Finding My Happy {COMPLETED}

13.

Kierra
11pm

I heard shuffling in my sleep and it woke me up. I leaned my head up from Sean's body on the couch and saw Marsai squirming. I stood up and walked towards the bed.

She was still asleep but it seemed like she's having a bad dream. I've read somewhere that you really shouldn't wake someone up when they're having a nightmare so I waited it out until she calmed down. She finally opened her eyes.

"Bad dream?" I asked. She nodded her head.

"Wanna talk about it?" I added. She shook her head no.

"What's wrong pooh?" I asked, glancing down as she kept moving her leg underneath the sheets. She followed my eyes and sighed.

"My leg keeps itching and I can't reach down to scratch it." She whined.

"Let me call a nurse to come help." I said. I buzzed for a nurse and it didn't take long before one came inside.

"Good evening. I'm Nurse Ashley for tonight. What can I help you with?" She walked closer to Marsai and I stood off to the side so she could have better access. While Marsai explained what's going on, I waited to the side until the nurse helped with her itchiness. She used a tool to put inside of her cast to get straight to where the itchiness was at. It didn't take long for Marsai to feel relief.

"Let me know if you need anything else." Nurse Ashley said.

"Okay thank you." Marsai said. The nurse left and I stood back near Marsai's bed.

"Do you feel any pain from your leg?" I asked her.

"No I don't. The medicine got me feeling nice." She slightly smiled. I laughed.

"I bet it do." I said. She looked off to the side and finally realized Sean was asleep on the couch.

"When did Daddy come?" She asked.

"A few hours ago. You were deep in your sleep when he surprised us." I said.

"Do you know how long I'll have to stay here? I wanna go home." She pouted.

"I know baby. We'll have to wait for your doctor in the morning to see when we can take you home." I said. "You know you're gonna have to tell me and your Dad what happened, right?"

"Yeah I know but I don't wanna talk about it now." She said looking down at her hands. I grabbed her hands as she looked up to me.

"It's okay, you can tell us in the morning. Just go back to sleep, okay? You had a long day." I told her. She rested her head back against the pillow and slowly closed her eyes. I looked around the room to dim the lights a little more and went back towards the couch. Sean was still knocked out but adjusted once I laid up on him. I responded to a few texts before I fell back asleep.

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My phone started buzzing as I felt around the sofa to get it. I saw that it was 7:30am and Marsai and Sean were still asleep. I looked at my notifications and saw missed calls & texts from my Mom, aunties, Shamika, and even Marsai's best-friend Lauren.

I first texted my assistant Tasia to cancel all of my meetings for the day & forward all important matters for Shamika to handle. I also knew I had to wake up Sean before the nurse and doctor started coming in.

Last night, Shamika was such a Godsend bring a few toiletries a change of clothes. I got up to wash my face and brush my teeth to fully wake myself up, and headed to wake up Sean.

"Babe. Wake up." I shook Sean a bit to get his attention.

"Hmmm what is it." He asked still asleep.

"It's time to get up." I said. He opened his eyes and stretched.

"Morning baby." I said.

"Good morning. You got a wash cloth and toothbrush for me?" He asked, sliding his Nike slides onto his feet.

"Yes check the bag in the bathroom for your stuff." I said. He went to freshen up as I sat down on the couch and plugged my phone to the wall charger.

I saw that Marsai's friend, Lauren, was calling me so I answered.

"Hello, Lauren?"

"Hey Ms. Ki. How's Marsai doing?" Lauren asked.

"She's doing okay. Has a broken leg but she'll be alright." I said. "Aren't you suppose to be getting ready for school?" I asked.

"OHMYGOD a broken leg? That's crazy. Yes I'm getting ready but I wanted to check on my best friend first. She didn't respond to my texts last night so I wanted to call you." She said.

"Well thank you for checking in on her. I will let her know you called." I said.

"Can me and DeMari come and see her after school?" She asked. Aww that's so sweet.

"Sure but I'll let you know before your parents bring y'all by. If she gets out of the hospital today you can just meet us at the house." I said.

"Okay thanks Ms. Ki!" We said our goodbyes and hung up.

Just when I ended the call someone knocked on the door and it was a nurse. Sean greeted her at the door.

"Good morning, just coming in to wake up Marsai to eat her breakfast and take her medicine." The nurse said.

She started to wake up Marsai while we watched. Marsai stirred but quickly opened her eyes.

Her eyes immediately landed on Sean and I.

"Good morning babygirl." Sean said to her.

"Morning Daddy. Mommy told me you got here last night." She said. Sean looked at me surprised that she referred to me as Mommy and all I could do was smile.

"Yeah I did. You were knocked out when I came in." He said, standing up to get beside her bed. We all talked a bit while Marsai ate enough of her breakfast so that the nurse could give her the pain medication.

"All done. In an hour or so the doctor will come in to tell you about the care of her leg and how long she'll be in the cast." The nurse said.

"Okay thank you so much." I said.

"Anytime, just use the buzzer if you need anything." She walked out and closed our door.

"So Lauren called to check on you. I told her that I'll let her know if she and DeMari can visit you either here or at home. It all depends on how long the doctor wants you here." I said.

"Ok. Do I still have to go to school for the rest of this week?" She asked.

"Uhh no but are you ready to tell us what happened yesterday at school?" Sean asked.

"Yeah I'm ready." She said. She explained to us how it all went down from her wanting to try out for the dance team and then seeing the girls who caused her to fall down those stairs.

I was furious and wanted serious consequences to those girls.

"Now that those girls did something on school grounds, do you think they'll get in trouble?" She asked us.

"We're gonna handle it all MarMar. Don't you worry about nothing. Just focus on getting that leg better." I said.

"Why did this have to happen to me? I stay to myself, I don't cause attention and I treat people nicely. Now I have a broken leg because of this!" Marsai said, slightly yelling. She started to cry and I quickly wiped her tears.

"Aww baby don't cry. You're gonna make me cry." I said. I looked towards Sean and he looked just as sad as us.

This is not how any one of us wanted our week to be.