The next day, Maddie, physically, was feeling a lot better. It looked like the treatment had worked. Plans were being made for Skylar's funeral. She had requested that since this hospital was her home that the service be held in the chapel. The doctor's had agreed to keep her hospital room open for the time being to serve a memorial until the funeral was over. She had touched a lot of people at the hospital and they all were upset.
Kurt and Blaine, although they were grieving, couldn't get something different out of there minds. They wanted to know the person who saved their daughter. Bone marrow wasn't something that someone could donate when they were dead, so Kurt and Blaine wanted to meet this person. They decided to ask Dr. Wood if they could meet them.
"Dr. Wood, who was the person that donated their bone marrow to Maddie?" Kurt asked. "We'd really like to thank them in person."
"It wasn't bone marrow. It was cord blood from a baby." Dr. Wood replied.
"Oh, well is the mother still here?" Blaine asked. "It was her decision and we'd like to thank her."
"She is still here, but I'd have to ask if it would be alright." Dr. Wood said. He walked away from them and they decided to go back into Maddie's room for the time being. Maddie was playing on her ipad. She was looking at pictures of her and Skylar, but when her father's came in she hid the device. She was struggling a lot with Skylar's death and seemed to be quite angry with her fathers. They sat for a while and tried to make conversation with Maddie, but she just wasn't having any of it. Luckily for them, Dr. Wood came back and called them into the hallway.
"Can you keep an eye on Maddie?" Kurt asked Carole.
"Sure honey." She replied. Kurt and Blaine joined Dr. Wood in the hallway.
"The mother said that she would be okay with talking to the both of you. I can take you guys to her now. She'll be leaving later today." Dr. Wood said. Blaine and Kurt both nodded and followed Dr. Wood. They got on the elevator and the number eight button was pressed; obstetrics floor. The elevator dinged and opened. They walked down the hallway and stopped in front of room 876. "She in there. You may go in." Dr. Wood said. Kurt knocked lightly on the door and then opened it. In the bed was a teen girl that looked no older than sixteen years old.
"Hi, we're the parents of the little girl who got your baby's cord blood." Kurt said. The girl smiled brightly and got up out of bed to shake their hands. "I'm Tahlia Hayes." she said.
"I'm Kurt and this is my husband, Blaine." Kurt replied shaking her hand. "We wanted to thank you so much for donating your baby's cord blood. It saved our little girl's life."
"You're welcome. It was something that I knew I just had to do." Tahlia said. "My older brother was diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia when he was just 9 years old. I was three at the time. We tried all the chemo and radiation but nothing worked. He needed a stem cell transplant and no one in our family was a match. He got a baby's cord blood and it saved his life. I knew that when I got pregnant that I was going to donate her cord blood to save someone else. That was the only thing I was sure off." She said.
"Wow, that's an amazing story. You're a really amazing person.' Blaine said. "How is your brother now?" he asked.
"He's married with a little boy of his own and another one on the way." Tahlia told them.
"I'm so happy that everything worked for for him." Kurt said. "We wish you the best of luck with your little girl. We hope that she brings you as much happiness as our Maddie brings us." Tahlia looked down, almost in embarrassment.
"I'm not keeping the baby." She said quietly. "I'm putting her up for adoption. I'm only sixteen and she deserves better than a teenage mother." Kurt and Blaine felt their hearts go out for Tahlia. They thought back to Quinn and Beth.
"And that's okay." Kurt said taking Tahlia's hand. "You are doing what you think is best for your baby and don't let anyone ever make your feel bad about that." he said. Tahlia's eyes were tearing up.
"Would you like to meet her?" Tahlia asked.
"We would love nothing more." Kurt replied. Tahlia grasped Kurt's hand tightly and lead him over to the nursery. She went in and in a small plastic bassinet was a beautiful baby girl. Tahlia lifted her up and Blaine and Kurt stood behind her.
"This is her." Tahlia said as she placed the baby into Kurt's arms. Kurt felt his breath be taken away. The little girl was beautiful. Her pretty blue eyes stared up at him. Kurt smiled and rocked her back and forth. He was in love. "She's beautiful, Tahlia." Kurt said before looking to Blaine. "We- we should adopt her." he said. It struck Blaine right out of the blue. Was Kurt crazy? How could he even begin to fathom adopting a baby while their other daughter was in a bed just three floors down with cancer?
"Kurt, I don't-" Blaine stuttered.
"Look at her face." Kurt said. "She save Maddie's life and I can't see a better fit for her than with us. She's our little miracle." Blaine was still apprehensive, but he couldn't shatter Kurt's last ounce of happiness, so he did what any other husband would do. He agreed.
"You're right. She should be a part of our family." Blaine said. Kurt smiled and looked over at Tahlia.
"Would that be alright?" he asked.
"You both seem like wonderful fathers. I think that she was always supposed to be with you two." Tahlia said. Kurt walked over and gave her a hug.
"Do you have a name that you like?" he asked her. "You've done so much for us. It's the least that we can do."
"Well, my family is german and I was thinking Ayla. It means halo in german." Tahlia said.
"I think that's a beautiful name." Kurt said. "Ayla Elizabeth?" he asked Blaine."Elizabeth was my mother's name. She died of gastric cancer when I was five." Kurt explained to Tahlia.
"That sounds perfect." Blaine said. "Ayla Elizabeth Anderson-Hummel" It was official this little girl was going to be a part of their family. Dr. Wood walked into the nursery.
"Did you find something?" he laughed.
"Can you have a legal rep come and talk to us. We'd like to adopt this little girl. She saved our daughter's life and we couldn't have her with any other family." Kurt told him.
"I'll have someone come up and bring adoption papers. Congratulations." Dr. Wood said before disappearing. About ten minutes later, a representative came up and they signed all the papers. Ayla Elizabeth Anderson-Hummel was officially theirs. They helped Tahlia pack up her room and they escorted her out of the building.
"We can't thank you enough." Kurt said hugging the young girl.
"Take care of her for me." Tahlia said.
"I promise I will." Kurt replied. Then, just like that Tahlia was gone and in Kurt's hands was their daughter. Now they just had to introduce her to Maddie. Burt and Carole had gone home for the night so Maddie was alone and watching something on TV. Blaine and Kurt walked in with Ayla nestled in Kurt's arms. Maddie looked over and was shocked to see that her father had a baby in his arms. Kurt sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Maddie, this is Ayla. She's your new sister and the one who gave you her cord blood to fight your cancer." Kurt told her. "Do you want to hold her?" he asked. Maddie nodded and held her arms out. Ayla nestled into her big sisters arms immediately.
"Hi Ayla. Thank you for the cord blood that made me better. I'll be the best big sister. I promise." Maddie said as she leaned down and gave the baby a kiss on her head. Kurt and Blaine smiled at the sight of their girls. For the time being they were all happy and they deserved that. Tomorrow, however, would be a different story.