His Proposal

His Proposal - 20

"Chloe," Nate yells, through the bedroom door. "We need to go to school and drop off my assignment."

Pulling the blanket off me. "Give me five minutes and I'll get out of bed."

Nate walks into my room and pulls the blinds across. The sun shines brightly into my room. "No, now get out of bed. We have a busy ahead of us, sis." He walks to the door and closes it behind him. "You need to buy ink for the printer. We're running out and I need it for my assignments."

Pulling my phone off the nightstand I see that it's fully charged. "Okay, can you take the ink cartridges out of the machine and put them in an envelope? I'll get them refilled and buy some extra so we're not running to the store to get them filled all the time."

"It's done, Chloe. I've also put the envelope next to your bag so we don't forget it."

"Thanks," I run a brush through my hair, before heading to the kitchen and grabbing a banana from the fruit bowl.

Nate looks at me. "Is that all you're having for breakfast?"

"Yeah, do you have a problem with that?"

He picks up his toast and it has scrambled eggs on it. "You should be eating something like this, Chloe."

Shaking my head I say. "When I was in New York I couldn't afford much and I only stuck to buying fruit and sandwiches. The rest of the foods I couldn't afford it."

He pushes a slice of toast with eggs on it to me. "You can have this one. I'm full."

Scrunching my nose at the eggs. "No, thanks. Just looking at makes me want to puke, besides I haven't had eggs since the day I left for college."

He keeps going on about the toast and I start to get sick of it.

Slamming my hand on the table. "Nate, enough talking about you're damn breakfast. Either eat it or throw it in the bin."

He shuts his mouth and puts it in his mouth.

I knew he wouldn't throw it out.

Pulling the car into the parking lot of the hospital I look up at the building. "Aleysa's going to love making her own crown." Turning towards Nate I say. "You'll be making one as well. You'll be the prince of course. While Aleysa and I are the princesses."

Nate shakes his head. "Do I have to?" He moans.

"Yes, I let you have the day off so you could spend time with Aleysa during the day. She misses you, Nate."

He sighs. "I'm sorry for being difficult, Chloe. I just hate seeing Aleysa in the hospital again. It took a toll on us all last time."

I bet it did.

Opening the car door. "We should head inside. I don't want Aleysa to think that we've forgotten about her."

Nate smiles. "Okay,"

Grabbing the bags from the backseat I step out of the car. I lock the car door before walking across the parking lot with my brother.

Nate opens the door to the room and a smile spreads across his face as he sees Aleysa. "Leys, Chloe and I are going to take you outside."

"Yay," she screams.

Walking over to her bed I see that she's already dressed. "Did you dress yourself or did a nurse?"

A smile spreads across her face. "I did it, Chloe. It feels good to be able to put on my own clothes." She pulls a face. "Tomorrow, I'll be back to being weak and throwing up because of chemo." She presses the button at the side of the bed and a nurse walks into the room.

The woman looks at Aleysa. "What do you need, Aleysa?" She asks gently.

"Can I get a wheelchair so my siblings can take me outside? It looks lovely out there."

She smiles at Aleysa. "I'll be right back with your chair, Aleysa."

Aleysa stands up and holds onto the bed. "Did you bring the stuff so we can make crowns?"

I nod. "Nate' going to make one as well. He'll be your prince, Aleysa."

She pulls a face. "I don't need a prince. I have my sister with me and that's good enough."

Nate pouts and gives her a sad face look.

She starts laughing at our brother. "That's not going to work, brother. You're not too cute to get away with it." She sticks her tongue out at him.

He lifts her up and spins her around. "I'll show you who's not cute enough."

"Stop, Nate." She yells. "I'm going to be sick." He lets her go and she looks at him laughing. "Got you."

The nurse returns at that moment and Aleysa hurries over to the chair. She gets on it and looks at me. "Take me outside before the dragon lady doesn't let me out."

Looking at Nate. "Can you get the bags?"

Nate picks up the bags and I run out of the room pushing my sister down the hall. A doctor walks out of an adjoining corridor and he looks at me. "Where's the fire?"

Pointing towards my sister's room. "Down there."

He starts walking quickly in the direction that I sent him.

Aleysa starts laughing. "That was funny. He believed there's an actual fire."

Looking at her, I laugh. "He knows there wasn't a fire. It's an expression you use when people are running away from something."

"Okay," she looks at me. "Can we please go outside now?"

Walking to the lift I press the button and we wait for the lift door to open.

Nate stops next to us. He looks at me. "Why am I the one that's outnumbered by the girls?"

A smile spreads across my face. "I don't know, but it's something you're going to have to get used to when Aleysa comes home."

He looks at me. "You should go out and get a boyfriend. That way I won't have to be outnumbered by Aleysa and you. Also, I won't be stuck doing girly stuff with you all the time."

Throwing my head back I laugh. "Are you losing your man card already, Nate?"

He shoves my arm. "Shut up, Chloe." The door to the lift opens and we walk in.

As soon as the lift opens on the ground floor I run out of the building with my sister and she laughs all the way to the table.

Once we're seated at the table I pull out everything we need to make a flower crown. I measure the wire around Aleysa's head before cutting it and putting it together. She twirls the vines around the wire. I measure the other for Nate and he takes it from me before he copies Aleysa.

Measuring one for me, I cut it where my finger is. I put mine together with my siblings.

That's the way we spent the day until Nate had to go to football practice. I throw him the keys. "Have fun at practice."

He catches the keys. "Thanks," he hurries away from us.

Putting Aleysa's crown on her head I walk her inside the hospital and up to her room.

Jai will be here soon.