*Welcome to this book! I'm crazy for writing another book but I love writing! I hope you enjoy this first chapter, I'm not sure the schedule of updates due to work but I'll try my best! Thank you so much to ReneeThornton8 for helping me write this! Enjoy! Love • Bree❤️

November 1998

It has been three months since the scandal that shocked the world came out about President Bill Clinton having an affair with an intern.

Hillary and Bill haven't talked very little or not at all since he confessed to her and Chelsea about what went on. His lie broke them both and both of them don't know if their relationships with Bill can be fixed.

Chelsea has slowly came around and is talking to her Dad pretty much everyday however she is disappointed on her dad breaking her mother, her best friends' heart.

Henry, the five year old son of Bill and Hillary who was born in July of 1993, has no idea what is happening.

Hillary and Bill thought it was best to not tell him much of anything since he doesn't understand much things since he is only a kindergartener.

The past few months have been extremely rocky at the White House residence, however Hillary agreed to start couple's therapy with Bill while Bill does other intense therapy for himself.

The only good thing that has happened during this time is little Henry starting kindergarten at Sidwell Friends School. Both Hillary and Bill were there to drop him off, trying to act like nothing happened two weeks prior.

For the last two days, it has just been Bill, Henry, Buddy the dog and Socks the cat at the White House!

Chelsea returned to Stanford for the fall semester of her sophomore year while Hillary is out of town, enjoying the week with her childhood best friend Betsy.

Henry is currently off school today because it is professional development day.

Henry made lots of plans the night before with Bill about what he wants to do on his day off of school!

It is currently 10am at the White House Residence. Henry happily got himself dressed and ready for the day and fed himself a bowl of cereal, a skill he has learned recently!

Henry wonders why his Daddy isn't awake, he usually is awake very early in the morning and is usually the one to wake him up for the day.

Henry first looks in the master bedroom and Bill isn't there. Henry than looks in Bill's personal office and Bill isn't there either. Henry than runs into the living room and finds Bill on the floor and he appears to be sleeping.

Ever since the scandal broke, Bill's new sleeping arrangements has been the couch.

Henry walks over to Bill and taps his shoulder, trying to wake him up.

"Daddy! It's wate! We gotta pway and have fun on my day off from school!" Henry says happily as he continues tap Bill's shoulder, but it isn't working.

"Daddy? Daddy!" Henry says louder, thinking Bill didn't hear him.

"DADDY! DADDY! Wake up! Daddy! WAKE UP!" Henry says as he begins to panic.

Henry tries his best to not cry or get upset but it is impossible since he is only five years old and has never experienced anything this scary before.

Henry tries to figure out what exactly to do. Bill's secret service isn't near by because they are still getting ready for the day. Plus, Bill doesn't like having the Secret Service up his butt 24/7 if he could help it.

The only thing Henry could think of to do is to call his Uncle Al and and Aunt Tipper. He knows his godparents would know what to do to help them.

Henry runs over to the phone and carefully puts in the numbers for the Naval Observatory, the private number only a few know.

After a few rings Tipper answers the phone, seeing the number is the White House residence number.

"Hello?" Tipper says happily.

"AUNTIE TIP! AUNTIE TIP!" Henry yells, causing Tipper to chuckle because she just thinks he is excited.

"Hi, Henry! Whatcha doing? Where's your Daddy? Does he know you are on the phone?" Tipper asks Henry, knowing Henry called a restaurant on accident before while learning how to use a phone.

"AUNTIE! D-D-Daddy is on the couch and h-h-h-e won't wake up!" Henry yells loudly.

"What do you mean he won't wake up, baby?" Tipper says, getting super concerned about what Henry just said to her.

Tipper tries to think, maybe Bill is playing a joke on Henry, sometimes Henry doesn't understand the joke because he is still little.

"H-H-He won't wake up! I-I-I pushed him really hard and I touched his face and hair and he won't wake up!" Henry says as he begins to cry.

Tipper than realizes that this isn't Bill joking or playing around with Henry, this is serious.

