A/N: I'm back with a new chapter faster than last time, yay me! Okay let's get buckled in for a bit of a health scare for Luke… nothing major, well you'll see. I'm pulling some of the situation from my own life so any medical stuff that I don't get right well… ignore it. I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV. I don't really but I did name one of the doctor's after one on TV, can you spot who they are?

This chapter title is Guard which is defined as a member of the offensive line. There are two guards on every play, and they line up on either side of the offensive center.

This should go without saying but I clearly don't own Twilight if I did I wouldn't be driving a 16 year old car.

Rosalie POV:

After Skyping with Emmett Sunday morning I was rushing around trying to get myself and Luke ready to head to the game. I was nervous and excited; I couldn't wait to see Emmett take the field. Bella strolled out of her room only an hour before we were supposed to leave. She was still in her pajamas.

"Bella what the hell?" I yelled incredulously.

"What?"

"What do you mean what? We are leaving in just under an hour and you're still in your pajamas that's what."

"I'm not going. After the stunt Emmett pulled, embarrassing me like that. Nu-uh there is no way I'm going to that game."

I grabbed Bella by her shoulders turned her around and started pushing her towards her room.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"You are going to this game today. I need you there for me… for moral support."

"Oh shut up. You'll be fine. Alice will be there with you."
"Yes I know Alice will be there but she isn't my sister. I need you with me and Luke needs you too." I knew it was a low blow but she was going one way or another and guilt was a surefire way to get her there.

"Fine" she huffed and stomped to her room.

"Forty five minutes." I yelled after her to let her know exactly how much time she had left to get ready.

We made it to the stadium and were ushered straight through without much trouble. When we made it to the box Alice was already there and had Aubrey set up on a mat playing with toys. After all of the introductions I set Luke down with Aubrey, got a bottle of water and sat down with Alice and Bella. Alice and I chatted about our kids through most of the game while Bella was fixated on the field, I mean I know she likes football but damn that girl would hardly notice a bomb being dropped on her head when the Bears had the ball, but I was thinking that could have something to do with Edward Cullen.

In the third quarter Emmett caught an interception and I scared the poor kids with my screaming. I should have known better than to scream like a maniac in front of the kids but I was really excited for him. I know he doesn't care about making the big plays but I know he was still concerned about how the other guys and coaches looked at him, and I know making any big plays will only add to the list of reasons they like him.

Soon after the game was over Bella and I sat through Emmett's interview with Sports Illustrated then we headed to the restaurant for dinner. Luke had started to get a little fussy and a bit squirmy. I had assumed he was just tired from spending the day at the stadium that was until he threw up on me. I felt so bad for my little guy. Emmett and I got home and put Luke to bed, I was really hoping he would be better by the morning.

I had woken up bright and early Monday morning to a screaming baby. Luke still had a fever and refused to eat anything. I called his doctors office and was able to get an appointment right away for him since they had a last minute cancellation.

Emmett drove my car to the doctor's office while I sat in the back seat cuddling with Luke as best I could while he was all buckled up in his car seat. I was filling out some paperwork that was pretty hard to concentrate on when we were called into the office.

The boys were both very antsy waiting for the doctor. I couldn't get Emmett to stop fiddling with all of the equipment in the room. A nurse came in to check Luke's temperature, height and weight. She also let us know that all of his medical information was sent to the office from his pediatrician back home in Seattle.

Another agonizing 15 minutes later before Dr. Black came in.

"Hey I'm Dr. Black but most of my patients in the under 10 crowd usually call me Dr. Jake so you can call me whatever you're comfortable with." He said with a huge smile. "So what seems to be the reason for Luke's visit today?"

"Well last night we were out to dinner and Luke started to run a fever and vomited. He was really cranky when he got up this morning and refused to eat any food, but we've been giving him lots of fluids. Our friends' father told us to get him in to the doctor if his fever didn't break by morning."

"Mmmhmm, I see. So let me take a look here at Luke's history a bit and we'll see if we can't find out something."

After looking through Luke's paperwork he came over and listened to Luke's heart, checked his ears, nose and throat. The doctor spent a little extra time on his ears so I started to get a little worried.

"How often would you say Luke has ear infections?"

"Oh gosh I don't really know. Probably at least once a month since he was about three months old."

"I figured as much from the notes written by his doctor in Seattle. I don't believe his ears are draining properly." he stated "You don't have to jump into any decision quickly but I think it would be best if you had tubes put in Luke's ears. They will help his ears drain and he might not get sick as much."

"Doc, what is that? Tubes?" Emmett asked and frankly I was too worried to even think straight to ask questions.

"Well they are a tiny tube that is usually made out of plastic that is no bigger than the tip of a pen that is inserted through an incision in the eardrum and it helps drain fluids properly. This surgery is very common and I would rather you not wait, chronic ear infections can affect a child's hearing so it would be best to have it done now. The tubes usually only stay in place for about a year and they will come out on their own, but at that point the ear is doing its job and doesn't need them anymore. I don't want you to take too long to make this decision; I can give you some names of doctors in the area that do this procedure. Most parents go through Children's Memorial Hospital and I'll put their doctors on the list for you as well."

I didn't remember much after all the surgery talk. This man wanted some doctor to operate on my baby.

"Rosalie!" Emmett shouted while waving his hand in front of my face. "We're home." he said with a sad smile on his face. I couldn't take the look he gave me, I burst into tears and Em climbed in the backseat with me. He was squeezing me in a tight hug while trying to get me to stop crying so I wouldn't wake up Luke and upset him.

When we got into the apartment Emmett put Luke down and sat with me on the couch. We didn't talk about what the doctor had said; I just wasn't ready at that moment. Em and I were curled up with each other on the couch when Bella came in.

"What's going on?" She asked looking worried.

