Hey everyone!

Look, I am really sorry about the delay. I have also changed my name to emmi7thp. Not too different but it gives away less personal info :) I have decided to try and write the new story that I mentioned a while back. I have written a bit of the next chapter of In Between but I can only write a little at a time because I get flustered. So again, here is the description. It will indeed be a one-shot unless I get super inspired and think of a perfect second chapter. Let me know how it turns out. It will be Rapunzel and Eugene's POV. Also, I am trying this in present tense because my stories are usually in past. I am going to focus really hard and make it present. Eugene's POV will be mostly what he is thinking at the moment.

Disclaimer: All characters and related themes are property of Walt Disney Inc. and NOT MINE

Rapunzel is having a baby and her eager husband is freaking out, so many questions are on his mind. Will everything turn out okay.

Eugene's POV

Dear Lord Dear Lord Dear Lord is all I can think.

Actually, scratch that there are a MILLION things I am thinking. What if something goes wrong? What if the baby doesn't make it? What is it, boy or girl? What if the midwife gives it the wrong color blanket? How do I know the word midwife? What if Rapunzel doesn't make it? What if I don't make it? Wait, what! That doesn't make sense. What if it hates me? What if I drop it? What if it hates Rapunzel? What if Rapunzel's parents suddenly change their mind and I get arrested after my child is born? Wait, what if it's not my child? I'm gonna kill that guy. When will it just come out already? What if it doesn't come out? What if all of a sudden one of my old enemies bursts through the window kidnaps me and leaves Rapunzel alone with little What's Its Face and I die, again, and OUCH.

Too much pacing. I am pacing in front of the door and King Benjamin in sitting in a chair next to the door. I ran into a wall. I dizzily sit down in the chair next to the king. Once I begin to get less dizzy I notice that he has been tapping the sole of his leather boot so long I can see his sock. I honestly don't think he could be more nervous than me.

I really want to be in there with Rapunzel but the only ones in there are the midwife, a doctor, a nurse, and of course Queen Catherine. What if they do something wrong. What if she doesn't take enough medicine to numb the pain.

Suddenly my thoughts are rudely interrupted by someone screaming. UGH the nerves of some peop...WAIT THAT IS RAPUNZEL.

The king and my eyes widen as we look at each other then the door then each other then the door.

We hear another pain-filled scream and that is when I lose it and break open the door, which causes all the women in the room to scream.

"Sorry, everyone, sorry"I try to fit the door back on its hinges. I finally get the door fixed when I hear Rapunzel wince again. I forget the door and run to her side.

"Rapunzel are you ok! Are you dying?" I ask frantically.

She looks pale and weak, unlike her usual self. She manages a small giggle and a smile.

"Eugene, I'm fine! It is just painful. I don't expect you to understand, since you have never given birth" she said a little irritably.

"I think I understand! I know it's painful!" I pout.

The nurse shoots me a warning look, "Mr. Fitzherbert, please let us do our job. Your wife is in good hands."she says calmly as she pushes me out of the room.

"But..." I stutter

"Please!" She says and she shuts the door in my face.

Feeling still scared and defeated I reluctantly sit down next to his majesty.

"They kick out out huh, son" King Benjamin says and he claps me on the back.

I am glad he approves and is happy but it has only been 4 years since Rapunzel came back. Even though we will still live in the castle, I feel like I am taking her away from him and his wife. I don't think it should be worrying about that, I try to calm myself down.

Another pain-filled scream from Rapunzel makes me wince. It also makes me feel bad for her. When I said I knew what it felt like I was only guessing, I don't actually know.

Next I hear crying, no still not baby crying, but Rapunzel is crying. It breaks my heart.

Rapunzel's POV

So much pain. I have never felt this much physical pain before. I have felt emotional pain like this, when Eugene almost died.

The nurse and mother are hold my hands, while I am squeezing them off.

The midwife and the doctor and telling me to push and trying to give me tips on how to make it less painful, while I am ignoring them.

I am in too much pain.

I though the contractions were bad enough! This is much worse. I had so many shots and needles and pills and medicine, surely one of them was to make it not so painful. I don't feel like it is working.

I want to give up. Then I think of Eugene and my real mother and father. I think of every happy moment and it makes it better.

Then I feel something unbearable. Something that is stretching me much too far and I lose it.

I start sobbing and sobbing and sobbing and I can't stop. I hear something. Someone else is crying with me. It is not Eugene because his cry is much more manly than that. It is a high cry. A cry coming from something small and defenseless. I hear a scissors, which mean an umbilical cord was just cut.

The baby.

Eugene's POV

I am honestly about to start crying myself when I hear less of Rapunzel's crying and I hear a smaller cry. It is not Rapunzel anymore because her cry is much more tender than that. It is an angry cry. A cry coming from something small and defenseless.

The baby.

I rush in to see Rapunzel's red, tear-stained, and puffy face looking at me. Her eyes wide and bright again. Her skin no longer drained of color.

She is holding a small human wrapped in a pink blanket and all I can think is, I hope that lady didn't give it the wrong blanket. But she didn't.

I walk over to the chair next to Rapunzel's bed and I sit down carefully because I am shaking so much.

It makes me feel ashamed and girly. Men don't get scared, especially Eugene Fitzherbert. I didn't even deliver the freakin' thing. Why am I so clammy?

The midwife smiles at me and lifts the baby girl out of Rapunzel's arms and puts it into mine. It is the best moment of my life, yeah I'm getting mushy but it is.

