My heart beats under the floor.

[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

Zach laid there on the floor with Ember in the air above him giggling. She was his sweet little girl, and he wold be crushed if anything happened to her. Though, at three am when she is screaming there is him wanting to just choke her so that he can go back to bed. He was so over tired and sick that it showed in him. He was a lot skinner then before, no that he wasn't skinny anyway. Around his eyes were purple and his hair was the only thing that covered that. He stuck out his tongue at her, his piercing in his tongue hit the light and glissened.

Ember giggled and then started to scream. She didn't want to be in the air anymore. He sighed. He didn't want her to keep screaming anymore. He really didn't like this at all. She coughed. His eyes widened. Oh fuck. Was she getting sick too? He didn't want that to happen. He didn't want to loose her. Ever. He loved her so much.

Zach put her down next to him, not on him, but just on the floor next to him and watched her start to crawl around. He was now terrified. But he wouldn't tell Sydney now scared he was. He would explode if he did. He was dressed in a As you lay dying shirt, and skinny jeans. He didn't really care how he looked, but he was comfortable for the most part. He laid there on his back, and sighed. She looked at him, and smiled before crawling over to her toys. He laid in the middle of the floor looking at her. He didn't want to get up, and she didn't do anything wrong. He closed his eyes and laid there. He heard Ember crawl over to him and then climb back on his chest. He made a noise like he wasn't expecting that and groaned. He wanted to sleep. But little Em didn't want him to. She wanted to play with her father.

Zach groaned again as she hit his face with her little hands. "Ember stop!!" He groaned not really moving to stop her. He was to tired to, and didn't really want to use the energy to move. He didn't even want to sit up. That's how tired he was. And it wasn't because he was lazy. If you had seen him in the last few days, he's been awake the last three day's straight. He didn't sleep, because when ember did, he would only be able to eat and maybe take a quick shower before she got up. He opened one eye at her, only to have her poke it. "Ouch! Ember stop!" He groaned again.

[Sydney Renae Flaherty]

slow it down, make it stop
before my heart is going to pop
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Sydney wasn't exactly in the mood to get up. Well mostly because it was about three in the morning right now. She could tell that Zach wasn't in the bed. She figured he didn't want to get her sick so he slept on the couch. She sighed and was really glad she had a really good immune system. The last time she got sick was about a year ago. Thank god. Sydney could hear Ember in the living room obviously still up giggling. SHe sometimes wished Zach wasn't such a good father and just made Ember go to bed instead of falling for her little smile and letting her stay up.

Sydney sat up and rubbed her head. God she had a huge headache. And it didn't make it any better when she heard Ember scream. "Ughhhh...." She groaned and laid back down in the bed. She took the pillow and put it over her face. She was in no mood to get up and go out there. But she figured she should anyways. Standing up she rubbed her again slightly. She sighed and walked out of the bedroom and into the bathroom. She used the bathroom and brushed her hair real fast since it looked like a giant hay stack when she didn't. She bit her lip and turned and walked out of the bathroom. She gave a small smile when she heard Ember starting to irritate Zach. She rolled her eyes and walked over to the couch. She put her elbows on the top of the couch and looked down at Zach with Ember on his chest. "Need help?" She smiled sweetly. She hated it when ZAch was sick though. It was just ten times harder to do anything.

She walked around the couch and picked up Ember. She held her tightly and heard her cough. She figured she would just have a little cold. Which was ok she would look out for her until she got better anyways. Walking into the bathroom she got some cold medicine and made Ember have some. She drank it thank god. Smiling she walked back out into the living room and sat Ember down in the chair. Smiling she walzed into the kitchen to grab an early bird special. Actually it was just some cereal and orange juice. After finishing Sydney walked back out in the living room. Picking up Ember and setting her down on her lap she asked Zach "How are you feeling?" She knew one of these days she was going to cave and fight with him again on going to the hospital so he doesn't end up giving it to her. She may have a good immune system but she could still catch it. Shit was still going around this time of year. Sydney smiled as she laid Ember down on top of her chest.

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lyrics • the show by lenka
credit • AMANDA IN WONDERLAND !? @ caution
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[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

Zach groaned again as Ember kept hitting him. He gave up on fighting her and just let her do what she wanted. he didn't fight with her. He just couldn't. He was already weaker then he usually was, and now with no sleep after three days without any sleep he was just too tired to fight with anyone, or do anything. He sighed and just started at her. He groaned when she hit his nose, hard. "Owwww" he groaned.

He looked at Sydney. "Oh. Babe, you didn't have to get up. Don't you have work later? He said. He didn't want to fight with her, he didn't have the energy. He just couldn't do it. There wasn't enough strength in him to. He didn't want to either. He felt her take Ember off of his chest and he sighed. "Oh thank you! He said. He was glad to have Ember off of him. She hit him, and kept beating on him. He didn't even move. Sure, he was feeling a lot better now, but he was to tired to do anything.

