"Natalia kick you out of the house again?" Horatio asked as he opened the door to let Frank in.

"Yeah, damn pregnancy hormones." Frank muttered.

Natalia was 8 months pregnant. She had a lot of mood swings and usually took it out on Frank. However, Frank was used to it, since he already had 3 children.

Two weeks after the incident with Bea and the plane, Horatio and Eric had become parents to a wonderful little Chinese girl named Daiyu. She was now 19 months old and real bundle of energy. She kept Eric and Horatio going from the moment she woke up until she went to sleep. They two men wouldn't want it any other way. Daiyu had quickly become friends with the rest of the little kids; the triplets and Riley.

"She wanted lemons for lunch and we didn't have any. And when I didn't feel like buying any, because I know she won't want them by the time I come home again, she kicked me out of the house and told me to cool off." Frank said, "I don't need to cool off. She needs it."

"Frank, be nice to her. She is pregnant after all." Horatio smiled.

"Yeah yeah, my daughters remind me every chance they get that I have to call them if Natalia goes in to labor."

"It's good that they're excited." Horatio smiled.

"So where is your little girl?" Frank asked.

"Keeping Eric busy on the beach." Horatio said as he led the way to the back porch.

Frank laughed out loud as he saw Eric chasing Daiyu on the beach, trying to get her to put her swimsuit on. Daiyu giggled and it was amazing that she managed to avoid Eric. She was after all a child and he a grown man.

"Please honey, you need it to swim." Eric panted.

"Daddy ti'ed?" Daiyu asked.

"Yes, daddy is tired."

"Come on Eric! You're young, you can't let a little girl out run you." Frank teased.

Daiyu smiled when she saw her uncle Frank and ran towards him. Frank bent down and hugged her as she ran in to his arms.

"Fank!" Daiyu exclaimed, "Daddy want me have swimsuit."

"Yes of course, you don't want to go swimming without now do you?" Frank asked.

Daiyu shook her head. When Eric walked up to them he managed to get Daiyu to wear her swimsuit. It was red with flowers on it.

"Swim now daddy?" She asked Eric.

"Only if uncle Frank will come too." Eric smirked.

Frank went pale. He hated swimming. Daiyu looked at Frank with puppy-eyes, the same look Horatio would do sometimes. Frank tried to ignore it, but it just wasn't possible.

"Alright, I will swim too." Frank sighed.

He let Daiyu down so she could go to the ocean with Eric. Horatio chuckled at Frank's heavy sigh.

"Frank, you'll have a little kid to swim with soon anyway, you better get used to it." Horatio grinned.

"She did the puppy-eyes-thing. She learnt that from you." Frank muttered, "Do you have any extra swim trunks?"

Horatio nodded and went to find some for himself and Frank. Fifteen minutes later. Daiyu was trying to learn how to swim as Horatio held her. Eric splashed water at Frank, who grabbed Eric's legs and made him fall. It didn't take long before Horatio and Daiyu joined the water war.

-I-

Frank decided to stay for lunch and enjoyed watching Eric and Horatio keep Daiyu from throwing her food down on the floor. The two men were doing a great job and didn't give in to her tears. Frank also enjoyed watching his friend in an every-day situation. They were truly happy. Frank had no doubt that Daiyu would grow up to become a stubborn yet gentle woman and Horatio and Eric would try their best to keep the boys off her. Of course there was a slight worry in everyone that Daiyu would become a victim of bullying in school because she had two fathers. But Daiyu already had friends from kinder garden and she wasn't the kind of girl that was afraid to speak up if someone was mean to her or others.

"No daddy! No carrots!" Daiyu cried.

"You have to eat everything on your plate." Horatio said.

Daiyu looked at Frank and he just smiled. He remembered how it had been many years ago when he had done the same to his daughters. It was hard to watch them cry, but the children had to understand that their parents were the ones in charge.

"No!" Daiyu screamed and throw the carrots on the floor.

Horatio and Eric's dogs, Waldo and Rascal were quick to come and eat it all up. Eric gave Daiyu new carrots and she quickly realized that it was easier to just eat them then sit all day by the table and fight.

"I can't imagine what she'll be like in her teens." Frank grinned.

"She'll come home and scream at us, tell us we're stupid and so on. Just like we did as teenagers." Eric said.

"Speak for yourself, I was a very sweet kid." Horatio smiled.

"A little angel?" Eric asked.

"As a matter of fact yes."

"Nice try H, I'm sure you did a lot of things you weren't supposed to." Eric chuckled.

"I drove a car when I was under the legal age." Horatio shrugged, "It was my uncle's car and when my mom found out I was grounded for two months."

"Aw, that had to be hard." Frank teased.

"Yeah it was. I would sit by my window and look at her with my innocent eyes and just beg her to let me go outside." Horatio smiled.

Frank was about to say something when his phone rang.

"It's Natalia, she's probably wondering if I checked in at a hotel." Frank chuckled, "Yeah, it's Frank. Now? But, but… okay, okay, I'm on my way."

"She's going in to labor huh?" Horatio asked.

"Yeah, holy shit! Um, I have to go." Frank said and patted the men on the back and kissed Daiyu on the cheek as he left.

"Why Fank go?" Daiyu asked.

"You're about to get a new cousin. Aunt Natalia is having a baby." Eric smiled.

Eric and Horatio would finish lunch with Daiyu and then go to the hospital.

-I-

"Frank, you should have warned me that labor would be this painful!" Natalia panted as she was being wheeled to a private room at the hospital.

"I thought you and Calleigh talked about it. And Valera too." Frank said, "I've never actually been in labor, I can only sit next to you."

"Oh well that's great." Natalia said, "I'm the one doing all the hard work here."

