Oliver Moore

[ Private 1x1 blog ] Sixteen years old. Junior. Resident of NYC. High School Student. “In the end, always laugh. And do not lose this strange habit of having faith in life.” ~ Daniel C. L.

[mascotollie]

lidiacifuentes​:

When her neighbour had invited her over for drinks she definitely hadn’t expected for what was to come. He told her he needed to ask her for a favor and she thought he meant something along the lines of her watering his plants for him, but clearly this went above and beyond that. “So let me get this straight, you want me to come with you to your movie star ex girlfriend’s wedding? Me? And I should pretend to be your girlfriend? Don’t you have any famous friends that could do that? You know someone that can actually act? I’m in nursing school not some acting academy.”  She really didn’t understand why he was asking her, she had no idea how the celebrity world worked and she didn’t think she wanted to know. 

@mascotollie​

Oliver wondered if it was too desperate and pathetic to be doing what he was doing, but he felt like he had no other choice. He needed this for his appearance and it would seem that he wasn’t above paying someone to help him do it. “Precisely,” he answered her question and nodded. “I can’t have another actress be my girlfriend, because it will definitely look like a PR stunt then,” he replied as if it should be obvious to her and shook his head. “Plus, I would prefer my friends to not know that it isn’t real. I’ll make it worth your while, you know I’m good for it,” he told her, she’d seen his house and the car he drove. She had probably even seen one of his numerous movies. He was kind of a big deal. 

[mascotollie]

lidiacifuentes​:

Kennedy sighed in annoyance when she spotted him, refusing to look up from the course prep book she was currently reading through. The professor assigned reading material before the first class and she wanted to be prepared so that she could participate in the lesson. It was 30% of the grade after all and she wanted to keep her track record of good grades as high as it was in high school. School was something that she always liked due to the structure of it all. “My mom told your mom that you guys could stay here, but that doesn’t mean that we’re friends. So you can just do your thing, preferably as far away from me as possible.” 

@mascotollie​

Alec couldn’t help but roll his eyes when he heard the exaggerated sigh he heard Kennedy let out on his entrance. They’d grown up together so he was used to her heavy mouth breathing and sighing at all times, he would be worried if he didn’t hear it. That is if he cared enough to be worried about the blonde girl. “Missed you too, Kenny,” he cooed at Kennedy, reaching over to ruffle and mess her hair with his knuckles as he walked past her to go to the refrigerator to grab a bottle of water. “Well, too freakin’ bad. Gonna have to get used to me being real close these days. What with the living together part, babe,” he replied, smirking as he leaned against the counter and sipped at his water. 

[mascotollie]

@lidiacifuentes​: 

Tyler was sitting on the couch of Cece’s living room, eyes down on his phone and tapping away with his thumb to type a response to his assistant, informing her what he needed for her to keep ready and waiting on his desk first thing the next morning. He almost didn’t even look up when Cece walked out, claiming to be ready for whatever party it was that she was headed to this time. He looked up momentarily then back down at his phone, then quickly back up again once he had processed what he had actually seen. “What the hell is that?” he asked, brows furrowing together into a frown as he looked the girl over. The man even stood up and crossed his arms across his chest, thinking the situation warranted it. “You are not going out like that.” he told her firmly. Was that latex? Leather? He didn’t know, but he knew that he hated it and it was utterly unacceptable for his fiancée to be walking around in that out and about. 

[mascotollie]

lidiacifuentes‌:

There were many things about this situation that she didn’t understand. Who had come up with this idea? Was it her parents? Did his? Or did they sit together one night and come up with this plan? They already had a good business relationship, so she didn’t see the point in having to go through all this trouble at all. What was their thought process behind it? Cassie had always been the smart one out of the twins so Cece was struggling to make sense of the situation she’d been thrown in. 

