I was currently laying on the couch when I heard a knock at the door. It must be my pizza, I happily got up, rushing towards the door. I unlocked it opening it, to see the man and the baby I saw today.

       The baby was crying, but I went into panic mode and tried to close my door. He put his foot in the doorway, "listen I know this is very weird, and I don't want to be here, but he won't stop crying. He's been like this since this morning, and everyone in my house is tired. I- just please get him to stop. You're the only one who I can think of." He said in a pleading tone. Now that I look at him does look worn out. I slowly opened my door, and let him in. Okay, this is very weird, but I do feel kinda bad.

          Once the baby saw me he started to cry louder and trying to wiggle out of the man's arms, he quickly handed him to me. I took him and started bouncing him, I started waking him to my house, leaving the strange man at my door entrance, I heard him close the door behind me. I felt his presence close to me so I quickly made my way to the couch.

          Something about him is so intimidating. I sat down with the baby, I looked up to see him standing by my door. He had a baby bag with him, "Did you feed him recently?" I asked. "No, he wouldn't stop crying." He said walking towards the couch. I scooted over leavening two seats empty. He sat down on the one furthest away from me. Thank God.

             He placed the baby bag in the middle of us. I slowly inched my way towards in. "Can I grab a bottle," I asked, not wanting to seem weird, by just grabbing whatever I want. "Go for it." he groaned out throwing his head back closing his eyes. I looked over at him for a few more seconds before reaching into the bag grabbing a bottle and some formula. I stood up and walked towards the kitchen. I still had this mystery baby in my arms. Now that I think of it I don't even know his name or the man's name.

         I'm just going to guess their father and son. I filled the bottle with some room temperature water, adding two scoops of formula in, and shaking it. I saw the baby reach for the bottle desperately, I laughed shaking it once more and handing it to him. He took it and immediately started drinking it. I remember the cookies I put in the oven, I should probably get those out. I walked towards the man who looked like he was now asleep on my couch. I tapped his shoulder, he just groaned moving his shoulder, pushing himself more into my couch. I rolled my eyes. I walked over to what used to be my seat and placed him down on the couch.

         He was to focus on the bottle to know I had sat him down. I hurried and made my way to the oven, I put on my oven, and opened the oven grabbing the cookies, putting them on the counter. I turned the oven off, and as soon as I was about to turn around I heard a knock on the door. The pizza, I just now realized how hungry I was. I went over to the counter grabbing my wallet. I went to the door, unlocking it and opening it to see a boy around my age with a pizza in his hand. "$15 ma'am." He said. I handed him a twenty, "thanks." I said quickly closing the door. I looked over to the couch to see the man now laying down on the couch with the baby on his chest. I grabbed two plates from the kitchen and went back to the living room, I placed everything on the coffee table and sat down in my recliner since the couch was now taken.

          I grabbed a plate and a slice of pizza. I decided to leave the man and baby alone. He looks kinda stressed. I feel bad, the baby started to whimper, reaching his arms in my direction. I got up with a big breath of air, placing my plate on the coffee table and reached over the grabbing the baby from the man's chest. I put the baby on my hip and grabbed my plate and the remote sitting back down. The baby placed his head on my chest closing his eyes snuggling into me. I mentally squealed in happiness. I turned my attention back to the food. I took a big bite out of my pizza enjoying the taste.

          I changed the channel to Netflix, picking a random Disney movie, just in case the baby wakes up. I started watching it and eating.

                  *Time skip*

               I just finished the movie and both the man and baby snoring away. I have to remind myself to ask for names when they wake up. The baby is holding a death grip on me so I can't put him down, and the man is still on the couch. About halfway into the movie, he grabbed the blanket from the top of the couch, throwing it over himself. I had been sitting here for so long I forgot about the cookies. I almost jumped up from excitement, but I have to remember to be calm and collected because I don't want to wake up this little guy. I slowly got up grabbing the pizza box and plates. This was kinda hard with a child with me. But I managed. I walked to the kitchen putting the leftover pizza in the fridge and putting my dirty plate in the sink, and the other one away. I grabbed a cookie from the baking sheet.

          I was enjoying it when I heard some noise from the living room. At this point, it's like 8 at night. It's kinda dark out. I was still in the kitchen enjoying my cookie when I felt someone enter. My heart started beating faster. I turned around in what now seems like a tiny kitchen to see him standing at the entranceway. "How'd you sleep," I asked. I mean it looks good because his hair was a mess and he looked well-rested. "Good." He grunted. He opened my fridge to see the pizza. He took it out grabbed a slice.

