Andi's POV
I feel a few different emotions as I past the grocery store isles. One: stress, because I don't know where I'm supposed to start with my new diet. Two: jealousy, because the ice cream isle taunts me with colourful boxes of frozen treats. Three: security with Buffy and Amber on either side of me. Declan, of course, admires the sights of the grocery store. I imagine the billions of images must be stimulating the wonder in his little brain incredibly. Once we choose the correct isle, we stop and examine the shelves.
"So you can never eat Skittles again?" Buffy asks.
"I can on occasion," I respond, "but not as much as I did before."
"The doctor recommends a full gluten-free, vegetarian, and unprocessed diet," Amber explains to Buffy.
"We're already vegetarian, so that won't be hard," I say, "but why are non-processed things so expensive?"
"Well, this is the organic isle," Buffy says. "That's not the same thing as unprocessed, I don't think."
"I have no idea," I respond. "This is all new for me."
"Why don't we start by looking at cookbooks, and we can see what we need from that," Amber suggests.
She takes my hand and leads me into the cookbook section, where Buffy follows us to as well. I start walking down one isle, browsing through the titles.
"Why does keto diet have a whole isle?" I question.
"It's trending, I guess," Buffy replies.
Amber curls into the neighbouring isle, saying, "Here are some for all-natural and vegetarian cooking."
Buffy and I join her there, and Amber starts picking up a few different books. I guess I should do the same, but my mind makes me wait one more minute, which Amber notices, giving me a look of concern.
"You okay?" she asks me.
"Yeah," I reply. "I'm just... I guess it's suddenly hitting me that that happened. I have MS."
Buffy and Amber both hold their eyes on me, which makes me feel like I'm the sad part of a novel everyone wants to just skip over but can't, but then Buffy speaks.
"Andi, I know you're going to be alright," Buffy assures me. "And we'll be with you all the way through this."
After the moment it takes to accept and believe that, I say, "Thanks."
Buffy smiles and says, "Just another service we provide."
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Walker's POV
Austen has her dolls scattered on the rug in between the coffee table and the television when I enter the living room, and Jonah's on the couch, watching her as she pretends one of them is flying above her head.
"Alright," I say, "who's ready to go to the d—"
Jonah shoots up onto his feet, hushing me. "Shhhhh!"
He hurries over to me, and Austen swings her head our way curiously.
"Wha Lolly?" she wonders.
Jonah comes up with an answer for me, saying, "Lolly was gonna say, uh...dermatologist."
Austen blinks, blank-faced, then smiles, saying, "Okay," and returns to playing with her dolls.
"What's going on?" I question.
I'm just confused, but Jonah walks me into the dining room where he puts his hands on my shoulders and starts explaining the situation to me.
"Austen's scared of the doctor," Jonah says.
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The Good Hair Family Sitcom
Fanfiction{4 seasons and complete} Tyrus, Ambi, Muffy, and Wonah are adults now, but growing up and having families brings new kinds of challenges. Through the complications of them and their kids, their life-long friendship is the one thing they can always r...
