Christmas' Eve Story Time.... Chrisse style!

Seventh Story: Hospital Visit

"So, the first time we heard you kick, was also the first time your Mommy and I had ever been into a hospital..." Chris began to tell, earning a confused look "What?"

"You and Mommy never were in a hospital before?" she asked, curious. They've been in the hospital many times with her. She even had gone visiting her Mommy when she was hurt.

"No exactly... You see, your Mommy and I always healed differently..." Chris explained, carefully "Your Uncle Will was our doctor, somehow and we never needed to go to a hospital..."

"It was easier, cheaper and faster than a hospital" Clarisse added "I used the same way when I was working last year, remember?" Silena nodded, remembering how her Mommy was in the hospital for a week, because the doctors didn't believe she was healthy after coming home "They kept me inside because they didn't wanted to believe I healed on my own..."

"How you guys healed so fast!?"

"You have to promise to never tell anyone, alright?" Silena crossed her heart before Chris spilled the secret "Ambrosia" Silena raised an eyebrow, confused.

"Isn't that the stuff Grandpa Hermes eats all the time when he comes here?"

"It is, kiddo..." Clarisse nodded, earning a smile "But, when we eat it, we can heal faster than other people... That's why we don't have to go to the hospital back then..."

"Oh..." she gasped, understanding "And, can I use it?"

"No, Silena" Chris stated, serious "It's dangerous to give to people that are not like Mommy and I... It could kill the person that eats it and I don't want you to try it in secret, you understand me?" Silena nodded, not wanting that her Daddy gets angry. It was very unusual that Chris got angry, but when he did, it was a serious thing.

"Yes, Daddy... Please, continue?" she pleaded, smiling at him.

"Right, where was I?" Clarisse rolled her eyes. The joke was already so used.

"I continue" she decided and Chris nodded "So, we had been living in the apartment for a while and everything was normal. Until one day, I started to feel sick... I've never been that sick before, so I was obviously worried about it... I ate ambrosia to help me, but the sickness didn't leave me... I finally decided to-"

"-eat her pride and call Uncle Will, because there was no way that she'd jot call him unless she was really, really sick" Chris completed for her, earning a slight glare.

"Yeah, well... I called your Uncle Will to come and see me..." Clarisse remembered, frowning slightly "I can still see the mockery face when I told him I was sick and I couldn't cure myself with ambrosia..."

"What was wrong with you, Mommy?" Silena crawled to her, looking worried. Clarisse rubbed her hair and sighed.

"Wanna hear the rest of the story?" Silena nodded "Then, pay attention, kiddo... Once your Uncle Will checked me, he said to me that I had to go to a hospital to see what was wrong with me..."

"Will loved to play around with us for a while..." Chris admitted "I think he was somehow getting back at us for everything we did to him back in camp..."

"We went to the hospital and we asked to see a doctor. So we waited for a long time before the doctor saw us. We explained her what happened, but she simply smiled and went to search for another doctor... It was more terrifying than to face a drakon..."

"Mommy, you don't get scare with anything!" Silena beamed at her, serious "You're the bravest person I know, even Daddy"

"For once, I agree with Silena" Chris agreed, smiling at them "You're the bravest person we know" Seeing how Clarisse couldn't continue the story, Chris took over "So, after the second doctor came, they told us something we weren't expecting... You were coming to the world!" he hugged her tight, making Silena squirm and squeak.

"Oh! It was a good thing!"

"Of course it was a good thing!" Chris repeated, like that was the truth. Because it was for them "Just that were didn't know what we were doing and we got a little scare, that's all..."

"I drove him crazy while we were waiting for you to pop out" Clarisse smirked at Chris, who rolled his eyes.

"I could never get out of my head how I had to convince you to stop working out heavily during those months..."

"Can you tell me the story...?" Silena finally yawned, giving the cue that story time was over.

"Tomorrow, after dinner and if you behave good, we might tell you..." Clarisse promised, taking away her daughter's stuffed toy, so she could sleep peacefully.

"You guys think Santa knows I've been a good girl...?" Silena's eyes were fast closing, so she never heard the reply.

"Santa knows it, Princess..." Chris kissed his daughter's forehead, before getting up and leaving the room. Clarisse, however, stayed there a few more minutes.

"I might not show it too often or enough like you deserve it, but you know that I love you very much..." Clarisse whispered to the silent room "The fact you look so much like her, makes me believe the bad times were all worthy, because you're finally here and you're becoming a beautiful and smart girl... I could never be prouder of you..." she finished kissing her daughter's head and leaving the room.

Chris was waiting for her in the living room.

"What a night... I thought she'd never go to sleep..."

"Yeah... By the way, I think you deserve to hear it more often, Chris..." she surprised him, sitting by his side "But, you know I care about you-"

"-that you love me in your own way and that you're working on expressing yourself more, I know, I know..." Chris recognized, smirking "I wouldn't still be here if I didn't know that... Merry Christmas, Risse..."

"Merry Christmas, Chrissy..."