"Luke needs surgery." I said without looking at her.

"What?"

"It's not that bad. He just needs tubes put in his ears so they drain better and he won't get sick so much. Rose, why are you making such a big deal about this?"

"Why are you not making a big enough deal about it? He needs surgery, like being put under anesthesia, surgery!" I yelled. Emmett just hugged me harder.

"Rosalie, he is going to be fine." Bella said as she sat on the floor in front of the couch and took my hand.

"If he has the surgery." I scoff.

"Rose you heard what the doctor said; this could be affecting his hearing. He should have the surgery, it's a simple procedure." he said as he wiped my tears away.

"I know." I mumbled into Emmett's chest, Luke started to whimper waking up from his nap. I was about to get up to get him but Bella offered to get him so Emmett and I could talk about our options.

Emmett made me realize that getting tubes put in Luke's ears was probably the best thing to do for him. I couldn't argue that we should wait, because I didn't want chronic ear infections to affect his hearing.

Before we called any of the doctors that Dr. Black recommended, Em called Carlisle to get his opinion on the list of doctors. He said they were all capable doctors that he trusts and mentioned that one of the doctors from Children's Memorial worked under him as a med student. We decided to go with Dr. Patrick Drake. I called the hospital and set up an appointment for Luke, the nurse that I spoke to said that the procedure wasn't long at all and that Luke would be able to go home that same day. I scheduled it for Thursday, I think Carlisle called in a favor to get us in so soon.

The rest of the week went by in a blur and before I knew it, it was Thursday and Emmett and I were headed with Luke to Children's Memorial Hospital. I was extremely nervous about his surgery; Emmett had to keep reassuring me that everything would be fine.

We checked in and sat in a room filled with toys waiting to be called back into a room. While sitting on Em's lap, Luke played with a squishy plastic Eeyore toy. After only waiting about 20 minutes we were brought back into a room, where I was told to change Luke into a little hospital gown and that the doctor would be in to see us shortly.

Dr. Drake showed up and I was a little angry. This guy couldn't be older than 20 years old; he was tall with a baby face and I told him so. "You're the one doing the surgery, when did you get out of medical school yesterday, you can't be more than 20?" I shrieked.

"I can assure you I have been a doctor for 8 years but thank you for the compliment, I'm actually 34." He said with a smile. "I have done this surgery many times, it will be quick and before you know it Lucas will be in the recovery room."

"Thank you, doctor." Emmett said as he shook Dr. Drake's hand.

I felt a little better knowing he has done this surgery before, but I still felt like he was just so young. A nurse came in to give Luke some medication to make him sleepy before they would take him back. When she came back twenty minutes later Luke's head was bobbing like he does when he gets tired. She went to take him from me; I cried and kissed him over and over again. Emmett was holding me and leaned over my shoulder to kiss him on the head. When the nurse took him out of the room Luke stretched his little arm out reaching for me. Emmett had to hold me back from running after him.

"Please Rosalie, don't cry. He's going to be fine." Em grabbed me tightly and started rocking me. "What can I get you? Do you want your sister?" I just shook my head and he let me cry into his shirt.

"Do you think they started yet?" I asked for the tenth time in minutes.

"I'm sure they've started."

"So you think they'll be done soon?"

"They will be done soon enough. Call Bella. You need to stay distracted." he urged.

So I did, I called Bella and told her they took Luke in for his surgery and had to repeatedly tell her not to come to the hospital, that I would keep her updated. I curled up on Emmett's lap; he was running his fingers through my hair to soothe me. Em was watching the afternoon news and I had almost fallen asleep when a nurse came in to get us to take us to the recovery room.

My baby looked so fragile laying in the hospital crib sound asleep. I grabbed his hand and Emmett wrapped his arms around me and took Luke's other hand. "See, he's doing great babe."

The nurse told us it would be awhile before he started to wake up and took Emmett and me to Luke's recovery room; they would bring him in when he started waking up.

Waiting on them bringing Luke to his recovery room was a bit more agonizing then waiting during the actual surgery. I was worried he would wake up when I wasn't there. Em and I waited about a half an hour longer before they rolled his hospital crib in the room. Luke was still sleeping when they brought him in, the nurse told us the doctor would come in to talk with us soon.

Luke started to stir and when he fully opened his eyes he just starred at us until he started to cry. I picked him up and sat in a rocking chair with him but he reached out to Emmett to pick him up. Emmett took him and sat down in the chair next to me. When the doctor came in to talk to us Luke reached out to come back to me. I took him and rocked him while Dr. Drake told us that the surgery was successful and they didn't have any problems. He gave me a prescription for Luke and said we could leave as soon as the discharge papers were filled out.

When we got home Luke was asleep again and Bella and Edward were waiting in the living room for us.

"Hey man, what are you doing here?" Em asked.

"Edward came to sit with me, since my sister wouldn't let me come to the hospital to see my nephew when he was having surgery."

"I just came as moral support." Edward said with a sheepish smile.

"Well thank you for coming and keeping my sister company. Bella, want to come with me to put Luke down?"

"Yeah." she said looking at Luke. Then she turned to Edward "Thanks for sitting with me." she smiled and bit her lip.

"It wasn't a problem at all." He smiled at her. "Well I really should get going. Rosalie Emmett I'm glad Luke is doing well."

Emmett walked Edward out and Bella and I took Luke into his room. I was so happy my baby was okay and I was apparently being very oblivious, something was going on between Edward and Bella.

Now just wasn't the right time to ask.

A/N: Well that wasn't so bad now was it? Luke is going to be just fine. My nephew had tubes put in his ears when he was three years old and I pulled the hospital situation from what happened when my nephew was getting the surgery… minus all the Rose & Em cuddling. Okay, see you all soon.