While Cece didn’t know the Knight parents well, she did get along particularly well with one of their children. TJ. She saw him as a brother figure as she did Kyle. He used to hook up with her best friend and they hung around a lot as a group. Her friend and TJ were no longer a thing, but Cece and him just got along like a house on fire. He became one of her best guy friends over the years. So she had heard of Tyler through his brother a couple of times, but he hadn’t mentioned him often. All she remembered was that TJ called him stuck up and boring, which she could see to be accurate from the way he was greeting her. So he shook her dad’s hand but couldn’t take a few more steps to shake her’s? Wow… So that’s what it was going to be like? Fine. Two could play that game. He didn’t even extend his hand, all he did was nod like some sort of robot. Did he think he too good for her? ‘It was wonderful to meet her’? Cece didn’t buy a word that came out of his mouth. How old was he, fifty? How could someone like that be related to TJ? She took a deep breath and stopped herself from outwardly rolling her eyes and faked a smile instead. For someone that didn’t know her it would look believable. She hadn’t heard someone referring to her by her full name for years. Except her mom when she was mad at her, but that was different. “Everyone calls me Cece.” That name was just way more in line with her personality and she thought it suited her more. Being called Corinna annoyed her, so she hoped he understood what she was trying to say. 

It’s not enough that her parents forced this dinner on her, they also came to the conclusion that ‘the kids should get to know each other’ which translated for them having reserved another table further away just for the two of them so they could talk privately. It’s like they wanted her to die of boredom. Before the waiter that brought them to their new table left she asked him to get her two cosmos. She’d have a better chance of surviving this evening drunk. “How long do we have to sit here and pretend to talk before we can go our separate ways? I have a playboy themed party to get ready for.” It was her friend Isabel’s birthday and they were going to celebrate that she made the cover. Cece told her she’d be there. 

Tyler knew the Chase family, had met the parents multiple times and the other two children a few times. Enough to know now that he and Cassie would likely have made a better match than the girl in front of him. He had heard a lot about the youngest Chase child. Not exactly all good things, but enough to know that this wasn’t going to be smooth sailing. Her reputation had preceded her, and what Tyler knew, it was evident that the girl was the complete opposite of him and it was going to take a while before they’d get to an even footing with each other. 

He nodded at her words and kept the smile on his face. “Right, Cece, I’ll keep that in mind,” he told her, though it would probably take a while for the man to actually get that right and not use her full name each time he referred to her. He had hoped that he’d be able to keep the conversation flowing with their father, but they were soon relegated to another table to play at getting to know each other like the world’s worst blind date. It wasn’t that he didn’t think the girl was beautiful, Tyler wasn’t blind. He could see that Cece was a gorgeous woman, but even just a short exchange of words made it evident that the two would have absolutely nothing to talk about. And while Tyler was blunt and a workaholic, he wasn’t rude enough to pull out his phone while at dinner with someone. 

Tyler’s brow went up when the girl asked for two cosmos right off the bat, was he going to have to get her in a program as well? He knew she liked to party, but he’d hoped she didn’t actually have a drinking problem. He asked for a scotch neat and turned his attention back onto Cece just as she started talking about a party. “Well, I’m pretty sure we’re going to have to get through dinner at least,” he answered, glancing across the restaurant then back at her. “Since we’re still actually being watched,” Tyler added. “And I doubt we’re going to be going separate ways afterwards either. Least of all to some tacky parties.” 

[mascotollie]

lidiacifuentes​:

If he was being honest, he did not have any doubts about her fitting in well with his friends, but he had been surprised just how well she did fit in. It was like she had been part of their group for ages when she had just met most of these people that day. None of them had a bad word to say about her and he knew they wouldn’t be the type to hold back if they hadn’t liked her so that was a good sign. They had a great time throughout the whole wedding, dancing and laughing with each other. Before this he had been unsure about this working out, realistically, but now he could see it. They just fit. And he knew that Danny would be angry, but he didn’t see Mia as just any girl. He knew she was special.  He had admitted to himself that he liked her by now, but he had yet to tell her. Nate thought that bringing her as his date would be a good indication for her, but he didn’t know how wrong he was about that. “She told me actually. Had to know if she approved of you, after all. Remember how she told me I couldn’t just bring any girl to her wedding because she’d be in the pictures forever?  Said she never liked any girl I was dating, but that she liked you. Hey there’s no need to get violent with me. ” Nate laughed, he didn’t even notice the slip up. He didn’t clear things up with the bride either, knowing that if things went his way they would be dating soon. The concept of the two of them dating didn’t seem foreign to him, even if dating in general didn’t sound appealing to him. When it came to Mia that changed. Suddenly it was something he did see himself wanting. “A date? What date?” He hadn’t fully been paying attention, but those words brought him back to reality. Did someone ask her out? When she came as his date? He would not let that happen. Okay he failed playing it cool there.

