Wails echoed through the baby monitor and both Kurt and Blaine shared a groan. "Are they going to do this every night?" Kurt moaned.
"I think they egg each other on." Blaine agreed. "Whose turn?"
"Yours" Kurt said hopefully.
"No way. I had them last night...and the night before." Blaine replied.
"Fine." Kurt sighed pulling back the covers. He walked down the hallway and into the girls room. "What's wrong babies?" he asked. When he walked in the room and odor hit him. It wasn't the normal smell of a dirty diaper, but something much worse. He peeked into Ellie's crib and found that it was fine. When he walked over to Gwennie crib, he found the problem. Gwennie was covered in the vomit that lined her sheets and blankets.
"My belly hurts." Gwennie cried. Kurt sighed and lifted her vomit soaked shirt off of her so that she was just in her diaper before picking her up. Gwennie, who felt really warm, cuddled into Kurt's chest.
'I'll be right back Ellie." Kurt said. He walked back to their bedroom and shook Blaine awake. "Blaine, wake up." he said. "The girls are sick." Blaine woke up and looked at Gwennie who lay pitifully in Kurt's arm. "I have to go and see if Ellie is sick too." Kurt said handing Gwennie over to Blaine before disappearing. Blaine held the feverish little girl in his arms until Kurt came back with Ellie. "She hasn't thrown up, but she feels warm. We're in for a long night." And Kurt was right. Ellie kept crying almost constantly and Gwennie threw up at least six time. By the time when Kurt's alarm was supposed to be up, he had already been awake for seven hours.
"Do you want me to stay home today?" Blaine asked. "I can call my producers and let them know."
"No, I'll be fine." Kurt said his head in his hands. This was the first time that Gwennie and Ellie had been asleep at the same time and the exhaustion was hitting Kurt.
"You don't look fine." Blaine added.
"I have a migraine. I've been getting them more frequently. Their just from stress." Kurt explained. "Go to work. I'll be fine." Blaine walked over and kissed Kurt on the forehead.
"Call me if you or the girls need anything." Blaine said.
"I will." Kurt replied, even though he never would. He could handle this. This was their new normal. He could definitely handle this.
At school, Lacey was probably as stressed out as Kurt was at home. She had decided to audition for the school musical like her Blaine had suggested. They were doing Wicked. Wicked! She couldn't be more excited and nervous at the same time. Now, she was standing backstage trying not to vomit. 'You're going to be great." Julian reassured her.
"You've never even heard me sing." She snapped. "I'm sorry… I'm just nervous."
"Don't be nervous. I'll be out in the audience." Julian told her. "If you bomb it or something we'll go and binge eat pizza and ice cream." Lacey laughed and gave him a hug. She was glad that their Halloween incident hadn't derailed their friendship at all.
"Lacey Anderson!" Came through the took a deep breath and walked out onto the stage.
"I'm Lacey Anderson and I'll be auditioning for Elphaba. I'll be singing "Defying Gravity"". she told the teachers judging her. The music began and Lacey began to sing.
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes... and leap!
It's time to try
Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I am defying gravity
And you wont bring me down!
I'm through accepting limits
'cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost!
I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you wont bring me down!
I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you won't bring me down!
bring me down!
ohh ohhh ohhhh!
"Thank you very much Lacey." The drama teacher said. Lacey smiled and walked off stage. Julian was immediately at her side.
"Holy shit! You didn't tell me you could sing like that." Julian exclaimed.
"I wasn't that good." Lacey mumbled quietly.
"Are you kidding me! You were amazing!" Julian said. "We're binge eating pizza and ice cream anyway." he laughed.
"I wish.' Lacey sighed. "My sister and cousin are sick with a stomach bug. My uncle needs some help."
"Oh okay." Julian sighed. "Next week.'
"Yeah, definitely." Lacey replied. They went their separate ways after that. Lacey took a bus home. She didn't want to make Kurt come and get her. Then he'd have to lug all three of the little kids out and that would just be bad. When she got home, she found Bennett lying on the couch watching TV. Gwennie was curled up on the loveseat sleeping and Ellie was in the pack n' play doing the same thing. Lacey walked into the kitchen where she found her uncle preparing soup.
"Hey honey." Kurt said weakly.
"Uncle Kurt are you okay?" she asked.
"I'm just really tired and I have a headache. I may be coming down with what the girls had. So, we're just going to have soup tonight." Kurt said.
"Are you really sure you're alright?"Lacey asked.
"I'm fine honey. Why don't you go into the living room and hang out with Bennett while I finish the soup." Kurt suggested. Lacey nodded and did what she was told. Meanwhile, Kurt took out his cellphone and dialed Blaine's number.
"Hey sweetheart." Blaine answered. "How are the girls?"
"Better, but I'm not feeling to hot. Do you think you could come home early?" Kurt asked. "This headache is just really getting to me."
"Sure babe." Blaine replied. "I'll leave right now."
"Okay, I love you." Kurt said.
'I love you too." Blaine replied. "See you soon." Kurt hung up the phone and went back to making the soup. It was a good thing he knew this recipe by heart because he could barely focus. This headache was making it hard for him to do anything. Suddenly, Kurt didn't feel right. He could hear Lacey's voice calling from the living room,but couldn't move. Then, everything went black.
From the living room, Lacey could hear the loud thud of Kurt's body hitting the floor. She ran into the kitchen and found her uncle seizing on the ground. She ran to his side and tried desperately to help him, but she didn't know what to do. All she knew was, they needed help and they needed it now.