A little over a month later, they were all standing in her living room once more except this time, they were joined by Jacob and the Justice of the Peace. After careful thought and consideration, she and Jack had agreed to get married before the baby was born.

...

"You don't think we would be rushing things a bit, Jack?"

"Um, no. As far as I'm concerned, we can't get married fast enough."

"Really?"

"Not only that, but I want to make an honest woman out of you. I know how much it would mean to you to not have a child born out of wed-lock."

"Is that the only reason you proposed?"

"Hell no. I have loved you for a long time, Sam. The baby is an added bonus but not my deciding factor in all of this."

"Okay."

"Okay?"

"Okay."

...

Now they were standing hand-in-hand as the Justice of the Peace pronounced them husband and wife for the very first time. Everyone had been so happy for them. Once again, applause echoed throughout the living room as they kissed for their first time as a married couple. She couldn't believe how wonderful this had turned out. Eight months ago, she was alone and crying in this very living room. Now, she couldn't help but feel the overwhelming love that was filling it. However, it was when Jacob was coming up to give his congratulations that the unexpected happened.

She was just starting to pull away from that first kiss when she felt the slight tug in her abdomen. As she put her hand down to support herself, she felt the water rushing between her legs. She got wide-eyes as she screamed out in surprise. She had been feeling the contractions for awhile but had been so immersed in the ceremony, that she had ignored it. Immediately, Janet was at her side helping Jack move her onto the couch.

"It's too early, Jack. It's too early."

Janet didn't waste any time ushering people out of the way to start an examine. Labor was progressing a lot faster than Janet would have liked to have seen, especially at only 34 weeks gestation. She would have like to have seen Sam go to at least 36 weeks, but it seems like the baby had other plans.

"Cassy, I need you to go call 9-1-1, honey. Tell them we need an ambulance here right away. Sam, I need to stay calm. Everything is going to be alright."

Jack couldn't hide the worry written all over his face.

"Doc, is she going to be alright? Is the baby going to be alright?"

"Jack, I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that happens, but it looks as if we might be delivering this baby right here."

Sam quickly grabbed onto Janet's arm.

"Janet, it's too early. It's too early. We have to stop labor."

"Well, Sam, I would love to agree with you, but it looks like your baby has other plans. You are already the full ten centimeters dilated. You need to start to push."

Daniel had crept out of the room in all the commotion and now returned with plenty of towels, a suction bulb could be used to suction and a warm washcloth for Sam's forehead. Cassy returned saying that the ambulance would be there in ten minutes.

Being as it was her first pregnancy, it was surprising just how fast the labor actually went. It took some people days to deliver their first child, but by Sam's calculations, she had only been in labor for about an hour total. It took only fifteen minutes from when her water broke for her to hear her baby's cry for the very first time. Pregnancy was like that sometimes. She didn't know if it was the pure exhaustion, but she couldn't keep from laughing as the EMT's started to strap her to the stretcher.

"Gee, Jack, good thing we didn't plan the ceremony for an hour later. Then, we wouldn't have made our deadline of getting married before the child was born."

She couldn't stop from laughing and now Jack was laughing along with her. Hand-in-hand, they made their way to the ambulance followed out by those who cared the most about them.