Jude felt terrible.
He was puking his soul.
Every few minutes, he would stop puking and start dialing to Lena, and each time he would start puking again just before he pressed "call".
Suddenly he felt people standing around him.
They were stroking his back, and talking to him, but he couldn't focus and couldn't understand what they were talking.
One of them took his phone.
He tried to fight them so the wouldn't take the phone, but his hands were sweaty and weak.
He felt his legs failing to stand.
He lay down.
All the voices and people around him became very distanced.
He closed his eyes.
"Jude wake up!" Mariana yelled.
"Maybe its better that he'll sleep it off?" Jesus said
"OH GOD what have we done to him?!" Mariana was still stressed
Brendon's phone rang.
"Guy's be quite its mom!"
"Brendon? Im so glad you answered. none of your siblings is answering me. NONE. Did you talk to Jude in the past two-three hours? He went to a friend and he is not picking up."
"Yeah mom I did. We are actually going to pick him up from his friend and come home. LOVE YOU" Brendon said quickly and hung up.
"I think I just got us some time. Mom is pissed at all of you guys. None of you answered her and she was stressing about Jude."
Brendon looked at Jude's phone
"Mom was really freaking out. 17 missed calls from her only on his phone" He announced.
"I think we need to take him home now" Mariana calmed down. She saw Jude stopped puking and it made her feel a little better.
"well he can't walk like this" Jesus stated the obvious "I have an idea. I saw it in a movie once."
Jesus ran into the house, and after two minutes came back with 2 broomsticks.
"B take off your shirt" Jesus said, while taking off his own shirt.
Brandon had no idea what they were about to do, but he felt like his brother knew what he was doing so he took his shirt off.
Jesus took the two shirts and "dressed" the broomsticks.
"Help me roll him to the gurney" Jesus said.
Only then the others understood.
They were impressed by Jesus's improve skills.
"Now each one of us needs to take one end of the broomstick. 1,2,3 lift!" They all lifted him.
They started to walk to the house.
None of them talked, both because it was very heavy and they were out of breath, and because they all knew this shouldn't have happened.
After three blocks they took a break.
"How are we going to go in to the house?" Brendon asked.
"Callie and you will go threw the front door. You'll distract mama's attention. Mom will be at her bed, she's sick. so you two will distract her and Me and Mariana will take him up threw the back door."
Jesus was good at these situations. He had the most experience.
"She would notice I'm shirtless" Brandon said, waiting for Jesus to answer
"Just tell her you spilled something on it and Hanna's parents insisted on washing it for you." Mariana answered.
They lifted Jude back up and continued walking.
Jesus stopped one house before their house.
"You'll go now. Me Mariana and, Jude, will go through the back door as planned. We'll see you upstairs."
The two oldest siblings felt bad leaving the others, but they trusted Jesus and Mariana. They knew the twins could do anything together.
They stopped before opening the door
"What are we going to talk to mom about?" Brendon asked
He hadn't noticed Callie didn't say a word for a long time.
"Maybe we should talk to her about being a better sister" she whispered
"Callie you know you are a great sister. You know it, Jude knows it, we all know it. Even moms know what a great sister you are and they're not even one of us siblings" Brendon said
They opened the front door, and were surprised Lena didn't jump on them like a mother tiger whose cubs ignored her calls.
"Maybe she's asleep?" Brandon asked, not expecting an answer
"No I'm not. But mama is" Stef came out of the kitchen.
This changed EVERYTHING.
If it was Lena they could tell stories and drag her away and she wouldn't notice the others, But Stef was the cop-mom and she was strong and healthy.
"Where are the others?" Cop-mom Stef asked
"How do you feel mom?" Brendon tried to take her to the living room with his hand gesture
"I'm good, but I think I made mama sick. She's sleeping now so I'm here worrying for you five, and after I wait and wait I only see two kids come in through the door."
While Brandon mumbled an excuse Callie though how can she notify the twins not to come in yet.
She wasn't fast enough and there was a loud noise from the back door.
Stef looked at the back door and saw her other three kids.
It looked horrible.
"What happened?" Stef asked quietly, not the way the kids thought she would act.
"It's complicated" Mariana answered
"Is Jude OK?" Stef was still calm
"Yes" they all mumbled
"You four will put Jude in his bed and go to sleep. We will talk about this tomorrow morning." Stef said, went to jude, looked at him, kissed his forehead and walked upstairs.
The four siblings were shocked of her reaction.
They took Jude upstairs to his bed.
Callie and Mariana took his shirt off and covered him in his blanket.
Brendon brought him two glasses of water, in case one wouldn't be enough, and put it next to his bed.
Jesus brought him bucket and placed it next to his bed so he wouldn't have to get out of bed to puke.
They all tiptoed out of that room and looked at each other.
"What will moms do to him tomorrow?" Callie asked.
She suddenly felt like she was a little foster kid who just made a very bad thing and might get kicked off the house.
"What will they do to us?" She asked
No one answered.
They all knew what she felt.
Mariana and Brandon felt it themselves sometimes, and Brandon heard all of their stories.
No one knew what to answer.
What do you say in such a situation?
After a few minutes of standing quietly and wiggling from one leg to the other, they each left to their own room.
"Do you think…" Mariana started to say something as soon as they both lay each in her own bed
"I cant think right now Mariana" Callie immediately answered.
"But do you think mom's are angry?" Mariana whispered, as if she was not really wanting an answer from her sister
"I know they are" Callie said before rolling to the other said, telling Mariana its time to go to sleep.