Assilem's Rant! Well here is PART 5!!! WOO HOO!! Isn't everyone excited???
This one is longer, but I don't think you folks really care huh? Well I did
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By the time summer started Margaret noticed a change in Sabrina. She was always in her room, and wasn't talking much. That scared Margaret, Sabrina was a social butterfly, and always loved to spend time with her mother. Now, instead of playing, reading and talking with her mother, Sabrina would sit in her room. And did nothing.
One day Margaret decided to spend some time with Sabrina.
"Knock, knock." Margaret smiled opening Sabrina's door.
"Hi Mama." Sabrina smiled looking up from where she was placing her dolls.
"What are you doing?"
"Putting Dolls away." She smiled at Margaret. Margaret smiled and walked over to her. Sabrina had a collection of porcelain dolls. Some of them we Margaret's old ones, and some of them were given to Sabrina by various people. Margaret smiled and picked up one of them.
"I love this one." She smiled.
"I know. Grampy gave it to you, when you were my age."
"He did." Margaret smiled remembering when her father handed her the doll. "You know what baby?"
"What?"
"We haven't had much of 'Mommy and Sabrina' time have we?"
"Nope. Cause of Baylee, Finn, Vincent, Dorby, Katelyn and Rory. I miss 'Mommy and Sabrina Time'. We don't have it lots no more."
"I know. But how about this Saturday? I'll wake you up, make you breakfast, and we'll do whatever you want."
"Just the two of us?"
"Just the two of us." Margaret smiled. Sabrina smiled and hugged her mother.
"Thank you Mommy."
"You're welcome Baby. Now go brush your teeth." Sabrina smiled and skipped off into her bathroom. Margaret smiled and turned over the sheets for the five-year-old. A few minutes later Sabrina returned and crawled into her bed.
"Mama?"
"Yes?"
"Can you read to me?"
"Always." Margaret smiled and picked up a book. A little while later the small girl was sleeping. Margaret kissed her red head gently and pulled away. Smiling she turned off the light and closed the door, leaving it open a crack. That little girl was amazing. So carefree and understanding.
When Saturday came around, Margaret canceled her lunch date with Hawkeye. He understood completely. That morning Margaret did just as she said, she woke Sabrina up, they had breakfast then got ready for a day of shopping. Sabrina really didn't need any new clothes, shoes, or anything. But a day of shopping and getting a few new summer things made their day better. Around noon they stopped for lunch. Sabrina was smiling the whole time. Ever since her mother and Hawkeye got enveloped she didn't get as much time with her mother as she would have liked. It was limited. She wanted her mother to herself, but knew that she couldn't. The Pierce children looked up to her, and loved being around her. Sabrina, at first loved it, but as time went on it became less loving. Margaret told her life had changed, but for the better.
By dinner time Sabrina was tired of shopping, so the two stopped for dinner, then went and saw a movie. Sabrina loved spending time with her mother, like they did before they moved. It gave Margaret the chance to get to know Sabrina again. She was going into first grade soon, and was looking forward to going to school. Margaret loved to see that Sabrina was so excited about school. She was a very smart little girl, but the biggest social butterfly around. That didn't worry Margaret at all. She could read Sabrina like a book, and always knew when something was wrong. Hawkeye said that would come in handy when she got older.
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By late July Sabrina was adjusted to her mommy time quite well. Every night after Hawkeye took the kids home Margaret and Sabrina would sit together and either watch a movie, play a game of some sort, read, or just talk. Sabrina loved spending time with her mother. And Margaret loved spending time with her little girl. She learned that Sabrina was always used to being the only child, and never having to share her mother.
That changed in mid August. The Pierce's were planning a trip back east, Hawkeye was going to take his kids to see their grandparents and go to the Lobster Festival. Everyone was excited.
Baylee was most excited. She was always close to her grandparents. Daniel and Betsy were the first ones there when her mother left. Betsy held her as Hawkeye tried to comfort the other children. She would always love Betsy for doing that. Daniel was the girl's hero. He wanted to be like him. She was nine now, and Betsy was the one grandmother she ever knew. Dorby loved going to Maine. Daniel always took the boys out onto the lake fishing. He loved that! Exploring in the old Pierce farm was something he loved doing with his cousins. Hawkeye had a very close friend that still lived in Maine. Him and Annie had been friends since they were babies. Annie married while he was in Korea. He came back to see her pregnant. Dorby and Jack we're that close in age, but loved playing together. Everett was Dorby's age, and Finn was the youngest. Finn was most excited about going to see his aunt Pauline and uncle Lenny. Lenny always took him out to see the horses. Finn loved animals more than the rest of his siblings. Lenny took his youngest child Neille and Finn out horseback ridding. Katelyn loved spending time in the old attic finding new things to bring back so her and her friends could play with. Katelyn had always been the one to bury herself in old things. Vincent was what Annie and Betsy called 'their little chef'. This little boy loved to spend his time with Annie and Betsy in the kitchen. Hawkeye and Daniel loved how talented the little boy was. He would get covered in flour and other ingredients but still look like a little chef. Rory was youngest and baby of the family. She was always looking forward to play with anyone that would play with her. She liked to follow everyone around and do everything that they did.
It was a couple days before they were leaving when Hawkeye noticed something with Rory. At first he didn't think it was that major, but one morning he was awoken by the cry of Rory. He ran into her bedroom to see the two-year-old sitting in bed, tears falling down her face. She was scratching and had tiny red bumps all over her body. Hawkeye ran to her side and picked the little girl up.
"Daddy.itchy!" She cried letting the tears fall harder.
"I know Honey, I know. Don't scratch."
"Itchy!" Rory protested.
"Rory, don't scratch. Lets get you into a bath." He said caring her into the bathroom. He turned the water on and saw Baylee standing in the doorway. "Hey hon, would you get the oatmeal please. I can't leave Rory."
"Sure Daddy. Does Rory have chicken pox?"
"Sure looks like it hon. But don't worry, all you have already had them."
"Okay. I'll be right back." She smiled running off to the kitchen. Hawkeye looked at Rory and smiled at the poor little girl.
"Well darlin, it doesn't look like we'll be going to Maine. I wonder how your brothers and sisters will take it." He said settling her into the bathtub. Rory screamed when she hit the water. She had those itchy red dots every where. "Ssshh..Its okay baby."
"Daddy, hurts!" She cried trying to get out of the water. He held her in the water until Baylee came back with the oatmeal.
"Here you go." She smiled handing her father the container of oatmeal. Hawkeye smiled and poured some into the bathtub. "Daddy?"
"What is it?"
"We're not going to see Grampy and Grammie are we?"
"No, sorry honey. We cant, Rory is contagious."
"You promised Daddy." Baylee said with a sad face. Hawkeye looked at her and felt his heart drop.
"I'm so sorry honey. You know I would rather take you guys to see Grampy and Grammie."
"Its not fair daddy." Baylee said as tears formed in her eyes.
"Baby, why don't you call Margaret and talk to her."
"Can I talk to Auntie Annie instead?"
"Sure doll." He smiled. "Get your brothers and sister up first please. I think they need to talk to Grampy and Grammie."
"I'll get Dorby to call them. Can I call from your room?"
"Sure." He smiled. He then turned back to Rory who was close to tears. "Itchy huh?"
"Itchy!" She cried trying to scratch. He held both of her hands and saw Katelyn walk in rubbing her eyes.
"Daddy what's matter?"
"Rory has chicken pox."
"Oh." She said not exactly reregistering what her father just said.
"Katie baby."
"Huh?"
"Would you call Margaret for me and tell her to come over?" Katelyn nodded and walked out of the bathroom. She wasn't quite awake yet, but he knew that a simple 'hello' from Margaret would wake the small girl up. She loved Margaret, and hearing her in the morning made it a better day. The next to walk into the bathroom was Dorby.
"Dad?"
"Yeah son?"
"Does Rory have chicken pox?"
"Yes she does."
"We're not going to Maine are we?"
"No, I'm sorry."
"That's okay." Dorby said with sadness. "Can I call Grampy?"
"Go ahead. Use the phone in the kitchen."
"Why?"
"Baylee is talking on the phone in my room. And Katelyn is calling Margaret in the den."
"Okay." Dorby said walking out. Hawkeye sighed and waited for Vincent and Finn to come and see why they were up so early. He was right Finn walked in, not even noticing Rory who was now putting oatmeal on every red dot on her skin.
"Dad?"
"Hey Finn. Dorby is in the kitchen calling Grampy and Grammie, why don't you go see him?"
"Why we up?"
"Rory is sick, and we can't go to Maine."
"Oh. I'm going to talk to Grammie." He said running out of the bathroom. As soon as he did Vincent walked in.
"Seems like the bathroom is a great place huh buddy?"
"Daddy, we not seeing Grampy and Grammie are we?"
"No, I'm sorry. You wanted to didn't you?"
"Yes. Grammie said she would teach me to make cupcakes and muffins, and oatmeal cookies."
"I know. Why don't you go into the kitchen and wait to talk to her?"
"Okay." He said walking out. Hawkeye looked at the little girl covered in red dots and oatmeal.
"You missed a spot." He smiled putting oatmeal on her nose. Rory smiled and looked at her father.
"Me itchy still."
"I know, you will be for a while. You see all those red dots?"
"Uh huh."
"Well those are chicken pox."
"I got icken pocks?"
"Yes."
"Where's the icken?"
"Right there." He smiled picking up Rory's rubber chicken. All the other kids had wanted duckies; Rory wanted her rubber chicken in the bath. She smiled and started to play when Katelyn came in. She was now awake and smiling.
"Margaret said she would come really soon. I told her Rory was sick and she had to get Sabrina up and dressed then they would come over. I called Uncle BJ and he said he would be here soon too."
"Good. Thank you baby."
"Welcome."
"Why don't you go get dressed?"
"Okay, Daddy?"
"Yeah?"
"If Rory had oatmeal in the bath, what are we having for breakfast?"
"Don't worry baby, go put some clothes on. Those jammies need to be cleaned."
"No, I put these on last night."
"And the night before, and the night before that, and the night before that." He smiled. Katelyn smiled at her father and walked over to the bathtub.
"Rory?"
"Uh huh?"
"You itchy?"
"Yup." She said. "Ook, ed ots."
"I had them too. They itchy."
"Yup. Daddy out?"
"Sure, lets get some clothes on you that wont itch." He smiled taking a towel and wrapping the little girl in it. She tried to scratch, but Hawkeye wrapped her arms tight enough she couldn't. He held his hand out to Katelyn and she took it. They walked out of the bathroom. After Hawkeye put a t-shirt and a pair of shorts on Rory he walked downstairs to see the other kids fighting over the phone.
"HEY!" He yelled. All the kids stopped and looked at their father. They all knew they were in trouble. "What have I said about fighting?" The kids stayed silent and looked at each other. "Well?"
"You told us not to." Baylee said speaking for her younger siblings. "We're sorry."
"Don't do it again." He warned looking at all 5 of them. The five of them nodded and walked out of the room. Hawkeye ushered them into the living room when the doorbell rang. "Katie baby, go get the door."
"Okay." Katelyn smiled and ran to the front door. She opened the door and saw Sabrina and Margaret. "Hi."
