Sweet Child O Mine (Steven Adler)

25. Problems

It's been two months since little Ethan was born. Cooper and Carson would often bring Anna to the hospital to see her new baby brother. Carson loved Ethan and so did Cooper. 

Cooper sat in the nursery holding Ethan. Today would be Ethan's first surgery to remove his eye and fix his lip. When he turns one they'll do more surgery to help him look better. Cooper found it very sad that Ethan had to spend so long in a hospital because of something his mother did. 

But Dr. Ash and Macy had spared Cooper trauma and decided to do the surgery without Cooper watching his child's eye being taken out. 

Cooper never had problems with surgery before. But this one made him almost sick. He couldn't watch his child go through surgery. 

Macy walked into the room. "Dr. Adler, it's time to bring Ethan back," she said. Cooper nodded and walked to the operating room. Cooper kissed Ethan on the head. "You'll do great, little one," Cooper said before handing Ethan to Macy who smiled at him. 

The entire day, Cooper was a wreck. He wished Dr. Madrid was there to take his place for a while. But Dr. Madrid is chilling at a resort in Hollywood with his wife, children, and three grandchildren. 

Cooper did all he could to keep his mind off of Ethan's surgery. But it wasn't busy that day and everyone who walked in just needed shots or a check-up and that could only take Cooper's mind off of Ethan for about thirty minutes. 

"Cooper," Macy said walking into the lounge. "Yeah?" Cooper asked nervousness rushing over him. "Ethan did great he's awake in the nursery!" Macy said. 

Cooper basically flew to the nursery. He ran to Ethan's bed and almost cried. His little boy was awake and looking at him with a smile on his face. 

"Ethan, you did it! I'm so proud of you my boy," Cooper said running his hand over the babies head. 

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"Carson! I'm back!" Cooper called. "Hey, Cooper, how was my Ethan?" Carson asked. "He's doing great," Cooper said. "Cooper, I need to tell you something," Carson said. "What is it?" Cooper asked. "I'm thinking about going on tour again," Carson said. 

Cooper's heart stopped. 

"What? After I almost lost you, you're going again!?" Cooper asked. "Cooper, please. I love traveling the world! I love playing shows. I have to do this! This is what I was born to do!" Carson said. "Do you know how much pain that put me in, Carson?!" Cooper yelled. "All bus drivers have to take a background check," Carson said. "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DAMN BUS DRIVER! YOU CAN GET KILLED! OR YOU'RE BUS CAN CRASH! ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN TO YOU, CARSON!" Cooper yelled. "I love doing this, Cooper. And I'm going to keep doing it with or without your support," Carson said before he walked out of the house and slammed the door.