Molly was sitting in the kitchen reading the newspaper when she heard the door open. She went into the entry hall to see Christian leading Satine up the stairs. Although she only briefly saw Satine's face, it looked as though she had been crying. Christian didn't look too happy, either.
About five minutes later, Christian came back downstairs to find Molly waiting for him.
"Molly, can I talk to you for a minute?" he said.
"Ok, what's wrong?" she replied. She could see in his eyes that whatever it was, it was serious.
"Today at the doctors, Satine was diagnosed with consumption. The doctor gave us some medicine that should help, but I'm going to need you to help me keep the house relatively quiet so she can rest." Christian loved his niece, but unfortunately she was exactly like her mother had been as a child-very noisy. "Also, you, Kyle, and especially Blaire have to go and be vaccinated so you do not catch the disease as well.
Molly sat down for a moment to let all of the information sink in. "Wow. You take her there for a head injury and you come out with a disease like that" she said. She stood and told Christian to go be with Satine, and that she would take Kyle and Blaire for the vaccinations immediately.
Christian was grateful to have an hour or so alone with Satine. He went back upstairs to find her sitting up in bed.
"I thought you would be asleep" he said.
"I know. I really am exhausted. I just can't sleep. Too many things keep running through my head." Satine replied.
"Like what? Maybe if you tell me they will go away.
Satine sighed, and said "It's just that, what if this medicine doesn't work, Christian? I don't want to die. I just want everything to get better.
Christian sat next to her on the bed and took her in his arms. "I promise things will get better, angel. The medicine will work and you will be fine.
Satine looked at him and asked, "How can you be so sure? How do you know that I'll be fine?
Christian smiled and said "I know that you'll be fine because I'm going to be here the entire time making sure of it. I'm never going to let you go. Besides that, you are much tougher than any disease could ever hope to be.
"I sure haven't felt that way these past few weeks. All my life, I took pride in the fact that I never showed my pain. Nothing could hurt me. But since my fall, everything's been different. I can't stop crying, I can't sleep, and I know I must be putting a burden on you." Satine said.
"Well, you know what? I actually like it better this way." Christian said. This got a surprised expression from Satine. "I like it when I can see what you are feeling. Before, when you hid everything, it made me rather worried. You had a lot of stuff going on back in Paris and yet you didn't seem to be effected by it at all. You just smiled and acted like everything was alright.I like to know when something goes wrong, so I can help you" he continued.
As he held her, she began to cry again. Christian did the only thing he knew would help her sleep. He began to sing to her, very softly.
Everybody cries
Everybody bleeds
No one ever said that life's an easy thing
That's the beauty of it
When you lose your way
Close your eyes and go to sleep
And wake up to another day
When your world breaks down
And the voices tell you turn around
When your dreams give out
I will carry you, carry you
When the stars go blind
And the darkness starts to blur your eyes
When you've fallen behind
I will carry you
Satine fell asleep, and Christian went back downstairs to find that Molly, Kyle, and Blaire had returned from the doctors. He saw Blaire sitting in the living room, not doing anything but staring at a wall. He went in and sat down next to her. Blaire turned her head slightly and looked at him.
"Something bad is going on, isn't it?" she asked.
Christian reached over and put his hand on her shoulder. "What would make you think that something bad was going on?" he said. He wasn't sure if Blaire really needed to know about Satine yet. Christian knew that Molly and Kyle would be just as worried about Satine as he was. The last thing he wanted to do was worry his niece.
"When we were on our way to the doctors, Mommy and Daddy kept whispering. They always whisper when something bad happens that they don't want me to know about. Then I had to get a needle, and it wasn't even time for my checkup. Mommy and Daddy both got one too, and they never get sick. I know something bad is going on." Blaire said. Christian was unsure of whether to tell Blaire about Satine. However, he decided that she was going to be worried whether he told her or not, and that he might as well let her know what she was worrying about. He took a deep breath and began.
"You're right, Blaire. There is something bad going on. Satine is, well, she's very sick. That's why you and your parents had to go to the doctor today. That needle he gave you was to make sure that you don't get sick too" he said.
Blaire stared at the floor for a moment before asking "Is Satine going to die?
Christian once again put his hand on her shoulder. "No, Blaire. The doctor gave us medicine for her. But she is going to be very tired, and she's going to need to sleep a lot so you can help her by being very quiet for the next few weeks, alright?" Blaire nodded before getting up and starting to run out of the room. "Where are you going?" Christian asked.
Blaire turned and smiled as she said "I'm going to go make a get-well card for Satine.
As Blaire bounded up the stairs, Christian decided that he should go check on Satine. He went into the bedroom to find her sound asleep.
He was feeling rather tired himself and decided to go to bed as well. As he was going to sleep, he took Satine in his arms and whispered
"Come what may
I will love you until my dying day
A.N. Thanks for the good reviews. I'll try to keep these updates coming up pretty quickly. I've been a little busy lately but things are starting to slow down.