March 13th, 2005

Alex stared at Jade as she slept. The child was so peaceful. Alex couldn't believe her daughter was still alive. The accident four months ago still haunted Alex every day. Everything Jade did amazed her mother. Watching Jade talk to her family, watching her brush her teeth and walk up the stairs, watching Jade have her own emotions and dress her, warmed Alex to her inner core.

"Alex?" Ty walked in.

"Shh, she's asleep." She looked at Ty who was hiding something under his jacket. "What do you have there?"

"A present for Jade." Ty smiled as he pulled out a very tiny orange calico kitten.

"Ty!" Alex giggled. The cat mewed in Ty's hands, "Where did you get it?"

"Some kids were giving them away while I was on patrol so I had them put this one aside for me." Ty said kissing the kittens face, "I couldn't resist. Can you say no to this face?" Ty held it up.

"No." Alex giggled as she took the kitten from Ty.

"Mommy." Jade stood up in her crib rubbing her eyes.

"You woke her up." Alex winked, "Jade, look what Daddy got you." Alex showed Jade the kitten. Jade's eyes lit up.

"Kitty!!" She squealed as she petted the kitten's head.

"See? Isn't it soft?" Ty asked.

"Soft." Jade giggled as she kissed the cat.

"What are we going to call it?" Alex asked putting the kitten on the ground. Jade fell to her mattress, on her belly, to watch it.

"I was thinking Twinkie." He said. Alex giggled.

"Twinkie the kitten. I like that." She smiled. "You young lady need to get back to sleep."

"Kitty." Jade said.

"See what you did?" Alex chuckled, "Go back to sleep, Jade. You can play with the kitten in the morning."

* * *

Alex yawned as she got out of the bed. Ty was still snoring away beside her. She chuckled and shuffled into Jade's room. She wasn't in her crib. Alex's chest tightened. She flashed back to seeing Jade's body lying in the snow.

"T-Ty!" Alex choked out backing out of the room.

"What?" He mumbled from the bedroom.

"She's gone. Jade's gone again." Alex shivered. "She's gone!"

"I think she's in here under our bed." Ty mumbled. Alex walked into the bedroom.

"Wh-what?" She stuttered.

"I hear giggles under the bed." Ty said. Alex immediately dropped to her knees and looked under the bed. Jade was lying underneath there with Twinkie climbing across her chest.

"Jade Olivia Davis, don't give your mother a heart attack like that EVER again." Alex frowned at her daughter.

"Kitty." Jade smiled rolling over almost on top of Twinkie. Alex pulled the kitten out.

"Get out now, Jade." Alex said getting up.

"She's fine." Ty said opening his eyes.

"She shouldn't be underneath our bed. She shouldn't have gone out of her room."

"She shouldn't have scared you like that." Ty said to his wife, "Jade is fine." He peeked over the edge of the bed and saw jade start crawling out. "See? She's perfect." Alex ran her hand through her hair.

"I can't wait until its summer and all this snow melts." She said as she crawled back into bed. Ty kissed his wife. It broke his heart to see how scared Alex was for Jade. He hoped that fear would fade in the months to come.

April 27th, 2005

Ty was sound asleep in bed. No matter how many times Alex poked him he wouldn't wake up. He, Bosco, and Carlos went out drinking last night in honour of Bosco's thirty-fifth birthday. He had come home drunk as a skunk. Alex could only imagine how bad his hangover would be.

"Ty, wake up." She said softly. Ty groaned pushing her away.

"I'm sick." He mumbled.

"You have a hangover, sweetheart." She said, "You need to get up and drink some water."

"I really don't feel good, Alex." Ty murmured, "I need sleep."

"You have a hangover." Alex chuckled.

"No." Ty shivered, "I'm sick." Alex frowned slightly. She put her hand on his forehead and her hand burned as soon as it touched it.

"You're burning up." She said getting up, "Let me check your temperature." Alex went ito the bathroom and grabbed Jade's ear thermometer.

"I don't feel good." Ty moaned.

"I know, baby." Alex sat on the bed and put the thermometer in his ear. "Just hold on."

"I'm thirsty." He moaned. Alex shook his head. Mean were huge babies when it came to sicknesses. The thermometer beeped. It read 102.5

"You certainly are sick." She said, "I'll go get you some water and a Popsicle." Alex got up and left the room just in time to hear Jade start crying. Alex sighed and went into the nursery.

"Mommy." Jade sobbed. She was drenched in sweat. Alex felt her forehead.

"You're burning up too." Alex took Jade's temperature and it read 101.6 "And your sick. Let mommy get you some medicine." Alex picked the child up and went into the bathroom.

"Alex, I'm thirsty." Ty moaned.

"Right, in a minute, Ty. Jade is sick too." Alex grabbed the baby medicine and took out a dropper full. "Open you mouth, Jade." She opened her mouth and Alex squirted the medicine in. Jade coughed and cried harder.

"Bad Mommy!" She cried. Alex chuckled and washed her daughter's face off.

"I know. Bad mommy." She said, "Let's go lay down with daddy." Alex walked back into the bedroom. "Jade is burning up too." She started to strip the soaked sleeper off of her. Ty looked at her.

"Water?" He asked.

"Shit. Okay." Alex got up; "Mommy will be right back." Alex ran her hand through her hair as she ran downstairs. This day would be tiring she could already tell. She grabbed Ty a glass of water, Jade a bottle of water, and the both of them a couple of Popsicle's. She ran up the stairs. "Okay, I'm here. Here you go."

"Thanks." Ty sat up and started to drink. Jade looked at her mother and threw up.

"Oh Jade." Alex grabbed the toddler as she started to scream.

"I'm not laying in this." Ty groaned.

"Get up. I'll clean it up. Put her in the tub." Alex said.

"I…I can't." Ty got up and ran over to the trash bucket and started to throw up. Alex closed her eyes. Jade was screaming in her ear and Ty was throwing up in the bucket.

"I can't do this." Alex murmured. She put Jade down on the floor and started to strip the bed, "What did the two of you eat yesterday?"

"The same as you." Ty groaned as he threw up again. Alex shivered and put the clean sheets on.

"I'm fine. You two must have gotten a bug from the park or something." Alex said. Jade started to cough as she threw up again on the floor.

"Momma!" She cried. Alex closed her eyes.

"It's all right, Pumpkin." She said softly, "You'll be fine."

* * *

Ty picked Jade up the next morning from her crib.

"Good morning, Ladybug." He kissed his daughter's cheek. "Let's go wake mommy up. We're very hungry aren't we?"

"Food food food." Jade giggled.

"Food food food." Ty winked walking into the bedroom, "Alex, want me to make breakfast?" Alex groaned loudly from bed.

"I'm sick." She moaned.

"Liar, you're just tired from yesterday."

"Sick." Alex groaned. Ty bent over and felt her forehead.

"You're burning up." Ty looked at Jade, "I think you and I need to take care of mommy today. We can be doctors." Jade smiled softly looking at her mother.

"Betta mommy." She said softly.