"Dad! Dad dad dad dad dad dad dad dad dad!" Felix shook me awake and I bolted up right. Ready to call an ambulance if needed since it was four in the morning.
"Pwease no mad." He held open his palm to show me something, and I struggled to find the light in the dark so I could see.
"Lixxie, why's your lip bleeding?" He licked his upper lip and scrunched his nose before pushing his open palm closer to me.
"I no mean to." In his palm lay a tiny tooth, but I still couldn't figure out what the big deal was.
"It's four in the morning, how'd this happen?" I lifted his chin with my fingers so I could get a better look at his busted lip.
"I was sleepin' an den I hit my mout' an I sees my tooth." He smiled widely to show me the gap where the tooth used to be, but that only made his lip bleed more.
"Let's go get you cleaned up and back to bed." I threw off my sheets and Lix followed me to the bathroom.
"You no mad?" I shook my head and wet a paper towel to wipe the blood off his face.
"Everyone has to lose their baby teeth, so why would I be mad?" He shrugged and I threw out the paper towel. It's not like I could put a bandaid on the cut, so I have no idea how to stop the slow trickle of blood.
"Let's go put your tooth under your pillow so the tooth fairy can come take it."
"Why?"
"She takes everyone's baby teeth so she can store the memories." He paused and looked at the tooth in his palm.
"I have memowies." He pointed to his head and I sighed.
"When you get older you don't remember everything. This way they're stored forever."
"I don wanna." Lix clutched the tooth in a tight fist and held it to his chest like I was going to take it from him.
"That's okay. But we need to go back to bed." He stopped and looked at me, wheels turning in his head.
"Can I sleep wit you?"
"Sure, bud."
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Handle My Kids With Care
Fanfiction"Don't touch my kids. I'm afraid they just might break after everything they've been through. Behind those smiles is more struggles than you could ever think of. You have to handle my kids with care."
