A/N: I think from here on the timeline of the story is going to jump around and show different moments of the family's life. Please let me know if you like it! Thank you guys for your continued support of the story.

Sonny groaned as Lisa got up, causing the bed to shift. He had just gotten back from his last deployment with Bravo Team and gotten banged up on the last op the team ran before returning home. He rolled over and watched her move around their room. He knew the last six months had been hard on her. Bravo had barely been home for the three months leading up to deployment. She was working in over drive trying to keep up with Bravo's intel work as well as assisting other teams. Then their well oiled machine had started to fall apart when Mac started to get sick the week Bravo deployed. It broke killed to leave them like that. Three days after arriving in J-Bad Sonny got the phone call no deployed parent wanted to get, Mac had been admitted to the PICU at the children's hospital for severe respiratory distress. His mind flashes back to the call. He had been sleeping when he got the text from Davis telling him to call her right away. Shit. Was all he could think as he grabbed his tough book and found a quiet place to call her. As her face came into view over the video chat he knew something was wrong.

"Lisa, what's goin on? Where are ya?" He asks taking the background.

Davis lets out a heavy breath. "The PICU at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters." She sees Sonny trying to figure out where that was. "It's the Children's Hospital in Norfolk. She was emergently transported here a few hours ago by the hospital's transport from the ER I took her to."

"Lisa." Was all Sonny could manage. He sees her on the brink of tears. "Lisa baby, I wish I was there."

She forces a faint smile. "I know you do."

"So, uh, how is she?" He inquires.

"Not good." Lisa says taking a second to collect herself. "They were talking about intubating her at the other hospital. Um, but the transport team got there and decided to put her on something called a RAM Cannula and it is really seeming to help. Which is good, but the doctor said if it stops working she will have to be intubated."

"Is she awake?" Sonny asks.

"She's sleeping right now, but yeah. It's similar to the high flow she was on when she was born. She she's still breathing on her own and everything."

Sonny nods his head, taking it all in. "Lisa, look at me. This ain't your fault."

"How did you know I blamed myself?" Lisa said with a head shake.

"Because I know ya." It made him feel better to see a genuine smile spread across her face. "Do they know why she's so sick?"

"They said she has RSV, which is bad on its own and is only being made worse by the fact that she was born so early." Lisa says.

"And let me guess, it is a wait and see kinda thing?" Sonny asks.

"That would be correct." Lisa says, her eyes drifting towards the crib Mac was occupying. "I hate this Sonny. I hate that she's sick. I hate not being able to fix it. I hate not knowing what is coming next. I hate that you're gone. I just hate all of it."

Sonny sees a stray tear roll down her cheek. All he wanted to do was be there for his girls. "I know ya do honey, I hate it too."

"Hey listen, you're going to be rolling out tonight on a couple of different targets so get your mind right and try and get some more rest." Lisa says trying to turn on her work brain and focus on her team, who needed her just as much as her daughter did.

"Lisa, Mackenzie is more important than an op."

"Not if you don't come back from that op because you were distracted or tired or you guys didn't have all of the information you could have." Lisa counters, she could feel herself starting to spin.

"Woah now, slow down. It is all gonna be alright. I'll be okay, we will all be okay." Lisa nods. "I love you and I love Mac. I'll talk to ya later. Don't be afraid to tell me things, ya know I'm a big boy and can handle it." Sonny says watching her shake her head at him.

"I love you too. Be safe." Lisa says with a smile.

Sonny shakes his head and tries to push the unpleasant memory out of his head. "Hey, do I not get a good mornin kiss?"

"I was trying not to wake you." Lisa smiles at him from the closet.

"Well I'm awake."

"That you are." Lisa says as she moves towards him. She sits on his side of the bed and he wraps an arm around her waist. "Good morning." She says before kissing him.

"I gotta tell ya Lisa, I love wakin up like this." He says running his free hand up her inner thigh.

"I would love to, but I have a meeting this morning." She says.

Sonny chuckles. "It's probably for the best, I ain't sure how helpful I would be anyways."

"Sonny are you sure you're going to be okay alone with Mackenzie? I'm sure Jessica wouldn't mind coming by for a few hours, she is completely adapted to our insane schedule now."

"Damn Lisa. I know I have been gone for three months, but she is my daughter."

