The next morning came around so quickly for Lindsey. She was slowly becoming herself again after the birth but was exhausted from it all. She sighed, rolling onto her side as she stared at the empty cot beside her.

"Hey you, what's up?" Mercedes said, walking over to her friend and taking a seat beside her.

"Oh, nothing. Just tired, that's all." Lindsey had to snap herself out of her gaze at the empty cot, turning to Mercedes and plastering a smile on her face.

"What's wrong? I can tell when you're fake smiling." She replied, placing a hand on Lindsey's shoulder.

"Nothing's wrong – Just thinking." She shrugged lightly, biting on her nails as her nerves got to her.

"Lindsey Butterfield, you better tell me your problems right now." Mercedes responded jokingly, pulling her up into a soft hug.

"All these mums with their babies, they're so happy. Their babies are okay and mine is tiny and I can only hold her under the supervision of a nurse." She voiced sadly, sighing as she hugged Mercedes.

"She'll be alright, how many times do we have to tell you?" She pulled out of the hug and looked at Lindsey. "Daisy is going to be just fine, I know she is."

Freddie headed over to the Roscoe's where Joe was looking after JJ. Knocking gently on the door, he waited for an answer.

"Hiya, love. Come in." Sandy said, opening the door to her son as he stepped in.

"Hi, mum. Lindsey's instructed me to come and get JJ, she wants to see him." He replied, heading into the living area where Joe and JJ were.

"You can't take him, I'm looking after him today." Joe said sternly, standing up and crossing his arms.

"Well, Lindsey said she wanted to see him so I'm taking him and he's coming to the hospital." Freddie replied, picking up JJ from the floor. "Hello you." He whispered, the baby smiling in response.

"Lindsey said I could have him today, I went and saw her last night."

"Look, I'm not going to argue with you over JJ. He needs to be with his mum more than anything." Freddie smiled sarcastically before grabbing JJ's things. "See you later."

Sandy nodded gently at Freddie as he left the house, turning to face Joe who was glaring from afar.

"Come on, you've gotta stop this. Fighting over him. Lindsey is his mum." Sandy shrugged gently.

"I've gotta stand by and watch my brother bring up my son. This isn't right mum." Joe responded, taking a seat back down on the sofa.

Sandy let out a gentle sigh, taking a seat beside him as she comforted him.

"You are still his Dad, Joe. But Lindsey is his mother and he needs to be with her. Oh, and what's that you said about going to see her last night?"

"I just wanted to see how she was, that was all."

Sandy nodded reluctantly at his reply, wrapping her arm around his shoulder and hugging him softly.

"I thought you and Lindsey had sorted everything out? Back when you first got with Nancy."

"We did, we're still on okay terms but she's got another baby. She's going to forget about JJ and I just think it'd be best if he was with me. I can give him a better life." Joe said, sighing as he pulled out of the hug and stood, walking over to the window.

"I know this must me hard for you, love. Watching Freddie bring up JJ and all, but you've got to keep yourself to yourself. You've got set days you see JJ and that's the way it's staying."

"You're my mum, you're supposed to be on my side!" He yelled angrily, turning around to Sandy.

"And I am on your side but I know how hard it is as a mother to not have your baby with you. I had it with Darren! Please, Joe. Just stay out of their way and don't cause trouble, JJ is better off with them" Sandy replied softly with a faint smile.

Joe growled angrily, grabbing his jacket that had been left on the sofa and leaving the house, slamming the door loudly as he left. Sandy followed but stopped as the door slammed, sighing deeply.

Freddie made his way through the hospital corridors with JJ in his arms, heading to the maternity ward to visit Lindsey. Pulling back the curtain, he smiled gently as he saw Lindsey, Daisy in her arms. Lindsey looked up from the baby as she saw Freddie and JJ.

"Hey, look who's out of special care." Lindsey said, glancing back down to Daisy who was sleeping peacefully in her arms.

"How's she doing? How are you feeling?" Freddie asked, sitting on the bed beside her and sitting JJ between them.

"She's doing well. They want to keep her in for a couple more days to check on her feeding and temperature but then we can go home." Lindsey turned back to the tiny 5lb baby in her arms. She was smaller than JJ ever was but she made up for her weight in length and had nearly a full head of dark hair.

"Told you she'd be just fine." He replied with a smile, glancing down at Daisy as he stroked her head gently.

"You do know you can hold her if you want? She is your daughter." She said softly, chuckling a little as she handed Daisy to Freddie.

If it was even possible, she fell in love with him even more. Freddie and their daughter just bought the biggest smile to her face. She picked up JJ and stood him on her lap as she cooed over him.

"She's tiny but perfect." Freddie said quietly, standing up as he stared down at his daughter.

"Turns out we make a pretty good team when it comes to babies." Lindsey joked, giggling as she looked over to the two, bouncing JJ on her knees to keep him calm.

"You can say that again." He replied, chuckling quietly. "You are so perfect and I am so proud to call you my daughter. I promise I will always be here for you, whatever it is, whatever you need. I love you, Daisy." He whispered, planting a gentle kiss on the babies forehead.

Lindsey was basically on the verge of welling up, she'd never seen such a soft side to Freddie. She smiled softly, gesturing for him to sit beside her. Freddie smiled and sat back down beside Lindsey, holding Daisy close to him as she stayed asleep.

"I can't wait to get this little one home now." Freddie said, wrapping his free arm around Lindsey's shoulder.

"Neither can I, I can't wait to get out of this place and look after her properly without the nurses intervening." Lindsey added, sitting JJ inbetween her and Freddie.

"Well, soon enough we'll be out of here and back in the flat." He replied, smiling softly as he rested his head on hers.