I forgot to mention it in my last chapter, but I do not own commander in chief
It was not Wednesday and Horace and Rebecca were due to get there PSAT scores sent through in the post they should have both received them after school. Mac had organised a counsellor with Dr Brock he had found a very nice Dr who had been vetted by secret service and was a child psychologist, he assured Mac that she was one of the best. They had decided that instead of Elizabeth going to her office it would be best if she came to the Whitehouse, but Mac had asked her to be very discrete as she did not want the press finding out.
The family met for breakfast that morning as usual.
Mac: Good morning everyone
Rod: Hi honey
Mac: Where is Catlin?
Rod: I left her in bed she has a sore throat and a fever, I think we might need to get the Doctor to look at her
Mac immediately left the room and went to her youngest daughters room, she went in and found her awake Mac put her hand against her forehead and could feel her very hot.
Mac: Daddy said you don't feel well
Catlin: My throat hurts
She spoke very quietly and her voice was horse
Mac: Open your mouth and let Mommy see your throat
Catlin did and Mac immediately knew what was wrong, Becca and Horace had both had the same thing when they were young as did Elizabeth, in fact Amy had been the only one who had not had to have her tonsils removed.
Mac: OK baby, I am going to get the doctor to come and see you, I know your throat is soar, but I want you to try and eat something
Catlin: I don't want anything
Mac: Not even some chocolate ice cream
Catlin: Can I have strawberry please
Mac went downstairs and got some ice cream for Catlin, this of course started Amy off as she too wanted ice cream
Amy: Mommy can I have some too
Mac: You can after school, Catlin is only allowed it because her throat is sore
Amy: OK
Elizabeth: Does she have tonsillitis, she had it a couple of times in Scotland
Mac: Yeah I think she does, Rebecca and Horace were her age when they had to get their tonsils out
Amy: I never had to get mine out and I am older than 4 now so I won't need them out will I
Elizabeth: I was 9 when I got mines out
Amy immediately got worried she did not want to have an operation and she thought it was only little kids who got there tonsils out
Amy: Mommy will I have to get mines out, I don't want to
Mac: You are OK just now sweetie but you might need to get them out when you are older
Mac took the ice cream up and called for the Dr he came up and confirmed Mac's diagnosis, he told them that her tonsils were very big and swollen and form her medical records he could see that she had tonsilits a few times before
Dr Brock: Ma'am I think it would be best if we perform a tonsillectomy on Catlin
Mac: When will she need it done
Dr Brock: It would be best if she had the surgery as soon as this infection clears up, we can book Bethesda for 2 weeks that should give the infection enough time to clear up. I have prescribed amoxocillin as she is allergic to penicillin
Mac: Thanks
Dr Brock: And I hope you feel better soon
Catlin: I sure hope so too, Mommy can I have more ice cream and a drink
Dr Brock: You need to make sure your Mommy and Daddy give you lots of icecream, thats the good thing about being sick
Catlin: When I used to go to the doctors I always got a lollipop,
The Doctor luckily always brought sweeties with him when he went to see a child and the first children were no exception
Dr Brock: I don't know are you too sick for a sweetie
Catlin: No please
He gave her a lollypop and she was happy again
Dr Brock: I would keep an eye on Amy she still has her tonsils just incase the infection spreads to her, you and the other kids should be fine you have all had your tonsils removed
Mac: What about Rod
Dr Brock: He should be OK too as tonsil problems tend to be heredity and I think it is in your family's genes were the problem lies
Mac: Thank you
The doctor left Catlin's bedroom and Mac went down to the dining room, Rod was suppose to be going to Arizona today to make a speech and Mac was working so the Nanny Mrs Frost would be looking after the kids. Mac told her about Catlin and told her that she was not allowed outside, she had to stay in the house.
Elizabeth went into her health class and her teacher had told the class they would be doing a project and she would be putting the class into pairs to do it, they were to pretend to be married and would be given an electronic baby to look after. Elizabeth was not happy at the prospect, she did not want to look after a screaming doll.