"Hi sweetie. Where's Daddy?"
"Living room. Sabrina wanna play?"
"Yeah. Can I Mommy?"
"Go ahead." Margaret smiled as the two girls walked outside. She slipped her sandals off and saw Hawkeye and Rory come in. Rory looked at Margaret and threw herself into her arms. "How's she doing?"
"A two year old with chicken pox, not very good. The other kids have already had them, so I'm not worried about that, but all of them wanted to go to Maine."
"Go then."
"I can't take the kids with Rory contagious." He pointed out.
"I'll keep Rory. How long has it been since the kids seen their grandparents. I've been here for a year and not once have they seen them."
"About an year and a half. It's been a while."
"Take the five of them, I'll take care of Rory."
"You sure you know how, I mean she's still a baby."
"Pierce I know how to take care of children. If you've forgotten I have a five year old daughter who's turning six soon."
"I know. But you sure?"
"Positive. Have some fun with the kids."
"Thank you baby."
"No problem." Margaret smiled as he poured her some coffee. "Thank you."
"You're welcome. I'm going to tell the kids, could you get her to eat something."
"Sure." Margaret smiled standing up and walking to the refrigerator. Hawkeye smiled and walked outside in the back year where all the kids were playing.
"Rugrats, come here." He yelled. All six of the kids ran over to him. He smiled at the sight of Sabrina running to him. God he loved that little girl. She jumped right into his arms like she was his own. "Hey Rini." He smiled. Rini was Sabrina's nickname that only he was allowed to call her. "So we're going to Maine in two days. Except Rini here, cause she wont leave her mother."
"Really?" Baylee asked excitedly. Hawkeye shook his head yes. All the kids faces lit up and they all attacked him. Sabrina walked into the kitchen to see her mother and Rory.
"Hi Mommy."
"Hi honey, what's the matter?"
"They're going to Maine."
"Yes they are. Are you going to miss them?"
"Yup."
"Don't worry honey, they're only going to gone for a week."
"Is Rory going?"
"No, Rory is going to stay with us."
"Oh." Sabrina said. She wasn't sure how she felt about having Rory stay with them. She was always the only person except for Katelyn and Kamilia. Sabrina stared at her mother and Rory and felt a pang of jealousy pull at her heart. She was about to say something when Hawkeye walked in.
"Rini, why don't you go play with Katelyn?"
"Kay." She said before walking out. Hawkeye watched her and looked at Margaret.
"What's the matter with Sabrina?"
"I don't know. This is the one time when I cant read her."
"Oh." Hawkeye said rubbing Rory's back. And watching how Sabrina wasn't smiling.
"When do you guys leave?"
"Tomorrow night. Speaking of which, I need to call dad."
"Okay." Margaret smiled as she watched the man she loved walk away. Her eyes fixed on his butt; she was going to miss that fine piece of ass.
That night after Hawkeye and Margaret put all the kids to bed, they walked downstairs into the living room to talk.
"I'm gonna miss you." Hawkeye said pulling her onto his lap.
"I'll miss you too." Margaret said leaning into him. Hawkeye wrapped his arms around her and let Margaret's head rest on his shoulder.
"What do you want to do, for our last night together, for a week?" He asked letting his hand run up her thigh. Margaret smiled as she felt his hardness. It didn't take him much to get excited.
"Well I know what you want to do." She laughed as he grabbed her mound and started to rub it.
"Ohh..umm. Lets take this to the bedroom." Margaret smiled as Hawkeye picked her up and carried her down the hall. His room was downstairs away from the kids. All of them were upstairs on the second floor. As soon as he opened the door to his bedroom he laid Margaret on the bed and started to take her clothes off. He was leaving for a week, like he wasn't going to make love to her. He let his lips travel down her neck and across her collarbone as he pulled her shorts off. Margaret moaned as she removed his clothing. He moved his hands over her skin as he let his erection fall between her widened thighs. He didn't enter her just yet but teased her by running his cock up and down and occasionally rubbing her clit.
"Baby..in..now.." She managed to her out as he worked his magic on her body. He smiled and obeyed her leading his long erect cock inside her. Letting the tip run across her opening shot Margaret into oblivion. He pushed in hard and slammed his balls against her skin. She screamed in pleasure as she muffled it into his neck. He slowly started to rock back and forth, slow, but fast enough to cause as much pleasure Margaret needed. He let one hand rub her breasts as the other one captured her mound and started to rub it. Letting his thumb run across the sensitive nub, she thrust her hips into him. He smiled and started kissing her neck. Letting his tongue run over the skin. Margaret moved her hands from his ass to the back of his head and pulled his mouth to hers. She kissed him hard and passionately. She moved her hands back to his ass and let a finger glide between his crack. He shivered and continued to pump. Gaining speed with each thrust. After an hour and a half, he was now going as fast as he could, slamming into her causing loud screams and moans. He could feel her squeezing around him and felt the awful pain in the pit of his stomach. They didn't say a thing but they both knew they were about to cum. He shot into her with one last thrust then rolled off of her, so he wouldn't squish her.
"That was amazing." He mumbled as she curled into his body. Margaret nodded and kiss him on the chest. He wrapped both arms around her and held her as they fell asleep in each other's arms.
The next morning Margaret awoke in the exact place she fell asleep. She opened her eyes to see the raven hair doctor sleeping peacefully. She pulled away from him when she heard Rory start to cry. She pulled on one of his t-shirts and boxers and ran up to see the little girl, sitting in her bed scratching.
"Rory honey, don't scratch."
"Itchy vogh." She whined. Margaret smiled and picked her up.
"I know." She said as they walked out and saw Baylee. "Good morning."
"Morning. Margaret?"
"Yes?"
"Did you spend the night?" Margaret looked at her. She wasn't going to lie to the little girl, but she also wasn't going to tell her all of it.
"I did. Does that bother you?"
"I don't know. Why did you sleep over?"
"Well last night was me and your daddy's last night together for a week. We wanted to spend it together."
"Oh. Like how Daddy used to spend the night with his old girlfriends?"
"What do you mean honey?"
"Um.I think its called sex. I read it once. And I heard Daddy and Tiffany having sex."
"How do you know that?"
"I heard her when she and Daddy broke up. She said that all he was good for was the sex." Margaret stared at the nine-year-old in complete and udder shock.
"Honey, does Daddy know that you know?"
"No. Why?"
"Nothing. Could you go get the calamine lotion for me?"
"Okay. Can I wake up Daddy?"
"Sure. He should be up with your sister."
"Margaret?"
"Yes?"
"Do you and Daddy have sex?" Margaret stared at the girl once more. She was full of surprises this morning.
"Honey, what me and your father do is between us okay?"
"Okay. I'll get the lotion." Baylee smiled and ran downstairs to her father's bathroom. He never kept any medicine in the kids bathroom for a good reason. Rory was two and the oldest was nine, he wasn't going to keep medicine where they could get it. Baylee ran into her father's room and jumped on the bed. She didn't notice that Margaret's clothes were still on the floor. Hawkeye was lying on his back with the comforter draped across his waist. She didn't know that he was naked underneath and didn't need to.
"Daddy?" She said shaking his shoulder. Hawkeye mumbled something and opened his eyes to see the brunette smiling at him.
"Morning little lady and how can I help you?"
"Margaret needs the calamine lotion." She smiled crawling onto his stomach. Hawkeye smiled and sat up.
"Okay, go tell her I'll be right there." He smiled lifting his eldest off of him and onto the floor. Baylee nodded and ran out of the room. Hawkeye breathed a sigh of relief and grabbed his boxers and a shirt and walked into the bathroom. He grabbed the calamine lotion and walked into the living room where Margaret already had Rory laying on the couch with her training pants on.
"Hi." Margaret smiled as he bent over and placed a kiss on her lips. "We need to talk."
"Okay. Hey there baby doll." He smiled at the spotted two-year-old. She was still gorgeous with the little red dots covering her body. He handed Margaret the bottle and a cotton ball. Margaret smiled and started to dap the baby. Baylee was sitting watching the Flinstones. Hawkeye smiled at her. She was the only one of all the kids that got up and watched Saturday Morning cartoons. She was excited, because all her favorite shows were on today. The Flinstones, The Jetsons, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny and Betty Boop, the other kids would be up for the Jetsons. Rory didn't like cartoons that much. She would rather spend the night sitting with her father watching The Dick Van Dyke Show, I love Lucy, Dragnet, I dream of Jeanie, and Bewitched. He found it funny that by the end of I Love Lucy, she was sleeping, then wake up when she heard Officer Ganon in Dragnet.
"Does it itch anymore?" Margaret asked the two-year-old.
"Still itchy." She said scratching her head. Hawkeye laughed and picked her up. He placed her with her favorite book. It had a picture of a teddy bear that had chicken pox. She would scratch the teddy bear where she was itchy. It was very effective for a two-year-old.
"Baylee, watch Rory. Make sure she doesn't scratch." Hawkeye said as Margaret took his hand and led him into the kitchen. "What's up."
"Who's Tiffany?"
"Old girlfriend. We broke up before you moved here."
"Oh, how does Baylee know that you two had sex?"
"She what?"
"Hawkeye, she knows."
"How?" He asked. He was curious and worried about his eldest.
"Apparently she heard you two."
"Damn it!" He said banging his fist on the counter. "I got to talk to her."
"Yes you do." Margaret said placing her hand over his. Hawkeye smiled and held her hand. "You know she asked me if we have sex?"
"My baby Baylee is growing up isn't she?"
"She sure is."
"I remember when she was born. She was the tinniest baby I ever saw. She was wrinkly and pink. Her hair was all messed up and the same brown as she has now." Hawkeye smiled when he saw her walk in.
"Daddy are you telling Margaret what I was like when I born?"
"Sure am. I need to talk to you."
"I'll get the other kids up." Margaret smiled giving him a kiss the lips before leaving the room.
"Baylee, Margaret told me that you know me and Tiffy had sex."
"Yeah. Cause when you and Tiffy broke up, she said you were only good for sex. And when you and Tiffy were having sex, she was loud. Woke me up." Hawkeye looked at Baylee. She was right, Tiffany was loud. They were still friends; the kids liked spending time with her when Margaret and Hawkeye were both working. Which only happened on Wednesdays. Tiffany's little sister Brittany, would drop Katelyn, Sabrina and Kamilia off at ballet. Dorby at baseball, Finn, Vincent and Baylee went to the park until five, until she took them home where Margaret, Hawkeye, and the other three children were. Margaret never met Tiffany. And frankly didn't want to. Brittany was eighteen and loved taking care of the kids.
"Oh Baylee honey, you need to know that me and Tiffy weren't meant to be."
"I know."
"She also told me you asked if we were having sex?"
"Yeah."
"Baylee, you know that I would only bring someone into this family that I knew would love you."
"Yeah."
"And if we were serious and wanted to spend the rest of our lives together, then we would spend a night together."
"Are you and Margaret gonna be together forever?"
"We hope. But right now the only thing you need to worry about is having fun with Grammie and Grampy."
"Okay." Baylee smiled and hugged her father. Hawkeye hugged her back, holding on to her as tight as he could, he never wanted to lose his little girl. She would always be his baby, the first child born. She paved the way for five more children, who he loved for the same but different reasons.
