Roses at Midnight 14
"In...inh..." the seven year old wheezed out, and the older gripped her small hands, pulling her up and struggling to get her on her back, "M-mi-miss...Ni..."
"Don't talk..." Katie whispered hoarsely as the younger gripped her neck with her thin, shaking arms as firmly as she could now, "I'm going to take care of you."
She ran the entire way upstairs.
Nikki's eyes went wide as she saw her daughter.
Yanking her shirt back over her head from it'd been becoming pushed up by her love, she quickly placed her on the bed, yanking a inhaler out of her pocket and putting it to her shaking, cold lips. After a few pumps, color began returning to her face, and all three of them began to breath at normal pace again.
"Thank God..." the adoption mother breathed out first, and Katie looked suspiously now to her older sibling.
"...What were you two doing in here?..."
"So who won the bet?"
Since Carlos had willingly stopped and was now setting up on the stage with Claire, Logan and James were arguing about it. Lucy rolled her eyes, looked to her best for just a moment, and they both grabbed their boys and dragged them in the opposite directions as Claire smiled and spoke into the microphone.
"My name is Claire Falls, and my boyfriend and I are going to sing a song."