Mrs Dunlop: All right class I will be paring you up for our parenting project
Elizabeth rolled her eyes and her teacher saw
Mrs Dunlop: Is there a problem Miss Allen
Elizabeth: No
Mrs Dunlop: Well lets start with you, your partner for the project will be James Fleming
Great Elizabeth thought she would rather do it with anyother person in the class than him, she would even rather do it herself
Mrs Dunlop: Would you both like to come and collect your baby
They both went to the front of the room and got their baby, she was called Ann and had blonde hair,
The rest of the class were pared up and had their babies, Mrs Dunlop explained how the project worked they had to keep their baby alive for 1 week and they had to do it together by keeping a diary of who done what.
Mrs Dunlop: There is 20 minutes left of class I suggest you spend this time getting to know your new family
James: So how are you?
Elizabeth: Fine
James: Look can we just forget what happened
Elizabeth: I can't just forget it, I saw you kissing Natasha
James: I know I am really sorry, she came on to me you never saw a lot because I pushed her away
Elizabeth: What about what Mike did to Becca
James: You said to me once that I am not my brother, he is a jerk him and I don't talk anymore he moved in with Dad and I stay with Mom now
Elizabeth: I am sorry, but I just find it difficult to trust people
James: Can we at least still be friends, I mean we have to do this project together, and decided who has Ann to look after and when
Elizabeth: She is a doll, it can't be that difficult
Elizabeth looked at her ex-boyfriend and he looked incredibly cute as always, but he was holding the doll and rocking it as if it was a real baby
James; Well we need to take it in turn to feed her and bathe her and take her walks
Elizabeth: I find it difficult enough to do that myself just now, My leg is in plaster
James: Well I will have her a lot, I always wanted a baby brother or sister,
Elizabeth: You wanted to be woken up in the middle of the night, to have food thrown on you and for your parents and everyone to give the baby attention and not you, it is really not great
James: Do you want to come to mine after school, we can decide who looks after the baby
Elizabeth: I can't I have a doctors appointment you can come to mines though after dinner,
James: Your Uncle hates me
Elizabeth: He is in Arizona
James: Cool how about 6.30
The bell rang and James still had the doll
James: I will take her you don't want to have to take a baby to the doctors,
Elizabeth met with Rebecca and Horace to go home they got into the secret service car.
Horace put his MP3 player on
Elizabeth: Rebecca I really like James again
Rebecca: He cheated on you
Elizabeth: I know, but we got pared up in health class for the parenting project and we spent ages talking
Rebecca: Wait are you doing the parenting project, where is your baby
Elizabeth: James has her he is bringing her back to ours tonight
Rebecca: Horace and I got pared up for that project
Elizabeth: Seriously that is too weird
Rebecca: I know, our teacher said it was good as we lived in the same house like a real married couple, Mom went off her head because the doll would not stop crying and it was right during her confirmation hearing,
Elizabeth: But James was so sweet with the doll, he keeps calling it a baby and he holds it as though it was real, he was really cute today
Rebecca: he still kissed Natasha
Elizabeth: He said she kissed him and it never meant anything and I believe him that girl has been through almost every boy in my year
Rebecca: If you still like him then I think you should see him, but be careful I mean if he is anything like his brother watch out
Elizabeth: He and Mike don't talk anymore
They arrived back at the Whitehouse and Mac came upstairs and she knew her 2 oldest children would be opening the results to there PSAT's and she wanted to go with Elizabeth to her first doctors appointment.
Mac: Hay kids how was school
She was greeted by a chorus of fine, all right and OK
Mac handed her 2 oldest children an envelope
Mac: Remember it doesn't matter what you get because I know you both tried your hardest.
Horace opened his letter and was happy when he saw that he had got 18 out of a possible 24. In the PSAT test it is out of a possible 24, but the real SAT test is out of 240 a good indication of how you will do on the SAT is to just add a 0 to your PSAT test score.
