"SHE'S IN LABOR!" Eric Camden yelled up to the second floor to whoever happened to be up there as he hung up the phone. "I'M GOING OVER TO THE HOSPITAL NOW SO IF YOU WANT TO COME THEN LETS GO!" There was no answer from upstairs so Eric put on his jacket and opened the door, but before he took another step Ruthie, Sam and David came running down.

"Wait, we want to come." Ruthie said as she quickly helped her younger brothers put on their coats.

"Where is everyone else?" Eric asked as he looked around the kitchen and pocked his head into the living room.

Mom already got the call and left about a half an hout ago, she wouldn't let me come, she said I had to stay here and watch them" Ruthie explained to her father.

"Then I think it would be best if you stayed home."

"No, that's ok" Ruthie smiled and then followed her brothers out to the car while her father shut and locked the door.

"Has anyone called Martin?" Eric asked as he got into the car and quickly put on his seatbelt.

"Uhm, I'm not sure, but I do no that I sure don't want to be the one to tell him" Ruthie said and then put on the radio as they drove down the street.

They had all been waiting impatiently for this day to finally come. The day when Sandy would finally have her baby, and now it was here. The only problem was, everyone seemed to be in the hospital waiting room when Eric and the kids arrived, everyone except Martin. Martin wasn't Sandy's husband, he wasn't even her boyfriend, but he was the father of the almost born baby.

As they took off their coats and hung them up in a coatroom Annie, Eric's wife, came over too Eric with not a very gleeful look on her face.

"I wanted them to stay home". Annie said, gesturing towards Ruthie, Sam and David.

"Well, seeing as how we are basically all the family that Sandy's got to support her, don't you think it would bring up her spirits if we were ALL here?"

"Well, yes, I suppose" Annie said and then went over and sat in the middle of Sam and David.

They weren't allowing anyone at all in the room with Sandy, and no one knew why.

"Excuse me, Sir" Eric said getting up from his chair and walking over to the doctor that kept coming in and out of Sandy's room.

"Sorry Sir but I'm very busy with a patient at the moment and don't really have time to talk" the doctor said quickly and then went into Sandy's room.

"Is there something I could help you with Sir?" A nurse with bright blonde hair asked Eric as he was making his way back to his seat slow and confused.

"Uhm, actually, yes." Eric looked up and walked over to the young nurse. "I was wondering if you could tell me what's going on in Ms. Jameson's room and why they aren't allowing her any visitors"

"Oh, I'm sorry but I can only give out a patient's information to family members" The nurse apologized.

"Well, actually me and my family over there, are the closest thing she has to family." Eric said pointed to the waiting room, which was filled with the whole Camden family, as well as Rose.

"Well, since you're a Reverend, and you do seem to be the only family/visitors Ms. Jameson has, then I guess I could tell you what's going on" The nurse said, then she leaned in closer to Eric so none of her employees would here her. "Ms. Jameson is in intensive care right now because she is in very critical condition. She has already had the baby, and it is a VERY healthy little boy, but something went wrong when she was in labor, and the chances of Ms. Jameson leaving the hospital anytime soon are very slim. We aren't exactly sure what is wrong with her, that's what we are working on figuring out now, but at the moment she is bleeding excessively and we can't seem to stop it."

With shock in his face and in his voice Eric asked the question that he seemed to already know the answer to. "Is she, Uhm, is she going to… you know…?"

"I'm sorry sir but I can't tell you that right now, even if I wanted to, I don't even know the answer to that myself." The nurse said and then went into Sandy's room.

Eric slowly walked back to his seat.

"What's the matter, what did she say?" Annie asked as soon as Eric sat down. She could tell by the look on his face that the nurse had not given him cheerful information. Painfully and slowly Eric told his family what the nurse had told him.

No one really had anything to say, they were all shocked and quiet and got nervous every time the door to Sandy's room opened. They were relieved that at least the baby was going to be ok, but Sandy was the one they had known and took care of for quite a while, she had become part of their family and they all loved her.

Hours passed and no one gave them any new information about Sandy. They were starting to get worried and didn't know whether to go home and wait for a call or just stay there to see what happened. The twins had fallen asleep and Ruthie was nodding off every once in a while. It was already almost midnight and they didn't know how much longer they should stay there.

Finally a doctor came out of Sandy's room, slowly closing the door behind him, but there was something about the expression on his face that Eric didn't feel comfortable with.

"Reverend Camden?" The doctor said softly with a crack in his voice as he looked around the room for whom ever claimed the name.

