Squid sat down in the waiting room and played with the chair's fraying edges. He looked around the room and saw a few other people sitting and waiting. Some of the people looked happy, some were crying, and some looked like they didn't know what to do with themselves.

Squid looked at watched sighed and then rubbed his face with his hands. It had been six hours since Kandy woke him up and she was rushed to the hospital. It was five in the morning, but Squid was wide awake. He was stuck doing what everyone else in the hospital waiting room dose; wait.

She can't be coming now. Two weeks six days… we still have two weeks and six days left until Kandy is due. I knew something was wrong as soon as Kandy woke me up. She looked so worried and she was crying. The baby can't be coming! We still have two weeks and six days…

Squid continued to think to himself for twenty minutes until Dr. Hamlock walked through the large oak doors. Squid jumped up shook the doctor's hand and looked at him with worried eyes.

"How is she?"

"The mother…or the baby?"

Squid sat there in silence. The mother or the baby? The doctor placed a hand on Squid's shoulder and started to explain.

"Your wife gave birth to a premature baby tonight."

Dr. Hamlock saw the worried expression on Squid's face and started to reassure him as quickly as possible.

"Mr. Smith don't worry your wife is fine! Sometimes premature births can be very hard on the mothers physically, but she is fine! She is going to be back to normal in no time."

"And the baby?"

The doctor told Squid to sit down.

"Your baby was born two weeks and six days early. She weighs three pounds seven ounces. A normal baby weighs at least six or seven pounds. Because she was born much before the due-date everything that was suppose to develop in her mother's womb was not fully developed. However everything did get developed to a point where she has no chance to survival. The heart starts beating by day twenty-five and-"

"Dr. Hamlock, what is wrong with my baby? Is she going to live?"

The doctor sighed and looked right into Squid's eyes. He could tell what was coming next just by looking at him.

"Our baby is going to die isn't she?"

"Not necessarily. Your baby's lungs are developed to a point where she can take in some air, but not enough to live. We have her on a machine that is giving her enough oxygen to keep her alive. We do not know if this is going to kill her, because we do not know if she will get dependent on the breathing machine, or if her lungs will eventually develop to the point where she can breathe on her own. If they do develop more then she will be fine, but she might have to stay away from a lot of heavy cardio exercise when she gets older."

"What are her chances of survival?"

"Right now I would say about 50 chance. I'm so sorry and I will do everything I possible can do to make sure your baby survives, but unfortunately there is not a whole lot I can do. This all depends on who is smiling down on you today."

"Can I go see my wife?"

"Yes. She has been asking for you for quite some time now. Come with me and I will take you to her room."

Squid followed the doctor but they didn't say anything else to each other. Once they reached the room Squid walked in and went right over to Kandy. She was lying in the bed covered in sweat and she looked really tired. She tried to sit up but the nurses made her sit back down.

"Squid what is going to happen to our baby?"

"I don't know."

Kandy started crying. She wrapped her arms around Squid.

"I knew something was wrong. I knew something bad was going to happen I could feel it. Why is this happening? I did everything the doctor said I needed to do to keep this baby healthy and things still went wrong! As soon as she was born she was taken from me and sent into another room. I didn't even get to hold my daughter. What if she dies before I get to hold her? We don't even have a name yet!"

Squid tried to comfort her, but nothing was working. He could feel the tears coming and he tried everything he could to stop them but before he knew it they were falling from his eyes and into the blue-white hospital gown Kandy was wearing.

"Well what do you want to name her?"

"I don't know. Maybe we should wait until we find out she is going to survive."

"Alright."

"The doctor said there is a fifty-fifty chance that she will survive. This means we have to pray that she survives. It could go either way."

Squid looked at his feet. He had never really said a prayer before; at least not about something as important as this. He had only said stuff like please bless my mom and help her get through her drinking problem. He had never said anything like please save my daughter's life because she means so much to me. He figured that it was never too late to start so he wiped his tears and tried his hardest to present a good prayer.

God, I know I don't turn to you a lot, but this time I really need some help. This baby means so much to me and I know it means the world to Kandy. We have been through so much and still things don't go our way. I know you are busy and you probably would rather answer prayer from people who actually worship you and thank you for everyday things and don't just turn to you when they are really in trouble, but if you please spare my baby's life I will thank you everyday of my life for giving her to us. I haven't even seen her and I already love her. Please don't take her away from us. Please let our baby live.

Amen.

Squid looked up from the floor and looked over at Kandy. He knew she had been watching him but she didn't say anything to him. He took her hand and told her everything was going to be alright. Then the doctor walked in.

"I have some news."

The room fell silent. The halls out side their room fell silent too. It was like the entire world was watching and waiting to find out if their baby was going to live or die.

"I went back to check on your baby and she is breathing like she has been doing it all her life."

Squid could almost feel the mood in the room lift. He instantly started thanking God for everything he had ever given him and he intended to keep his promise and thank God everyday for saving his daughter.

"So she is going to be alight?"

"She is going to be fine."

Squid could feel the burden being lifted off his shoulders as he heard these words. He smiled and thanked the doctor for everything.

Kandy started to cry again only these were tears of joy. A nurse walked in and handed the baby to Kandy. She was beautiful. She had her father's dark brown hair, and nose, and she had her mother's eyes and beautiful smile. Squid turned to the baby and looked in her eyes she smiled. Everyone was amazed because babies don't smile when they are that young. It takes a while before they have the control to smile.

"It looks like someone was smiling down on you from heaven Mr. and Mrs. Smith. She is one of the most beautiful babies I have ever seen. What are you going to name her?"

Kandy looked into the eyes of her newborn child and smiled. What about Heaven?"

Kandy looked at Squid and he shook his head.

"What about…Nevaeh?"

"What?"

"Na-vaye-aye."

"She is an angel."

"Angel?"

"No…Sera. It's Latin for angel."

The nurse came closer to Squid and Kandy and smiled.

"I think that is a great choice because your baby has an angel's kiss. Look on her chest."

They all looked and sure enough there was a small dark mark that looked like a lip print that lay on Neveah's chest.

"She has been kissed by an angel." Kandy whispered in Squid's ear. He nodded and kissed Kandy on the cheek.

Nevaeh had to stay in the hospital for two weeks until she was strong enough to go home with her mother and father. Squid has kept his promise and has thanked God everyday for giving heir baby life. They decided to make X-ray the godfather, but they promised that if they had another other kids another member of d-tent would be their godfather.

Thanks candiebabie30 for the idea of Neveah's name! I loved it so much and it was perfect! Please review!