Mia had been having a wonderful time with Nate and all of his friends, getting to know them in a way that she hadn’t before. In the past all she ever would have been to Nate or any of his friends was Danny’s little sister. She was sure it was different now, now she was also Nate’s friend. She liked this development, this new thing that her and Nate had. Of course she had always dreamt of there being more to it, had been dreaming of it for years and since the first time she had actually met Nate, but she had come to the realization a long time ago that, that wouldn’t be happening for them. Even if she was Nate’s friend now as well, she was and always would be his best friend’s little sister as well. She didn’t know how wrong she really was about all of that either. “Oh, she did?” she asked, brows going up a little in surprise then laughing at what Nate said next, giving his arm a playful, little push. “Good to know you’re asking people who only just met me about me, Nate,” she joked and shook her head at him. “Not like you’ve known me practically all my life,” Mia continued with a laugh, rolling her eyes fondly. She bit her lip lightly around a smile at his words. No, she couldn’t let herself fall down that hole again. She knew that Nate didn’t mean this as an actual date, she was there because she’d always be in Nate’s life and that was better for the pictures than some random chick on his arm. “Well, I’m glad she likes me. I liked her too, everyone, honestly. And I- I really enjoyed tonight,” she told him honestly. She rolled her eyes at him again and shook her head. “Oh please, as if I could make a dent on you,” she laughed at his dramatic words. Her brows furrowed at his questions and laughed again, shaking her head at the man. “With the bride?” she replied, motioning back towards where they had just come from. “You know, who we were just talking about,” Mia teased. “What’s got you so lost, hmm?”

[mascotollie]

natedeluca‌:

Nate had had his hand on Mia’s back when they were making their way through the crowds at the wedding, introducing her to his friends girlfriends before being whisked away with the other groomsmen, figuring she’d fit in well with them and would prefer that to sitting by herself waiting for him. He remembered Danny’s words of not letting his hands wander when he got back to her, but that hadn’t been easy when she looked this good in the dress she was wearing. Still, it was Mia, she wasn’t just some girl that he wanted to play around with. He actually liked her, even if it took him a while to realise it, so he was doing his best to be respectful. The night had been fun, they’d danced a lot, had some drinks, all in all it had been a good time and he was glad that he’d taken Mia. All his college friends seemed to love her, not that that surprised him. He’d reassured Danny that he was just taking her as friends, but he hadn’t been entirely honest about that. “So, did you have fun? I heard something about you and the bride going shopping after her honeymoon?” He figured she’d liked Max’s new wife if they had made plans to hang out.

@itsmiamitchell​

Mia had no trouble fitting right in with everyone that Nate introduced her to all of his and Danny’s friends form college and their girlfriends. She flashed them her dimpled smile and made easily directed conversations and spoke with them as if she had known them for just as long as Nate had. She didn’t realize that Nate had meant for this to be a date, or well for her to see him as a person that she could potentially date. She had given up hope on there being more with Nate a long time ago, so she was trying to be a good friend by helping him out. Though she had fun with Nate at the reception, dancing with him and easily fitting into his side as they spoke with his friends and laughed with every joke that was exchanged.”Hmm?” she said, looking over at Nate as he lead her out, leaving at the end of the night. “I did!” Mia answered and nodded with a smile, it had been the truth. She had genuinely had a great time meeting all of Nate’s friends and getting to know them all. “You keeping tabs on me, Nate?” she asked playfully and elbowed his side. “You heard right, though. We got to talking, and we have pretty similar taste,” she told him with a laugh. “So, I asked her if she’d want to go shopping sometimes and she said yes. I got her number, think I could even get a date,” she joked. @lidiacifuentes​