"Yes, that's me." Eric stood up and walked over to the doctor. "How is she? Do you know what's wrong with her yet?" He looked into the doctor's eyes as he asked these questions.

The doctor only looked down to the ground and said nothing.

"You don't mean…" Eric started but didn't get to finish.

The Doctor nodded his head. "I'm so sorry"

Eric didn't say anything, he just stood their staring at the doctor wide eyed and shocked. The doctor just stood there as well. The rest of the family in the waiting room had over heard the conversation. They, like their father, were in shock and no one really said or did anything except for Lucy who immediately started crying into Kevin's shirt as he held her and Savanna. Lucy had become closer to Sandy than any of the other Camdens.

It was quiet in the waiting room, except for the faint sound of crying coming from Lucy, for what seemed like forever but was actually only seconds before the door to the waiting room swung opened with a loud bang.

Eric who was still standing next to the Doctor, as well as everyone else in the room quickly turned towards the door to see no one other then Martin running into the room completely out of breath. He stopped short at the sight of all the alarmed faces staring back at him. He had the biggest smile on his face when he walked into the room but it suddenly turned into the most depressing frown any of them had ever seen. The way his expression changed so drastically broke the hearts of his friends and family in the waiting room staring back. Annie, as well as Rose and Simon had developed tears in their eyes, they had been trying to stay strong but they could not hold it anymore. Rose hugged Simon and started crying. Simon held his future wife, trying to tell her everything would be Ok but he couldn't help himself from crying as well.

"W-w-w-wah-what Ha-happened?" Martin managed to say as he looked around the room at everyone questionably.

"Martin…" Eric began. "Sandy had the baby"

A slight smile formed on Martin's confused face. "Well, what is it? A boy? A girl?"

"A boy" Eric answered.

"Is he ok? I mean is there anything wrong with him?"

"No the baby is perfectly healthy"

"Then why does everyone look so sad?" Martin's smile left his face and he became a confused frown once more.

"Martin…" Eric began, but Annie stood up and stopped him.

She walked over to Martin. "Hunny…" She put her hands out onto Martin's shoulders and with tears burning in her eyes and running down her cheeks she told him what everyone was dreading to believe was true. "Sandy…" She paused. "Martin, there were some complications" she paused then began again. "Something happened during the birth Martin". There was shock and horror on Martin's face.

"No" He shook his head "NO!" He yelled still shaking his head, pushing Annie's arms away and backing up toward the door. "You…I…She…NO!" There were now tears gleaming in his eyes.

"Martin, hunny I'm so sorry" Annie said reaching out to hug him. Martin pushed her arms away once more and ran out of the waiting room through the door he came in from shaking his head still denying what they had told him.

Ruthie quickly jumped out of her seat and began running toward the door and out of the room calling Martin's name. Annie turned around, put her hands over her face and began to painfully cry as her husband came over and hugged her.

Ruthie ran threw the halls of the hospital and out into the parking lot. She looked around until she finally saw Martin holding onto the side of his car, hunched over crying as if he couldn't breath.

"MARTIN" Ruthie yelled as she ran over to him.

He turned too look at her and she could see the tears pouring down his face. As she got to him he quickly opened his arms and hugged her as tight as he could. They hugged for what was like an eternity, both holding each other as tight as they could. Ruthie had never seen Martin like this. Nor had she cried at all yet at the lose of Sandy, but the moment she saw Martin's sad and scared face look back at her as she ran towards him her heart shattered and she broke down into tears in his arms.

"Ruthie" Martin managed to slur between his crying, still holding onto her as tight as he could.

"Martin…" Ruthie began.

"No…Ruthie" Martin stopped her and loosened his arms around her. "There's…something…I… I mean…I need to talk to you" He said, tears still streaming down his cheeks. He finally let go of her and stepped back a little so he could see her confused face. He wiped his own tears. Then he wiped hers and held her face in his hands. He tried to stop the tears but he couldn't, neither of them could. Their faces were wet and sweating.

"Wa-" Ruthie began but was stopped by Martin's finger to her mouth.

He pushed back her hair out of her face. "I love you Ruthie Camden." He whispered and then before she could respond he put his hand under her chin and pulled her face toward his and kissed her. This was what Ruthie had been wanting the whole time, but suddenly she pulled away.

"Martin…" Ruthie began. A smile appeared on Martin's face as he looked into Ruthie's eyes. "I…" she began to shake her head and back away. "I'm sorry". Then she turned around and ran out of the parking lot with tears running down her cheeks.