Trust and Faith

Sick Day

It had been a long day. Kassi had been running herself thin for weeks now. Brian had been working non stop for weeks so he couldn't take London for his usually schedule. Danny had a new girlfriend which meant his kids were non existent to him lately. Plus with her recent promotion at work in charge of all events, she was running on empty.

Finally a night to relax, the kids were in bed so she poured herself a glass of wine and curled up on the couch. As she flipped through the stations, she paused on TruTv when she saw an all too familiar face. She remembered this day, it was a punishment for Brian in the park where the guys controlled a scooter that he was sitting in. Kassi was actually on set that day and just remembered how hard she was laughing. These were her favorite punishments, just silly and goofy, nothing scary or dangerous or painful.
She drank her wine laughing at the actions on the TV. In one of the shots he was just staring into the camera and Kassi couldn't help but feel a little sad. When he would look at her with those eyes was one of her most favorite things in the world. Anytime they were together Brian would always take little opportunities to look at her and it never stopped making her heart skip beats. She noticed his hands covering his face with embarrassment and she couldn't help but think of all the times those hands were on her. Loving her, pleasing her, holding her when she was upset.

Kassi was so engulfed in her thoughts that she didn't even notice Harrison walk in the house. They had been dating officially for a few months and he thought things were going great. However sometimes times like this he questioned; his girlfriend was sitting the on the couch watching her ex boyfriend's show on television. It also caught his eye that she was wearing a Tell Em Steve Dave hoodie that was definitely too big to belong to her.

Kassi finally noticed she wasn't alone and greeted her boyfriend with a smile, "Hey honey!"

Harrison smiled back and sat down kicking his shoes off, "You know for someone who's an ex, you certainly watch his show a lot."

Kassi ignored the comment and asked if he wanted to order Chinese for a little late night dinner. He was about to answer when they were interpreted by a panicked child, "Mom!" Austin came running in, "London's throwing up a lot!"

Kassi immediately sprung up heading for her daughter's bedroom but didn't even get that far. At the top of the stairs her youngest was tossing her stomach all over the hall and crying in the process. To make sure she didn't choke, Kassi started rubbing her back waiting for her to be done. As she placed her hand against London's forehead, it was obviously she had spiked a massive fever in the short couple hours since Kassi had put her to bed. She took her temperature and was surprised when the thermometer jumped to 102.

"Mommy, my tummy hurts so bad!" London was crying. Kassi was keeping it together but the smell of her daughter's vomit was turning her stomach but unfortunately she would have to deal with that later. She comforted her as best she could and drew her a cool bath.

Harrison tried to grab some towels to clean up the mess but Kassi stopped him, "You're so sweet but you really don't have to do that."

He breathed a little sigh of relief, he was crazy about this girl but cleaning up her daughter's puke was definitely not on his todo list. "Is there anything I can do?" He asked.

As she stripped London from her dirty pajamas she leaned over checking the medicine cabinet, "Actually do you mind running to the drug store and grabbing a bottle of children's Motrin? Biggest one they have."

As Kassi was washing up her daughter she kept saying her head hurt and tummy hurt. Kassi kept reassuring her she was fine and told her she could sleep in bed with her. She preferred it that way anyway, anytime the kids were sick Kassi liked having them as close as possible.

London was finally in fresh pajamas with Motrin in her to hopefully help the fever. She was snuggled up on Kassi's bed and then she asked the question her mother had been waiting for, "Can we call Daddy?"

Kassi looked at the clock on the nightstand, chances were Brian was on stage performing. "Baby I think Daddy's working. Remember when he's on stage he doesn't have his phone.

"Can we try?" She asked pouting out her lower lip win a quiver. No matter how sick she was, calling her dad always made her feel better.

"I'll try baby." She said stroking her hair that was still pretty damp from the bath. As expected it went to voicemail. She left a message saying to call her back but figured it wouldn't be for some time.

London was fading fast and Kassi checked her temperature one more time before she feel asleep. Unfortunately it still hadn't gone down. Kassi laid next to her daughter snuggling up close feeling so helpless praying she felt better in the morning.

About an hour later Kassi saw her phone light up with an incoming call. She quietly snuck out of the room to answer. "Kassi?!" Brian said right as she picked up, "Whats wrong?" When he had gotten her message once he got off stage he panicked. There would be no reason she would call him so late unless something was wrong. Since their fight at the office when he found out she was dating someone, communicating was strictly about London and even then it was uncomfortable between the two.

"Sorry I know you were at a show." She started.

"It's fine, what's up?" He jumped in.

"London woke up earlier really sick. Puked everywhere and I haven't been able to get her fever down." She explained.

"What's it at now?" He asked.

"102, she's had a cool bath and Motrin but doesn't seem to help." She told him.

"Where is she now?" He asked getting concerned. That was a high fever for a little kid.

"In bed with me. She insisted on calling you but feel asleep again. I don't wanna wake her even though I know she wants to talk to you." Kassi said wiping her eyes. She was absolutely exhausted and knew she wasn't going to be sleeping at all tonight.

"No no, let her sleep. If she happens to wake up in the middle of the night and wants to call me, I'll have my phone right next to me. I'm heading back to the hotel now." He said. "I'm supposed to be flying home tomorrow but maybe I'll call the airline and come there instead."

Kassi and Brian decided to play it by air and see how London was feeling in the morning. Kassi didn't sleep at all as she expected. She texted the boys' father asking him if he could come by and take them to school for her. Shockingly he actually agreed so that was one less stressor on her plate. When London woke up early in the morning, Kassi nearly had a heart attack when she checked her temperature. She immediately threw her in the car headed for the emergency room.

She called Brian on the way trying to speak as calmly as she could, "Brian, I'm on my way to the hospital. Her fever is 105.4. I don't know what else to do."

"I'm getting on the next flight to you. I'll call you as soon as I land." He said throwing all his belongings in his suitcase and bee lining it straight for the airport.