I had a request for Marianas story next. So here it is...
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Mariana noticed that she was a little wobbly walking down to breakfast. She also knew that she wasn't feeling that great. She sat down and had a piece of toast for breakfast. It didn't really matter what she had, when she wasn't feeling well she didn't get very hungry. She went to school knowing that one of the upsides of having her mama as the vice principal is that if she started feeling worse, she could always retreat to the safety of her mothers arms in the protection of her office. She was feeling hotter and hotter as the day wore on. By last period she asked Tia to let the others that she wasn't going to be at dance practice, she wasn't feeling well. She went to her moms office and knocked on the door. When she was called in, Lena didnt need to ask why her daughter was there. She could see that Mariana was sweating and a bit pale. She had her daughter sit on her office couch and felt her forehead. While she could tell her daughter had a fever, she was relieved that it wasn't incredibly high. Lena asked Mariana if anything hurt, the girl nodded. Her right ear had been hurting her all day. She just thought that she slept on it funny.
When the kids got home, Lena grabbed the oral thermometer, some juice and some ibuprofen and went upstairs to check on her youngest daughter. She found Mariana sleeping. Instead of waking Mariana, Lena just put a blanket over her and kissed her. She knew that no matter what was going on with her daughter that sleep was a good thing. When Stef got home she found Lena making dinner and Lena filled her in on the specifics of the day. Stef went upstairs to get changed and check on her sick daughter. When she walked in she saw Mariana starting to stir. She sat down on the side of Marianas bed and started to rub her head. Mariana winced in pain as Stef accidentally touched her ear. Stef grabbed the juice that Lena had left and offered it to her daughter. Mariana took the juice and drank the whole thing, she was suddenly so thirsty. Stef rubbed her daughters back while she drank. Just before she finished she had her daughter take the ibuprofen Lena had left.
Once Stef got Mariana settled she headed down to dinner with the rest of the family. After dinner Lena told Stef that she called the doctor. She said the doctor thinks that Mariana has an ear infection and that it should clear up on its own. He said if she still felt sick in a few days to bring her in. He was pretty sure she would be just fine.
Lena went to check her kids before bed and leaned in to whisper to her daughter to tell her if she needed her moms that all she had to do was come into their room. About 20 minutes later Mariana slowly walked to her moms room. She was still feverish and her ear still hurt, she felt awful and just wanted her moms. Mariana knocked lightly and Lena invited her in. She told her daughter to get in to bed with her and Stef. Stef got out of bed and went to Marianas room to get the thermometer and another blanket for her shivering daughter. The more Mariana shivered, the more Lena snuggled her daughter. Stef came back and took her daughters temperature. She happy to see that the temperature was 101 Fahrenheit. Both moms waited until Mariana fell asleep before they fell asleep. In the morning, the moms woke up and found Mariana not there. They both woke up with a dart and started to look for her. They found her in the shower getting ready for school. Her ear didn't really hurt anymore and after taking her temperature her fever had broken.
Mariana had a bit of breakfast and once Lena got all the kids to school, she held Mariana back for a minute and told her if she started to feel sick that Lenas office was available for a break if she needed one. She hugged and kissed her daughter once more before the girl went to class.
Mariana got home, did her homework, had dinner but turned in a bit early. She was feeling better but was only just a bit tired.
The following morning, she felt a million times better and was glad that her moms had been there to comfort her.