Kate and Rick had sat Noah down and explained that Rick was his father. Kate had forgotten the ability of little children to take things in stride. Her son had looked at them and shrugged. Then he smiled at Rick and asked, "Sam and Alexis are both my sissys?"

Rick had nodded, "Yes. Yes they are."

Noah had jumped up and ran upstairs. He was smiling the entire time. Kate looked at Rick and shrugged, "I guess he's okay with that."

"Apparently."

That was the easiest thing that would happen to them in the next six months. Noah seemed to get sicker and sicker each and every day. There were new therapies and treatments that they tried, but nothing seemed to work. It was almost as if his little body was giving up its fight.

Kate and Rick leaned more and more on each other during that time. Rick tried to remain strong for everyone, but the fight was taking its toll on them all.

In the middle of this time, Paula and Gina tried to send him on a book tour for the latest Nikki Heat book. Yes. He had continued to write his best selling series even though he and Kate had broken up years before. It had been his way of staying close to the woman that he loved.

He had told both of them that he wasn't going anywhere. That his family needed him to be there for them. They had threatened to sue him, but he was standing firm. He would do book signings in the city, but he wouldn't travel anywhere that would take him away from his family.

The turning point seemed to come after Noah had been fighting his battle for almost nine months. His little body was on the verge of completely giving up. He could barely get out of bed and he only smiled when he visited the club at the hospital.

Noah's doctor had tried everything she could think of. Every treatment had been tried on him and everything had failed. With each new treatment, Kate and Rick would get their hopes up. And with each failure of those treatments, Kate and Rick would have their hopes crushed.

It was a warm October day when they were called to meet with Noah's doctor. She was there to break the bad news to them. There was only one more treatment left and that if it didn't work, he wouldn't make it to Christmas. It was an extreme treatment, but it was necessary.

Karen looked at them and smiled softly, "It's going to be hard on him, but I'm hopeful that it will work."

Rick took a deep breath, "And if it doesn't?"

Karen smiled at him sadly, "I don't want to upset you, but this is honestly the last treatment we have for him. If this fails..."

Kate's hand went to her mouth, "Then we will lose him..."

Karen nodded, "He's getting weaker and weaker as time goes on. There's only so much that his body can take. I'm honestly surprised that he's doing as well as he has been. He's definitely a fighter."

Kate knew that Noah's doctor was right, but she honestly wondered how much longer her son could continue to fight this awful disease. At the beginning of his treatment, they had been so hopeful that he would recover and be a happy and healthy little boy again. Watching him waste away before their eyes, Kate and Rick were slowly losing hope for the son.

Karen explained the procedure to them. They were going to bombard his body with radiation to kill all of the cancer cells in his body. He would be susceptable to all kinds of infections, so they would have to wear masks whenever they visited him. Then, they would take the donor marrow and transplant it into his body. The part that made it extreme was that they would be basically be giving him all kinds of harmful drugs. Drugs that would make him extremely sick. Drugs that could potentially kill him. He would get much sicker before he got better.

The next three weeks went by so very slowly. Noah threw up and he lost so much of his precious body weight that Kate and Rick were told to prepare for the worst. Kate never left his side and Rick never left Kate's side. They were stuck in a kind of limbo and they knew that something had to give.

That something happened on day number two hundred and twenty. Thanksgiving had come and gone and Noah was still sicker than ever. However, the day after Thanksgiving, found Noah sitting up in his bed and asking for food. It was a miracle for so many reasons. One reason was that Noah had barely eaten anything since he'd started his treatments. Two, he hadn't sat up in his bed for the longest time. Preferring to simply lay in the bed.

When Kate felt his forehead, she was surprised that there was no fever and looking into his eyes they appeared bright and clear. Kate called for the nurse on duty and the woman came into the room with a smile on her face. She asked Kate, "What's going on with our little man today?"

"He seems to be feeling better today."

The nurse looked at Noah and she could tell that her favorite patient, was indeed feeling better. His eyes looked much clearer than they had in the past three months. He had no fever and his little body seemed to be coming back to the better side of normal.

The nurse smiled, "I'm going to call Karen. Then, I'm going to get him something to eat."

Noah smiled, "Pancakes!"

Kate and the nurse both laughed at Noah's enthusiasm. Noah was finally started to act like his old self again. Kate picked up her phone and sent Rick a text letting him know that he needed to get back to the hospital.

They had just gotten Noah's pancakes in front of him when Rick came running into the room. He was out of breath and it was obvious that he had been in a hurry to get there. He put his hands on his side and it took him for a few minutes to be able to say, "I'm here...Is he...okay?"

Kate smiled softly and then pointed to their son. Rick looked at him and the sight that greeted him amazed him. Their son looked healthy again. Rick whispered, "He looks amazing..."

Kate laughed and that was when Karen walked into the room. She took one look at her patient and said, "Well, someone looks like they are feeling much better."

Noah said nothing, but he continued to eat his breakfast. She smiled at her favorite patient and asked, "Can I take a little bit of your blood today Noah?"

Noah's face took on a pained look and he said, "It's gonna hurt..."

Rick and Kate sighed. Their little boy had been through so much in the last few months. More than any little boy should be. However, Karen smiled and said, "Yeah, but hopefully its almost over now."

Then, Noah held out his arm to his doctor and scrunched up his eyes tightly. Kate watched as her brave little boy had his blood taken. Karen hurried off and promised to return as soon as she had the results of the blood test.

Those results came nearly four hours later and they would shock and amaze everyone. Kate and Rick were playing with their son. Almost like normal and when Karen came back into the room she sat down on a chair and looked at Rick, Kate and Noah. She smiled softly and then told them, "There's no easy way to say this guys."

Kate and Rick held onto each others hands and waited for the bad news. She looked at them and then a huge smile broke out on her face. She told them, "Well, it looks as if the cancer is in remission. The last treatment was a success!"

Rick looked at her and asked, "You aren't kidding us are you?"

Looking at them with tears in her eyes, Karen shook her head, "I wouldn't do that. His blood counts were all normal."

Kate asked, "He's cured?"

Karen shook her head and told them, "He won't ever be cured, but he's in remission. He will need to be checked over the next few years, but this is a great sign! It means he can go home and he can start school next year!"

His parents were speechless and Noah asked, "No more needles?"

Karen laughed, "Not right now buddy! For now, you get to go home and be a normal little munchkin."

Noah clapped his hands and shouted, "Yay!"

Kate and Rick simply smiled at each other and then they moved closer to one another and kissed softly. Noah smiled and whispered, "Mommy and Daddy kissy..."

Karen smiled at the happy family and was thankful that this last treatment worked. She left them alone so that they could celebrate together. She smiled and then she high-fived one of the nurses at the nurses station. This was why she'd gone into medicine and she looked forward to continuing with him on his cancer free journey...