          It baffled me how comfortable he looked was doing that. He was walking around this place as he owned it. I rolled my eyes finishing my cookie and started walking to the exit. "I'm about to go to bed, so you should probably leave soon," I said turning to him. He was silently chewing looking at me. "I don't know if Sage will let me leave." He said looking at the baby. "His name is Sage," I asked looking down. "Yeah, and I'm Ace. And don't worry I already know who you are." He said casually. "Oh yeah, how did you find my house, that's a little weird," I said looking at him half confused half weirded out.

           "The thing you should know about me is I can find anyone of anything, Athena." He said, emphasizing my name. "Yeah, I would appreciate it if you didn't go digging in my life. Thanks." I said passive-aggressively. "Asshole" I mumbled under my breath walking out of the kitchen into the living room.

            I then realized how a mess the living room looked. The baby bag was on the floor, along with the blanket Ace used. The couch looked a mess too. I walked into my room, placing who I now know as Sage down on my bed. I built a pillow wall around him, cover him with a throw blanket, walking out of my room, back to the living room.

         I started cleaning up a starting with fixing the couch cushions and folding the blanket putting it back in its rightful place. I picked up the baby bag, grabbing everything that fell outputting it back. And setting it on the couch, just as I finished Ace came walking in. "Hey, I have to go. I just got a call from work. I don't have a babysitter and Sage seems to like you. Please, I will pay you whatever you want, just please watch him for a few hours." He said begging. "what is wrong with you? I don't know you, you come walking In here like you own the place and now you're leaving your child with me?" I asked with anger dripping from my voice. "I know and I'm sorry, I will pay you extra, what every you want. Just please for a few hours. None of my men can even take care of themselves let alone my kid. Just for a few hours." He said practically begging on his knees. I rolled my eyes, "Whatever, but this is the first and last time something like this happens. And once you get back, you leave." I said in a harsh tone.

         "Yes, I know." He said before running out of my apartment. As soon as I heard the door close I grabbed a pillow and screamed into it. I can't believe I just fucking agreed to that. I don't even know who this man is, but he knows exactly who I am. I groaned out of frustration. Who even is he? I went over to the kitchen to grab my phone.

         Once I grabbed it I leaned up against the counter going to google. I don't know their last name, so I guess I just have to search for first names. "Ace and Sage." I typed in google. One million search results appeared. I started scrolling through when I found an article, "Ace Rossi Don of the Italian mafia and his new baby." I tapped the article to see a photo of him and sage pop up, yet I look a few months old. My eyes widened. Italian mafia I read. What the hell. I started reading the article. Ace is one of the most wanted criminals in the world, and you guessed it, he runs the fucking mafia. This article states that no one has seen him in five months, hints why the photo looked a few months old.

           I was just standing there taking in all the information. I got myself in some deep shit this time. I let out a shaky breath, trying to wrap my head around what I've gotten myself into. I slowly slide down the counter, now sitting on the floor, with my head in my hands. It's not like I can run away from this, Sage got attached to me, and I don't have the type of money to run away and hide from a mafia. I have to play it cool like I don't know and distance myself from him. I can't have him know that I know because then I'm fucked. 

             I don't know how long I stayed on the floor, but I know it was a while because I heard a quiet knocking on my door. I lifted my head from my hands slowly standing up on my now numb and shaky legs. If that's who I think it is, I have to remain calm and act like I don't know anything. I started making my way towards the door.

        I slowly unlocked it and opened it to see exactly who I was hoping it wasn't, Ace. "He's asleep," I said confidently, hoping he wouldn't notice how I was trying not to have a breakdown. He just pushed his way in. I took a peek at the clock in the wall, it was two am. Damn, I was sitting on the floor for a few hours.

         I was so shocked I didn't seem to feel the presence next to me. "Why are you acting so weird." He asked keeping a good three or four feet between us. "I'm just tired, and you dumped your responsibility's on me, so you connect the dots," I said, I was no longer nervous or scared, I was pissed. How dare he barge into my house TWICE, and act like he owns the place. "Get your shut and get out, don't come back," I said looking at him straight in his eyes. "Bad night I see." He chuckled walking over to the couch plopping down. "Bad night? Fuck off." I said rolling my eyes going to my room. Closing the door behind me. I'm stressed and tired right now. I look over and see Sage asleep. I just remove the pillows around him, putting him between the covers, I do the same, slowly drifting off into the darkness.