Claire POV:
Something was wrong with Haley. I'm her mother, I could tell. Anyone could probably tell. She had dark circles under her eyes and constantly had this look on her face like she was somewhere else. Whenever we were just sitting on the couch watching TV she would drift to sleep. When Haley did eat she ate very little and what little she ate would come back up later. After she threw up she would start to cry. I would try to ask what was wrong, but she always said "Nothing, just not feeling well." It broke my heart to see her like this.
She started getting depressed when me, Phil, Alex, and Luke came back from vacation in Washington.
Me and Phil decided we wanted a break and we thought the kids were now old enough to stay home along for a few days so we asked them if they wanted to come or not. "I would love to go Washington would be such a cool historical place to visit." Alex said. "Nerd." Haley responded in her, at the moment, usual teasing tone. "I like any vacations so I'm in." Luke said with his mischievous smile. "What about you Haley? Why don't you just come. It'll be fun!" I asked. "No thanks mom. I'll be fine here." "Thats okay but just so you know Uncle Mitchell and Cam will be checking in on you frequently, making sure you don't have any parties." "Or boys." Phil added. "Not even just a little party?" "No party what-so-ever. The max amount of friends you can have over at a time is 2 and like your father said, no boys." "Whatever, I'm still not going to Washington." "Fine."
We left for Washington. We were gone for for five days. It was a nice trip. Everyone kind a did their own thing but it was still a relaxing vacation away from everything stressful. When we got back Mitch, Cam, Lilly, and Haley were waiting. Cam was holding Lilly. Lilly was waving and Cam was smiling. Mitch was standing next to Cam also waving and smiling. They were standing by the door. Haley was at the end of the drive way with a sad smile on her face. We pulled up and got out of the car. Haley ran to me giving me a huge hug which took me by surprise. I looked at her face and that was when I first noticed the dark circles. I didn't think much of them because they were very faint then. "Hi Haley! Miss us?" I said with a slight chuckle. "I'm glad your back." Haley said with a shaky voice. I got serious. "Haley whats wrong? Did something happen?" "No mom everything is fine." She said with a weak smile.
That night at dinner Haley was sitting between me and Cam. She hadn't seemed to have let me out of her sight for a minute. She seemed fidgety though. Nervous. She only talked when someone asked her a question and she would normally answer in one-word sentences which was definitely strange for Haley since she was the social-light of the family. I noticed that she also never made eye-contact when she did talk.
Once everyone had left and the kids were upstairs getting ready for bed and Phil was just sitting on the couch watching TV I was washing the dishes. Haley's plate had all of majority of her food on it. Only a few bites where missing. "MOM HURRY HALEYS PUKEING!" Alex yelled from the top of the stairs. I put down the dishes and ran upstairs. I went into the bathroom and held her hair back while she leaned over the toilet. "Its okay, its okay." I said soothingly while rubbing her back. My thought while she was throwing up was that she was sick, once she finished though she cuddled into my lap sobbing. "You have no idea how glad I am that your back." Haley kept saying through tears. She looked miserable. Her eyes were squeezed tight and tears were spilling down her face. She was holding my hand. My poor baby.