“Patrick. Sit down.” Bette was fighting the small child. She could feel herself getting madder with each passing second. 

“1…2…3…4…5…6…” She said as she stood up and walked away from the wailing and flailing child on the floor next to the chair. 

Bette walked into the kitchen and started cleaning up the mess. 

It took half an hour for Patrick to realize Bette was no longer standing over him. When he did he stopped screaming and stood up. He picked up the nearest object, a glass bowl, and threw across the room. 

Bette stood up from the dust pan at the sound of the bowl shattering into pieces. 

“PATRICK!!” She yelled. He took off running right through the glass with his bare feet. He didn’t make it far before screaming in pain as the glass shards pushed into his skin. “Oh shit.” 

Bette ran to him scooping him up in her arms. She looked at his bloody feet and headed towards the bathroom. 

“Parker!” She called as she ran water over his feet. He screamed even louder. 

“Yeah.” She said walking into the bathroom. 

“Go into my bedroom and get my cell phone off the bed.” Bette instructed. Parker did exactly as she was told. 

“Here. What happened to Patrick?” She asked. 

“He broke a glass bowl and then accidently ran through it. Now I need you to go next door and see if Shane or Carmen is home. Ask them to come here if they are there.” Bette pulled a large shard of glass from Patrick’s right foot. He screamed. 

Parker ran out of the bathroom.

Bette dialed Tina’s number. 

“Hello” Tina said. 

“Dr. Kennard it’s Bette Porter. I have an emergency. Patrick ran through some broken glass. He has glass stuck all in the bottom of his feet. 

“It’s okay. Meet me at the emergency room.” Tina said. 

“Okay Thanks.” Bette hung up the phone. 

“What happened?” Carmen said. 

“He ran through some glass with his bare feet. Can you watch Parker and Peyton? I’ve got to take him to the ER.” Bette said. 

“Yeah sure.” Carmen said. 

“Thanks.” Bette said. She picked Patrick up and carried him out to the car. 

“Okay kiddo let’s get this mess cleaned up. Stay away from the glass.” Carmen said. 

“Why I didn’t make it?” Parker said. 

“Well you’re gonna help me clean it up especially if you want to go to the planet for dinner.” Carmen said. A smile crept across Parker’s face. 

“Okay.” She said and started picking up the noodles. 

*********

Bette carried Patrick into the emergency room. It was packed. 

“I need some help.” She said to the nurse. 

“Fill these out and I’ll be with you as soon as possible.” The nurse said and handed Bette a clipboard. Bette sat down with Patrick in her lap and started on the paperwork. 

20 minutes later Tina walked in. 

“Bette what are you doing out here?” She asked. 

“They said they would get to us as soon as possible.” She said. Patrick was curled in her lap tears of pain running down his cheeks. 

“Come on.” Tina walked up to the desk. 

“Dr Kennard. You are scheduled for today.” The nurse said. 

“I need an exam room.” Tina said. Bette walked up behind her. 

“We are all full at the moment.” The nurse said. 

“Listen I have a 3 and half year old here with glass in his feet clear a room.” Tina said. 

“Yes ma’am.” the nurse disappeared. 

“Thanks.” Bette said. 

“No problem. What happened?” Tina said looking at Patrick’s feet. 

“He was throwing a fit and threw a glass bowl. It shattered and he ran through it trying to get away from me.” Bette said. 

“It’s not you’re fault accidents happen.” Tina said rubbing Bette’s shoulder. Bette smiled at Tina.