Chapter Two
It was Lilly and Junior's sixteenth birthday and they had a party. Everyone was having a great time; they were all dancing and chatting with each other. Suddenly Lilly ran over to Kriss
"Kriss" she screamed "its Chloë"
"What?" Kriss panicked "what's wrong?"
"Chloë drank some of dad's beer and she's thrown up everywhere"
"What?" Kriss yelled, "Where is she?"
"Over by the bar" Lilly wiped her eyes "I'm sorry Kriss, I told her not to"
"It's not your fault, Lilly" Kriss hugged her "it's Arnold's"
Kriss ran over to her eldest daughter who was still throwing up and rubbed her back
"It's okay darling" Kriss assured her "you'll be okay"
"Will she though?" Lilly asked
"Yeah" Kriss assured her "can you go and get Dave though, I can't lift her"
"Okay" Lilly promised
"What's wrong darling?" Dave asked Kriss
"It's Chloë" Kriss answered, "she had some of Arnold's beer and now she's drunk, and throwing up!"
"Oh dear" Dave sighed, "Do you want me to take her back?"
"I can't carry her Dave" Kriss told him "can you just carry her back then you can come back to the party, I'll stay with her!"
"Okay" Dave agreed
Chloë wasn't easy to carry, even for Dave. He struggled with her all the way but he managed it and they got there in the end
"I'll stay too," Dave offered "
"No, it's okay" Kriss said softly "I'll look after her"
"You sure?"
"Yeah. Tell Yvonne I'll look after Matty too if she brings him here"
Dave left Kriss alone with Chloë. Kriss was so angry at Arnold, even if he hadn't actually given her any, he left it out, what if one of the smaller ones had gotten it, Theo, Isabelle, Damien, Blaize or Caleb, or even Matty, that would have been disastrous.
Dave returned to the party and went straight over to Yvonne who was rocking Matty to sleep
"Kriss says she's have Matty if you take him to her!" Dave shouted about the music
"Okay" Yvonne responded, "Where is she?"
"Chloë's not well" Dave responded, "She's in her room"
"Oh, thanks"
Yvonne walked with Matty up to Chloë's room and knocked on the door
"Come in" Kriss yelled "the door's open"
Yvonne walked in and put Matty on the floor. She could see Kriss sitting next to Chloë's bed, crying
"Hey" Yvonne asked her "what's wrong mate?"
"I don't know what to do, Yvonne" Kriss sobbed, "I can't cope, I'm a crap mother"
"No you're not" Yvonne assured her "you're a wonderful mother. Now, what's brought this on?"
"It's Chloë" Kriss said between tears "she's drunk!"
"How did that happen?"
"She drunk some of Arnold's beer"
"Well, that's not your fault, its Arnold's"
"I always told her not to help herself, to always ask,"
"Well, then there's nothing else you could have done, Kriss"
"Thanks, that makes me feel a lot better!"
"You go" Kriss told her "I'll put Matty down!"
"Are you sure?" Yvonne responded
"Of course I am!" Kriss promised, "You go, Lilly and Junior are your children, I don't want you to miss their sixteenth birthday"
"Thank you" Yvonne hugged Kriss "are you going to be okay?"
"Yeah" Kriss smiled "thank you"