Horace: I got 18 out of 24,
Mac: that is great baby I knew you would do good
Rebecca opened hers but could not look she had worked so hard for this test and was scared incase she did bad. She handed it to Elizabeth,
Rebecca: You open it
Elizabeth opened it she saw what Rebecca's score was and really knew that she could do better than that
Rebecca: So what did I get
Elizabeth: 10
Rebecca: Very funny
Elizabeth: I am not joking
Mac: Elizabeth that is not funny
Elizabeth handed the letter to her Aunt who also saw that she had 10
Mac: Honey remember that this is only a practice, i am sure you must have been very stressed and you will do much better in the SAT's
Rebecca: I am going upstairs to study can you all just leave me alone
Mac put her hand on Elizabeth's shoulder
Mac: Are you ready to go honey, Dr Campbell is in Dr Brocks office
Elizabeth: Yeah I am ready, James is coming over after dinner
Mac: I don't know if that is a good idea
Elizabeth: He is my partner for out health class project we have to look after a doll, he has her just now and is bringing her here tonight
Mac: I hate this project when the twins done it I never got a decent nights sleep
Elizabeth: Well I have a feeling James may take the doll a lot he treats it like a real baby
They got to the doctors office and went in, Mac could tell that Elizabeth was nervous and she wanted to make sure she was comfortable before she left.
Dr Campbell: Madam President I am Dr Campbell and you must be Elizabeth.
Elizabeth: Yes
Dr Campbell: Why don't you sit down, I think today we can spend getting to know each other and anything you say in this room, stays in this room
Elizabeth looked at her aunt, she immediately felt comfortable with Dr Campbell she was quiet young and Elizabeth thought she seemed very nice. Just then Dr Brock came in.
Dr Brock: I see you have all met Dr Campbell, Ma'am can I speak to you about Catlin, I have managed to book her surgery and would like to speak to you about it.
Mac: Yes that sounds good, honey I will be in my office when you get out if you want to talk
Elizabeth: OK
Mac and Dr Brock left and Elizabeth just spent the day talking with Dr Campbell, she just wanted to get to know Elizabeth so they talked about normal things like what she liked, they talked about dancing and movies. At the end of the hour Elizabeth felt very comfortable with her new Dr.
Elizabeth went to the Westwing and found Vince outside her Aunt's office
Elizabeth: Hi Vince is my aunt around
Vince: She is in a senior staff meeting just now, it should be finished really soon, I will let her know you are here.
Vince knocked on the door to the Oval and entered
Vince: Ma'am Elizabeth is here to see you
Mac: Great let her in in a few minutes
Vince went back out
Vince: She should be done in a few minutes, how is your leg
Elizabeth: it is not too bad still a bit sore
A few moments later Jim, Dickie and Kelly were leaving Mac's office Elizabeth could not help it, but she had a huge crush on Dickie, she thought he looked like an older version of Zac from saved by the bell.
Elizabeth went into her aunts office and sat next to Mac on one of the couches
Mac: Hi darling how was it
Elizabeth: OK we just talked about stuff, so we could get to know each other, we just talked about dancing and music and school.
