GerZ: Bandit Lee part3

Mikey was the first to start recording.
He gave his bandmates a nod and a smile and headed into the studio.
Whilst the guys played Fallout 3, the girls fussed over little Bandit.
She gurgled and made noises as she flailed her uncontrollable limbs this way and that. Alicia rubbed her head like Bandit were a dog, much to the amusement of Krista and Jamia. “Haha!! I’m so used to Piglet Tree...” She explained jokingly.
They all cooed and sang softly to the baby,  before she closed her little eyes and breathed deeply. The 3 girls then went to Starbucks to get a round of coffee.

Gerard paused the game with a smug look on his face.
He had won the Live match and, when he finished boasting, sauntered over to Bandit to check on her. She was asleep on her sheepskin pad, both hands curled into tiny fists. He quickly turned from manly, war-game playing Gerard into a caring Daddy, quick as a flash.
He carefully unstrapped her from the stroller, and opening the diaper bag quietly, he pulled out a long, snow white shawl knitted by his mother. He removed her soft pink booties and replaced them in the bag. Covering Bandit up to her hips, he was sure to tuck her in without waking her up.
He leaned in and kissed her soft hair, and she stirred.
“Sssh, my little sweetheart....”

Frankie retired from the game and walked over.
He leaned in and studied the sleeping baby.
“She’s so tiny, like a bag of sugar!” He whispered.
This made Gerard smile. He was so proud.
She stirred again, and awoke.
Ray then came over at that moment. “Why am I the only one playing...?”
Suddenly he stopped talking and noticed Bandit wasn’t crying.
They all were wide eyed and prepared for a bawling, but instead she gurgled happily and put her short arms as high as they would go, towards Ray.

“Hey! She likes me!” He laughed.
“No, it’s your ‘fro, man! She wants to play with it!” Frank exclaimed.
He was right. When she realized she couldn’t reach, she started to cry. Wrinkling up her nose, she let out a few whimpers before beginning a bawl.
“Man, give it to her!!” Gerard said, first jokingly, but after a few minutes they realized she was still intent on his afro. Ray leaned in and Bandit’s crying ceased.
At first she caressed it with little fingers, but then started to grab and pull.
“OW!!! THIS HURTS!!!!!” Ray cried, as Bandit squealed with delight at his pain.
“Bandit, let go, honey!!!” Gerard coaxed, taking a teddy bear from the bag and trying to get her to take it.
“There’s one solution!” Frank said, holding up some scissors. It was their only choice. Frank seperated the bunch of ‘fro that Bandit had her 2 fists around, and cut it off from the roots. She was now holding a bunch of hair and it was no longer any fun, and proceeded to bawl once more.

Mikey came out of the recording studio.
“Ray, your turn.”
He grabbed his guitar and almost sprinted in at the chance.
“Careful of that thing!!” He warned Mikey, only half-jokingly,  as he pointed to the crying baby.
Mikey smiled but was confused.

“Oh, Bandit simply grabbed his fro and pulled it so hard that I had to cut a bit of it off.” Frank explained, laughing.
“Listen, I gotta make some formula, she seems really hungry. Back in five.” He said, grabbing an empty bottle, the formula and the maker.
Mikey and Frank stared down at the sobbing baby, as she took big gulps and air and released them with all her might as “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”!
They heard a slam of the door as Alicia, Krista and Jamia came back from Starbucks armed with 4 cups of fresh coffee for the band.
Frank and Mikey took theirs.
“What’s she crying about?” Alicia asked, over the noise of Bandit.
“Oh, well, she wants Ray’s ‘fro and that’s it I think!” Mikey told her.
Gerard came back in and lifted Bandit up.
He lay her in his arms and popped the bottle in her mouth, mid-cry.
She was happily sucking away for about 5 minutes.
When finished, Gerard took a bib from the diaper bag, held it under her mouth and patted her back until she burped.
“Wow, you’re skilled.” Mikey joked.

Ray came out from the studio and looked at the guys.
“Gerard, you’re next.”
Gerard replaced Bandit in her stroller carefully.
“Okay, guys, I need you....” He addressed the girls.
“And the girls, to look after Bandit Lee whilst I go and record. Please, please don’t screw her up.”

He kissed Bandit, stood up and walked into the studio.
The guys were children themselves, never mind Bandit.
At least the three girls are there...
But there’s stuff they don’t know!

Suddenly, Gerard realized something-
He had turned into an overprotective Dad!