can you please write it for when they are teenagers in high school and Jay has allergies and Jay sneezes seven times?
Of course I had to make it more dramatic so strap on in my friends.
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"Spring is upon us!" Will chanted as he hustled down the stairs towards the kitchen table.
"Thank god! That felt like the longest winter ever!" Ellie said, sliding a bowl of cereal over to her eldest son. "You know I'm sure that your grandparents miss you, you two should go see them today! It's their 50th anniversary."
"I know! We'll stop by their place tonight, after the tournament." Will answers, watching as Jay nods from the corner of his eye.
Today was the biggest tournament of the year. All the baseball teams from all across Chicago can to compete against each other, ultimately the winning team got bragging rights until next year when the tournament was held again. Of course the Halsteads have been competing in this competition, with their respective team since little league. They looked forward to the hotdogs and ice cream that would be coming later on in the day. Pat stomped down the hallway towards his boys, giving Ellie a smile when she passed him some cereal. Ellie went over and placed a kiss on each of her sons foreheads and then placed a light peck on her husband's lips.
"My mom invited us to dinner." Pat said, cereal in his mouth.
"Sounds good!" Ellie said enthusiastically, stealing a bite of her husband's food. "I will meet you there after the games. I'll try to make the last one but it all depends how many patients we get today." She explains, grabbing her keys off the counter.
"That alright Ellie, we'll see you later." Pat says, watching as she leaves, the door closing behind her. "We ready?" Pat asks, the excitement evident in his voice. With full mouths, Will and Jay both nod.
When their done with breakfast they put everything away and grab their bags. Already dressed in their red and blue baseball uniforms they head out the door, waiting for their dad to drive them to the game.
The fresh spring air invaded all three guys nostrils. Pat and Will huffed it in eagerly, cherishing the soft smell before the summer heat took over and the whole city smelt of sweat. Jay however, sniffled, the pollen in the air made him feel stuffy and congested.
"Achoo" he sneezed, pulling his face into his sleeve like his mom taught him when he was a child.
"Bless you" Pat says, heading towards the stands while Will and Jay join the rest of their team on the field. The game starts and Pat cheers. Will hits a home run and the crowd in the stands goes wild. Even jay who is sitting on the bench stands up to yell.
"Achoo... achoo... achoo"
"Dude? You okay?" Will asks as he runs back to the bench, placing a hand on his younger brother's back and patting gently.
"Achoo... achoo..." he inhales deeply and rubs his nose, feeling the redness and irritation from constantly sneezing. "I hate spring!" He admits. "This happens every year."
"Sorry man. Maybe mom can give you something to help?" He wonders, as Jay is called up to bat.
"Yeah I'll ask her later." He answers, standing up and heading to first base. He hits the ball hard and runs past second, then past third to fourth, then back to home. The person from the other team passes it to their pitcher who almost gets Jay out. He successfully slides into home, scoring another home run for his team.
"That's my boy!" He hears his dad shout from the stand, standing up and clapping proudly. Jay heads back to the bench and plops down, throwing his head into his hands and coughing. Pat sees what is happening and rushes over, thinking that Jay is hurt. "You okay kid? That was a beautiful play." He says, rubbing his youngest back and crouching down to meet his matching blue eyes.
"Achoo... just allergies I think. Probably... achoo... from all the pollen." Jay answers, pinching the bridge of his nose and coughing, he hated the congestion that the pollen was causing. It made it so much harder to breathe.
"I can take you home?" Pat suggests. Much to his surprise Jay nods yes and follows his dad back to the car. Pat tells their coach what is happening and asks him to tell Will to wait for Ellie when the game is over. The coach nods, much more focussed on the game. He tells Jay to feel better, not even giving him a glance, unable to pry his eyes away from another beautiful play by his team.
Pat drives Jay home, the ride only interrupted by Jays sneezing and sniffling.
"Go lay down kid." He tells him, taking the bag from his hand and patting his back. The rest of the day goes by pretty quickly. The congestion made Jay pretty tired so he took a quick hour nap. It's a couple hours later the Ellie arrives home, a sweat drenched Will following proudly behind her. "How'd it go?" Pat asks, chuckling at the redness of his eldest's face.
"We won!" Will announced, pride evident on his glowing features.
"You need to shower before we go to your grandparents' house... this whole house is starting to smell like teenage boy!" Ellie states, earning her a chuckle from both Will and her husband. Will found himself clamouring up the stairs. He grabbed himself some new briefs and went to the bathroom, locking the door before turning the water on. Ellie went upstairs to check on Jay. She had heard what was happening and knew exactly what he was going through. She too had pretty bad spring time allergies. Ellie knocked lightly on the door before turning the handle and letting herself in.
