Author's Notes: Hello friends and welcome to another update, so I'm sorry i have been MIA lately. I had surgery last week and i'm still recovering from it, it was gallbladder so no biggie. I was even gifted a stone after! TMI? Sorry. But I am back, so with out any further a due-today's update is making poor Sky sick during the most important holiday on the new year. Poor girl. But, I hope y'all enjoy the update!

Megan Charpentier-Sky Swan

I don't do own Twilight; all rights go to Stephanie Meyers. The cover art belongs to Brookie Twiling. I only own Sky River Swan.

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A Sick Day, On a Love Day

La Push, Washington

February 14, 2009

Sky, age 13

It was Valentine's day, the day of love! The day for couples to be together and have romantic dates or just for parents to somewhat spoil their children for that day. But not for one young child, nope. Sadly, it wasn't a day for Sky. She was sick!

Sky was laying in her king size bed while watching TV, but her watery eyes made it impossible to see Courage trying to save Muriel again and again.

It was just a sore throat, she told her dad.

It was just the sniffles, she told Sam.

But it wasn't; it was worse than the common cold or the stomach bug that has been going around. It was the flu!

Of all days to have the flu. She thought. Sky groaned and pulled her quilt over her head trying to get comfortable and not be oh so miserable, but her stomach wasn't having it. She gasped and threw up her stomach in the vomit bucket.

Sam Uley wasn't too far away when he held her hair back and rubbed her back. The Alpha was happy that Carlisle Cullen had come and did a quick diagnostic on the youngest Swan. Declaring that she had the flu which wasn't a pleasant thing to hear.

The Alpha hated that the enemy had to touch his imprint, but he was a doctor. Carlisle wanted to help Sky and cure her with anything he had on hand.

In the kitchen the chief, the vampire doctor and the elders were talking about what type of medicine to give Sky to cure her. Charlie was visibly upset because he could help his little girl and just watch her suffer with this crap!

"I know I have antibiotics that'll help her, but all I can say is let her sleep and be sure to keep her hydrated." Carlisle said.

Charlie nodded. Thanking the vampiric doctor and watching him leave, he let out a sigh of relief and shook his head. "Lord have mercy." Charlie muttered.

"Praying and crosses don't work on them, Charlie." Billy commented.

Charlie rolled his eyes and said, "Yeah, yeah. I know. Just thanking God that he is willing to help her."

Billy nodded in agreement. Personally, he hated that the vampires were still in Forks, but he could tolerate the vampire doctor for Charlie. The Black elder was just happy that Bella and her hybrid child was gone, for good.

"Well, I am glad he is will to help too." Billy said. "I hate that Sam and Sky had to cancel their plans though."

Charlie nodded. "Yeah, she was looking forward to seeing Coraline." He said.

"That movie that Neil Gaimen wrote?" Leah asked. Charlie nodded. "Why would she want to see that!? Does she want nightmares." Leah has read that book before and it scared the crap out of her! She didn't know why some grown man wrote about a young girl and this weird fantasy land with people who had button eyes. And what a name! Coraline, Caroline. Just weird.

"She had me read it to her when she was nine, so we couldn't tell her no." Charlie shrugged and drank his coffee. "I just hate that she's sick."

She rubbed his back and kissed the back of his head. "That's why Sam is here." Sue said. "The wolf wants to protect and take care of his imprint, he didn't really trust Carlisle looking over Sky any. Sam's wolf wants to be there and watch over Sky."

Charlie grumbled and shook his head. "I don't like it, and I don't understand it, but I'll try to see the culture of it all." He said.

Billy chuckled and patted his friend's shoulder. "Go check on her, ya old geezer." He said.

"Says you, old man." Charlie snapped back. Billy almost ran over his ankles, but Charlie chuckled and rushed up the stairs with his girlfriend and best friend laughing down stairs.