"I love you Baylee Linnea Pierce."
"I love you too Daddy." Baylee smiled letting go of her father. Hawkeye smiled and kissed her head. He smiled at the brunette standing in front of him and couldn't believe that this one little girl changed his life.
"Daddy! Daddy!" Rory screamed running into the kitchen. She had scratched herself to the point she was bleeding. Hawkeye immediately picked her up and placed her on the counter to whip the blood away. Baylee watched as her father got her baby sister to stop crying. A simple hug was all she needed.
"How's that?" He asked rubbing her back after he got her clean.
"Ood." Rory said with tears still streaming down her face. He continued to rub her back. Seeing his youngest in pain almost killed him. Margaret walked in with Vincent in her arms. Vincent had his legs wrapped around her torso and arms around her neck. The little boy was still tired. He was a lot like Hawkeye that way. They both liked to sleep.
"What's the matter?" Margaret asked a little worried seeing Rory's tear stained face. Rory looked at Margaret and held her arms out to her. Margaret smiled and handed Vincent to his father and took the baby. Rory smiled slightly and laid her head on Margaret's shoulder. Margaret rubbed her bare back, and felt sorry for her. She was a two-year-old with a bad case of chicken pox. Her perfectly natural tanned skin was covered in tiny itchy red dots.
"Rory scratched to much and made herself bleed." Baylee pointed out. Margaret looked Rory over; sure enough the little girl got to itchy and scratched till she bleed.
"Poor little girl, I don't know what I'm going to do without her." Her father commented. He hated to leave her, but knew that the kids needed some time with their family. He needed to spend some time with his father, and Betsy. He knew he loved Margaret with his heart and soul, but needed to know where to go. "Well I'm going to get the rugrats some breakfast. You wanna get them upstairs to pack?"
"Sure thing." Margaret smiled. And headed into the living room to get the kids. She found Sabrina and Katelyn watching the Jetsons, Dorby lying there blinking his eyes, and Finn. Doing Finn things, which consisted of pressing his face against the window looking at the sun. She laughed and ushered the kids unto their rooms to pack. Sabrina was going to help Katelyn pack. The boys were going to do it themselves and Baylee was going to help Vincent. She had already done hers.
By lunchtime everyone was ready to go. Sabrina and Katelyn were playing in the den; Baylee was talking with her best friend Ruthie. Dorby was at the park with Jack and Finn. Vincent was perfectly fine sitting watching a movie, while Rory wouldn't let Margaret out of her sight. She had always had her father when she was sick, now she had a mother figure and wanted to be with her when she wasn't feeling well. It was around one or so that Margaret got Rory to take her nap. She walked into Hawkeye's bedroom where he was still packing. She smiled and sat on his bed and held a pillow to her chest.
"The baby sleeping?"
"Yeah, she was itchy so I put some calamine lotion on her."
"Thank you. I really hate leaving her."
"I know you do, and that's what makes you such a good father."
"Thank you." He smiled leaning down and kissing her. Margaret smiled when he pulled away. "I wish we could carry that out more." He said kissing her once more.
"I know. But you have a plane to catch after dinner. Which reminds me, we're still taking the kids out to dinner right?"
"Of course. I would have loved just to have you, but we have to make sacrifices." He smiled.
"You had me last night." Margaret smiled walking over to her lover. Hawkeye gathered her into his arms. She leaned into his chest and he buried his face in her hair.
'God she smelt good.' He was going to miss her smell. Hell he was going to miss everything about her. "I'm going to miss you."
"I'll miss you too." Margaret said reviling in his touch. The two held onto each other, afraid that they would lose one another. Finally Hawkeye broke away from the hug when Rory walked in. He picked her up and held her, he was going to miss his little girl. Soon all the other kids walked into the room and wanted to be hugged. The two hugged each child and held onto them. The Pierce children were a little sad that Margaret wasn't coming with them, and Margaret was sad that they were going.
After a 'family' dinner, Margaret and Hawkeye drove to the airport. They said their goodbyes. Hawkeye looked at Margaret just before he boarded, ran to her and kissed her, like he never kissed her before. When he pulled away he smiled, gave her one more quick kiss, and kissed both Rory and Sabrina, kissed Margaret again and walked off.
As soon as Rory saw her father walk away she started to cry. Margaret quickly wiped the lone tear on her cheek and picked the baby up. Rory immediately clung to her neck and started to sob.
This was the first time in her whole life that she had ever been without her family. And she hated it, all she could do was curl into Margaret's arms and cry her little heart out. Sabrina wiped her tears and hugged her mother's leg. Margaret moved her spare arm down to her daughter as they watched the plane take off. She prayed that nothing happened to them. They had grown to mean the world to her, and Margaret knew she couldn't live without them.
"Let's get home." She said feeling that Sabrina wanted to be held. When they got back to Margaret's house, Rory had cried herself to sleep. So Margaret sent Sabrina to change into her pajamas while she put Rory to bed.
"Mama?" Sabrina asked seeing her mother sitting on her bed holding the teddy bear Hawkeye gave her. Margaret smiled and opened her arms. Sabrina ran into them and buried her face into her mother's chest. It wasn't long after that Margaret felt the little girl sleeping. She picked her up and carried her into the bedroom at the other end of the hall.
She had no idea why she had bought a house. Her and Sabrina could have lived in an apartment, but they didn't. Sabrina was used to a house and wouldn't settle for anything less.
After she had Sabrina tucked into bed, she walked into the guestroom and saw Rory sleeping peacefully. Looking at her lover's daughter made her miss him even more. She took a deep breath when she heard the phone ring. She ran into her bedroom and picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Hey there baby, I miss you."
"I miss you too."
"How you holding up?"
"I want you to hold me." Margaret admitted as she felt herself come to tears.
"Don't cry. I love you."
"I love you too."
"Listen I'll call twice a day okay?"
"Okay." Margaret smiled feeling weight lifted off her shoulders.
"How was Rory?"
"She cried herself to sleep on the way home." Margaret told him. Hawkeye nearly cried when he heard that his baby had such a hard time with letting him go.
"Dear god, was she scratching?"
"No apparently crying distracts her from the itching."
"That's good, well not good terrible."
"I know. How was the flight?"
"Good, the kids are asleep. Dad and Betsy are sleeping, and I couldn't sleep unless I heard your voice."
"Me either." Margaret smiled. "You know we sound like love sick teenagers?"
"Yes but love sick teenagers don't get wild crazy welcome home sex, which I plan to give you when I get back."
"I look forward to it. But aren't I supposed to be welcoming you home?"
"Either way I want to make passionate love to you when I get back." Margaret smiled and leaned back so her head rested on her headboard. "So, you're counting the days till I come back aren't you?"
"Five days, Eight Hours, fifty-six minutes and four seconds, make that three." Margaret smiled.
"I miss you too baby."
"I know, and I miss you."
"So do you have the week off?"
"Yeah, BJ said he would come over to see how the baby is doing. And bring Kamilia over. For best friends Katelyn, Kamilia and Sabrina haven't been together a lot over the summer."
"Yeah I've noticed, its like Katelyn and Sabrina have been leaving her out since Spring Break. I'm getting kind of worried. Kit and Kat have been friends since they were born." Hawkeye started to say. He had been calling Katelyn and Kamilia Kit and Kat since they were babies, he said they reminded him of a KitKat bar. "Maybe you should get them together."
"I think I will. They see each other at school and ballet. But since Sabrina started Tap, its like they ignore her."
"I know. You have a little dancer, and I love it."
"I do have a dancer, a dancer who can sing and decided she wants to play the piano."
"I know. You got a musical little girl. Maybe you should have named her Melody. The name would suit her."
"It would." Margaret smiled.
"Does Rini have piano this week?"
"Thursday, we're going to head over to your house. She left her music on your piano."
"Sure. She can use my piano anytime she wants. And when she comes back we can have a duet."
"She would love that."
"Well I love her." That simple comment made Margaret smiled brightly. She knew he cared about Sabrina, but loving her made her love him even more. "I love you too you know?"
"I know, and I love you." With that Margaret heard Rory burst out crying. "I gotta go, Rory is crying."
"Go get her, I want to talk to her."
"Okay." Margaret said setting the phone down and running across the hall into the room Rory was staying in. "Hey Rory, Daddy's on the phone."
"Daddy?" She questioned as she wrapped her arms around Margaret's neck.
"Yup. He wants to talk to you."
"Daddy!" She said excitedly. Margaret smiled and walked into her bedroom. She picked up the phone and placed it on Rory's ear. "Daddy?"
"Hi Rory."
"Daddy!" She smiled brightly. Margaret smiled at the little girl who was now sitting on her lap. "Miss oo."
"I miss you too Rory baby." Rory smiled at the sound of her father's voice.
"Daddy home?"
"Not for five more sleeps."
"Wif naps?"
"Without naps."
"Oh." She said sadly. "Daddy me itchy."
"I know you are baby. Hang in there. Margaret and Sabrina are gonna make you all better, so when I come home we can play."
"Kay. Daddy me sleepy."
"Okay. Goodnight baby girl."
"Night night." Rory smiled pushing the phone to Margaret.
"Hello?"
"Hi, I gotta go now. I love you."
"I love you too." Margaret smiled.
"Bye Baby,"
"Bye." Margaret said hanging up the phone. She looked down at the poor two- year-old and watched at her eyelids fought to keep open. She watched as her beautiful blue eyes disappeared underneath her eyelids. She smiled and thought what her and Hawkeye's children would look like. What was she thinking, they were only dating and sleeping together, they weren't even engaged. Sure they loved each other, but were they that serious? She quickly shook the thoughts from her head and brought Rory to her bed. "Goodnight sweet girl." She whispered and walked out of the room.
Over the next couple of days Margaret started to think more and more about children. But thought differently when each night Sabrina would cry. She wasn't used to sharing her mother and didn't like it. Rory wanted attention and needed it. She would cry when she didn't see Margaret, she was always scratching and making herself bleed. Sabrina couldn't be with her mother alone, either Rory was there, or when she was sleeping, Margaret was cleaning.
It was Thursday after piano that Margaret noticed something in Sabrina. She had a slight fever, and wasn't feeling to well. Rory was feeling better, and most of the chicken pox had disappeared.
"Mags?"
"What is it Rory?" Margaret asked as she made dinner.
"Um..Brina frew up." Rory said looking at Margaret. Margaret looked at Rory, turned off the stove and ran upstairs. She ran into the bathroom and saw her baby girl crying.
"Mommy." She cried. Margaret went right to her side and lifted her up. Her fever was getting worse.
"You don't feel good do you honey?"
"No." She said as she cried. Margaret rubbed her back and with the help of Rory brought her into her bedroom.
"I'm going to call BJ. Okay?" Sabrina nodded her head and lay down. Rory ran over to Sabrina's window seat, grabbed her stuff bear and gave it to her.
"Thank you Rory." Sabrina smiled. She had felt jealous when Rory got all her mother's attention, but now that she was sick, she felt bad for hating Rory.
"Elcome. Mags Bea Jay." She smiled sweetly holding her arms out. Margaret smiled and picked her up and placed her on her hip.