[mascotollie]

lidiacifuentes‌:

This Christmas was different to previous years. His parents had let him know last minute that they’d do a “Christmas cruise”, whatever that meant, which left him with the option of flying cross country and returning to an empty house for the holidays or staying and partying in the city since he already took the time off of work. He was going to choose the latter, but  his best friend Danny, being the little shit that he was, spoke to his mom and she invited Nate to stay with them for the holidays. It’s been a while since he was at their house, the last time was probably four years ago, the summer before college. 

He still remembered Danny’s little sister as the awkward teen she was when he left, so when he saw her again, all grown up, it almost left him speechless. Mia was cute before, but now? He thought she was gorgeous. There was no doubt about it, but he also knew that she was off limits. She was his best friend’s little sister, for god’s sake. Danny would kill him if he knew what Nate was thinking. So he did his best in acting like nothing had changed, ruffling her hair when he hugged her, doing his best to ignore how good her perfume smelled and how she seemed to fit into his chest. It was easier to ignore all of that when she wasn’t near him and lucky for him, Danny and him were invited to a party by an old high school friend. 

It was late at night when they returned, Danny so drunk that Nate had to basically carry him back before he dumped him on the couch where the other fell asleep immediately. Getting himself another beer from the fridge he thought his friend came back to the living when he heard footsteps approaching. Only it wasn’t Danny. It was Mia and even with her hair a mess she looked kind of adorable. “Can’t sleep?” 

@mascotollie​

Growing up, Mia had always looked up to her older brother and thought he was the best person in the world. It was in her teens that those views changed into him being more annoying and too protective over her. Though even at times where she felt like she hated her brother in those years, there was still something that she felt was a perk of having him around. That something, just so happened to be a someone, and it was her older brother’s best friend Nate. Even when she was a little kid, she had had a little puppy love crush on the older boy. It went through to her teen years and only really ended when he and Danny moved away for college then work. 

Mia obviously still thought the man was attractive at this point in time, but she wasn’t a little girl that only had stars in her eyes for Nate. She was experienced and dated around and wasn’t an awkward teenager that didn’t know how to act around him anymore. Which was why she groaned out a ‘stop it, you dick!’ and slapped Nate’s side as he ruffled her hair when he came to spend Christmas with the family. 

It was late that night when she heard stirring downstairs, making her pull her headphones off and sit up straighter in her bed. She checked the time and hoped that it was Danny and Nate coming home and not some home invaders. She made her way downstairs and squinted around to see who it was, rolling her eyes when she found Danny passed out on the couch. She jumped a little when Nate spoke up, looking over to him when he approached with a beer. Mia laughed lightly and nodded. “Turned into a bit of a night owl,” she told him, giving a little shrug of her shoulder, tugging the sleeves of her sleep shirt over her hands as she stood there. “Looks like you guys had a fun night,” she teased, motioning towards her slumbering brother. 

[lidiacifuentes]

This cannot end well { arranged marriage au}

[mascotollie]

lidiacifuentes‌:

