Chickenpox
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Oct. 20, 2011, 9:36 a.m.


Chickenpox: Chapter 5


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Story: Complete - Chapters: 10/10 - Created: Oct 20, 2011 - Updated: Oct 20, 2011
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Carole was thumbing through her contact list on her phone when her sleepy eyed first born son loudly bounded down the stairs. He slumped into the kitchen and opened the fridge as was his morning habit. Carole came up behind the tall boy and placed the back of her hand on his forehead.

"Mmmrghh, get off Mom I just woke up." Finn complained as he squirmed out of his mom's touch.

"I am just checking to see if you have a fever honey; Kurt has the chickenpox and so does Blaine. I have them quarantined in Kurt's room but I think it would be best if you and Burt tried to stay away from the house as much as possible for about a week." Carole said as she returned to her search for a caretaker for the sick boys.

"Umm ok…" said Finn in his typical confused tone. "I guess I can hang out at Puck's for the week, he just got a new Xbox game."

"Thanks honey that would be really helpful, now I just have to find someone to come over and watch the boys while I am at work." Carole said in frustration.

"Wait, you said I can't be here cuz I haven't had the chickenpox but I know someone who has had it and would be more that willing to come over!" said Finn hopefully.

"Mmhhh" Carole responded distractedly.

"No seriously mom, Rachel can come over! She has told me like a hundred times about how she had to drop out of some pageant or play or something when she got the chickenpox." Finn said as he pulled out his phone and handed it to his mother. "I am sure she would be more than willing to come over and help."

"Ok, I will give her a call." Carole said as she dialed the number. "Hello Rachel, this is Mrs. Hummel Finn's mom…No honey nothing is wrong Finn is alright right, I have a bit of a favor to ask of you. Kurt and his boyfriend Blaine have come down with a case of chickenpox, and Finn said since you have already had it you might be willing to come over and take care of them while I am at work…You would? Oh thank you so much Rachel, ok we will see you in a half-hour. Thanks again dear." Carole hung up the phone and smiled a relief filled smile. "Thanks Finn, now you need to get ready to go, I will drop you off at Puck's on my way to work." Carole said as she shooed Finn up the stairs.

Exactly 30 minutes later the doorbell of the Hummel household rang. Finn bounded down the stairs in a typical flannel shirt and opens the door. On the stoop stands a petit brunette with arms full of supplies.

"Hello Finn, I am here to take care of Kurt and Blaine," she says as she brushes past the tall boy. "Where are they at?" She asks as she sets down her a few boxes and a rather large grocery bag.

"Umm, upstairs in Kurt's room, but I think they are still sleeping". Finn replies as he shuts the front door. "Do you need help carrying your things into the kitchen?" he asks. Rachel nods and picks up the grocery bag while Finn grabs the boxes. He follows Rachel into the kitchen; she has already started unpacking the bag. The counter begins to fill with cans of soup, liters of pop, mysterious bottles of pills, gossip magazines, calamine lotion, and other items. Finn looks curiously at the assortment, and his eye land on a cylinder shaped container of oatmeal. "Why the oatmeal?" he asks.

"Oatmeal baths help with the itching." She replies impatiently. "Aren't you supposed to be out of the house so you don't get sick?" she questions.

"Umm, ya my mom is taking me to Pucks soon." He says.

"Finn, are you ready to leave?" Carole calls as she enters the kitchen. "Oh hello Rachel I didn't hear you come in." Carole smiles at the young girl. "I see you came prepared." Carole looks at the supplies that Rachel has brought with amazement. "Ok well the boys are asleep in Kurt's room. I gave them Tylenol about an hour ago but I would check on them soon. I left of list of important numbers its right…"

"I've got it under control" says Rachel, interrupting Mrs. Hummel. "You can trust me." She says smiling widely. "I will see you when you get off work." With that Rachel shows Mrs. Hummel and Finn to the door and sends them on their way. She then proceeds to find the thermometer and her bottle of calamine lotion and heads upstairs to tend to the boys.


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Calamine lotion all around! Put it on my tab!