A piercing scream gave the slumbering vulpine the midnight fright as he sprung up in his bed. He was wondering if it was just his imagination or if really did hear someone screaming. He heard it again but more faint as he ran out of his room heading toward the scream, if his memory served him right it sounded like it was coming from Jessie's room. He ran toward that direction as many of the butlers of the household began to awaken as well. Fox ran up the stairs reaching her door just as Jessie's father did as well. The two bursted through the door to see the vixen in some sort of pain as she was holding her swollen belly.

"Jessie what's wrong!" Fox crawled onto her bedside coming close as he felt the sheets were drenched…

"I think my water just broke!" Fox's whole world zoomed out with those five simple words. This was much too early then their original due date for the child. But he quickly shook it off, now was the time he had to be on his toes. He had to be ready for anything.

"We have to get her to the hospital immediately!" Fox yelled back to his rag-tag team of individuals. Jessie's father took over as he pointed out to several groups giving them their jobs.

"You two start the vehicle! Ms. Dupri you and your maids grab all the essentials we need!

"On it sir!"

"James you and Michelle head over to Fox's house and alert his parents of the baby's birth."

"Yes sir." Many beings ran out of the room rushing to their assigned positions.

Ash looked back to his daughter in pain and then to her mate. "Fox carry Jessie to the car and we'll use the elevator that'll take us right down to the garage."

"Right." Fox turned back around at Jessie's side and quickly but gently lifted her up off the bed as he scooted back carefully. They quickly went down the hallway heading toward the elevator as one of the other butlers was already pressing the button and the doors popped open. Jessie's grunts and moans of pain kept Fox on his toes yet off his edge at the same time, his paws were getting moist and his breathing racked with nervousness. He had been waiting yet dreading this day ever since their first notice. How could he possibly come to the responsibility of raising this child that was on their way? Time was completely abundant as they had already reached the garage with the car already running and ready to go. They quickly hopped in as Fox kept his hold on Jessie who had small tear marks in her eyes. Was the pain that intense or was she just not able to believe it as well as Fox could?

"How are you doing?" Fox asked as the car took off a bit faster then he expected and was slightly pushed back into the seat, but cushioned Jessie as best as he could.

"It hurts much worse then they described it would be…" She let out a painful grunt as they passed on by.

"Driver step on it!" Ash yelled from the back as the driver only replied by speeding up the vehicle. The drive there couldn't seem to be any longer; every time Jessie felt a surge of pain she would moan or grunt. Every time she would grunt or moan made Fox feel that much more over the edge, this trip was becoming unbearably long for the soon to be mother. Finally as they reached the hospital entrance did Jessie yell out in pain as it was uncalled for. The minor pain was over, and the real pain was just starting. The attendants fetched a wheel chair as Fox gently set her down in and rolled her into the hospital. Immediately they were rolled to the birth center and Fox and Jessie were taken through the double doors as the others waited on for the news.

Either Jessie was taking the pain to overdramatic or she was severely misguided on just how bad the pain was. Fox's hand was being strangulated and crushed but it was absolutely nothing in comparison Jessie was feeling at the moment.

"You're doing great ma'm just keep your breathing up. Everything is going smoothly. Now push!" Jessie fulfilled the doctor's request as she let out a shriek of massive pain. She felt like her insides were stretched out and her organs crushed like some kind of silly putty. The child's head became visible as the doctor gave the final order.

"Alright ma'm everything is looking fabulous just one last push and we should be done." The pain was extremely intense and Fox's paw was gasping for breathing space but it was all too soon still. With the final push and a hair standing wail were the birth process over, and their child born. The cries of the newborn child filled the room as it quickly became silent of all other sounds. Jessie breathed easy or as close to easy as she could as the tears had stopped but still had a death clutch on Fox's paw. A moment later did both come to the real world as their newborn child was being briefly attended by the nurses as they took all permanent information for the child. Fox and Jessie looked toward one another as the moment of truth had finally arrived.

