Adopted by Jennifer Lawrence

Chapter 43

Katie's POV

After the interview which went as planned Jen and I headed back to wardrobe and got changed back into the clothes we came in. The interview wasn't too invasive about Scar so I'm pretty sure Jen is happy enough about how it went. However Jen was asked about Darren and in a very direct way. Jimmy asked "Has Darren Aronofsky met Scarlett yet?" He asked her and I remember Jen's grip on my hand tightened, she had been holding it cause she got teary eyed before because we even spoke about me. Jen brushed off Jimmy's question "No, but Emma Stone has," She smiled to him and I could see the annoyance in his eyes causing me to smirk deviously to myself. The rest of the interview was light and then we where done.

"I'll drive if you want," Jen tells me and I nod yawning.

"Thanks," I tell her.

"It's okay," She replies and I follow her out to the parking lot.

"Hungry?" Jen inquires once we're out of the lot.

"A bit. You?" I ask back.

"I could eat," She sighs.

"What you wanna eat?" I ask.

"Nothing fussy," She tells me.

"You pick," I tell her and she nods.

I lay my head back and the conversation ends. A few minutes later Jen shakes my shoulder for me to wake up even though I'm not even asleep.

"I'm up, I'm up," I mutter and open my eyes yawning.

"What you want to eat?" She asks after I realise we are in a McDonalds drive thru.

"Plain double cheeseburger and large fries with a coke," I mumble and she turns to the ordering booth. I go back into a sleeping state until we get home.

"Come on," Jen encourages me and I drag myself out of the car and into the house.

"Have your food and go to bed," She tells me and I groan in response.

"Why are you so tired?" She chuckles at me.

"I don't know," I yawn again.

We walk together into the kitchen where Scar sits with Laura.

"Mommy!" Scar sequels and I shutter as she runs over jumping into Jen's arms as Jen scoops her up with a huge grin on her face.

"Hi Bug," Jen grins even more making me smile, it makes me happy to see Jen happy.

I take the McDonalds bag over to the kitchen island and set it down beside Laura. I speak to Laura for awhile while Scar tells Jen about her day and Jen explains what we where doing to little Scar in the simplest terms possible.

After I had my food I excused myself and went upstairs and got changed into some blue and white pyjama bottoms and a white baggy t-shirt. I look at the time and my phone reads, seven thirty. If I go to bed now I'll wake up in the middle of the night, that's pretty much guaranteed. Screw it, I think to myself and turn off the light and crawl into bed.

**12:30AM the following morning (5hrs later)**

I wake to the noise of my door creaking open, little footsteps follow.

Someone tugs on my duvet and I groan opening my eyes.

"What?" I mutter.

"Can I sweep in hewe?" I hear Scar stutter in the darkness.

I sit up and turn on the light to her red eyes and runny nose.

"What's wrong?" I ask concerned and lift her onto my lap giving her a hug in the process.

"I had a scawy dweam," She sniffs.

"It's not real," I assure her and tighten my grip on her.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I ask her and I feel her head shake against my chest

"You don't have to," I whisper and kiss the top of her head.

"Do you want some water?" I ask her and touch her forehead noticing it's burning up.

"You've got a temperature," I tell her and she just looks at me.

"Hold on, stay here," I tell her and set her on my bed before going into the bathroom and returning with a wet face cloth and a small plastic cup of water.

"Here drink this and lay down," I tell her and she obeys.

"Lay down and put this on your head," I instruct after she drinks down the cup of water.

I lay down with her face to face with me and look at her red face and runny nose. I grab a tissue from my nightstand and clean her nose and place the dirty tissue back on the stand.

"Try and go to sleep and if you don't fall asleep soon wake me up and I'll get Mom," I tell her as I stroke her hot, red cheek.

"Okay?" I ask and she nods against my hand.

She closes her little eyes and I keep the damp cloth on her head.

Awhile later it becomes apparent to me that she won't be waking up soon, so I go to sleep myself.

She's probably just got a bug or something, nothing drastic. I'll tell Jen in the morning.

A/N: guys I am so so so sorry for the late update. I've just been dealing with a lot of family stuff lately and it's really stressful, I'm gonna try and get back on track asap! I promise! In the meantime, what'd you think of this chapter??