Chapter 1

Kurt sat next to the hospital bed trying to get the courage to make the call to his ex-husband, Blaine. He wasn't sure if he should wait until morning or place the call now. He really wanted to avoid making this call. But he had no choice; his daughter's life depended on speaking to him. Hoping again hope that he will agree to what he needed to ask from him. It was a matter of life and death, his daughter's life to be exact.

His beloved daughter, Rosemarie was so ill. She could die before she turned 5 years old. "What the hell am I going to do? How can I be strong when my heart feels like it is breaking into a million pieces? I have to be strong and just make the call." He thought to himself. "Maybe I should tell Mom and Dad first. It may help me get the courage I need to call him." He glanced at Rosemarie's beautiful face. She looked so much like Blaine; sometimes it hurt to see her.

"Just make the call!" He thought to himself. "First I need to tell Blaine and then mom and dad. It will be early morning in New York but this is an emergency."

He picked up his cell phone and called the number he hadn't called in six years. It started to ring and he took a deep breathe trying to relax. "Courage, Kurt." He thought. The phone rang four times before it was picked up.

"Seb, it's 3 am! There had better be a good reason why you are calling me so late! If Roselani wakes up, I will kill you!" Blaine said sleepy and irritated.

Kurt was stunned for a moment, hearing his ex-husband's voice after all these years, he needed to speak to him about Rosemarie.

"Hello! This had better not be a crank call!" Blaine said more awake and irritated than before.

"Hello! This is Kurt. Kurt Hummel. Can I please speak to Blaine Anderson?"

"Kurt, this is Blaine." Blaine said in a quiet voice. He wondered why his ex-husband was calling him after all these years, especially since he vowed he would never call him for anything.

"I-I'm s-sorry t-to c-call s-so l-late b-but," Kurt stammered trying to work thru his emotions and tell him what is going on with Rosemarie. He starts to breathe rapidly.

"Kurt! Take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Relax! Take your time!" Blaine said anxiously. "Take your time, baby. Breathe slowly in and slowly out."

Kurt felt slightly better, the panic attack over before it started. "Good thing, I'm at the hospital and they can help me, the irony." He thought to himself.

Blaine heard Kurt breathing easier and knew the panic attack was avoided.

"Feeling better, Kurt?"

"Y-yes, thank y-you."

"What's going on, Kurt? What's happening?"

"It's R-Rosemarie, Blaine. S-She is s-so very s-sick!" Kurt cried to him.

Blaine was stunned, of all things he thought he would hear, Rosemarie never entered the picture.

"What's wrong with her?" Blaine asked him worriedly.

"S-She h-has L-leukemia." Kurt finally said the words he was still trying to comprehend that his little baby girl had cancer. "The d-doctor told m-me the t-test r-results t-this evening."

Blaine was struck speechless with despair. He tried to talk but all he kept hearing over and over, "Leukemia." Rosemarie, the baby he hadn't seen since her birth, the child that Kurt was raising without him. "We'll be on the first flight to California, Kurt. What hospital are you at, The Children's Hospital in Downtown Los Angeles?" He asked as he got out of bed and began to pace.

Blaine couldn't hear Kurt on the phone. He looked at his phone to make sure the call hadn't been dropped. "Kurt!"

"I'm sorry; Rose woke up asking for some water."

"Is she okay? Oh, God! That's a stupid question! Of course, she's not okay! Kurt, what hospital are you at? I'm going to booking the first flight out of New York; I need to know what hospital so I can book a hotel."

Kurt felt the weight lift off his shoulders as soon as Blaine said he was coming to California. "We are at City of Hope Hospital. Dr. Arbid said this hospital is one of the best in the country." Kurt sighed. "Thank you for coming, Blaine."

"I'll be there as soon as possible, Kurt. I-

"Kurt! I just got off work and came straight here. How's baby girl? What did the test results say?" Blaine heard someone say to Kurt.

"I need to talk to someone really quick. Can you hold for a moment? Please?" Kurt asked Blaine. "If not, then I'll call you right back. It will only take a moment."

"I'll hold." Blaine said. He really wanted to know what Kurt was going to say.

"It's not good news, Noah. She has acute leukemia. She starts chemotherapy tomorrow afternoon. I'm so scared."

"Princess, you've always been strong with whatever life has thrown you. You can handle this and be strong for our baby girl. I'll be here always supporting you, Kurt. That's a promise."

"That hug is just what I needed."

"Have you called Burt and Carol? What about Finn? Are you calling Blaine? Princess, he needs to know."

"I haven't called anyone yet, just Blaine. He said he's coming tomorrow. I need finish this call so I can call mom and dad."

"Okay. I'll sit with our princess, Kurt."

Blaine heard Kurt's breath before he heard him say, "I'm sorry about that. Do you need someone to meet you at the airport?"

"no, I'll be fine. I'll see you as soon as I get there."

"thank you for coming, Blaine. I'll see you tomorrow some time. I need to call my dad."

"Bye, Kurt."

Blaine hung up the phone in a daze, realizing that Kurt had someone in his life and that man thought of his daughter as his. He shook his "head annoyed with himself. He still thought of Kurt as his but right now the most important person was Rosemarie. She had to get better and he would be damned if he was pushed out of her life again.

"I have two battles to win. This illness that Rosemarie has and getting Kurt back." Blaine said out loud.

Kurt ended the call and looked at Noah holding Rose's hand and singing softly to her. He could see the love he had for his daughter. "What would I do without him?" He thought to himself.

Kurt looked at his phone and speed dialed his dad. He needed his dad now more than ever before. The call was picked up on the second ring. "Kiddo, what's wrong?" his dad said.