"It's a girl." The nurses announced as Fox and Jessie felt their hearts warm, a beautiful baby girl. They staff carefully handed Jessie their child as she wrapped her arms around the still crying child in the pink wool blanket. She was mostly Jessie's brown fur color but with a hint of orange from Fox. It was too early to determine what colored eyes she had but they hoped she had Fox's luscious jade's. She began to settle down as Jessie held her close to her heart and could feel her heart singing the baby a happy lullaby.

"She's so beautiful." Fox could only whisper as he looked to his new born daughter, he placed one of his fingers around her tiny paw as she grabbed it like it was some kind of toy.

"What should we name her?" Jessie asked as she could only whisper as well. They had thought of some names but none of them they really liked. They wanted their daughter to have some kind of unique name, a reason for naming her just that.

"How about Jamie?"

"Jamie?" Jessie questioned as she looked back to Fox.

"Yea, I'm Fox James McCloud and you are Jessica Amy Grey. Put James and Amy together and you get Jamie."

"Jamie…I like it." She gave a small smile after giving so much; it was all she could muster at the moment.

"Jamie sounds like a fine name." One of the nurses commented as she wrote the name down on the clipboard.

"Jamie." Jessie whispered as their newborn daughter still had her eyes closed. She desperately wanted to know what color her eyes were, "Mommy and daddy love you."

X

Fox stared at his newborn baby girl as she was in her pink cradle within the nursery. He stood outside the large window as he couldn't believe he went from being a totally average dude to now a dad in just nine months. It was bound to be tough but nothing at the moment could bring down his high spirit. Two paws found their way to each of Fox's shoulders as he looked left and right to see his two parents hovering over him.

"Fox I simply can't believe Jamie is already here." Vixy congratulated her son as James took a step back.

"I can but don't want to." He scratched the back of his head vigorously.

"James!" Vixy scolded as she held onto Fox's shoulders, he couldn't blame his father. James probably hadn't being a grandfather with his son only seventeen and himself only thirty-eight. It only made Fox feel uneasy, of his two parents Vixy could accept the reality of now. But James was the more harsh and unforgiving of the two parents, over the nine months it took until Jamie was brought into the world he made sure to give Fox gruesome punishment that came daily. Vixy gave her teenage daddy a couple pats of determination.

"Your life has changed forever now Fox, do take care of Jamie well. Your parents are here to help guide you as well as her."

"Thanks mom." Fox cupped his paw over his mothers as he watched Jamie toss and turn in the cradle. Sad to say that his time as a simple teenager was cut short. Fox now had the challenge of his life on his paws, raising Jamie into a fine well kit at the age of seventeen. But he wasn't alone in this. He had his friends, his parents and Jessie as well for help and guidance.

The teenage parents were finally aloud to leave as Jamie had been kept well nurtured and Jessie's strength returned. Ash insisted that the two teens and their daughter should stay at his own house over Fox's. With many assistants and much more room, it would lighten the load of the two teens for the meantime until they pick up how to raise a child.

X

It had only been a single month since Jamie's birth and Fox couldn't even think of another month that came close to his level of exhaustion. Jamie had hardly stopped crying at all ever since she arrived at Jessie's house and it was affecting everyone, some more then others. Fox walked in a big circle around the living room as a crying kit was resting in his arms as she wouldn't stop crying. Fox had heavy bags under his eyes and they were quite bloodshot. He couldn't even remember when the last peaceful hour of sleep he had gotten was. It must have been weeks since. Jamie kept them up round the clock ever since she came home from the hospital.

"Jessie." He let out so tired like, "Watch Jamie for just an hour." He gently set the kit onto her mother's stomach as she was trying to rest on the couch. Jessie grabbed the baby girl by her stomach and let out a groggy moan…

"Fox please…"

"Jessie!" Fox turned around in short temper quickly getting fed up with just how 'motherly' she's been. "I've been watching Jamie ever since she got here! Just watch her one hour she's not that difficult to take care of."

