Hi readers! Georgia and Charlotte here! It's 11:52pm and we're watching American Dad! where Stan is taking a baby he named Liberty to Nebraska to get adopted. Just to give y'all a heads up, we're going to be busy over the holidays. This is because we've signed up for NCS (National citizens' service) and it starts at the end of the month. It includes an adventure camp type thing as well as a week at a university. Peace Out! TG101 :-D x

"Jaden Evans?"

Mercedes sighed as she heard her son's name being called out into the small waiting room that was brightly decorated with cartoons on the walls.

"Well Mockingjay, I guess that's us." she whispered, trying to reassure the infant in her arms.

As they were led into a room patterned with Care Bears, Mercedes sat down, trying to calm down her son who was growing more and more antsy.

"Dr Westwood will be here shortly" a nurse explained, gathering a sheet of notes before making her way out, accidently bumping into whom Mercedes could only presume to be the doctor.

There was no way on earth this man could be the doctor. Mercedes had presumed that he would be like most of the others on the ward. Old. And if they weren't old, they were certainly heading that way.

The man that stood before her was easily as old as Sam, if not slightly younger. Mercedes couldn't help but blush when she first made eye contact. And who wouldn't? With his dark spiky hair, olive hued skin and piercing blue eyes which was complemented by a pair of stylish glasses, if he wasn't wearing the doctor's coat, Mercedes would have mistook him for a university student.

"Hi, you must be Mercedes?" the young man questioned holding out his hand "My name is Dr Matthew Westwood but the kids call me Dr Matty. Hello" he chuckled softly, interacting with Jaden "How are you this morning mister Jaden?"

He laughed as Jaden babbled, sucking on his fingers "Nice to meet you too. So, we're here for his check up?"

Mercedes nodded "Mhhm, 3 months."

"Alright, has he had any illnesses or any problems?"

"Um...he was slightly ill when he was about 2 weeks old, that was 'cos of the cord stump getting infected. I also noticed he looked a bit red around the diaper area. Aside from that, nothing."

"And you say everything's cleared up now?"

"Yep. We came in about a month ago and they said everything's healed."

"Okay" he mumbled, undoing his diaper "Alright Jaden, I'm gonna check that everything's good under the hood, have an injection and then I'll see if there's a toy for you."

"Everything's alright, there are signs of diaper rash evident but we'll get to that later...and now, we'll do the shot. Mercedes, if you just hold him for me, keep him calm and reassured?"

"Yep. Come on Jaden, it's alright." she soothed as Jayden wriggled in her grasp "It's alright..."

As she held him firmly, she started singing under her breath.

"Whatever you imagine, can one day come to be,there are dreams to awaken, roads to be taken, follow them and they will set you free..."

As Matthew administered the shot, Jaden yelled in shock, crying out.

"There you go bud, all done. And because you were so brave, you get to choose a special band aid. These ones are from my own personal stash and don't get given out that often. I've got moustaches, Angry Birds, pirates,pickles or bacon."

Jaden cooed quietly, grabbing onto one of the Angry Bird band aids. He dropped it and stuck his hand in his mouth, chewing on his fingers.

"Has he been set on solids yet?" Matthew asked, picking the band aid up "Y'know baby porridge?"

"Well,my Mom's been trying to convince me but I believe in not introducing them until his teeth come through."

"You might want to start thinking about it soon. The average age for teeth to come through is 6 months but it can be earlier, depending on when the parent's teeth came through. Okay then, everything looks good and normal. If you'd just go to the waiting room and stay there for 10 minutes, that'd be helpful."

"Hang on a sec, I thought it was over?" Mercedes said, furrowing her brow.

"It is. It's standard procedure to keep an eye on them for 10 minutes after the shot has been done. It's just to see if there are any side affects and so far we have been lucky in that department. Although one of them did develop the ability to shoot webs out of his wrists a week later."

Mercedes giggled "Seriously? Spiderman?"

"You can't go wrong" Matthew laughed, holding his arms up in defeat "I'm a Spiderman nerd"

"My husband was..." she started to say before her voice trailed off

"Was?"

