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Sunday 4:12pm
"I hate doctors," Don heard Charlie mumble to himself.
Don knew that Charlie never liked being sick. He never relaxed like the doctors would tell him to but would continue to work usually through the late hours and sleep through the morning to make their parents think he actually stopped his work.
Only Don knew about that though…
Don hated being sick as well and it was Charlie who used to bring soup up to him when he wasn't allowed to leave his bed. He always came into the room with a wide goofy Charlie-like grin on his face. He always liked to feel like he was helping Don out in some way.
Don usually told him to go away when he tried to make him smile. He didn't want to be happy while he was sick, because like so many others he felt like he was missing out on so much. Like baseball…
Other times Don would pretend to be sick, like so many other children his age, just to miss out on school and the work that came with it. Charlie always came home with his homework and class-work explaining everything he missed.
He always did it with a smile.
Don didn't remember doing the things Charlie did for him while he was sick very often, and when he did it wasn't out of his own freewill. Don was hoping that he wasn't the same Don anymore that grew up with Charlie. He was hoping that he'd changed enough to appreciate his little brother.
That's why he brought him to the doctor. To try and show Charlie that he cared enough about him to force him to look at his health. Alan would've taken him but what grown man would enjoy being taken to a doctor's appointment by their parents? So Don took him because he knew that Charlie would probably skip out on it if he had the opportunity to.
A/N: Next Chap up soon! I swear it this time. I'm planning on having it up by tomorrow or the next day.
I know this is a very short chapter but that is because of my format for this fic.
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