Hey guys! Wow! Did you enjoy Glee last night? I love Kurt, Santana and Rachel in New York, but by reading this, I think you know who needs to join them. I loved Santana standing up to Brody, and the Finn/ Brody confrontation... it turned me on. "STAY AWAY FROM MY FUTURE WIFE!"

Anyway, hope you guys like this chapter and review if you want me to continue. As always, thanks for the support!

Chapter 10: Appendicitis

"Allie, it's time to get up," Rachel called. It was ten in the morning, but Allie still wasn't up yet. Rachel went into Allie's room and gently nudged her daughter. "Honey, it's time to get up."

Allie moaned.

"Are you okay?" Rachel asked.

"I don't feel well," Allie said.

Rachel felt concern coming on. She put her hand on Allie's forehead. It wasn't flu season, but she could tell Allie had a fever. "I'll be right back, okay?"

"Okay, Mommy," Allie said.

Rachel went to the bathroom to get the thermometer where Finn was in the shower. Finn turned off the shower and got out. "Rach, why didn't you knock?"

"Finn, I've seen you naked," Rachel said as Finn wrapped himself in a towel. "I'm worried about Allie."

"What do you mean?" Finn asked.

Rachel reached in the cabinet and got out the thermometer. "I think she has a fever."

"Oh no!" Finn said. "Well, she did want to go to bed early last night."

Rachel thought for a minute. "That's true, I'm going to go take her temperature."

"I'll be right there," Finn said as Rachel went to Allie's room.

"Mommy," Allie said.

Rachel sat down on the bed. "I'm here, baby."

"Stay with me?" Allie asked.

"Of course," Rachel said. "Could you open your mouth?"

Allie opened her mouth and Rachel put the thermometer in. "Don't talk until this beeps." She knew Allie had a fever, but she wanted to know how high it was.

Allie began coughing when Rachel put the thermometer in her mouth. Rachel quickly took it out, and Allie threw up on her bed sheets.

"Oh no," Rachel said as Allie began crying.

"That's yucky, Mommy," Allie said.

Despite the fact that it would get vomit on her clothes, Rachel gave her daughter a hug. "I know, I hate it when that happens. Let's put on some clean clothes, and then you can come lie down in Mommy and Daddy's room."

"Okay," Allie said. Rachel got out a new outfit for Allie and helped her daughter change into it. Hand in hand, they began leaving the room when Allie paused. "Mommy?"

"What is it, baby?" Rachel asked.

"What'll happen to my bed?" Allie asked.

"We'll get it fixed up, don't worry," Rachel said as she took her daughter's hand and led her into the hall to go to the room she and Finn slept in. As they entered the hall, Finn approached them.

"Icky stuff came out of me," Allie said to Finn.

"She threw up," Rachel clarified.

"Oh no," Finn said. "Rach, do you think we should take her to the doctor?"

"I'm taking her to our bed to lie down," Rachel said. "I'll take her temperature and then we can decide what to do."

"Okay baby," Finn said.

"Finn?" Rachel asked.

"What?" Finn asked.

"Could you take Allie's sheets off and take them to the laundry room?"

"Ew, that's gross."

Rachel gave Finn a look. "Finnegan Christopher Hudson, our daughter is sick."

"I'll do it," Finn said, going into Allie's room.

"Mommy?" Allie whimpered.

Rachel knelt down to be at her daughter's eye level. "What is it, baby?"

"It hurts," Allie said.

Now Rachel was even more worried. "Where?"

Allie pointed at her left side. "Here. Hurts when I stand, it does."

"Want me to carry you?" Rachel asked.

Allie smiled. "Yes please Mommy!"

Rachel tried to remember if pain in the side was a typical symptom of the flu. She carried her daughter into her bedroom and was relieved when Allie smiled when she saw Finn and Rachel's big bed. "I like your bed, Mommy! It's so big!"

"I like it too," Rachel said, placing Allie on the bed. "You just rest here. Lying down helps me feel better when I'm sick."

