Chapter One
"John have a seat. I'm sure they will be fine"
John had been pacing for the better part of an hour at Boston Children's Hospital. This was not the place most children were born but because of Jackie's age they wanted to do it there so they could make sure that there weren't any issues and because Rose had gone into labor on the same day they only had time to get to one hospital. He was sitting in the emergency department waiting room with Pete Tyler the soon to be father and grandfather in one day, Tony was at home being watched by Marisol who was their kind elderly neighbor. They had recently moved to Needham, Massachusetts because of John's teaching at Olin College. Suddenly they saw a nurse come in. They both stood up.
"It's a boy!" She said looking at John.
"Really?!"
"yes, come and see her its okay."
John and Pete followed the nurse to a large room where Rose was laying on a bed holding a baby. The baby was quiet.
"Do you two have a name for him?" She asked
"Tyler Smith" Rose and John said at the same time.
"I want his middle name to be Mickey" Rose said
John replied, "Don't push it"
"Fine, he wont have a middle name then"
"Fine"
Suddenly another nurse came into the room and tapped Pete on the shoulder and asked to see him outside of the room.
When Pete comes in he was white as a sheet. He was crying. "It's a girl", he said. "Im naming her Jackie her mother since she…she didn't make it"
"What?" Rose said.
"I'm so sorry honey"
"You're kidding right"
"I'm sorry to say I'm not."