Emma stood in front of Danny and Steve with a pit of emotions in her stomach and tears threatening to fall down her face. She was exhausted not to mention emotionally drained, it had been a long and stressful night which didn't seem like it was going to end anytime and all Emma wanted to do was go home, climb into her bed and sleep for at least ten hours but she couldn't. That wasn't an option for Emma at the moment and as Steve and Danny looked at her, she was trying to pull herself together. "What's going on? I heard raised voices…" Emma said as she looked between the two men.

The two men briefly looked at each other and something passed between them that was too fast for Emma to catch. "Nothing Emma, there's nothing going on we're just worried about Harry that's all." Steve replied and Danny nodded in agreement and Emma decided to not to press it as she had bigger things to worry about at the moment, then whatever was going on between Steve and her brother.

"Em, what is it? Has something happened to Harry? What's going on with this puncture test?" Danny questioned and the stress and worry was very much clear and apparent in his voice.

"N-nothing, he's okay the procedure is over… it's just watching him and they putting that needle into his spine was just really overwhelming, seeing him this sick and like this is just really hard for me…" Emma began as the tears starting rolling down her cheeks and she hastily wiped away her tears. "I'm sorry, I'm turning into such a mess and I know I should have called you earlier…"

Danny made his way over to Emma and hugged his sister. "Hey, you don't need to apologize for anything, you did nothing wrong Em, you were just doing your job as a mother… What did the doctor say? What happens now?"

"They said that the results of the test usually take a week but because they suspect it's meningitis, the doctor is order this DNA based test known as a PCR amplification. It apparently checks, for the viral causes of meningitis and we can have the results in as little as four hours. So far the other test results haven't come back with anything definitive, but this PCR test will…" Emma slowly said,

"This is good, right? We'll know something in a matter of hours and the doctors will be able treat Harry." Steve concluded, taking a deep breath once he had finished

"Yeah, it's just the waiting and not knowing that's killing me. I just want to know what's wrong with Harry so the doctors can treat him with the medicine he needs and I can take him home and look after him." Emma replied she began toying with her hands before taking a deep breath.

"Only a few more hours Em and they you can, so just hold on until then." Danny hopefully said before moving on. "How is the little guy doing? The Oz man must be terrified out his tiny little mind."

Emma let out a heartfelt sigh. "He's groggy, they gave him a mild sedative before they did the procedure and he's probably going to fall asleep soon which is good because he hasn't slept properly in days. But he's still scared and doesn't know what's going on, Oz wants to go home and lie in my bed because it has all the fluffy pillows and call mom and dad. On the upside his fever is starting to break so hopefully it's a sign that the antibiotics they've given him are working…"

"He is sick and the one thing he really wants to do is to call mom and dad? Amazing…" Danny said laughing quietly to himself. "Em, do you think it's possible to see him? I just want to see how he's doing and reassure him.

"Sure… Of course Danny, he'll be glad to see you as he's missed you these last few days, he's in the peds room at the end… you should probably take Grover with you, he refuses to sleep without him." Emma replied with a small yawn as she handed Danny the bear and he took a deep breath and smiled weakly at his sister before making his way into the ER.

Steve took a couple of steps towards Emma and using his good arm he placed his hand on Emma's shoulder and rubbed it affectionately, she looked like she had the weight of the world on her shoulders at the moment and that wasn't including the dark crescents moons under her eyes. "You look exhausted Em, maybe you should get a couple of hours of sleep." Steve suggested.

"I can't sleep, not until I know that Harry is okay, but you should go home and get some sleep. Your hurt Steve and if you want be back on your feet, kicking down doors and doing whatever else it is you do then you have to get some rest. Don't worry about me Steve this is part of the job of being a parent, I'm used to long nights, taking care of a sick child and the incessant worrying not to mention functioning on next to little sleep. Just take care of yourself…" Emma assured Steve with a small smile, it was all she could really muster at the moment as anything else required energy that she just didn't have. She just needed to get through the next few hours and then she and hopefully Harry could go home and get some rest.

"I've told you already I'm not going anywhere Emma… How many times have I got to tell you that I don't intend to go anywhere I'm staying right here so you had better start getting used to it Williams." Steve replied as he gently nudged Emma.

Emma wasn't sure on how she should respond to this so she gave Steve a weary smile and took a moment before she finally spoke. "Then I could really do with some caffeine, be it a soda or a really crappy cup of coffee."

"I think I can do that."