Quil's POV (Lacy 10)
Bella is sick with the flu or something else awful. Lacy has swim practice in 45 minutes and Derek has karate in 30 minutes.
In 2 hours Ari has a ballet recital that Derek says he'll die if he misses (I'm pretty sure Ari threatened to kill him) and Aidan's birthday party is in 3 hours.
Bella tried to get up this morning and help but then she puked and I told I will handle it. I might have lied.
I call Bella's dad and ask him to take Lacy to swim practice because she's a lot better at doing what she's supposed to do than Derek but she freaks out and says I promised her we could go shopping for Aidan's present after. Charlie offers to take her and she pouts but says fine.
I tell him I will meet him back here and then get them ready for the party and the recital. Hopefully Jake and Leah won't mind me dropping her off so I can stay with Derek.
I tell her the plan and she's not happy.
"But daddy, the party is going to be so much fun and the ballet is going to be so boring!" She whines. I can't deny the truth in that statement but still.
"Lacy I'm sorry but Embry is going to be recording and Stacy is going to be busy trying to hold down Lena and Marissa and getting Lucas to stay still." I try to reason with her. Lena and Marissa are their 3 year twin girls. "And you know Derek is going to get bored so I have to be there to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid. You'll have fun at the party and then as soon as the recital is over we'll all be there."
"Fine!" She storms upstairs to get ready and I send Derek up to get ready.
Charlie walks in and asks about Bella.
"Whatever it is she's really sick. Fever, puking, she can barely get out of bed. I don't want to leave her alone but I don't really have a choice."
My mom would come if I asked her but she gets sick so easily that I don't want to take that chance.
"Dad?" Derek calls me as he walks down the stairs.
"What Derek?" I ask him trying not to get upset that's he's still not ready.
"Don't be mad but I called Em and he's going to take me to the recital so you only have to be away from mom for my karate. And I could miss just one week, I never miss and I'm one of the best in the class. A week won't hurt. Plus mom is up there puking now and I think she's crying."
"Derek, you shouldn't have called without asking him first."
"But I knew you would say no and then you feel guilty all day because mom is here alone. I'll be good I promise, and I'll help with the girls. Well, I'll help with Lena, Marissa doesn't really like me."
I look at Charlie.
"He should have asked but he has a point, you would have said no and felt bad plus this way Bella doesn't have to be alone." Charlie tells me.
I call Embry to make sure he really doesn't mind, knock on Lacy's door to tell her to hurry up and then check on Bella.
"Go away." She whines.
"Not happening, you're stuck with me all day. Your son is arranged that, your daughter is just moody."
"Misses Aidan." Bella mumbles climbing into the bed and covering up with a bunch of blankets.
She hasn't seen Aidan in a while I guess because of schedules with the kids and us. It's been a couple of weeks and she's used to every couple of days.
"Who's taking the kids?" She asks.
"Your dad is taking Lacy to swim and then I think he's going to drop her off with Jake and Leah and then Derek is going to skip karate and Embry is going to take him to the recital."
"He'll get bored." She tries to argue but it comes out whining.
"He promises to be good and help with Lena." I tell her laughing, Marissa really doesn't like him. "He worries about you Bells." I tell her feeling her forehead and then getting her some Tylenol.
"Sleep babe, don't worry about today. Lacy will get to her party and Derek will get to the recital and Embry will record the whole thing so you can see it and Aidan will get his gift. You're sick, you probably need a doctor but at the very least you need lots of rest."
"You take care of me." She mumbles.
"Of course I do." I tell her kissing her forehead and then making sure Lacy is ready to go.
"How is she?" Charlie asks worried, she doesn't get sick often.
"Hot, really hot. I just gave her Tylenol but I wish it wasn't Saturday. She's so hot and she's puking but I know she's not going to want to go to the ER." I tell him. I really don't like how hot she is. There were a couple of cases of the flu a few months ago not too far away where people actually died.
"Just watch her and her fever gets too high or she pukes for more than 5 times an hour or something… I really don't remember. Call Leah, her mom will know. But anyways if she gets too bad just take her. You want me to keep the kids for the weekend?"
"Yeah that would be great actually; they don't have anything going on tomorrow and that way I can just worry about her." I tell him.
"She's going to be OK isn't she daddy?" Lacy asks me worried.
"Of course baby, she's going to be fine. She just needs lots of rest and quiet." I assure her even though I feel like I could be lying.
"I'm sorry I was mean to you daddy." she whispers hugging me.
