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Belle wasted no time in immediately pulling the sobbing 12 year old close to her like she always does with her son Ben whenever he was upset. Ben was a little older than Carlos, but it still worked.
"Aw what's wrong if you don't mind me asking," Belle asked the young boy in her kind motherly voice making him cry more. "I miss my family! And my baby sister won't eat! I can't get her to eat! I already lost everyone else in my family! I can't lose her too," Carlos cried out making Belle's heartbreak hearing how much suffering this young boy was going through.
He reminded her of a younger version of her son. "Don't worry I will help you okay," Belle told Carlos who was still crying, but was starting to calm down a little bit. "Okay I know how to get babies to eat. It might be the type of bottle that you're using. Some babies are very picky on that kind of stuff. Ben for sure was," Belle told Carlos who shook his head no.
"No that's not it! My sister Ava got her to take a bottle and it was that bottle! I don't know why she won't take it!" Carlos screamed out making Belle nod as she took the baby from Carlos and grabbed the bottle.
"Aw I know you sweet baby you don't like this huh. You would rather have your mommy wouldn't you? I know, but your big brother is really worried about you. He loves you very much and he just wants you to eat please eat for him," Belle told the baby in her gentle voice as she tried to help Carlos feed the newborn, but she just cried refusing the bottle again.
Belle immediately filled with worry as she tried again, but the baby just got more and more fussy. "When's the last time she ate," Belle asked Carlos who just looked at the mother in concern. "I don't know. I think a few days ago is when my sister managed to get her to take down a full bottle," Carlos told the mother who nodded.
"Okay well I think it would be best if you brought her to a doctor to get her checked out. It's not healthy for a baby to go that long without eating especially a newborn baby," Belle told Carlos who immediately started panicking.
"Is she gonna die!" The young boy asked Belle who immediately shook her head no not wanting to freak out the young boy. "No she's going to be fine, but there might be a reason she's refusing the bottle and the doctors may be able to help," Belle told the twelve year old who nodded.
"Okay thank you so much for your help. I really needed that," Carlos told the mother, making her smile a little as she still felt so bad for this young boy. It seemed like he was on his own with his baby sister.
"Of course and if you ever need anything else I would be happy to help you and I'm sure my son and husband would too," Belle told Carlos in her sweet voice making Carlos smile. "You have a son," Carlos asked Belle, making her smile. "Yes he's a little older than you, but I think you would really like Ben. He's very sweet and kind like you. I'll make sure that you two meet soon. Anyway I should go. Please keep me informed on your sister," Belle told Carlos as she hugged him goodbye and left.
Once Belle left Carlos sighed as he put his sister back into the stroller and made his way to the doctor's office. When Carlos got there the lady at the front just gave him a confused look.
"Um, can I help you," the receptionist asked the young boy, making him nod. "Yeah my baby sister won't eat and she hasn't eating in days," Carlos told the receptionist who nodded. "I see and where are your parents," the receptionist asked the young boy who just sighed.
"I don't know," Carlos told the receptionist, making her look at the young boy in confusion. "You don't know where your parents are," the receptionist asked the young boy who nodded. Just as the receptionist was about to drill the boy more thinking it was some prank Mal's crying got worse and she started making weird noises immediately causing the receptionist to become alert as she started calling for help.
"What's going on!" Carlos screamed out when he saw the receptionist panicking as a bunch of medical professionals came running out and immediately rushed the baby away not even letting Carlos get near them.
"What's happening! I want my sister! What's going on!" The young twelve year old screamed out in panic causing the receptionist to feel bad for the young boy.
"Your sister will be fine. They are going to take very good care of her. Now can you tell me more about your parents. If you don't know where your parents are then who are you living with, so we can give them a call," the receptionist told the young boy in a more gentle voice as she was feeling bad for Carlos now and didn't want to freak him out more.
"My parents left and our older sister is in charge of us now. We don't live with her though because we're living with my cousin here in Auradon. My cousin and I both attend Auradon Prep Boarding School," the young boy told the receptionist who nodded.
"Okay and can you tell me your sister's number," the receptionist asked Carlos who nodded as he told the receptionist Ava's number. The receptionist immediately dialed the number and to no surprise Ava didn't pick up.
The receptionist just sighed as she gave Carlos a small smile as she could see the young boy was freaking out while he was calling Jay who was out with his crew again after his argument with Ava and wasn't picking up either.
"No one is picking up! Can you just tell me if my baby sister is going to be okay or not! I'm really scared! Please!" The young boy cried out in panic making the receptionist sigh. "I don't know to be honest. There is no information right now. They are still running tests. I will keep you informed though. You can stay here by me if you want," the receptionist told Carlos in a kind voice making him nod as he just wanted someone to be there for him.
Carlos sighed as he sat down by the receptionist as he really wished he was back home with his family playing around with Ava and annoying her until she agreed to play video games with him while his parents would watch and smile with baby Mal sleeping in the bassinet by the couch.
Carlos really missed those happy times that he had taken for granted with his family. And now here he was a few weeks later sitting in a hospital waiting room all by himself waiting to find out if his newborn sister would be okay or not.