Prompt#8 Lexie gets sick.
Al didn't get sick. She just didn't. But then again she couldn't be invincible. She was still half human,and apparently she could still get sick,even if it would've happened rarely. Alien heritage. Since it was rare occurrance Lexie didn't know how to be. Her nose had been itching forever and she didn't even want to move. Too much to bother with,and her powers could be handy at times,like this one. But nothing,nothing compared to having her big brother by her side. Carter had an house of his own,that was true,but he seemed to spend more time in there with them,than at his own apartment. Her mama had told her many times how Carter seemed to remind her of aunt Alex everytime he did that. Apparently her late aunt had used to pop up at everytime of the day into her mama's old maiden apartment. Now,not only Carter had gotten used to doing the whole popping up at every hour thing,but he also made the same job,and pretty honorably too,since he had only entered a few months ago,and he had already participated in a serious mission,aside from passing training and helping in the city.
"Lexie"
"Carter"
He walked in with his usual shuffle and sat on her bed.
If she had complained he would've listened.
"So,how's my Lexie?"
"It's horrible,how do you even deal with these things?"
"Well,I do. It sucks,but you get to do so many things when you're sick that you don't do usually"
"Like what?"
"You've remote control,you can eat all types of junk food,you don't have to go to school for as long as you're sick"
"But I enjoy school,just like you did"
"Shh nobody needs to know"
They both laughed.
"Ok but you're the biggest nerd"
"Which is true,but again,nobody needs to know"
Their conversation was interrupted by a fit of coughs,but Carter helped her sit up and stop it.
He took off his boots and sat under the covers with her,drying her tears.
"Ouch"
"I know kiddo,but you're gonna be ok,soon"
There was no better time than this to be together and share some brotherly/sisterly love.
He might have been independent,but his apartment felt so big at times since he lived there all alone. The penthouse was always open to him,and so he would walk in pretty much everyday,morning,evening,night,whenever he wanted. Alien issues could be hard at times,but when he came home all those things would be left outside and there was only him and his family.
"Can we have hot chocolate?"
"Can we?Of course,whatever you wish"
"And you'll watch the movies with me?"
"We can have a marathon"
"And you'll do my homework,all of them?"
"Alright,no way I'm doing your homework"
"Why?"whined the younger girl.
"Because it's Thursday,soon it will be the weekend,and you'll feel better,no need to do them now"
"Mom and mama will get angry at us"
"What they don't know…"
"Can't hurt them…"
"And they won't be. You're sick,you need to rest. You really don't know how to be sick,kid."
He laughed and stood up from the bed in a swift movement covering her up again,till the chin like when she was littler,and bending down to kiss her forehead.
Lexie was literally burning up,surely more than before.
It was up to him to take care of her. It was his heaven sent duty,far more than being a DEO agent.
He came back down and made chocolate the way she liked it,popping as many marshmallows as he could into the mug,then went for popcorns,because there was no need for Lexie to say it. He knew she would've wanted them later. When he was finished with those tasks,Carter went into the living room to grab some of Lexie's favourite movies.
Carter stopped dead in his tracks as he spotted his mothers sitting there,on the couch,just looking at him.
He smiled at them,pointing at the things he was carrying,and they didn't say a thing,just looked at him smiling back,before he drew back upstairs.
"He's the perfect brother"
"I'm glad he is."
"Does it bring back old memories?You look nostalgic,honey."
"Well,if you think about the fact that there's a child,who's now 10,and we made,lying up there,carrying the same name as my sister and being taken care of so well by her big brother...totally. It's like looking into a mirror everytime. She was always there to take care of me."
"Wanna go and see?"
"Cat,we can't spy the kids"
"It's not spying. It's just watching our kids being the cutest kids in the world"
"You've got a point there Mrs Danvers. Let's go."
