PARENTHOOD
Chapter Thirteen Beep...Recording... "Right, where do I start?" Frazer asked as he looked into the video camera and settled on the couch. "I guess I should introduce myself. I'm your daddy an' I'm filming this tae show you what life was like before you were born. You might notice that I sound a bit funny but that's because I come from a country called Scotland." Frazer held up a piece of cardboard with a map of the United Kingdom on it and his finger pointed to Scotland. "Now, I was born here, in Inverness, and am the youngest of six children," he said when he shuffled the cardboard cards on his lap and held up a picture of his brothers and sisters. "These are your Uncles Angus, Robert, Ian, Conner and Donald an' these are your aunts, Victoria an' Zoe. Your Uncle Donald an' Aunt Zoe werenae born until much later but I'll explain aboot that when you're older" He shuffled the cards again when he held up a picture of Jenna and Jamie then looked at it and smiled. "This is your Pa-paw James or Jamie an' your Nan Jenna. Yeah, I ken that they looked old enough tae be your mum an' dad but, like I said, I'll explain why they look like that when you're older." He shuffled the cardboard cards again when he held up a picture of Alan and Rose and smiled. "This is your Pa-paw Alan an' your Nan Rose. Dinnae let that innocent face fool you. Your pa-paw is a certifiable loony but he is also the bravest man I have the pleasure of knowing. Your Nan Rose is also the bravest woman in the whole known universe. I mean she is one tough woman. No one messes with her." He shuffled some of the cardboard cards again then he frowned and looked on the floor. Sighing, he reached down for the cardboard card that fell on the floor and held it up. "This is your Aunt Elizabeth an' that bloke next to her is James. It's weird. Those two were such good friends that I'm amazed that one or the other hasnae asked the other tae marry them." He shuffled the cardboard cards again and looked at the picture on it. "This is your great-grandparents, Jackie an' Pete an' that's your Uncle Tony. I figured out that Nan Rose gets her courage an' guts from Nan Jackie. Why? Well, no one ticks off Nan Jackie an' gets away with it. I've seen Pa-paw Alan shirk away from her when she's mad," he said with a grin and wiggled the cardboard card side to side. He looked at the next cardboard card when he blinked then showed it to the camera. "Now, dinnae asked me tae name everyone on this card but this is the rest of the family. Aye, you have a big family, that's for sure." He looked at the last cardboard card when he smiled and held up the cardboard card. "Now, this is your mother. Her name is Angel an' she is that an' a whole lot more. Ok, I might be bending it a bit but she is tae me," he said then sat the cardboard cards on the table and stood up. He picked up the camera while the camera showed the living room and he headed for the kitchen. Standing near the kitchen island was Angel and she looked at him with a confused look on her face. "What are you doing?" she asked when he walked closer then took her hand, moved her out from behind the kitchen island and did a close up on her swollen stomach. "And that is you," he said then turned the camera to face Angel and Angel smiled, shaking her head. "You are a goof," she said when she slid her arms around his waist and kissed him. Placing the camera on the counter, he held her head in his hands while they kissed when he realized that he left the camera on and moved back, looking at it. "Uh, sorry, but this is nae for your eyes," he said when he pushed the button and Angel laughed. Shrugging, he took her head in his hands while they kissed then smiled, placing his forehead against hers. Beep...Recording... "Right, as you can see, this is your room," Frazer said as he turned the camera around and panned the walls. The walls were a blue color with little teddy bear stickers dressed in white shirts, black waistcoats, kilts with black leather belts and sporrans, white socks and black shoes and one or two teddy bears were playing the bagpipes. A changing table was in front of him with a nappy holder next to it and the shelves had nappies and baby products on them. On the back of the door was a white net filled with plush animals and the wardrobe was to the left of the door. A white dresser was under the window and a rocking chair and footstool was in the corner to the left of the window. The white wicker laundry basket sat in the corner and the pieces of a crib sat on the floor. "Now, today, with a little help from Pa-paw Alan an' Uncle Adam, I am going tae attempt tae put your cot together." Beep...Recording... "Och, putting a cot together is nae as easy as it looks. We couldnae find three screws, two of the pieces were broken an' Pa-paw Alan sliced his finger open when he was trying tae get the box open. I never heard such crying in my life. What a big bairn!" Frazer said with a grin then turned the camera around and showed the white crib sitting against the wall. "Lucky for us, your mum called the store an' they came an' set it up for us." He walked closer when he panned the