**Delilah**

My eyes shoot open and I look around finding myself in a hospital bed...yet again. And trust me, it's not like I just end up here for my own pleasure.

A migraine hits my head as yesterday's activities takes place in my brain, replaying like a song suck on repeat and tears swell in my eyes.

"Hazel", I whisper standing up running down the large hallway ignoring the strange look I'm receiving as I run past people only in my hospital gown.

Using both my hands I place it on Hazel's door, shoving it open.

Tears stain my cheeks as I see her playing with her stuffed pink stuffed unicorn and she smiles as she sees me, Jane by her side.

I run up to her wrapping my arms around her and she giggles as I place hundreds of kisses on her cheek.

"Y-you made me s-so scared", I cry holding her in my arms  before she lets out another cough. But not as bad as it was before, and for that I'm grateful but still concerned for.

"Why me make you scared?", she asks tilting her head in confusion and I smile at how adorable she is, but a slight frown takes over my features as I notice her appearance has changed alot, in such a short amount of time.

She has lost alot of weight her facial structures has become for defined, her cheeks aren't as puffy and pink as they once were, and her eyes seen alot more dull than they used to but still she's the adorable little girl I've grown to love as my own.

"I thought I was going to loose you", I tell her and she stares into my eyes and I gently place my hand in her tiny one.

"But you said this necklace will protect me", she looks down at the necklace around her neck, placed upon the scar across her chest from the operation.

"Yes it will sweety, it will keep you healthy and strong" I say through a laugh and she giggles.

"Delilah can we talk?", Jane interrupts and look over to her with a smile.

"Of course", I reply standing up, placing a kiss to Hazel's forehead and she continues to toss Sofia in the air.

"It was a miracle she survived last night, things were really bad and the doctors were worried they wouldn't be able to save her", she informs me and I wipe away a tear.

"She's a fighter, I can feel it", my voice in barely a whisper and Jane smiles.

"She really is, isn't she", she nods her head before embracing me in a hug.

"She's such a sweet little girl that deserves so much more in this world, there's still so much for her to see and so many new things for her to yet discover", my voice cracks at the thought of her almost not making it. Clinging onto dear life at the age of three.

I feel a tall figure hovering behind me and turn around to look into the hurtful eyes on Blake.

My body stands frozen infront of him. He reaches an arm out towards me but I take a step back, ignoring the hurt flashing inbetween his eyes.

"Delilah", his voice cracks staring at me and I swallow the knot that has developed in my throat.

"Is it true?", I ask desperate for an answer, the tension killing me alive but he adverts his gaze to the floor.

"Are you Hazel's father Blake. And tell me the truth!", I demand clearly upset that he would keep something like this away from me.

"I was going to tell you", he takes another step forward and yet again I take a step back.

"Don't", I say feeling like my heart is about to jump out my chest, my world taking a 360 degree turn, turning it completely upside down.

"I've tried to tell you Delilah but I just couldn't bring myself to. You were never meant to find out like this", he stares into my eyes and all I see is a hurt man standing infront of me.

All I want to do I jump into his arms and tell him how much I love him and I'm sure we could work something out with Hazel because I care for her needs too. Like one big happy family.

My emotions cloud my mind from making any decisions and thinking  straight. All I feel in anger that he couldn't trust me enough to tell me. He kept a secret away and we promised to tell each other everything, no matter the damage but we could work it out. Whatever is was or in this case is.

"Find out how?!", I raise my voice with tears streaming down my eyes at this point.

"Finding out my fiancè has a child one week before our wedding. This Isn't the direction I planned my life to be going in Blake. We are supposed to be moving forward, not the other way around. You had so many opportunities to tell me but you decided to keep things to yourself. And how's that working out for you", I practically scream at him with so many emotions running through my body, I'm afraid I would calapse again.

"What did you expect me to do Delilah? I love you and I'm afraid you'd leave me if I told you Hazel is my daughter. My own blood. For three years every single day of my life have I came to this hospital to see my daughter when her own mother tossed her side beacause she was ill. Whenever she called me 'dad' for once in my life I've felt like I did something right. And that was to fill my duty as a father. To take care of her, to love her no matter what. And when I met you, I felt complete. I allowed myself to be happy for once when you slipped through my walls I've surrounded myself in and made me feel loved. The day I introduced you to Hazel I felt like a family and I know I'm not the only one. I don't want to loose you like I might loose her. I can't loose you both", his voice cracks and tears escape his eyes, breaking down the hard walls his build over these years to provide the life a father  would to his daughter.

He's allowed me to see this caring nature side of him and I feel like I'm fallen even more inlove with him, if I hadn't fallen already.

"You will never loose me. And we won't loose Hazel now. In her last moments she needs to know that she is loved and we will give that to her. I love Hazel and I love you Blake. And nothing in this world will ever change that. Love is the greatest weapon against the world, and we will fight for her, and with her until the very end. And that I promise you ", I say truthfully my vision blurry from the hot tears streaming down my face as Blake wraps his arms tightly around me. Keeping me tightly to his chest as he lets out a sob. And for the first time I see the vulnerable man, I have the honour of calling my own one-day.

"I love you so much Delilah", he places kisses all over my forhead before resting his forhead against my own, his hazel eyes staring into my brown ones as we stand in the middle of a hallway, just holding each other closely.

"I love you Blake, and I always will", my heart lays a promise like a tatoo that will never be removed on my heart.

**[A/N]**

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