Being the disappointment of the family, Cece tried to avoid family dinners and get togethers as much as she could. She wasn’t doing her MBA like her twin sister and she wasn’t a star athlete like her brother. Instead she was a college drop out, earning money with social media on the side (something her parents neither understood nor accepted). She always had to endure hearing about Cassie and Kyle’s achievements not only from themselves but her parents. However, there had been no getting out of this dinner. They told her it was important and that if she didn’t come she could forget her credit card. So she put on a cute dress and made her way to the restaurant. While she wasn’t the smartest, she could clearly tell that there were several empty seats at their table. She knew that both Kyle and Cassie weren’t in the city right now. Cece asked her mother who they were waiting for but she just waved it off, saying she’d see soon. Because that wasn’t weird at all… Taking her phone out to scroll through instagram she barely listend to her mother’s ramblings. Until she heard one thing.  ‘…so that’s why you’re getting married.’ Putting her phone down Cece looked at her mom, raising an eyebrow in disbelief and starting to laugh. If she was getting married she’d know. Besides, she didn’t even have or want a boyfriend right now. She wanted to go out and hook up with whoever she wanted, she was young she had to enjoy life while she could. “Yeah right. That’s hilarious. You can tell me why I’m actually here now.” Only her mother wasn’t laughing. What the hell was going on? She was 21 years old, this had to be a joke. There was no way this wasn’t a joke. Right? She didn’t want to get married. To anyone. ‘We decided that it was time for you to grow up. Enough with the constant going out and the tabloid pictures. Look at your siblings, they made something of themselves. Both of them work very hard and you’re not doing anything, which is why we thought of this. It’s good for you and for our businesses. You remember our business associates, the Knight family? You’ll get married to their youngest son, Tyler. Or we’ll cut you off financially. You could kiss that lifestyle of yours goodbye. It’s up to you.” 

Her parents knew she was dependant on their money, the rent of her apartment was several thousand alone. Cece grew up living a life of luxury, she didn’t know anything else and didn#t want to either. Her parents knew this and were using it against her now. She knew she should not have come tonight. Fuck, why did she believe that her parents could’ve just wanted to catch up with her? Why didn’t she listen to her gut instinct? Even though she wanted to leave, she couldn’t. So she was stuck here, waiting for them to arrive. 

@mascotollie​

Tyler was kind of the middle child and so was always overlooked at first. It was only kind of since there were four of them, and there wasn’t anyone in the middle. Tessa and TJ were much closer together in age that people always assumed the two were twins, they looked enough alike, they acted enough alike that it was a reasonable assumption. The older two were far more cut throat, far more like their father than Tyler was. And Trini? Trini was the baby of the family that always absorbed attention and got away with just her sweetness and looks, much to Tessa’s chagrin. Tyler was responsible, he was strategic, calm and a perfectionist. He took things slowly and thought them through, did them the hard way rather than the easy and quick way. Those were left better to his older siblings, always being hot-headed and rash with their decision making. They were just far too competitive, and despite the fact that Thomas loved the nature of competition, he still picked Tyler to be the one he’d pass the business down to, much to everyone’s surprise, Tyler included. He hadn’t expected to be in the position, he had figured he’d just be a high ranking employee, having worked and interned at the company for years. He hadn’t ever expected that his father would start grooming him to take over. Though, it was exactly the fact that Tyler took his time with the business, learned the ropes from the bottom up and tried to work his way through it rather than steal it out from under his siblings that Thomas knew that despite how Tyler wasn’t as competitive, wasn’t as rash or cut-throat, he was still a far better business mind and more of a workaholic than the others. 

At first Tyler thought the dinner with his parents that night was in celebration of his father announcing that he would be the heir to the family empire one day, for the promotion to an executive position in the company. Thomas was far from retiring, but the promotion of Tyler to Chief Operations Officer was as good as sealing the deal for when he did. He had thought this was just a celebration dinner, but it was on his way there that he was informed of the actual nature of the dinner and what was going to be expected of him. As always, Tyler simply nodded and voiced his agreement, knowing that the merger (what a way to describe his upcoming marriage) was one that would be extremely beneficial for both parties. It was smart, it was good for business and Tyler was always willing to do what was good for business. 

The three members of the Knight family walked into the restaurant and Tyler tucked his phone away into his jacket pocket when he heard his mother hiss for him to do it before the reached the table with the other family. He had heard of the name, he knew every one of the people his father was in business with, knew about their kids. He also knew that this was one of the kids that didn’t particularly have anything going for them other than being rich and pretty. He could probably get away with just indulging her whims, he thought as they approached the table. “Mr. and Mrs. Chase,” Tyler greeted with a smile, shaking the man’s hand. “Always a pleasure,” he said before turning his attention to the blonde and nodding in greeting. “It’s wonderful to finally be meeting you, Corinna,” he greeted Cece. 