"It's okay, baby! It's okay! Uncle Al and I are coming right over! Can you be a brave big boy and do something?" Tipper asks Henry

"Uh huh!" Henry says as he sniffles.

"Can you open your door and see if Secret Service is out there? If so, tell them about your Daddy! They can help him while Uncle Al and I get ready and come over!" Tipper says to Henry.

"O-Okay, Auntie! A-Are you s-s-still coming?" Henry asks Tipper, breaking her heart. 

"Yes, baby! Uncle Al, Sienna and I are on our way right now!" Tipper says to Henry.

"P-P-Please hurry. I wuv you!" Henry says in a sad tone.

"I love you back, sweetie. Bye." Tipper says as she hangs up the phone.

"Al! Al!" Tipper says, raising her voice, looking for her husband.

"What's going on, honey?" Al says in a rushed tone, walking over to Tipper.

"I just got off the phone with Henry! He found Bill passed out on the floor by the couch! Have someone call 911 and tell paramedics to get to the White House right away!" Tipper says as she grabs her purse.

"Oh my God! No wonder he wasn't answering his office phone! I'll call the White House staff right now!" Al says, running over to the phone.

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Meanwhile back at the White House, two of Bill's Secret Service agents check Bill's vitals and try to figure out what happen.

"Was your Daddy okay yesterday, Henry?" Joesph the agent asks Henry, trying to occupy Henry away from the living room just incase Phil would have to start CPR.

"Ya! He made spaghetti and garlic bread! And then we had ice crweam! Don't tell Mommy that though, she doesn't let me have lots of ice cream." Henry says as he sniffles.

"Stay right here for me, okay?" Joesph says and Henry nods, standing in Bill's personal office.

Joesph runs back into the living room where Phil has Bill in the recovery position on the floor until more help arrives.

"Oh thank God! I thought you would be doing CPR, that's why I didn't have Henry with me." Phil says in some relief but the President still isn't awake which is concerning.

"The President has a stable pulse and is breathing, but he is unresponsive. He feels very sweaty. He might be having a hypoglycemic attack or maybe a bad cold. I don't have anything to check for that and I can't get him to wake up to take anything." Phil says, getting anxious for help to arrive.

"But he isn't diabetic! You can't have that happen if you aren't diabetic!" Joesph says to Phil.

"Well, if you aren't eating or taking care of yourself it can happen to anyone." Phil says as the White House residence doors open loudly.

Paramedics, Al, Sienna and Tipper all run into the residence with the paramedics and Al going to the living room while Sienna and Tipper look for Henry.

Phil begins to talk to the paramedics about anything and everything he knows about the president's condition. Al stood guard, trying to take everything in as he holds Buddy by his collar, keeping him away from Bill.

"I know, I know you want your Dad." Al says as he pets Buddy's head.

"Where's Henry?" Tipper asks Joesph while also trying to shield Sienna's from what's going on.

"He is in the president's personal office. Poor kid is a wreck but so brave for being only five. Do you want me to call the First Lady?" Joesph asks Tipper.

"No no no, I'll call her. Thank you so much for helping Henry while Al and I got here." Tipper says to Joesph.

"It's my pleasure, Second Lady." Joesph says to Tipper.

"Bill! Bill! Stay awake!" Al yells at Bill as Bill slowly wakes up after getting two IVs put in, one with sugar and one with fluids.

Henry is laying down on the couch in his Dad's office and Socks is laying on the floor right next to him.

Tipper and Sienna walk into Bill's office, looking for Henry.

"Henry. Are you in here, baby?" Tipper asks out loud as she holds Sienna's hand.

"Hen Hen right there, Mommy!" Sienna says as she runs over to Henry.

"Auntie!" Henry says with tears in his eyes.

Sienna sits down on the couch next to Henry and hugs him. Tipper walks over and bends down to Henry's level.

"Auntie Tip?" Henry asks Tipper.

"Yes?" Tipper says to Henry, wiping his tears away.

"I want my Daddy!" Henry says as he breaks down into tears, laying his head on Tipper's shoulder while hugged her.

