Title: A Day of Sickness
Author: MrsFitzgerald52
Rating: PG
Genres: Family/General
POV: Martin OC: His daughter, Sara.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or anything well maybe expect Sara.
Setting: Maybe a couple of months after 'Sweet Little Child of Mine' but this story is NOT a sequel so some of the characters in the first story might not be in this fic.
Summary: What will happen to Martin when his daughter got sick for the first time? Well, it will be one of the many challenges this new father had to face. A fanfic full of sweetness! Enjoy!
Chapter One
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"Sara, it's time to go!" yelled by Martin Fitzgerald who was in the kitchen, finishing his daughter's lunch and putting it in her lunch box.
It was about eight-fifteen in the morning when Martin did that and usually at this time, Sara might be done with her breakfast and will be waiting for her father to hurry up and finish things up to go to daycare in time but on this particular morning, Martin hadn't heard a peek from her or seen her at all, not even when Martin had spend about fifteen minutes for her to come into his room and gives him a big 'good morning' hug like she did every morning for about a whole month now.
Getting no response from her, Martin did the same thing again but expect on this time, he used her last name into the mix, yelling to his five years old daughter again, "Sara Fitzgerald, hadn't you heard me! It's time to go!"
Knowing that this is not a nice thing to do especially to a little girl, Martin promised to himself to not do that again because his daughter is such a sensitive person who doesn't like being yelled at from people and he was about to be one of them but he had to because from looking at the clock on the kitchen wall, it will be about eight-eighteen and the both of them had to be out of the apartment by eight thirty to go to daycare for Sara and then, to work for him.
At around eight-twenty, Sara still hadn't came yet and knowing that he and his daughter will be late, to see if Sara was alive or not, Martin was about to yell at her again and this time, he will use Sara's middle name, which is Elizabeth in there.
Turning to the doorway where Sara's bedroom, his bedroom and the bathroom were at, Martin was about to yell out her full name and to tell her again that she better get going or he and her will be late but it didn't happened because he heard a door being opened and slammed and a pair of little footsteps walking over to the kitchen. When Martin finally saw his daughter at the kitchen doorway, his eyes were staring at Sara's pink pajamas.
Rubbing her eyes and then, staring at her Daddy and saying to him in a tired voice while walking toward him, "Morning, Daddy." When she got in front of him, Martin squatted down to her and putting her over to his body, he said to her in a kind voice, "Morning, Baby. Why you still are in your pjs?"
Staring at her father's blue eyes with her brown eyes, Sara told him that she don't know and right away, Sara made a weird face at him, loudly sneezed something out of her nose, and seconds later, that something had landed on the right shoulder of Martin's light blue dress shirt.
To see what it was, Martin looked over his shoulder and founded a big amount of snot in a color of pea soup. Thinking that his daughter might be sick, Sara told him that she's sorry about that and in return, Martin said back to her, "Don't worry about that, Baby. Come over to me so I can feel your forehead, okay?" Just in case that Sara might wanted to sneeze again, Martin grabbed some tissues out of a box, handed those to her, and while putting them to her nose, Sara answered Martin's question by saying to him, "Okay, Daddy."
Martin smiled at her when she told him that and right away, he put his hand on her forehead and her forehead felt hot under it. Thinking that Sara might be having a fever right now, Martin knew that Sara had to stay at home for today until the fever goes down and since nobody will not be here to watch and take good care of his daughter, it looked like that Martin had to don't go to work that day in order to do that.
Knowing that Sara is staring at him right now, Martin got rid of some frays of Sara's light brown hair off her face and put them behind her ears so he can looked at her and said to her, "Sara, you are having a bad fever right now and you had to stay at home today until you'll get better so no daycare today." Sara stared at him and understood every word Martin had told her and said to him, "Okay, Daddy and who will take care of me?"
With a smile on his face, Martin kissed her on the cheek and answered her question by saying to her, "Baby, I'll taking care of you." Sara stared at him again and asked him a question about work.
"Daddy, what about your work with Uncles Jack and Danny and Aunties Sam, Viv, and Elena? Who will help them find missing people today?" asked Sara who was worrying about that. Knowing that he better call them and tell them that he can't go to work today because he had to take care of his daughter, Martin kissed her again and told her that to don't worry about that and he will call them and tell them to that he can't go to work today because he had to take care of her today.
After hearing that, Sara smiled at him, telling him that she's fine with that, knowing that today, her Uncles and Aunties had to do the work without her father that day and she and Martin will be having with each other instead. The moment he saw that smile of her, Martin hugged his little girl again and after giving her a hug, with a smile on his own face, he said to Sara, "Baby, let go to your room and put you into bed so I can call work and tell them about your sickness. Okay with that?"
Sara nodded at him, telling him that she's fine with it and after she did that, Martin lifted her up, putting her into his arms, and carried her into her bedroom to take care of her until she is well enough to do whatever she want to do and this will be a big challenge for him because it is the first time.