"I've been better. I feel a lot better, but I want to sleep, but I can't.. its not Emy either. Its me. I just can't sleep." He said. Zach looked at her, his face covered by his hair. He didn't really care how bad he looked at the moment. He was spread out on the floor, were they always walked, and he wasn't going to move for a while. He was somehow comfortable here.

[Sydney Renae Flaherty]

Sydney sighed and sneezed. Oh great now she may be getting sick. Maybe not cause allergy season was basically right around the corner. She sniffled and then looked at Zach "Yeah but it's fine. Em needs to get sleep. I know it's hard for you since your not feeling good." She loved how nice she could be. But she hated how bitchy she could be if she wanted to. If she wasn't in a good mood then you might want to stay clear of her. She sighed and smiled when he was happy she took Ember away from his chest. She felt really bad for him right now. He barely had the strength to do anything. "If you need me to, I can take off of work tomorrow so you can get some sleep. Or at least try to." She figured since she owed him for being very sick and still not being able to sleep, plus having a little 5 month old in his hair all day. Literally.

"Well if you can't sleep you can always take some medicine that will make you. I mean a valume wouldn't hurt." Come to think of it, she probably would have to take one. She has had trouble sleeping the past few nights but at least she slept at all, not like Zach. Sydney held Ember tight in her arms. It was very comforting to know that she was a mother. She smiled and stood up holding Ember even tighter than before. Sydney noticed that Ember had fallen asleep. She smiled and laid the baby down in the crib. She kissed her head softly and whispered to her "Good night. I love you babygirl." She walked over to where she was sitting before and plopped down on the chair.[/color]

[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

Zach made a face at her. "Its not because I'm sick. I know that much. I just can't sleep." He said. He knew that she was just being nice to him. He really did just want to crawl back into bed, and not move for days. That was all he wanted to do. " You can if you want to. But you don't have to." He said. He wanted her to stay home for once, so that he didn't have to be with Ember. He loved her and all, but he was just to tired to bother.

"How about I just go and drug myself up with Nyquil and that's the end of not sleeping? But then I would be out for a long time.. He said. He did want to sleep, but he didn't want to make the impression of ODing again. "But I don't want to get ip at the moment." He said to her. He looked at her again, and yawned. He watched her get up and put Ember back to bed. He still didn't want to get up. He closed his eyes and shivered. The carpet was warm and all, but he was still cold. He sneezed. He opened his eyes when she came back, and watched her sit down.

"Oh fine. Don't come lay here with me." Zach joked, but said it in a hurt voice. He wanted to just cuddle up with her and be done with it. He closed his eyes again.

[Sydney Renae Flaherty]

Sydney looked at Zach and knew exactly what he was talking about. She didn't exactly understand cause she always was an easy going person to fall asleep when she needed to. She knew that he would be stubborn about taking some type of medication. I mean she hated that so much about him. He had pnumonia and hasn't taken anything to help it. Oh well there was really nothing she could do about it anyways. She listened to him as he talked but it didn't seem like she was. "Well you probably should then. You need to sleep. I garuntee you'll feel much better after sleeping for a whole day. I'll take off tomorrow so you don't have to worry about Ember." She sighed and looked at the clock. It was about three thirty now. She had about two and a half hours until she was able to call into her work and fake a sickness...

Sydney giggled a little bit when he whined about her not laying with him. She rolled her eyes and got up. She walked to the hall closet and got out a blanket. Walking back into the living room she yawned and then laid down on the floor and covered them both with the blanket. She smiled and looked at him "There. Are you happy now?" She said only jokingly.

Sydney was actually in a pretty good mood for almost four in the morning. Maybe it was because she knew she could take this day easy not having to go to work and Ember is always so quiet for her which was very convinient. She smiled and kissed Zach on the cheek and then smiled trying to find where his eyes were behind his hair.

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[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

Zach looked at her through his hair. He didn't like this. He didn't like being sick, he didn't like not being able to sleep. He didn't like this at all. " Maybe later...not noww..." He said to her. He would drug himself up later. Just not now. For, he didn't want to get up and find meds. He was just to tired to. And he knew Sydney knew that he was just to weak to move now.

"Maybe." He smiled at her. He was happy now. He was next to his girl, the baby was asleep, and she would be asleep for a while. He cuddled up next to her and laid his head on her shoulder. "I love you. I couldn't ever leave you." He said to her in her ear. He smiled and kissed her neck, leaving a trail. He kissed her jaw and around that side of her neck and face.

He laid there, extremely comfortable. He felt her kiss him and then look at him. He brushed his hair out of his face, relieving the purple around his eyes. He's face was starting to show signs of not eating. He couldn't hold anything down for the last couple of days. He could get water down, that was about it. At least he wasn't dehydrated or anything. "I'm aware of how bad I look." He said to her.