Anatomy • Eddie's daughter

Drama With Some Love

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"Who's afraid of little old me?
I was tame, I was gentle
'til the circus life made mean"
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"Chris, it's my turn to use the iPad." Josie storms into the kitchen with a pissed look on her face, watching her brother who sits on his IPad watching a YouTube video. "I've let you have an extra ten minutes, so it's my turn now."

Buck got Jo a pink iPad for her birthday, but Eddie put very strict restrictions on it through the weekday. She didn't mind except that Chris loves the iPad. So when he uses it, he uses up her time.

And once the time is used up for the day, it's all gone.

And only Eddie knows that password.

And Jo had been on a streak of arguments. Not even arguments; just anger. It wasn't necessarily because of her mother being there, since the two had kinda made up.

Jo was just angry.

"No, Phina. I'm still watching." Chris argues back, slamming his fist on the table angrily as he waits for Shannon to finish cutting his apples.

"Christoper, stop being a spoiled brat." She tries to take the iPad away but trips over his crutches that were spewed out on the floor. She finds her footing, right before she falls.

"God Chris, what have I told you about leaving these here? I could have hurt myself. Pick up your crutches please." She picks up one of the crutches and leans it against the table, doing Chris a favor. All while Shannon stands back and watches. Jo squats back down to pick up the other one, but Chris purposely pushes the one she just picked up, causing it to fall directly on top of her head, making her flinch, wince, and let out a cry.

"What the hell Chris!" She stood up gripping her head.

Shannon finally intervenes. "Christopher!"

"What's going on?" Eddie yells from the other room as he gets ready for work.

"Chris is being a jerk! Give me the IPad and pick up your freaking crutches." She pushes past Chris, snatching the iPad away from him, resulting in him starting to whine and cry like a baby.

Jo rolls her eyes and goes to turn around but her father storms out angrily. "What the hell? I walk out of the room for 5 minutes and you two can't act like you love each other."

"She took the iPad from me." Chris cries.

"Stop being a baby and grow up! It was my turn to use it, I had already given him an extra ten minutes on it. And then he left his crutches on the floor and then when I did him a favor and help stand them up he knocked one back over right on my head." She winces and she reaches back and touches the tender stop.

Eddie takes a breath and looks to Shannon, who nods her head in confirmation. "Chris it's Josie's turn, Jo don't call your brother a jerk, Chris pick up your crutches, and both of you be nice to each other."

Chris only starts crying harder, making Josie roll her eyes. "Stop crying Chris, you're almost 10, do you know what I was doing by ten?"

"Enough Josephine. You got the iPad."

Jo smirks and walks to her room but not before she hears Chris start crying again.

Close behind her is Eddie who goes to his room to keep getting ready.