Babysitting Fail
"Aw Mal it's okay sweetie. Your big sister is here. Let's get you a bottle. I bet you're crying because you're hungry," Dizzy told the crying baby as she was trying to calm the baby and not freak out. Mal wasn't calming and she had already tried rocking her, changing her, and even just giving her a pacifier or toy, but none of it was working.
The bottle was her last shot at getting Mal to calm and she was starting to worry that something was wrong with her. Dizzy just grabbed some formula and a bottle and tried to feed it to the crying baby. Mal just pushed it away and continued to cry.
"Mal come on you have to be hungry. I don't know what else is wrong," Dizzy told her little sister as she began to completely panic. She didn't realize how hard it could be to watch a baby. She had no clue how to deal with this. Dizzy just grabbed her phone and frantically searched for Jay's number.
Dizzy needed help, but she refused to bother Evie and Carlos. She didn't want them to worry and she also didn't want to admit that she couldn't handle babysitting even though she had no clue what she was doing. Dizzy sighed in relief when she heard the phone stop ringing as Jay answered the phone.
"Hey Jay I need help. I wanted to prove that I could handle babysitting Mal, but she won't calm down and I don't know what to do. I tried feeding her, changing her, rocking her, and I even tried soothing her with a pacifier and toys. None of it is working. Please come help me. I'm not ready to babysit, I'm just a kid," Dizzy rambled out to Jay over the phone as she was freaking out. She was worried about Mal, and she wasn't ready to deal with this.
Jay just sighed as he tried to calm the young girl through the phone. "Dizzy it's okay. You're only twelve years old. It's okay if you're not ready to babysit. Just calm down and call Evie and Carlos let them know that Mal won't calm down. Trust me I bet Evie and Carlos are just looking for a reason to come back early. They hate being away from Mal," Jay told Dizzy through the phone as he was trying to calm the panicked young girl.
Dizzy was about to say something else when Evie started calling. "Jay thank you, but I gotta go. Evie is calling," Dizzy told Jay. "See I told you. She can't even go an hour without Mal or at least seeing Mal," Jay told Dizzy through the phone as he hung up, so Dizzy could answer Evie's call.
Dizzy just sighed as she answered Evie's call. "Hey Evie I can't do this. She won't calm down and I tried everything. Please Evie just come back. I can't handle this. I'm really scared. I don't know what I'm doing," Dizzy told Evie in her panicky voice. "Okay just relax. Take deep breaths babies can sense when you're uneasy and it makes it worse. Trust me I learned that the hard way. Now did you try her rocker? You did? Okay just don't freak out, we're going to be there in a few minutes," Evie told Dizzy as she was trying to calm her over the phone, but she was also panicking, and she just wanted to hold her baby.
A few minutes later the door went slamming open as Evie just ran straight into the room and grabbed her baby from Dizzy. "Aw it's okay baby girl. Mommy and daddy are here. It's okay. Aw sweetie you're burning up. My poor baby, it's okay. Mommy, daddy, and your big sister are going to take care of you. Let's take your temperature. Carlos, can you fill up a bottle with some baby medicine and Dizzy can you get me the baby thermometer? It looks like a pacifier it should be over there," Evie told Carlos and Dizzy as she took charge. It was easier to keep herself from freaking out when she distracted herself and kept herself busy.
Carlos and Dizzy just nodded as they ran to go find the items that Evie was asking for. Evie just sat on her bed and gently rocked her baby while quietly singing to her and trying to keep herself from thinking as that led to worry and panic which Evie couldn't do right now as she needed to stay calm in order to help her baby.
A few seconds later Carlos and Dizzy came running over with the items. Evie just stuck the thermometer that looked like a pacifier into the baby's mouth and a few minutes later it beeped as it had gotten the reading. Evie just sighed when she saw the temperature. It was 101 Mal definitely had a fever, but at least it wasn't that high if it rose though then she would really panic.