crib and rubbed his thumb along the carvings on the crib. The carvings were rune symbols and he sighed, turning the camera off. "Hey," Angel said while she walked into the room and he placed the camera on the floor. "It looks really good." "Aye," he said as he nodded his head and she rubbed her hand along his back. "Um, what are these?" she asked as she pointed to the carvings and he sighed. "They're rune symbols." "Oh, Frazer, you didn't?" "I had tae do it, Pebbles. I had tae make sure that..." he said as she held her arms out and held him. She did know that Frazer could see what most would think as magical or a myth and having a fey for a godmother didn't sit well with him. When they were kids, they both thought it was funny but they had learned over the years that it wasn't. Neither of them talked about the number of times his godmother tried to take him from Jamie and Jenna and Angel knew that he was worried that she might try to take their child in his place. He had carved rune symbols over every doorway, window, vent and mirror and there were also runes carved around and at the bottom of the pool. "How's Alan?" "Oh, Mister Big Baby is ok once Mum used the tissue regenerator," she said as he softly laughed and she kissed his lips. Holding her close, they left the room after he picked up the camera and closed the door behind them. Beep...Recording... "Ok, this is Martha an' she is the doctor that's taking care of Mummy while you're inside her," Frazer said as he pointed the camera at her and Martha smiled, rolling her eyes. "What are you doing?" she asked as she tried to push the camera away and he gently swatted at her hand. "I am making a record of what happened before the baby was born." "Is he serious?" she asked as she looked at Angel and he swung the camera around to show Angel lying on the examination table. "Yes, he is. I had to stop him from filming me taking a bath last night," Angel sighed then smiled and waved at the camera. "Can I help it that your tummy looked like a pink island floating in a sea of bubbles?" he asked as Martha laughed and walked to the examination table. She placed on a pair of rubber gloves when she moved the ultrasound monitor toward the examination table and he walked to the table, standing on the other side of it. "So, what are you going tae do tae Angel today?" "I am going to check on the baby's development," Martha said and the camera bobbed up and down. She moved Angel's shirt up when the camera zoomed in on Angel's stomach and his finger poked her stomach. "Hm, I dinnae think it's ready yet," he said then turned the camera on Angel and she glared at him. "Uh, I think I should stop joking around before I get this camera shoved up my nose." "You got that right." Angel growled as he turned the camera to Martha and Martha picked up a white tube and squirted a clear gel onto Angel's stomach. "Blimey, that's cold!" "Sorry about that," Martha said when she picked up the ultrasound scanner and placed it on Angel's stomach then turned the ultrasound monitor on. The camera zoomed on the screen while a blurry image appeared on the screen and Frazer hummed. "Where is it?" he asked when Martha moved the ultrasound scanner and a fuzzy image appeared on the screen. She pushed the buttons on the ultrasound scanner when the image became clearer and she smiled. "Ah, there you are!" "Now, this is the head," Martha said as she pointed and the camera zoomed in. "Nae tae sound stupid, but that little black dot is the eye, aye?" Frazer asked. "Yep, and there is the nose, mouth, ear and this little movement is the heart," she said as the camera zoomed in on the tiny pulsating heart and Frazer sighed. "Here is one arm and there is the other one." "Aw, you're sucking your thumb!" Frazer said when the camera moved up and the baby was sucking its thumb. "And this long tube is the umbilical cord," Martha said as she pointed to it and the camera bobbed up and down. "Now, here's one leg and here's the other leg." "And there is the other leg? Cor, our baby has three legs!" Frazer said as the camera swung toward Angel and she smiled, shaking her head. "What are we going tae do with a baby that has three legs?" "That isn't a leg, Genius!" Angel said and the camera swung back to the screen. "If it's nae a leg then..." Frazer said when he turned the camera to face him and his mouth dropped open while his eyes went wide. "I guess we're having a boy then?" Angel asked while the camera turned toward her then to Martha and Martha laughed. "Yep," Martha said and Frazer cheered. "Knock it off!" Angel said when the camera turned toward Frazer and he frowned. "Mummy is a meanie!" he said then turned the camera toward Angel and she sighed. "Well, everything looks good," Martha said as she turned the ultrasound monitor off and cleaned Angel's stomach off, moving Angel's shirt down. "I'll see you next week." "And I promise that I'll keep Mister Camera Man at home," Angel said as the camera turned to her and Frazer gasped. "Oh, cut the dramatics and turned that off." Frazer pushed the button while he smiled and placed the camera on the floor. He helped Angel off the