Prompt #31:Lexie is left alone to take care of the twins,but trouble is behind the corner.
December 2034
Lexie observed her baby sister carefully. Whereas Nate seemed to be his fully energetic self,Yael seemed to be slowed down. She was sitting on the floor playing almost boredly,and bringing her hand to her chest from time to time. At 3 she was perfectly capable of telling them all what was wrong,but she seemed to hold back. The blonde couldn't do anything but think about all the things they had been said after the twins had been born. All the dangers and possible diseases spreading to her mind. It had her worried. She walked forward to take a better look at Yael.
"William,come here. Do you think there s something of wrong?"
"I don't know Lex,let's try and see"
"Lee,Leee"the kid run towards them.
Lexie lifted her up into her arms to hold her sister.
"What's app kiddo?"
Yael coughed then answered.
"It hurts"
"Where?Did you hit anything?"
"Noo,it's here"she pointed at her chest.
It was raising and falling in an unusual way,and her breathing seemed to be somehow wheezy.
Her eyes widened.
"William,could you please call my parents?"
"What's going on love?"
"There's something of wrong with my little sister"she went to sit down,and tried to calm down,while she had Yael do some deep breathing. But she really didn't know what to do. She knew how to feed,bath them,play with them,if their moms went out those few times they would,but she didn't know how to fix this.
"I called them and they're coming. We need to bring her to the hospital"
"Yeah right."
How had Carter done this when they were little? He had always seemed to know everything. Which reminded her of having to call him too. And Adam as well. She would have liked to be just playing with the twins right now and have mom and mama find everything in place once they had been back from their night out.
"Lexie you can't freak out now. We need to keep it together"said William,stroking her cheek. He hadn't been there for long,but he knew how much Lexie loved her family. And she needed to keep it together,if they wanted to make sure her baby sister was fine.
Lex would've tried,didn't mean it was easy,once she looked down at her sister struggling to breathe.
"Alright"
"Nate,kiddo,come here let's put on our jackets"
They wore them at alien speed and piled up into William's car.
He broke several road rules,and passed some red lights carefully to get them to the hospital as soon as he could.
Lexie was no crier,but for the entire road which took them to the hospital,she couldn't do anything but so. She was beyond worried.
In the parking lot they met her mothers.
"I d-don't know what's wrong with her"
"Let's go in,Lexie"
Cat hugged her,as Kara sat Nate on her lap,and William carried Yael in,screaming for help.
"Help,somebody help me"
Several doctors came in,attract by his call,and brought a gurney with themselves.
William stood back and found sits for them in the waiting room,so that she,her boyfriend and her younger brother were left there,while her mothers followed the docs and Yael.
Some ten minutes later the doors slid open,and Adam and Carter came in with their wives,and Lily.
"Doc,how's she?"
Asked Kara as they watched Yael sleep.
"It's as we had foreseen in one of the cases. Yael is having asthma like symptoms. She's young,so it might go away in time. But my guess also according to the fact that she was born premature is that it might turn into the lung disease once she's more than 7. If this were to be the case, she might outgrow it once reached adolescence. Whatever happens after is pretty unknown. The symptoms might go away and never come back,or they might get back by the time she's in her 30s,or 40's. We gave her oxygen and albuterol. Her case was mild,but we'd like to monitor her right after and see if it will actually get worse,since she was born with underdeveloped lungs."
Kara rolled closer to the bed,and stroked the kid's hair.
"She looks tiny in this big bed"
"But she'll be ok,and I'm sure she'll outgrow this"
Kara whispered something.
"What did you say,honey?"
The doctor left to not intrude,and they were left alone,to talk,before the rest of the family came in.
"I just..wish I could take this away from her". It felt no good,to know their daughter had lung issues as well.
Cat didn't add anything,but put an hand to her shoulder and sat on the chair that somebody had left right there,so she could sit beside her wife. The room was big enough it would've fit the whole family,anyway. She knew what Kara meant by that. Holy God if she knew and shared the feeling.
Cat grabbed her wife's hand,and held it tightly,as they shed silent tears,but tried to give strength to each other. There was no joy without trouble,no beautiful events without hardships. No them,without their kids. No way.
