Later in the middle of the night Luna woke to the beginnings of a baby fussing. She crept into the nursery and lifted a very fussy Selena into her arms and instantly worried. She hurried her out of the nursery before she could wake all the others.
"Mama," Luna whispered, "mama I'm sorry to bother you but Selena is burning up. Her fever is 103." Naturally being an original no amount of whispering was going to keep Elijah from waking up.
"Do you know what's wrong with her?" Elena would have sat up but Elijah beat her to it. Grabbing his pants, he slid them on and took the baby in his arms.
"Dad I'm sorry I woke you but I wasn't sure what to do. I've only been a mom for like 36 hours..." Selena was in fact burning up. She was now up to a full cry because she didn't feel well. Jean-luc joined them in the kitchen.
"What's wrong? Is she alright?" Jean-Luc was panicking about his daughter being sick.
"She has a fever of 103!" Luna worried. "I guess we should start by giving her some infant Tylenol to bring the fever down." She got the bottle out of the medicine cabinet and measured out the smallest dose. Then they struggled to administer it to a crying baby. Once they gave her the dose, she only whimpered a bit.
"It could just be a little bug. Babies have weak immune systems so they can catch a lot," Elena said. "Let's just keep an eye on her and see how the fever does now that we've got some medicine in her." Jean-Luc and Luna nodded and watched the baby girl in Luna's arms happily as well as nervously.
"Jean-Luc fix me a bottle of juice for her please?" Luna asked. "We should probably get some liquid in her." He made her a bottle of apple juice for the sick baby and handed it over to Luna who began feeding her.
"Is there anything else we should be doing?" Luna asked.
"Just make sure that the medication is working and if it's not, then we'll have Aurora check her out." Elena said warmly to her.
"Oh yes," Luna smiled. "I'd almost forgotten they were still here since they moved to the guest house at the other end of the island. Yes, that's a perfect solution, thanks Mom, Dad." Luna gave each one a hug and kiss on the cheek. "Why don't you go on back to bed? I'll wake you if I need you."
Elijah wasn't so sure that was a good idea that his little moon had but Elena just squeezed his hands and moved him back to their room.
"Everything will be fine." She said sleepily to him.
"She's never been a mother before. It was just thrust on her all of the sudden," Elijah worried.
"What do you think happened to me when I suddenly had Daniel, Elijah?" Elena smiled gently at her husband. "She already loves that little girl. She'll know if she needs help. She'll always come to you if she needs you." He sighed and kissed Elena as deeply as he could when Ella began to whimper. Pulling away from his wife, he went over to Ella and began humming her back to sleep when Daniel came in and wanted to cuddle his parents.
"What is this the night where no one sleeps?" Elena grumbled pulling the covers higher and trying valiantly for some sleep.
"Almost." Elijah groaned as Ella fell asleep and Daniel cuddled up close to his mom.
The next morning when Eva and Will got up for their morning run they found Jean-Luc with his arms wrapped around Luna and Selena nestled in her arms. The whole family was asleep on the couch.
"Must have been a rough night," Eva whispered as they snuck past. Once they were outside she smiled as her feet felt the first bit of wet sand. She started jogging and Will caught up with her. They set a brisk pace as they began to make their way around the island. He quite enjoyed the morning run with Eva and smiled at her.
"I'm quite happy that we're going to be living on this island for a long time." He purred in her ear. She shivered in his close proximity and the way he spoke.
She grabbed hold of him and they both tumbled to the ground. It couldn't hurt them since they were vampires. She laid her head on his chest.
"What do you want the next couple years of our life to be like? I want to know what to expect. I don't want to expect one thing and be disappointed..." Eva said gently.
"I want to make you happy and feel safe with me." He told her as he ran his fingers through her hair. "Though I do wish that we could meet the whole family but they have all died."
"Maybe there are some family photos of them all that you can look at." She said softly to him.
"Will, you never knew them." Eva told him softly.
"Uncle Jeremy told me about his parents and relatives...I'm just feeling nostalgic for memories of what they were like." He murmured.
"Oh...well that wasn't exactly what I meant," Eva said. "I meant have you thought about getting engaged or married? Do you want to wait two years? Five? Ten? Or is it even on your radar? I'm not trying to pressure you Will-I promise I'm not. I just want to know what role I'm filling if that makes any sense..."
"I see us getting married in three years." He said with a kiss.
Eva smiled and kissed him tenderly on the lips, "thank you. Now was that so hard?" She teased resuming their run and leaving him to catch up with her.
"Tease!" He shouted at her as he ran to catch up with her.