Carlos also saw the temperature and he began to panic. "Evie she has a fever. What do we do? Should we call the doctor? What if there's something really wrong with her," Carlos rambled out in panic as he wasn't used to dealing with Mal when she was sick. The first time he really saw her when she was sick was after Audrey had hurt her.
Evie was always the one to deal with Mal when she was sick back on the Isle. In fact Evie would refuse to let anyone near her or Mal whenever Mal was sick. Dizzy was freaking out now too. "Is she going to be okay?" Dizzy asked Evie in worry as Evie seemed to be the one to know how to deal with the sick baby. Evie just gave Carlos and Dizzy a reassuring smile as she walked with Mal to the baby bathtub as she gave the baby a bath as she had read that baths can ease the sick baby and make them feel better. "Carlos, Dizzy, she's fine right now. Her fever isn't too high yet for us to be that concerned. If her fever goes up then we should call a doctor, but right now we have nothing to worry about," Evie told Carlos and Dizzy as she changed Mal and put her into a light onesie.
Carlos and Dizzy just sighed in relief as they watched Evie care for the baby. She was making it look so easy. "Evie is there anything else that we can do? I want to help my baby too," Carlos told Evie as he was feeling bad that his baby was sick, and he wasn't doing anything to help her. It made him feel like a bad parent. Evie just smiled at her boyfriend who was so caring and clearly wanted to be a good father.
She just carefully handed Mal to Carlos with the baby bottle that had medicine mixed in. "Here you can feed her the medicine," Evie told Carlos as she liked having him and Dizzy to help. Having them there for support made it easier to stay calm and care for her baby. Carlos just grabbed the bottle as he stuck it in his baby's mouth and smiled in relief when she drank most of it even though it was a struggle.
Once Mal finished drinking the bottle full of medicine she began to close her eyes as she drifted off to sleep. Evie grabbed the baby thermometer and placed it in the baby's mouth as she wanted to see if Mal's fever was going up or not. Evie smiled in relief when the thermometer beeped and Mal's temperature was 99 which meant her fever had gone down a bit.
Dizzy was just looking at Evie and Carlos in amazement and shock. The two of them had managed to calm and care for Mal in the matter of seconds. They made it look so easy. "Evie how did you guys do that? You make it look so easy. I'm going to be a terrible big sister. I didn't even know that she was sick," Dizzy told Evie as she was feeling guilty for not figuring out that Mal was sick. It took Evie and Carlos coming back for her to figure out that Mal was fussy because she wasn't feeling well.
Evie just pulled Dizzy close to her, so that the four of them were all sitting together on Evie's bed. Carlos was holding the sleeping baby with Evie sitting next to him with her head on his shoulder while she was holding onto Dizzy.
"Dizzy, trust me you are not a terrible big sister. I knew that she was sick because she's my baby and a mother always knows when there is something wrong with their baby. It's called Motherly instincts. And you did the right thing today. You admitted that you needed help when you could have easily lied and said you were fine. You sacrificed your chance of proving yourself to be responsible in order to make sure that your baby sister was okay and well taken care of. And now look she's fine because we were able to help her right away thanks to you. Dizzy you are going to be an amazing big sister. Now do you want to watch something fun that Ben gave us," Evie told Dizzy as she was trying to make the younger girl feel better for not knowing that Mal was sick.
Dizzy just smiled as she looked at Evie. "Thank you Evie I really needed that. And sure what it is?" Dizzy told Evie as she was curious about what Ben could have given Evie to make her so happy. Evie just smiled as she pulled out a DVD and placed it in the DVD player. "Only the most amazing video ever. This is the security footage of Audrey on the Isle. We get to see that monster get tortured on the Isle!" Evie told Dizzy excitedly as she grabbed the remote to watch the footage.
Carlos just laughed as he used his other arm that wasn't holding the baby to pull Evie close to him again. "I still can't believe Ben gave you this, but I'm glad he did. He told me he watched it earlier and that it's totally worth watching," Carlos told Evie with a smile as he was also eager to watch the video of Audrey being tortured in the horrible place that they had grown up in.
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