Ryker sure agreed with that. He glanced over at Abby as she immediately fell asleep, smiling slightly and momentarily twisting back to look at Pyper, who was also asleep. When they pulled in the driveway he parked in the normal place and gently nudged Abby's shoulder. "A bed would be more comfortable." He said quietly, getting out and rescuing Pyper from the back of the truck.

Abby groaned awake then nodded slightly at Rykers words. "Yeah. Can I hold Pyper?" She asked, looking down at the tiny baby as they walked inside. Her gait was a little off but she could move.

Ryker nodded, handing her the baby carefully before catching Axl before the golden knocked Abby over. "Slow down Buster." He laughed, sitting down on the couch.

Abby stifled a giggle when Ryker had to catch Axl. She slowly lowered Pyper to his height. His eyes fell onto the child, his nose sniffing away. Axl licked Pyper's feet and she shifted in Abby's arms. "Awww" she ruffled Axls fluff with one hand before standing straight and smiling at Ryker. She kissed Ryker then laid her head on his shoulder and gazed down at Pyper. She had a little fuzz of hair on her head and bright hazel eyes like hers.

Ryker rubbed Axl's fur with a laugh. He reciprocated the kiss with a smile, putting one arm around her while making sure Axl didn't explode with the other. The golden was good, though, and sniffed the baby carefully.

Abby quietly put Pyper in her bed when she started to fall asleep again. She closed the door and came back to Ryker. "I need to sit down" she said and doing just that. She pulled her feet under her and closed her eyes. "I wonder how long before she wakes up again. "

Ryker waited till Abby came back and put an arm around her again with a slightly tired sigh, glad he was sitting for the moment. "You shouldn't wonder. I guess an hour. Then she'll be hungry. The milk will make her sleepy, and she'll sleep another 2 hours. Then she'll be hungry." He smiled faintly. "Before my sister died I had to take care of her, even though I was only 8. Not like my parents would. So I learned a bit about babies. You never get sleep and you usually don't stop being annoyed till you're dead." He joked.

Abby was nodding her head as he spoke. "Wait what? You had a sister?" Her soft eyes flew opened and turned to his when her expression fell. "How did I not know this..?" She put a hand over his heart. "I'm so sorry" she looked deep into his eyes. "How did she die..?"

Ryker glanced at her. "Yeah, I did. I'm sorry for not telling you." He answered quietly, then shook his head. "Don't be. It's okay. She got really sick and my parents didn't want to pay for treatment. I scraped up all the money I had together, but it wasn't enough." He replied with a slight glance down.

"Oh..." Abby looked down. "That's so sad" Axl was chewing on a dog bone in his little bed in the corner of the room. "Hey Bubba. Come here" she patted the spot beside her on the couch. At some point he had decided his bed was better than the couch. He carried the bone in his mouth when he scrambled into her lap instead. "No. Ow. No boy. On the couch not me" she halfway picked Axl up and scooted him over to her side. He then laid his head over her lap, his eyes up at Ryker.