A Day in the Life / December 10

[morrobay1990]

Title: A Day in the Life / December 10
Author: morrobay1990
Warning:
Genre: canon/1990
Word count: 165
Disclaimer: They are AP's
♥ Jack

Inspiration: kj






Before he left for work he called Junior...she said Ben was okay, but Ennis could tell that she probably wasn’t doing so good.

Ben was getting frustrated with the cast and not being able to run around, and he’d spent a good twenty minutes last night throwing a tantrum, crying and yelling that his foot hurt and why wouldn’t Junior take the cast off...he’d also woken her up time after time during the night, asking for a glass of water or to be taken to the bathroom.

Ennis could hear the fatigue in her voice and promised to stop by after work and have a man-to-man talk with him...explain that even though he’d had an accident, that didn’t give him permission to raise his voice to his mother.

That was about all he could think of to say to Ben, he’d try to come up with more during the day...but he heard the relief in Junior’s voice...he’d do whatever he could to help her see this through.

Ben was a good kid, he was just having a rough time learning his very first life lesson - things don't always go as we want them to.

Comments

good lesson

[gibbous-moon.livejournal.com]

yup, things don't always go where we'd like. i'm still working on that one.

kj

trials and tribulations

[joetheone.livejournal.com]

Going through all of this with Ben is surely a life lesson. I really like how Ennis is taking a good part of time to talk to him. Joe

[eandj.livejournal.com]

things don't always go as we want them to.

yes, Ennis could tell him a thing or two about it

[mazaher.livejournal.com]

I like how you show good people giving their best under stress. The fact that this situation is visibly hard on everyone, and how the others are coping, is surely going to help Ben not feel alone, left behind, or any more invalid that necessary.

[sid401k.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. When I was about 6 I stepped on a hornet (bare feet), and I still remember being a class A whiny shit, dragging around the house with an ice bag tied to my foot, and feeling alternately VERY sorry for myself and VERY irritable about the pain.

Re: good lesson

[morrobay1990.livejournal.com]

Me, too!

Re: trials and tribulations

[morrobay1990.livejournal.com]

I think Ennis is learning as much as the little kid...after all this time.

[morrobay1990.livejournal.com]

He sure could...maybe helping Ben will help Ennis, too...

[morrobay1990.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's also helpful to give Ennis something else to think about besides his past. He's actually getting involved, helping out, and knowing that he is needed.

[morrobay1990.livejournal.com]

OUCH! So you can relate to the kid...me, too.

[gwylliondream.livejournal.com]

Ahhh... no they don't always go as we want them too...