"Fine." The teenage mother sat up as she wrapped her arms around the kit and took her to the rocking chair. Fox quickly fled the scene as she loosened her shirt and prepared to feed the child. He stepped outside for a brief moment to get some much needed air and sat down on the patio and completely collapsed from exhaustion. He could barely keep his eyes open as he finally had the chance to sit down after hours of trying to make Jamie hush. Fox grumbled to himself as he thought about what he had gotten himself into that one night. Jamie coming into the world sure as hell didn't bring the two teens closer; it was far from peaches and fuzz.

Fox had been taking care of the child as if he was a single parent. Jessie was either to tired, doing school work or taking care of other 'matters' such as going out with her friends leaving Fox alone with Jamie to take care of all by himself. The most the assistants did for the two teen parents was keep Jamie under control while the two teens tried to salvage any sleep before their kit would persuade them out of their beds to cease her crying. Fox changed her, fed her, bathed her and put her to sleep and always was the parent running to her room when she started crying. The most Jessie really did was make sure Jamie got her nutrients, Fox thought about how many diapers she's changed…

Is it just one or possibly two? He thought sarcastically as she had done virtually nothing for Jamie and Fox was the kit's ever needing slave. On top of all of this Fox still had other matters such as still attending school via online courses as he was much to busy to be attending normal school days.

The sound of his daughter crying make Fox as quickly as he could get up back onto his aching feet and headed into the living room. Jamie was lying on the couch for attention as Fox wondered where her mother had gone off to. A foul smelling odor rose up into the air and met Fox's nose.

Yup it's definitely time for a diaper change. He headed in the direction of the kit's room as Fox climbed up the stairs and headed down the hallway. Out from one of the restrooms came Jessie as she just walked out and looked down the hall to see Fox and baby coming her way.

"What is this Jessie you left Jamie unattended!" He tried to keep his voice down so Jamie wouldn't wail even more, but it was hard to do so. His fuse for the vixen mother was quickly burning out.

"I'm sorry I had to use the bathroom!"

"You can't just walk away from a baby Jessie."

"Hey I'm still learning how to be a mom." That remark made Fox growl on the inside but he kept it quiet, that was her excuse whenever Fox got on her case. She held up the phone in her paws back to her ear. "Hey Tasha, yea I'll be over in about half an hour where do you want to-"Fox snatched the phone away from the vixen's grasp and held it to his own ear.

"Jessie can't come tonight Tasha she's going to have to stay home and be a mom." With no reply Fox ended the conversation right there and hung up the phone.

"What the heck Fox we were going to go shopping!"

"You can't just leave me here with Jamie Jessie! You have a responsibility to her as well and not just me!"

"I know that." She got a single whiff of the air and quickly covered her nose stepping back from the baby, "Uh that smells horrible!"

"Of course, she's just a baby."

"Whatever just change her please I'll be downstairs." She made her way around the duo and headed down the stairs. Fox simply couldn't believe it but Jamie's cries brought him back to reality. He continued his path toward her room to quickly change the crying kit. He walked in the pure white room with nothing but her clothes and small toys the like. Fox walked on over toward the changing station and laid Jamie down gently. He quickly went to work as he discarded the old diaper and threw it into the trashcan he tossed out hourly. After wiping her clean and putting on the new diaper did Fox take a fresh breath and look at his baby girl. Jamie had finally stopped crying and looked at her daddy with wondering eyes. It always made Fox smile whenever he saw Jamie's beautiful hazel colored eyes, a mixture of his own and Jessie's along with other colors that had found their way to her sights.

"There we go I bet you feel much better." Fox talked to the child as she didn't understand but took the lasting silence as a yes. Fox took a seat in the rocking chair placed within the corner of her room with Jamie on his lap as he was amazed she had stayed quiet this long. He gently began to rock back and fourth as it brought innocent laughter to the child.

