The Good Hair Family Sitcom

S3 E11.2: Driving Force

TJ's POV

Every time Amber walks into my house without any invitation, I question why I gave her a key. I make my way toward the front door as she and Andi enter in.

"Guess who's driving now," Amber says.

I raise my brows in surprise. "Hazel's driving?"

"Yup," my sister confirms.

"Wow. I hope she's a better driver than Jayda."

"I hope so too," Andi agrees.

"If her backseat driving is a reflection of her actual driving," Amber starts, "I'd say she's pretty good. She always points out when I'm speeding now, and it's quickly getting annoying."

I let out a laugh.

"So we going to The Spoon?" Andi asks.

"For sure," I answer. "Cyrus is just coming down."

It takes another minute before my statement becomes true, but when it does, Cyrus has a perplexed look on his face, walking with intention to get up to me.

"TJ, I think my kidney burst," he states.

"How did you conclude that?"

"Because my dad's kidney burst, and he says a sharp pain in my side could be my kidney."

"Which dad?" I ask.

"My step-dad."

"So not even the one related to you."

He just blinks and holds his stance. Yes, I was concerned for him in the morning, but since then, I've seen him forget that his side was supposed to be hurting multiple times, so I'm now questioning how much of a worry this actually is. Like, I love him, but sometimes he can overreact. When I was younger, I was oblivious to this fact, but now that we're adults, I've witnessed many instances like this, including when his ears were ringing and he thought he had an ear tumour, or when he stood up too fast and got black vision which lead him to think he must have diabetes. He didn't. Or the time he swore his toe was broken and asked me to carry him to class all day. I did, of course, but it turned out to just be bruised.

"It could be your appendix," Andi says.

Cyrus shakes his head. "I got my appendix removed already, so it must be my kidney."

"Cyrus," Amber says, "if your kidney burst, I don't think you'd be standng normally right now."

"But it hurts when I press on it," he argues.

"So what do you want to do?" I ask.

"Let's go to the doctor."

"So no Spoon?" Andi complains.

"Please, Andi, I just burst my kidney."

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Walker's POV

The bakery is cluttered with colours of fruits and icing. Pastries coated in sugar, and others glazed shiny, stock the shelves to our right, and to our left is a display case of various cakes, yet it's almost empty, like April 19th must be everyone's birthday. Austen holds Jonah's hand as the three of us walk in, yet she naturally drifts toward the giant desserts.

"Cake!" she shouts.

"Nope," Jonah replies. "You're not allowed to look at cake anymore."

He picks her up and turns her away from the desserts. She squirms, trying to get a clear view to the cakes, but Jonah doesn't budge.