Nico shook his head at his brother. Alec grinned back at Nico. “When Bronagh has your baby, I’m gonna be the favourite with him, too.”
“I doubt that.”
“Never doubt the baby whisperer.”
The baby whisperer?
I slapped my hands on my knees as I cried with laughter. Nico and Alec were hilarious when separate, but together they were too much for me to deal with.
“Okay, baby whisperer,” Nico challenged. “You go get the butt powder while I take off his diaper.”
“I got this,” Alec replied with a firm nod of his head.
He looked at me and asked, “Where is the powder?”
I pointed to the bookcase that we converted into a holder for all of the things needed to clean up Jax. I had a few different powders for Alec to choose from, and I saw him tense up when he stood in front of the case and stared at them all.
“Alec!” Nico heaved. “Hurry!”
I looked to Nico and saw he got Jax’s nappy off and was currently dropping it into the bin bag on the side of the table like it was a live grenade. He grabbed a handful of the wipes, as in way too many, and quickly began to clean his behind and privates.
“It’s under his balls!” he cried out in dismay.
I covered my mouth with my hand to muffle down my laughter.
“I’m sorry to have to clean you here, bro,” Nico said to Jax who laughed up at him.
Nico shook his head. “You’re enjoying this aren’t you? You little fart.”
Jax clapped his hands together and it made Nico laugh. When he finished cleaning Jax up, Nico looked over his shoulder to his brother and shook his head. “What’s the matter, baby whisperer? Are you having trouble with the butt powder?”
“No!” Alec instantly replied. “I’m just trying to make a decision.”
“Well, hurry up.”
I began to howl with laughter when Alec fumbled with nerves as he looked for the baby powder. He was jumping back and forth from one foot to the other as if it would help him complete his task quicker.
“Alec!” Nico snapped. “Give me the damn powder! He doesn’t want to lie down anymore. Hurry!”
“Don’t rush me!” Alec shouted as he quickly scanned his eyes over the labels on the baby products.
“Ah-ha!” he whooped. “I found it. This is the one Kane uses on him!”
Nico growled. “Open it and give it here then!”
Alec turned and looked down to the baby powder. He gripped the body of the bottle with one hand and used his other hand to turn the cap.
Don’t squeeze the bottle!
I tried to flag him down and warn him of the impending danger, but it was too late. Alec opened the powder, and the pressure on the body of the bottle from his grip caused white powder to shoot from the top of the bottle directly into his face.
For a second everything stopped and, in slow motion, a cloud of white smoke consumed Alec’s head and upper body, but when I realised what just happened, I admit I wet myself a tiny bit.
I fell against the door frame as my laughter turned to wheezing. I crossed my legs to stop myself from having a full on accident and fanned my face when I felt like it was overheating.
“Are you fucking kidding me!?” Alec shouted, then sputtered as the powder got in his mouth.
“Don’t cuss!” Nico snapped.
Alec rubbed powder out of his eyes then reached out and smacked the back of Nico’s head. “Look at me! Don’t tell me not to fucking cuss!”
Nico bent his leg and tried to kick Alec with a backward strike. “If I didn’t have this baby on this table, I’d kick your ass!”
Oh, God, please.
I was going to have a heart attack from laughing. I watched through blurred eyes as Nico lifted Jax from his changing table and placed him into his playpen so he could take Alec on.
“Stop,” I begged.
“This is not funny, Aideen!” Alec bellowed at me. “I look like Tony from Scarface after he dove head first into a pile of cocaine.”
That was it.
I was done.
I sunk down to the floor and cried with both laughter and pain from the horrendous stitch in my side.
“She’s down!” Alec screeched and rushed over to me.
I sputtered and coughed.
“Is it the baby?” Alec asked in a panic as he kneeled next to me and placed his powdered hands on my stomach.
“No,” I wheezed. “It’s you two. So... funny!”
Alec hissed in disgust. “I thought you were hurt you bitch! Don’t scare me like that again.”