Draco ran head long down the hall ignoring the nurses and healers who sent glares at him and tried to get him to slow down. He saw the entire family standing outside of her room and wondered why no one was in the room with his daughter.

"Why aren't you in there with her?" Draco demanded.

Narcissa held up a hand to try and stop her son. "Draco, it's" but he cut her off as he rushed into the room.

The healer looked up at Draco "Mr Malfoy you need to stop."

He looked at the healer "I want to know what's wrong with my daughter. I'm not leaving this room until someone tells me what's going on."

As if an answer to his question a soft voice responded. "Papa."

Draco's heart began to pound and the healer moved to give Draco a better look. There lying on the bed still pale and tiny was his daughter and her beautiful emerald eyes were open and blazing at him.

He ran to her bedside "Lily flower, you're okay."

The healer smiled at him. "The page was to alert me to the fact that your daughter was waking up. I'm sorry if we scared you."

Draco did not look up from his daughter, brushing her curls "Is she okay?"

The healer nodded "She'll have to stay for a day or two of observation but she is going to be okay."

Draco could not hold back the tears. "Thank you. Oh thank God."

Lily was worried at the site of her papa crying. "Papa, why sad? Papa okay?"

Draco smiled at her and dried his tears. "Papa is crying because he is so happy that you're okay. You gave us quite a scare Lily flower."

Lily gave him one of her famous pouts that always made him smile. "Sorry Papa."

Draco shook his head. "Not your fault, flower. Papa just never wants to let you out of his sight."

The little girl moved to hug her Papa. "Me not go any where."

Draco noticed that she winced a bit when he lay her back down. "Sweety is your head hurting you?"

Lily was as stubborn as her father about admitting she was in pain but she nodded. "My head sore Papa."

The healer smiled "We can give her a small dose of pain reliever potion."

Draco nodded his permission and the doctor went and retrieved a vial. Lily refused to drink any so Draco took the vial from the doctor and assured him he would get the child to drink some.

"You know your Uncles are outside wanting to see you." Draco started.

Lily smiled and held Freddie. "Uncle Freddie and Geor?"

He nodded. "But I want to make sure you are up for their company. Would you let Papa give you this potion?"

She shook her head. "Me no like potion.". Lily had always hated taking potions. Harry was the one who had managed to get her to take them in the past.

Draco sighed. "Princess Papa just wants you to feel better."

She shook her head. "Me want Daddy."

Draco's thoughts went to his husband. "Daddy will be here soon, you want him to see what a big girl you are, don't you?"

She shook her head and refused to open her mouth until the door opened and the Weasleys and his parents came in the door. When she saw her favourite Uncle Fred she beamed at him. Draco nodded at the bottle of potion in his hand.

Fred took the clue and sat down next to Lily. "Hey princess, I here you have a bit of a headache. I bet that if you take that potion you'd feel better."

Lily pouted a bit. "I want daddy."

Fred looked at Draco who just shook his head. "Princess he'll be here soon. Will you take this for your favourite Uncle? I have a surprise for you when you're done."

Her face lit up as he always gave the best gifts. "Okay". She opened her mouth and allowed Fred to feed her the potion. The relief was evident on her face as it worked.

"Better is it?" Fred said and when she nodded he handed her a stuffed dragon."Thank you Uncle. I call him Snap."

Draco smiled as he watched his daughter interacting with her uncles and her grandparents who were soon to join the conversation. Everything seemed so perfect but there was one person missing. Harry should have been there with his daughter when she woke up.

Lucius came over to him. "Harry will be here soon when the doctors are sure he is fine. You'll all be a family again."

Draco sighed and rested his head against his father "It's her birthday. Not exactly how I expected to spend it with my daughter."

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Healer Hamilton walked into the hallway and called for a nurse "What room is Mr Malfoy in?"

The nurse pointed to 311 "His daughter has just woken up."

The healer sighed. "I wish I had such good news for him."

The healer walked to the door and looked into the room and saw the extended family surrounding the bed of the little girl. Everyone in the hospital knew the story for of course it had been all over the news.

He nodded at the closest red head "I need to borrow Draco for a few moments."

Bill nodded and walked over to Draco. "There is a healer at the door who says he needs to borrow you for a moment."

Draco bent and kissed his daughter "I'll be back in a few minutes Lily. I just need to see how Daddy is doing."

When he walked into the hall and saw the look on the face of the healer who had been caring for his husband when he had left, his heart dropped and he felt like his legs were going to give out under him.

"How is my husband? It's not just exhaustion is it?" Draco asked.

The doctor shook his head. "I am sorry to spoil the happy news of your daughter's awakening but I unfortunately have some bad news for you about your husband."

Draco would have dropped if his father who had come up behind him had not caught him by the waist and led him to a chair. Lucius and Draco looked up at the healer, praying for a miracle. Draco could not handle anything more right now.

Authors note: Oh come on my reviewers, did you really think I'd kill off Lily, she is my favourite character in the story. I'm not heartless. Now Harry on the other hand, his fate seems up in the air. Stay tuned, cliff hanger number three, I think I am getting better at these.