Happy Little Pill

Red and blue lights flashed over my face while I stood in the lawn of my sisters house. My arms were wrapped around my waist and Andy had his arm around my shoulder. Charlie was in the house and the paramedics were still inside. The police officers wouldn't let Andy or me in. I have no idea what was going on or why the ambulance was there. Then I saw a stretcher come out of the house with Gustav laying on it, unconscious.

"Oh my gosh," I muttered and felt Andy shift on his feet. They put the stretcher into the ambulance and quickly left the house. As I stood there, Lauren and Charlie came out of the house with Cienne and Claus.

"Sadee," I heard Lauren say.

"What happened?" I asked.

"I don't know, he's been coughing the last few days and tonight, he was going to walk up the stairs and I heard him collapse," she said as she held Claus. Charlie had his arms around Cienne, who had her head in his shoulder.

"What can I do?" I asked.

"Could you two take Cienne, Claus, and Charlie for the night while I go up to the hospital?" She asked. I looked up at Andy and he shrugged.

"Yeah, that's fine, you go be with your husband," I said. She nodded and handed over Cienne before walking off towards her car. I glanced over at Charlie, he had a broken expression on his face. I walked over to him and wrapped my open arm around him and rubbed his back.

"Come on, let's go to my house and relax," I said and pushed him towards the house. When we got inside, I quickly brought Cienne and Claus upstairs and put them in the guest bed and tucked them in. It was around nine at night. When I was sure they were going to sleep, I left the room and walked back downstairs. I walked into the living room and saw Charlie curled up in a ball on the couch. Andy was sitting on the chair next to the couch, watching TV.

"Hey kid," I said and sat down next to him. He didn't make a noise, just laid there.

"Charlie, I know whatever happened sucks and it's all in the air right now, but you can't shut down," I said.

"I'm not shutting down," he muttered into the pillow.

"Hun, I had the shittiest childhood and I was always depressed and shutting down. You're shutting down," I said and rubbed my hand along his back. He was quiet again and I sighed before looking at Andy. He was looking at me and was quiet. He knew.

"Alright, if you're gonna be all quiet and stuff, you can sleep down here. I'm tired as balls right now, so I'm going upstairs. If you need me I will be shoving my face in the pillows of my bed," I said to Charlie and got off the couch. As I walked up the stairs I heard him let out a quiet sob. Shit, now I have to go back down there. Then I heard Andy's voice.

"It's okay Charlie," he comforted Charlie quietly.

"He's my dad. What if something really bad happened?" Charlie asked.

"I'm pretty sure he's fine, your dad is strong and won't let something like a cough get him down," Andy said and I sat down on the stair.

"How come Aunt Sadee is so different from Lauren?" Charlie asked. Andy was quiet for a second before answering.

"I think it's because Lauren is nine years older than Sadee and Sadee had a lot of shit happen to her when Lauren was gone," he said.

"I know, but Lauren still lived with her mom for nine years before Aunt Sadee was born, why are they so different?"

"Different experiences I guess," Andy said.

"Can we watch a movie?" Charlie asked Andy and I felt a smile form on my face.

"Yeah, what movie? I have all the Batman movies," Andy said. My smile got bigger. Of course Andy talks about Batman.

"Batman is cool. The Dark Knight is boss," Charlie said and I heard a high five happen. At least Charlie likes Batman.


The overwhelming heat radiating off of Andy woke me up from my sleep. As my eyes opened, I looked over at Andy and he was sound asleep, peaceful and quiet. I glanced over at the clock on the wall and saw it was eight in the morning. Well, the young children are probably awake now. I climbed out of the bed and pulled a hoodie from my dresser over my shirt and shorts. Just as I was walking to the door, I heard a small tap on it. I opened the door and saw Cienne standing there, tears coming out of her eyes.

"Oh honey, what's wrong?" I asked as I wrapped my arms around her.

"I had a bad dream," she said. I rubbed her back and picked her up. I remember being a kid with nightmares, except I had no one to go to for mine. We walked down the stairs and into the living room, where Charlie was completely passed out on the couch.

"Char!" Cienne yelped and squirmed out of my arms and attached herself to him. He jumped and blinked a few times before seeing Cienne.

"What Cee?" He muttered and she stuck her lip out. He sighed and moved on the couch and held his arm up. She climbed on the couch and curled herself into his chest and he put his arm back down over her. The closeness of those two was fascinating. She didn't know where Charlie was so she came to me. It kind of made me wish I had an older brother, instead of Lauren. I walked into the kitchen to begin making food for the three kids. Chocolate chip waffles sounded so amazing to me. As I made them, I heard small footsteps come into the kitchen. I turned around quickly and saw Claus.

"Claus, oh my gosh, how did you get down the stairs?" I asked and scooped him up in my arms. He nuzzled his head into my shoulder and a smile came over my face. I continued cooking the waffles and when I finished, I put them all on a plate and into the microwave, to keep warm.

"I wonder how your daddy is doing," I muttered to Claus before grabbing my phone and sitting down on the chair in the living room. Claus had basically fallen asleep on my chest. It was super cute. I dialed Lauren's number and waited.

"Hey Sadee, sorry for not calling last night," she answered and I smiled.

"It's all good, you were stressing, I understand. How is he doing?" I asked.

"Not good, he isn't breathing on his own, he had a shit ton of fluid in his lungs and they are still running tests," she was freaking out.

"Well, if it makes you feel better, your kids are still sleeping," I said.

"How did you manage to keep them sleeping after seven?" She asked.

"I didn't, they just kinda kept sleeping," I said.

"Whatever, um, I'm gonna call you as soon as I get an answer from the doctors. Would you be able to keep the kids another night?" She asked.

"I don't care, but I'll ask Andy, since it's his house too," I said.

"Understandable. And thank you Sadee, I can't even imagine having them all up here with me," she said.

"No problem and your welcome. Claus is currently on my chest down in the living room, passed out. Cienne is curled into Charlie and Charlie is holding her super cutely," I said.

"Whenever she has a nightmare or gets scared she goes into Charlie's room," she said.

"It's kinda awesome how close they are," I said.

"I know, makes me wish Tyler stayed around," she said. My eye brows furrowed and I shifted.

"Who's Tyler?" I asked.

"Oh, um, mom didn't tell you?" She asked.

"What didn't mom tell me?" I asked.

"Tyler is dads son from another relationship, I think Tyler was born when dad was like 35, Tyler's mom died when he was one and then dad met mom," she said.

"I have a brother?" I asked.

"Yeah, we do, and I think he lives in Beverly Hills, if he hasn't moved," she chuckled.

"How are you so carefree about this?" I asked.

"I don't know, I just am," she said.

"Where did he go?" I asked.

"Some private school in England, mom didn't want him to interfere with her kids," she said.

"Fuck mom, she needs to seriously rethink her life," I said.

"I know, look I gotta go, but I'll call later, or stop over," she said.

"Yeah, bye," I said and hung up. Holy shit, I do have a brother?

Notes

So I revealed some stuff, and yeah. We will meet Tyler in like three chapters!!!!!!