A Trip Back

Chapter 7
An ocean of tears... and some other liquid

Chapter Description: Disaster strikes Drew

Chapter 7

Drew suddenly woke up in the middle of the night; he had a nightmare about going to the doctors (his biggest childhood fear) because he was going later that day. But then he noticed a wet clammy feeling around him. He looked down and realized he had wet the bed. He hadn’t done that since he was... nine. He was very embarrassed, he almost broke into tears right there. But he held them back and went into Sarah’s room. When he got there he nudged her awake.

“What do you want honey?” Sarah asked still in a sleepy fog.

“I... well... um... wet the bed.” Drew said almost in tears again.

Sarah noticed this and said “Don’t worry Drew. Even big boys wet the bed sometimes”

Sarah got out of her bed and saw the scared nine year old boy standing in wet race car pajamas and on the verge of crying. Her heart almost melted at the sight. She went over to him and gave him a big hug. Drew did nothing to stop the flow of tears that started to come out of his eyes. Sarah just kept hugging him until the tears stopped.

“You should go and take a shower” Sarah said

“O-ok mommy” Drew stuttered not even noticing that he called his wife that

“And don’t worry I will get everything cleaned up for you.” She said in a reassuring voice.

As Drew went into the shower Sarah was on the verge of crying too, but out of joy. Drew was everything she wanted in a little boy. And seeing he so helpless just strengthened her maternal instincts. This was everything she wanted but she knew there was still more shrinking to go, mentally and physically. And there was only one more shot to do that. In only a few more hours she would get the baby boy she always wanted.

But Drew only a few feet away in the shower was thinking completely differently. He felt like he had sunk so low. He was in his wife’s arms crying about a wet bed. And then he realized that he called Sarah mommy. He almost started crying again, but he held them back. But he was going to the doctors later, maybe they could figure out how to fix him. He got out of the shower and dried off. When he got to his room he saw a nicely made bed and a pair of blue spaceship pajamas sitting folded on the bed. As he got under the covers he quietly said

“At least someone cares about me” and he slowly fell asleep un-aware of the startling news he was going to get tomorrow