Hazel Rain

Chapter 2

"Ad-dum!" Hazel jumped as best she could, her feet barely leaving the oak floors. "Ad-dum! Hold me! Uppie!" She chanted, completely enthralled by the arrival of her uncle.

"Quit begging Hazel" Adam laughed as he finally scooped her up and tossed her over his shoulder her hands beating him on the back, "Hey Kris.." Adam kissed her cheek, "where's my brother?"

"He's in the office. I'm glad you could make it" Kristin rubbed his arm, "Hazel has been missing her favorite uncle"

Adam finally set the little girl on her feet and she took off for the toy box in the middle of the living room, "I'm pretty sure I'm her favorite by default...I'm her only uncle" he laughed and sat on the floor, Hazel flew into his lap a baby doll in her hands.

"Baby! Eat." Hazel dropped the baby in his arms and handed him a bottle.

Adam slipped the plastic bottle in the baby's mouth and followed the demands tossed at him by the little girl, "Aww, look at that!" Kyle teased, "my baby brother playing with my baby girl. So sweet"

Adam flipped his brother off, "Shut up man"

Hazel leaned her elbows on Adam's thighs, watching his every move. She glanced at her daddy, "Shut up man!" She repeated.

"Thanks for that Adam" Kristin peeked her head out of the kitchen, she'd spent a good portion of the day trying to prepare dinner.

"Sorry."

"Baby stinky..Ad-dum, baby pee-you!!" She pinched her nostrils together "stinky!"

Adam laughed, "Um, Haze...I think that's you. Kyle...she's ripe" he picked her up and kept her at an arms length, "my god she stinks..holy shit!"

"Holy shit!!" Hazel giggled at her uncle.

"She's become quite the parrot lately" Kyle pointed out, "Kristin is going to love you and your potty mouth"

Adam roared with laughter, "Potty mouth?"

Sean stretched out on the couch, "What movie did you grab...please tell me it's not a chick flick...I'm begging you"

Kim dropped the bowl of popcorn in his lap and went to put the disc in the blu-Ray player, "Ok. It's not a chick flick" she smiled knowingly, "I can promise you that."

Sean groaned and waited for Kim to fill in the empty space beside him, "Why do I get the feeling that you've picked something even worse than a chick flick" he ran his hand down her back as she squeezed in.

Kim kissed his cheek, "It's Zootopia"

He dropped his head back against the couch and closed his eyes, "Yep. This is certainly worse than a chick flick."

Kim grabbed a handful of popcorn and crunched on it, "Stop complaining you'll like it."

Kyle and Adam returned to the dining room, "Everything else done? Adam's steak is done" Kyle set the steak on the table where Adam always sat.

Kristin shivered at the sight of the red meat, she was doing  her best to become a vegan and it had made for some creative meal ideas that both Kyle and Hazel would eat. Adam spent many nights at their dining room table and he made it clear he wouldn't be giving up meat.

It led to a compromise Kristin would allow Kyle to grill a steak or whatever meat it happened to be and she wouldn't complain. She just refused to cook it or touch it, Adam would often tease her as he ate it. She took it in stride, it was nice to see her brother in law smiling again no matter how brief.