Take Your Baby To School Day (Sara/Open)

[Sara Quinn]

Hm... Well that went better then she had expected... Sara took the bag from him as he slid it off his shoulder. He seemed like he hadn't even heard her question until he had looked at her, but she guessed she could understand his concentration on everything going on around them. She slung the bag over her own shoulder as she jogged to keep pace with him. The baby was still crying and attracting attention, but he didn't seem to be crying crying, more just crying for the hell of it now.

Sara took a second to take in Matrim hugging his son to his chest and she felt such a sense of longing that she had to look away, her eyes going back to scanning the area. She didn't really understand what was going on in her head, but she knew it was probably best to just not go there for now... or ever... "

The finally reached the lounge, and with a sigh and a final glance around, she entered after Matrim. She waited behind him, looking around at the teachers lounge as he cleared a spot for himself. She had never been in the teachers lounge before, and doubted she would ever get a chance again, so she was going to get a good look while she could.

"Can you get a bottle of formula out of his bag and microwave some up for Shayne?"

Sara paused and then turned nervous eyes towards the microwave. Heat some up? She glanced down at the bag hanging from her shoulder. "Ah.. Yeah. Sure..."

She walked over and set the bag on the counter next to the microwave and proceeded to reach inside for the formula. Truth was... She didn't really even know what she was looking for... She cast nervous glances behind her as Matrim talked to Shayne. What she did know... Was that you never heat formula in a microwave... " Poor kid... Her hand touched a bottle and she pulled it out. And thank god, it had what appeared to be formula in it. Well that saved her from having to mix it.

Calmer after finding the already mixed formula, she laughed softly as he spoke to the baby about her. As it stood, she would love nothing more then to spend time with the two of them. "Matrim... You don't actually heat the formula in the microwave do you...?" She glanced quickly at him, hoping she wasn't offending him or anything, but she wasn't about to do something stupid, so without waiting for his answer, she went to the sink at the other end of the counter. She turned on the hot water and held her finger under it until it was hot, then she stuck the bottle under the flowing water.

She waited for a few moments, then pulled the bottle back out and turned it upside down, testing the warmth on her arm. Satisfied, she turned and walked over to Matrim and held out the bottle. "There..."

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Matrim... You don't actually heat the formula in the microwave do you...?" She said, and Matrim thought about it. He had only asked a guy at a coffee shop to microwave it, but he didn't think they guy used a nuke, it looked more like something else. In any case, Matrim himself had never used a microwave to heat it, he had always done it the way Gale had taught him, which had to do with a pot of water or something like that. In any case, Matrim usually used his Qi since it was faster.

"No, mostly I always use my Qi. It didn't work too well the first few times, but after learning to control the heat of the flames a bit, it started working really well," He said, looking at Shayne and playing with him a bit more. He wasn't crying at this point, and when Sara came over after heating the bottle under some hot water, Matrim would take the bottle with a simple, "Thanks."

Matrim would cradle Shayne in his arms and pull out a chair using the hand which held a bottle, he then took a seat at the table, and began to see if Shayne was hungry. Shayne was rather quiet and just looked up at Matrim as Matrim held the bottle so Shayne have something to drink, "Drink up Shayne," Matrim said and Shayne seemed rather reluctant to drink from the bottle. Matrim's eyes narrowed, "I see we're going to have problems..." He said, and was considering force feeding the kid. Because he knew in his heart of hearts the baby was going to be hungry in the middle of class if he didn't eat....

"Alright, I give," Matrim said after a few more attempts, "Hey you with the boobs, you wanna give it a try?" He asked looking over at Sara, holding the bottle back out toward her, "The kid isn't listening to me at all."

[Sara Quinn]

Sara stepped back after handing Matrim the bottle and pulled a chair over to the table. She dropped it into, leaning her arms on the table as she watched Matrim try to feed Shayne. It seemed as though the baby wanted nothing to do with it. So much for that... Sara chuckled softly, finding Matrims reaction to this amusing. It was cute the way he looked at the baby. Even sitting there with a look on his face like he was considering shoving the bottle down the kids throat there was still such a look of love on his face. The two looked so cute together.

"Alright, I give, Hey you with the boobs, you wanna give it a try?"

Sara laughed, thinking it was a joke. But he wasn't laughing... She froze, looking nervously down at the bottle he held out to her. Her eyes flicked from Shayne, to the bottle, to Matrim. He wasn't serious right? "Umm... I guess... I can try..." She tentatively took the bottle from him and stood up, pulling her chair closer to his and sitting back down next to him.

Reaching out, she would gently take Shayne from him and shift, holding him in the crook of her left arm. Holding the bottle gently in her right hand she laughed nervously. "I've really never done this before... I'm a little worried..." She felt really awkward doing this, scared almost, that she would do something wrong, but she couldn't keep the smile from her lips as she looked down at the baby. With another nervous glance at Matrim she would bring the bottle to Shayne's mouth and try to feed him.

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Umm... I guess... I can try..." She said, and Matrim handed the bottle over to her. She pulled her chair closer to his, and he wasn't sure why since all she needed to do was take Shayne from him and sit in a different chair, but it appeared as though she wanted to sit a little closer, "I've really never done this before... I'm a little worried..."

"Don't, chances are he won't take it anyway," Matrim said, after she had taken Shayne. While it'd be epic for there to be a moment where Shayne ate from her, he had a feeling Shayne wasn't going to eat for a reason. But he might later on, they'd just have to reheat the formula or something like that. In any case as Matrim leaned back he looked over to see that Shayne just wasn't digging the formula today, "Eh, don't feel bad. It usually takes me forever to feed him unless he's actually crying because he's hungry. I just guess he's not hungry right now."

Matrim leaned back in his chair, his hand outstretched for the bottle so he could put it back in the baby bag, "In any case at least we got him to a safer place than before. Seems like a quiet day in the teachers lounge. Don't suppose any of the staff are here, probably all getting ready for class...." Matrim thought about it, and came to the decision that he was split between going to class and not going. "So what were you up to before I got here?"

Matrim would let her continue to hold Shayne if she wanted, the baby was pretty much just sitting there looking at her anyway. He wasn't really giggly or crying so much as just... looking at her, bemused with everything.