Life Can Be A Struggle

Trying To Stay Strong

"Mal come on, it's been hours, can you please come out of there. I don't want you sleeping on the floor," Sara called out to the toddler who was still hiding under her crib and refusing to come out.

       "No!" The young two year old screamed out as she continued to just stay as far back as she could making Sara sigh again as she just wanted Mal to come out so she would at least have her with her right now.

         Sara was already going through a lot right now and just wanted to cuddle up with Mal, but the small girl was still refusing.

         "Mal come on, it's dangerous under there please," Sara told the toddler as she was growing desperate. "No wanna!" Mal screamed out as she scooted back the furthest she could go.

          Sara just sighed again when she realized she wasn't getting the toddler to come out as she just went back into the hallway and called Nico.

         "Hey how is she," Nico asked Sara hoping this was just a false alarm situation and that everything would be okay even though deep down he knew that wasn't the case especially when he could see Sara's very upset face.

         "Not good, she has a fever," Sara told Nico as she held back her tears.

          "Oh sh*t. Okay but how's Mal doing? Is she okay?" Nico asked Sara who just cried again as she thought about the toddler that won't even look at her.

          "She's fine but she won't even look at me anymore because I yelled at her to protect her since she wouldn't stop trying to get into Lita's room and I was scared. I just want her with me but she probably is never going to look at me again," Sara cried out to Nico as she couldn't help it.

         Mal was her baby and she had spent so much time looking after her and watching her grow and now Mal didn't even want to look at her anymore.

         "Sara, she's two. Toddlers don't know what they're doing. I'm sure she'll be begging for you to spend time with her again. She loves you," Nico told Sara, making her smile a little.

          "Yeah she does and I know I just love her so much and I can't imagine my life without that little adorable ray of sunshine," Sara told Nico as she smiled remembering how much she loves her baby sister before realization sunk in as she remembered what happens when you get a fever.

        "Oh no!" Sara cried out in panic when she remembered that her grandma was running a fever. "What's wrong!" Nico asked his girlfriend in concern but Sara just started freaking out as she began to panic about the very near future.

         "I just remembered Lita has a fever and temp check is at 9 am Nico. They'll take us both, you know that. They'll take both her and me. What's going to happen to Mal. Nico if they find her they're gonna kill her! She's too little for the Q zone and no one even knows she exists! And even if they don't she'll have no one left to take care of her. We're all she has left Nico!" Sara rambled out in panic.

       "Hey Sara, come on, stop that! No one is taking you away from me and no one is going to hurt Mal. She's going to be okay and you're going to be okay. I promise I won't let anything bad happen to either of you okay," Nico told Sara as he loved them both so much and couldn't lose them. Sara was the girl of his dreams and Mal was basically his daughter even though he's never met her before in person.

        He met Sara when Mal was less than a month old and he has been a part of their lives ever since. He may not have been there for Mal's birth or anything but he's known her since she was a few weeks old and he watched her grow from a tiny newborn to the hilariously adorable little curious toddler she is now.