girls. But with her luck, those little carrot tops are going to be little terrors. So I hope you’re ready for some bad influences on Mia” he teased.

“I guess that means I need to talk to the future wife about popping them out sooner rather than later. Can’t have too big an age gap or yours will be babysitting mine” he said.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

“That sounds perfect.” Draven said as he sat down on the couch. Although he loved his baby girl more than anything in the world, it was nice to have a little break every once in a while. He stretched out on the couch and took a sip of his beer. He nodded when he asked if he wanted to go see the next avengers movie.

“Totally. We should see if David wants to go too. I’m sure he would like a guys night too.” Draven smiled.

[alexbphillips]

“Yeah!” he said and sat back in the plush seat. The door opened and Alfred trotted in. Alex reached down and picked up the dog and scratched his wrinkly head. He was getting big too. “Leave the ladies and the babies at home and have some guy time”

He paused and moved his lips a bit in thought. “And...when Cherry and I have babies...we’ll just leave the ladies home and all three of us will have dad/baby night” he told him. It was the first time since the whole pregnancy that never was fiasco that he admitted he wanted children outloud to another person.

[alexbphillips]

Two Guys and a Baby|| Alex & Draven

[dravenjohnson]

Draven looked down at Mia. He could tell that she was going to small asleep no matter what he or Alex said. He nodded and paused the game. He stood up and tossed his phone to Alex. “I’m going to go put her down and you can order the pizza. I’ll buy.”

Draven walked out of the room to Mia’s nursery. “Okay baby girl. Seeing as you don’t want to stay awake you can nap. But you have to take it easy on Mommy and I tonight. Please let us a sleep a little bit more.”  He took the wrap off and got her swaddler blanket  out.  He checked her diaper before wrapping her up tight.  Mia was already drifting off in her arms. He kissed the top of her head and laid her down in her crib. 

He turned on the baby monitor and grabbed the other one from his bed room, before going back to Alex. “She’s down. So what movie do you want to watch?”

[alexbphillips]

“Hm I’m leaning towards anything Marvel because the new Avengers movie is coming out” Alex explained. He sat back and tossed the phone on the table. “I got meat lovers, I hope that’s alright”

He took a long swig of his beer as he began to think. He ran a tongue over his front teeth before looking at Draven. He still couldn’t believe his friend was a dad. Two of his friends were dads. Three if you counted Jeff, his best friend from home! Maybe it was his turn.

“Do you want to go see Age of Ultron next month?”