{Banana Smoothie} ✔️

Chapter 129

January 7th

Harry's POV

"EJ I have to hurry" I remind the toddler who was trying to grab my attention. At the moment I was being chased by my two youngest who desperately wanted attention.

I had the plate of food in my hand that I was also desperately trying not to spill. I stopped in front of her room, looking through the door. Just the sight of her made me tear up. "Emmy!" "Eh!" The boys call for their sister and ran over.

The weaker girl struggled to sit up, so I set the food down and propped her up with some pillows. She was silent the whole time. I went back to grab her food and smile when I saw EJ lifting his brother onto Emerald's bed.

I sat down after the two got comfortable next to her. "How are you feeling?" I whisper and she looks at me hesitantly. "I... I was dead... going to die" she trembles to herself.

"But you didn't, you're alive baby" I coo kissing her head. Setting the plate on her lap, she looks down at it. Moving her arm to the spoon she grimaces, and moves it back to her side. "Ow," Em groans and lays back against the headboard.

"Sissy hurts," EJ tells me and I nod grabbing the spoon for her. "Papa it really hurts" she whimpers grabbing her side. I bit my lip not knowing how to help her. "Baby I'm so sorry, your dad will be back with your medicine and Iris will be home from school soon. She's excited to see you" I try to distract her and it seems to work as I bring the spoon of oatmeal to her mouth.

She takes it and swallows harshly, her throat dry. "Em I love you" I remind her and she nods looking down to Emerson who was against her side hugging her arm. Grayson sat next to him and held onto her pinky smiling at us. "I love you too" she gives me a sad smile.

"Is Asher okay?" She asks looking towards the open door. I give her another spoonful and nod. "The poor boy is traumatized, he's been cooped up in his parent's room and refuses to be alone, hasn't left once... Atlas has only seen him once" I explain and she starts crying.

"Baby what's wrong?" I question her and she sniffles wiping her nose with another hurtful cringe. "I made him cry- I thought I wasn't going to see you guys again" she let out an ugly sob. I moved her food to the side and hugged her tightly.

"Emerald we're all okay, Asher is home safe, his friend Ezra is okay, he even reunited with his family. Your siblings went back to school and I know you're brother is going to be back in here in the next hour" I cry into her shoulder.

She tries to quiet her cries knowing it was hurting her rib more. "Sissy don't cry" EJ squeals looking up to her with teary eyes. "I'm sorry- I'm so sorry" she whispers fumbling with her fingers.

"Why are you sorry? You did nothing wrong" I try to make her feel better and she shrugs, her lips quivering. "I was going to leave you" I sat up and looked to the floor. "But you didn't, you fought through it" I remind her.

She stays silent and I move my hand to wipe her tears. "C-can I have more food?" she asks looking to the side. "Of course" I smile moving the bowl back to her lap.

I watched her face the whole time and not once did she smile. She was always the humorous one, always had some sort of comment that made everyone's day. She seemed so sad, and I knew I couldn't do anything.

I just hope that she'll be back to normal sooner than later. I continue to feed her smiling as it reminded me of when she was a toddler. I went to joke about it but shut myself up when I saw her depressed expression.

I took the empty bowl off of her lap and stood to place it on her dresser near the door, so I would remember to grab it as I left. "Ow! Gray!" She shouts and I whip around to find her brother in her lap.

She hurries to move him off and he looks up at her with the biggest eyes. It didn't take long and he went into full meltdown mode thinking he had just murdered his sister. I rub my eyes exhausted as Emerald starts crying again. "I'm sorry Gray, I didn't mean to" she blubbers lifting her arm to rub his cheek.

She ultimately gasps and brings it back to her side. "Ow... ow" she groans and that's when Emerson starts crying. Merlin knows why probably just because his siblings were.

Gray was hysterical though, so I picked him up first, bouncing him on my hip. "Shhh, shhh sissy got hurt, you did nothing" I reassure him looking at his sister. Em's bun had pretty much fallen out and she overall was just a mess.

"Em. Can I put him on your lap?" I ask hesitantly. She answers with a quick "yes" and I place the thrashing child down on her gently. He stops and turns to look up at her with teary eyes. Within a second he was nuzzling into her stomach as she shifted him more to one side.

I hurried to my other crying child and he was much easier. He yawned and I instantly knew he was just tired. "Can I take you to bed?" I ask and he shakes his head. "I- can't leave Emmy, she got hurt. I need to protect her!" He whispers looking to Em.

Her shoulders shook as she listened to her brother's words. "He can sleep in my bed" she managed to get some words out before looking away again.

I set EJ back down and he went to the other side of Emerald's bed getting comfortable. He watched her, his eyes closed, but he didn't let them leave his sister.

"Em I'm back" Draco calls out and I quickly put a finger to my lips. He goes quiet but drops the bag down next to us. "How's my beautiful Princess?" He questions, kissing her forehead. She gives him a small smile, but it quickly disappears.

I took the baby from her lap and he brought his hand to his mouth moving to watch her. Grayson rested his head on my chest as her dad kissed her head once again.

"Can you lay on your side?" Dray asked already helping her onto it. EJ groggily puts his arm out and Em takes his hand with a sigh.  She moans in pain and I shield Grays face into my chest, while her dad pulls her shirt to reveal her ribs.

A huge gash went from under her chest to just above the chest. It was bloody and bruised. "Oh... Princess, it opened up again" he coos holding a damp cloth to it. "Dad it hurts" she whines squeezing her eyes shut.

Emerson's hand was still clamped down on hers as the tears spring from her eyes. She growled through clenched teeth as he started to apply some of the ointment. I watched her body wiggle and squirm, her mouth opening and closing, but nothing came out.

I hurried to leave the room knowing I couldn't keep Gray in my chest much longer.  Going to my room I coo to the child as fast as I could wanting to get back to my baby who was currently hurting.

"Papa is going to be right back" I whisper tickling his side. He gurgled back to me and I left him on the bed. I was hesitant but ultimately ran back to the Emerald's room.

I stood in the doorway as she howled in pain and her brother was now pressed up against the wall scared. Draco stayed focused, but with his sleeve he quickly wiped his tears.

"Emerson" I call for the boy and he jumps off the bed running to me. With a grunt, I pick the big boy up. He wraps his legs around me. "Papa help her... I can't do it" he whispers taking another peek at her before shoving his head into my chest.

"Dad is helping her, it's the only way to help her... she has to go through some pain" I try to explain rambling because I didn't know what to say. "Dad! Please! It hurts!" She screams trying to get at her open injured.

"Emerald you can't touch it!" He holds her hand away and she goes quiet, upset. "Baby, I'm so sorry I need to finish the cleaning, and then we can take a break. I'll give you some herbs that will numb it all." He releases her hand and she nods gulping on air. "Dad... it hurts"

"I'm sorry Princess, I almost lost you once... I'm not letting that happen again"