"Oh, my sweet boy. It's okay. It's okay. Shh shhh." Tipper says while hugging her godson tightly.

Al quickly walks over to the office with Buddy and let's go of his collar.

"Buddy! Socks!" Sienna says with a big smile as Henry still holds onto Tipper.

"Al! Why did you bring Buddy in here, Socks doesn't like him!" Tipper says to Al in some annoyance and Al quickly picks up Socks before he smacks Buddy with his paw.

"Bill is finally awake. The paramedics had to give him some fluids and some sugar and he woke up instantly. They are taking him to Walter Reed right now. They think he might have pneumonia too." Al says as he pets Socks who is purring.

"I wanna see Daddy, Uncle Al!" Henry says with a sniffle.

"Well, come here. I'll take you to see him before he goes to the hospital." Al says as Henry quickly runs over to Al.

"Mommy? Is Uncle Bill gonna be ok?" Sienna asks Tipper.

"He will be, Si Si. He's just gotta go to the hospital to get checked out." Tipper says while she pets Buddy's head.

"Is Uncle Bill gonna die wike Elmo the fishy did?" Sienna asks Tipper with tears.

"No, baby. He's not. The doctors are going to do all they can to help him get better." Tipper says in a soft voice.

"I sad about him!" Sienna says as she begins to cry.

"Oh, baby girl! Please don't cry! Everything is going to be okay!" Tipper says as she hugs her daughter and her own eyes well up with tears.

Henry, Al and Socks all walk back over to the living room where Bill is laying on a stretcher.

Al puts Socks down so he can pick up Henry to see Bill. Al grunts a little picking up Henry since he is much bigger than Sienna, who is just three.

"There's Daddy! See, he is awake now!" Al says as he smiles at Bill and then at Henry.

"Hey, squirt." Bill says with his voice being hoarse and quiet.

"Daddy! You scared me reallwy reallwy reallwy bad!" Henry says, pouting his lips.

"I know I did. I'm so sorry. You are such a big boy for helping me." Bill says as he holds Henry's hand.

"I trwied my best!" Henry says as Bill smiles at Henry but is heartbroken about what he did to cause another family member of his pain.

"Bill, don't worry about anything. I got everything under control until you come home. Tip and I will watch Henry until we call Hillary to fly back to Washington." Al says to Bill.

"She is going to be so freaking pissed I ruined her trip with Betsy." Bill says with a loud sigh.

"No, she won't. But she will be mad that you aren't taking care of yourself, especially while watching Henry." Al says to Bill and Bill nods.

Henry and Bill give each other a kiss before Bill leaves with the paramedics and his secret service team to head to the hospital.

Al and Henry both sit on the couch and a few seconds later, Sienna and Tipper join them. Socks gets in his cat tower to nap while Buddy plays with his squeak toy.

"Sienna? Come to Daddy, baby." Al says to Sienna and without a second thought, she goes to her Daddy's lap.

"Al. I'm trying so hard to be strong for the kids, but I can't!" Tipper says with tears in her eyes.

"Tip, look at me. I know how hard this is and it's probably giving you flashbacks to what happened with Little Al. Everything is okay. Bill is awake and he is going to the best hospital to get better. I love you, baby." Al says softly to Tipper

"I love you too." Tipper says and gives Al a kiss.

But right after that, she begins to cry again with Al holding her.

"Oh, honey. I hate seeing you like this. Shhhhhh, everything will be ok." Al stays in a low tone of voice.

In his mind Al is thinking, "Damn, this is not how I wanted our day to start off."

"Let's pack a bag to come to Auntie Tip and I's house! We are going to have a fun day!" Al says, trying to cheer the five year old up.

"Yay! And Buddy and Socks need a bag too!" Henry says lighting up instantly.

"I help!" Sienna says with excitement.

"You can help too Sienna!" Al says, causing Sienna and Henry to cheer.

Tipper goes back into Bill's office, looking for a note that Hillary said she left him with contact info just in case something happened.

Hillary was a severe worrywart so she wrote Bill many notes to keep Henry's schedule normal despite her being out of the house for a week.

