Life Can Be A Struggle

The Consequence Of Not Listening

    "Sawa! Owie!" The small girl cried out as she reached towards her big sister making Sara quickly run over to the small toddler as she picked her up examining her. "Mal are you okay!" Sara quickly asked the toddler who started crying as she moved her hand away from her forehead revealing a huge cut.

"Owie!" The small girl cried out as she tried to touch her forehead again, but Sara quickly pulled the small girl's hand down as she looked at the cut knowing it was deep.

"Mal please don't touch it! And wow that's another deep cut. That's definitely gonna need stitches. Okay Mal stay here I'll be right back!" Sara rambled out as she placed the small girl down and grabbed the first aid kit as Mal got hurt a lot, so Sara had to learn how to care for her at home. They weren't allowed to leave their homes and no one even knew Mal existed anyway.

"No! I no wan id!" The small girl screamed out when she saw Sara come out with the first aid kit as she knew what Sara was going to do as she had seen it before. Sara just sighed as she looked at her terrified sister.

"Mal I don't want to do this, but we have to stitch up that cut. I'm really sorry. This is what happens when you keep doing dangerous things and not listening," Sara told the small girl who started crying as she tried to run, but Sara was faster as she caught the small toddler and laid her down on her bed.

"NO! I NO WAN! NO!" The small two year old screamed out uncontrollably as she thrashed around refusing to let her big sister anywhere near her cut. Sara just sighed as she knew she needed to stitch up the cut, but she didn't know what to do to get Mal to behave.

She couldn't promise Mal to take her somewhere fun like she probably would have had they been living in normal circumstances. They weren't allowed to leave their homes. It was also extremely hard to get things, so she couldn't bribe Mal with any toys or candy either as they didn't really have that stuff.

Sara just sighed as she looked at the thrashing toddler again. "Mal hey shh it's okay. I'll be gentle I promise. I'm not trying to hurt you, but I need to help you. Hey it's okay. Here do you want your pacie," Sara told the toddler in her gentle voice making the small girl nod while still crying.

"Okay here you go! Shh it's okay. Alright here we go," Sara told the toddler as she placed Mal's pacifier in her mouth. She knew it was probably a horrible idea to be having Mal put something in her mouth like that during a pandemic, but she constantly would boil it to get rid of the germs and it was the only thing Mal had as comfort.

"Okay Mal I know this is going to hurt, but remember I'm doing this to help you okay," Sara told the toddler who was calmer now as she had her pacifier, but she was still crying a little bit.

Sara took a deep breath as she sanitized Mal's cut making the small girl start crying more as it stung. I know Mal! "I'm sorry! I hate this!" Sara told the small girl as she threaded the needle from the first aid kit.

"OWIE! OWIE! OWIE! NO MOW! NO MOW! SOP! SOP! SAWA PWEASE SOP! ID HUWS! ID HUWS!" The small girl screamed out at the top of her lungs as Sara finished threading the needle and had started sewing up Mal's cut.

Sara just started crying a little bit as she hated seeing Mal in pain, but she couldn't leave that cut open as it could lead to infection which she couldn't handle at this point as infection meant fever and fever meant Q zone.

Plus if Mal got an infection she couldn't do anything to help her except give her some of the medicine they have there which wouldn't be much help. She just couldn't risk it. "I know Mal almost done! Almost done! And there we go! All done! No more Mal it's over. Come here give me a hug," Sara told the toddler making the two year old cry more as Sara helped her up.

"NO! I no wike you no mow!" The small girl screamed out as she placed her pacifier back in her mouth after it had fallen out from her screaming as she pushed past Sara and ran to her own room and pushed on the door the best she could to close it.

Sara just sighed as she knew how this was going to play out. This wasn't the first time Sara had to stitch up an injury from the small girl. Mal would get upset after and "lock" herself in her room for maybe 5 minutes before she would come running back over not liking being alone.

Sara smiled again though when her phone rang as she saw it was her boyfriend calling again. "Hey Nico!" Sara told Nico excitedly, making him laugh. "Hey where's Mal," Nico asked Sara, making her sigh as she looked at him.

"Mal and I are currently not on speaking terms," Sara playfully told Nico, making him laugh. "What happened," Nico asked Sara who laughed as she was about to answer, but stopped when she saw Mal's door fly open as the small girl came running over towards her.

"Sawa! I sowy! I wob you!" The small girl screamed out as she ran over to Sara who laughed as she opened her arms and picked up the toddler as she balanced her on her hip. "It's okay Mal and I love you too. Did you learn your lesson," Sara told the small girl who just nodded as she laid her head down on Sara.

"Okay good! Anway what were we talking about," Sara asked Nico as she had gotten distracted by the toddler and forgot what they had been talking about. Nico just laughed as he watched his girlfriend interact with her baby sister.

He loved how much she loved her family. "I believe you were about to explain why you and Mal weren't on speaking terms," Nico jokingly told Sara, making her laugh as she remembered.

"Oh yeah! We weren't on speaking terms because you told her it's okay to do dangerous things and climb up on things! She fell and had a really deep cut on her forehead and guess who had to stitch it up! Which led to her being mad at me because I hurt her even though I was just trying to help," Sara told Nico, making him smile.

"Dr Garcia does have a nice ring to it! Don't you think!" Nico jokingly told Sara, making her roll her eyes as she looked at him.

"Oh please! I could never be a doctor! And I hate having to do that, but I can't let deep cuts go unfixed especially right now. And I still blame you for encouraging her," Sara told Nico, making him laugh as he looked at the sleepy toddler cuddled up on Sara.

"Oh come on every kid gets hurt. It's a part of childhood! You should be thanking me for helping her still experience normal childhood experiences like that," Nico playfully told Sara, making her roll her eyes as she stood up when she saw the toddler closing her eyes as it was getting late.

"Yeah well it's not fun having to watch her kick, scream, and cry in pain while I'm stitching her up with a needle! But don't worry I'll make sure you can watch next time since you want to keep encouraging it. Anyway I gotta get this little trouble maker to bed since it's getting late. I'll call you in a little bit once I'm done! Bye Nico talk to you soon," Sara told Nico, making him laugh as he looked at the little girl that was falling asleep.

"Alright talk to you later bye Sara! See you soon," Nico told Sara, making her smile as they finished the call. "Alright baby dragon let's get you to bed," Sara playfully told the toddler who giggled a little as she nodded.

"Okay night baby dragon! I love you! And I'll see you in the morning. I'm really sorry about earlier, but Mal that's what happens when you keep climbing up on things. I'm trying to protect you because I love you," Sara told the small girl who smiled as she nodded.

"Otay Sawa! I no do da no mow! An I wob you too! Nigh Nigh Sawa!" The small girl told Sara as she laid down in her crib and fell asleep.

Once Sara was sure the small girl was asleep she carefully closed Mal's door as she sat down on the couch and started to call her boyfriend again as she wasn't tired yet and both Mal and her grandma were sleeping, so she had no one else to talk to.