Right Before Your Eyes (Random Updates)

Chapter 40

"Kay," she murmured as she dropped her head back against the crook of Luke's neck.

"Are you still sleepy, Carebear?" he asked. She barely nodded as he sent Sean a worried look.

"That's to be expected with everything that has happened," Sean explained gently. Sean stood as Brandon held the door open for them to walk through. "It's going to take her a few days to fully heal and feel better. Lots of rest and cuddles are what I'm prescribing."

Luke carefully carried her down the hall towards the kitchen where he smelled food being cooked, "And lots of yummies."

"No more junk food, Lucien," North said without turning away from the stove.

"Daddy," she whimpered as a pout formed on her lips.

"Carebear," North beamed as he dropped the spatula and rushed over to her and Luke. "Come here, Little One." He gently pulled her from Luke's arms and held her against his chest.

"Yummies, Daddy," she murmured into his neck.

"Small one right now, Little Shadow," he nodded as he ran his fingers through her hair. "I'm making dinner right now. How does chicken sound?"

"Tay," she whispered before yawning and wincing.

"I'll shred it for you, Little One," Marc winked at her as he kissed her head, "with bbq sauce."

"And fries and salad," Axel said as North gently sat her in his lap. "Hi, Little One."

"Hi," she whispered as she yawned again.

"Try and stay awake a bit longer," Owen said as he watched her. "After you eat, you can go back to bed."

"Tay," she whispered as Axel shifted her so she was sitting in his lap more comfortably. "Owie."

"Sorry," he frowned, glaring at Sean.

"Once she eats I can give her more healing magick," Sean said as his eyes darkened and voice deepened. "Luke and Brandon are fully healed."

"Yep," Luke nodded as he tossed his now empty water bottle into the trash. "I feel way better."

Brandon nodded in agreement as he took some plates from North and started passing them out. "Here you go, Little One," he sat her plate in front of Silas since he had taken her from Axel. Owen pulled the plate over to him and placed some of the shredded chicken into a tortilla before putting some shredded cheese and lettuce in the wrap as well before folding it into a taco.

Silas took the plate and held the taco up to Brooke's mouth. "Just small bites for now."

She let out a soft whimper as she could barely lift her head. "This is typical," Sean said as he watched Silas carefully shift her so he could help support her head. "Time, food, lots of rest, and some more healing, and she will feel better."

"Come on, Little One," North murmured as he held the taco back up. "Just a couple more bites and then I will let Dada give you all the yummies you want."

"Daddy," she let out a soft whine. "Nooo. Seepy."

"We know you are," Kota said as he placed a straw in her chocolate milk. "But for you to start to feel better you need food in your tummy. After you eat for Daddy and have yummies with Dada, I'll read you two stories."

"Daddy yummies too?" she asked as she looked at North.

"Yes, Carebear," North nodded, "I'll have yummies with you but I need you to take a few more bites first."

She pouted a little but opened her mouth. "Good girl," Silas whispered as he held her carefully. He knew the others were carefully watching every move she made while taking mental notes of how her body reacted to the movement.

After taking a couple more small bites, she dropped her head back against Silas and closed her eyes. "You did great, Carebear," North said as he put the rest of the taco back on the plate. She had eaten nearly half the taco and even though he really wanted to push for more to help her body boost her blood supply that she lost, he knew he had to ignore it. "I'm very proud of you."

"We all are," Silas nodded as he placed a chaste kiss on the top of her head.

"Here we go, Carebear," Luke said as he sat the bowl of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream with chocolate syrup and gummy bears in front of North before picking up her plate. He held out two spoons and smirked proudly as North clenched his jaw then took them.

Gabe watched with widened eyes as Silas helped Brooke get a spoonful of ice cream then held it out for North to take. North sent Gabe a glare after Gabe took a picture of Brooke feeding him the dessert. Once Brooke closed her eyes, North flipped him off which just resulted in Gabe winking then blowing him a kiss. Marc slapped the back of Gabe's head and shook his head just as Brooke opened her eyes again.

"Seepy," she murmured as she closed her eyes again.

"Come on, Little One," Sean said as Owen walked over to Silas and carefully took her from him. "Let's go take a nap."

"Daddy? Dada?" She asked as Sean helped her wrap her arms around Owen's neck.

"Go listen to a story from Kota and take a nap, Carebear," Luke smiled as Kota stood to follow them. "Sweet dreams."

"Sweet dreams," everyone else called out behind them.

Once in Owen's room, she rested her head on his chest and drifted back to sleep as images of what Kota was reading filled her mind while holding Sean's hand.