Nicole's POV

After a restless night of sleep, I woke up and I was in Dylan's arms. I pressed my lips on his and his eyes opened and I felt his smile through the kiss. I pulled away and returned the smile.

Without realizing it, a tear fell from my eye and Dylan wiped it away with his thumb. He then pulled me closer to him and I hid my face in his chest. He ran his fingers through my hair and I tugged at the back of his shirt lightly. I pulled away from the embrace and laid on my side.

"Yeah?" Dylan asked.

"Yeah," I said and grabbed the bottom of his shirt and quickly pulled it over his head. I moved so I was sitting on his lap and crashed my lips on his. I then tilted my head back and he started to kiss my neck. I then gently tugged the roots of his hair as he was getting closer to my collarbone.

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Dylan's arms were around my waist and I was resting my head on his shoulder and his head was on mine. He kissed the top of my head and said, "We should take Sofia and Derek out somewhere today."

"That's a great idea! Where should we go?"

"Mini golf? I think that would be fun for them." Dylan said as we pulled away and sat up in our bed.

"Perfect! I'm going to start to get ready," I said as I started to walk towards my closet.

"Okay, me too," Dylan said as he walked to his drawer.

I put on a pair of jeans, a light pink v-neck shirt and the heart necklace Dylan gave me. I left my hair in its natural light waves.

I turned around and Dylan was wearing jeans and a dark green sweatshirt.

"I'm just going to go fix my hair," Dylan said and started to walk towards the bathroom.

"Can I do it?" I asked as I jumped onto his back.

"You're cute," Dylan said and held onto my legs as mine were around his neck.

"Please..." I said and gave him a pout face.

"Fine," he said and I jumped off his back and ran into the bathroom.

I grabbed the gel and turned around to face Dylan. I've done his hair many times and I knew exactly what to do.

I put the gel on my hand and ran my fingers through his hair to spike it up.

When I was finished, I looked at the end result and I was happy with how it turned out.

When I was rinsing the gel off my hands, Dylan wrapped his arms around my waist and whispered, "Thank you, sweetie," in my ear and placed a kiss on my ear. I turned off the water and turned around to face him.

"Anytime," I said and pecked his lips. "Let's go wake up Sofia and Derek."

We pulled away from the hug and Dylan took my hand in his and we walked to Derek's room.

I slowly opened the door and said, "Derek, time to wake up." We walked over to his bed and I placed a kiss on his forehead.

"When you're ready, get dressed because we are getting an early start to the day. We will have breakfast in the car," Dylan said and ruffled Derek's hair.

"Okay..." Derek said and yawned and started to get out of his bed.

Dylan and I walked out of his room and into Sofia's. When I opened the door, she was already awake and dressed. There were pieces of paper with drawings on them scattered on the floor of her room. She was laying on her stomach drawing another picture with crayons.

"Well look whose awake," I said as Dylan and I sat down on the floor on either side of her.

"I've been drawing!" She said and sat up on her knees.

She handed Dylan and I each a picture and said, "I drew you! I even got Daddy's spiky hair and Mommy's wavy hair!" She said as she played with my hair. "I also made one for Derek!" Sofia said as she showed Dylan and I the picture she drew.

"They are beautiful! You are really talented," Dylan said while looking at his picture.

Sofia smiled and moved around some of the pictures she drew and held up one to show Dylan and I again.

"It's a family portrait," she explained. "See, there's Daddy, Mommy, Derek, Uncle Tyler," Sofia said as she pointed to the picture. "And ChiChi, and me!" In the picture, Sofia drew herself without any hair and a tiara on.

Before I could say anything, ChiChi came running into the room barking.

"ChiChi!" Sofia yelled as she pulled her into a hug. Dylan and I stood up and he said, "We are going to go mini golfing today, are you ready to go?"

"I'm ready!" Sofia said. She kissed the top of ChiChi's head and said, "Bye ChiChi, we'll be home soon, don't worry."

ChiChi barked in response and Sofia giggled. She then turned toward me and asked, "Can you carry me?"

"Of course," I said and picked her up.

"I'll go get Derek," Dylan said and walked into his room.

"Let's go pack breakfast for the car," I said to Sofia and tickled her.

She laughed and said, "Okay, can I have a bagel?"

"Sure, do you think Derek would like one too?"

She nodded and I carried her into the kitchen and started to make breakfast for everyone.

When we were finished, Dylan and Derek came downstairs and they were wearing the same exact thing; dark green sweatshirt, jeans, and spiky hair.

