My Baby My Girl

Episode 19

Another sneeze raked through Kiki’s small body
followed by Sean’s…

They both stare at each other, then another
sneeze, Kiki is giggling, Sean laughs

“‘Mummy, uncle Sean got Dr sniffles, just
like..lik-” ARCHUMM!!! She sneezes “‘Like me””
she rubs her small nose

“‘And so do you kiddo” Sean says fighting the
sneeze, but it was no use, they sneeze together
again, now they are laughing..

He still held Kiki in his arms, they are both
dripping wet, he wipes her hair away from her
forehead and watches her sneeze again, he
sneezes after her.

“‘Oh ohhh noooo”!! Megan who has been
standing at the door, equally wet swings into
action, flinging her bag on the chair she brushes
past them to her toilet coming back out with a
towel big enable to wrap a grown adult,

“‘Give me my daughter please”‘she says, not waiting for Sean to answer she pulls the
sneezing and giggling girl away from him and
wraps her in the towel, then sitting she puts Kiki
on her laps and warms her up… Kiki wouldn’t
stop sneezing and neither would Sean.

“Mummy…” Sneeze “Won’t yo-you” Sneeze “G-
give Uncleeeeee” archummmmm!!!
Sean laughs sneezing too as Kiki continues “A
towel too, he is cold, he got Dr Sniffles too”
another sneeze

What does she care if Sean got a cold, wasn’t
he too old to catch a cold just like that, she also
ran under the rain, she also got soaked..

Why wasn’t she getting a cold?.

Wait, shouldn’t he be going home right about
now?

“He is going home Kiki, he is a big boy he can
take care of himself, you just let mummy worry
about you” Megan says wiping kiki’s hair dry,
“What if he falls sick, you know having a cold
can make someone sick, you said so mummy”
“A little rain won’t make him sick” Megan replies

Sean sneezes again, then Kiki, then both of
them..

“‘Why do you sneeze when I sneeze?” Kiki
points at Sean who is staring out of the window,
okay the rain had increased and it was making a
tiny river close to the driveway, he should make
it home before it becomes worse.

“Little fairy rain tickles my nostrils kiddo, maybe,
I don’t know” Sean says turning..

He remembers his mother telling him that when
he was little, she realized that he got cold too
quickly if exposed and every little rain he went
out to play under landed him in bed, a high fever
and sneezing.

While his friends could play outside during cold
days, he was left to stay in his room, shrouded
in thick clothing, socks and gloves and a hot
chocolate to keep him warm.

On days he gets really worse doctors says he is
a shy away from catching Pneumonia… good
thing it never got to that.

Over the years he never had much joy for
playing under the rain or staying out in the cold,
he was an adult after all, he was able to manage
himself better.

But days like today when he had no choice, he
had to get the kid inside, there wasn’t any
available umbrella at the moment, and the least
Megan could do is to say ‘Thank you Sean! ” but no, she doesn’t, yet he catches a cold bringing her inside… oh well, nothing a hot bath and hot tea won’t fix, but if he stays in this wet cloths any longer, he would be running a fever and it might be bad.

He should go home, risk it.

“There is nothing like fairy rain tickles”‘Kiki
laughs

“Yes there is, see, it’s really invincible ,flying
tickling your tiny little nose and making you
sneeze, just like that-”
Archumm!!

They both sneezed together
“Stop talking Kiki” Megan leaves her on the chair to prepare her bath, she would bath her with hot water and give her something warm to drink and look for her sweater.

When Kiki catches a cold, she could break out in
a fever, and the nights are the worst for her, she
becomes uncomfortable and her tiny little body
shakes all through the night and her finger gets
colder than ice, sometimes it worries her, the
doctor says she should always be warm at all
times, any sort of cold wasn’t good for her.
Megan comes back to find Sean back to staring
at the window.

“I think we are okay now, you can leave” she
says wrapping kiki back in a hug,
“Yes, about your car-“”
“I will handle my car Mr Sean, have a good
night” Megan says dismissing him
“Mummy it’s raining, Uncle Sean would get
more fairy tickle rains and Dr Sniffles and-”
“Shhhh Kiki” Megan cautions
Sean nods, kick me out, under the rain… yes that
is I hate you Sean, go out and die who cares
about the man who brought in your daughter
under the rain right and why is it bothering
him??

