𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 || OTH

𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷

better days

TRUTHFULLY NOAH HAD SEEN BETTER DAYS, THEY ALL HAD. HE KNEW HE HAD TO BE strong, for Liv and Carl, for his mom. God his mother seemed to be a shell of the person she once was. Liv was growing angrier by the day, Carl seemed to be shutting down, either playing his game, or ignoring everyone. Veronica was being patient with him, but he is being distant, towards her, and she can't blame him, he has a lot going on right now.

Veronica was home with him in his bedroom, as Carl was in his playing his console. Liv was at the hospital with Maggie and their dad. Lori had to show a house today. Veronica's mother had sent food over to help feed the Sullivans. It was currently downstairs on the dinning table, they'd already eaten.

"If you don't tell me how you feel I can't help you! I want to help you!" Veronica tells him in sad written tone. Noah stares at her, and he blinks back the tears. "Don't shut me out Noah." She whispers softly, as tears escape. "Please don't." She cries resting her forehead on his chest, and that's the straw that broke him. He cries as he wraps his arms around her. He holds into her tightly, terrified she would disappear right before his eyes.

He breaks into a sob in her arms, "I'm terrified." He says between sobs, and she she rubs his back. "What if he does die?" he asks and she can only hold him, and pray that Rick doesn't die. She knows how involved Rick is in his children's life. Liv wouldn't survive it, she's a daddy's girls thought and through, it would almost kill her. "And Liv, and Carl, it would kill them." He says. Veronica for the first time in a long time is unaware of how to proceed, she wasn't a licensed therapist for to handle this.

"He won't, your feelings are valid baby, but your dad is strong." She tells him as she rubs his back. He pulls back and sees her face, how sure she said each word, how much she means everything she says, "he loves you, Liv and Carl, he'll fight tooth and nail to stay here with you guys."

"He should have woken up by now." He says. "But he-he." He cries and she wipes aways his tears.

"He's going to fight for you baby, for all of you." She tells him so sure of it. She prayed to God and all the saints that she's right. Rick Sullivan isn't allowed to die. Not today, not within the next couple of years. The two move to his bed, and Junior rests his head on her stomach, as she plays with his hair, allowing him to calme down, and they fell asleep that way.

They were woken up by Liv and Maggie, Vero was so embarrassed, even if the two weren't doing anything scandalous, she shouldn't of have been caught in his room.

"It's okay, we won't tell." Maggie tells her. "But it's about be nine, I'm sure your parents are worried." She tells the younger girl.

"Yeah, uh. I need to go." Vero says standing up. She kisses Junior on the check, and grabs her bags, she says goodbye to Liv and Maggie.

Junior gets up saying, "I'm walking her out." Maggie nods approvingly as Maggie and Liv whisper amongst  the two of them. On her way out Vero tells his family members goodbye.

THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL, NOAH FINDS VERONICA SEATED IN A SEAT AT THE TUTOR center working quietly on an What he believes is an assignment. He kisses her cheek before taking a seat next to her. She turns around and smiles once she sees him. "You didn't get in trouble last night?" he asks her.

"Nope." She says shakes her head. "Papi and mami were on a date, Javi covered for me. So I was technically with Javi and Kyle."

He smiles softly and nods. "What are you working on?"

"AP History assignment." She says and he nods, it was peaceful. Their conversation was normal. It was good, he needs normal, craves it.

HERSHEL AND CRISTINA LEFT BACK TO GO BACK HOME, MAGGIE AND GLENN ARE GOING to stay with the Sullivan children and make sure Lori is alright. Derek was helping them out as well. Hershel and Cristina were dropped off by Glenn at the airport, while the children were at school. The family had said their goodbyes last night, and again this morning before the kids left for school and Hershel and Cristina for the airport. They would come back when Rick woke up, but couldn't leave the family farm alone for long periods of time. While Shawn could take care of it, it was a big farm and they usually tended to the farm.

SHANE HAD BEEN TAKING ON ROLES TO HELP THE SULLIVAN FAMILY, OR MORE LIKE settling his survivors guilt. While Rick isn't dead, just in a coma, he's been making himself more comfortable with with Sullivans. While the children genuinely do like their uncle Shane, there's something about him always being here, with out their fathers or his wife—aunt Winnie that felt off. Almost wrong.

Anastasia had been working nonstop to make sure Rick was stable, and trying to make him as comfortable as possible. Going over the case, making sure she didn't make an error during surgery. Reaching out to former mentors to go over the case. Lori and the Sullivan family is grateful for everything she's done to help Rick. Nate even came down with their children, to spend a few days with Anastasia.

Vero met him while they ate at her family's restaurant and she said he was hot. Once Liv saw him at the hospital she agreed with Vero. Peyton and Brooke had seen him coming out of Karen's Cafe and definitely all agreed how hot he is. It's safe to say Nate, Anastasia husband was the new hot gossip, and honestly Noah was glad. They weren't speaking about his family, about his fathers accident.

PEYTON SAT ON LIVS BED WAITING FOR HER TO COME BACK, SHE WAS HELPING Carl. "Where's Liv?" Junior asks seeing her flipping through pages of a magazine in a pair of pajamas.

"With Carl." Peyton says not looking up from the magazine. Junior and Peyton friendship had always been off and on, it all leads back to their freshman year. Vero was unaware of the extent of their history, she knew Junior and Peyton liked each other at a point but it didn't go further than a make out. Vero didn't want to ask, but at she couldn't unseen how Peyton stared at her boyfriend. Junior being the respectful partner maintained a distance with Peyton. Hell Olivia wasn't all the way too sure what happened between Junior and Peyton.

"Night." Junior says leaving.

"Junior." Peyton says and he stops in his tracks. "How are you?"

He doesn't turn to look at her, but moves his face to the side, allowing her to see his left side of his face, "I'm okay." He says continuing to walk away. Peyton want to tell him she misses him, their friendship. He runs into his sister. "Peyton's sleeping over?"

"Yes, that's okay with you?" Liv asks him.

"Just don't make a lot of noise." He says and she nods.

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Updated June 22, 2022