"I'll be right back honey, if you need me I'll be in my room okay?" Sabrina nodded and curled into a ball. Margaret smiled slightly and walked out of Sabrina's room and into her bedroom. She picked up the phone and dialed the Hunnicut number.
"This is BJ,"
"Hi BJ."
"Hey Margaret, what's up? Did Rory get worse?"
"No, BJ I think Sabrina caught the chicken pox, but she doesn't have any evidence of spots."
"Have you checked the joints?"
"Yes. They were inflamed."
"Not a thing?"
"No, BJ I'm scared."
"Don't be, I'll be right over." Margaret nodded. "Margaret it'll be fine."
"Thank you BJ."
"You're welcome Margaret." BJ quickly hung up the phone and grabbed his medical bag. "Peggy, I'm heading over to Margaret's."
"Why?"
"Sabrina is sick."
"Okay, tell her hi for me."
"Will do." BJ said and headed out of the door. A few days ago he took Kamilia and Sabrina out for a walk in the woods. When they got back he noticed that there was a tick attached to his shoe. As he drove her thought about the poor little girl at home. From what Margaret had told him, she had joint inflammation, and she wouldn't call if it was just that. There must be something else.
When he got there he ran up to her bedroom, Rory was sitting on the window seat pretending to read a book, he looked across the hall where Sabrina was throwing up. He walked into the bathroom and placed a hand on Sabrina's neck.
"She's really warm."
"I know. Its like she has the flu, but the joint inflammation and the rash on her arm is what concerns me."
"Let me check her out. Why don't you call Hawkeye, and talk to him."
"Okay, thank you BJ."
"No problem." BJ smiled picking Sabrina up and carried her into the bedroom. Rory saw Margaret and climbed into her arms. The two went downstairs to finish with lunch as BJ stayed with Sabrina. He checked her over and concluded what he didn't want to. He had to tell Margaret.
While downstairs Margaret considered calling Hawkeye, but decided against it until she knew what the matter was. A few minutes later BJ came downstairs with his stethoscope still on his neck.
"Well?"
"Rory why don't you go read a book?" Rory smiled and ran off into the livingroom. "Margaret, you remember when I took Sabrina a couple days back?"
"Yeah, but what does that have to do with it?"
"Margaret, Sabrina contracted Borreliosis."
"Lyme disease?" Margaret asked staring at BJ.
"That's right. That rash on her arm it's from the tick bite, she complained of back pain, which is also a symptom. Margaret I need to put her on either Doxycycline, tetracycline, cefuroxime, ceftriaxone, penicillin or ibuprofen, to relieve her joint stiffness. I'm not going to put her on Doxycycline because all doctors know that it will discolor children's teeth that haven't formed yet."
"I know, so what are you going to put her on. She's allergic to cefuroxime and penicillin."
"That rules that out. I'm going to prescribe a mix of tetracycline and ceftricaxone." Margaret nodded. She knew her little girl was sick and had to be strong.
BJ stayed a while longer and ate lunch with them. After that he kissed Margaret on the cheek and left. They spend the rest of the afternoon reading, then she made dinner and they ate. She gave Rory a bath and put her to bed and looked in on Sabrina. Poor little girl, she felt worse than having the flu. Margaret walked in and placed a kiss on her head before heading to her bedroom. She needed Hawkeye right now. She couldn't handle this on her own. She picked up the phone and dialed the number.
"Hello?" An elderly woman asked as she answered the phone. Margaret assumed it must have been Betsy.
"Hello, I'm Margaret Houlihan, is Hawkeye there?"
"Why yes he is, one moment please." The older woman said placing the phone down on the table. "Hawkeye your girlfriend is on the phone." Hawkeye looked up from where he was reading. He walked over to the phone and picked it up.
"Hey baby, what's up?"
"I need you."
"Margaret, not now."
"No, Hawkeye you don't understand. Its Sabrina."
"What about Sabrina?"
"She has Borreliosis."
"Oh god. I'll get a flight as soon as I can."
"When will you be here?"
"I don't know baby, I'll be there as soon as I can. I'm going to bring Katelyn and Vincent with me though."
"I don't care, I need you here." Margaret said as she fought back tears.
"I'll be there as soon as I can."
"Okay."
"Hey I love you."
"I love you too. Hurry."
"I am. Bye baby." He hung up the phone and took a deep breath. He explained the situation to Betsy and his father and had them get Katelyn and Vincent ready to go while he got a flight. It was only an hour and a half later that Hawkeye, Katelyn and Vincent were on a flight back home. Both kids were now awake; Hawkeye had called BJ and asked him to take the two until the next day. He agreed and picked them up from the airport. He drove Hawkeye to Margaret house. It was only around eleven when her arrived. Margaret was reading a book waiting for him. He let himself in, and ran into her room. She saw him and ran into his arms.
"Oh Baby, I'm so sorry." He said hugging her. Margaret didn't say anything and started to sob on his chest. It wasn't that Sabrina hadn't been sick before. She just felt different, more protective of her. "Baby what's the matter?"
"I don't know." She sobbed feeling kind of empty. "I missed you."
"I missed you too." He said placing a kiss on her head. Margaret leaned into him and closed her eyes as his hands made their way up the back of her shirt. He started to gently rub it, calming her down. Margaret sighed as she felt his hands caress her back. He was always good at that. "Are you feeling better?"
"Yes, thank you." Margaret said giving him a kiss. Hawkeye smiled and kissed her soft lips.
"Good. Why don't you change into something more comfortable, while I check on my baby girl."
"Give me a minute and I'll come with you." She smiled. Hawkeye smiled, he always wanted to be with her.
"Hurry up though." Margaret nodded. She had the perfect thing to wear. He gave her one last kiss and walked out of the room. He sat on her bed and picked up the book she was reading. He smiled at the book. She was reading 'The Last of the Mochican'. Margaret came out a few minutes later and he smiled. She had her robe on and walked over to the bed.
"I told you I missed you." She smiled. Hawkeye gave her a quick kiss and stood up. Together they walked across the hall and looked in on Rory.
She was lying in the crib with her hands over her head and he brown locks spread over her face. She still had little red dots, but not as many.
"I love you little girl." He smiled and kissed her on the head before going to check on Sabrina. The little girl was sleeping, he golden red curls were back in a braid and he could see the rash where she was bit. He ran his fingers over the same soft skin that she shared with her mother. "I love you too Sabrina." She stirred a little bit and moved onto her stomach. He smiled, "She's going to be fine." He smiled at Margaret who was looking at her daughter.
"I know." Margaret said reaching for his hand that he offered. With him there, life seemed so much better. She never realized how much she loved him until she didn't have him.
They walked back into Margaret bedroom, and she walked into the bathroom. Hawkeye went and took one last look at Rory and Sabrina before walking into her room. He made Margaret feel better by showing her that Sabrina was going to be all right.
"Hi." She smiled walking out of the bathroom, in a very revealing teddie. She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. She gave him a long passionate kiss, and started to move her hands to his shirt. HE smiled and pushed her gently on the bed as she took his pants off. He was kissing her neck as she was lightly and gently pinned to the bed. The two made love many times that night and learned how much they loved and missed the other.
The next morning Rory woke up later than usual. She looked around the room and smiled, she was still with Margaret.
"Mags! Mags!" She yelled as she bounced in her crib. Margaret heard her from downstairs and ran upstairs to get her. She was smiling brightly. You could tell the little girl was feeling better.
"Hi Rory, I got a surprise for you." She smiled taking her out.
"Illy?"
"Yeah, its down in the kitchen." She said putting Rory down. Rory smiled and ran to the stairs, then with careful thought she walked downstairs. Margaret walked behind her until Rory got downstairs, she ran into the kitchen. Hawkeye was walking to the table and he didn't spot the charging two-year-old. With one swift move she charged and rammed into him. Hitting her head where it counts. Margaret saw this and burst out laughing when he nearly fell over. "Did you get hurt by a two-year-old?"
"Yes." He managed to get out while he took deep breaths.
"Me hurt oo Daddy?"
"Yes you did Doll." He said.
"How?"
"Daddy is a little sensitive down there." He said straightening up.
"Why?" She asked reaching for his groin. Hawkeye took her hand and lifted her up.
"I just am." He said. "I missed you Doll." He said hugging her.
"Miss Daddy too." Rory said wrapping her arms around his neck. Hawkeye hugged her and looked at Margaret.
"Would you like some breakfast?" Rory nodded, as she kept latched to her father. Margaret smiled and thought how much their child would love his or her father. She shook the thoughts out of her head and wondered why she was thinking about such things. A few minutes later she heard Sabrina run into the bathroom. She started crying and Margaret could hear her. Hawkeye heard this too.
"I want to check her out. Stay with the baby." He handed Rory over and ran upstairs. He walked into the bathroom and saw Sabrina lying on the floor. He rushed over to her and picked her up. "Rini wake up." He said shaking her. He felt her forehead. "You're burning up. MARGARET! GET ICE NOW!" He yelled stripping her down and putting her in the bathtub. He turned on the cold water. He had to bring down the fever. Margaret ran into the bathroom with Rory and ice. She saw her daughter in the bathtub and nearly fainted at the sight. Hawkeye saw her and looked at her. "Come here," He said. Margaret nodded and walked over.
"What happened?"
"Fainted due to high fever. What did BJ put her on?"
"A mix of tetracycline and ceftricaxone. Why?"
"I'm not gonna take her off of the ceftricanxone, but put her on a mix of tetracycline, ceftricanxone and Doxycycline, I know about discoloration, but not when its mixed with tetracycline. Is she taking ibuprofen?"
"For the joint inflammation and stiffness."
"Good, I want to bring this fever down. I would prescribe penicillin, but I know she's allergic." Margaret nodded and saw Sabrina's eyes open. She started to shiver. "Ssh. Rini you got a high fever, we need to keep you in here."
"I want out." She whined as her toes started to turn blue. Hawkeye picked her up and wrapped her in a towel.
"I feel a little better Daddy." Sabrina mumbled leaning into him. Hawkeye and Margaret shared a smile, then he turned back to reality.
"Did BJ get you the medicine?"
"It's in my bedroom." Margaret said as they walked out.
"Go get it, I want to get her on this right away. If not she could lose her ability to walk."
"Oh god." Margaret said handing Hawkeye the bottle of liquid. Sabrina was sitting wrapped in a towel looking at them. "I'll get her changed while you get a spoon." Hawkeye nodded and bolted down the stairs. He was worried about Sabrina. Over the past year she had grown to be like one of his own. While he was down there, he called BJ and asked him to come pick up Rory. He found out Vincent was teaching Peg how to make 'Grammie Cookies' and Katelyn and Kamilia were like a KitKat bar again. After Sabrina had the medicine in her, Margaret laid her in bed and watched in fear as she slept.
"Baby, she'll be okay. I got the fever down, it's not completely gone, but at a one hundred is better than a one o three. She's out of the woods. Give her a few days and she'll be back to normal." Margaret nodded. She had seen this before, but never had her own daughter had it.
"I know. What do you say you tell me about your trip." Hawkeye smiled and wrapped an arm around her.
"Well," He started. The two walked downstairs and enjoyed the other's company. He told her how much fun Vincent had in the kitchen, which amused her. The other kids were still there, and wouldn't be home for a couple of days.
