Gillette turned over in sleep, placing his hand where he thought his wife would be. "Rose?" He whispered.

"I'm over here, sweetheart." He heard her whisper. He looked around the room till he spotted her crouching form by the little cradle in the moonlight.

Rose suddenly felt her husband's arms around her. "Isn't he just beautiful, Gillette?" She said, stroking her little baby's back with gentlest touch.

"He is beautiful...like you" He said, kissing her neck. "Don't you think you should get some sleep?"

"No...I want to stay up a while yet."..."It's his first night in the world...I want to make sure he's ok."

"Rose...he's fine." Gillette smiles. "Come on back to bed...Please?"

"No I'm fine right here." She says, sitting down in the rocking chair next to the cradle. "I just can't believe he's ours." She whispers.

"Me either." Says Gillette..."Would you like me to stay up with you?" He asked, rubbing her back in small, circular motions.

"No,...you go on back to sleep." She smiles at him.

"Goodnight, sweetheart." He leans down and kisses his wife. Then he gets down on the floor by the cradle. "Goodnight, little guy." He says, brushing his hand over the back of his baby son's little head. Gillette gets back into bed and goes to sleep.

Rose finds herself whispering to herself. "Will I be a good mother to you?...Do I know enough?...Can I take care of you when you're sick?...Mama loves you, Eben. Very much...She hopes you know that. She wants what's best for you, sweetheart..."

"Rose?...Is everything ok?..." She hears someone whisper. Rose looks up and sees her mother's form standing in front of her. Laura kneels down and places her hands in her daughter's lap. "What's wrong, sweetie?" She asked. Rose looked at her mother with tears in her eyes, and finally her emotions overwhelm her and she falls into her mother's arms, almost sobbing. Like a young child needing comforting after a nightmare.

"I'm scared...scared I won't know how to care for him correctly,...or know what's right or wrong for him...scared he won't love me...scared I'll be be a horrible mother!...I'm terrified, Mama!" She cries.

"Rose...It's ok...Shh..It's all right." Laura says, stroking her daughter's back. "You're just going through what I think all new mothers go through...And don't worry, you'll be a wonderful mother!"

"How do you know that?" Rose asks, tears running down her cheeks and falling down onto her white nightgown.

"Because you're already a wonderful daughter." Laura says, and hugs her daughter. "I love you, baby girl."

"I love you too, Mama." She says, burying her face in her mother's shoulder.

"Now, why don't you get back into bed with your husband." Laura says, brushing the hair away from her daughter's face.

"But Eben..." Rose started to say.

"Don't worry, your baby will be fine till morning...when he wakes up wanting something to eat." She laughs.

Rose smiles. "Goodnight Mama." She gives her little baby a kiss on the cheek, and her hand brushes over his back. "Goodnight, my sweet baby boy." She whispers. She gets back into her bed, as does her mother, and falls asleep.