"Mommies get sick?" Allie asked, giggling.

"I do," Rachel said.

"I not like it if you sick, Mommy," Allie said.

"And I don't like it when you're sick," Rachel said. She quickly put on some cleaner clothes and lay down on the bed next to her daughter, who snuggled into her.

"Mommy?" Allie asked.

"What is it, baby?" Rachel asked.

"Could you get my teddy?" Allie asked.

"I will," Rachel said. As she began to leave, Finn came in with a cup and a bowl.

"Daddy!" Allie exclaimed.

"Hey, Allie," Finn said, sitting on the bed. "I brought ginger ale and saltines for you. These help me when I'm sick."

"But you say no eating in bed!" Allie giggled.

Rachel smiled to herself as she left the room, hearing Finn say to Allie, "You can when you're sick."

Rachel came back a few minutes later with a few of Allie's stuffed animals. Finn was sitting on the bed as Allie sat up, eating the saltines and drinking the ginger ale.

"I brought your friends," Rachel said.

Allie smiled and reached for the stuffed animals as Rachel sat down on the bed. "How are you feeling?" Finn asked.

"It still hurts," Allie said.

"Allie, how much does it hurt?" Rachel asked. "Can you remember a time it hurt this much?"

"I can't, Mommy," Allie said.

"Rach, did you ever finish taking her temperature?" Finn asked.

"I didn't," Rachel said, picking up the thermometer. "Allie, open your mouth. This is like what we started to do earlier."

Rachel put the thermometer in Allie's mouth. Shortly after, it beeped, and Rachel's heart skipped a beat when she saw "102.7" on the thermometer. She handed it to Finn.

"Oh no," Finn said. "Rach, she's really little."

Rachel knew what Finn was thinking. At Allie's age, a high fever could be more serious than it would be for her or Finn. They needed to get medical attention.

"Should we call an ambulance?" Finn asked.

"What's that?" Allie asked.

Rachel turned to her daughter. "It's a car that takes you to the doctor really fast." She turned back to Finn. "I think we should."

"I'll call it," Finn said. "I'll also call Kurt, Blaine, Brittany and Santana, in case they want to meet us at the hospital."

Rachel nodded as Finn left the room to call. She snuggled close to Allie on the bed.

"What's wrong, Mommy?" Allie asked.

Rachel sighed. She should appear strong in front of her daughter. "We're just going to take you to the doctor."

"Will they make me better?" Allie asked.

Rachel nodded. "They will."

"Okay," Allie said, sounding nervous. Rachel hugged her daughter, trying to not touch the area Allie pointed to when she said it hurt.

A few minutes later, Finn led the paramedics into the bedroom. "Is this Allie?" one of them asked.

Finn nodded. "Yeah. This is Allie."

"We'd better go," the paramedic said. Rachel picked Allie up and carried her to the ambulance, where she and Finn lay Allie on the stretcher. The paramedics asked them questions about Allie's medical history, but Rachel could barely pay attention to them. She just kept her eyes on her daughter, not letting go of Allie's hand.

A few minutes after the ambulance picked up Finn, Rachel and Allie at the apartment, it arrived at the hospital. Finn carried Allie in as a paramedic led the family to an examination room.

"Make it stop," Allie moaned. Rachel's heart broke when she heard how upset Allie sounded.

"It will, Allie," Rachel said. She took one of Allie's hands as Allie wrapped her other arm around Finn's shoulder. The family sat down in the examination room before the doctor came in and asked Finn and Rachel several of the same questions they'd been asked on the ambulance. The doctor then took a few x-rays, which made Rachel even more nervous. What if there was something really bad going on?

The doctor looked at the x-rays after they were taken. "I think I have an idea of what's going on. I'll talk to the radiologist and be back in a few minutes."

"Okay, thank you," Finn said. Rachel couldn't speak. She was just looking at her little girl, not believing that she was in the emergency room.

"I'll be okay, right?" Allie asked.

Rachel forced a smile. "Of course you will."

