"Happy" family

Almost home time

(Katy's POV)
That went better then I had planned, if I don't count all the yelling. Some time during the drive back Mackenzie fell asleep. I carry her inside and try to wake her up but she's not having a bar of it she squirms, stretches and grumbles but I don't think she's waking back up right now. I lie her down on the couch and go find Orlando to tell him the good news. "Hun! Hey, we won!" I smile. "So it's over? No more court dates or worrying about others interfering?" He smirks. "Nope, it's all over. We can finally be a family!" I smile and he laughs. "I'm so proud of you babe. So when's the wedding?" He laughs. "Whenever you're free." I wink and turn to head back inside. I head back into the living room to find Mackenzie sucking her thumb in her sleep. Hmm.. I have an idea. I read online that if a baby or small animal suckles or creates a bad habit due to trauma that sometimes an item of clothing or something that smells like their mother can stop the habit but I'm not Mackenzie's birth mum and she's not a baby or a small animal so I'm not sure this will work. I grab one of my other t-shirts cause the one she's been sleeping with lately is probably dirty now and won't smell of me anymore. This is kinda strange but if it works then I can't knock it till I've tried it. I pull Mackenzie's thumb out of her mouth for what feels like the 100th time just this week. She starts grumbling and worming around so I put the t-shirt in her hand. She immediately pulls it up to her face and calms down. I think it worked? She hasn't tried putting her thumb back in her mouth, I'm a genius if I do say so myself haha. I'm Pretty proud of how today's gone especially since for the last month and a half I haven't felt like much of a mother. It's good to know Mackenzie finds comfort in me. Flynn's not as hard to crack because he's so little, he trusts anyone but it's a little harder with Mackenzie because shes physically older but I'm not so sure she's mentally older and she sure isn't older education wise but that's fine, we'll work on that.
(Mackenzie's POV)
I wake up on the couch, I don't remember falling asleep here so I must have slept in the car? I'm not sure how I got one of Katy's t-shirts so I leave it on the couch and go find everyone. Mary's in the kitchen with grandma Ann, it's the afternoon so Flynn's probably having a nap. I go upstairs and Katy's laying on the bed on her phone. She hasn't noticed me in the doorway so I make my way over to the bed. "I'm tired..." My voice cracks a few times. "I know. You slept in the heat, I tried to wake you." She puts the back of her hand on my forehead. "Wow! You really are burning up." She sits up and turns her body to face me. "How are you feeling? Just tired." Before I can even answer her I feel my throat tighten and I close my mouth as fast as I can. I threw up all through my mouth, Katy notices and jumps to her feet. "Hold on! Hold on!" She grabs my hand and rushes me to the bathroom which is attach to the room so it's not to far away. I stay on the floor by the toilet for a few seconds because I'm not sure if it's going to happen again. I don't feel good at all. "Do you have a headache? How do you feel?!" Katy kneels beside me and pulls my hair back. "Bad" "how bad? What's wrong?" "My tummy hurts and I feel cold and tired." I slowly close my eyes for a few seconds to rest them. "Okay, umm shit! MUM!!.... MUM!" "WHAT?" "Can you come here and bring a thermometer?" "Ahh.. Yep." Katy looks panicked but I don't know why? I think I'm just sick, it's no big deal? "Okay Mackenzie, stay awake. Can you walk?" "Umm.. I...stay here?" I'm too tired to remember what I'm saying so I probably sound funny? I close my eyes again and almost fall asleep before I feel a jerking motion as Katy pulls me off the floor and on her lap on the bed. "What's wr... Oh she looks terrible! Did this only just happen?" I can't open my eyes but I try stay awake and listen. I can feel Katy open my mouth and put what feels like a cold stick in my mouth. "It must have set in while she was sleeping, I thought it was unusual for her to nap but I just assumed she was just tired from stress. It's at 104 we have to go to the hospital!" I try and stay awake but I can't fight it anymore, everything goes black. I don't even dream. There's just nothing?