The Scared Broken Boy [COMPLETE]

Chapter 18

It's 12:25 right now and Jake's mind has changed back to normal not that long ago. He is also in new clothes, which is a blue shirt, black jeans, and blue sneakers. He is still playing with Tydus, RyRy, Trav, Cor, and Chad. They're all upstairs in the part of the house where the Talbott family are staying. Erika walked upstairs and everyone smiled and said hey to her. She was at a meeting with Fanjoy and her team about some new merch coming out soon. "Jake, the doctor called and said he has some news for us," Erika said, making Jake nervous kind of, "He also wants to do a check-up on you. He schedule an appointment at 1 PM today, so he will be here in like 30 minutes." "Okay," Jake said, nervous about the "news" part. Erika can tell he is nervous and gave him a smile. "There's no need to be nervous," she said, "I'm sure everything will turn out good and we will fix this." "Okay," Jake said and did his small, adorable smile back. He feels a little bit better as he thinks about what she said, but he still can't help the negative thoughts. All of a sudden, they all heard steps running up the stairs. Anthony and Tessa reached the top of the stairs, panting. "Logan and Pam are here," Tessa said once they calmed down a little. "Oh no," Jake said, getting even more nervous now, "She is probably freaking out and is going to even more once she sees me." "I'm sure it'll be fine," Erika said as she stuck her hand out to Jake. Jake stood up and held one of her fingers. Trav picked up Tydus and Cor picked up RyRy. Chad stood up after picking up some of the toys. Everyone walked downstairs to the first floor. They walked through the kitchen and the reached the front doors. Jake hid behind Erika as all of Team 10 and Mike and Spencer waited in the front entrance area. Logan and Pam walked inside, Logan holding Pam's suitcase for her. Pam has short light blonde hair, a nice, purple v-neck shirt, blue jean shorts, and black sandles. Logan closed the door behind her as she smiles at the dysfunctional family who she is close with all. "Hey guys," She said and people started coming up, giving her a hug. "How are you, Pam?" Spencer asked after giving her a hug. "Pretty good," she said, "But then I got a call from Logan about Jake. Where is he? Is he okay? Did he really shrink down?" She was obviously nervous and kind of stressed from not really knowing everything. "He is okay," Erika said and Pam looked over, noticing she hasn't come up to her yet for a hug like she usually does, "And yes, he really did shrink down." She stepped off to the side and Jake got even more nervous when he made eye contact with his mom. Pam gasped and covered her mouth. "Hey Mom," Jake said softly and Pam recognized that young, adorable voice. She recognized all the details of him from when he was younger and she immediately started getting memories from back then. "Oh my gosh," she said, "He really did shrink down! My poor baby!" She walked up to him and picked him up. "So everything you told me was true," she said to her oldest son who nodded his head with a kind of sad look. She looked at Jake who gave her a weak smile. "So like, he is in his three year old body, but his mind is still 21?" She asked. "Yeah," Erika said as she gave Pam a side hug, "I missed you, Pam!" "I miss you too, Erika," Pam said with a smile. "He does have some three year old cravings, though," Mike said. "And sometimes, he will randomly change to full on three year old mind," Tessa said. "If he gets sad or scared, his mind usually changes," Logan added. "Pain is also ten times worst!" Jake said, "It's also hard to eat and walk kind of. I get pretty tired too and have been napping a lot." "Wow, I can't believe this is happening," Pam said, "Will he be able to change back?" "Doctors are working on it," Anthony said, "They have the recipe on how to make it, but need the ingredients now." "Speaking of the doctor," Erika said, "He is coming to talk to us and do a check-up on Jake at 1, which is in like 20 minutes." "I hope they make that cure soon," Pam said, "My poor baby!" She frowned at Jake and Jake started to feel even more guilty, knowing she is worried. Logan can tell something is bothering Jake and watched him closely. "Can we have lunch soon?" Jake asked, trying to change the subject, "I'm getting hungry." He frowned as he felt his stomache growl. "I can make everyone some lunch," Pam said. "I'll help!" Tessa said with a smile. "I will too," Erika said. The mood started to lighten and Jake felt a little bit better. He still felt guilty though. "Can you set me down?" Jake asked softly and Pam did. She got her bag from Logan and Erika and Tessa went to show her where she can sleep upstairs. "I thought she was going to be more freaked out than," Chad said, shocked. "Same," Anthony said. Everybody agreed, except for Jake. He knows she is freaking out a lot more inside. He can tell by the look of her