Tears trickled down Jude Quincy's pale cheeks. She was sitting on the rocking chair in the baby's room. The baby who was never able to be brought home from the hospital, the baby who was supposed to make them a real family. Her eyes wandered over to the empty crib with the blue crocheted blanket draped over the railing. Her heart ached for what should be.

"I don't know what to do with her anymore. All she does is sit up in that room," Tommy said, his voice full of pain.

"You just have to give her some time Tommy. She'll get better," Kwest said.

"So I'm supposed to stand by and watch my wife turn into the living dead? She hasn't left that room in days. She doesn't come to bed, she doesn't eat," he trailed off.

"It's only been a week," Sadie said softly.

Tommy sat down at the kitchen table, exhaustion and pain painted his face.

"Tommy, I know it's hard, but you have to try to understand what Jude has gone through," Sadie told him.

"She's not the only one who lost him," he said, standing up.

"Tommy, where are you going?" Kwest asked him.

He put his hands up in the air and shook his head. "Anywhere but here sounds great," he said, slamming the door behind him.

Flashback
"Tommy, how is he?" Jude asked him as she clutched onto his arm.

"He's fine honey," he said, his eyes following the nurse that held his tiny, still, dark-haired baby.

"Tommy, why isn't he crying?" Babies are supposed to cry. What's wrong with him?" She asked frantically, her eyes wide with worry.

"Jude, calm down," he said softly. He brushed her hair away from her face as she held his hand tightly.

Jude turned to a nurse who was checking her vitals. "Can I hold my baby?"

"I'm sorry Mrs. Quincy, but they're taking him to the NICU."

"What? Tommy what's going on?" She cried pitifully.

"He's just having some trouble breathing Mrs. Quincy. His lungs haven't quite developed all the way because he was early," the doctor explained.

Present

Tommy opened the door to his Viper, got in, and drove off. For the past month, his life had been a whirlwind, and in that month, he and Jude had fought more than they had in their two years of marriage. No parent should ever have to go through what they did.

He had only driven to the end of the block before he pulled over and started sobbing.

Flashback
"Tommy, I uh, I have something to tell you," Jude said at her Release Party. She had pulled him from the party and led him out into the alley.

"What's that?" He smiled at her, his harms loosely draped around her small waist.

"You're going to be a Daddy, Quincy," she said, a bright smile quickly appearing on her face.

"I-Oh wow," he said, smiling. He picked her up and hugged her tightly, spinning her around, his own face exuding happiness.

Jude giggled as he quickly led her back into the party. He grabbed a champagne flute and hit a fork against it to gain everyone's attention. "Everyone, I have some exciting news. Jude and I are going to have a baby!"

Present
Sadie knocked on the closed door of the nursery. "Jude, can I come in?"

"Yeah," she said softly.

Sadie walked in and saw her younger sister sitting on the rocking chair, clutching a blue and white teddy bear to her chest.

"Jude," she said softly, as she knelt down in front of her. "Why don't you come downstairs, eat something."

"I'm not hungry," she said quickly, avoiding her sister's gaze.

"Jude, please just come downstairs. It's not healthy, keeping yourself in this room. You've had a bunch of visitors. Spied, Jamie, Mason, even Darius and Shay stopped by earlier today."

"I don't care."

"Maybe you should start," Sadie said, a bit more harshly than she meant it to be. "There are so many people who care about you, who want to help you, and you just keep pushing them away. Your husband is not only hurting because he lost his son, but he's also worried sick about his wife."

"Go away," Jude said loudly.

Sadie shook her head. "I'm not leaving until you do," she said as she sat down in a chair.

Tommy quickly ocmposed himself and drove back to the house.

"Where's Sadie?" He asked Kwest as he walked into the house.

"Upstairs with Jude."

"Is she okay?"

"I'm going to say yes. Her and Sadie have been going back and forth for the past fifteen minutes."

Tommy simply nodded and sat down on the couch. "Maybe she can get through to her because God knows I can't."

"How are you doing?" Kwest asked blatantly.

"I'm fine."

"Tommy, I'm your best friend, so I'm thinking that it's okay for me to tell you this. You look like hell, man."

"Oh thanks."

"You haven't been sleeping either have you?"

"How can I? If I'm not worrying about Jude, or trying to coax her out of that goddamn room, I'm thinking about Skylar."

Flashback

"He's so tiny," Jude mused as she looked into the incubator that held their small son.

"He looks just like you," Tommy smiled.

"Me? He's got your eyes, and he definitely has your hair."

"He's beautiful," Tommy whispered as he held Jude's hand.

"I was thinking of names today and I came up with Skylar Lee," she said softly.

"Skylar," Tommy repeated. "I like it."