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By the time summer started Margaret noticed a change in Sabrina. She was always in her room, and wasn't talking much. That scared Margaret, Sabrina was a social butterfly, and always loved to spend time with her mother. Now, instead of playing, reading and talking with her mother, Sabrina would sit in her room. And did nothing.
One day Margaret decided to spend some time with Sabrina.
"Knock, knock." Margaret smiled opening Sabrina's door.
"Hi Mama." Sabrina smiled looking up from where she was placing her dolls.
"What are you doing?"
"Putting Dolls away." She smiled at Margaret. Margaret smiled and walked over to her. Sabrina had a collection of porcelain dolls. Some of them we Margaret's old ones, and some of them were given to Sabrina by various people. Margaret smiled and picked up one of them.
"I love this one." She smiled.
"I know. Grampy gave it to you, when you were my age."
"He did." Margaret smiled remembering when her father handed her the doll. "You know what baby?"
"What?"
"We haven't had much of 'Mommy and Sabrina' time have we?"
"Nope. Cause of Baylee, Finn, Vincent, Dorby, Katelyn and Rory. I miss 'Mommy and Sabrina Time'. We don't have it lots no more."
"I know. But how about this Saturday? I'll wake you up, make you breakfast, and we'll do whatever you want."
"Just the two of us?"
"Just the two of us." Margaret smiled. Sabrina smiled and hugged her mother.
"Thank you Mommy."
"You're welcome Baby. Now go brush your teeth." Sabrina smiled and skipped off into her bathroom. Margaret smiled and turned over the sheets for the five-year-old. A few minutes later Sabrina returned and crawled into her bed.
"Mama?"
"Yes?"
"Can you read to me?"
"Always." Margaret smiled and picked up a book. A little while later the small girl was sleeping. Margaret kissed her red head gently and pulled away. Smiling she turned off the light and closed the door, leaving it open a crack. That little girl was amazing. So carefree and understanding.
When Saturday came around, Margaret canceled her lunch date with Hawkeye. He understood completely. That morning Margaret did just as she said, she woke Sabrina up, they had breakfast then got ready for a day of shopping. Sabrina really didn't need any new clothes, shoes, or anything. But a day of shopping and getting a few new summer things made their day better. Around noon they stopped for lunch. Sabrina was smiling the whole time. Ever since her mother and Hawkeye got enveloped she didn't get as much time with her mother as she would have liked. It was limited. She wanted her mother to herself, but knew that she couldn't. The Pierce children looked up to her, and loved being around her. Sabrina, at first loved it, but as time went on it became less loving. Margaret told her life had changed, but for the better.
By dinner time Sabrina was tired of shopping, so the two stopped for dinner, then went and saw a movie. Sabrina loved spending time with her mother, like they did before they moved. It gave Margaret the chance to get to know Sabrina again. She was going into first grade soon, and was looking forward to going to school. Margaret loved to see that Sabrina was so excited about school. She was a very smart little girl, but the biggest social butterfly around. That didn't worry Margaret at all. She could read Sabrina like a book, and always knew when something was wrong. Hawkeye said that would come in handy when she got older.
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By late July Sabrina was adjusted to her mommy time quite well. Every night after Hawkeye took the kids home Margaret and Sabrina would sit together and either watch a movie, play a game of some sort, read, or just talk. Sabrina loved spending time with her mother. And Margaret loved spending time with her little girl. She learned that Sabrina was always used to being the only child, and never having to share her mother.
That changed in mid August. The Pierce's were planning a trip back east, Hawkeye was going to take his kids to see their grandparents and go to the Lobster Festival. Everyone was excited.
Baylee was most excited. She was always close to her grandparents. Daniel and Betsy were the first ones there when her mother left. Betsy held her as Hawkeye tried to comfort the other children. She would always love Betsy for doing that. Daniel was the girl's hero. He wanted to be like him. She was nine now, and Betsy was the one grandmother she ever knew. Dorby loved going to Maine. Daniel always took the boys out onto the lake fishing. He loved that! Exploring in the old Pierce farm was something he loved doing with his cousins. Hawkeye had a very close friend that still lived in Maine. Him and Annie had been friends since they were babies. Annie married while he was in Korea. He came back to see her pregnant. Dorby and Jack we're that close in age, but loved playing together. Everett was Dorby's age, and Finn was the youngest. Finn was most excited about going to see his aunt Pauline and uncle Lenny. Lenny always took him out to see the horses. Finn loved animals more than the rest of his siblings. Lenny took his youngest child Neille and Finn out horseback ridding. Katelyn loved spending time in the old attic finding new things to bring back so her and her friends could play with. Katelyn had always been the one to bury herself in old things. Vincent was what Annie and Betsy called 'their little chef'. This little boy loved to spend his time with Annie and Betsy in the kitchen. Hawkeye and Daniel loved how talented the little boy was. He would get covered in flour and other ingredients but still look like a little chef. Rory was youngest and baby of the family. She was always looking forward to play with anyone that would play with her. She liked to follow everyone around and do everything that they did.
It was a couple days before they were leaving when Hawkeye noticed something with Rory. At first he didn't think it was that major, but one morning he was awoken by the cry of Rory. He ran into her bedroom to see the two-year-old sitting in bed, tears falling down her face. She was scratching and had tiny red bumps all over her body. Hawkeye ran to her side and picked the little girl up.
"Daddy.itchy!" She cried letting the tears fall harder.
"I know Honey, I know. Don't scratch."
"Itchy!" Rory protested.
"Rory, don't scratch. Lets get you into a bath." He said caring her into the bathroom. He turned the water on and saw Baylee standing in the doorway. "Hey hon, would you get the oatmeal please. I can't leave Rory."
"Sure Daddy. Does Rory have chicken pox?"
"Sure looks like it hon. But don't worry, all you have already had them."
"Okay. I'll be right back." She smiled running off to the kitchen. Hawkeye looked at Rory and smiled at the poor little girl.
"Well darlin, it doesn't look like we'll be going to Maine. I wonder how your brothers and sisters will take it." He said settling her into the bathtub. Rory screamed when she hit the water. She had those itchy red dots every where. "Ssshh..Its okay baby."
"Daddy, hurts!" She cried trying to get out of the water. He held her in the water until Baylee came back with the oatmeal.
"Here you go." She smiled handing her father the container of oatmeal. Hawkeye smiled and poured some into the bathtub. "Daddy?"
"What is it?"
"We're not going to see Grampy and Grammie are we?"
"No, sorry honey. We cant, Rory is contagious."
"You promised Daddy." Baylee said with a sad face. Hawkeye looked at her and felt his heart drop.
"I'm so sorry honey. You know I would rather take you guys to see Grampy and Grammie."
"Its not fair daddy." Baylee said as tears formed in her eyes.
"Baby, why don't you call Margaret and talk to her."
"Can I talk to Auntie Annie instead?"
"Sure doll." He smiled. "Get your brothers and sister up first please. I think they need to talk to Grampy and Grammie."
"I'll get Dorby to call them. Can I call from your room?"
"Sure." He smiled. He then turned back to Rory who was close to tears. "Itchy huh?"
"Itchy!" She cried trying to scratch. He held both of her hands and saw Katelyn walk in rubbing her eyes.
"Daddy what's matter?"
"Rory has chicken pox."
"Oh." She said not exactly reregistering what her father just said.
"Katie baby."
"Huh?"
"Would you call Margaret for me and tell her to come over?" Katelyn nodded and walked out of the bathroom. She wasn't quite awake yet, but he knew that a simple 'hello' from Margaret would wake the small girl up. She loved Margaret, and hearing her in the morning made it a better day. The next to walk into the bathroom was Dorby.
"Dad?"
"Yeah son?"
"Does Rory have chicken pox?"
"Yes she does."
"We're not going to Maine are we?"
"No, I'm sorry."
"That's okay." Dorby said with sadness. "Can I call Grampy?"
"Go ahead. Use the phone in the kitchen."
"Why?"
"Baylee is talking on the phone in my room. And Katelyn is calling Margaret in the den."
"Okay." Dorby said walking out. Hawkeye sighed and waited for Vincent and Finn to come and see why they were up so early. He was right Finn walked in, not even noticing Rory who was now putting oatmeal on every red dot on her skin.
"Dad?"
"Hey Finn. Dorby is in the kitchen calling Grampy and Grammie, why don't you go see him?"
"Why we up?"
"Rory is sick, and we can't go to Maine."
"Oh. I'm going to talk to Grammie." He said running out of the bathroom. As soon as he did Vincent walked in.
"Seems like the bathroom is a great place huh buddy?"
"Daddy, we not seeing Grampy and Grammie are we?"
"No, I'm sorry. You wanted to didn't you?"
"Yes. Grammie said she would teach me to make cupcakes and muffins, and oatmeal cookies."
"I know. Why don't you go into the kitchen and wait to talk to her?"
"Okay." He said walking out. Hawkeye looked at the little girl covered in red dots and oatmeal.
"You missed a spot." He smiled putting oatmeal on her nose. Rory smiled and looked at her father.
"Me itchy still."
"I know, you will be for a while. You see all those red dots?"
"Uh huh."
"Well those are chicken pox."
"I got icken pocks?"
"Yes."
"Where's the icken?"
"Right there." He smiled picking up Rory's rubber chicken. All the other kids had wanted duckies; Rory wanted her rubber chicken in the bath. She smiled and started to play when Katelyn came in. She was now awake and smiling.
"Margaret said she would come really soon. I told her Rory was sick and she had to get Sabrina up and dressed then they would come over. I called Uncle BJ and he said he would be here soon too."
"Good. Thank you baby."
"Welcome."
"Why don't you go get dressed?"
"Okay, Daddy?"
"Yeah?"
"If Rory had oatmeal in the bath, what are we having for breakfast?"
"Don't worry baby, go put some clothes on. Those jammies need to be cleaned."
"No, I put these on last night."
"And the night before, and the night before that, and the night before that." He smiled. Katelyn smiled at her father and walked over to the bathtub.
"Rory?"
"Uh huh?"
"You itchy?"
"Yup." She said. "Ook, ed ots."
"I had them too. They itchy."
"Yup. Daddy out?"
"Sure, lets get some clothes on you that wont itch." He smiled taking a towel and wrapping the little girl in it. She tried to scratch, but Hawkeye wrapped her arms tight enough she couldn't. He held his hand out to Katelyn and she took it. They walked out of the bathroom. After Hawkeye put a t-shirt and a pair of shorts on Rory he walked downstairs to see the other kids fighting over the phone.
"HEY!" He yelled. All the kids stopped and looked at their father. They all knew they were in trouble. "What have I said about fighting?" The kids stayed silent and looked at each other. "Well?"
"You told us not to." Baylee said speaking for her younger siblings. "We're sorry."
"Don't do it again." He warned looking at all 5 of them. The five of them nodded and walked out of the room. Hawkeye ushered them into the living room when the doorbell rang. "Katie baby, go get the door."
"Okay." Katelyn smiled and ran to the front door. She opened the door and saw Sabrina and Margaret. "Hi."
"Hi sweetie. Where's Daddy?"
