The next day, I had to get to work. April watches him while I work. Her mother's been working for the final shift. I work from 12:00 to 5:00 pm. I used to work from 3:00 to 8:00 pm while I was in high school. I told April I'd pay her about $10 per hour. I work part-time when I'm here on school vacations to spend other times with my family. Logan and Lewis are coming this afternoon. They're flying. Logan stays with his aunt and uncle so he won't have to stay at the college and can go to college with Lewis to make it easier.
Logan told me Lewis is bringing a friend of his from college with them. Her name is Carla Mines. They're good friends since they both started college. They would hang out a lot after their classes. After work, I went to pick up Cameron since Dad and Sharon are working. They'll be out in an hour. When I got home with Cameron, I went up and noticed Logan there.
"Hi, Logan," I said.
"Hi," said Logan.
"Where are your group?" I asked.
"They went out with Dawn," said Logan.
"She must be surprised to see Lewis," I said.
"She was," said Logan. "Carla and Dawn seem to get along well so far. Lewis told Dawn that he and Carla are just friends."
"Good. Imagine if she finds out Carla and Lewis could get more serious?" I asked.
"I know," said Logan.
"Dad's going to take us out when he and Sharon come home from work," I said.
"Great," said Logan.
But then an hour later, Cameron had an ear infection. He has that before and I know how to take care of that. I put ear drops to make it feel better. It must be still bothering him because I decided to stay home with him while the rest went out.
"Are you sure you don't want to ask April to take care of him?" asked Sharon.
"I'm sure," I replied.
"We'll bring you back something," said Dad.
"Okay, good idea," I agreed. "I just don't want Cameron to feel sick like that while we're out. He always had ear infections since I first started college, but Penny would still watch him and she knew what to do when that happens. She didn't expect me to miss any classes or exams. I'm grateful for that. Her apartment is actually a day care. She owns that. She's my landlord."
"It's good that Penny handles that situation," said Dad.
"I know," I said.
Poor Cameron had the ear infection the whole time. It was tough to calm him down. Luckily, he sleeps all night when it happens although it doesn't bother me to get up for him during the night when he cries. Sometimes, it happens once and he sleeps all night other times. He's not cranky at all. I just love being a mother. I wouldn't trade him for anything.
When the rest came home, Cameron had just fallen asleep and I just put him in the crib.
"How's Cameron doing?" asked Sharon.
"He had the infection the whole time. I managed. He just fell asleep and he's in his crib now," I said.
The next day, Cameron still had the ear infection, so I took time off from work to take care of him. I told April that. I didn't want to depend on her to handle him when he's sick. I didn't expect Logan either since he might not know what to do. While I was with Cameron, I noticed something while Dawn was working: Carla and Lewis are flirting. Yikes. This doesn't sound too good. Imagine if Dawn finds out: she'd be furious. I don't know what to do. Logan was in the house with me. He wanted to know how to handle Cameron with the ear drops. Cameron was napping.
"Logan, do you see what's going out there?" I asked. "Lewis and Carla are flirting."
"They are?" asked Logan.
He noticed I was right.
"What should I do? Dawn may not believe me," I said.
"We'll just have to keep our eyes open before we say anything to Dawn," said Logan.
That makes sense.
"Should we tell Meredith and Carlos to keep their eyes open on Lewis and Carla, too?" I asked.
"I would," replied Logan.
"I might as well inform Dad, too. He will not like that," I said. "Or should I wait?"
"I'd wait for now until we know what's going on," suggested Logan.