"It's OK baby just be good for grandpa. Have fun at the party, his present is on the kitchen table. I love you."
"Love you too daddy."
Charlie and Lacy leave and Derek watches TV while I run between checking on Bella and cleaning the house, if I'm staying home today I am going to disinfect everything. She is taking this hard, I can't even imagine if one of the kids get it.
I convince her to drink small amounts of sprite but she throws it up.
When it's time I tell Derek to get ready and take pictures of him in his suit for Bella.
Embry walks in with the girls and Lena runs to Derek.
"Hey Lena, you ready to see Ari dance?" He asks her picking her up.
"Yeah Ari dance." She agrees.
"Thank you so much Embry, she's really sick."
"It's fine, you need to take care of her. Do you want us to take the kids for the weekend?" He asks and I tell him Charlie already offered at which point Derek says he'd rather stay with Embry and by Embry he means Ari but I tell him that's fine then. "Call me if you need anything." He tells me before grabbing Marissa and leaving.
The rest of the day goes by in a blur of Bella throwing up and cleaning up and checking her temp and trying to get her to drink. By late evening she stops throwing up but her temp is still high.
"Quil?" She calls me softly.
"What babe, what do you need?"
"I want to take a shower."
So I start the water and help her into it and she sits down and just lets the water hit her while I change the bed sheets.
The next day her temp drops back to normal and she's drinking.
Lacy calls to tell me her meet went good and the party was awesome and Derek calls me to tell me that the recital was the most boring thing ever but if was worth it for Ari.
I'm cleaning up the house yet again when Bella manages to walk down the stairs for the first time in 2 days.
Sunday evening Lacy comes home first and she curls up with Bella on the couch. She's such a difficult child sometimes but when it comes down to it she's a good kid. She tells her all about the party and then fishing with Jake and Aidan earlier today.
"How do you feel mom?" She asks her.
"I'm OK baby, daddy took care of me. I'm tired though so you think you can help with dinner and Derek when he gets home?" She asks her.
"Oh course I will. And I will make sure he gets ready for school tomorrow." She offers.
"Thanks Lacy, I'm glad you had fun this weekend. I'm sorry we missed your swim meet and the party."
"Don't be sorry mom, you're sick." Lacy tells her and Bella kisses her on the head.
Soon Derek gets home and he sits with them and tells them all about the recital and swimming with the girls and Lucas all day today.
"Lena follows me around, she's cute but it's annoying but then Ari tells her to stop and she cries and I feel bad and tell Ari to stop yelling at her and then Ari gets mad at me." He tells her and she smiles.
"Ari just isn't used to sharing you, she's a girl. They get upset about dumb things. Trust me." Bella tells him and Lacy looks at her offended.
"Don't worry Lacy, the people that really love you can look past all that. And boys have their issues too. I'm exhausted guys, I'm going to go to bed, be nice to daddy and hopefully I will be OK when you get home after school tomorrow."
I walk upstairs with her and kiss her goodnight and tell her I will pick them up after school and take them to the shop so she can rest more. Of course she argues but she falls asleep too fast to finish.
"Daddy?" Lacy asks as we start dinner.
I look at her and she asks me how old you have to be to fall in love.
"I don't think there is really an age Lacy, why?"
"Well because I think Lena is in love with Derek and I think Ari is in love with Derek and I think that one day it's going to be a lot of drama."
"Lacy they're 3 and 7. I think maybe that is a bit too young." I tell her amused. She has mothers love of bad romance movies.
"But daddy they already fight over him and he and Ari have always ignored the world and now Lena follows him around and Ari gets so mad. And Ari is a happy kid."
"Honey I love you but you think too much, it's not your fault, it comes straight from your mother…" I tell her and she pouts and cuts up cucumbers for a salad.
"How old were you when you fell in love daddy?" She asks.
"I was 16, which is still too young according to a lot of people but with your mom I just knew."
"What if you had met her when you were 3 or 7?" She asks.
I laugh and tell her I probably would have followed her around until she loved me.
"OK Lacy if both Lena and Ari are in love with your brother what happens then?"
"Well Ari is Derek's best friend, he'll defend her against me and Lucas and Aidan but when it comes to Lena, Lena wins. So…"
I think about it and she's not wrong.
"Lena is a baby Lacy, even if they end up together it won't happen for a very long time, go find Derek and tell him dinner is ready."
She runs off screaming his name.
A/N I suck at timelines so let me know if you think the ages are off.