WHO: Noah, Autumn & @dremilyclark WHERE: McDowell’s Home
Noah didn’t expect that he would end up having to bring a still very drunk Emily home with him. She couldn’t for the life of her remember the address but it was getting late for the nanny to stay there and he had to get back home. He wasn’t about to leave Emily out in the streets of course. He was glad he had convinced her not to get an Uber—how on Earth would she find where she was staying. Instead, they ended up at his place—the backhouse of the Babbling Brookes Ranch, which he rented for years now in exchange for his work. Thankfully he had ahead of time asking for the next day off because by the time they got home it would have been when he starts getting up to work.
He had one of his sister’s pajamas from when she’d stay there to take care of Autumn, so he gave it to Emily as they tried best not to wake the sleeping child. He set his bed for her and the couch for himself. As worries as Noah was about the whole thing, he figured if he was up beforehand he could explain to Autumn that his friend needed a place to stay and that’s what it was. Right? That kept lingering his mind when he went to sleep. It was just that. They used to be friends and he was helping her out.
Noah was up early, he checked on Emily who slept peacefully. Then Autumn who did the same. He made sure they had enough breakfast supplies and went to take a quick shower and shave. He was tired of the woman around him complaining about the beard. And he’d find a barber later for the hair, for now, ties up would do. In the meantime though, a sleepy Autumn came into his room yawning and carrying her bunny as she crawled up on his bed. “Mornin’, Daddy.” She laid on the empty pillow and shook the figure covered by the blankets. Her dad had a radar for her tiptoeing around and always woke when she came in the room so it was odd he didn’t move. “Are you trying to be silly and prank me, dad? It won’t work.” Autumn pulled the blanket to see the brunette and immediately scream. “Ahhh! Dad!!!!”
Shit—! Autumn was up.