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Chapter 17
*4am, 3 days later*
"Alright Jay. I'm coming, Baby." Jen picked him up. "Oh my. Jay, your burning up. Whats the matter sweetheart?" She felt his head again. Trying to keep herself calm, she placed him onto the bed next to Nick and rumaged through one of their suitcases for baby tyenol. "Shhhh."
"What's wrong?" Nick asked stirring in his sleep. He went to pick up Jay. "Wow." He stood up and tried calming him down, but didn't work.
Jen came over and gave him his medicine, then gave him a milk bottle from the fridge, but he didn't want that.
"I don't know what to do!" Jen somewhat screamed getting anxious because she didn't know what her son wanted.
"What if we tried a cool bath?" Nick suggested, "Take his temp. first, so if the bath doesn't cool him down a bit, we'll take him to the hospital." Jen cringed as he said those words, but got the thermometer.
She stuck it in his ear and clicked the little button.
"104. Nick, I don't know what to do. I'm getting really worried."
"Go start the bath, i'll get him undressed." Nick struggled with his pj's as Jay screamed and cried. When he placed him in the water, Jen took a wet cloth and rubbed it up and down his body. "Hows his head?"
"It still feels warm." Jen replied. She took the cloth and gently rubbed it over his face, carefully not hurting him.
Nick held open a towel and Jen handed Jay to him. Jen followed him into the next room and got a diapar and one-sie and dressed him.
"It went down a little." Nick announced as he took his temp. "If he's still warm in the morning we'll take him okay?" Jen nodded and gave Jay back his bottle and placed him inbetween the both of them.
Just as they both were falling into a deep sleep, the cries started again.
"That's it Nick. I don't know what he wants. We're just going to take him." Jen said almost impatiently getting dressed. She didn't bother putting on makeup or dressing glamy (she wasn't out to impress anyone right? Her son was sick, and she already was marrying the guy of her dreams!), she threw on a pair of Adidas warm up pants and one of Nick's sweatshirts.
"Alright."
Nick jumped up and grabbed his jeans and a shirt, then put Jay's pajamas back
on himn and wrapped him in a blanket.
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*8am*
Jen stood by the E.R. door. Her arms were folded and her head was leaned against the wall. Nick came over to her after calling everyone back at the hotel, and wrapped his arms around her.
"What'd they say?"
"I told them to what happened last night and to go to the interview without me because this is more important. So they are." Jen looked up and smiled at him. "Anything?"
"No, not yet."
A half hour later they were seated in the chairs in the waiting room.
"Mr. Carter?" A middle aged nurse asked, looking at her clipboard.
"Yes?"
"Follow me please." Nick grabbed Jen's hand and followed the woman in through the doors, to a room in the back, where the nursery was.
"What's wrong with him?" Jen asked calmly, looking at the I.V. and all other things hooked up to his arm.
"He just has one of those colds that inorder to break the fever, he needed medication that only we could give him."
"Is the fever broken?" Nick asked.
"Somewhat. I'd like to keep him a few more hours just until his body temperature is close to normal. Then we'll send him home with you."
"Thanks." Jen replied watching as the nurse walked out of the room, shutting the door behind her. She walked over to the metal crib and rubbed the dirty blonde locks on her son's head. "Thank you for staying with me." She said to Nick as he leaned over to look in too.
"Family comes first, Baby. Didn't matter if we were being interviewed by the President of the United States, i'd still be right here with you." Jen smiled and looked down as Jay starting moving.
"Mama." He whimpered.
"Shhh.. Mommy's here Baby." She whispered rubbing his back. She didn't know what to do. Could she take him out and hold him? 'Better not' she though. "Look who's here. Dada."
"Hey Little
Man." He rubbed his back. They sat there talking to him and playing with
him. When he went down for a little nap, they walked around looking at the newborn
babies, and went to the diner for a bite to eat. By the time they were back,
Jayson's fever had broken and he was maintaining his normal temperature, and
they were ready to go back to the hotel.
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"Come on Nick, dinner is ready." Jen decided to cook a homemade meal. Spaghetti. Wasn't too difficult to make. "Come on! Put down that damn game."
"I'm coming, I'm coming." He replied pausing the game and coming to the table.
"Is this enough?" Jen asked showing him the spaghetti in the plate. He nodded. "Sauce?"
"Uhhh, yea I guess." She handed him the plate and went to get hers.
"Here ya go Baby." Jen said putting a bowl of little spaghetti's on Jay's highchair. She looked at Nick and smiled, then ate.
"Oh yea, when you were sleeping before.. AJ told me that we're leaving the tour a little early. The last week and a half of shows got canceled due to a fire at the arena."
"When do we leave?" She asked looking up to make eye contact.
"Next Saturday. A week from yesterday."
"We'll be home from Christmas?" Nick nodded. "And Jay's birthday!" Nick chuckled to himself and continued eating. "Yea well.. we're going to be home so I want to have a party for him."
"Okay, no problem. My little chunkie man is gonna be a year already." He replied in a babytalk voice. Jay looked up from his plate. "Woah, messy man. Messy man." Nick announced. Jen looked over at him and started laughing. The sauce was covering the perimeter of his mouth and he was sucking in a strand of the macaronni.
"I'll clean the dishes, give him a bath for me?" Jen asked giving him puppy eyes.
"Of course. You gotta stop doing that look. You'll wind up with everything you want.. and that's not good, cause I already spoil you. I'm scared to see you in the future."
"Oh stop!!"
She said as she got up and started clearing the table.
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"Here Munchkin. 'Night, I love you." Jen handed him a bottle and placed him in the playpen and walked away. "Honey, I'm going to take a bath."
"Okay, I'll be waiting." Jen smiled, then grabbed her pajamas and took a magazine to read while she bathed.
Jen came out of the bathroom in her flannel pants and matching tanktop, with her hair in a bun on the top of her head. Crawling into bed, she flipped the channels on the television, being nothing else to. Nick was sleeping already.
She sighed as she turned it off. She slide down into the sheets. Two seconds later she felt arms pulling her body close.
"Mmmm, I thought you were sleeping."
"No, I was just dozing. But now I'm sleeping, Good night."
Jen chuckled to herself and turned her body over and kissed him on his lips. " 'Night, love you." Then turned over and fell asleep.
tbc...
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