I'm A Loser

Yer Blues

Linda had returned from the hospital with baby Heather. George and Prudence had worked hard to set up the nursery room.

Heather was sleeping in the crib. Julian walked in and saw the little baby. He looked at her confused.

"What's that?" He asked.

"She is your new little sister." Linda smiled.

Julian looked at Linda with beaming eyes, "A sister?!"

Linda nodded.

"Yay!" He exclaimed. "I've always wanted a sister."

Paul laughed at Jules.

"Shh. Your sister's sleeping." Paul told him.

Julian nodded and looked cautiously at the baby.

"Go get some rest, Sweetie." Paul told her. "I'll be there soon."

Linda nodded and went to her room. George, Prudence and Julian went downstairs to get dinner ready.

Paul was left alone with Heather.

"I probably look like a big monster to you right now but I promise I'll never do you any harm, Love." Paul whispered. "Even if I have messed up a lot in the past..."

Paul blew the baby a kiss and let her sleep. He went to check on Linda.

"Hey, Love." He said calmly. "Can I get ya anything?"

She shook her head. "I'm fine."

"Ya sure? George is getting some dinner ready."

"No, I'm tired." Linda yawned.

"Can't blame ya." Paul smiled and kissed her before exiting.

When he went downstairs, George had made some pasta and Julian already had his face covered in it.

"I'm guessing you like the pasta?" Paul asked Julian.

Julian nodded and continued stuffing his face with the dinner.

Prudence ate her food quietly.

"Do you not like it? I'll make ya something else." George asked her.

"Oh it's great; I'm just still not a hundred percent better."

"Oh, well how 'bout you get in bed and I'll bring ya some tea in a moment." George offered.

She nodded and coughed her way upstairs.

George went upstairs with the tea while Paul and Julian ate.

"So Jules, how are ya liking your new baby sister?" Paul asked.

"I don't know. I haven't seen her a lot." Julian told him.

"Well, I didn't want you to feel left out since we were getting stuff for the baby so I got you a present." Paul smiled.

"Really?" Julian asked excitedly.

"You still like seeing the fish at the aquarium, right?" Paul asked.

Julian nodded.

"Well follow me upstairs to your room." Paul said and Julian hopped out of his chair.

Paul covered Jules's eyes and opened them when he brought Julian into his room.

"Look what I put in your room." Paul said.

Julian looked in awe at the fish tank next to his bed.

"Fishies!" He squealed.

Julian lied on his bed and admired his new pets.

"That's a lot of fish." Julian said.

"Yea. And you get to name them all." Paul smiled.

Paul lied next to Julian as Julian named them.

"That one's Heather, that one's Prudence, there's George, and there's Linda." He smiled happily.

"What about those two little snails that are hangin' out together?" Paul asked. "They live for a long time ya know."

Julian thought for a second.

"Paul and...John." He announced innocently.

"Why'd you name them that?" Paul asked.

"Cause I heard you telling Linda one day that you wanted to be with John. I don't know who that is but snail Paul and snail John can be buddies." Julian explained.

"Oh. Well thank you very much; I'm sure snail Paul and snail John will get along very nicely." Paul said and kissed Julian goodnight.

"Make sure your fishies get some sleep too." Paul winked and closed the door.

He was almost about to cry at the fact that Jules had named the two snails Paul and John; even if he didn't know who John was.

"Paul?" George called from his room.

Paul hurried into the room.

"What's the matter?"

"Can you get some of that medicine, Prudence keeps getting sick again." George explained as he put a cool towel on Prudence's forehead.

"Of course." Paul said and quickly got the medicine.

"Sweetie?" George asked as he saw a tear fall from her face.

"I really don't feel well." She whimpered. "I'm acting like a little girl aren't I? Crying and all that?"

"Oh that's alright." George assured her and kissed her.

"I don't want to be a bother but could you take me to the doctor? I've never felt this bad before." She coughed.

George said he would bring her in later that day.