eyes. He walked over to Logan as everyone else left to go somewhere else in the house. He looked up at Logan with his big, green eyes. "Can we watch some movies?" Jake asked. "We can in a minute," Logan said as he crouched down, "Let me go do the outro of my vlog first. I didn't get to earlier." Jake smiled and said okay before walking over to the living room. Logan chuckled a little and stood up. He walked into the kitchen where he saw Spencer go. Jake sat down on the couch and picked up the remote. He tried using the remote, but had trouble holding it and clicking the buttons with his small fingers. He groaned in frustration as he tried to get Netflix up. He finally got Netflix up and then saw the account is signed out. "Why is it signed out?" Jake asked and groaned again. He tried signing in, but kept clicking the wrong letters and then forgetting what was next. All of a sudden, his mind changed to full on three year old mode from his emotions. He threw the remote, accidentally hitting two empty glasses that was left on the coffee table, causing them to fall and shatter everywhere on the floor. Logan ran in with Spencer when he heard shattering. Logan raised an eyebrow at Jake and could tell Jake was full on three year old. "What happened?" Logan asked with a stern look that he didn't even know he could do. Jake got off from the couch and walked over to the glass, causing Logan to immediately pick him up so he doesn't cut himself. "I threw the remote," Jake said and looked down, "Am I in trouble?" Logan let out a sigh and looked at Spencer. "He already is in trouble for wondering off at the fair," Logan said. "I think he should have another minute added to his timeout," Spencer said and Logan agreed, "I'll clean this up." "Okay, thanks," Logan said and then walked out of the living room. "Am I in trouble, Logey?" Jake asked again, using Logan's nickname he had for Logan when they were younger. Logan was shocked a little, but shook it off. "Yeah," Logan said as he walked upstairs, "For wondering off yesterday at the fair and for throwing the remote." "But I was mad at the T.V," Jake mumbled softly as he looked down and started to mess with Logan's hoodie strings. That must be why his mind change this time, Logan thought to himself. "That doesn't matter!" Logan said, his voice getting even more stern, "You shouldn't have thrown it!" Jake's eyes started to get watery, hating that Logan is mad at him. Logan walked into the guest room where he has been sleeping and closed the door behind him. "Okay, you're going to have, uhm," Logan said as he thought of a time for a time out, "A six minute time out." Jake let out a sigh as Logan set him down in a corner. Jake turned around to face the corner and sniffled. Logan felt really bad, but shook it off and reminded himself that Jake needs it. Logan sat down on the bed and checked the time. He scrolled through Instagram while watching the time. Soon, it's been six minutes and he put his phone in his pocket. "Okay, your time out is over now," Logan said. Jake turned with his head hanging down and walked over to Logan. Logan pick Jake up and set him on his lap, seeing some tears going down his face. "I'm sorry," Jake mumbled softly. "It's okay, buddy," Logan said as he wiped the tears off Jake's face, "You learned your lesson, right?" Jake nodded his head and looked up at Logan with his watery eyes. "I don't like making you mad," Jake said. Logan didn't really know what to say to that. He hasn't been in this situation before and he hates seeing those sad eyes. Instead of an extra sparkle them, there's just even more sadness now. "Then don't do anything bad," Logan said, "And I can't ever stay mad at you. You're my baby brother." He tickled Jake which made Jake laugh, getting that sparkle look back in his eyes, especially the extra one. "I love you, Logey!" Jake said with a smile. Logan smiled and kissed Jake's head. "I love you too, bro," Logan whispered softly, his eyes getting watery a little now, really worried about Jake and hoping they can find this cure. He loves three year old Jake just as much as twenty-two year old Jake, but he doesn't want Jake stuck like this. "What's wrong?" Jake asked with an innocent look when he saw a tear go down Logan's face. "Nothing," Logan said with a soft, sad smile, lying, "How about we go watch a movie now?" "Okay!" Jake said with a big smile, making Logan smile a little more. Jake hopped down from Logan and walked quickly over to the door. Logan opened the door and Jake ran out of it, giggling a little, while on the inside, twenty-two year old Jake was thinking about Logan's sad smile, hiding his worries. The tear going down his face and the worried look in his eyes. Twenty-two year old Jake felt even more guilty and started building up the wall again to hide his emotions and problems if he gets any, not wanting to stress and worry anyone anymore.

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