Alex paced outside the hospital room. He'd never been good with hospitals, Inara was even worse. But the past few months had been difficult. Dani still wanted to know more details about his news he told her at the wedding, but he wasn't ready to tell more. No one was.
"Alex calm down." Isobel said standing up and looking him in the eyes. Blue vs brown.
"When did you get as tall as me?" Alex asked looking away from the blue eyed girl.
"Since last year Dumbo. Anyways calm down. Everything's fine."
"How can we be sure?" Alex snapped.
'Because it's Angel and Trenton." Jake rolled his eyes. "Do you honestly think that anything bad will happen to this kid of theirs?"
"True." Lily smiled. "Do we know what it is yet? Boy or girl?"
"My money's on a girl." Inara said. "Their next one will probably be a boy though."
"Calm down Inara." Alex said quickly. "It's just their first kid I don't think they're ready for a second just yet."
"I'm just saying the next kid they have, when they do, will probably be a boy." Inara shrugged.
"Can we not talk about this?" Jake groaned.
"Why not?" Isobel asked turning to face the hazel eyed boy.
"Because Trenton's right there." he pointed to the blond haired man.
"Trenton." Lily jumped up and ran to her brother. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, yeah everything's fine. Angel's just resting. The baby's over there." He gestured to the glass window revealing a view of sleeping newborns.
"What's her name?" Inara asked.
"We named her Willow Andrea Jackson." Trenton smiled.
Three days after Willow was born Trenton and Angel took her home, a small apartment just a few blocks away from the high school Trenton works at.
"Okay Mom and Dad were not joking when they said that taking care of a newborn was difficult." Trenton yawned as he stumbled into the kitchen for a cup of coffee Angel was already holding out for him.
"Yeah well my parents said I was a calm baby so I had the feeling Willow was gonna be the exact opposite." The dark skinned woman laughed as Trenton yawns again.
"Did anyone tell you what I was like as a baby?" He asked scratching at his neck.
"You're parents did. You had a strange habit of laughing late at night from what they told me. That had to be creepy."
"Wow, an annoyance even at birth."
"You're not an annoyance." Angel said rolling her eyes. "You may be annoying, but you're not an annoyance. There's a difference. Small difference, but there is one."
"Sure there is." Trenton finished his coffee quickly before going to check on the sleeping baby.
"She looks so peaceful."
"Well she's not going to be when she wakes up with a dirty diaper." Angel remarks leaning against the doorframe. "Did Dani tell you about Inara?"
"Yeah." Trenton sighed. "Do we even know what she's sick with yet?"
"No. They're going to another visit in a few days. They should know by then. Hell even Uncle Nico doesn't know what it is and he's been a doctor for years."
Trenton shook his head. "I just hope she lives a bit longer. I know Alex will be devastated when she does pass."
"She's his younger sister, of course he's going to be devastated."
"Angel she's only 17. She's too young to die."
"I know. I know. But we can't focus on that right now. It's a terrible thing, but we have to focus on the good things. It'll be difficult, but the good always outweighs the bad right?"
Trenton nodded and stared down at his sleeping daughter. What if it was Willow instead of Inara? He thought. How would I feel knwoing that my daughter was dying and there was nothing I could do about it?
He quickly made the decision not to think about it as it would only make him feel sad. He just had to believe what his wife said, the good always outweighs the bad...right?