Lisa pats his chest. "That's not what I mean. She is a lot to handle and now that she is walking it is ten times worse. I just want to make sure you're not pushing yourself too much."

"Look at ya, lookin out for my best interest and I'm over here bein an ass and jumpin to conclusions."

"That was a little dickish." Lisa laughs as she leans forward and kisses him again. "I need to get in the shower and get ready. She should be up soon."

"Fine." Sonny pouts. "I reckon I should get up and get some coffee before our little tasmanian devil wakes up. Ya want breakfast?"

"God I missed having you home." Lisa says, kissing him one more time before she stands up.

"And I have missed bein home." He says as he sits up.

"What? Two more weeks until it is official?" She asks.

"Yep, two weeks until I ain't a Navy SEAL."

"You still feeling good about the decision?" Lisa questions, stopping to look at him from across the room.

"After that last op, hell yes. It hurt, it still hurts and if I'm bein honest, it scared me. All I wanted to do was make it back to ya two in one piece." Sonny says, wincing as he stands.

"Well we are happy you came home only a little worse for the wear." Lisa smirks. "Okay, for real, I'm getting in the shower."

Sonny makes his way down stairs and starts the coffee and breakfast. As the eggs are cooking he looks around the house at the changes has had to make to accommodate for Mac starting to walk. Then the thought that she will be one in less than a month hits him. He had missed so much in her first year. Her first words. The first time she rolled over. Her first steps. The longer Sonny thought about it, the more sure he was about ending his Naval career, his daughter came first.

Lisa walks up behind Sonny as he washing the dishes he used to make breakfast and wraps her arms around his waist. "I forgot how much I liked starting my mornings this way."

Sonny chuckles. "I am gonna make a damn fine trophy husband one day, ain't I?"

"You have to marry me first." Lisa says taking a sip of the coffee he had poured for her.

"Damn Davis. Not like we can even do that yet."

Lisa purses her lips. "We haven't even talked about it."

"I, I want to do it right. Like proposal and weddin the whole thing." Sonny says turning to look at her.

"Sonny, I think we are a little past that."

"Lisa my love, just because we went a little out of order doesn't mean we have to just skip it. I want to do all that for you." Lisa shoots him a look. "No ma'am, don't look at me like that. I know deep down ya want it."

"I just want to be married to you." Lisa counters.

"And I want to be married to ya, but let's celebrate it." Sonny says watching her roll her eyes at him. "Don't ya have a meetin this mornin ya need to get to?"

"I do. Thanks for distracting me." Lisa says with a laughs as she turns away from him.

"Well if I'm distractin ya, let me really distract ya." Sonny says pulling her against him and passionately kissing her.

"Mm. Sonny." Lisa mumbles against his lips.

Sonny releases her. "Okay. Have a good day, I'll see ya tonight."

"I love you. Call Jessica if you need a break, she said she would just be studying today and doesn't mind coming over for a while." Lisa says giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"Love ya too. Now go, before you're late." Sonny says before smacking her ass as she turns to walk away. Lisa turns and shoots him a devilish grin. Sonny chuckled to himself and thought that damn woman.

When Sonny finishes eating and cleaning he heads up stairs to find Mackenzie awake and sitting up in her crib. "Good mornin my little love." Mac looks at him a little unsure. "Mackenzie, sweetie, I uh, I know I ain't your Mommy or Jessica… But ya are gonna spend the day with Daddy." This was breaking Sonny's heart, Mackenzie was glued to him before he deployed and now she looks like she doesn't even want him to hold her. Sonny watches her, trying to figure out what is going through her little brain. Finally Mac stands and reaches out for him. "C'mere princess, even though Mommy says I shouldn't call ya that. Ya ready to change and get some breakfast?"

After Mackenzie had been changed finished eating Sonny sat her on the sofa and sat down next to her. After a few minutes of watching TV Sonny fells her tiny hand land on his forearm. "How can I help ya Miss Mackenzie?" Sonny asks looking down at her.

"Dada." She simply says.

"Yeah baby, that's me, your Daddy." Mac reaches her arms out to him. "Do ya want me to hold ya?" Mac crawls over to him and Sonny picks her up and sets her on his lap. "I love Mac, I'm sorry I have been gone so long, but I'm never gonna leave ya again."