[mascotollie]

lidiacifuentes‌:

“If you knew Cara you wouldn’t be so surprised. I’m just surprised she never told me…” He never understood the thought process going on in his ex’s head. Once she got angry at him for tipping a waitress that was ‘clearly’ flirting with him and didn’t talk to him for a week. It was things like that over and over again. She called him a few months ago but he’d been in the ring, he called back but she didn’t pick up. He texted her asking if she meant to call him earlier and she said it had been an accident. Did she want to tell him about the baby? If so, why didn’t she try again? If he had known things would be different. He wouldn’t have left her to deal with this by herself, even if they weren’t together anymore. “I don’t think she can walk. Or at least if she can she hasn’t in the few hours she’s been here.” Mia’s question was a joke, but it felt easier focusing on that than the very real problem he was facing right now. His shoulders deflated when she said she didn’t know anything about babies. He really thought she would. She had one of those ‘non threatening cute girl’ faces. “Fuck, i mean- crap?” He hesitated grimacing, before he continued. Now he looked like a sexist ass. When she said it out loud he realised how it could come off and he was quick to apologise. “I didn’t mean it like that. I’m sorry.” Nate didn’t mean to be sexist, he just panicked and she was the first person that came to his mind for some reason. So she didn’t know anything about babies either. 

“Thanks?” He was a dad now. A father. God, how was he going to tell his parents? His whole family for the matter. Or any of his friends? Nate had no idea how to handle this, but he knew he would need to figure this out fast. He couldn’t let anything happen to this baby. His baby. He googled what food was safe for babies to eat earlier and since he didn’t know if she could have solid foods he mashed up some fruit for her and put it in a bowl. “She’s not a fan of mashed bananas. I tried making some for her, but she didn’t want to eat it, she flipped the bowl over… “ His first attempt at feeding clearly hadn’t gone over well.  “That was about two hours ago, she could be hungry now? I don’t know.” He knew she had to eat something, but what was he going to do if she refused to take food from him? “She kind of- bit my finger earlier. She has teeth.”  

“I can kind of imagine now, you know given the situation,” Mia replied with a little laugh and giving a wave around at Nate then the baby and back. It was clear that the ex-couple had major communication issues, what with Nate not even knowing she had been pregnant with his baby, and that the woman was crazy, given that she legitimately left her child on Nate’s doorstep. Not knowing if he was home or not. If she could pull something as big and drastic as this, Mia wasn’t sure she really wanted to know Cara. Sure, Mia has had a couple bad relationships in the past and her fair share of weird or crazy exes, ones that ended badly. She couldn’t imagine ever hiding her pregnancy then dumping the baby on them and leaving, though. “Oh, that makes sense then,” Amelia replied when Nate told her that he didn’t think the baby could walk. Her question had been pretty genuine and not a joke. “Yeah, it definitely feels weird to curse in front of a baby,” she said, nose wrinkling when the man accidentally pulled an F-bomb and Mia’s first instinct was to reach out and cover the baby’s ears. She nodded at Nate’s apology and smiled at the other, before shaking her head and laughing. “It’s fine,” she told him, pretty much used to people making assumptions about her based on the way she looked or how she presented on first meetings. “Don’t worry about it,” Mia assured the other, looking back down at the squirming child in Nate’s arms. It was still hard to believe the man in front of her was the father of the child, but apparently it was true and here she was. “I can still help out, though?” she offered, not wanting to leave the other high and dry. Plus, she had gotten all dolled up and made her way over, it would be a waste to just leave. 

“You’re welcome?” she responded in the same questioning tone. She couldn’t imagine what the other was going through, the thoughts going through his head. Amelia had never been more relieved to be a woman, not having to worry about babies being left on her doorstep and be a mommy out of nowhere. She’d always have months of prep time for a baby, only a positive test would be her surprise, which was also a stretch since she was on the pill and always used protection even with boyfriends. “How about this...” she said, clearing her throat lightly and nodding after she heard what Nate said about the food. She reached out to take Zoey from Nate’s arms, hitching her over her hip and trying to rock and bounce her in a way that she hoped was soothing. “We can go shopping, get all the food and supplies you need and we can like... throw stuff at her and see what sticks?” she suggested. 

