A/N~ Okay guys here is the chapter I am posting to make up for not posting much over the past few days.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Supernatural; however I do own John the dog, Maria, Samantha, Katie, Amber, and any other minor unrecognizable characters.
Maria woke up the next morning to the smell of pancakes. "Hey sweetheart, I ordered breakfast. After we eat we need to head to the hospital for Samantha's surgery." Dean said softly.
"Okay, god, I can't believe it has been a week since she has been admitted to the hospital." Maria replied as she walked to the small hotel table.
"I know, just one more week and we can take her home." Dean replied with a smile.
"Yeah…do we have time to run to the hospital gift shop before her surgery?" Maria asked.
"Yeah, if we leave right after we get dressed." Dean replied after looking at the clock.
Maria nodded and the two of them ate then got dressed. Maria practically ran to the car, excited to see her baby girl. Dean chuckled and walked to the car, when he was in the car her took off. When they got to the hospital they had 15 minutes before visiting hours started so they walked to the gift shop. Maria walked to the small isle she needed. She picked up a red bandana, a pink hat and a light pink teddy bear that said, 'Brave Girl'. Dean smiled at the purchases when they paid.
When they got to their daughter's room the doctor was talking to her. "It will be okay, you will be asleep and when you wake up your mama and daddy will be right by your side." He said to her.
"Okay…" Samantha replied, a bit hesitantly.
When Dean and Maria walked to the bed the doctor nodded at them and left the room. "Hey baby girl." Maria said.
"Hi mama!" Samantha exclaimed and handed her the locket and bracelet that she had to remove before surgery.
"We got you something." Dean said as he held up the bright pink gift bag.
"What is it?" Samantha asked, her blue eyes brightening.
"Well you will just have to open it to find out." Maria replied handing as Dean handed her the bag.
Samantha eagerly opened the bag and first pulled out the teddy bear, followed by the hat and lastly the bandana. "Thank you mama, thank you daddy!" Samantha exclaimed as she reached out for a hug.
Both Dean and Maria smiled as they wrapped their arms around their baby girl.
"I am sorry to break up this happy moment, but little Samantha needs to be wheeled to surgery." An orderly said as he stepped in the room with a gurney.
"Okay." Maria whispered, she walked over to her husband and he pulled her into his arms.
"Say good bye to mama and daddy." The orderly told Samantha.
"Bye mama, bye daddy." Samantha said sadly.
"Bye baby." They replied in unison.
"Dr. Stewart told me the two of you could either wait in hear or the waiting room. He also said you could go back and forth." The orderly said to the worried parents.
"Okay thank you, be careful with my baby." Maria replied.
"Yeah, what my wife said." Dean agreed with a worried smile.
"Don't worry; we will be careful with this little angel. She should be out in about two to three hours depending; it could be shorter or longer." The orderly said as he wheeled little Samantha away to the OR.
"Dean, let's go to the waiting room." Maria said.
"Are you sure?" Dean asked, not wanting his wife to be uncomfortable.
"Yeah, I am sure. I want to be able to talk to some of the other parents whose children are having some sort of surgery, and then I won't feel alone." Maria replied.
"So if I am with you, you are alone?" Dean asked teasingly.
"Dean you know what I mean." Maria replied with a genuine smile and laugh.
"There is my wife." Dean whispered ever so softly as he placed a gentle kiss on her lips.
The two of them walked hand in hand to the waiting room. When they arrived in the room a woman whispered, or tired to, "They are new here." To her husband.
"Yes, we are new here. They are putting a port in our daughter, to make chemo easier." Dean replied to the woman.
"Oh, how old is she?" the woman then asked.
"Eight." Maria answered.
"That is not right…why must our little ones be cursed with such a disease?" the woman questioned.
"I don't know, but I wish it was me. I don't like seeing my baby girl suffer from the dam leukemia." Dean said and Maria pulled him to a chair. Dean sat and Maria sat on his lap.
"If you don't mind my asking how old are the two of you?" the woman asked them.
"I am 35, and my husband is 36." Maria replied.
"Oh, I am 26 my three year old daughter is having some sort of cyst removed…the chemo was not killing it, so they are going to remove it then start the chemo back up." The woman replied.
"I am so sorry." Maria whispered.
"It's okay, I just hope that she lives unlike her brother who was five when he died from the same cancer." The woman said sadly.
"Dean…I…I will be right back." Maria said to her husband.
Maria ran to Samantha's room leaving a bewildered Dean behind. When she got to her daughter's room she picked up the locket and bracelet that Dean had put on the table.
"Are you going to go after her?" the man next to the woman asked.
"No, she did not want me to follow." Dean replied.
"How do you know?" the woman asked.
"The way she said it. I have learned several things from being married to her, like when to follow, when to leave her alone, most of which I learned when she was pregnant with our little girl." Dean explained.
"Why can't you figure out when I need time alone?" the woman asked her husband.
"I am sorry; I did not catch your names." Dean said, trying to prevent a lovers spat.
The husband sent him a grateful smile. "I am Mark, and this is Amelia." Mark replied.
"I am Dean, and my wife is Maria." Dean replied.
When Maria returned she had red puffy eyes, signaling that she had been crying. "Thanks for letting me have a minute." She said softly when she sat back on Dean's lap.
"I know when you need a minute to yourself, are you okay now?" Dean asked.
