At the age of 19, finn shelby is the baby of the family. But not for long. As a face from the past comes back to haunt him and brings with her a little girl. Finn is quick to find out the child is his and will do everything in his power to care for...
John and Tommy had taken their kids home. We were at aunt pols but me, Arthur and lyd were staying over.
"Did you have a good Christmas love?" Arthur asked her as she sat on his knee
"The best." She replied sleepily
"Don't fall asleep yet. There's one more surprise" I told her. Lydia immediately perked up and looked at me with hopeful eyes
"Please tell me its not what I think it is" aunt pol prayed. I didn't reply and instead left the room. 15 minutes ago, I had snook out and collected the dog. A woman had been selling them after her dog had puppies but they had to stay with the mother for a certain amount of time. I kept the dog in my office for those 15 minutes.
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I took the dog into the living room where lyd was. He quickly ran in and started running around and yapping excitedly.
"Oh my god" Lydia said followed by an excited squeal. I laughed as she knelt down and played with the puppy
"He's soooo cute" she stated happily laughing when he licked her face
"He's yours. And you can call him whatever you want" I told her. Her smile grew even wider which I didn't think possible. She ran over to me and hugged my waist tightly so i picked her up
"Thank you" she yelled happily kissing my cheek a thousand times.
"You're very welcome baby" I told her putting her down and letting her play
"Aw. He's a cutie. What ya gonna call him?" Arthur asked. I watched Lydia's tongue stick out slightly. Something she does when she's thinking real hard
"Nigel" she stated making us chuckle
"Great name" aunt pol told her
"Can nigel sleep in the bed tonight?" She asked.
"Yes love" I told her
"The bed?" Arthur asked confused
"Lyd sleeps in my bed after the incident in France" I informed him quietly. He nodded in understanding and luckily, lyd was too preoccupied with the puppy to hear us talking. I saw her yawn though so decided to call it a night
"Come on love. Time for bed" i told her picking her up. She had Nigel in her arms as she gave kisses to aunt pol, and Arthur
"How come Linda didn't spend Christmas with us?" She asked
"Because the author finds her insignificant and so forgot about her completely" Arthur said making us all nod in understanding.
I carried Lydia upstairs and put her in my bed at aunt pols. We lay down and I was almost asleep. However i couldn't because i just heard her giggling
"What's so funny?" I asked
"He's licking my toes" she said laughing loudly. I chuckled and reached under the bed for the dog and brought him on the pillow
"Daddy, I don't think Nigels potty trained" she said once I'd closed my eyes
"He is don't worry. The woman promised"
"No. He's peed on your pillow" she said laughing loudly. I jumped up out of bed quickly making her laugh even more
"Dogs are gross" I muttered picking him up. I changed my pillow case and washed the dirty one quickly
"The dog can sleep in the dog bed" i told her making her nod.
"Right, let's finally get to sleep" I said holding her in my arms. I was so close to being asleep when she said
"Daddy I gotta pee" I groaned but let go of her and carried her to the toilet. She did her business, washed her hands and i carried her back to the room. You may think she's 5 and can go toilet herself. But its across the hall and at night, it's almost pitch black and can get very scary for a little girl
We got back in bed once again. I lay down. No more interruptions and allowed myself to fall asleep, finally.
A/n
I know this is short but it's just to introduce the dog.