The girl luckily does not have blonde hair, avoided another 18 year tragedy. Her hair is the same shade of mine, chestnut brown. She also, has her mothers eyes. I can tell because they are wide open and looking around. She isn't crying anymore but her face is red due to, ya know, just being born.

Rapunzel's POV

Finally, the pain is gone! In fact it is replaced by sudden happiness. Eugene stands up and give the girl back to me. To be honest, I was a little scared when I first found I was pregnant, but that seems so silly with this little bundle of joy in my arms right now.

There is no more pain anymore, at all. To be honest it was totally worth it.

Eugene and I just stared at it for a while until we were interrupted by the nurse.

"Excuse me, princess, did you have a name in mind?" She wanted to know what we were going to name it! I had thought about it from time to time, but never actually got serious about a name.

"Well Eugene and I hadn't really thought about it, could you give us a moment?"

Mom, the doctor, midwife, and the nurse all nodded and leave. Before she goes, mother gave me a kiss on the forehead to show me she was proud of me.

"Eugene, what are we going to name her?" I panicked.

"It'll be okay Rapunzel, do you remember some of the names we picked out before?"he pondered.

I racked my brain, "Ok we picked out Alice, Diana, Ginny, and Avia. Which one was your favorite Eugene?"

He wasn't staring at the baby in my arms anymore, he was staring a me.

"Uhhh, Eugene!" I giggled.

"What?" he said vaguely.

"Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Hmm, OH", he came back to his senses, "I was just thinking about how much I am in love with you and how proud I am of you" He leaned over to kiss me and I almost stopped him because we need to pick a name, but I let him because I haven't had a kiss from him in a while. It was a tender kiss but it made me feel much better. He deepened the kiss but I broke away giggling.

"Alright." I giggled.

He stroked his goatee and pretended to ponder for a moment, which made me giggle more.

"Okay stop it Eugene! We need to pick a name, which is your favorite?"

"Alright, alright. Which one started with an A?"

"There were two, Eugene," I rolled my eyes, "Alice and Avia."

"Avia, that is the one!" he said proudly and kicked his feet up on the bed while leaning back in his chair.

This made me happy because, that one was my favorite too.

Just then everyone came back in, except this time they brought my father. His eyes were smiling and he was smiling. He walked over to me and gave me a hug. I placed the baby in his arms.

"I love you so much Rapunzel, " he said in his deep voice, " I am so proud of you"

Mom came over to him and put her arm on his shoulder. They both started happily at the baby.

Eugene sat down gently on the bed next to me and helped me sit up a little better.

"Did you both decide on a name for the little princess?" the nurse, Margaret, asked calmly.

We smiled at each other and I felt his hand intertwine with mine. "Yes we did Margaret, we decided on Avia"

She wrote it down then asked, "And her middle name your highness?"

Eugene froze, but I smiled, "I am leaving that up to Eugene."

He looked a little confused but I was confident in him, I am sure it will be beautiful.

Apparently he already had a name in mind because he soon said, "Claire"

I liked the sound of that Avia Claire Fitzherbert. It had a very royal ring to it. My favorite part, is the Fitzherbert part.

After we got all of the paperwork finalized, the nurse said it would be okay if I walked around a little. I was still a little sore. I still had my gown on and my stomach had obviously not shrunken yet, but I felt much better getting up and walking around, feeling the fresh morning air.

The doctor forbid Avia to leave, she needed to stay in the sterile room, but my husband and I were free to roam the castle. No need to worry about when we could bring the baby home, she was already home. We wandered the castle hand in hand and talked about our future. We were told to stay inside and not try to go up any stairs due to my, uh, condition.

I could tell Eugene was kind of jittery about something so I stopped near the magnificent stained glass window near the entrance. The sun was coming up, it looked about 7:00 A.M.

"What's wrong Rapunzel! Are you okay? Are you getting dizzy, do you need to go back?" It was cute how worried he was about this, he was very frazzled.

I gave a lighthearted laugh and brushed it off like it was nothing, "Of course not Eugene, I feel fine! With the castle doors open letting in a cool breeze, I feel wonderful!" and I spun around on my bare feet, making Eugene even more nervous, " I am so glad to be out of that room! The question is, are YOU okay?"

He stared at me for a moment.

"You seem jittery, is everything okay. Do you need to talk to me about something?"

He suddenly looked a little sad, "What if..." He broke off, "What if I'm not a good father" He looked down at his feet.

This question broke my heart "Don't say that Eugene, you will be a wonderful father, what would make you think that?"

"With my background. I was a thief Rapunzel, what if she is ashamed at me. You are so gentle and soft...and I'm not"

I threw my arms around his waist and buried my head in his chest. I looked up at him "But you saved me! If you weren't good at heart, you wouldn't have even tried to rescue me and bring me back to my true family," then I poked my finger at his chest, "and THAT cancels everything out in my book!"

This made him crack a small smile.

"Eugene, you will make a wonderful father, you will be the best father ever! I know so"

He smiled at me, "Come on, lets go back"

And with that we walked hand in hand back to our daughter and towards our future together, as parents.

THE END

Hope you liked it. As far as I know this is a one-shot. I might add chapters later if anyone had suggestions. Hopefully this cleared up my writers block for In Between. I am going to go try again. PLEASE REVIEW AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. I might add on, should I add a chapter taking place right after the birth, a few weeks, a few years, or 10 years? Thoughts? Let me know by reviewing ;)