Mac: So when is your next appointment
Elizabeth: Next week
Mac: Honey you know Catlin is sick, she has to get her tonsils out
Elizabeth: yeah I figured that
Mac: She is getting them out in 2 weeks
Elizabeth: OK it is best she gets it done now, so she doesn't get tonsillitis again
Mac:Honey I have been thinking and I don't think it is a good idea that you and James date again
Elizabeth: We decided we are just going to be friends and if things go OK then we may date
Mac: Honey when I let you date him last time I never knew about what Rick had done to you and I am afraid that it may be too soon
Elizabeth: i promise things will be OK, he makes me happy and I will not do anything I don't want to, he is not his brother James and Mike are 2 very different people, infact James and Mike don't talk to each anymore after what Mike did to Becca
Mac: I am not going to pretend that I am happy with it, but if he makes you happy then I guess I am happy,
Elizabeth: Thanks you are the greatest
Elizabeth went upstairs and up to Rebecca's roomshe found her studying, but she could tell she was stressed and nearly in tears
Elizabeth: Becca you need to calm down everything will be OK
Rebecca: I can't believe I am so stupid, you get 2 points for writing your name right and I only got 10 points
Elizabeth: Do you think they made a mistake, can't you appeal
Rebecca: I don't think you are allowed to appeal
Elizabeth: You can in Scotland if you do bad in your standard grades or highers you can appeal and maybe get your grade moved up
Rebecca: I just need to study more, so is James definetly coming after dinner
Elizabeth: Yes
The 5 children had arrived for dinner together and they assumed that Mac was going to miss it
Catlin: Mommy says I have to have ice cream Catlin informed on of the maids
Elizabeth: I think maybe some soup will be better that is what I used to have when I had a sore throat
Catlin: I want ice cream
Elizabeth: You can have ice cream after your soup
Amy: Mommy said I could have ice cream too
Rebecca: After dinner
Amy: I want ice cream
Catlin: Me 2
The 2 youngest children never noticed there mother standing behind them
Elizabeth: Catlin I want you to eat soup first then you can have Ice cream
Mac: I think some nice soup is a great idea Catlin then you can have some ice cream
Catlin: Chocolate or strawberry
Mac: both if you want
Amy: You said I could have ice cream too
Mac: I did, didn't I, well how about we all have ice cream
After dinner and ice cream Mac bathed Catlin and put her to bed, she explained to Catlin that she would have to go to hospital and have an operation, she said she was going to be brave and Mac explained that it she would only be in hospital for a few days and then she would have to stay in the house for a little while too.
Rebecca went to her room and started studying again she was not going to fail anymore tests at school.
Elizabeth went to her room and tried to find an outfit she looked semi decent in with her leg in a big plaster she decided on a pink skirt that rested on her knees and a white vest top she put a white sandal on her good foot, she put on some make-up and pulled her hair into a French roll with 2 bits framing her face.
Mr Waverly came up to the residence he found Elizabeth
Mr Waverly: Elizabeth there is someone at the gates to see you a James Fleming will i let him in
Elizabeth: Yes please
James came up and Elizabeth went to the family room with them, they spoke about lots of things and Elizabeth realised just how much she really liked him, he made her laugh,
They had to look after there doll for health class, and decided when they would each have her
Elizabeth: You know most of the boys are leaving it all to the girls I am so lucky to have been pared with you
James: Well I just think that all children need a father, my parents split up and I know it effected me and Mike
Elizabeth: I never had a father and I know it would have been so much better if I did, my mum was great, but I know I missed out
James: I'm sorry I should have thought before I said that
Elizabeth: It is OK, I know that one day you would make a great father
They were interrupted by a baby crying,
Elizabeth: So what do we do with it now it is crying
James: You just need to put this in it's mouth and rock her, she has a sensor which shows when she gets attention and a thermometer in her so you have to make sure she is not too cold or hot. It can also detect loud noises
James started to rock the doll, and Amy ran into the room
Amy: You are a boy and playing with a doll
Elizabeth: Amy it is a school project and keep your voice down, you will wake Catlin
James: Do you want to take her Elizabeth
Elizabeth took the doll and started to rock her, the same way she did with Catlin when she was born
James: You are a natural
Elizabeth: Unlike you I had a baby sister a few years ago
Amy left the room and went up to her room, Mrs Frost put her to bed.
Elizabeth and James got the doll quiet and then she leaned in and kissed him, he never expected it and she was leaning on top of him the best she could with her plaster cast on, she kissed him deeper and more passionately than she had ever done before.