examination table when he picked the camera off the floor and smiled as they left the room. Beep...Recording... "Right, here we are in the delivery room," Frazer said as he looked into the camera and was wearing surgical scrubs. The camera turned as Rose and Jenna waved at the camera and both of them were wearing surgical scrubs as well. "Here is Nan Rose and Nan Jenna. Hello!" "Hello!" they said at the same time when the camera turned and pointed toward Jamie, who was sitting on the chair. He was also wearing surgical scrubs and he was placing the surgical slippers over his shoes. "Hey, Dad, how does it feel becoming a grandfather?" he asked and Jamie looked at him. "It feels great but I wouldnae ask Alan that question," Jamie teased as they heard sobbing coming from the bathroom and the camera pointed toward the door. "I am not ready to be a grandfather!" Alan's voice sobbed from behind the door and Rose sighed, walking to the bathroom door and opened it. "Get out here!" she said as she half dragged Alan out of the bathroom and he was also wearing surgical scrubs. "Dad, is this really how you want your grandson tae see you?" Frazer asked when Alan looked at him and coughed, straightened up and wiped his eyes. "Heh, I was just fooling around," Alan said as the camera bounced up and down and he wiggled his fingers in his ears while crossing his eyes. The camera turned toward the bed as Frazer walked closer and Angel was lying under the sheets with her legs in the stirrups. She was wearing a white hospital gown with little polka dots on it and she glared at him while he zoomed in on her face. "Hello, Mummy," Frazer said as she growled at him and the camera zoomed down to her stomach and the fetal heart monitor that was strapped to it. The camera moved up when the door opened and Martha walked into the room. "Well, are we ready tae deliver the baby?" "Let me have a look," Martha said when she sat on the stool that was sitting near the foot of the bed and Frazer yelped as Angel grabbed his wrist. "If you value your tackle, you are NOT going there!" she said as the camera turned to her and the camera bobbed up and down. Martha sat down on the stool when she looked under the sheet then looked at them and smiled. "She's ready," Martha said and the camera beeped as Frazer turned the camera off. Beep...Recording... "Frazer, turn that thing off!" Angel shouted as the camera zoomed in on her face and shook side to side. "Come on, Love, he has to see this," he said when the camera moved and was pointed over Martha's shoulder. Angel screamed as the camera moved up then zoomed in on her face and she glared at him. "Ok, Angel, the baby's shoulders are out," Martha said as the camera moved down and showed the baby in her hands. The camera started shaking and Angel calling Frazer's name was the last thing the camera recorded as Frazer and the camera hit the floor. Beep...Recording. 'Well, that was embarrassing," Frazer sighed as he sat on the bed and brushed the hair from his eyes. "I remember teasing your Pa-paw Jamie when he fainted after your Aunt Zoe an' Uncle Donald were born an' here I am doing the same thing. He told me the reason he fainted was because he forgot tae breath. Me? I fainted because it was gross." Reaching for the camera, he walked to the bassinette then did a close up of a small baby sleeping under a blue blanket and his finger moved over the rune that were carved into the wood. "Well, there you are. We decided to call you Alexander James Frazer McCrimmon but we'll call you "Xandy" for short," he said then turned the camera around and smiled. "So, that's it. If I had one piece of advice tae give you, it's this. Be the best you can be an' know that I love you with all my hearts!" "Again," Alexander said as he sat on Frazer's lap and he looked down at his two year old son. "But we watched it five times," Frazer moaned and Alexander batted his eyelashes at him. "P'ease?" he asked and Frazer sighed. "We'll watch it later. Now it's time for bath and bed," Angel said when she walked to the couch and lifted Alexander off Frazer's lap. "No bath!" "Nae even if Mummy uses bubbles? I would love tae take a bath with mounds an' mounds of bubbles!" Frazer said and Alexander looked at Angel. "Aye, I want bubbles!" he said and Angel smiled, rolling her eyes. "Ok, you can have bubbles," she said as they headed for the stairs and Frazer watched them going up the stairs. He turned the dvd player off when he walked to the holo-television and moved his finger over the runes around it, sighing. Martha was stunned when he insisted that they took Alexander home the moment he was born but she didn't see the hobgoblins peering in the window of the delivery room and he sighed, looking at his reflection in the glass. He knew that his biological father didn't know there was a price to pay for making friends with the fey but Frazer did and he blinked, placing his forehead against the glass. "Hey, are you coming?" "Aye," he said when he smiled then ran to the stairs and went upstairs. A/N: To know Frazer's full story, read You Take The High Road.
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