Nicki&thePips

Chapter 11

The next day when the kids came home from school Nicki was in bed completely sick. She didn't feel like she could move and she had been lying there from since they left. She hadn't eaten and could not speak. Her room was littered with used tissues.

"Mom?" Ray Ray said sticking his head into her room and taking in the state it was in.

The only reply was a cough. He walked in and came up to the head of her bed where her face was squished to a pillow, her eyes closed. He realized she was mumbling something.

"What was that?" He asked.

"I'mathrowup . . . I'm gonna throw up." Nicki mumbled.

Ray Ray quickly picked up the trash can that was filled with tissues and turned it over so they all fell on the floor then shoved Nicki's head in it and watched as she emptied her guts into it. He was glad that he did that in time. He didn't want to have to clean up barf from Nicki's expensive carpet.

"Do you want me to get you something to eat?" He asked her when she was done.

"I'm not hungry." She said putting her pillow over her head.

"Well Mom, judging by the color of your barf I don't think you've eaten all day." Ray Ray said sassily. "I'm gonna get you some food." He left the room with the trash can of barf to dispose of it.

When Ray Ray got down stairs the other kids were conversing loudly. "Everyone shut up." He commanded. "So Mom is sick . . . if you don't believe me look at this barf . . ." He swung the trash can in front of all of them, "I don't want any noise or fighting or anything stupid for that matter –I'm looking at you two Prod and Roc. We are going to allow her to rest. And don't go bugging her because I don't think she'd want any of us to catch it."

"Oh my God. Mum's sick!" Leigh-Anne squealed frightfully. "We should make some soup for her Princeton."

Princeton nodded his agreement and the two walked off to the kitchen.

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Roc Royal and Prodigy were sitting on the couch both fuming about what had happened yesterday with Leigh-Anne slapping Roc and Jade completely ignoring their efforts to make her feel bad. They were mad. No one liked them especially the girls and if it was one thing that they learnt from Ray Ray it was that when someone did something that upset you . . . they deserve the gravest punishment.

"Roc. You take Leigh-Anne and I'll take Jade." Prodigy said giving orders.

"Gladly." Roc said getting up. Neither of them knew exactly what to do but they knew that they were angry.

Roc Royal walked into the kitchen where Leigh-Anne was finishing up the soup for Nicki by herself while Princeton went to clean up Nicki's room with Ray Ray. They wanted to get rid of all the tissues.

"Oh hi Roc." Leigh-Anne greeted him brightly as she continued chopping carrots to put in the soup.

Roc Royal scowled at her and tiptoed to grab her knife from her.

"Um Roc I'm gonna have to ask you to give that back to me." She looked down at him.

"No." Roc Royal said hoping that was somehow crushing her spirits.

Leigh-Anne shrugged and hopped down from the stool she was standing on to get another knife from a draw. She came back and climbed back onto the stool and gave him a bright smile.

Roc Royal felt like she was mocking him. He should have come up with a better plan. He was getting more angry. He took a firm hold of the stool she was standing on to reach the top of the stove where a small pot of soup was being heated.