Chasing Reality [sequel to Autistic Innocence -J.M]

Chapter 32

Avalanna's P.O.V

"Is you feeling okay daddy? Do you wants some apple juice? Don't move, okay? Don't move. I be right back daddy. I's going to go get you some." Melissa runs off before Jason can even reply back to her.

It's been four days and we were finally back home from the hospital.

Jason hasn't remembered anything and hasn't shown any signs of remembering any time soon.

The kids and I have been trying to help him out and he's got all of our names memorized but you can tell he was starting to feel frustrated with himself because of his condition.

He was sitting on the couch by himself looking as vulnerable as ever as he picked at the gauze wrapped around his head, his eyes glancing everywhere as if he was taking everything in for the first time ever.

I shake my head and make my way into the kitchen where I can get started on dinner for everyone.

As I'm taking out the ingredients I would be needing, Camilla walks in.

"Hey mom," she says quietly and looks around the kitchen. "What are you making?"

"Um.. I's is making- is making spaghetti. Spaghetti remember? Remember I is making spaghetti for dinner." I mutter as I continue to prep for the meal I was preparing for my family.

She nods and goes over to the sink to wash her hands.

"You want some help?" She asks softly.

"Yes- yes please Camilla yes please. Camilla make salad remember? Remember please."

"Alright mom," she said places a quick kiss to cheek as she walks past me to start getting the salad ready.

Seeing that I haven't really heard Jason say anything in a while or make any type of noise, I look through the opened door and giggle slightly to myself when I see that Melissa has indeed given him his apple juice- only it was in one of her purple and pink sippy cups.

Jason hadn't complained though and happily accepted it from our youngest child and drank it as she stood there and watched happily, glad that she could help make her daddy feel better- even if it was just for a little bit and something as simple as apple juice.

I smile at the sight before going back to preparing the meal.

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"We's all eating in the living.... living room with JayJay." I mutter to Jr when he comes to collect his plate once I call them down for dinner.

"Alright mom," he kisses my cheek before grabbing his plate and a glass of water and making his way into the living room.

I'm the last one to get my plate and water and to enter the living room where Jason was sitting in his same spot with Melissa practically on top of him and Junior sitting on the floor a good distance from his father's feet with Camilla and Jazzy on the opposite couch with Xander on a single sofa.

I make my way through all of them carefully before sitting on the other opposite couch from Jason and the girls.

It's quiet and slightly awkward as we all just sit there and eat, nobody says a word and just watches the tv screen in front of us that was playing some random commercials.

A couple of more minutes pass and a show comes back on, a car show that none of us are interested in besides Jason and probably the boys.

"Daddy?" We all look over to see Melissa leaning over Jason to grab her blue sippy cup she's placed next to the one she leant him on his own little table.