Ohana

The Call

It had been an eventful day, Alex and Maggie saw their final house in their top three choices and now have a decision to make. They ordered chinese food and lounged on the couch talking about their favorite options, their weakness as well as their strengths. It was 10pm when Alex began yawning, signaling to Maggie it was bedtime.

They were laying in bed, cuddling into one another about to drift off to sleep when Alex asks Maggie, "have you thought of any names yets?"
The questions catches Maggie off guard, "names like for the baby?"
"Yeah, I mean I just hit the halfway mark. We have so much to do but I haven't even thought of a name yet?"

Maggie runs her fingers along Alex's spine, "honestly no, the thought never really crossed my mind. There is still enough time to figure it out so don't worry. Tomorrow we can start figuring things out, but for now we need some sleep."

It's 3:30am when Maggie's phone rings. Maggie grunts, rolls over, and picks up her phone.
"Sawyer," Maggie says with a sleepy voice.

"Hello Miss Sawyer my name is Amanda Raymond, I'm Sofia's new social worker."
Maggie shot up at the identity of the caller, "is everything okay?"
"I wish I had better news but unfortunately no. Earlier this evening, there was a domestic disturbance call at the foster home and Sofia was injured."
"Why wasn't I informed about this earlier?" Maggie asks her voice filled with distain.

"It has been a very busy night trying to find placements for all the children in the foster home as well as dealing with the parents. I'm calling because Sofia refuses to talk to me and keeps asking for you and an Allie. I know it's late but I was hoping you could come down to the hospital, it would be much easier for the doctors to assess her if wasn't so defiant."

"I will be there as soon as I can." Maggie hangs up the phone and wipes the sleepiness away from her eyes.

"Mags what's wrong?" Alex asks rubbing Maggie's back.

"It's Sofia, there was a problem at her foster home and she's in the hospital."
Alex immediately gets out of bed stars to change.
"Babe what are you doing?"
"Mags we need to go to the hospital."
"Alex you need rest." Maggie tries to argue back but she knows it's useless.
"Maggie that little girl needs you there and I certainly won't let you go alone. You're going to need to get all the information from the social worker and I don't want Sofia to be alone in the hospital room."
Maggie smiles, Alex is sounding more like a mother every day. Both of them are dressed and at the car in less than 10 minutes. As the couple enters the emergency room hand in hand, they hear Sofia screaming and crying. They look to her to see two male doctors trying to hold her down.
"Hey! Get off her!" Maggie yells pushing the doctors off Sofia as Alex tries to sooth Sofia. Sofia immediately clings to Alex.
"We need to assess the child." The doctor demands crossing is arms.

"Get me a competent female doctor and them maybe we can talk but until then nobody is touching this little girl." Maggie growls protectively. Amanda watches the whole thing and is surprised at how easily the couple took control of the situation. She stays back to watch Alex and Maggie at work.
Maggie turns to Sofia, "oh sweetie I'm so sorry. We got here as quick as we could." Maggie lays on the bed for Sofia to snuggle into her. Sofia nuzzles her head into Maggie's neck while keeping hold of Alex. The two manage to calm the terrified child. Alex looks Sofia over to see several bruises covering her body. Her heart shatters at the thought of how she received said bruises. However, from the looks of the bruises, they all seem superficial. This indicates there are no severe injuries except the cut on her forehead.
"Sofia, sweetie, can you tell us what hurts. We need to make sure you have no bad boo boos." Sofia places her hand on her head.
"Your head hurts?" Maggie asks and Sofia nods.