Attendings and Residents: Losing Her

Chapter Thirteen

"No." Alice whines softly, gripping onto Oliver's shirt as he tries to put her down.

"Alice, I have to help your brother with his homework." Oliver said softly, looking over her shoulder at William.

Sara walked into the room, Jonah on her hip.

"No." Alice began to cry.

"It's okay dad, I'll just ask mom to help me." William said, leaning the room, hugging his math book to his chest.

Oliver sighs and looks over at Sara.

Sara met his eyes and sighed too.

"I really need to help William." Oliver said after a moment.

"No." Alice sobbed.

Sara puts Jonah in his playpen. "Alice, why don't you come with me and we can color."

Alice shook her head vigorously. "No."

"Come on sweetie, let daddy help your brother. It won't take long." Sara said softly, reaching for the little girl.

Alice moved to wrap her arms around Oliver, still crying.

Oliver shakes his head and rubs her back. "Alice, I need to help William."

Alice shook her head again.

Closing his eyes, Oliver takes a deep breath. The last few days had been extremely difficult.

Sara's phone began ringing in her pocket. Reaching into her pocket, she looks to see who's calling.

The name Lexie flashed up on her screen.

"Hello?" Sara says upon answering.

"Hey, I was wondering if you'd like Arizona and I to take the kids this weekend, we are both off work and we need the practice." Lexie said.

Sara looked over at Oliver. "Um, that would be great."

"Perfect, we will take them on Friday night and drop them all at school on Monday morning if that's okay with you." Lexie said, a smile on her face was evident just by the sound of her voice.

"Sounds perfect." Sara responds softly, picking Jonah back up as he starts fussing.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow at work, bye." Lexie ended the call.

Putting her phone away, Sara began rocking Jonah. "Lexie and Arizona are going to pick up the kids Friday and keep them until Monday." She told Oliver.

"All the kids?" Oliver asked.

"All of them." Sara responded, continuing to gently rock Jonah.

"Wow, that's nice of them." Oliver said.

Nodding her head, Sara shifted Jonah slightly.

"We'll need to get them all packed and ready to go tomorrow night." Oliver said.

"I can do it tonight." Sara says with a shrug, finally getting Jonah to calm down.

"Okay." Oliver said, looking at Sara gratefully.

Alice seemingly fell asleep in his arms, her head resting on his shoulder.

Oliver sighed deeply and kissed her head.

"Why don't you lay her down and go see if you can still help William? Once I get Jonah to sleep I'll start on dinner." Sara offers softly, rocking Jonah still.

"Good idea." Oliver said, nodding his head.

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Sara had just finished packing bags for all of the kids, now she was heading to the bathroom to take a quick shower. She walked in, sat her towel on the towel rack and closed the door.