"Living room. Sabrina wanna play?"
"Yeah. Can I Mommy?"
"Go ahead." Margaret smiled as the two girls walked outside. She slipped her sandals off and saw Hawkeye and Rory come in. Rory looked at Margaret and threw herself into her arms. "How's she doing?"
"A two year old with chicken pox, not very good. The other kids have already had them, so I'm not worried about that, but all of them wanted to go to Maine."
"Go then."
"I can't take the kids with Rory contagious." He pointed out.
"I'll keep Rory. How long has it been since the kids seen their grandparents. I've been here for a year and not once have they seen them."
"About an year and a half. It's been a while."
"Take the five of them, I'll take care of Rory."
"You sure you know how, I mean she's still a baby."
"Pierce I know how to take care of children. If you've forgotten I have a five year old daughter who's turning six soon."
"I know. But you sure?"
"Positive. Have some fun with the kids."
"Thank you baby."
"No problem." Margaret smiled as he poured her some coffee. "Thank you."
"You're welcome. I'm going to tell the kids, could you get her to eat something."
"Sure." Margaret smiled standing up and walking to the refrigerator. Hawkeye smiled and walked outside in the back year where all the kids were playing.
"Rugrats, come here." He yelled. All six of the kids ran over to him. He smiled at the sight of Sabrina running to him. God he loved that little girl. She jumped right into his arms like she was his own. "Hey Rini." He smiled. Rini was Sabrina's nickname that only he was allowed to call her. "So we're going to Maine in two days. Except Rini here, cause she wont leave her mother."
"Really?" Baylee asked excitedly. Hawkeye shook his head yes. All the kids faces lit up and they all attacked him. Sabrina walked into the kitchen to see her mother and Rory.
"Hi Mommy."
"Hi honey, what's the matter?"
"They're going to Maine."
"Yes they are. Are you going to miss them?"
"Yup."
"Don't worry honey, they're only going to gone for a week."
"Is Rory going?"
"No, Rory is going to stay with us."
"Oh." Sabrina said. She wasn't sure how she felt about having Rory stay with them. She was always the only person except for Katelyn and Kamilia. Sabrina stared at her mother and Rory and felt a pang of jealousy pull at her heart. She was about to say something when Hawkeye walked in.
"Rini, why don't you go play with Katelyn?"
"Kay." She said before walking out. Hawkeye watched her and looked at Margaret.
"What's the matter with Sabrina?"
"I don't know. This is the one time when I cant read her."
"Oh." Hawkeye said rubbing Rory's back. And watching how Sabrina wasn't smiling.
"When do you guys leave?"
"Tomorrow night. Speaking of which, I need to call dad."
"Okay." Margaret smiled as she watched the man she loved walk away. Her eyes fixed on his butt; she was going to miss that fine piece of ass.
That night after Hawkeye and Margaret put all the kids to bed, they walked downstairs into the living room to talk.
"I'm gonna miss you." Hawkeye said pulling her onto his lap.
"I'll miss you too." Margaret said leaning into him. Hawkeye wrapped his arms around her and let Margaret's head rest on his shoulder.
"What do you want to do, for our last night together, for a week?" He asked letting his hand run up her thigh. Margaret smiled as she felt his hardness. It didn't take him much to get excited.
"Well I know what you want to do." She laughed as he grabbed her mound and started to rub it.
"Ohh..umm. Lets take this to the bedroom." Margaret smiled as Hawkeye picked her up and carried her down the hall. His room was downstairs away from the kids. All of them were upstairs on the second floor. As soon as he opened the door to his bedroom he laid Margaret on the bed and started to take her clothes off. He was leaving for a week, like he wasn't going to make love to her. He let his lips travel down her neck and across her collarbone as he pulled her shorts off. Margaret moaned as she removed his clothing. He moved his hands over her skin as he let his erection fall between her widened thighs. He didn't enter her just yet but teased her by running his cock up and down and occasionally rubbing her clit.
"Baby..in..now.." She managed to her out as he worked his magic on her body. He smiled and obeyed her leading his long erect cock inside her. Letting the tip run across her opening shot Margaret into oblivion. He pushed in hard and slammed his balls against her skin. She screamed in pleasure as she muffled it into his neck. He slowly started to rock back and forth, slow, but fast enough to cause as much pleasure Margaret needed. He let one hand rub her breasts as the other one captured her mound and started to rub it. Letting his thumb run across the sensitive nub, she thrust her hips into him. He smiled and started kissing her neck. Letting his tongue run over the skin. Margaret moved her hands from his ass to the back of his head and pulled his mouth to hers. She kissed him hard and passionately. She moved her hands back to his ass and let a finger glide between his crack. He shivered and continued to pump. Gaining speed with each thrust. After an hour and a half, he was now going as fast as he could, slamming into her causing loud screams and moans. He could feel her squeezing around him and felt the awful pain in the pit of his stomach. They didn't say a thing but they both knew they were about to cum. He shot into her with one last thrust then rolled off of her, so he wouldn't squish her.
"That was amazing." He mumbled as she curled into his body. Margaret nodded and kiss him on the chest. He wrapped both arms around her and held her as they fell asleep in each other's arms.
The next morning Margaret awoke in the exact place she fell asleep. She opened her eyes to see the raven hair doctor sleeping peacefully. She pulled away from him when she heard Rory start to cry. She pulled on one of his t-shirts and boxers and ran up to see the little girl, sitting in her bed scratching.
"Rory honey, don't scratch."
"Itchy vogh." She whined. Margaret smiled and picked her up.
"I know." She said as they walked out and saw Baylee. "Good morning."
"Morning. Margaret?"
"Yes?"
"Did you spend the night?" Margaret looked at her. She wasn't going to lie to the little girl, but she also wasn't going to tell her all of it.
"I did. Does that bother you?"
"I don't know. Why did you sleep over?"
"Well last night was me and your daddy's last night together for a week. We wanted to spend it together."
"Oh. Like how Daddy used to spend the night with his old girlfriends?"
"What do you mean honey?"
"Um.I think its called sex. I read it once. And I heard Daddy and Tiffany having sex."
"How do you know that?"
"I heard her when she and Daddy broke up. She said that all he was good for was the sex." Margaret stared at the nine-year-old in complete and udder shock.
"Honey, does Daddy know that you know?"
"No. Why?"
"Nothing. Could you go get the calamine lotion for me?"
"Okay. Can I wake up Daddy?"
"Sure. He should be up with your sister."
"Margaret?"
"Yes?"
"Do you and Daddy have sex?" Margaret stared at the girl once more. She was full of surprises this morning.
"Honey, what me and your father do is between us okay?"
"Okay. I'll get the lotion." Baylee smiled and ran downstairs to her father's bathroom. He never kept any medicine in the kids bathroom for a good reason. Rory was two and the oldest was nine, he wasn't going to keep medicine where they could get it. Baylee ran into her father's room and jumped on the bed. She didn't notice that Margaret's clothes were still on the floor. Hawkeye was lying on his back with the comforter draped across his waist. She didn't know that he was naked underneath and didn't need to.
"Daddy?" She said shaking his shoulder. Hawkeye mumbled something and opened his eyes to see the brunette smiling at him.
"Morning little lady and how can I help you?"
"Margaret needs the calamine lotion." She smiled crawling onto his stomach. Hawkeye smiled and sat up.
"Okay, go tell her I'll be right there." He smiled lifting his eldest off of him and onto the floor. Baylee nodded and ran out of the room. Hawkeye breathed a sigh of relief and grabbed his boxers and a shirt and walked into the bathroom. He grabbed the calamine lotion and walked into the living room where Margaret already had Rory laying on the couch with her training pants on.
"Hi." Margaret smiled as he bent over and placed a kiss on her lips. "We need to talk."
"Okay. Hey there baby doll." He smiled at the spotted two-year-old. She was still gorgeous with the little red dots covering her body. He handed Margaret the bottle and a cotton ball. Margaret smiled and started to dap the baby. Baylee was sitting watching the Flinstones. Hawkeye smiled at her. She was the only one of all the kids that got up and watched Saturday Morning cartoons. She was excited, because all her favorite shows were on today. The Flinstones, The Jetsons, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny and Betty Boop, the other kids would be up for the Jetsons. Rory didn't like cartoons that much. She would rather spend the night sitting with her father watching The Dick Van Dyke Show, I love Lucy, Dragnet, I dream of Jeanie, and Bewitched. He found it funny that by the end of I Love Lucy, she was sleeping, then wake up when she heard Officer Ganon in Dragnet.
"Does it itch anymore?" Margaret asked the two-year-old.
"Still itchy." She said scratching her head. Hawkeye laughed and picked her up. He placed her with her favorite book. It had a picture of a teddy bear that had chicken pox. She would scratch the teddy bear where she was itchy. It was very effective for a two-year-old.
"Baylee, watch Rory. Make sure she doesn't scratch." Hawkeye said as Margaret took his hand and led him into the kitchen. "What's up."
"Who's Tiffany?"
"Old girlfriend. We broke up before you moved here."
"Oh, how does Baylee know that you two had sex?"
"She what?"
"Hawkeye, she knows."
"How?" He asked. He was curious and worried about his eldest.
"Apparently she heard you two."
"Damn it!" He said banging his fist on the counter. "I got to talk to her."
"Yes you do." Margaret said placing her hand over his. Hawkeye smiled and held her hand. "You know she asked me if we have sex?"
"My baby Baylee is growing up isn't she?"
"She sure is."
"I remember when she was born. She was the tinniest baby I ever saw. She was wrinkly and pink. Her hair was all messed up and the same brown as she has now." Hawkeye smiled when he saw her walk in.
"Daddy are you telling Margaret what I was like when I born?"
"Sure am. I need to talk to you."
"I'll get the other kids up." Margaret smiled giving him a kiss the lips before leaving the room.
"Baylee, Margaret told me that you know me and Tiffy had sex."
"Yeah. Cause when you and Tiffy broke up, she said you were only good for sex. And when you and Tiffy were having sex, she was loud. Woke me up." Hawkeye looked at Baylee. She was right, Tiffany was loud. They were still friends; the kids liked spending time with her when Margaret and Hawkeye were both working. Which only happened on Wednesdays. Tiffany's little sister Brittany, would drop Katelyn, Sabrina and Kamilia off at ballet. Dorby at baseball, Finn, Vincent and Baylee went to the park until five, until she took them home where Margaret, Hawkeye, and the other three children were. Margaret never met Tiffany. And frankly didn't want to. Brittany was eighteen and loved taking care of the kids.
"Oh Baylee honey, you need to know that me and Tiffy weren't meant to be."
"I know."
"She also told me you asked if we were having sex?"
"Yeah."
"Baylee, you know that I would only bring someone into this family that I knew would love you."
"Yeah."
"And if we were serious and wanted to spend the rest of our lives together, then we would spend a night together."
"Are you and Margaret gonna be together forever?"
"We hope. But right now the only thing you need to worry about is having fun with Grammie and Grampy."
"Okay." Baylee smiled and hugged her father. Hawkeye hugged her back, holding on to her as tight as he could, he never wanted to lose his little girl. She would always be his baby, the first child born. She paved the way for five more children, who he loved for the same but different reasons.