"Yeah, I just…I am worried." Maria replied and she buried her face in Dean's shoulder.
"I know baby, so am I. Do you want to call Sammy and talk to him?" Dean asked.
"You don't mind?" Maria asked.
"I know you won't do anything to my brother, and I know sometimes it is easier for you to talk to him then me, so why the hell would I mind?" Dean asked handing his wife his cell.
"Thank you honey." Maria replied then left the room.
"She can't tell you everything?" Amelia asked puzzled.
"We may be married, but there are still some things she prefers talking to my brother about. Mostly about our daughter, because if she and I both start talking about it we both start to sob like crazy. Sometimes I call my brother, and she knows it. We just need to talk to someone else sometimes." Dean replied.
"Okay I get it now." Amelia replied.
Maria walked down the hall and dialed Sam's work number, knowing he was at work at the moment. "Hello this is Amanda how can I help you?" Sam's secretary asked.
"Hello this is Maria Winchester; I need to speak with Sam." Maria replied.
"He is in a meeting, can I take a message?" Amanda replied.
"This is really important, can you please get him." Maria replied, close to tears again.
"Very well ma'am please hold." Amanda replied.
A few minutes later "Hello this is Sam Winchester." Sam answered.
"Sammy, I am worried about Samantha." Maria said and started to cry again.
"Hey she is going to be okay, she is going to be just fine. It is a simple surgery. Do you want Amber, Katie and I to come in for a while?" Sam asked.
"No, I just need to talk to you…if I talk to Dean we will both start crying like crazy." Maria replied.
"Hold on, let me tell Amanda not to take any calls and cancel my meetings." Sam replied.
Maria waited for Sam to return to his phone.
"So how much longer is your daughter supposed to be in surgery?" Amelia asked.
Dean looked at the clock then replied, "About another hour."
Amelia nodded, and they got quiet again.
"Thank you so much Sam, I love you, and I will have Samantha call you tomorrow." Maria said.
"No problem Maria, love you too, looking forward to the call." Sam replied then hung up.
When Maria walked back to the hospital room again here eyes were still red and puffy but now her nose was also very red. She walked back over to Dean and sat on his lap. She handed him the phone and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"So how is Sam, and them doing?" Dean asked.
"Katie is getting more teeth, Amber is pregnant again, and Sam is going very well." Maria replied.
"How far along is Amber?" Dean asked shocked.
"Three months with twins." Maria replied with a smile.
"How the hell are they going to handle a two year old, and twins?" Dean asked.
"Amber quit her job and Sam has his own Law-firm now." Maria answered.
"Oh wow, he is doing really well then." Dean replied.
"Yeah, as for how they are going to care for all the kids…well I was thinking that maybe after Samantha is better we can move down there to help them out." Maria said with a pleading smile.
"We can move up there when Samantha gets better, in fact I think it would be good for her to be with her cousins, aunt and uncle." Dean replied.
"So do I, but we have to wait until she has the all clear from the doctor that she is cancer free…which could take years." Maria whispered.
"It could, but we know our little girl can do it. She is strong; remember what I said before about her having the Winchester blood?" Dean asked.
"Yeah." Maria replied with a laugh.
Dr. Stewart approached Dean and Maria. "She is back in her room, the surgery went just fine. If she is doing food in about three days we will commence with round two of chemo and after that she can go home." He said.
"So in about four days our little girl can come home?" Maria asked with a smile.
"Yes, we are hoping that she will only need six months to a year of treatment, but it could be more, the chances of it being longer are pretty high, due to the time the chemo is taking to heal her body." The doctor replied.
"Okay, our little girl is strong though she is going to make it." Maria said confidently.
The doctor smiled and left. Dean and Maria walked back to Samantha's room. When they entered the room she was hooked up to a heart monitor and had a plastic breathing mast over her mouth and nose. She still had her IV, and she had a patch of gauze over the spot where they put the port.
"She looks like she is just sleeping, if it was not for the medical equipment that is what I would think she is doing on her own free will not medically induced." Maria said softly as she took a seat on one side of Samantha while Dean took the other.
"Yeah." Dean replied as he took his daughter's hand and carefully placed the bracelet back on her. He then held her hand.
Maria took her other hand and being very mindful if the IV she rubbed small circles on it.
Two hours later Samantha's eyes started to flutter open. "Hey baby." Maria cooed when her daughter's blue eyes opened.
Dean pushed the call button and a nurse walked in. "Hello little one." She said to Samantha.
"Mama…daddy…thirsty." Samantha said softly. Dean helped her to sip on a glass of water after the nurse un-hooked the heart monitor and oxygen mask.
'Doesn't she need the monitor?" Maria asked.
"No ma'am, that was just for after surgery since she is doing so well I see no need for her to keep it, and I am sure her doctor will agree when he returns after his dinner break." The nurse replied.
"Okay, can we stay for just a bit longer after visiting hours?" Dean asked.
"Ten minutes." The nurse replied with a wink.
Dean and Maria thanked her and she left. After they spent the amount of time they were given with their daughter, including the last 15 minutes of visiting hours they went back to the hotel.
Maria and Dean ate and showered. When they were in bed Dean placed a tender kiss on his wife's lips. Maria smiled when he pulled away and the two of them fell asleep tangled in each other's arms.
A/N~ Told you I would make it up to you, over 2,000 words. The next one may be around this length or longer I don't know yet. Please review, happy writer equals faster updates. :)