So sorry for not updating sooner, i had a lot of drama this week to take care of but i just had to post this for u guys!!! thanks for keeping up with me!!

"Alex don't you just love all the pretty leaves and how they change colors?" I said as I carried Alex through the park.

It was late fall and the leaves were beginning to fall from the trees. Speaking of fall...

"Court, be careful you don't fall, you got a lot on your hands."

Courtney was juggling Devon, her purse and texting Bridgette all while trying not to trip on multiple obstacles in the park.

"I'm fine!" Courtney replied before saving herself from falling on her face.

I chuckled to myself before feeling Alex squirm in my arms and say, "Down daddy! Down!"

I let her down and she ran to her twin and Courtney gratefully put him down, and they both ran to the swings. They both tied climbing on it a few times before they realized they couldn't get on. Alex tried to get a head start by running and jumping on the swing, but she only fell and hurt herself.

Ignoring the need to rush at her and make sure that she was okay, I stayed behind to see how she would react. Instead of wailing like she would have normally done, she began looking around and, once finding the familiar face she wanted, she ran into my arms and pointed wordlessly at the swings. I smiled at her, threw her over my shoulder and put her and her twin on the swings.

Courtney, once she finished with her texting, started pushing Alex and Devon on the swings, before sneezing lightly. The wind blew past the trees and I pulled my arms closer around my skull shirt, glad that it was long sleeved.

I noticed that Courtney sneezed again and I couldn't help but worry a little. "Court, maybe you should put on your jacket. It's getting kind of windy here."

Courtney looked at me like I was crazy and replied, "Are you crazy? It's such a nice day outside."

I couldn't help but believe her, she was probably right anyway. If she was right, then why was I worrying so much? We played with the twins in the park for a while before it was getting dark and Courtney's sneezing was getting out of hand.

When we got home, Courtney didn't want to eat much, so I suggested she went straight to bed because she didn't look so good to me. After saying goodnight to the kids and putting them in bed, I climbed in bed to find Courtney moaning of a headache.

I tried to pull her into my arms, but that's when I noticed that she was burning up.

"Aww crud...I knew this would happen if you didn't stay warm! Why did I have to believe you! OK listen I am going to give you some advil and you aren't going to school tomorrow, you're going to stay home and rest, do you hear me?"

"Don't be silly, I just need to sleep well tonight and I'll be fine."

"We'll see tomorrow, I'm going to go get you the advil, try to go back to sleep honey." I pushed her hair back from her eyes as she feverishly tried to keep them open.

I went into the kitchen to fetch the advil, only to come back to find that Courtney was asleep. I shrugged and put the wet towel that I managed to get, on her forehead. I sighed, considering what I was in for tomorrow and climbed into bed. Little did I know that I wouldn't be receiving any sleep for a long time.

I was awoken by Courtney rushing to the bathroom, and hurling her guts out. I sighed and rushed after her just in time to hold her hair back while she puked her guts out.

"Courtney, you're staying home with me tomorrow. You're not leaving my sight." Courtney didn't reply due to the fact that she was gasping and worshipping the porcelain god. I was in for a long night, when I wasn't holding her hair back, I was dabbing her face with cold water and rubbing her back telling her she was gonna be okay. When she'd finally emptied out all the contents of her stomach and all she could do was moan, I carried her back to bed at around 7 in the morning.

Just when I was dozing off and about to get some sleep, I heard a loud wail coming from the twin's room. I groggily stepped in and took hold of Devon, the one wailing, and rocked him back and forth till he shut up. I placed him back in his crib when he became quiet, and stalked off to the bedroom to sleep.

I think I dozed for about an hour before I had the strange sensation that someone was watching me. I slowly opened my eyes to find the almost three-year-old Alex standing up and gazing at me from the side of the bed.

"Daddy wake up?"

"Yeah, yeah. Daddy's awake." I took her into my arms and resisted the urge to just fall asleep.

"How come mommy not in school?"

"Mommy's sick and tired. Let's not bother her okay?" She nodded heartily and I took her, and then her brother downstairs to make breakfast. I turned on the stove like Courtney showed me and tried to focus on making some eggs before I zonked out. I nearly fell asleep twice and landed my face in the eggs while making them.

I was in the middle of putting everything onto the plates when the phone rang. Annoyed by the loud noise, I picked it up crankily.

"Hello?"

"Duncan, I cant come watch the kids today. I'm sick, with the flu."

"You tell me this today, of all days? When Court is sick too and I have to watch her constantly? Oh that's just lovely Kayla."

"Sorry Duncan, I gotta go, my stomach hurts and i wanna make it to the bathroom in time. Bye." She hung up on me...now what was I supposed to do? I looked around the room randomly when my eyes caught the date on the calendar.

November 23...wait...wasn't thanksgiving on the 26?

Oh crap...Well there's no one saying that Courtney wont be well enough to cook by then...right?

___________________________________________________________________________________________3 days later..._________________________________

It got worse...way worse.

The twins caught the flu too, so now I was at everyone's beck and call for the past three days.

Courtney was still running a high fever, the twins were sneezing and coughing and running fevers every other day.

I had already tried to cook a turkey and failed miserably. I was sleep deprived, and cranky and really annoyed.

"Daddy!"

I ran to the twin's room for the twentieth time that morning. I picked up a crying Alex and held her close.

"What is it honey? Daddy's here."

Alex whined and curled up against my chest. "My tummy hurts. I can't sleep."

I rocked her back and forth, whispering soothing words until she stopped crying and relaxed a bit. I put her back in her crib and rubbed her back until she finally managed to close her eyes and fall asleep.

It seemed everyone was getting sleep but me.

When I got to the kitchen I glanced at the clock. It was three in the afternoon and I decided to bring Court some soup I had bought from the grocery store. No way was I going to be able to cook soup without burning it.

I heated the soup, poured it into a bowl and put it on a tray along with some crackers. I walked upstairs where Courtney was trying to catch up on her make up work for school.

She gave me one glance then the food half a glance, turned slightly green for a moment then said, "I'm not eating that."

"Princess eat it."

"I'm not hungry."

"And I don't care, eat it now..." She was stubborn and pushed the dish away from her.

I twitched slightly and sighed. "Babe, I know I don't cook very well, and you'd rather have a nice thanksgiving dinner, but I just can't. I'm exhausted and I can barely open my eyes and I'd probably burn the food anyways."

She looked confused for a minute and sighed. "It's Thanksgiving?"

I nodded my head glumly and had to remind myself not to fall asleep. "What's there to be thankful for though? You're sick, the kids are sick, I'm feeling dead inside and all I want is a frigging nap. Is that so much to ask for?"

Courtney leaned forward and pushed my hair back from my tired eyes. "I'm thankful hon. If it weren't for you I wouldn't have someone to take care of me or the twins. I'm thankful for the twins and that they're growing healthy and well. But most of all...I'm thankful for you." She leaned forward and kissed my forehead.

I moaned, how I had missed the sensation of her lips touching me.

"Now go to sleep, you must be exhausted. I feel fine for now, the twins are asleep and you could really use a nap."

I was happy, for once. "Are you sure, because I can totally stay up and help out, try to cook some more and and......" I trailed off already giving away my cover by slipping in under the covers and leaning my head against the pillow, sighing as if I was in heaven.

"That's right sweetie, get some sleep." I leaned back and closed my eyes happy that Courtney was stroking my cheek.

Happy Thanksickgiving...