Who: Jacen, Annie, Alia and Aria. What: Doctor's Visit Where: Doctor's Office When: Saturday morning Rating: Low
This was an all too familiar scene. Jacen could count the times he had been in this exact same position with vivid accuracy. Sitting at the doctor's office waiting to be called with a girl snuggled up to him either coughing or vomiting or sneezing or all of the above. It was always one or the other though, and that was probably a good thing because they sure didn't want them both sick at the same time. Though, perhaps it would be better in the sense of just taking them both to get looked at, get them better and be done with it at the same time. No. Despite them being twins, Alia and Aria took turns feeling sick and doing just about everything else on their own terms.
This time, it was Alia. She was sitting on his lap with the sniffles, a sore throat and a cough that just wouldn't go away. She was going for nearly a week before Annie -- and Jacen agreed -- had insisted she be taken to the doctor. Of course, Aria had some school event, so Annie and Jacen had to divide and conquer. Jacen bounced Alia a little on his lap as she groaned from the pain in her throat. Occasionally, she would ask for her mommy, and Jacen would just hug her and tell her that she would be there just as soon as Aria's event was done. "Why? You don't want to be with daddy?" He pouted at her for effect and received a snuggle hug for his efforts.
Jacen kissed the top of Alia's head and just kept bouncing her, looking over at the receptionist window every so often. They had been there for almost an hour. He was either going to get ridiculously sick or bored stiff before the end of it.