Prologue

A baby's quiet whimpers were heard as she was held in the doctor's hands. Her small hands were a dark blue along with the rest of her body; the doctor looked to the father of the child. Staring into his green eyes that were dark with pain and sadness, he gave a small sigh.

"Your daughter is severely premature. I will try my best to help her survive." He told the father sternly. The man nodded before making his way back over to the bed where his partner lay. He looked over at his love that lay spent against the sheets. Their hazel eyes stared off into space, as sweat dripped from their chestnut colored bangs. He leaned forward wiping the sweat away with a soft rag.

"Are you okay?" He whispered. Hazel eyes gazed into his face trying to focus.

"Kendall?" A raspy voice whispered. Kendall gave a small smile before he leaned over the bed kissing his lover.

"Jamie, James, baby are you alright?" Kendall asked again. James frowned, trying to realize where he was.

"I'm sore...where?" Kendal shushed him as he kissed James on the lips. The blonde sighed as he gripped James by the hand, kissing the knuckles he tried to find a way to keep James from asking. He didn't have the heart to tell him that their child might not survive.

"Kendall, where is our baby?"

Kendall's body jolted at the quiet question. James sat up from the pillows as he stared at his love, Kendall's green eyes looked up at him and they were filled with unshed tears. James' brow furrowed as he stared at his boyfriend.

"Kendall...where is our baby?" Kendall sat on the edge of the bed as he kissed James' hand again trying to ignore the confusion on the brunette's lovely face.

"James, our little girl, s-she might not survive. She was too...early." James stared in shock for a few moments before his face broke out into a frown and tears trailed down his high cheek bones. Kendall gasped seeing his lover cry, James hardly ever cried but when he did it was a heart breaking sight.

Kendall brought the taller boy into a hug as he broke down into sobs. He couldn't believe that his child, he and Kendall's child, might die. James screamed into Kendall's arms as he thought about his daughter.

"Kendall, is it ok for us to come in?" Carlos asked as he poked his head in the door. His eyes quickly shifted to James as the teen screamed again with Kendall trying to calm him down. Logan opened the door as he looked over Carlos' shoulder, he shook his head. He wanted to tell them what the doctor said but with James being in the state that he is in, he couldn't risk it.

...

James had finally calmed down and was now sleeping against Kendall's chest. Earlier that morning after James' breakdown, the brunette had begged his blonde love to take him to see their child but Kendall refused. For one thing James was not emotionally stable and two the doctor would forbid it considering their daughter was still in the ICU.

He sighed. He would never wish this on anybody, not even Hawk with his demented ways. Kendall ran his fingers through the soft hair that James always tried so hard to maintain, those high cheek bones that he saw that his daughter had gotten.

Kendall laid his head back against the pillow, he knew that that night something bad was going to happen when he saw that girl but he just ignored his gut feeling and took James out anyway. If would have just stayed at home like Logan had advised then James and their baby wouldn't have been hurt.

"Kendall?" The blonde raised his head to see his mom, Carlos and Logan standing at the door. Mama Knight walked forward quietly, her gaze focusing on her son.

"Is it alright for us to come in?" She whispered. Kendall nodded and Carlos and Logan followed after the red haired woman. All three stood next to the bed.

Mama Knight scooted closer standing next to her son; she moved Kendall's blonde bangs out of his face. He relaxed in his mother's touch like he did when he was a child.

"So has the doctor told you about little Aralia?"

Kendall looked to his mother in confusion.

"Aralia?" He whispered. The red haired woman nodded as her hands went down to play with James' hair. The brunette sighed into the touch as he slept on.

"It's only a middle name. We had to figure out what to call her so Katie came up with Aralia. We wanted you and James to name her."

"And if not, I would be happy to name your baby girl." Carlos beamed only to get a blank stare from the green eyed singer. Logan elbowed the Latino in the side earning a yelp from the shorter teen.

"I like that. Tell Katie I said thanks." The blonde murmured. Mama Knight nodded her head silently. Logan held up a small pink rose that he was holding behind his back, he laid the rose down onto James' lap.

"This is for your little girl. Gustavo has bought about two dozen roses for James and little Ara, Kelly picked the colors." Kendall nodded stiffly. He was surprised that Gustavo cared so much but he was the one that helped get James to the hospital. Kendall gave a faint frown at the thought; he remembered screaming in the middle of the street and out of nowhere came Gustavo and Griffin both men frowning in shock.

Kendall had pleaded for their help as James laid on the ground bleeding; his hazel eyes were dull and sparkling with tears as he lost so much blood. Kendall shivered, by the time that they had gotten to the hospital he and Gustavo were covered with James' blood and the brunette was dizzy and hallucinating.

When they had finally got him into a room, he was having contractions so they had to induce him and make him deliver the baby or she would die. Kendall bit at his lip, not like it did much for their daughter either way they looked at it she still had to fight death whether in the womb or not. Running a hand through his bangs again, a habit he had picked up since dating James, he stared at his mother and two friends.

"What about that girl?" Mama Knight, Carlos and Logan all gave each other a worried glance before Mama Knight placed a soft hand on her son's arm.

"They...they haven't found her Kendall. She is still out there but Gustavo has Freight Train and the other body guards watching the room and the hospital grounds." Kendall gave another blank stare and a stiff nod. He didn't think he had the heart to tell James that the person that tried to kill him and their daughter was still at large.

A frown crossed Kendall's face, he was the reason the girl was after them. If he hadn't been so nice to her; then this wouldn't have happened to James and their daughter and they would be a happy family without worry. Logan and Carlos stared at their friend in worry; Kendall's face was void of any emotion. They were used to the happy and scheming Kendall not this robot that was pale and tired. The blonde turned to look at his love and he ran a hand through James' bangs, the brunette slightly stirred only to turn his head falling back into a slumber once again.

Only if he had been worried about his family's safety over these past six months, James wouldn't be laying here with a fourteen inch gash across his abdomen.