A/N: Enjoy.
Dawn: A week later.
Mallory was helping me with Claus, Hunter, and the other Pike's. Charlotte would've joined us, but she'd caught a cold a few days ago.
Hunter was excited to be an uncle.
"Hope she doesn't get the same issues I have."
"Asthma?" Claus asked.
"That, and allergies."
"To?"
"Almost everything."
Claire grinned at Hunter, who smiled back. She had a crush on him. It was actually kind of cute.
Mallory had sniffed me when I came over to see if I was high. Kristy's idea.
"Mal. I don't get high every day, god!."
"Sorry, can't help it."
"Ugh."
Vanessa smiled at Claus as she past him some iced tea.
"Thanks, honey."
"No problem."
"At least Claus isn't allergic to food." Claire pointed out.
"Claire!."
"Hey!."
Margo grinned. Her and Buddy had grown closer over the years.
Hunter later had trouble breathing.
"Honey?" Claire asked.
"C-Can't breathe." He wheezed.
Asthma. Abby had had the same thing happen to her a few times.
Jordan found his inhaler.
"Got it."
I helped him take it.
"Thanks, Dawn."
"Any time."
"You'll be a great uncle."
"Yeah?"
"So you have asthma, big deal."
"Abby has it, right?"
"Yeah."
He hugged me.
"I hope Mary Anne's alright. Logan says things are getting crazy."
"Yeah. Yeah they are."
"Think she'll make it?"
"Yeah. She's come so far."
Another smile spread over his face.
Mary Anne called later.
"Hey sis."
"Hunter, hey."
"Claire could be your sister-in-law in a few years."
She laughed. I hadn't heard her laugh in some time.
Things were looking up for her, at last.