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Your POV

You: Ready to go in Ry?

Ryker: I don't know...

You: What's going on bubs?

Ryker: I-I want dad here too

You: He'll get here when he can

Ryker: N-no, I-I w-want hi-him n-now

You: Hey, hey, hey take a breath, slow down. I'll call dad, but we need to go in

Ryker: Al-alright

As you walk in, you call Tom

Tom: Everything okay?

You: No, Ryker's freaking out

Tom: What?

You: He just had a complete panic attack because you aren't here

Tom: I'm on my way, give me 10 minutes

You hang up and grab Ryker's hand

Ryker: Is he coming?

You: Yeah, bubs. He'll be here soon

Nurse: Holland

Ryker: But dad's not here

You: It's okay, he'll come back when he gets here

Ryker: ...Alright

Tom gets there and runs back to you and Ryker. Ryker runs up to him the second he walks through the door

Tom: Hey, you're okay, I promise

Ryker: I-I...

You: Bubs, take a breath, you're going to pass out

Dr. Louis: Hey Hollands. Oh, I got this one

You and Tom step away and let Dr. Louis take over

Dr. Louis: Hey bud, my name is Dr. Louis, what's yours?

Ryker: I-I'm Ry-Ryker

Dr. Louis: It's nice to meet you. How old are you?

Ryker: I-I'm 10

Dr. Louis: Okay. Can you tell me what you like?

Ryker: I-I like the beach behind m-my house, t-to watch movies with m-my family, and to play with m-my cousin Liam

Dr. Louis: Now, what about these dreams?

Ryker: There's always a lady chasing mom

Dr. Louis: And what are you doing?

Ryker: It's like my feet are stuck, but so are dads and Haylee's

Dr. Louis: Is the lady saying anything?

Ryker: No, just chasing mom around

Dr. Louis: Well, this isn't unusual at all. When did this start y/n?

You: Right before he and Haylee met my parents

Dr. Louis: Oh, then this really isn't unusual

Ryker: How can I make it stop?

Dr. Louis: You need to stand up to it. You need to show the lady that even if you're stuck, you'll still protect your mom

Ryker: How do I show her?

Dr. Louis: Any way you can. And this isn't going to happen right away, you have to keep trying

Ryker: I'll try

Tom: Thank you so much, Dr. Louis

You: Yeah, thank you

Dr. Louis: It's my job. Have Ryker come back in 2 weeks

Tom: Sounds good. See you soon

Tom puts Ryker on his back, and you all walkout. Tom takes Ryker home while you make his appointment. Tom calls...

Tom: Ryker and I are going to pick up dinner

You: Thanks...

Tom: You okay?

You: Yeah, we'll talk later

Tom: Alright, see you soon

You get home and walk inside

Kristen: Hey

You: Hi

Kristen: How was the doctor?

You: It was fine

Kristen: What's wrong?

You: Nothing, I'm okay, just tired

Kristen: You're not okay, but we'll talk later

Tom walks in with Ryker and dinner

Tom: Dinner's here!

Harrison: Yes! I can't stand listening to the kids anymore

You sit at the table and everyone starts to eat

Kristen: How was school kiddos?

Liam: Boring, we didn't do anything today

Haylee: I wish, we did so much

Mattie: I didn't do a lot, but I did enough

Ryker: It could've been better, it was slow

You: Well, that sounds like school

Harrison: School really beats you up sometimes

Tom: And sometimes it's fun

You: Yeah, school can be very fun

You clean up and the kids went their separate ways

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