After what felt like forever, the doctor came back. "Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Hudson."

"Hi," Finn said. "So, what's going on?"

"Allie has appendicitis," the doctor said.

Rachel had to stop herself from crying. Allie just looked confused. "That's a big word."

"It is," the doctor said. "Luckily, we caught it early enough that if we take her appendix out now, it shouldn't be a problem."

Rachel felt a sense of relief coming over her, but at the same time, she was nervous. Her little girl, going into surgery this young?

"Will it hurt when you take it out?" Allie asked. "It hurts now."

"It won't, don't worry," the doctor said. "We'll give you something that'll help you go to sleep so you don't feel anything while we take it out."

"Okay," Allie said.

"Mr. and Mrs. Hudson, you will have to leave while we do the surgery though," the doctor said. "We can't have any distractions when we're doing surgery, especially on someone as small and fragile as Allie."

"What?" Rachel gasped. Her heart broke at the thought of her little girl going through surgery without her there.

Allie grabbed Finn. "I want my mommy and daddy!"

"They can come back as soon as we're done," the doctor said. "But like I said, you'll be asleep, so even if they were here, you wouldn't know."

Allie looked nervous. "Okay." She gave Finn a hug.

Rachel knelt down and gave Allie a kiss. "We'll be back as soon as we can."

Allie looked nervous. "Okay. I love you, Mommy."

"We love you too," Rachel said. She took Finn's hand and walked out of the room, taking a seat in the waiting room. As soon as they sat down, Finn buried his face in his lap and broke down. Rachel felt herself going into shock briefly, but she knew she had to be strong for Finn.

Rachel put her arms around Finn. "She'll be fine," she assured both Finn and herself.

"I know, but I hate the idea of our little girl having her body cut open!" Finn sobbed.

Rachel kissed the back of Finn's head. "They're taking it out so this doesn't happen again. She's going to be fine."

Finn lifted his head and nodded. "It's just... you and Allie are the best things in my life."

Rachel gave Finn a tight hug, not saying anything.

x

Some time passed, and Finn and Rachel sat in the waiting area, waiting for news. Rachel felt a tap on her shoulder and saw Kurt, Blaine, Santana and Brittany with stuffed animals, candy and balloons.

"Any news?" Brittany asked.

Finn shook his head. "She's still in surgery. Hopefully she'll be done soon."

"We got some stuff for her for when she's done," Santana said.

Rachel smiled. "You guys are the best friends ever."

Finally, the doctor came in the waiting room and Finn jumped out. "How's Allie?"

"She's better," the doctor said. "We took her appendix out successfully and she's asking for her parents."

"May we see her?" Rachel asked.

"Of course," the doctor said, looking at Kurt, Blaine, Brittany and Santana. "Are you all here for Allie, too?"

"Yeah, we're her aunts and uncles," Blaine said. Rachel didn't correct him because she knew hospitals often had a family only visiting policy. Besides, Kurt was Allie's uncle, Blaine would be when they got married, and Santana and Brittany were close enough to be her aunts. The doctor led the six of them into the room, where Allie perked up when she saw who was there. "Mommy! Daddy!"

"Hey princess," Rachel said, hugging her daughter. "How are you feeling?"

"Better," Allie said.

"We brought some stuff for you, Allie," Kurt said.

Allie clapped. "Yay! Thank you!"

"You guys spoil her!" Finn said to them.

"It's our job," Blaine said as Allie began eating some of the candy they brought for her.

Kurt, Blaine, Santana and Brittany began talking to Allie and asking her questions about that morning. Brittany asked to see Allie's scar, but Rachel had to look away during that. Instead, she turned to Finn. "We did it."

"Did what?" Finn asked, looking confused.

"We made it through our daughter's first medical crisis," Rachel said. Finn gave her a kiss as they watched their friends with their daughter.

Chapter 11 preview: More Glee faces come to New York for Labor Day weekend. Also, Allie begins preschool, and Rachel has another audition.