The Truth

Waiting Room Troubles

As soon as they reached the doctor's office Evie took a deep breath before entering just knowing that the next hour or so was going to be hard and full of screaming and crying. Mal just looked at the building in confusion and curiosity as she had no clue where she was going.

   When they entered the building Evie went up to the front to sign in. They just handed her paperwork to fill out while they waited. She sat down in the waiting area by the other "moms" and placed Mal in the kid section of toys with the other kids while she filled out the papers.

   Evie just nervously tried to fill out the papers as she would also every once in a while glance over at her little sister who was happily playing with the other kids. She didn't want to be here, but Fairy Godmother was pretty adamant about the importance of kids being up to date with their check ups and Evie didn't want to do anything that would upset the older mother.

   She was trying to prove she was responsible and taking your child to the doctor at least once a year was responsible and the right thing to do even if it was going to be torture for both of them. She just sighed sadly as she moved her attention from the toddler back to the papers knowing she needed to fill them out.

   Just as she was about to start filling things out again she saw someone sit down by her with her thirteen year old daughter with a smile and begin to try and talk to her.

  "Aw look at you, so nervous and young. I'm guessing it's your first time at the doctors without a parent. You look so scared. Don't worry about it. It's just like going with an adult only your parents aren't actually here. If anything you should just be glad that you are not a mom especially one of the moms to those kids. Those parents have to deal with screaming and crying toddlers who absolutely hate the doctor. Gosh those parents are so annoying. They are just nervous wrecks and so crazy to be around especially when they are at doctors appointments. I remember when my daughter was young and I had to deal with all the annoying crazy parents with their clingy children who would always cry and beg for their parents. My daughter was never like that. She was always well behaved and now that she's older it's even easier. Trust me going to the doctor by yourself is nothing compared to what those parents have to deal with,"  The older mother told the young teen as she pointed to Mal and the other toddlers with a smile.

The older mother had no clue that she was talking to one of them right now. And thought it would be fun to bash on the poor parents of young children and the young children themselves. Especially since she didn't have a young child anymore. Evie just gave the nosy lady an offended look as she glanced back at Mal with even more worries from what the older mother had said.

   "Oh um actually I'm not here for myself. I'm actually here with my two year old sister, so um thanks for that. You're actually rudely pointing at my sister right now, so if you could just stop pointing to her that would be great. And I'm not trying to be mean, but I really feel that you shouldn't be here getting in people's business. And you are being rude and offensive to parents of young children and the children themselves. They are just babies. It's not their faults that they actually love their parents and want to be around them and it's not the parents faults that they love their children and don't like seeing them in pain. Unlike you and your "well" behaved daughter. And my sister is one of those "clingy" kids and I am one of those "annoying and crazy" parents, so I think it would be best for you to move away from me and go sit somewhere else. If it really bothers you so much," Evie practically screamed at the rude older mother as she continued to fill out the paperwork. The lady just looked at the teen in shock and embarrassment as she hadn't realized that she was talking badly about toddlers and their parents when talking to someone who was raising a toddler. She just turned her head to look at the tiny purple haired girl that the teen was staring at. She realized that the girl was the teens little sister. She just gasped in embarrassment.

  "Oh my. I'm so sorry. I didn't realize that you were here with a toddler. I just assumed because you look so young that you were here for yourself," the older mother told the young teen in embarrassment and guilt as she felt guilty that she had upset the young girl.

   Before Evie could say anything else to the nosy older mother she heard crying as she immediately turned her head to see Mal crying. She got up quickly as she walked over to the tiny girl and picked her up bringing her back to her seat. She sighed as Mal was already upset  and they hadn't even been called back in yet. She really didn't want to do this.

   "Hey Mal what's wrong sweetie? You seemed just fine a second ago. What happened sweetie?" Evie asked the tiny toddler in her gentle voice as she tried to figure out what had upset the tiny girl who was playing happily just a few seconds ago.

  The tiny toddler just clung on tighter as she continued to cry. "I no wanna be hew. Dey gonna huw me. I wanna go howm. Dey scawy an dey gonna gib me an owy wif dere poiny neewle. Da bi kis tow me. Dey did id to dem too," the small toddler told her sister in her scared voice as she just clung on tightly to her big sister for protection.

   Evie just held back tears. It hurt to hear her sister so scared and upset. She just tightened her embrace on the toddler and forced a smile. She had to make it look like she was happy and not sad as she wanted to make the toddler feel better.

  "Aw Mal baby girl it's okay. I'm going to be here the whole time. They won't hurt you. They are here to help you sweetie. I won't let them hurt you Mal," Evie told the scared toddler trying to calm her and make her feel less scared.

   It didn't seem to work as the tiny toddler just continued to cry and cling to her big sister. Evie took a deep breath when she heard the nurse call out for Mal. She sighed as she began to walk towards the nurse. When Mal saw this she began to kick and scream in panic.

  "Nooo I now wanna go dere. I wana go howm. Ebie no make me go back dere. Nooo I scaw. Dey gonna huw me. Nooo. I be a goow giwl. I no be ba. I behab. I sowwy pwease no make me go dere," the tiny toddler cried out as she clung on super tightly to her big sister trying to stop her from making her see the scary doctor.

   Evie just quickly wiped away her tears that were starting to fall as she composed herself. "Mal it's okay I promise. This isn't a punishment," Evie told the small girl as she took a deep breathe and followed the nurse to the back into an examination room just knowing that this was pure torture and they hadn't even seen the doctor yet. She already wanted to just take off and say screw it, this didn't seem worth it. She knew she couldn't do that though.