ivy. - malachi barton

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it was 3:00 am when mrs arnold came in waking up ivy for her nightly insulin shot. the girl needed to get up every night at 3:00 to take one which sucked. "ivs wake up baby" says mrs arnold shaking the girl slightly. "mom i hate doing this the shots hurt" complains ivy. "ivy they keep you alive" says her mother taking ivys arm in her hand uncapping the shot and sticking it into her arm. "ouch" ivy cried out. her mother sticks a bandaid on it before kissing ivys forhead saying goodnight and walking back off to bed. ivy began to cry from not only pain but misery. no one wanted to live like her and everyone just saw her as sick, even the judges had pity on her because of her diabetes. why could she just be seen as normal ?

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the next morning ivy still felt down but pushed through. she grabbed her bag for set and put on a cute lulu sports bra and some leggings but it was freezing out side so she put sweat pants over. her pump on her stomach was visible making the girl insecure she also didn't know if malachi knew or not and she didn't want him to find out today and think differently or her. so she put a hoodie over her outfit that said ivy arnold dwts on the back.

she came down stairs and sat down next to rylee as the kitchen island while there mom cooked eggs and bacon on the stove. "hi ivy how are you feeling this morning" asks her mom. "i'm fine mom" ivy mumbles still alittle down "i packed you a cooler of juice and of snacks. i put in skittles and a lot of fruit." says mrs arnold "okay thanks" ivy said not making eye contact just staring at the counter fiddling with her fingers. "u okay ?" whispers rylee to her. "yeah im fine just pre show jitters" says ivy. "oh okay" rylee says knowing that is not what ivy's upset about.

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once they got there ivy and brock were in a costume fitting right away and then went to go watch people block. brock and his wife had an announce ment to make during blocking and they took center stage to make there announce ment. "we are so excited to announce...." brock started "we are having a baby !!" his wife finishes. ivy ran up to hug her she was so incredibly happy for them and knew they would make great parents. once the dances were blocked it was time for the pros to do there numbers. ivy was in 2 of the three and so was rylee.

malachi was sitting with milo and meg watching and ivy tried to talk to him but got to nervous and ended not talking to him yet. chandler went and sat with them while the pros danced. the 2nd number was long and needed a lot of stamina which ivy did have but it was a stuggle with her blood sugar.

half way through the number her head started spinning and almost everyone could tell she was either gonna make it through the number or pass out but if anyone mentioned something ivy would be upset.

chandler knew what to do so she got up and looked for the pink ice chest that ivy had on her most of the time. she ended up finding it and grabbed water and juice from it. she hurried back to the table and set them down. "what's that for" question milo "oh uhm" chandler didn't know how to answer because she know that ivy wouldn't want malachi to see her differently even though he wouldn't. "it's for ivy" says chandler with a questioning tone in her voice. meg knew because she had talked to ivy before and figured it out and milo started to figure it out because he was also on dwts before that. but malachi still didn't really understand. he had never met someone with diabetes.

once the number ended ivy looked panicked as rylee came to her side throwing an arm around her holding her up. chandler stood up grabbing the juice box and meg followed after with the water bottle. "here ivy" says chandler poking the straw into the juice. ivy took small sips as they slowly walked her to the table. "focus on your breathing ivs your good" says rylee rubbing a soft hand on her back. they plopped ivy down in chair next to malachi while she was still drinking her juice. "that was close ivy, you need to call mom" says rylee. "no i'm fine ry" ivy says giving her sister a look. "okay then" says rylee "i feel fine now" she's ivy. malachi got the hint to not ask about it but when the girls ran off milo had explain what was happening.

"hi ivy" says milo giving ivy a small hug "hi milo how are you" asks ivy with a smile "im great how have you been" asks milo. "just moving on moving on you know" says ivy with a small giggle getting nervous to how close she was to malachi. "well you need to sit for awhile but i have my costume fitting so i will be back do not move ivy" says rylee. chandler and meg sit back down at the table to keep ivy company. "ivy you never told me what you a brock are being tonight" says chandler "ohh we are being sharpsy and ryan from high school musical" says ivy. "omg that is adorable" says meg with a smile "yeah !! you and brandon are being zombies right ?" asks ivy "yeah !!" says chandler.

they continued having small talk untill the producers came over to talk to ivy. "hey guys can we talk to ivy alone." asks one of them "yeah sure" they all say standing up walking off knowing ivy should stand up right now or she might fall. "we are cutting you from the finally number it is just to hard and we don't want you to pass out on live tv" says the other producer "oh uh okay" says ivy knowing arguing with them won't help. "thanks for understanding ivy" says the first producer as they walk away. ivy whipped her tears away as smsye say them all waking back. "what's wrong baby" chandler says taking notice in ivy crying "they cut me from the finally" ivy speaks looking down not wanting everyone to think she's a cry baby. malachi neal's down next to chandler infront of ivy. "want me to talk to them" asks chandler. "no it's fine they won't say yes they don't want me passing out on live tv" says ivy. "well as long as your levels are good before the dance then i think they should let you dance" says chandler. as another year falls malachi whipped it away with his hoodie sleeve making ivys face flush a light pink. "its there loss you did amazing in the number" chandler speaks trying to break the awkwardness between malachi and ivy. "thanks, do you know when rylees gonna come back" asks ivy. "i dont but we can head over to hair and make up soon okay that will get your mind off of it" says chandler as she takes a seat in malachis chair next to ivy. malachi just takes a seat on the floor because the other chair was far away from ivy because meg took the other one by ivy. "malachi do you wanna sit down ?" asks ivy. "no it's okay you sit" says malachi. "no no i'll stand i need to stand up for a minute" says ivy standing up. "it's fine ivy sit" says malachi standing up aswell. "omg guys" says chandler. "sorry chan. let's just share the chair" says ivy. so her and malachi sit side by side in the big chair.

soon rylee came out of her fitting and hugged ivy after hearing the news. "i'm sorry sis. they are so annoying" says rylee pulling her sister into her embrace. "also like i was gone for 30 minutes and this happens" she says motioning to the pair sharing a chair. they both just let out awkward giggles. soon the girls had to leave for there hair and make up and told the others they would see them after of during the show if they could .

"we'll never be those kids again" - frank ocean