Tipper She finds the note that says "Betsy's house number" and she takes it back to the living room to use the house phone.

"How do you know who to call?" Al asks Tipper curiously.

"Because she wrote a note that was on Bill's desk. It has Betsy's number on it." Tipper says to Al.

"That's Hillary Clinton for ya. She's always prepared." Al says as he holds Sienna while Henry packs some snacks in his little back pack.

"Oh, and one more thing: Chelsea is coming home from Stanford for a couple days. I just got off the phone with her before we left home. I told her about what's happening with her Dad and she sounded really scared. But I managed to calm her down. She'll be here tomorrow." Al says continuing to hold Sienna and helping Henry pack.

"Poor girl probably couldn't focus after hearing that news. I don't blame her one bit." Tipper says to Al.

"Sissy coming home?" Henry asks curiously.

"Yes! Sissy is coming home! Not sure when though! Maybe sometime today or tomorrow!" Al says as Henry gets excited to see Chelsea.

"Auntie Tipper! Do you have a bowl for Buddy and Socks? They need to need food while we are there!" Henry says to Tipper and Tipper smiles.

"Yes, sweety. Uncle Al and I have a bowl or two for Socks and Buddy. Make sure you bring some toys for them too!" Tipper says to Henry.

Henry happily runs to get some toys for the pets and Sienna happily follows him.

"Ugh, I really don't want to call Hillary. You know she is going to be so upset." Tipper says to Al, sighing loudly.

"Well, we have to tell her before the press finds out Bill is in the hospital. Then she'll be mad at all of us." Al says to Tipper, rubbing her back.

Tipper takes a deep breath before she calls the number that is on the piece of paper.

After a few rings, Betsy answers the phone.

"Hello? Is this Henry calling?" Betsy says playfully, thinking it's Henry.

"Hi, Betsy. And no, this isn't Henry. It's Tipper. But don't worry, Henry is okay, he is with Al and Sienna. But I need to talk to Hillary, please." Tipper says to Betsy.

"Okay. Everything alright?" Betsy asks Tipper curiously.

"Um, no. It's Bill. He is in the hospital. Please don't tell her, let me. Please?" Tipper says to Betsy and Betsy agrees.

Betsy hates giving anybody bad news especially her very close best friend Hillary. 

"Hill! Phone call!" Betsy calls for Hillary.

"Bill didn't.... harm himself did he? With everything going on I know he isn't in the best headspace. Hillary either, she has been crying a lot here with me." Betsy whispers to Tipper.

"No no, it wasn't self harm but he isn't taking care of himself. The paramedics think he has pneumonia and Bill didn't even get medical treatment prior to this. He isn't eating right either." Tipper says to Betsy.

"Who is it?" Hillary says, walking into the room that Betsy is in.

"It's Tipper, she wants to talk to you. I'll let you have some privacy." Betsy says, hugging Hillary.

"O-O-Okay?" Hillary says as she grabs the phone from Betsy, confused on what she meant.

"Hello?" Hillary says as she sits down.

"Hi, Hillary. I wanted to tell you this news before the media reveals it. I wanted you to hear it from me first." Tipper says to Hillary.

"Tip, w-w-what's going on?" Hillary says as she begins to get concerned.

"I-I-It's Bill! Henry found him unconscious on the floor by the couch this morning. He's on his way to the hospital right now and you need to come home." Tipper says with a worried voice.

"WHAT?! He was just fine when I left the house TWO days ago! Where's Henry? Where's my baby!" Hillary says to Tipper as she begins to panic.

"Henry is playing with Sienna and they are with Al. We are just getting a bag of things for Henry, Buddy and Socks to come over to our house for the day or the night. Whenever you can come in. You don't have to rush home, Al and I got your boy, don't worry about him." Tipper says as Hillary begins to cry and panic.

"I hope he didn't do anything stupid! We haven't been doing the best lately, not really talking or anything really but we just started therapy. We had a three sessions before I left. He told me to go on this trip to be with Betsy. I hope he didn't make me go on purpose so he could harm himself!" Hillary says, crying hysterically.

