Fake It 'Til You Make It - Hamliza

Chapter 7: Accidents to Happiness

A few weeks passed, and Pip started to get comfortable. One Saturday morning, he was drawing at the dining table in a Pokémon coloring book, and when he finished coloring Jiggly-puff green, he was bored.

"Mr. H?" Philip called. No response. "He must be in the shower" he thought to himself and got up from the table. He ran to his room and jumped around on the bed, throwing his toys in the air. One of the toys hit the ceiling light and it shattered, cutting Pips forehead. He started crying loudly, causing Alexander to rush out of his room and into Pips. "What happened???" He asked and saw Pip's forehead bleeding. "Of course." He mumbled and grabbed a cotton ball and a bandaid to stop the bleeding until Pip could get stitches.

Pip was still crying as Alexander opened the car door of his red BMW, and he got strapped in his car seat. "I should've been watching him", Alexander thought to himself. "Good thing Eliza isn't here to see this. She'd kill me", he thought as he got onto the highway. "We are almost there, Pip", he said.

Pip kept crying as Alexander carried him into the ER. "Hi um he needs stitches I think-" he said to the lady at the front desk. She looked at Pip and nodded. "I'll call a doctor for you." She said and did that. A nurse led them to a room and had Alexander hold down Pip while a doctor came in and did the stitches.

"Owowowowowow! Ouchie!", Pip wailed. Even though the was on anesthesia, Pip was still making a fuss because he did not like the idea of a needle going through his head. "It's alright, Pip. You're almost done", Alexander hushed. He heard loud footsteps rushing past them. "Ms. Schuyler is awake!", he heard one of the doctors say. Pip almost jerked his head up, but Alexander kept holding him down.

"Mommy's awake!" Pip shouted and kept fighting Alexander to let him up until the doctor finished. Alexander picked up Pip and carried him to Eliza's room quickly. "Mommy mommy!" Pip shouted until Alexander put him down. He ran over and climbed on the bed with his mom.

"Pip-? What are you doing here so quickly?" Pip grinned and looked up at Alexander. Eliza glared at him. "You didn't hurt him, did you?"
"Nope! I wanted to make my ninja turtle fly and then it shattered to a million pieces! It cut my forehead! See the scar?" Pip pointed to the scar on his forehead. Eliza glared at Alexander. "I knew I shouldn't have trusted you", she muttered.

"I left him alone for 10 minutes so I could shower." Alexander explained. "Obviously you've never taken care of a child before. You. Can't. Leave. Them. Alone!" She shouted at him. Pip flinched and hid his face in his mom's chest. "Stop yelling..." he whimpered. Eliza frowned and hugged Pip. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to honey..." she whispered. She kissed his head and played with his curls. "I'm sorry Alexander... I know you didn't mean to let him get hurt.." she sighed.

Alexander smiled. "It's alright. I'm really glad you're okay." Pip smiled and looked up at Eliza. "You should see Mr. H.'s house! He has a big TV and a pool! My room is as almost as big as your room!" Eliza kissed Pips cheek. "How bout this... after I'm discharged from the hospital me and you can stay one more night there... but then we go home?" Pip nodded. "That sounds good!"
Alexander felt like they were a family. Probably dysfunctional, but a family.