"I love you Baylee Linnea Pierce."
"I love you too Daddy." Baylee smiled letting go of her father. Hawkeye smiled and kissed her head. He smiled at the brunette standing in front of him and couldn't believe that this one little girl changed his life.
"Daddy! Daddy!" Rory screamed running into the kitchen. She had scratched herself to the point she was bleeding. Hawkeye immediately picked her up and placed her on the counter to whip the blood away. Baylee watched as her father got her baby sister to stop crying. A simple hug was all she needed.
"How's that?" He asked rubbing her back after he got her clean.
"Ood." Rory said with tears still streaming down her face. He continued to rub her back. Seeing his youngest in pain almost killed him. Margaret walked in with Vincent in her arms. Vincent had his legs wrapped around her torso and arms around her neck. The little boy was still tired. He was a lot like Hawkeye that way. They both liked to sleep.
"What's the matter?" Margaret asked a little worried seeing Rory's tear stained face. Rory looked at Margaret and held her arms out to her. Margaret smiled and handed Vincent to his father and took the baby. Rory smiled slightly and laid her head on Margaret's shoulder. Margaret rubbed her bare back, and felt sorry for her. She was a two-year-old with a bad case of chicken pox. Her perfectly natural tanned skin was covered in tiny itchy red dots.
"Rory scratched to much and made herself bleed." Baylee pointed out. Margaret looked Rory over; sure enough the little girl got to itchy and scratched till she bleed.
"Poor little girl, I don't know what I'm going to do without her." Her father commented. He hated to leave her, but knew that the kids needed some time with their family. He needed to spend some time with his father, and Betsy. He knew he loved Margaret with his heart and soul, but needed to know where to go. "Well I'm going to get the rugrats some breakfast. You wanna get them upstairs to pack?"
"Sure thing." Margaret smiled. And headed into the living room to get the kids. She found Sabrina and Katelyn watching the Jetsons, Dorby lying there blinking his eyes, and Finn. Doing Finn things, which consisted of pressing his face against the window looking at the sun. She laughed and ushered the kids unto their rooms to pack. Sabrina was going to help Katelyn pack. The boys were going to do it themselves and Baylee was going to help Vincent. She had already done hers.
By lunchtime everyone was ready to go. Sabrina and Katelyn were playing in the den; Baylee was talking with her best friend Ruthie. Dorby was at the park with Jack and Finn. Vincent was perfectly fine sitting watching a movie, while Rory wouldn't let Margaret out of her sight. She had always had her father when she was sick, now she had a mother figure and wanted to be with her when she wasn't feeling well. It was around one or so that Margaret got Rory to take her nap. She walked into Hawkeye's bedroom where he was still packing. She smiled and sat on his bed and held a pillow to her chest.
"The baby sleeping?"
"Yeah, she was itchy so I put some calamine lotion on her."
"Thank you. I really hate leaving her."
"I know you do, and that's what makes you such a good father."
"Thank you." He smiled leaning down and kissing her. Margaret smiled when he pulled away. "I wish we could carry that out more." He said kissing her once more.
"I know. But you have a plane to catch after dinner. Which reminds me, we're still taking the kids out to dinner right?"
"Of course. I would have loved just to have you, but we have to make sacrifices." He smiled.
"You had me last night." Margaret smiled walking over to her lover. Hawkeye gathered her into his arms. She leaned into his chest and he buried his face in her hair.
'God she smelt good.' He was going to miss her smell. Hell he was going to miss everything about her. "I'm going to miss you."
"I'll miss you too." Margaret said reviling in his touch. The two held onto each other, afraid that they would lose one another. Finally Hawkeye broke away from the hug when Rory walked in. He picked her up and held her, he was going to miss his little girl. Soon all the other kids walked into the room and wanted to be hugged. The two hugged each child and held onto them. The Pierce children were a little sad that Margaret wasn't coming with them, and Margaret was sad that they were going.
After a 'family' dinner, Margaret and Hawkeye drove to the airport. They said their goodbyes. Hawkeye looked at Margaret just before he boarded, ran to her and kissed her, like he never kissed her before. When he pulled away he smiled, gave her one more quick kiss, and kissed both Rory and Sabrina, kissed Margaret again and walked off.
As soon as Rory saw her father walk away she started to cry. Margaret quickly wiped the lone tear on her cheek and picked the baby up. Rory immediately clung to her neck and started to sob.
This was the first time in her whole life that she had ever been without her family. And she hated it, all she could do was curl into Margaret's arms and cry her little heart out. Sabrina wiped her tears and hugged her mother's leg. Margaret moved her spare arm down to her daughter as they watched the plane take off. She prayed that nothing happened to them. They had grown to mean the world to her, and Margaret knew she couldn't live without them.
"Let's get home." She said feeling that Sabrina wanted to be held. When they got back to Margaret's house, Rory had cried herself to sleep. So Margaret sent Sabrina to change into her pajamas while she put Rory to bed.
"Mama?" Sabrina asked seeing her mother sitting on her bed holding the teddy bear Hawkeye gave her. Margaret smiled and opened her arms. Sabrina ran into them and buried her face into her mother's chest. It wasn't long after that Margaret felt the little girl sleeping. She picked her up and carried her into the bedroom at the other end of the hall.
She had no idea why she had bought a house. Her and Sabrina could have lived in an apartment, but they didn't. Sabrina was used to a house and wouldn't settle for anything less.
After she had Sabrina tucked into bed, she walked into the guestroom and saw Rory sleeping peacefully. Looking at her lover's daughter made her miss him even more. She took a deep breath when she heard the phone ring. She ran into her bedroom and picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Hey there baby, I miss you."
"I miss you too."
"How you holding up?"
"I want you to hold me." Margaret admitted as she felt herself come to tears.
"Don't cry. I love you."
"I love you too."
"Listen I'll call twice a day okay?"
"Okay." Margaret smiled feeling weight lifted off her shoulders.
"How was Rory?"
"She cried herself to sleep on the way home." Margaret told him. Hawkeye nearly cried when he heard that his baby had such a hard time with letting him go.
"Dear god, was she scratching?"
"No apparently crying distracts her from the itching."
"That's good, well not good terrible."
"I know. How was the flight?"
"Good, the kids are asleep. Dad and Betsy are sleeping, and I couldn't sleep unless I heard your voice."
"Me either." Margaret smiled. "You know we sound like love sick teenagers?"
"Yes but love sick teenagers don't get wild crazy welcome home sex, which I plan to give you when I get back."
"I look forward to it. But aren't I supposed to be welcoming you home?"
"Either way I want to make passionate love to you when I get back." Margaret smiled and leaned back so her head rested on her headboard. "So, you're counting the days till I come back aren't you?"
"Five days, Eight Hours, fifty-six minutes and four seconds, make that three." Margaret smiled.
"I miss you too baby."
"I know, and I miss you."
"So do you have the week off?"
"Yeah, BJ said he would come over to see how the baby is doing. And bring Kamilia over. For best friends Katelyn, Kamilia and Sabrina haven't been together a lot over the summer."
"Yeah I've noticed, its like Katelyn and Sabrina have been leaving her out since Spring Break. I'm getting kind of worried. Kit and Kat have been friends since they were born." Hawkeye started to say. He had been calling Katelyn and Kamilia Kit and Kat since they were babies, he said they reminded him of a KitKat bar. "Maybe you should get them together."
"I think I will. They see each other at school and ballet. But since Sabrina started Tap, its like they ignore her."
"I know. You have a little dancer, and I love it."
"I do have a dancer, a dancer who can sing and decided she wants to play the piano."
"I know. You got a musical little girl. Maybe you should have named her Melody. The name would suit her."
"It would." Margaret smiled.
"Does Rini have piano this week?"
"Thursday, we're going to head over to your house. She left her music on your piano."
"Sure. She can use my piano anytime she wants. And when she comes back we can have a duet."
"She would love that."
"Well I love her." That simple comment made Margaret smiled brightly. She knew he cared about Sabrina, but loving her made her love him even more. "I love you too you know?"
"I know, and I love you." With that Margaret heard Rory burst out crying. "I gotta go, Rory is crying."
"Go get her, I want to talk to her."
"Okay." Margaret said setting the phone down and running across the hall into the room Rory was staying in. "Hey Rory, Daddy's on the phone."
"Daddy?" She questioned as she wrapped her arms around Margaret's neck.
"Yup. He wants to talk to you."
"Daddy!" She said excitedly. Margaret smiled and walked into her bedroom. She picked up the phone and placed it on Rory's ear. "Daddy?"
"Hi Rory."
"Daddy!" She smiled brightly. Margaret smiled at the little girl who was now sitting on her lap. "Miss oo."
"I miss you too Rory baby." Rory smiled at the sound of her father's voice.
"Daddy home?"
"Not for five more sleeps."
"Wif naps?"
"Without naps."
"Oh." She said sadly. "Daddy me itchy."
"I know you are baby. Hang in there. Margaret and Sabrina are gonna make you all better, so when I come home we can play."
"Kay. Daddy me sleepy."
"Okay. Goodnight baby girl."
"Night night." Rory smiled pushing the phone to Margaret.
"Hello?"
"Hi, I gotta go now. I love you."
"I love you too." Margaret smiled.
"Bye Baby,"
"Bye." Margaret said hanging up the phone. She looked down at the poor two- year-old and watched at her eyelids fought to keep open. She watched as her beautiful blue eyes disappeared underneath her eyelids. She smiled and thought what her and Hawkeye's children would look like. What was she thinking, they were only dating and sleeping together, they weren't even engaged. Sure they loved each other, but were they that serious? She quickly shook the thoughts from her head and brought Rory to her bed. "Goodnight sweet girl." She whispered and walked out of the room.
Over the next couple of days Margaret started to think more and more about children. But thought differently when each night Sabrina would cry. She wasn't used to sharing her mother and didn't like it. Rory wanted attention and needed it. She would cry when she didn't see Margaret, she was always scratching and making herself bleed. Sabrina couldn't be with her mother alone, either Rory was there, or when she was sleeping, Margaret was cleaning.
It was Thursday after piano that Margaret noticed something in Sabrina. She had a slight fever, and wasn't feeling to well. Rory was feeling better, and most of the chicken pox had disappeared.
"Mags?"
"What is it Rory?" Margaret asked as she made dinner.
"Um..Brina frew up." Rory said looking at Margaret. Margaret looked at Rory, turned off the stove and ran upstairs. She ran into the bathroom and saw her baby girl crying.
"Mommy." She cried. Margaret went right to her side and lifted her up. Her fever was getting worse.
"You don't feel good do you honey?"
"No." She said as she cried. Margaret rubbed her back and with the help of Rory brought her into her bedroom.
"I'm going to call BJ. Okay?" Sabrina nodded her head and lay down. Rory ran over to Sabrina's window seat, grabbed her stuff bear and gave it to her.
"Thank you Rory." Sabrina smiled. She had felt jealous when Rory got all her mother's attention, but now that she was sick, she felt bad for hating Rory.
"Elcome. Mags Bea Jay." She smiled sweetly holding her arms out. Margaret smiled and picked her up and placed her on her hip.