[mascotollie]

lidiacifuentes‌:

“I do know there’s a baby here. That’s the problem. I came home from practice a few hours ago and suddenly the door bell rang and there was a fucking baby on my doorstep. Fuck, I probably shouldn’t curse in front of it, right? Can she understand me? Anyways,  I tried running after them but I didn’t see anyone on the stairs and I figured I couldn’t leave the baby unattended so I brought her in. There’s a note on the carrier thing, it’s from Cara, she said she’s sorry.” He recognised the handwriting. And he didn’t know anyone else who’d do something like that. They dated on and off for almost a year and this baby looked like it fit into the time frame. Not that he had any clue about how old it actually was. He ran a hand through his hair. “I called Cara about twenty times but she didn’t pick up once.” At least the call went through so he knew she hadn’t blocked him, but that wasn’t much help now, was it? At her question he shrugged, pausing for a moment. Mia brought up a fair point. Okay admittedly, he hadn’t thought that far. He just knew that he had no clue what to do and thought that she might. Plus he figured she’d be here the quickest. He couldn’t tell his current girlfriend, at least not now. Maybe Cara would come pick her up soon enough? “You’re a girl. Didn’t you babysit when you were younger? I thought you’d know what to do with it.” Was he generalising here? Yes. Definitely a little sexist too, but he thought she’d have some kind of motherly instinct. 

He walked around the apartment, trying to stop the baby from crying when he saw something on the floor. A letter. Picking it up quickly he tore it open with the hand not holding the baby, biting his lips to stop a string of curses flying out now that the baby has finally stopped whining. “So her name is Zoey, she’s eight months old. Okay, so it is a girl.” At least he was right about that.  He continued to read, summing the key points up for Mia. “She says that she thought she could do this on her own, but she can’t handle it anymore. There’s no one else that can take the baby and  she landed some kind of acting gig and can’t take the baby with her… She’s coming back in- wait, what?  Three months?” That couldn’t be right. But that’s what she had written.He couldn’t stop himself from cursing when he read that. He couldn’t take care of a baby for three months! He didn’t even have any baby things! “Says it’s mine and tells me to do a paternity test if I don’t believe her.” What was he going to do? He couldn’t do this. He didn’t know the first thing about babies. 

“Wait, somebody just left a baby on your doorstep?” she questioned, looking at him with wide eyes. The woman thought that those kind of things only happened in movies and tv shows, not in real life situations. “Are you sure it didn’t just... Wander in front of your door?” she asked, shaking her head lightly and eyeing the baby then looking to Nate again. Amelia shook her head lightly when he asked her if it was okay to curse in front of the child. “I don’t know, I don’t know anything about babies,” she told him. “I’m not getting one of these for at least a few years,” she added on with a shake of her head. Of course she wanted kids someday, but not just yet and just because she wanted them didn’t mean she knew anything about them at all. She stood and watched the man as he found the note and started reading it, watching as he continued to spiral and panic. She was beginning to see the situation, disappointed about her own expectations being crushed, though that was her own fault. She felt at least a little glad that he thought of her in his time of need, but Mia still couldn’t understand where she came in. “Um, that’s a very sexist assumption,” Mia told Nate with a small frown. “But I did babysit,” she finally admitted.  “Just never someone this tiny. I only watched kids old enough to like... Wash themselves and like, could talk,” she explained to him. 

She frowned as Nate explained to her what the letter said once he got to process it and curse about it for a few moments. “Um, congratulations?” she replied, brows going up slightly and letting out a nervous laugh. “I have to admit, she’s very cute,” Mia told him, looking towards the baby that had calmed down just a little bit, even as her lower lip and chin still quivered and looked ready to go off any moment again. “Maybe she’s hungry? Did you give her anything to eat? Does she even have teeth yet?” she asked, stepping closer to get a better look at the child. 

