One or Two Things I Know For Sure
A/N: I don't own them, FOX does.
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Chapter 2 Lollypop
You are having a staring contest, and when someone asks you will tell them it's because she dared you. It doesn't matter that she is five, and it absolutely has nothing to do with distracting her while her pediatrician is getting her Hep B shot ready.
You can see she's trying hard to keep her eyes open and you make a silly face, sticking your tongue out and crossing your eyes trying to make her laugh while the nurse cleans her upper arm.
"I am so totally gonna win this" you tell her, leaning forward and taking her little hand in your left one.
"Are not!! I'm better" she argues and you pretend to be disbelieving, try not to laugh at her little attempt to keep her giggles in check.
"Oh, but I'm so much better. Mommy said so"
"She did not"
"Did too"
"Did no—" her blue eyes widen as the needle breaks skin and they water and you pull her tighter against you, her little face against your chest as she lets out a ear piercing scream. You swear the girl could be an opera star someday.
She trashes a little but you hold her still, when all this is done and Allison asks you how it went (because she said she wouldn't be able to see your little Annabel in tears like that) you won't admit that you your heart is twisting and your stomach is in a knot, and you want to punch the damn pediatrician where it hurts for making your little girl scream like that.
No you'll tell her that it was fine, and that she's a baby.
"You!! You lied!!" your daughter spits out with a hiccup between every word and looking up at you with the most heartbreaking blue eyes, accusing you of making her go through this pain.
"I didn't" you try to go back to your little play fight, because if you don't you'll end up punching the pediatrician in the face and Cuddy already warned you about the number of lawsuits there are against you already.
"You didn't tell me I was getting a shot" she accuses you, with a pout and crossed arms and pink cheeks.
"That isn't lying; you never asked if you would be getting a shot"
The nurse shakes her head slightly and you aren't sure if it's because your daughter is as stubborn as you or because you are actually arguing about this with a five-year-old. The nurse puts a Hello Kitty Band-Aid on your daughter's arm and lets her choose from a jar full of lollipops.
Your daughter gloats through out the hallway of exam rooms about how she has not one, but two lollipops and you don't get any.
"Your daughter is evil" you announce to Allison when you reach the waiting room, and take Maddy from her lap and rumple her hair. Mostly because you know it annoys your wife to no end.
"Daddy is just mad that I got a lolly and he didn't" your five-year-old explains and sticks her tongue out at you. You stick yours right back.
"Well I did all the work, I was the one who had to keep her distracted and had get my eardrums nearly destroyed, and I get no treat? It's unfathomable!" you gasp in fake horror and Maddy giggles in two-year-old delight from the look Allison gives you.
"Daddy, you silly" Maddy says with bright blue eyes and messy curls.
Sometimes you just can't argue with the facts.
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