I want to thank Financebabe for helping me come up with the title to this story.

Chapter One

~ There's two things I know for sure: she was sent here from heaven and she's daddy's little girl ~

"Lester I can't do this, it hurts so bad" Steph cried to me

God how I hated seeing her going thru this, she was in a lot of pain and you could just see the tiredness on her face. Steph had been at this for nearly twenty two hours and it just didn't seem like it was going to end for her anytime soon. I kissed her temple as she lay back against me; Steph's doctor was below us telling her that she had to push again when he got to the count of three. My poor Steph looked over at Bobby who was assisting by holding her leg and begged him for help.

"Bobby please do something"

"I'm sorry Steph there is nothing I can do. This is all you, you have to birth her" he told her

"I'm so tired" she said closing her eyes

"Ok Stephanie when I get to three push. 1, 2, 3 PUSH" the doctor yelled

"PUSH BABY PUSH" I yelled as I helped her to sit up in the bed

"OH MY GODDD" Steph screamed as we fell back breathing heavy, steph sweaty

"Again Stephanie. 1, 2, 3 PUSH!" the doctor yelled again

"You're doing it Steph" I said into her ear

"SHITTTTTT" she cried

"OK take a breath and push with all your strength Stephanie PUSH"

"THERES THE HEAD" Bobby announced to the room and Steph began to weaken

"No more I can't, it hurts too much I can't"

"Stephanie yes you can. I see the top of the head you have to push her out now" the doctor said

"PUSH STEPH" Bobby told her as I propped her up

While Steph pushed and I held her up she let out this animalistic scream and slunk back into me. All the sudden the doctor yelled for her to stop as he went to work between her legs.

"OK Steph the heads out we got to get the shoulders and the rest should be easy now give me one more good push"

"Come on Baby it's almost over" I said as I held her up. Steph sucked in a breath and pushed until her whole face was red and she was shaking

"SHE'S HERE!" Bobby yelled as the baby came from Steph. Steph fell back onto me utterly exhausted.

"It's a girl" the doctor said as he held her up and placed her onto Stephanie's tummy

"Oh my God Lester look at her. She's beautiful" Steph said as she began to cry

"She's slimy"

"LESTER!"

"Ok Daddy you can cut the cord. Just cut between those two clamps there" the doctor instructed me and I did as he said

"Ok Mr. and Mrs. Santos, I need to take her now so she can be weighed and measured, I'll give her right back once she and Mom is all cleaned up" the nurse came over and said

"Bobby"

"I'm on it" he said following the nurse who took our baby

Over the next hour they got Steph to deliver the afterbirth, stitched her up, cleaned her and placed her in a new gown and new bed. They got her settled in our birthing suit and finally left us alone.

"You did it Steph" I said lightly kissing her

"Yea"

Steph closed her eyes and she was out. I kissed her forehead and went to sit in the recliner in the room. I fished my phone out of my pocket and texted Ranger. I told him our little girl arrived and was now being weighed, I also told him Steph was fine but extremely tired and now was asleep. I told him that id send more info later. About forty five minutes later our room door opened and a little plastic bed on wheels was pushed in by a nurse, Bobby was following right behind her.

"Would you like to hold your daughter?" the nurse asked me

"Uhh Sure" I said watching as the nurse scooped up a little pink bundle out of the little bed "I uh don't know how"

"Just hold her head, don't let it drop you won't break her Mr. Santos" she said placing the baby into the crook of my arm

I sat back in the chair and held this little baby girl in my arms. MY baby girl. I looked down at her as she slept and noticed how much she looked like Steph. She was going to be a heart breaker when she grew up. I heard a sound and looked up to see Bobby with his phone out snapping away.

"For the guys" he said as he punched a couple of buttons

I started to get cramped up from holding still for so long as I held the baby. I slowly stood up supporting the head just like the nurse had showed me. All this is really going to be something for me to learn; I've never held a baby much let alone care for one like I will have to now. I carefully walked over to the big glass window in the room that over looked the city. I was lost in thoughts when something began to move in my arms, looking down I saw it was the baby shifting. I spoke to her and she immediately stopped and calmed. I smiled and ran the tip of my finger over her little pouty lips and her small hand wrapped around my finger. From that moment something came over me and my heart swelled ten times its normal size. I vowed to my daughter that id protect her, love her, and always be there for her.

"Already Daddy's little girl" I heard and looked to see Steph with tears running down her cheeks

"Yea MY little girl"