"Yeah...he died in a car...crash, 7 months ago"

It was then Matthew realised "Mercedes Evans...wife of Sam?"

Mercedes looked at him, shocked "How did you know?"

"I was one of the doctors that day. I'm still kinda new to this whole thing." he shrugged, getting something from one of the drawers.

"Hang on a sec...you were the one that was panicking weren't you? I think I remember you now! You got taken away before there was anymore to be done."

"That's me. I was a newbie and you know...hey, how're you coping? Y'know without Sam?"

Mercedes sighed, tears welling up in her eyes "We're getting along alright, well Jaden is anyway...me? Not so much, I just...miss him."

Matthew sighed, not really knowing what to do at that moment in time. He never had that sort of experience and working as a newly qualified doctor meant that there wasn't much time to maintain a decent relationship.

"Don't worry, it'll get better, it may not seem like it but it will."

"Yeah...so is everything okay?"

"Yep. I'm going to prescribe some cream for the rash and I'd like you to check back with me within a month just to see if everything's healed"

"Thanks Matthew" Mercedes smiled, picking up Jaden,who now had a toy green pig in his grasp.

"Anytime."

"Hey boo!" Kurt called from the living room as Mercedes entered his and Blaine's apartment "Blaine's taking Frank for a walk."

"Kurt, Blaine's always taking Frank for a walk. And...someone's here to to see you!"she smiled in a sing song voice.

Mercedes could see Kurt's face visibly light up as she walked into the lounge.

"Hey there munchkin! You have grown so much mister! Yes you have,haven't you? You're gonna end up a little chunky monkey,I just know it!" Kurt babbled, playing with Jaden's feet. "Come on buddy, let's get you out of this stuffy car seat"

As Kurt took him out, he frowned, sniffing Jaden's diaper "Phew! Mercedes, where's the diaper bag? Jaden's a stinky boy! Yes he is."

Mercedes couldn't help but smile as she watched Kurt interact with Jaden. She should have expected this from the start. Both Kurt and Blaine had expressed interest in starting a family and seeing most of their closest friends start families of their own only fueled that longing even more.

As Mercedes passed him the patterned diaper bag, Kurt mouthed a thank you before undoing Jaden's sleep suit. "All right you...little brown bear, let's get you cleaned up."

Undoing his diaper, Kurt gagged. It. Was. Everywhere . Up his back, on his stomach and for some reason it got into his HAIR.

"Erm...Ce? A little help?" he gingerly called out, trying not to breathe.

Mercedes sighed, rolling her eyes. Not even two minutes and already Ivory was in trouble.

"Kurt,I honestly can't believe you. You haven't been left alone two minutes and already-" she was cut off by the sight that lay before her.

Jaden lay on the changing mat, his back covered in poo. He whined uncomfortably as Kurt sat there panicking, trying not to puke himself.

"Kurt, let me" she offered, taking the wipes out of his hands "Come on sweetie, let Mama clear you up"

"...thanks again,Mercy."

"Boo, you don't need to thank me. I just did what I had to do. Jaden pooped and I cleaned it up. It's all part of the job,honey."

"I know that, it's just...I dunno. How did the doctor's go?"

Mercedes must have blushed because Kurt gave a short gasp "Who is he?" he asked intently "Is he cute?"

"Woah, slow down Secretariat, we're not going anywhere just yet. Yes, he's cute but I don't feel I'm ready."

"What would Sam want?"

Mercedes sighed. What WOULD Sam want? Would he want her to spend the rest of her life lonely and loveless? Or would he want her to move on and find someone to provide the love that he wouldn't have been able to?

"I don't know Kurt...I mean, I wanna move on,yet..."

Kurt smiled understandingly, sympathising with her. He knew what it was like to lose someone so close to you. He saw his dad go through the pain of losing his mom, only to find love again nine years later.

"Trust me, you'll find the one. Maybe it's 2 days maybe 2 years. But it'll come."

"Thanks Kurt." Mercedes said, giving her best friend a hug "Thanks a lot."

"Anytime boo, anytime."