[mascotollie]

lidiacifuentes‌:

Half an hour? Half an hour?! What if he was going to die until then? What if something happened to the baby? Okay so Nate was usually not the type to be over dramatic, or dramatic at all and sure, maybe he was panicking, but he thought that it was well deserved for him to do so. Considering the current situation. There was a baby in his living room. His baby. He didn’t know the first thing about babies. He was twenty five, he figured he’d have time to learn all of that in a couple of years, when he was ready for it. At least then he’d have a nine month warning to go along with it. It would give him time to prepare, make sure he read the books and shit. When he finally heard the knock on the door he didn’t register how done up she was, too panicked and stressed to notice that she put in all that effort just for him. “Thank you for coming. I owe you one.” He ushered her in, trying to pull himself together and appear calmer but that all went out of the window when the baby started crying again and he went over, hesitating before he picked her up. “I have no idea what to do with this. I don’t even know her name. I don’t even know if it’s for sure a girl, I just figured because of the earrings and the pink outfit, but Cara’s crazy so I’m not even sure about that….” He needed a drink. Fuck, he was spiraling. 

Mia’s smile faltered just a little at the panicked look that Nate wore on his face. That was definitely not the kind of look she was expecting to be getting for him. She had expected a desperate one, just not quite this desperate. She stepped into his apartment as he rushed her inside, frowning with confusion at what exactly was happening. “Uh sure, no problem...” Mia replied, shaking her head lightly. “So uh, what’s the problem exactly?” she questioned, figuring now that there actually was a situation he needed help with and tried to hide her disappointment. She paused when she saw a baby on the living room floor. “Also, did you know there’s a baby in your living room?” she asked, only to hear about him not knowing her name or being sure if it was a girl and somebody named Cara. “Oh-kay...” she said slowly, looking from Nate to the baby and back again. She had to admit, the baby was very cute and looked so sweet in her little pink dress with matching shoes and a bow clip in her hair. “And where exactly do I come into the equation?” Mia asked him, frowning with confusion.

[mascotollie]

lidiacifuentes‌:

When he came home from work that day he didn’t think that his day was going to turn out that way. How could he have? This was like his worst nightmare but one he couldn’t escape from. He had a child. With his crazy ex Cara. A real breathing baby. Well it was breathing last time he checked, he should probably do so again. He didn’t even know how old it was. What was he supposed to do with it? He was a boxer, he wasn’t equipped for this.  He couldn’t do this. He needed help. Looking through his contacts he dismissed his friends immediately, none of them would know what to do in this situation. Scrolling further he paused at Mia’s name. A girl living in his building. It was nine pm, she should be home by now right? And she wouldn’t have a long way over which meant she’d be here fast. By the sounds of the crying baby sitting on his living room floor help couldn’t come fast enough. She was a woman, she’d know what to do, right? They had those kind of instincts.  Clicking on her contact info he sent her a quick text. Please let her be home.  

‘Can you come over? I need your help.’ 

Amelia had gotten home an hour earlier and was helping herself to a glass of wine as she worked on her dinner for that night. She had her hair tied up into a bun, dressed in her comfy yoga pants and shirt, humming and dancing along to the music she had on when her phone pinged with a text. The woman moved towards where her phone was on the kitchen island, picking it up and was surprised to see it was from Nate. She set down her glass and quickly unlocked the phone to read the text, heart jumping and racing as she read it. “oh my god,” she said out loud. He was the last person she would expect to text her at all, let alone at nine pm and in need of help. She had a couple guesses for what that help would entail, and it only made her all the more excited at finally getting the other interested. ‘Give me half an hour? I’ll be right over.’ The girl rushed to get changed and put on makeup, excitedly preparing herself for the night she had ahead of her. Mia ran her fingers through her hair as she looked at herself in the mirror next to her door, making sure her hair looked carefree but also sat just so. She took one last breath and look at herself before heading over to Nate’s apartment. She knocked on the door and leaned against the frame slightly, putting on her most charming smile. “Hey,” she greeted once the door opened. “What’s the sitch?” she asked the man playfully.