I laughed and put Sofia down. I crossed my arms and asked, "Whose idea was this?" And I rose my eyebrow.

They pointed to each other and I let out another laugh. "Alright goofballs, let's go."

We walked out of the house and towards the car. When Dylan was locking the front door, I took his hood and put it on his head. He quickly turned around and grabbed my waist and crashed his lips into mine. I deepened the kiss, but quickly pulled away and turned to where Derek and Sofia were standing. They were staring blankly at us and then Derek said out of nowhere, "I ship you two."

"What? Where did you learn that?" Dylan asked.

"Everyone at school says it," Derek whined.

"You're five years old, do you even know what it means?" I asked.

"Yup! It's when there are two people in the world that are one hundred percent meant for each other. Like you and Daddy," Derek said and pointed to Dylan and I.

"Okay," I said and ruffled his hair before I helped him get into his car seat. Dylan helped Sofia and then we were off to the mini golf place.

When we arrived, we got out of the car and walked up to the booth.

"Hi, we would four clubs please," Dylan said.

The employee replied by saying, "Alright, that will be $20 please. Oh, and my daughter is a huge fan of you and she watches Teen Wolf all the time. Do you mind if you signed something for her?"

"Of course," he said as he handed her the $20. She gave him a piece of paper and a pen and he signed it and gave it back to her and said, "There you go."

"Thank you so much, she'll love it. Enjoy mini golf!" She said as she handed us four clubs.

"Ready to play?" Dylan asked as he handed Derek and Sofia their clubs.

"I'm ready!" Derek yelled with his game face on.

Then Dylan handed me my club and said, "Your club, my lady."

"Why thank you," I replied and curtsied.

I heard giggles come from Sofia and that made me happy.

Overall, Dylan won, and Derek came in second. I came in last, yeah... I'm not that good at golf, but that's okay, everyone had fun.

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"Mommy..." I woke up and looked at the clock, it was 1:24 am.

"What's wrong, Sofia?" I asked and sat up in my bed.

"My tummy hurts..." She said and sniffled.

"Okay, you're going to be okay. Go into the bathroom, I'll be with you in a second."

She nodded and walked slowly into the bathroom.

"Dylan..." I said and shook his shoulder gently.

"Yeah?" He asked and rubbed his eyes.

"Sofia has a stomach ache. Didn't the doctor say this would be one of her symptoms?"

"Yeah, where is she?" He asked and started to get out of our bed.

"In the bathroom," I said and followed Dylan toward the bathroom.

Then Dylan suddenly ran into the bathroom and I ran in as well.

Sofia's skin was extremely pale and she threw up in the toilet. There were dark circles around her eyes and she was crying.

Dylan knelt down next to her and rubbed her back and said, "It's okay...Shhh...You're okay...Shhh..."

"I'll go call the doctor," I said.

Dylan nodded and continued to comfort Sofia.

I then grabbed my phone and quickly dialed the doctor's number.

"Hello?" The doctor said and she sounded very tired.

"Hi, this is Nicole O'Brien. Sorry to bother you so late, but Sofia is throwing up, her skin is pale, and there are dark circles around her eyes."

"Oh gosh... This wasn't supposed to happen for another two weeks. Bring her here immediately!" She almost yelled into her phone.

"Okay..." I said and my voice cracked. A tear fell, but I had to stay strong.

I ran into the bathroom and said, "Dylan, she needs to go to the hospital, now."

His eyes widened and a tear fell from his cheek.

"Mommy? Daddy? Will I be okay?" Sofia asked, and her eyes looked empty.

"Yes you will be, I promise," Dylan said and scooped up Sofia and started to carry her to the car.

"I'll go get Derek," I said and ran into his room. He looked so peaceful when he was sleeping with all of this craziness going on. I didn't want to wake him up, so picked him up, walked to the car, and put him in his car seat.

"I'll go get a bucket," Dylan said while running past me and into the house.

I walked to Sofia's side of the car and held her hand.

"Mommy, I'm scared," she said and a tear fell.

"Don't worry, Mommy and Daddy are here, we will always be here. The doctors will take great care of you," I said and kissed the top of her head.

She nodded and then Dylan came running back with the bucket at the right time.

"Did you lock the door?" I asked as we got in the car.

"Yup..." Dylan said and a tear fell.

I wiped it away with my thumb and kissed his cheek.

Then Dylan quickly pulled out of the driveway, and once again, we were on our way to the hospital.