Befallen childhood- Adopted by Hamilton

50

I've had a bit if a headache today. It's Monday and Eliza headed back this morning. She'll be moving in in I think a month, into the condo two floors below us. I'm excited about that but my head keeps pounding. Lin gives me some aspirin before we went to the show.

I love Dear Evan Hansen.
Every second of it. It's a great story with great actors and it's funny but meaningful and has amazing songs. I go to the bathroom afterwards and when I get back, Lin is holding a bag that he gives me. It's a sweater.

"You didn't have to, Lin-"

"I wanted to!"

"Thanks." I say, relenting. The next morning is spent with a lot of schoolwork and the night with Seb. Schoolwork Tuesday, Noah's that night. Schoolwork Wednesday, bowling with Ashely and Aleigha. I make tow small slivers on my arm on Thursday, just feeling down when I look in the mirror. I regret it, though, especially Saturday when I'm laying in bed and Lin checks. He sighs.

"I'm sorry."

"Better than last week. Legs." He's also started checking my legs because he's afraid of me moving to my legs to hide it, though he's been checking less lately.

I pull the edge of my shorts up so that he can see.

"Okay, Goodnight."

"Night." I say, picking my boom back up.
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Lin's POV
I wake up to some chocking type of sound. I stand and walk to the door as I hear the toilet flush. The door is open and Liv is on her knees, out of breath. She starts coughing again and holds her hair with one hand. I rush for some tissues, returning as she flushes it again and giving her a napkin.

Seb threw up last night twice. I've been up and down all bight with V checking in him. Now Liv is sick. She leans back against the wall, tired and out of breath, her hair in a super messy ponytail, her eyes with dark circles forming. She shuts her eyes, controlling her breathing.

"Feel any better?" She responds by shooting forward, throwing up again. I pull back the hair that's fallen out if her ponytail and rub her back, glancing at V when I hear her approach the bathroom. She holds Seb. "We are the parents of two kids." I flush the toilet as Liv washes her mouth, and then holds herself up, her arms on the edges of the sink.

"I'm done." She whispers. "That was it. For a few hours." I rub her back.

"Please, don't do that." She says. I probably made her nauseous again. Oops. I lead her to bed as V calms down Seb. Even with his cries, Liv falls asleep.

I take Seb and before I do anything, he throws up on me. I sigh.

"Sorry, Lin." Vamessa says.

"Can you just bring me Sebs clothes and a shirt and shorts please."

"Yeah. Of course." I clean us both in the shower and thank V, telling her to go to bed but finding her cleaning the throw up of Sebs on the floor. I send her back to bed, clean it us, and lay Seb down.

I lay down and grab my phone, going on twitter.

Good morning. It's three AM and both my kids have been throwing up. Help.

I get replies even now.
Hope they feel better

Awe Seb and Liv! Hope you recover

Is it a bug?

When it's over, parenting will seem a lot easier.

Don't get sick yourself!

Nooooo. The hamilkidsssssss.

I finally fall tired and out my phone down, shutting me eyes and drifting off, knowing that I have to take care if them today.

My eyes open to the clock saying eight twelve. I find Vansessa in the kithen, the kids in front of the tv, Seb in his chair, and Liv wrapped in a blanket, staring at the cartoon, the volume off.

"I think they'll both sleep through it." V says. "She's been in an out since six and Seb just woke up."

"You didn't have to call in. I can handle them."

"I know but ai want to help and I've got stuff to do around here. Including cleaning like I am now." I glance back.

"That might be harder than usual." I say, Liv not being there.

"I gave her something to drink. I guess she didn't hold it down." I walk to the bathroom where she flushes the toilet. She leans against the wall, tired. I help her back to the couch and she falls asleep as Seb throws up, only a little getting in the bowl Vanessa put on the tray for him.

"Oh my god." Luckily, Seb only throws up three times more, and Liv only once. I know she is sick so she is sleeping a lot, but I chexk her pulse more than once.

At the end of the day, V collapses on the couch next to her.

"Seb got it from daycare, probably."

"You two." She nods, looking green and staring at the TV screen. I snap a picute.

The Miranda household has been plagued.

The group chat has given me ninety unread messages. I scroll through, everyone wishing them better and telling me not to get sick. There's no avoiding it at this point. Vanessa takes Sebastians place but only for twelve hours until she is back to her normal self, only, I don't let her do anything much. She glances over at Olivia, still asleep. She threw up twice but slept the entire day away. I wake her up a few times even. One more day for her and she's going to the hospital.