Thank you for sticking with this story. This is a short chapter. It is all I could come up with, other than what is playing in my mind to come up next chapter. I hope you enjoy it and leave some thoughts. Enjoy! I don't know when the next chapter will be up, but I'll try to make it quicker than the last few updates.

September 18th, 2015

It was a few days after everything happened at Arabella's birthday party. Finn and Rachel had been trying to make it up to inconspicuously. They knew she wouldn't remember it as she got older, but it was something that neither of them would ever forget. Rachel was still nursing the black eye that she had received and she had been ill the last couple of days.

Finn was exhausted. Not only was he trying to keep Arabella occupied and happy, but he was also trying to take care of Rachel. He was beginning to get worried that she would never get better. It had been three days and she was hardly able to keep anything down. Then he had work on top of everything else.

Finn walked in from work to find Leroy sitting on the floor with Arabella. Arabella looked up and said, "Daddy! You home!"

Finn crouched on the floor to catch the little girl in his arms. He said, "Hey baby girl!"

"I big girl!"

Finn chuckled. "I know. I know. I just don't want you to grow up. Did you have a good day today?"

"Pop pop play babies wit me."

"He did? That's pretty special, huh?"

Arabella eagerly nodded her head.

Leroy stood up and said, "Rachel is asleep in your room. Finn, she is not doing well at all. She isn't getting any better."

Finn said, "Arie, why don't you go play in your room. I'll be in to play with you in a little while." She gave Finn a big wet kiss on the cheek and went running back to her room.

Finn told Leroy, "I made her an appointment at the doctor tomorrow, sir. I took the day off to go with her. I know how stubborn she can be about things like this."

Leroy said, "Finn Hudson, don't call me sir ever again. It's dad or Leroy."

"Sorry, old habits die hard. Thank you for staying with Rach and Arie today."

"Don't even think about that. I love time with my granddaughter. I just wish my daughter felt better."

"I'm going to take her to the doctor tomorrow."

"Let me know if I can do anything. I can watch Arie for you."

"That would actually help a lot. I don't think she would sit still at the doctor. I really don't want her to worry about Rach. That's my job."

"I'm sure she is fine, Finn. I couldn't be happier that my little girl has someone like you. I know you love her and that means the world to me."

"I will always love her. I will always love both of my girls. Speaking of which I need to go check on them."

"Let me know if you need me. I'm just across the hall."

"Thank you so much, Leroy."

"We're family. We stick together. I'll call later to check on her."

"Of course. I'll let you know if anything worse happens or anything."

"Thank you for taking care of her." The two men hugged and Leroy left.

Finn looked into Arabella's room and saw that she was lying on her bed asleep. He had to chuckle at how adorable she was.

He made his way to his bedroom. He found Rachel curled up in the middle of the bed in tears. He sat down next to her and ran his hand through her hair. He said, "Hey baby. Are you feeling any better?"

Rachel shook her head and whimpered out, "No."

Finn laid down next to her and held her. He said, "Oh, honey. You have a doctor's appointment tomorrow. I'm taking the day off and going with you. We are going to figure what this is and how we can make things better for you. I want you to rest. I'm on Arabella duty the rest of the night. There is nothing you need to worry about."

"I love you. Thank you for taking such good care of me."

"I'll always take care of you and Arie. I'm going to go start dinner for Arie and I. I'll bring you some more Sprite and crackers. I'll make you something else if you think you can take anything."

"No. Crackers are just what I need. Make sure that Arie doesn't worry about me."

"I'll try, but she is just worried about her momma, just like I am."

"Make sure she doesn't worry about me."

"I'll try, but she is just as stubborn as her mom. I'm going to let you get some rest. Let me know if you need anything. I'll be here in a heartbeat."

Finn kissed her forehead and left the room.

Finn looked into Arabella's room to see that she was tossing on her bed. He walked in the room and asked, "Did you have a good nap, princess?"

She wiped her eyes and nodded.

Finn asked, "What do you want for dinner? Daddy is on dinner duty tonight."

"Want momma."

"I know baby, but momma doesn't feel good. She needs to rest so she feels better. Come here and help daddy with dinner."

"No! I want momma!"

"Arabella Faith Hudson! Stop acting this way."

Arabella pouted and sadly said, "Momma." Little tears were rolling down her cheeks.

Finn picked her up and said, "It's okay, princess. We can have pizza and then we will do whatever you want. We just have to let momma rest so she can feel better. She'll be better soon and she can play with you then."

Arabella hung her head and laid back down on her bed. It irritated Finn, but then he remembered Rachel was the strongest bond Arabella had. It had been the two of them on their own for two and a half years. That wasn't something she was just going to up and forget. Finn laid down in the little princess bed and held his daughter to his chest. He just wanted everyone in his little family happy and healthy again. He was hoping the next day would give them the answers they wanted and needed to get things back to normal.