The morning after Skylar's funeral, Blaine was awoken by Dr. Bell shaking him. He flinched and nearly fell out of the comfortable chair that he had fallen asleep in last night.
"I'm sorry to wake you." Dr. Bell stuttered out.
"No *yawn* It's okay." Blaine replied. "Is-is something wrong?" he asked in a scared voice.
"I just wanted to let you know that I'd like to have a family meeting with you, Kurt, and Maddie...oh and Ayla too I guess at noon. That should give you guys enough time to get ready." Dr. Bell told him. Blaine just nodded. He had heard what she said, but he was so tired that he couldn't actually send a message to his brain to respond. Dr. Bell smiled and walked out. Then, he sent a quick text to Kurt to tell him to come down to the hospital because of Dr. Bell's meeting. Blaine noticed that Skylar's black laptop was still on his lap. He lifted it up and placed it on Maddie's table that went over her bed. She would most likely want it once he woke her up. He went over to her and gently stroked the side of her face with his hand.
"Maddie, honey, it's time to wake up." he cooed. She stirred in her sleep and batted his hand gently away from her face. "Come on honey, wake up for me baby." Blaine said. Slowly, Maddie opened her eyes and made a face at her father. "Hi honey." he said.
"Daddy, this is a hospital. People are supposed to rest in this place. Why did you wake me up?" She retorted.
"Because we have a meeting with Dr. Bell today that I'm pretty sure she'd like you to be conscious." Blaine whipped back with a laugh. "Now, how about some clothes?" he asked. Maddie rolled her eyes.
"Fiiine." She sighed.
"Okay, are we feeling hospital gown today or regular clothes?" Blaine asked.
"Definately regular clothes. I can't take any more of that tacky polka dot pattern." Maddie exclaimed. Blaine laughed. He pulled out Maddie's clothes from home and settled them on the bed for her. She chose a pair of pink sweatpants and a white long sleeved t-shirt with a pink flower on it. Then she went over to her hat collection, that they had acquired after her hair fell out and a few were from Skylar, and chose a white knit hat.
"Perfect!" She said happily. "Now we just need to wait for Papa and Ayla." she said. Blaine nodded. A few minutes later, Kurt came into Maddie's hospital room with Ayla in her carrier.
"Papa!" Maddie cried running over and giving him a hug. He kissed her on the forehead. Maddie bent down and grabbed Ayla's hand.
"Hi baby, did you miss me?" she asked. Ayla just continued to sleep, but Maddie kept talking to her sweetly. Kurt smiled at both of his girls, and looked over to Blaine to see if he was watching too,but he was just staring off into space. Honestly, all Blaine could think about was Dr. Bell telling them that the transplant didn't work and Maddie still had leukemia.
"Blaine!" Kurt said loudly which jerked him from his thoughts.
"What? Sorry" Blaine said.
"It's almost noon. We should head down to the conference room." Kurt said grabbing Ayla's carried and grasping Maddie's hand in the other. They walked down the hallway and went to the conference room was waiting for them. There were files on the table and both Kurt and Blaine had learned that files usually did not mean good news." They sat down and Dr. Bell smiled at them.
"So, how are you guys today?" She asked.
"We're a little nervous." Kurt replied.
"Well, I'll just get down to it. We've gotten the labs back from Maddie's stem cell transplant and…" She paused. Kurt and Blaine feared for the worse. "There is no trace of cancer cells anywhere." Kurt gasped and placed his hands over his mouth. "Now, this is not a cure, Maddie is in remission, but as of now Maddie is completely healthy and she can go home today." Dr. Bell said. Kurt started to cry.
"Papa, don't cry! Didn't you hear her? I'm better." Maddie said rushing over to her Papa. Kurt pulled her into a hug and laughed.
"These are happy tears baby." He said. "I can't believe we all get to go home together." Blaine was very much in shock, but he was so happy.
"Dr. Bell, I don't know how we can ever thank you." Blaine said.
"It's Katie. All of my survivors and their parents get to call me Katie." She smiled and pulled Blaine into a hug and then moved over to Kurt. She knelt down in front of Maddie.
"Now, you, I don't ever want to see you on my cancer ward again, you got it missy?" She asked. Maddie nodded, smiled and leapt into Katie's arms. "Well, you guys should go and pack up Miss Maddie's room because you guys are out of here." They smiled and left the conference room. Maddie saw Nurse Jenny and ran over to her.
"Jenny! I'm all better!" She exclaimed. Jenny hugged her back and beamed from ear to ear.
"That's great honey! I"m so happy for you." She said.
"I even get to go home today." Maddie told her.
"Well, I'll miss seeing your smiling face around here." Jenny said.
"I'll miss you too." Maddie said. Afterwards they went back to Maddie's room and packed up all of Maddie thing and Blaine took them down to the car. When they were all ready, Blaine sent a text to Kurt and they walked down to the lobby together. Blaine was waiting with their car outside. Maddie beamed from ear to ear as she stepped outside. It had been months since she was out of the confines of this hospital and it felt great. They loaded into the car and drove home. Once they reached their apartment, Maddie ran inside and went into her room. She giggled as she flopped down on her bed and went around to play with all of her toys. She was just really happy to be home.
"I can't believe we're actually here." Kurt said as he held Blaine's hand.
"Believe it honey. We're here." Blaine said with a long awaited sigh. It finally hit Blaine. Maddie was in remission. She didn't have cancer anymore. He could finally stop worrying. He could think about other things like his music again and Ayla. He still hadn't held his baby girl. As if on cue, Ayla started crying.
"Oh, She's probably hungry. I'll feed her." Kurt said. "There's a bottle in her diaper bag."
"No," Blaine said. "I'll do it. I want to." he said. Kurt nodded and then went to find Maddie. Blaine took Ayla's carrier into the nursery, which he still hadn't even seen and sat down in the pink padded rocking chair. He remembered all the times he had spent rocking Maddie in this chair. Blaine reached down and lifted Ayla out of the carrier. "Shh, Shh, don't cry baby girl." Blaine cooed. "I'm your Daddy. I'm sorry I haven't been around much. I've been a little preoccupied with your sister." he laughed. "You're so beautiful." Blaine said softly as he cried a little bit. He could finally appreciate and acknowledge the fact that he truly had another daughter. He realized how Kurt had fallen in love with her so fast and could see how insanely beautiful she was. Blaine stared down at Ayla for the whole time that she sucked happily on the bottle and by the time she was finished, she was asleep. Blaine set her in her crib and then went into Maddie's room. Kurt was sitting on Maddie's bed with her and they were working on the book.
"Hi Daddy!" Maddie said.
"Hi baby doll." Blaine replied. "What are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm finishing my book. I'm almost done." Maddie exclaimed. Blaine sat down and they waited as Maddie finished typing the last page of her book.
"It's finished! It's finally all done." She said excitedly.
"We are so proud of you honey and Auntie Skylar would be too." Kurt told her. Maddie smiled. They printed out two copies and then Kurt and Blaine both sat down to read them after Ayla and Maddie were asleep for the night. They both had to admit this book was amazing, especially for an eight year old. They both knew Skylar had done a lot of the work, but still.
"I'm so glad to be home." Kurt said. "Let's go to bed." Blaine smiled and put down Maddie's book. He settled his arms around his husband and let out a deep breath. They were finally home as a family and everyone was healthy. It was a dream come true.