"He didn't do anything stupid like that. Well, not taking care of himself is pretty stupid. He must have not been eating as he should and he should have seen a doctor, the paramedics think he has bronchitis or pneumonia going on." Tipper says to Hillary.

"God he is so freaking stubborn! Worse than I am!" Hillary says as she sniffles.

"All men honestly." Tipper says, trying to cheer Hillary up.

Just then, Al comes back into the living room where Tipper is sitting on the couch.

"We got a bag full of treats and toys for Socks and Buddy and Henry has a bag full of games." Al says as Tipper puts the phone on speaker so Al can talk to Hillary.

"Hill, Al is here." Tipper says as she looks at Al.

"Al, what the hell happened? Did he look okay yesterday? Or the day before?" Hillary asks Al.

"Hey Hill! And he seemed fine! He was more quiet yesterday, but I just assumed it was because he was tired due to taking care of Henry full time. We aren't young bucks like we were when the other kids were little. Ugh, damn it, I should've kept a closer eye on him." Al says as he sighs loudly.

"Al, please don't blame yourself. Bill is an adult and can take care of himself. Do you have any updates from the hospital?" Hillary asks Al and Tipper.

"No, not yet. But the paramedics gave him a few IV bags of fluids to hydrate him and they had to give him a sugar bag too, his blood sugar was super low." Al says to Hillary.

"Do you want to talk to Henry?" Tipper asks Hillary.

"Yes, please!" Hillary says as she tries to compose herself so Henry doesn't know she is upset.

"Henry! Mommy is on the phone!" Tipper says as Henry runs over to her.

"Mommy!" Henry says as he sits on Tipper's lap.

"Hi, Mommy!" Henry says with a small grin.

"Hi, baby! Hi, sweet boy. Are you okay?" Hillary says trying to not break down and cry again.

"Uh huh! I okay!" Henry says to Hillary.

"You are such brave boy! I am SO proud of
you! Please be good for Auntie Tipper and Uncle Al, okay? And make sure Buddy and Socks get fed their lunch and dinner." Hillary says to Henry.

"I will, Mommy! But I'm just scared for Daddy!" Henry says as he tears up and Tipper hugs him close.

"I know you are, baby. I am too, but you did the right thing and called Auntie Tipper and Uncle Al for help. Daddy is getting the best care at the hospital. They will give him medicines to help him feel better." Hillary says to Henry.

"Okay, Mommy!" Henry says to Hillary.

"I love you, baby. I love you soooo much." Hillary says to Henry, giving him kisses through the phone.

"I wuv you too, Mommy!" Henry says as he gets out of Tipper's lap and runs back to where Sienna is.

"Hil, don't worry I got him. Al and I will watch him until you come home." Tipper says to Hillary.

"I hope I can get a flight back tonight. I can't believe this is happening. Bill was fine when I left! I am such an awful mother to go out a trip with my best friend." Hillary says as she begins to break down again.

"No you aren't, Hill. All moms need a break and especially you, you have a lot going on." Tipper says to Hillary.

"She's right, Hill. You can't be at your best as a mom if you're not caring for yourself." Al says to Hillary.

"Thank you you two. Gosh, I don't know what l'd do without you two!" Hillary says as he sniffles.

"We are a team and we are a family. That's
what families do: Be there for each other." Tipper says to Hillary.

"Right Mommy!" Sienna says from the hallway.

"Hi, SiSi! Hi, cutie! Are you being a good girl for mom and dad?" Hillary says with glee.

"Auntie is talking to you!" Tipper says and Sienna runs over to Tipper.

"Yes, Auntie!" Sienna says happily.

"Good girl. I love you!" Hillary says to Sienna, giving her kisses through the phone too.

"Wuv you, Auntie!" Sienna says to Hillary with a big grin.

Tipper talks to Hillary for a few more minutes before she, Sienna, Henry, Al, Socks and Buddy all go back to the Naval Observatory.

A few hours later, Hillary arrives home and she quickly makes a bee line to Walter Reed Hospital to see Bill.

To be continued