Charlie walked to Sky's room and pecked through the crack in the door to see his youngest laying in bed with a rag over for hot forehead, Sam wasn't too far as he sat on her bed and told her about the legends for the uptenth time.

There had been some ups and downs for Charlie to be liking this whole imprint business. He wasn't going to be like Bella and make them separate, they had to stay together until Sky says she wants something when she's older.

Even Charlie told her that she didn't have to be with Sam, but she said that she liked him and that one day she'll want to be more than friends with him. It was hard to wrap his brain around everything; from his oldest daughter being a vampire, to his youngest being imprinted on a kid he knew since he came to his hips and being a granddad to a hybrid. Which that still freaked him out to no end, but he saw the good side of it.

Charlie saw that Sam was protecting Sky, he wasn't being pushy, mean or bossy towards her and that was good because he had a gun and he would use it on someone. Yeah Sam was older than Sky, but he wasn't hurting her in anyway and Charlie was a cop, so he made sure that the older wolf wasn't hurting his youngest, so just as long as she was safe then he was almost ok with this arrangement. Almost.

Charlie knocked on the door and walked into her room. Sky looked like she was a burrito, she was wrapped up in her quilt because she has been saying she was cold. She looked up at her dad and lightly smiled at him.

"Heyo daddio." She muttered.

Charlie smiled and kissed her crown. "Hey chickadee. How do ya feel?"

"Like I've been hit by a truck." She replied.

Charlie chuckled while Sam shook his head. "I'm sorry, kiddo." Charlie said. "But hopefully you'll get better and have a Valentine's Day part two."

Sky nodded. "Thanks for calling Carlisle, dad." She said. "I know since the whole Bella being a vampire and Nessie being a vampire hybrid has been throwing you through a loop lately."

The youngest Swan has noticed that her dad has been a bit distant towards Billy and the pack lately, which she hated because Sky is literally part of the pack. Emotionally and physically, but she hoped sometimes soon that her dad would be ok that Sue and Billy's kids turn into horse sized wolves. Who knows, she's hoping that her dad would change his mind and would hear Sky out more about the wolves, maybe when they go on their fishing trip, he'll hear her out.

"No kidding," He muttered. "My heads been just going crazy about us being part of this supernatural world that I didn't even know about."

Sky nodded. "Magic, I'm guessing." She shrugged and giggled at her dad.

Charlie smiled at Sky and nodded. "Yeah, true. My money is on Arthur, Gwen, Aidan and Aileen being magic."

Oh Lord, I guess they didn't tell dad about them either. "Maybe." She shrugged and pulled the quilt towards her person. "I think I am gonna get some more sleep, daddy."

Charlie nodded. "Ok, chickadee. Um, I love you." He whispered.

Sky smiled at him and replied, "I love you too, Honey Badger."

Charlie grinned at his youngest and rubbed her head laying a small, light kiss on her head. Watching as her eyes slowly close and sleep this flu off. He let out a sigh and look to Sam who had been standing in the corner the whole time.

"Take care of my daughter and let her live a long human life, ok?" Charlie asked.

Sam nodded and stood tall. "I will, Charlie. Trust me, I don't plan for her to be involved with the Cullens a lot since Bella up and left."

Charlie eyed the Alpha and nodded. "Ok. Ok. Still can't believe it. He muttered as he walked out the door.

After Charlie left Sam sat next to Sky and rubbed his warm hands over her cold forehead trying to bring her temperature down which worked wonders actually. He was hoping that Charlie accepted that he's in a world with leeches and huge, very huge dogs.

The Alpha decided to crawl into Sky's bed and pull her onto his chest, he took Sky's hand and kissed the back of her hand while she smiled and cuddled into his chest. "Sam," She whispered. This made the Alpha smiled and hoping the future was bright for them.

Author's Notes: So, I hope y'all enjoyed the update, I enjoyed writing it even though just writing took fivever. But I hope y'all enjoyed and I will see y'all a next time. Bye, bye!