Jack's eyes close and Dr. Moore comes in from scubbing in.

"Your turn to scrub, Dr. Calista." He looks to me.

I walk into the scrub room and go through the proper scrub in. It feels weird having only scrubbed in a few times before when Dr. Marshall made all us interns scrub in for a c-section. Which Massie got to help perform and fell in love when she got to pull the baby out of the uterus.

I walk out and the nurse helps me gown up and place the gloves on. Before I step back up to the the table. Nurses help roll Jack over and move his gown to where the drapes can be placed around the area we will be extracting the bone marrow from.

Dr. Moore walks through the steps with me as his hands work on cleaning the area of skin. The entire time I watch as the needle is placed through his skin and straight into the pelvic bone. It is different to watch the fluid being withdrawn.

"Okay, Dr. Calista we need to follow this exact same thing on the other side of his pelvic bone to get enough of the bone marrow needed. Would you like to do the second half?" Dr. Moore looks to me.

"Yes." I walk to the other side and Dr. Moore stays where he has removed the first half on the right side.

The nurse hands me each item I need before I even have to ask. Taking a deep breath, I take ahold of the needle and feel for his pelvic bone. Slow and precisely, I insert the needle and can feel when it goes into the bone.

Pulling the marrow out with slow movements, Dr. Moore gently praises me and watches closely. It feels like the process goes by fast with extracting the stem cells but once I remove the needle and look to the clock it took over forty-five minutes just for my part.

Dr. Moore gets the bone marrow into the proper bags for transplanting in Nicolas in a few hours.

I assist the nurses and Dr. Moore in rolling Jack back over onto his back. I pull down his gown to where he is covered as promised, because this is no special moment in the least. The nurse places a blanket over him and they roll the bed it is on out to the recovery room, having been the one brought in for him.

I wash out and walk to the recovery room and check over his vitals that are staying stable and update his chart. Speaking with the nurses I alert them to call me if he changes while I go update his son on his progress.

The walk to the elevator is easy and I make it to Nicolas's room within five minutes. I knock on the door and enter when I hear Tony call out.

"How is Daddy?" Nicolas looks at me with wide eyes.

"He is doing great, little man. Right now he is in the recovery and will be waking up from the sleep medicine within thirty minutes or so." I smile and sit on the bed with him.

Nicolas wraps his arms around my waist and his head rests on my chest. I rub his back and smile down to him.

"He will be just fine little man." I whisper in his ear.

"I am going to grab some breakfast. Should I grab something for Jack when he gets back?" Tony speaks up.

"No we will have him on a soft diet to make sure his stomach isn't bothering him and can handle the harder solids later this evening." I smile to him.

"I got him, go ahead and get some fresh air." I speak up when Tony gives us a nervous look like he can't leave Nicolas.

Tony walks out of the room slowly and Nicolas has not let me go yet. I am more than happy to stay here and hold him until Tony gets back and I have to check on Jack. Jewels has already started her shift with it taking just a little over two hours harvesting the cells from Jack.

"How about we watch a little of your show and you rest some? You have been awake a few hours now and it is very early for you." I gently ask Nicolas.

He nods and I flip the tv on for him. Nicolas moves to where he is laying down more but his head is in my lap. I slowly run my fingers through his hair and notice his breathing evens out. Looking at the machine, his pulse rate is down letting me know he is completely asleep.

Tony walks in a few minutes later and smiles at Nicolas. "I was wondering if he would get any more sleep. He refused while Jack was down getting the procedure done. I couldn't even get him to watch his shows, all he done is hold onto the stuffed animal."

"It is good he is finally getting some more rest." I whisper still stroking over his hair.

I am relieved that so far he hasn't lost his hair from the chemo. It doesn't happen often but sometimes children are lucky to not have the affect from the chemo.

"He is lucky to have a doctor like you. Holly, your good for both of them. I haven't seen Jack like he is when your around since before his wife passed. Thank you for helping my friend showing him love and for him to feel it again. I know he loves Nicolas with everything he has but you have shown him to love another woman." Tony tears some.

I smile and my cheeks burn as they turn pink with my blush. I don't want any thanks because it just feels normal with Jack and Nicolas. They have brought out a mothering in me that I didn't even think I had also. It is a love that I hold for both of them in many ways. My feelings for Jack is growing the more I spend time with them.

I gently move Nicolas to where he is laying on his pillow and cover him up.

"I am going to go back down to recovery. Jack should be waking up very soon and I will have Jewels let you know when he does. Once he wakes up I will bring him up here within a short time we make sure there isn't any adverse reactions to anything. If Nicolas wakes up again just have Jewels call me and I will be here quickly." I let Tony know.

He smiles and thanks me, before I walk out the room and go back down.

Reaching recovery, Jack is still asleep but his heart rate is slowly starting to come up letting me know he is coming out from under the anesthesia.