Today was the day; Maddie's first chemo session. Maddie appeared happy, but Kurt and Blaine both knew that she was scared. Frankly, Blaine and Kurt were petrified. They both had seen first hand how chemo could take a seemingly healthy person and make them appear as if their on death's doorstep. Blaine had experienced it with Skylar, and Kurt with his mom. They both knew that the initial introduction of the chemo would not be hard. It would be later when Maddie was shaking and in pain that the chemo would reveal its true power. However, as scared they might be, they had to put on brave faces for Maddie. She held their hands as they walked down to the room where her chemo would be administered. Nurse Jenny was waiting for them. She had taken care of Maddie all last night and had informed them that she would be Maddie's primary nurse.

"Hey, Maddie. Are your ready to get started?" She asked. Maddie nodded and let go of Kurt and Blaine's hands as Jenny led her over to a large chair. Next to it was a tray of instruments and an IV bag of chemo. "Okay, first, we need to put your chemo port in. This will be like the chemo's homebase to get into your body. That way we don't have to stick you with anymore needles after this." Jenny said. Maddie smiled at the thought of no more needles. Maddie sat down in the giant chair and Jenny got to work putting the port in. It was an uncomfortable process, but after only about ten minutes it was done. "Okay, your port is all ready and we can start the chemo now." Jenny said. She took the IV bag and hooked it up to Maddie and the process began. Kurt and Blaine sat down next to her while it happened.

"Is this all that happens?" Maddie asked in a bored voice.

"Yes, honey." Kurt said. "Do you want to watch a movie? I brought my Ipad." He offered. Maddie nodded and Kurt fished through his bag to find his Ipad. He had put three of Maddies favorite movies on there because he didn't know how long this would take. "What do you think? Tangled, The Little Mermaid, or Beauty and the Beast?" Kurt asked.

"Papa do you really have to ask?" Maddie said sassily. Kurt rolled his eyes.

"Fine, you're right." he said before pressing Tangled. Maddie watched the movie and was delighted by every second of it. She laughed and sang along to the words. They were lucky she was the only one in the room today. After the movie was over, Jenny came back over.

"You're all done." She said to Maddie before unhooking her from the empty bag. Maddie smiled.

"I can go back to my room now." She asked. Jenny nodded. "Yay!" Maddie said before taking Kurt's hand and pulling him away. Jenny pulled Blaine aside.

"She's fine now, but she won't be in a few hours. It's hard for the little one's who don't really understand what's going on." Jenny said.

"I understand. My sister has leukemia. She was diagnosed at age five. I've sort of been dealing with chemo since I was seven. I'm aware of what it does to people." Blaine replied.

"Wait, is you sister Skylar Anderson?" She asked.

"That would be her. Did she hurt and or embarrass you in anyway? She does that...a lot." Blaine said.

"No, nothing like that. She is the sweetest girl. She really has an eye for interior decorating. She helped me refurnish my daughter's bedroom." Jenny said.

"Oh, well I'm glad that she could help you." Blaine replied. "I should get back to my husband and Maddie. We only have a few hours before it starts."

"Okay, I'll see you later Mr. Anderson-Hummel." Jenny said before Blaine left. He walked down the hallway to Maddie's room. She was in bed coloring in a coloring book with Kurt. She was smiling as she told Kurt all about her drawing. Blaine loved her smiled. Maybe, just maybe, Maddie wouldn't get the side effects of the chemo. He had read about it and it was rare, but it could happen.

Three hours later Maddie still hadn't started experiencing the side effects of the chemo. Both Blaine and Kurt were hopeful that maybe she was a rarity. Maybe she wasn't going to get the side effects, but then it happen. They had been watching a movie on the hospital television when Maddie unexpectedly threw up all over herself. Kurt grabbed a basin and held it under her mouth as she continued to get sick.

"I'm sorry." She choked out.

"Shh, it's okay honey. It's not your fault." He said. Blaine pressed the nurses button and Nurse Jenny came in. She gave Kurt and Blaine a sympathetic smile.

"I'm sorry. I made a mess." Maddie cried as Kurt helped her out of the vomit ridden bed.

"No honey, it's just the can't help it." Jenny said as she stripped the sheets from Maddie's bed. Kurt sat her down in a chair after setting down the basin and took the vomit covered hospital gown off of her. He grabbed a new basin just in case and kept it in his hand as he put a new gown on her. Jenny put new sheets on her bed while Kurt and Blaine tried to comfort Maddie who kept insisting that she did something wrong. She threw up again into the basin and cried even harder as her body got shaky. They got her back into bed and covered her up with blankets. Despite being so cold, Maddie was sweating and couldn't get comfortable. She was just in too much pain. Kurt stayed by her side and tried to feed her ice chips which in turn Maddie would just throw up five minute later. Jenny hooked her up to another IV and gave her some nausea medication which was supposed to help, but it really didn't. She didn't have anything left in her stomach so she couldn't throw it up,but that didn't stop her little body from being nauseous. Every so often Maddie would bolt up in bed and dry heave into the larger bucket that Jenny had brought. Just seeing his little girl like this made Blaine so upset.

"Daddy, Papa, please make it stop." She begged. Blaine just couldn't take it any longer. He went out into the hallway and slid down the wall onto the floor and cried into his knees. This was all his fault. It was his stupid DNA that had done this to his little girl. Jenny saw Blaine and walked over and knelt in front of him.

"Hey, don't cry. It's okay. I promise this will get better." She said rubbing his shoulder.

"It's all my fault." Blaine cried. "It was my genes that did this to her. She's miserable and it's all my fault."

"Stop that now." Jenny commanded. "You, did not give Maddie this cancer and you did not cause her to feel like this. That is the chemo doing it's job."

"She's just so sick. I can't bare to see her like that." Blaine cried.

"Well, right now. You have too." Jenny said. "Because Maddie needs you. You have to be the strong one here." Blaine realized that she was right. His little girl needed him. He wiped away his tears and stood up from the wall. Then he walked back into the room and crawled into bed with Maddie. Her little body shook in his arms as she tried to bury herself further into his arms to get warmer. Blaine held her tightly in his arms for the rest of the night. Although things seemed dark now, he just kept telling himself that this was healing her. That was all he and Kurt could ever ask for; for their daughter to be healthy again.