Re: log: hospital - sam/louis
"We deliberately picked a hospital willing to accommodate your ass, baby," Sam teased, sitting on that couch and taking bites of chicken between her words. She was gonna have to start getting some exercise or something, yeah? If she was gonna be hungry all the time. That thought didn't depress her or anything, because Sam missed being active, yeah? She wasn't into sitting at home all day, and she figured the baby would just need to deal with not spending all the time in a crib or something. No big, yeah? Sam was trying to think of everything as manageable. Her therapist wasn't crazy about that particular coping mechanism, because there was worry about unrealistic expectations, but Sam thought it was a good plan.
And Lou wasn't gonna tell her about Cris or what Cris said. Ok. She got it. Cris had secrets sometimes, yeah? Sam knew that shit.
The nurse hovered, and Sam waited until the baby and Lou both chilled. Joey's scream was PIERCING, yeah? It was a thing all NAS babies shared, and it was really fucking hard to listen to for long periods of time. But the rocker did help lots, and Joey eventually chilled and considered sucking on that bottle. Sam smiled as the baby blinked big brown eyes at Lou, and she thought her brother was doing ok, yeah? Better than she had at first. "The nurse caught Cris and me fucking around in here. She probs thinks I'm gonna suck your dick or something," she said, grin saying she figured Lou would be outraged or whatever.
"IDK. I think worrying about the store is good for me. Imagine sitting at home all day with nothing to do but hear the baby scream, yeah? It's a distraction that I'm looking forward to, teaching again, being back in the store again. Fuck, I'm even looking forward to walking the fucking DOG." And she expected Lou to blow about Lin and D or whatever, but he didn't, and she just scoffed when Lou directed his question about Daniel and the music store to Joey. "He won't leave. I'm amazed he came here, and he just gets pissed when I tell him I'm worried or whatever." She paused, and she fished out the container of mashed potatoes. She dipped her finger into cool potatoes and gravy, and then she sucked it clean. "Are you bummed?"