"Hey baby." She said softly, knowing that no matter how old Jay got he would always be her baby and she would continue to call him by that nickname. "I heard what's happening... you still up for dinner or do you want to stay here?" She asked, hating to see her baby in any sort of discomfort.
"No it's okay I'm still going to go. Wouldn't want to miss out on grandma's cooking!" He replied, proud when he saw the smile on his mother's face.
"Alright! Dress nicely," She told him, leaving his room with the biggest smile on her face. She loved both her boys equally, but Jay had always been her sweet one, while Will was her goof ball. Either way they both had a special place in her heart.
Ellie put on some makeup, listening to Will singing cheerfully from in his bathroom across the hallway. She laughed, he never failed to put a smile on her face, intentionally or otherwise. She watched Pat get dressed in the mirror, he came up behind her, placed a warm kiss on the top of her head and then proceeded to tie his tie. The couple went downstairs after finishing to get dressed they find their two sons dashingly dressed in suits.
"Very dapper gentlemen!" Ellie said proudly.
"Mom! You look beautiful" Will compliments. "Dad!" He continues taking in a breath. "Have you seen how beautiful mom looks?" He joked, earning him a punch in the shoulder.
The four of them walk down the streets of Canaryville, looking very overdressed. Jay sniffled again but managed to hold in the sneeze he could feel brewing. They arrived at the original mr and mrs Halsteads' home in no time, it being just a block and a half away. Pat gently knocks on the door of his childhood home and waits until his mother opens the door to move to the side, allowing, like a gentleman, Ellie to go first.
"Boys." He says, gesturing for Will and Jay to enter the home. Their grandmother wraps them up in a bear hug, placing a lipstick covered kiss on both their cheeks and chuckling when she saw what she had done. "Hey mom." Pat says as his mother too wraps him up in her arms.
"Ellie!" The older woman says, moving to pull her close. "You brought food?" She questioned looking at the bag in her daughter in law's hand.
"Just some cake. Pat and the boys love it I figured you two would too!" Ellie says smiling. She always felt a little uncomfortable in her parent in laws home, though, after having kids and being around them constantly they eventually grew on her.
"Jay sweetie? Is everything alright you look pale." His grandma says, taking his hand and leading him to the table. Jay spends a moment explaining the days events to both grandparents, his grandfather strolled in a moment ago. He told them that he was just a bit under the weather but didn't want to ruin their anniversary so he doesn't mind eating at their home. "How about we eat?" His grandmother suggests and everyone politely agrees to do so.
The meal is filled with small talk. From news about the baseball tournament to Will's plans for his upcoming 16th birthday, they talked and ate all at the same time. Jay coughing interrupted the white noise filled room.
"Baby? You okay?" Ellie asks, rubbing small circles on his back, thinking that he was choking on something.
"Umm... it's really hard to breathe... I think somethings wrong." He answers, holding his chest as he coughs again.
"My goodness!" Everyone turned to face mrs Halstead, sitting beside her husband on the end of the table. "I used peanut oil!" She announces.
"Will run home and grab his epi-pen as quick as you can!" Ellie yells. Will bolts from his seat and out the door, slamming it closed as he leaves. "Keep breathing honey... we'll make it better in a minute." Ellie tried to comfort, still rubbing circles on her son's back. Jays throat was closing fast, his lips turning a nasty shade of blue as he lost his battle to get air into his lungs. He falls from his chair to cough on all fours. Jays head rests between his forearms as he sways back and forth, still struggling to breathe.
Will comes running back through the door, not hesitating to remove the blue cap of the epi-pen and shove it into Jays thigh.
"Ow." He sighs, reaching in his oxygen deprived state towards the source of the pain.
"Don't touch it love." Ellie tells him, grabbing his hand and holding it until Will's countdown was over and he removed the needle from his younger brother's leg. "All done." She praises, watching as colour returns to Jays already pale face. "We need to go to the hospital. I'm so sorry." Ellie says.
"Don't worry dear, there's always our 51st anniversary." Mrs Halstead tries to comfort. "Go ahead, I'll pack up some dinner and drop it off tonight." The family accepts and walks briskly home.
In a very hoarse voice Jay finds the strength to say, "I hate allergies."
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So this prompt was pretty vague so yeah this is just were my imagination took it. Hope you liked it always. Feel free to leave me a prompt if ya want and as always have an absolutely fantastic day!
~Natalie
