Groovy Tunes, Friday September 25, 2015

[candycrushlove]

Maria had brought in CDs to listen to.

She had put a CD into the stereo.

The stereo was playing old school country in spite of the rock and roll CD in the player.

Maria glared at the stereo for a few minutes before sighing and getting to work.

Groovy Tunes was open and the stereo thought it was in charge!

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[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper really didn't want to deal with this robot child but it wasn't like he had a choice. At some point, it got loud enough that he took it out of his room and for a walk.

Stopping in to visit Maria seemed like a good enough excursion. Maybe it'd quiet the screaming kid down some.

"I think this thing is broken," he said by way of greeting.

[candycrushlove]

"Hello, Jasper," Maria said with a smile as she took the screaming baby thing from him. She jiggled it up and down a little like she had seen other people do in an attempt to calm the baby.

"Did we ever come up with a name for the scary screaming baby?"

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"I don't think so," Jasper told her, making a face at the robot thing. "I've been calling it Robot Baby."

So. No one should let him name things.

"I'm not very creative."

Not when it came to things like naming fake children.

[candycrushlove]

The robot baby seemed to calm a little as Maria bounced him and at least his screams were not the same high pitch as they had been.

"Let's call him Stereo," she suggested, showing she should possibly not be allowed to name things like babies, either.

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"Stereo?" Jasper repeated, giving the robot child a look before nodding. "He's definitely loud enough to be live up to that name. Hopefully that means he has a fricking off button."

[candycrushlove]

Maria grinned. "I'm guessing that our teachers removed that particular button."

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"Oh, don't say that," Jasper replied, wincing. "I'd like to get some sleep at some point. I fed the thing, rocked it, talked to it and it just screams. Probably just hates me."

[candycrushlove]

Maria shook her head as she rocked Stereo in her arms. "I can take him for awhile. I have Student Council at lunch but then I'll be back here for the afternoon,. You can get a break and some sleep."

Maria smiled. "Later we could go and find some kind of supplies to keep the baby quiet with a pacifier or something else."

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

"I know nothing about kids, robot or otherwise," he admitted with a grimace. "I'd love for it to stay quiet and not scream all night."

[candycrushlove]

"I would love for him to do that, too, but why do I think that our teachers are not the kind who would make this even a little easy for us?"

Not like she could snark him into submission and silence.

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper groaned and shook his head.

"If you take him so I can at least get some breakfast, I'd appreciate it," he told her. "And then we can go find some stuff that'll maybe keep it busy for awhile. No on needs to be stuck with a crying, screaming kid over the weekend."

[candycrushlove]

"You may be my new favorite person," Maria said with a smile. "I'll take him while you do that, then and we can meet back here later this afternoon?"

[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper nodded and smiled. "Sure. I'll grab you a coffee on my way back."

He had a feeling she might need it all things considered.

"See you in a bit."

[candycrushlove]

"Thank you, Jasper. I'll see you when you get back."

Coffee would be a wonderful thing.