“Goodnight Megan, and you too Kiki”
Kiki waves, Megan doesn’t.

Sean opens the door to the pouring rain, and
stands there for a few seconds, bracing himself
and pulling his cloths tighter together he sets
out to make a run for it.

“Wait!!” Megan screams remembering, her
pavement floor in front of her house was
slippery and it was raining.

She forgot, she didn’t give two shits about him
but she also didn’t want a dead man on her
doorstep
Too late..!!

Sean was already on the floor landing with his
back hard on the ground and the rain pouring
heavily on his body.

Kiki screams…

“Oh my goodness” Megan jumps up with kiki
who holds her tight,
“Mummy, is he dead?” her voice came like a
whisper Megan rushes to the door to find Sean groaning in pain, wading water from his eyes
Dear Lord, what kind of games are you playing
with me, why do I have a feeling like you are
trying to do WHAT YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO
DO LIKE… KEEP SEAN AND KIKI TOGETHER
LONGER TODAY?.

DEAR LORD! NOT TODAY, NOT EVER!.
“Are you okay?” she asks frowning as she sets
Kiki down on the floor,

Sean manages to sit up, painfully..
“I think I didn’t break anything” he says
struggling to get up, but then he couldn’t..
“okay..I think my waist is broken, I landed pretty
hard” he says wiping his eyes, he sneezes again
and again and again

Megan is staring at him and biting her lips,
would it be horrible of her to tell him to get up
and leave in his state? This wasn’t his house,
this was hers and she didn’t want him near kiki.
What the hell!!

“‘Grab my hand Uncle Sean, I will help you up”

Kiki reaches out for him, Megan pulls her hands
away

“Stand there kiki”
“Here, take my arm” Megan says carefully
stepping out and giving him her hand, he grabs
it and struggles to get up..

She should take him to his car, even under the
rain ” Stay here kiki, let me take Uncle to get to
his car”

“Okay mummy, but Uncle walks funny” She says pointing to him

Sean winces in pain as Megan turns him.. “You
can drive right?”

“I should but this pain hurts like a motherfxx-”
he remembers kiki and then says “Like crazy, I
can hardly move my waist” he says

So what am I supposed to do ,take pity on him
and do what? I don’t care if he can’t feel his
waist, how is that my business

“I will help you to your car so you can leave”
she states

They move two steps under the rain and Sean is
wincing in pain..

“I definitely can’t drive like this, let me call a
cab, would come pick up my car in the morning”
She has a look on her face.

“It’s raining Megan, I can’t drive like this and I really don’t like the cold wet rain that much” he adds
Megan felt him shudder
Damnit!!
“Fine”

They go back into the house.. “Stand there let
me get you a towel to wipe off and ..” she eyes
him.

“Kiki, go to the room, I will come deal with you”

Kiki nods as Megan leaves, but she doesn’t go,
instead she climbs their chair and stare at Sean,
shaking he looks at her quizzically “What are
you doing Kiki?”

“I am trying to see how tall I will be when I am
big and strong and older, mummy says I will get
tall and big” she smiles
“Oh, I am sure you would be super big and
fantastic and-”

“Kiki?” Megan says coming out of the toilet, she
hands him another towel, and then a tracksuit..
“I think this would be okay for you to wear, I
can’t have you be dripping wet..”
She turns away and lifts Kiki off the chair and
into the bathroom
Sean is staring at the jumpsuit, wondering if he
belonged to her boyfriend or Kiki’s father.
He wipes his head and then wipes the towel
around him, he takes his phone ad calls the taxi
company to send a cab, giving them the
address. He is shaking slightly, sneezing again.
“Sir, we might be able to get a taxi out to you in
the next couple of hours but the rain is heavily
and most routes are on standstill and it doesn’t
look like it would stop soon”
Damnit!!

“So when can I get if it dies down?”
“Couple of hours sir, we can’t say, but it all
depends on which of our taxi is free sir, they are
all booked with passengers at the moment and
with the rain and traffic they would have to drop
off, turn back, get here and then start coming to
you.”