"Yea grandma says I liked being rocked to, and daddy was also very difficult at first. You probably take after your daddy Jamie." The only response was the baby girls continued laughter as the rocking kept up. Fox was practically falling asleep right in the chair as his eyes became extremely heavy, so heavy he just had to cave in and finally get some peace and quiet.

Only a moment later they sprung back open as Jamie was starting to get in her bawling mood again. Fox stood up as he tried to calm her down, what could it be?

"Are you hungry?" He picked up one of the nearest fresh baby bottles and held it to her lips, but she wouldn't accept the food. "You probably want to play." He picked up the rattle that was shaped like an Arwing that her grandpa kindly gave her. The edges were dull enough to be safe for a child as he put it in her small grasp. She quickly calmed down as she shook the rattle quickly going back and forth. She looked to her teenage dad as the two looked into one another's eyes. But it was quickly disrupted when out of nowhere she crashed the Arwing straight into Fox's face.

Fox rubbed his nose as Jamie let out a happy laugh. She seemed bent on crashing the Arwing into Fox's face as she tried yet again, she was a bit on the strong side for her age as they didn't hurt but did sting for a moment after the crash. With those needs taken care of the two headed back down to the living room where mommy should have been. They found her but there were surprise guests also as the two responsible for this whole thing sat beside Jessie.

"Hey Fox, how do you like having two cuties now?" The group of girls giggled from Tasha's remark as Fox let out a small fake laugh.

"Right now I have my paws to full to think about that." He lied through his teeth as he would have been more then happy to blow off some of this steam on them; and tell them just how fun it was to have two 'cuties' who cried and moaned that he had to deal with.

That was the other thing that really bugged Fox. Jessie didn't want Jamie anywhere near his friends yet thought Tasha and Narine could walk in and see the kit whenever they felt like it, when it was all their doing this happened in the first place. Fox felt completely the opposite believing that his friends had as much right to see Jamie as her friends did. Yet the mother didn't want them anywhere near her baby and didn't mind letting her near her prime creators. Fox sure as hell didn't want Tasha and Narine around the kit and whenever she was in his procession at the moment he tried to leave the scene as soon as he could and avoid meeting them all together. He fled the scene trying to make it to the back patio before they would want to see the baby, his plan worked but also backfired at the same time.

The three girls looked to one another in total silence. Tasha looked at the vixen mother and batted her head toward the door. Jessie looked on the back patio as Fox was attending to Jamie and got up, quickly searching for her purse.

The rattle was beginning to lose its effects on Jamie as she began to bawl. Fox grabbed the pacifier out from his shirt pocket and tucked it into her mouth, she quickly calmed down as she began to suck on the child controller as she looked to her dad again with innocent eyes. The teenage daddy bounced his little kit gently up and down his leg while holding her small paws. If she didn't have the pacifier in her mouth at the moment she probably would be laughing immensely. Finally for a moment Fox could breathe easily as he was surprised he hadn't passed out from the lack of sleep. He got up from his seat and headed inside, whether he liked it or not Tasha and Narine could help mommy take care of Jamie as Fox desperately needed a break and she couldn't say no with two other helpers watching the baby. Fox's eyes went wide with anger as his eyes laid upon a deserted living room.

"Unbelievable." He wanted to swear at the top of his lunges but kept it in for Jamie's sake. Jessie and her friends had walked out on him leaving him all alone with the baby as he began to boil with rage. He would most likely be alone for several hours before she would come back and he would get a break, but breaks were short and few for the vulpine daddy as it is. He soon forgot about all of that though as Jamie suddenly spit out her pacifier and began to cry.

"No no it's okay honey." Fox tried to soothe the child as he picked up her discarded binkie and headed for her room. Hopefully she would accept the formula feed and not wanting mommy's milk at the moment because it would be hours before she would come back and be fed, and that only meant hours of painfully exhausting attention Fox would have to put in for her.