"What are you doing up?" Reid walked into Natalie's hospital room.

Luke was sleeping in two of the chairs that he had made into a make shift bed for himself. Natalie was sitting up in bed, playing with her stuffed horse. She looked up at him and smiled, but didn't say anything.

"Okay. How are you feeling?" he asked, going to get her a cup of water.

"Sick." she replied

Reid laughed, "Yeah, that's because you are my dear." he handed her the plastic cup of water, "How long have you been up now? It's four in the morning."

Natalie shrugged after taking sip of water, "I don't know. A while I guess."

"Why didn't you wake your brother up. Give yourself some company?"

She shrugged again, "Didn't want to bother him." she patted the edge of her bed, "And now you're here so I have company."

Smiling, Reid sat on the edge of the bed, facing her, "I can't stay long. I'm on shift tonight."

"That's okay." Natalie smiled back at him, "Luke told me earlier you brought this in for me." she held up her stuffed horse, "Thank you."

Reid shrugged, "Least I could do for a Snyder girl."

Natalie giggled. She and Reid fell silent when they heard Luke stir, but he stayed asleep.

"You must really love Luke." Natalie whispered

"Why do you say that? It's true, but why?"

Natalie smiled, "Because. You're here, helping him raise me and Ethan. Noah was suppose to be a part of the family. He was suppose to love us too, but I've only seen him twice since Mom and Dad died." she frowned

"Hey." Reid wiped away a tear that escaped her eyes, "I'm sure Noah does love you all still. It's just hard for him too. I'm sure that he'll be here for Thanksgiving or Christmas."

"How do you know?" Natalie was really on the verge of crying now.

"Well I don't." Reid replied, "But Luke will probably tell him that you all want him to come because you all miss him. He'll come just for you and Ethan."

Natalie smiled and the tears disappeared. She got up on her knees and hugged him for a minute before settling back down in bed.

"Okay. I'm going to head back to work." Reid told her, "You should get more sleep. If you're much better later today, you may be going home."

Natalie smiled. She had the biggest smile he had ever seen. Even bigger then Luke's. He smiled back before getting off the bed and heading for the door. Natalie took one more look at her older brother before snuggling back into the hospital bed and closing her eyes. Out in the hall, Reid took a deep breath. He could not believe he had just talked about Noah like he was the greated man in the world. He took another deep breath before heading down the hall to go and check on his real patients.

Later that morning, Luke and Faith were sitting in the room when Natalie woke up again.

"Morning sleeping beauty." Luke smiled at her, "How are you feeling?"

"Better." Natalie whispered, yawning as she sat up.

"Well. If you're healthy enough to get out of here before breakfast. Grandma Emma is making a feast at the farm." Faith told her.

Natalie's face lit up just as Dr. Carroll walked in the door.

"Goodmorning, Natalie. How are we feeling this morning?"

"Better. Can I go home now?"

Dr. Carroll laughed, "Let me just check to make sure. But I'm pretty sure you should be able to go home, yes."

Luke and Faith went out into the hall while Dr. Carroll checked over Natalie.

"I'm calling Grandma to tell her Nat might be coming home." Faith pulled out her cell phone.

Luke nodded but didn't say anything as he saw Reid walked up to him, no longer in scrubs but jeans and a shirt.

"How's Nat?" he asked, kissing Luke's cheek.

"Dr. Carroll is in there now. If she gives the OK, Natalie is free." Luke told him, "We're all going to go to the farm for a breakfast if that is the case. Care to join us if you're off?"

"How can I turn down food?" Reid replied

Luke laughed as Dr. Carroll walked out of Natalie's room.

"Let me just get her discharge papers and you can all go home." the doctor said, "If her fever returns, bring her back. And here is a perscrition for medication she should take with food." Dr. Carroll handing Luke a piece of paper, "You can fill it at the parmecy downstairs before you leave the hospital."

Both Luke and Reid nodded and the doctor walked away. Faith, who had walked down to the other edge of the hall, came walking back up to them, stuffing her phone back into her pocket.

"Is she good to go?" she asked

"Yup!" Luke replied

They all went into the room to find that Natalie was already dressed. Reid had brought her some clothes the night before when he had found out it was possible that she would be able to return home this morning.

"Ready to go?" Luke asked her.

"Yes, yes yes!" Natalie grabbed her stuffed horse from the bed.