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"Are they going to be ok?" Lucy asked a little anxious.
"Lucy, me and James have done this a ton, they're just kids" Wesley said, looking back at the guys.
"Yeah, how hard can it be if these two do it" Tim gestured to Wesley and James.
"Yeah but it's all the kids in one place" Lucy reminded them.
"I've done it before" Wesley shrugged. "Alone" He added.
"Yeah Lucy, they'll be fine" Lopez said grabbing her coat and walking up to Wesley. "Ok, we won't be back too late" She gave him a quick kiss and walked to the door.
"Bye, have fun" Tim waved.
Lopez, Harper and Lucy left. They were going out for the night, and the guys were on babysitting duty. Lucy had insisted Tim help, she said something about baby practice, then said she was joking. Tim didn't know if she was joking or not.
They decided to go simple. Not a bar, or a restaurant. A classic food truck. As they got their food and sat down, they got to talking. "So, you dragged Tim into the babysitting" Lopez smirked.
"Well, yeah. I thought he should chill with them guys more. Tim's quite boring, he needs to socialise" Lucy explained. "Plus, he likes Wesley, despite what he says"
"Yeah alright" Lopez laughed.
"I'm surprised Tim and James get along" Harper chipped in. "I dunno, I just didn't see it working" She shrugged.
"I see where you're coming from, but hey, let's not complain if they get along" Lucy smiled. "It means we get to do more stuff and leave them to watch your kids"
"Talking about kids.. When can we expect to see some baby Bradford-Chen's?" Lopez asked, raising an eyebrow.
Lucy almost chocked on her drink. "Woah." She looked at Lopez.
"Yeah, when are the babies coming" Harper added, smirking.
"Slow down. Like all the way down. Kids? Yeah, nope. Not for a while" Lucy said.
"That's what I said.. Look what happened." Lopez shrugged.
"Yeah, well, Wesley's got magic powers. You established that" Lucy chuckled.
"Ah yes. That he does" Lopez rolled her eyes.
"So, now what?" Tim asked, clapping his hands together.
"We put the kids to sleep, and then do whatever" James said, already heading to the room they were in.
"What shall I do?" Tim asked, walking alongside Wesley.
"Jack or Emmy? Which dya want to put to sleep?" Wesley asked.
"Umm.. Emmy I suppose. She's younger, probably easier to handle" Tim nodded.
"Yeah, sure" Wesley shook his head, boy did Tim have a lot to learn.
By the time Wesley and Tim made it to the room, James had already put Leah to bed.
"How'd you do that so fast?" Tim asked.
"She was already asleep when I got here" James shrugged.
"Yeah, she was tired. She went sleep" Jack said, pulling on Wesley's trouser leg. "I need the toilet daddy" He looked up at Wesley.
"Alright buddy, lets go then" Wesley left to sort Jack out.
"Um ok Emmy, looks like it's just me and you now" Tim said, as James left the room.
"Hi" Emmy smiled.
Tim nervously walked over to her "Ok, so how about you just go to sleep now?"
Emmy just stared back at him. She was only 1, Tim didn't know what he was supposed to do.
"Hey Tim, make sure to change her before you put her down" Wesley called, making his way back into the room with Jack.
"Yeah, cuz sometimes she poops" Jack added, smiling up at Tim. "Look at the dinosaurs" Jack pointed down to his pyjamas.
"Uh yeah.. they're cool.. Did you say she poops?" Tim asked, pulling a face.
"Well Tim, she is a baby" Wesley smirked.
"Look, you're her dad, so why don't you just.." Tim gestured from Wesley to Emmy.
"Haha, nope. You're on Emmy duty" Wesley chuckled, following Jack to his bed.
After 10 minutes, Tim had finally changed her and got her settled into her bed. What was he supposed to do now? "She asleep yet?" Wesley whispered, entering Emmy's room. Leah was also sleeping in there and hadn't moved since James had tucked her in.
"Uh no. She's just looking at me" Tim said, uneasily.
"Tim.. You gotta.. Never mind" Wesley moved Tim aside and sat down on Emmy's bed. "Hey princess, daddy's gonna put you to sleep ok" He kissed her forehead.
"k" Emmy's tired voice replied as she reached for Wesley's hand.
Tim watched as Wesley slowly stroked her hair lovingly and told her a made up story about a unicorn or something. How was Wesley so good at being a father?
Another 10 minutes later, and all three kids were asleep. "Ok, the night is officially ours" James announced as he came through.
"No thanks to Tim" Wesley laughed.
"Oh shush, I tried" Tim shrugged.
"Tried and failed" Wesley shot back.
"Yeah whatever, can we just tell Lucy I did great?" Tim asked.
"Yeah ok" James laughed.
Meanwhile the girls had finished up eating and had moved to one of the benches on the sidewalk. Nyla had excused herself, she'd gotten a phone call from James.
Lucy and Angela were just talking amongst themselves. They were completely unaware of the three dark figures behind them. Watching. Waiting..
"Did you hear that?" Angela asked, as she though she'd heard something behind her.
"What?" Lucy followed her gaze.
"I don't know.. Something feels off though" Angela said, slowly standing up and turning around.
Just as Lucy was about to get up and see, she felt something sharp pierce her skin. "Ow" She moved her hand to feel what it was, and pulled out a small dart like bullet, that was all she could do before she got light headed and passed out.
Angela reached for her gun and spun around, but she was too late. She felt the same thing. Before she knew it, her vision blurred and she hit the ground.
"Get em in the van. Let's get out of here" A mysterious voice instructed.