Rod was on his way from Arizona and just came into the Whitehouse he walked up to his office in the East wing and got his messages he then went to the residence and into the family room he was stunned by what he saw when he got there
Rod: What is going on in here
Elizabeth: Uncle Rod, do you remember James
Rod: Of course I remember James, he was the boy who had you in tears when you saw him kiss another girl
Elizabeth: We have sorted that out now, Uncle Rod please don't be angry
Rod: I am not angry,
Elizabeth: You aren't
Rod: I am glad you have chosen a boy your age and not 5 and a half years older than you
James: I really like Elizabeth and I promise I won't hurt her
Rod: It is late and I think you should head home, secret service will give you a lift, come with me
Elizabeth: Bye James see you at school tomorrow
James: Look after our daughter
Rod: Excuse me your daughter
Elizabeth pointed to the doll
Elizabeth: It is a project for health class
James left the room with Rod he knew Rod was going to say something to him.
Rod: I do not have a problem with you dating by daughter, but if you hurt her again then you will have me to deal with do you understand
James: I promise Sir I will not hurt her, you may not believe it, but I am nothing like my brother
Rod: Good,
Elizabeth went up to Becca's room
Elizabeth: Are you still studying, you are going to stress yourself out
Rebecca: You look happy, did everything go OK with James
Elizabeth: I really love him Becca, I have never loved a guy before, but he is so sweet and cute, Becca I kissed him and it was magical I am so happy
Rebecca: I am glad for you, maybe we can double date sometime, when I am not grounded
Elizabeth: Uncle Rod walked in on us kissing, we were quiet intimate
Rebecca: Just be careful i don't want him to hurt you the way Mike hurt me.
Elizabeth: He won't
Mac had finished work and went to check on her kids before going to bed, she first went to Horace's room first
Mac: Hay baby, honey I know that you have done really well in your PSAT's and I just want you to know that I am so proud of you
Horace: Thanks Mom, but I just cant help, but feel bad for Becca, as much as I love the fact that I have done better than her, I just wish that she had done better
Mac: I know baby, I think that there must be some kind of mistake, because she worked so hard
Horace: I don't know Mom she seemed pretty stressed
Mac: All right get some sleep
Mac next went to the 2 young girls rooms they were both already asleep she tucked them both in and went to Rebecca's room where Elizabeth and Rebecca both were.
Mac: Hi girls, how are you both
Elizabeth: i am great
Rebecca: Fine
Mac: Elizabeth can you go toy your room please I will come through in a few minutes I need to talk to Becca
Elizabeth got up and left Becca's room and went to her own
Mac: Honey I want to talk to you about your PSAT scores
Rebecca: Mom I don't know what happened I really did try hard
Mac: I know you did and I think maybe we should call your school
Rebecca: No Mom I will am sure my homeroom teacher will talk to me about it tomorrow
Mac: OK darling, I know that it has upset you, but I don't want you to worry about it too much you have a few months before you sit the real SAT's and I am sure we can get you a tutor and everything will be fine
Rebecca: Thanks Mom
Mac: good night sweetie
Mac left for Elizabeth's room, every night she would go around all her kids rooms it was her special time with them when she could talk to them alone, it was one of her favourite times of the day.
Mac: Hi darling
Elizabeth: Hi, can I talk to you about something
Mac: Of course you can
Elizabeth: You know James, well I kissed him again and I really like him, but everyone is against us, Rebecca says she is happy, but I know she thinks I shouldn't like him. Uncle Rod made it perfectly clear that he is not happy about it
Mac: Uncle Rod would be unhappy no matter who you or Rebecca dated
Elizabeth: I guess, but I have never felt like this about any guy before I think I love him
Mac: Honey I just want you to be careful, you have been through a lot and you may not be ready for a serious relationship yet, don't do anything you are not ready for baby
Elizabeth: I promise I won't he is a really sweet guy and when you all get to know him you will think the same
Mac: Well I hope we can get to know him better, I am sure he is really a lovely guy. Now sleep honey
Elizabeth: Good night
Mac went to her room and found Rod already asleep in their bed, she kissed his head and climbed into the bed next to him.
I know this was a bit longer than usual, I started writing and could not stop
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