This chapter is not my best. It's kind of blah and i think i missed some grammar/spelling mistakes ...anyway. i hope you enjoy some of it..please review!

The phone woke me up at about 3:30 that morning.

"Hello." I mumbled sleepily.

"Hello, is this Kendall Knight?"

"Uh, yeah, who's calling?"

"This is nurse Lydia. Emerson has developed a fever of 102.4 and she's being fussy so we were wondering if you could come and try and calm her a bit. We think she has developed a slight infection."

"Absolutely. We'll be there in about a half hour."

"Sorry for waking you. Goodbye."

I shook Dani up from Emerson's floor.

"What could you possibly want dork?" She mumbled angrily.

"They need us at the hospital. Emerson has a fever and they want us to come down and calm her down."

She bolted off the floor and ran to get changed. I chased after her and did the same and grabbed the keys and drove towards the hospital.

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I was driving on the highway and I kept glancing at Daniella.

"You okay baby?"

"…no." she whispered as I heard the tears in her voice.

"What's wrong? You know Emerson's going to be fine. She's a Knight." I smiled encouragingly.

"You never know…I don't think I could face losing her. Why does every bad thing have to happen to our daughter? She is so innocent and without a care in the world yet she faces the worst challenges every day. It's not fair. Why her?"

I reached over and grabbed her hand. "I agree but look how strong she is. She is going to grow up to be the most amazing woman ever. I'm so proud of her and you should be too. We have nothing to worry about."

"A little infection could kill her though. She's eight months old…she can't handle much."

I never thought of that so I just nodded and kept on driving.

We pulled up to the hospital and walked hand in hand to the NICU.

"Hi Lydia, how's she doing?" I asked as I saw her making a bottle for another baby.

"She's hot. We're trying to reduce the fever. We have her on some antibiotics and we lowered the heat in her incubator.

"Ma!" Emerson wailed and I could see Daniella, who was trying to be strong, crack.

"Emmy… hey baby girl. Mommy's here." She reached through and grabbed Emerson's cold hand.

I pulled Lydia aside and nervously shifted from foot to foot.

"Will Emmy…could she…die?" I looked up with tears in the corners of my eyes begging to be released.

"There is a possibility but I will be damned if she dies because I will fight for her. I really enjoy Emerson and you and Daniella are clearly great parents so I'm rooting for you guys." Lydia smiled and I nodded.

"I'm going to go check on another baby. Go sit with your girlfriend and child and talk about random things. Laugh and smile and that positive energy will help Emerson." She smiled and walked away and I walked towards the incubator.

"Lovebug! How is my favorite little butterfly?"

"Da!"

"Emerson Harper you are the strongest baby I know. You make me smile when all I want to do is frown; you make me want to act like a weirdo just to make you laugh. You changed me and you're only 8 months old. I warned you I was going to be sappy but I'm feeling extra emotional today." I chuckled at how weird I sounded.

"Baby… you have to be strong for daddy. You have to be because I don't think I could live without you. You got to keep fighting for daddy. I know this fever may be painful but keep your hopes up. I promise you that when I take you back home I'll make sure you're happy and safe always. I love you and I don't think you comprehend how much I do. You're young but I just needed to tell you all this."

"LaLa." She wiggled her wrists and kicked her legs and smiled up at me.

"Kenny." Dani mumbled and she wrapped her arms around me. "It's okay to breakdown. I won't think less of you." She whispered into my ear.

That was it for me. I just sobbed into her shoulder as she patted my back. I cried for what could possibly happen and why us.

"Kenny, she'll be okay. An amazing guy once said that she'd be okay because she's a Knight." She chuckled. I nodded and she wiped the tears from my face.

"Thank you."

"No need to thank me."

We went and sat next to the incubator and I had my right hand interlaced with Dani's as she rested her head on my shoulder and I held Emmy's hand with my left.

"Love you two."

"We love you so much Kenny."

I could feel myself doze off with Dani practically using me as a mattress.

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I woke up with Dani sleeping in my lap and I looked into the incubator and Emmy was nowhere to be seen.

".. Emmy is gone!"

She jolted awake and she looked panicked.

"Lydia?" I turned to look for her and she approached looking confused.

"What's wrong?"

"Where's Emerson?" I demanded.

"She's just getting an X-ray of her ribs. She'll be back don't worry. Her fever broke so we were allowed to take her out of the incubator. We had to practically rip her hands out of your grasp; neither of you wanted to let go. It was the cutest thing ever."

I blushed and Dani ran her hand up my back.

"Emerson will be back shortly and you may possibly be able to hold her." She smiled and walked out of the NICU.

"Can we go get coffee?" Dani mumbled into my chest.

"Of course baby. I love you." I kissed the top of her head.

"Affectionate today apparently." She giggled and pulled me towards the cafeteria.

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We walked hand and hand back into the NICU where Emmy was being held by Lydia.

"Da!" She reached her arms out to me and I practically ran to her and scooped her up.

Lovebug! I missed holding you baby!" I kissed her forehead and she grabbed my nose.

"Ma!" She started reaching towards Dani and I passed her to her.

"Hey EmmyHarp! Mommy missed you. Look at your mouth! You got three teeth now and another almost in! Mommy is so proud of you!" She ran her fingers through Emerson's unruly curly blonde locks.

"You two never fail in making me smile. Good news! You can take her home in a day or two. She'll need a lot of care at home until her ribs are completely healed but other than that she is doing great."

"Thank you so much for everything. Please let me know how much I owe you for personally being her nurse. I know I have to pay the bills and such but I want to give you something extra."

"No need. I want none of your money. I adore Emmy." She smiled "Just invite me to the wedding." She smirked and walked away.

I blushed and Dani was giggling nervously.

"Ho!"

I turned to Dani confused.

"You can go home soon sweetie but for now why don't you play with Daddy's hair?" Dani smiled and I glared but let Emmy pull at my hair.

I could never say no to my daughter and I was so happy she was safe and healthy again…in my arms…where she belonged.