Sorry it's taken me so long to update. I've just had writers block. I still have it a little so give me a break. I have no clue how this story will end. I don't even know when it will. Eventually it'll become more Jay and Emma.

Falling Down

Jay looked at Craig, "What happened Craig? Wasn't Elizabeth doing fine?"

Sean walked over to Craig and walked him outside, away from the party. Jay followed behind.

"We...went into the nursery after signing all the papers to have her released. Manny was sitting in a rocking chair with her. She was so happy that she could finally hold her without any tubes hanging out of her tiny little body..." Craig just trailed off. He didn't want to admit what was happening.

"Craig, man, I know it's hard. But, please tell us. What happened?" Sean sounded desperate. 'Manny and Craig were like a family,' he thought. 'No, not like family they are family.'

"She just stopped coo-ing. Her eyes were closed. I thought she was sleeping. Then Manny panicked...The...doctors rushed over to the baby, they grabbed her from Manny as if Elizabeth was the Black Plaque. I looked at her, the baby I mean, and she was a light color blue. I didn't know what to do. I could hear Manny yelling to the doctors 'What's wrong with her? Please do something! Craig, what's going to happen to our daughter?' I just put my arms around her and hugged her. I told her it would be ok."

Jay and Sean looked at Craig, and then at each other. They were waiting for him to continue. They didn't want to say anything, mainly because they had no clue what to say to him. Craig sighed and wiped a few tears from his eyes. He started talking again.

"Her lung collapsed. The doctors don't know how or why. She's back in an incubator. She will only get better if she gets a transplant. But even then, she might not be ok. She was put on the top of the list because of how young she is. Manny, is a mess. I'm just in shock I guess. We have to get a pager, and only give the number to the hospital."

The 3 of them sat in silence for about 5 minutes, until Sean decided to break the silence, "Craig, I know this situation, totally blows, but she is still alive and you and Manny are getting married. Celebrate that. Don't just look at the downside of things."

"He's right Craig," Jay walked over to Craig and gave him a manly hug. "Go in there, wipe away those tears and just relax. I'll go out and get a pager. On me. Alright?"

Craig looked at Jay and felt a little better, "Alright, thanks Jay. And thank you, Sean."

"No problem," Sean and Jay said in unison.

"Oh and Jay?" Craig said with a sly smile.

"What's up?"

"Don't go getting me a girly pager or anything alright?"

Jay started laughing, "Thanks for the idea. Tell Emma I'll be back in a few?"

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Manny was laying face down on her bed. She had hear Ellie and Emma come in. She just didn't want to talk. It was nothing against them. She just didn't to say what happened at the hospital. If she did, she knew it would be truth. She thought maybe if she kept her head down laid still, they would just go away. She was wrong, though, and she knew it. They were like sisters. No, they were closer than that. They were one person split up into 3 different bodies and she always knew Elizabeth would have some of their traits even though they weren't blood related. There was a bond between herself, Ellie and Emma. There always was one. Even when Ellie and Manny didn't really talk, before they became friends, they both could feel a connection. Manny was always close to Emma, even when they would fight, they both knew they could go to each other with anything. Manny hoped Elizabeth would be strong like Ellie and Emma. Manny knew that she wasn't strong, she would crumble at the slightest hint of trouble. Manny say up, deciding she had to talk to them.

"Elizabeth's lung collapsed. She's on the top of the list for a transplant. There's nothing we can do besides wait. I was holding her and I thought she was sleeping. Then, she started turning blue. I could hear screaming. I felt like I was just floating about everything watching the doctors examine her and poking her with more needles. The screaming I heard just kept getting louder. I could feel Craig's arm on me. I realized it was me screaming. When they told us what happened, I just started crying even harder. She was suppose to come home today. She was suppose to be in her crib, in a house filled with people who love her. But she has to stay there. With emotionless doctors and nurses, who try to act like they care but I can tell it's just pity." Manny stopped talking for a minute. She realized she was squeezing her hand into a fist and her nails were cutting her palm, she sighed and started talking about. "I need her, I love her. She's my baby. She was suppose to be the best thing in my life. I can't lose her guys."

Emma and Ellie walked over to her and both wrapped their arms around her. They didn't know what to do. They didn't want Manny to have to go through this. They wouldn't want anyone to go through this pain.

"Manny, look, I know I may be out of line by asking this, but why don't you go out and talk to everyone who came today? It might take your mind of what's going on. I'm not saying you shouldn't think about what's going on," Ellie stopped talking when she heard a knock at the door. Emma walked over to it and then quickly closed it and sat down next to Manny. Ellie started talking again "Just relax. Elizabeth will be ok. She will. If she's anything like you, she'll pull through."

Manny smiled, "You mean if she's anything like her aunts, she'll pull though."

Ellie and Emma looked at each other, relieved that Manny had actually smiled. Ellie turned to Emma, "So, who was at the door?"

"Oh, it was Sean. It just wanted to tell me that Jay went to go get a pager. He didn't want Manny or Craig to be bothered by going to the store."

Manny looked up, "That was nice of him. I don't think I'm in too much of a shopping mood."

Ellie reached up and put her hand on Manny's forehead, "Manny, are you feeling ok? Did you just say you weren't in the shopping mood?"

They all laughed, even Manny. "OK, I know. It's hard to believe. I claim temporary insanity."

They continued to laugh, and made their way out to the party. No one asked what was wrong, they figured Manny and Craig would tell them when they were ready. They knew she was still alive though. She had to be or the party would have been cancelled.

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Emma was laying in her and Jay's bed when she heard the front door close. She got up, and walked out of the room. She saw Jay and hugged him.

"Jay I can't believe what's happening. What if something happens? Elizabeth has to make it! Manny would...well I don't even want to say it, but I know it'll be bad..."

Jay cut her off, "Em, relax. She'll be ok. She's a fighter."

"I know, I know." Emma relaxed at a bit and they walked over to the couch. After realizing what time it was, she turned to Jay, "What took you so long? I thought you were just getting a pager?"

"Yeah, I got that." He tossed a bright pink pager at her. "I also did a few more things while I was gone."

"Really? What did you do?"

"I stopped by to see Elizabeth for some advice..."

Emma looked at him as if he was crazy, "Jay, she's a month old. How much advice can she give?"

"A lot actually. She has a very old soul. You can tell by her eyes." Jay smiled and reached in his pocket. He kept what he pulled out of his pocket from Emma.

"Jay why are you acting weird?"

"Emma, with everything that's happened, I've realized that we need to..."

"Need to what, Jay?"

He pulled himself off of the couch. (AN: oh come on you guys should have seen this coming), and onto on knee. He looked up at Emma, holding her left hand. Emma started to look nervous.

"Emma Nelson, I love you. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. After everything we have gone through in our lives, we never let it get in the way. I want to be with you until I die. Em, will you marry me?" Jay slowly opened the box he had been hiding, and opened it.

Emma just stared at him, she didn't know what to say. She looked at the ring. It was beautiful. She started to speak, "Jay..."