Truth Or Dare

Chapter Sixteen

The next morning

Jeremiah was fussy when he woke up, only wanting Cheryl or Toni.

"Babe can you take him? I need to shower." Cheryl says softly.

Toni nodded and took Jeremiah from Cheryl.

The baby instantly curls into her and lays his head on her shoulder. Coughing softly.

Toni swayed them from side to side, rubbing his back softly.

After a few minutes, the baby was asleep.

Toni sighed heavily and kissed her son's head.

"Hey, how's he doing?" Betty asks softly.

"He's asleep." Toni said.

The blonde nods her head. "Has his temp gone down any?"

"I haven't checked." Toni said.

"We should check." Betty responds softly.

Toni nodded. "Yeah, that's a good idea. If it's higher than before we should take him to the hospital."

Nodding her head, Betty leaves to grab the thermometer.

Toni watched her leave.

Jeremiah shifts in his sleep, coughing softly.

Toni rubbed his back softly, kissing his cheek.

"Got it." Betty says, walking into the room with the thermometer.

Toni smiled. "He still feels very warm."

Nodding her head, Betty runs it along his forehead. "It's still sitting at a hundred."

Cheryl walks out of the bathroom, drying her hair.

"I think we should take him to the hospital." Toni said.

"What's his temperature?" Cheryl asks, putting the towel in the hamper.

"It's one hundred." Betty said.

Nodding her head, Cheryl moved over to Toni. "Let's take him in, just to be safe."

Toni nodded.

"I'll get the car, you get him ready." Cheryl says softly.

Toni nodded and moved over to the closet to get some clothes to change her son into.

Pulling on her shoes, Cheryl grabbed her keys and a hair tie. She tied her hair up into a ponytail. "Tell her I'll be in the car." she tells Betty before leaving the room.

Toni pulled some clothes out of the closet and put them on her son.

Jeremiah startles awake and begins to cry, her cries cracking every so often as he coughs or sniffles.

"Shh." Toni cooed softly as she put his shirt on him.

Once he's dressed, Jeremiah kicks his feet and releases another cry.

Toni wiped the little boy's nose and put him down. She threw the tissue away and pulled on a jacket and shoes. She lifted her son up and left the room.

Cheryl was waiting in the car, fixing her lipstick.

Toni opened the back door and sat her son in his car seat. She clipped him in and closed the door. She climbed into the passenger seat.

"Ready?" Cheryl asks, looking over at her.

"Ready." Toni said.

Backing the car out of the driveway, Cheryl began heading toward Riverdale General.

Toni cast a glance over her shoulder at their son.

The baby was still softly fussing in his carseat.

"We'll be there soon." Toni said softly.

Cheryl pulls into the parking lot of the hospital.

Toni got out immediately and opened her son's door, lifting him out of his seat and rocking him to calm him.

"We should get him inside." Cheryl says softly.

Toni looked up. "Yeah."

Jeremiah releases a slightly louder cry.

Toni followed Cheryl into the hospital.

****

"Here are some antibiotics, these will help with the fever and cough. He will sleep for a bit after each dose." Arizona Robbins says softly.

"So he's going to be okay?" Toni asked.

The blonde doctor instantly smiles. "He is, it looks like a cold with an upper respiratory infection. But the antibiotics should clear it all up."

Cheryl was holding a sleeping JJ in her arms.

"What does that mean? Upper respiratory infection?" Toni asked.

"It's just a bad cough in a way." Arizona responds softly.

Toni nodded and ran her fingers through JJ's hair.

Cheryl looks toward Toni. "We should fill out his prescription and get home." She says softly.

Toni nodded. "Yeah."

Jeremiah releases a soft whine in his sleep.

"I'll take him." Toni offered.

Cheryl shakes her head. "I've got him." She responds, rubbing JJ's back.

"Okay." Toni said.

The ten month old had his head on Cheryl's shoulder as he slept. Occasionally he would reach up and rub at his nose, but he didn't wake up.

"Let's go get his medicine." Cheryl says, making her way out of the room.

Toni turned to Arizona. "Thank you." She said politely before scurrying after Cheryl.

The redhead was already in line for the pharmacy, JJ still asleep in her arms. Cheryl wasn't really acting like herself, hadn't been since the doctor walked in.

Toni stopped besides her. "Hey, what's going on with you?" She asked.

"Nothing." Cheryl mumbles, not looking at her.

"It's not nothing." Toni said.

Cheryl shifts slightly and keeps her eyes on their son. "Why don't you just go back to flirting with his doctor."

"I wasn't flirting with the doctor." Toni said.

"Yes you were, you were checking her out the entire time." Cheryl responds, still not looking at Toni.

"No I was not." Toni said.

The redhead rolls her eyes and steps forward.

Toni stepped forward too. "I wasn't flirting with her."

Cheryl doesn't respond, shifting their son once more.

Toni turned to Cheryl. "Look at me!"

Jeremiah jumps awake and releases a soft cry.

The redhead instantly turns her attention to her son. Completely ignoring Toni now.

"I'll be in the car." Toni muttered, turning and walking away.

Cheryl fought back tears as she waited in line to get Jeremiah's medicine.

Jeremiah buried his head in her shoulder.