"I'm sorry honey." Frank smiled.

The door to their room opened and their doctor Ellen entered. Ellen checked if Natalia was ready to start pushing and unfortunately she wasn't.

"You'll have to wait a while longer." She said.

Outside in the waiting area, the family was starting to gather.

"When is baby here?" Caleb asked.

"Don't know sweetie." Jason smiled.

Callum and Caleb looked at each other and sighed. Playing was much more fun and it didn't take long before all the kids were involved in a game of boys chasing girls. When they caught each other, nothing in particular happened the chase just continued.

"The boys seem to avoid chasing Jan." Horatio commented.

"Yeah, she has a temper and they know it." Valera chuckled, "I guess she got her short fuse from me."

"Oh yeah, she haven't got it from me that's for sure." Jason smiled.

After a while they kids got tired of playing and decided to sit in their parents lap. Riley had figured out the joy of poking her father's nose and it was exactly what she started doing.

"Why 'iley do dat?" Jan asked.

"I don't know, maybe she is having a boring time." Jason said.

All the parents glared playfully at Jason as all the kids started doing the same as Riley.

"You're a real role-model Riley." Ryan chuckled.

-I-

"I hate this room, I hate this bed, I hate my stupid hospital gown, I hate that door, I hate…"

"You hate everything right now." Frank smiled at Natalia.

"Yes, oh god, it can't be normal." Natalia sighed and winced in pain as she got another contraction.

"Yes it is." Frank said, "My ex-wife said the same thing every time she gave birth."

"Did she hit you too?"

"Yes. Why, ouch!"

Natalia giggled, she needed something t crush or hit. Fank chuckled and rubbed his head. Ellen entered the room and took another look to see how Natalia was doing. Natalia had been in labor for three hours.

"Okay, looks like you can start pushing now." Ellen smiled and positioned herself to take the baby when it came out.

"Oh Jesus." Natalia groaned, "Let me die."

"When you get your next contraction I want you to push." Ellen said.

Natalia nodded and grabbed Frank's hand. She screamed as she got a contraction and pushed as hard as she could. Frank winced in pain as Natalia squeezed his hand harder and harder.

"Oh God!" Natalia panted, "I can't believe some people go through this 6 times or even more."

"It's worth it in the end." Frank smiled.

"Easy for you to say."

"Okay, push Natalia!"

Natalia pushed and started crying. She had never experienced such pain before.

"Please tell me it's over soon." She panted.

"I can see the head." Ellen said cheerfully.

"Frank give me your other hand." Natalia said.

Frank gave his other hand to Natalia and winced as she squeezed them hard when she got her last contraction.

"And we're done. Great work Natalia!" Ellen grinned.

"Oh my god, it's over." Natalia panted, "I'm sorry if I hurt you."

"It's okay, anything for you." Frank smiled.

Ellen walked up to the couple and put their little baby on Natalia's chest.

"It's a little boy." Ellen smiled, "Does he have a name?"

"Elliot Tripp." Natalia grinned.

-I-

Elliot Tripp was 20.7 inches and weigh 7.6 pounds. When Horatio got the chance to hold him, he bent down to the children's level so that they could see him.

"Small." Riley said.

"Yes he is small. You were once this small too." Horatio smiled.

Horatio stood back up and gave the baby boy to his big sister Madeline. Nelly and Jenny, Frank's other daughters, were wiping a few tears away. Elliot would without a doubt be very spoiled by his sisters.

"So we have picked two grandparents, we're wondering if Calleigh and Ryan were interested." Natalia grinned.

"Oh yes, definitely." They both said.

When it was Eric's turn to hold Elliot he started crying.

"I thought you would be able to hold him of all people, I mean you hold Daiyu all the time." Frank teased.

Eric just laughed and gave Elliot to his mother. Elliot seemed hungry so everyone decided to leave and give the new parents and their son some private time.

"You were right. This was so worth all the pain." Natalia grinned and caressed her son's cheek.

-I-

Daiyu was in her pajamas and brushing her teeth. She completely adored Elliot and was asking Horatio and Eric all sorts of questions.

"Where Elliot come from?" She asked.

"Um, well, Aunt Natalia's belly." Eric said.

"'Ow he get in?"

Eric thought hard how to explain this to a nearly two-year-old girl. Horatio stood in the doorway and chuckled.

"It's a very long story." Eric finally said.

"My bedtime story?"

"No, I will tell you another day." Eric smiled.

"No, bedtime." Daiyu whined.

Eric looked at Horatio for help. Horatio just shrugged.

"Well sweetheart, um… Uncle Frank and Natalia put him there." Eric sighed.

"Where buy him?" Daiyu asked.

Horatio and Eric chuckled.

"Um, a secret place." Horatio grinned, "Now is our little princess ready for bed?"

Daiyu nodded and followed her fathers upstairs, she jumped down in bed and crawled under the covers.

"'Ow baby out?" She asked.

"Aunt Natalia pushed him out. It's a long story and you have to be older to hear it." Horatio said.

"Push not nice."

"Not it's not. But baby Elliot is okay." Horatio smiled, "Now, let's read about Robin Hood."

Daiyu nodded and fell asleep before Horatio had even read half a page. Eric smiled from the doorway. The two men kissed their daughter goodnight and went downstairs to their own bed.

"Just think about when she gets older, she'll ask more questions and they will probably be embarrassing to answer as well." Eric chuckled.

"Well if you don't ask you'll never know the answer either." Horatio grinned and kissed his husband goodnight.

The End!

AN: Please review!

There will probably be a sequel to this, but it will be in the form of one-shots as chapters. The same style as my H/C story Events In Life.