"I'll be right back honey, if you need me I'll be in my room okay?" Sabrina nodded and curled into a ball. Margaret smiled slightly and walked out of Sabrina's room and into her bedroom. She picked up the phone and dialed the Hunnicut number.
"This is BJ,"
"Hi BJ."
"Hey Margaret, what's up? Did Rory get worse?"
"No, BJ I think Sabrina caught the chicken pox, but she doesn't have any evidence of spots."
"Have you checked the joints?"
"Yes. They were inflamed."
"Not a thing?"
"No, BJ I'm scared."
"Don't be, I'll be right over." Margaret nodded. "Margaret it'll be fine."
"Thank you BJ."
"You're welcome Margaret." BJ quickly hung up the phone and grabbed his medical bag. "Peggy, I'm heading over to Margaret's."
"Why?"
"Sabrina is sick."
"Okay, tell her hi for me."
"Will do." BJ said and headed out of the door. A few days ago he took Kamilia and Sabrina out for a walk in the woods. When they got back he noticed that there was a tick attached to his shoe. As he drove her thought about the poor little girl at home. From what Margaret had told him, she had joint inflammation, and she wouldn't call if it was just that. There must be something else.
When he got there he ran up to her bedroom, Rory was sitting on the window seat pretending to read a book, he looked across the hall where Sabrina was throwing up. He walked into the bathroom and placed a hand on Sabrina's neck.
"She's really warm."
"I know. Its like she has the flu, but the joint inflammation and the rash on her arm is what concerns me."
"Let me check her out. Why don't you call Hawkeye, and talk to him."
"Okay, thank you BJ."
"No problem." BJ smiled picking Sabrina up and carried her into the bedroom. Rory saw Margaret and climbed into her arms. The two went downstairs to finish with lunch as BJ stayed with Sabrina. He checked her over and concluded what he didn't want to. He had to tell Margaret.
While downstairs Margaret considered calling Hawkeye, but decided against it until she knew what the matter was. A few minutes later BJ came downstairs with his stethoscope still on his neck.
"Well?"
"Rory why don't you go read a book?" Rory smiled and ran off into the livingroom. "Margaret, you remember when I took Sabrina a couple days back?"
"Yeah, but what does that have to do with it?"
"Margaret, Sabrina contracted Borreliosis."
"Lyme disease?" Margaret asked staring at BJ.
"That's right. That rash on her arm it's from the tick bite, she complained of back pain, which is also a symptom. Margaret I need to put her on either Doxycycline, tetracycline, cefuroxime, ceftriaxone, penicillin or ibuprofen, to relieve her joint stiffness. I'm not going to put her on Doxycycline because all doctors know that it will discolor children's teeth that haven't formed yet."
"I know, so what are you going to put her on. She's allergic to cefuroxime and penicillin."
"That rules that out. I'm going to prescribe a mix of tetracycline and ceftricaxone." Margaret nodded. She knew her little girl was sick and had to be strong.
BJ stayed a while longer and ate lunch with them. After that he kissed Margaret on the cheek and left. They spend the rest of the afternoon reading, then she made dinner and they ate. She gave Rory a bath and put her to bed and looked in on Sabrina. Poor little girl, she felt worse than having the flu. Margaret walked in and placed a kiss on her head before heading to her bedroom. She needed Hawkeye right now. She couldn't handle this on her own. She picked up the phone and dialed the number.
"Hello?" An elderly woman asked as she answered the phone. Margaret assumed it must have been Betsy.
"Hello, I'm Margaret Houlihan, is Hawkeye there?"
"Why yes he is, one moment please." The older woman said placing the phone down on the table. "Hawkeye your girlfriend is on the phone." Hawkeye looked up from where he was reading. He walked over to the phone and picked it up.
"Hey baby, what's up?"
"I need you."
"Margaret, not now."
"No, Hawkeye you don't understand. Its Sabrina."
"What about Sabrina?"
"She has Borreliosis."
"Oh god. I'll get a flight as soon as I can."
"When will you be here?"
"I don't know baby, I'll be there as soon as I can. I'm going to bring Katelyn and Vincent with me though."
"I don't care, I need you here." Margaret said as she fought back tears.
"I'll be there as soon as I can."
"Okay."
"Hey I love you."
"I love you too. Hurry."
"I am. Bye baby." He hung up the phone and took a deep breath. He explained the situation to Betsy and his father and had them get Katelyn and Vincent ready to go while he got a flight. It was only an hour and a half later that Hawkeye, Katelyn and Vincent were on a flight back home. Both kids were now awake; Hawkeye had called BJ and asked him to take the two until the next day. He agreed and picked them up from the airport. He drove Hawkeye to Margaret house. It was only around eleven when her arrived. Margaret was reading a book waiting for him. He let himself in, and ran into her room. She saw him and ran into his arms.
"Oh Baby, I'm so sorry." He said hugging her. Margaret didn't say anything and started to sob on his chest. It wasn't that Sabrina hadn't been sick before. She just felt different, more protective of her. "Baby what's the matter?"
"I don't know." She sobbed feeling kind of empty. "I missed you."
"I missed you too." He said placing a kiss on her head. Margaret leaned into him and closed her eyes as his hands made their way up the back of her shirt. He started to gently rub it, calming her down. Margaret sighed as she felt his hands caress her back. He was always good at that. "Are you feeling better?"
"Yes, thank you." Margaret said giving him a kiss. Hawkeye smiled and kissed her soft lips.
"Good. Why don't you change into something more comfortable, while I check on my baby girl."
"Give me a minute and I'll come with you." She smiled. Hawkeye smiled, he always wanted to be with her.
"Hurry up though." Margaret nodded. She had the perfect thing to wear. He gave her one last kiss and walked out of the room. He sat on her bed and picked up the book she was reading. He smiled at the book. She was reading 'The Last of the Mochican'. Margaret came out a few minutes later and he smiled. She had her robe on and walked over to the bed.
"I told you I missed you." She smiled. Hawkeye gave her a quick kiss and stood up. Together they walked across the hall and looked in on Rory.
She was lying in the crib with her hands over her head and he brown locks spread over her face. She still had little red dots, but not as many.
"I love you little girl." He smiled and kissed her on the head before going to check on Sabrina. The little girl was sleeping, he golden red curls were back in a braid and he could see the rash where she was bit. He ran his fingers over the same soft skin that she shared with her mother. "I love you too Sabrina." She stirred a little bit and moved onto her stomach. He smiled, "She's going to be fine." He smiled at Margaret who was looking at her daughter.
"I know." Margaret said reaching for his hand that he offered. With him there, life seemed so much better. She never realized how much she loved him until she didn't have him.
They walked back into Margaret bedroom, and she walked into the bathroom. Hawkeye went and took one last look at Rory and Sabrina before walking into her room. He made Margaret feel better by showing her that Sabrina was going to be all right.
"Hi." She smiled walking out of the bathroom, in a very revealing teddie. She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. She gave him a long passionate kiss, and started to move her hands to his shirt. HE smiled and pushed her gently on the bed as she took his pants off. He was kissing her neck as she was lightly and gently pinned to the bed. The two made love many times that night and learned how much they loved and missed the other.
The next morning Rory woke up later than usual. She looked around the room and smiled, she was still with Margaret.
"Mags! Mags!" She yelled as she bounced in her crib. Margaret heard her from downstairs and ran upstairs to get her. She was smiling brightly. You could tell the little girl was feeling better.
"Hi Rory, I got a surprise for you." She smiled taking her out.
"Illy?"
"Yeah, its down in the kitchen." She said putting Rory down. Rory smiled and ran to the stairs, then with careful thought she walked downstairs. Margaret walked behind her until Rory got downstairs, she ran into the kitchen. Hawkeye was walking to the table and he didn't spot the charging two-year-old. With one swift move she charged and rammed into him. Hitting her head where it counts. Margaret saw this and burst out laughing when he nearly fell over. "Did you get hurt by a two-year-old?"
"Yes." He managed to get out while he took deep breaths.
"Me hurt oo Daddy?"
"Yes you did Doll." He said.
"How?"
"Daddy is a little sensitive down there." He said straightening up.
"Why?" She asked reaching for his groin. Hawkeye took her hand and lifted her up.
"I just am." He said. "I missed you Doll." He said hugging her.
"Miss Daddy too." Rory said wrapping her arms around his neck. Hawkeye hugged her and looked at Margaret.
"Would you like some breakfast?" Rory nodded, as she kept latched to her father. Margaret smiled and thought how much their child would love his or her father. She shook the thoughts out of her head and wondered why she was thinking about such things. A few minutes later she heard Sabrina run into the bathroom. She started crying and Margaret could hear her. Hawkeye heard this too.
"I want to check her out. Stay with the baby." He handed Rory over and ran upstairs. He walked into the bathroom and saw Sabrina lying on the floor. He rushed over to her and picked her up. "Rini wake up." He said shaking her. He felt her forehead. "You're burning up. MARGARET! GET ICE NOW!" He yelled stripping her down and putting her in the bathtub. He turned on the cold water. He had to bring down the fever. Margaret ran into the bathroom with Rory and ice. She saw her daughter in the bathtub and nearly fainted at the sight. Hawkeye saw her and looked at her. "Come here," He said. Margaret nodded and walked over.
"What happened?"
"Fainted due to high fever. What did BJ put her on?"
"A mix of tetracycline and ceftricaxone. Why?"
"I'm not gonna take her off of the ceftricanxone, but put her on a mix of tetracycline, ceftricanxone and Doxycycline, I know about discoloration, but not when its mixed with tetracycline. Is she taking ibuprofen?"
"For the joint inflammation and stiffness."
"Good, I want to bring this fever down. I would prescribe penicillin, but I know she's allergic." Margaret nodded and saw Sabrina's eyes open. She started to shiver. "Ssh. Rini you got a high fever, we need to keep you in here."
"I want out." She whined as her toes started to turn blue. Hawkeye picked her up and wrapped her in a towel.
"I feel a little better Daddy." Sabrina mumbled leaning into him. Hawkeye and Margaret shared a smile, then he turned back to reality.
"Did BJ get you the medicine?"
"It's in my bedroom." Margaret said as they walked out.
"Go get it, I want to get her on this right away. If not she could lose her ability to walk."
"Oh god." Margaret said handing Hawkeye the bottle of liquid. Sabrina was sitting wrapped in a towel looking at them. "I'll get her changed while you get a spoon." Hawkeye nodded and bolted down the stairs. He was worried about Sabrina. Over the past year she had grown to be like one of his own. While he was down there, he called BJ and asked him to come pick up Rory. He found out Vincent was teaching Peg how to make 'Grammie Cookies' and Katelyn and Kamilia were like a KitKat bar again. After Sabrina had the medicine in her, Margaret laid her in bed and watched in fear as she slept.
"Baby, she'll be okay. I got the fever down, it's not completely gone, but at a one hundred is better than a one o three. She's out of the woods. Give her a few days and she'll be back to normal." Margaret nodded. She had seen this before, but never had her own daughter had it.
"I know. What do you say you tell me about your trip." Hawkeye smiled and wrapped an arm around her.
"Well," He started. The two walked downstairs and enjoyed the other's company. He told her how much fun Vincent had in the kitchen, which amused her. The other kids were still there, and wouldn't be home for a couple of days.