Michael Part II

You Are Fine

"Beautiful, isn't she?" Michael said as he took a seat next to Fortune on the couch.

Fortune nodded, "gorgeous. I'm sorry Michael. I shouldn't have left."

"You're back. Now just make it up to him. Be there for him and Nola. You guys can stay here until you can find a bigger place."

"Mhm," Mika mumbled in his sleep.

Fortune and Michael looked at each other and laughed. Their laughter caused Ezra to wake up.

"What's so funny?" Ezra asked in a sleepy voice, his eyes still closed.

Fortune handed Michael Nola and knelt on the floor in front of Ezra. He kissed his forehead, "I'm so sorry Ezra. I love you and I'm going to love Nola just as much if not more. I'm not walking away. I'm here to stay."

"Write that down. I think I'll use that in a song," Mika said in his sleep again as he rolled over to his stomach.

Ezra opened his eyes and rolled them, "your brother is weird. But promise me. Promise me you'll never leave."

"I promise Ezra. I love you," Fortune said before planting a kiss into Ezra's lips.

"For-" Ezra started to say, but struggled to finish.

"What's wrong Ezra?" Fortune asked as he stared at Ezra with a worried face.

Ezra tried talking, but he couldn't. He put his hands over his face and started to breathe heavily.

Michael placed Nola on the couch and rushed over to Ezra's side, "Ezra, what's wrong?"

Ezra's hands dropped and he started to have a seizure.

"No..no. Michael whys he having a seizure?!" Fortune asked as he shook Michael.

Mika woke up from Fortune shouting.

"I don't know Fortune. Calm down," Michael answered.

"What happened?" Mika asked.

Michael shrugged his shoulders as he stared at Ezra. Five minutes later Ezra stop seizing. He started to mumble nothings and tried to get up, but Michael held him down.

"Ez, lay down," Michael told his confused son. "You had a seizure. You need to stay still for a bit. Are you okay?"

"N..nnnnn-" he tried to say. He then started to cry.

"It's okay. You think you can walk? We should get you to the hospital to make sure you're okay," Michael said.

Ezra nodded. Fortune and Michael helped him to his feet. Michael guided him towards the door.

"Mika, watch Nola. We'll be back as soon as we can," Fortune told his brother.

Mika nodded and took Nola into his room. He placed her in the crib that was still there from Sophie.

It was 1AM by the time they arrived back home. Mika and Nola were sleeping. Fortune and Ezra sat in the living room with Michael.

"What now?" Ezra asked his father.

"Well, like the doctor said, as long as you don't have another seizure you're fine. They don't know what caused it, so there's nothing we can do."

"What if I do? What if I'm holding Nola??" Ezra asked.

"Ezra, it'll be okay. You won't have another seizure," Fortune answered.

"Look, Ezra, don't get yourself worked up. Be thankful that you don't have what I have. Now goto bed," Michael said as he took off to his room.

"Let's goto bed babe," Fortune said. He stood up and dragged Ezra into the room.

Fortune started to kiss Ezra.

"Stop," Ezra said as he pushed Fortune away.

"Ezra, you stop."

"I'm sleeping on the couch," Ezra said grabbing his pillow.

"Whatever," Fortune said as he laid down and turned his back to Ezra.

Ezra rolled his eyes and took off into the living room.