It has been a few days. Megan is still staying with Avery, Owen and T.K. Carlos is watching over Megan and Avery since Owen and T.K. are working. Avery and Megan have just finished lunch. They walk into Avery's room. 'Ugh, I'm so bored.' Avery flops down onto her bed. After a few moments of thinking, a mischievous grin creeps across her face and she sits upright. 'I have an idea.' Avery says to her.

'Okay.....' Megan says slowly, noticing the mischievous grin.

'Why don't we prank Carlos?' Avery suggests.

'Avery.' Megan shakes her head.

'What? It will be fun!' Avery says. 'C'mon, Sergeant Serious downstairs has been keeping me on a tight leash. I've had nothing to do but sit around all day. He hasn't even let me near the craft stuff!'

'Yeah... Avery, I'm pretty sure that was your dad's idea. And T.K.'s.' Megan raises an eyebrow.

'Whatever.' Avery waves her hand to dismiss it. 'Pleeeaaasseee.'

'Fine.' Megan gives in. 'What do you have in mind?'

Half an hour later, Megan and Avery are stood at the top of the stairs. Lying on the floor is a Resusci Anne doll that they've dressed up to look like Avery - using a wig and some of her clothes.

'Okay... I've been holding back on this question,' Megan starts, 'where the fuck did you get this thing?'

'I may have borrowed it from the station.' Avery says innocently. 'It was out of commission so it's cool.'

'This is cruel.' Megan shakes her head disapprovingly. 'So very cruel.'

'At least we're chucking a doll down the stairs and not ourselves.' Avery points out. 'I just said that out loud didn't I?'

'Erm... yeah.' Megan nods.

'Let's just do it.' Avery states. Megan looks at her concerned. 'Chuck the doll down, not ourselves, remember to use a bit a force so that it sounds realistic.' Megan nods. Avery stomps her foot to mimic a trip and they push the doll down the stairs. They hear Carlos running so they hide around the corner. Avery tries to hide back her laughter.

'Avery!' Carlos exclaims. He kneels next to the doll and places his hand on it. As soon as he realises its a doll, he sighs with relief and stands up. 'Really?' He shouts up the stairs. Avery and Megan reveal themselves. 'That wasn't funny.' He raises an eyebrow.

'In my defence it was all Avery's idea.' Megan raises her hands. They both walk down the stairs. 

'I was bored!' Avery justifies herself.

'You nearly gave me a heart attack.' Carlos tells her.

'Your face was really funny though.' Avery laughs. 'C'mon, it was only a bit of harmless fun. At least I didn't chuck myself down the stairs.' Carlos just looks at her. 'I said that out loud again, didn't I?'

'Yes.' Both Megan and Carlos nod together.

'If you two are that bored, why don't you two bring down some blankets, cushions and pillows and have a movie night?' Carlos suggests. Megan and Avery look at each other.

'We can bring down the duvet and pillows in my dads room.' Avery says.  'I have a ton of cushions so we can bring those down too.' Megan nods.

'Whilst you two are doing that, I'll clear up the front room and make up some popcorn and stuff for you guys.' Carlos adds.

'Just no salted popcorn, I hate that shit.' Avery scrunches her face up. She walks up the stairs with Megan whilst Carlos walks through to the front room. As he's tidying, he gets his phone out and facetimes T.K.

'How's it going?' T.K. asks when he picks up.

'What? Babysitting two crazy ass extremely medicated teenagers?' Carlos raises his eyebrow. 'Yeah it's fine.' He adds. 'One thing though, your sister is a fucking psychopath.' T.K. just bursts out laughing.

'You're only just figuring that out?' T.K. asks his boyfriend. 'What did she do?' Carlos explains what she did. 'Oh god she did that you too?' T.K. laughs.

'What do you mean?' Carlos asks, confused.

'When she was 10 and I was 20, I was looking after her and she did the exact same thing to me. She was super creative as a kid. She stuffed a ton of books and clothes into some pillow cases, taped them together, made some arms, legs and a head, made it look like her and chucked it down the stairs. It scared the shit outta me.' T.K. explains. 'I wouldn't let her out of my sight for hours.'

'Who wouldn't you let out of your sight for hours?' They hear Avery say making Carlos jump. Carlos turns to face her but positions the phone so T.K. can see her too and she can see him. She has a duvet balled up in her hands with some pillows on top.

'You.' Both T.K. and Carlos say together.

'I'm not that much trouble.' Avery attempts to defend herself. Carlos looks at her with an eyebrow raised, Avery sees that T.K. also has an eyebrow raised. 'Okay, I'm a little bit of trouble but all the best people are.'

'You keep telling yourself that.' T.K. laughs. Avery sticks her middle finger up at him. 'I have one of those too.' He also sticks his middle finger up and drops it. 'Anyways, why do you have a duvet in your hands? And my pillows?'

'Having a movie night, duh.' Avery replies before walking off and setting up from the front room. Carlos turns his attention back to T.K.

'I better go supervise them before they do something else that gives me a heart attack.' Carlos says. 'I'll see you later.' T.K. says bye and Carlos hangs up. He walks to the front room and sees what Avery and Megan have made up.

'How have you managed this in like 10 minutes?' Carlos asks the two girls.

'Avery took over,' Megan looks at Avery, 'and bam it was done.'

'What can I say, I'm a pro at movie night blanket forts.' Avery smiles. 'Me and Jason used to do it all the time so I've just learnt how to make blanket forts super quick.'

'What movie are we watching then?' Carlos asks them.

'You're not watching anything.' Avery says. 'Girls, only.'

'Fine,' Carlos bites back jokingly, 'I'll go and watch a movie all by myself.' He adds before walking away.

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A few hours later, Owen and T.K. are returning from work. Carlos meets them in the hallway. He motions for them to be quiet. They all walk to the front room and see Megan and Avery both asleep with the movie playing in the background. The three of them look at each other and smile.

'They fell asleep about an hour into the movie.' Carlos tells them. T.K. takes his phone out and takes a picture. He puts his phone back in his pocket and the three of them walk through to the kitchen and sit down.

'How has Avery eaten today?' Owen asks.

'She's only had snacks.' Carlos states. 'Is she still not eating full meals?' Lately, Avery has been refusing full meals and not eating as much.

'She says it's down to the meds but I think it's more than that.' T.K. says.

'You think she has an eating disorder?' Carlos asks.

'Yeah.' Owen nods. 'Every time I've tried to bring it up, she's dismissed me or deflected the question.'

'Why don't I try and talk to her?' Carlos suggests. 'She might open up more to me.'

'Are you sure?' Owen makes sure.

'Of course.' Carlos nods. 'She might be scared to open up to you in case you'll judge her or admit her to psychiatric unit. She might think that she has it handled. It might be easier for her to speak to someone who isn't her dad and brother.' He adds. 'I'll take her out for lunch tomorrow. Just somewhere quiet and we'll have a chat.' Unknown to them, Avery had woken up and went to join them but stopped in the doorway when they heard them talking about her. She returns to the front room and lies back down, taking her phone out as she does.

She leaves the last message on read before falling back asleep.
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Be sure to read more about Megan in DharmaWinter's Addicted! We have something in the works and we're so excited!

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