Hello, everyone! Welcome to Chapter 14 of The Summer I Fell in Love. At 3:30 this morning, I just completed a wonderful, 2,000 word chapter, and then, redirected me to another page, causing me to lose everything that I had worked on. So here is take two of chapter 14... I apologize for the delay, but here it is! As always, please RATE, REVIEW, and FOLLOW this story. It would make me feel a lot better after what happened! Enjoy! :)

Nick's POV:

As I was working on my final touches of my novel, I look up from my typewriter, and see the sun shining through the windows on this March day. Snow was dripping down the window pane, and patches of grass were beginning to peep through the snow. Spring was truly making an appearance today in Long Island. When the bitter winter turns into spring, everything is alive again, life is born. That was certainly the theme in the Carraway household these days. With Jordan due to have our baby at any day now, that is all we seemed to talk about.

I decided to take a break from my writing, and go check in on Jordan. She has been irritable these past few days, because of her lack of sleep, and the discomfort that the baby was causing her. She also wasn't too big of a fan of how I had been treating her. I was constantly checking in on her, making sure that she was okay, and more often than not, I have been staring at her, just to keep an eye on her.

I went into the living room, and there was Jordan, curled up on the sofa, reading the latest issue of Sporting Life. Even when she's uncomfortable and irritable, she is still the most beautiful woman in the world. I smiled at her, and she smiled back at me. I took a seat in my leather chair across from her, and started revising some of my latest chapters from my novel. However, I didn't seem to get much done, simply because I kept staring at Jordan, to make sure that she was okay.

She lifted her gaze from her magazine; and rolled her eyes at me.

"Nicky, honey I'm fine! I'm having a baby, I don't have a disease or anything!"

I laughed; "Honey, I know, I just want to make sure that you're alright, and I want to be there if anything happens."

She smiled at me a rose from the sofa. She placed her hand on top of her large abdomen, and leaned down to make eye contact with me. The pearls I got her for Valentine's Day are dangling from her neck. She placed a fleeting kiss on my lips.

"Darling, I appreciate you being so concerned, but trust me, I'll let you know when anything happens."

I smiled at her, and placed another kiss on her lips.

"I'm going to go upstairs and rest for a bit, okay?"

"Okay, love."

She made her way upstairs, and I tried my best to focus on my editing.

Jordan's POV:

I really did appreciate everything that Nick was doing for me lately. He was truly trying to take care of me, which made me feel truly loved by this wonderful man. I crawled into our bed, on top of the covers, and immediately fell asleep.

About forty minutes later, I was awoken from a deep sleep by Nick, who snuggled up close to me, and wrapped his arms around me. I buried my head into the crook of his neck, and we both settled down for the afternoon and had a nice nap.

After about an hour, I was immediately awoken by sharp pains in my back and abdomen. I look over at the clock, which read about 5:45 in the afternoon. I got up from bed, trying my best not to wake Nick. The pain only lasted a minute or so, but it was extremely painful. I walked around the house for a little bit, to try and get my mind off of things. Another twenty minutes followed, and the pain was back, and even stronger than before.

I quickly sat down in the living room, clenching the arm of Nick's chair so tightly, I thought my nails would puncture holes through it. I was in pain for about two minutes, and now I was getting scared. This was it, I thought, baby Carraway is ready to make their appearance.

I went upstairs to get Nick, who was still sleeping. He looked pretty cute napping away, but now was certainly not the time. I shook his side in order to wake him.

"Nick... Nick, honey, wake up."

He mumbled to himself and turned back over to sleep. Sometimes, he could be so childish.

"Nick Carraway, you need to wake up, NOW."

He looked over at me, sort of surprised that I had shouted at him; "Jordan, what on earth is the problem?"

I looked down at him; "Our baby would like to make an appearance today, and I'm in excruciating pain, and I need to go to the hospital."

He looked at me with wide eyes, and within the blink of an eye, he shot out of bed, grabbed my hospital bags, and escorted me to the car.

Nick's POV:

This was the scariest drive of my life. I was certain that I was going to get pulled over by the police because of how fast I was going. Jordan, who was still in pain, was clenching my hand so tightly, I thought it was going to fall off.

We arrived at the hospital in record time, and the front desk admitted Jordan immediately. Now was the worst part, saying our goodbyes. She was scared, I could tell, and she just didn't want to admit it. I pulled her into a tight embrace, and whispered comforting words in her ear.

She looked up at me with watery eyes, and placed a fleeting kiss on my lips, and practically clung to me.

I whispered to her; "Jordan, I love you. Everything is going to be just fine."

She kissed my temple and whispered I love you. The next time I would see her, we would be parents. That was a scary thought, but I knew in my heart, that everything would be just fine.

The nurses took Jordan, and that left me alone in the waiting room. I was already going insane in there. I couldn't sit down and relax. Only Jordan and our baby occupied my mind. I felt useless. I couldn't do anything to help, I just had to wait.

SIX HOURS LATER

I was beyond exhausted, but couldn't bring myself to go to sleep. For the past six hours, I must have walked miles in that waiting room. I so badly just wanted to see my wife, and make sure that she was okay. Men had come and gone from this room to be with their wives and their new babies, but I was the only one left. At this point I was petrified, and just wanted everything to be over.

While doing another lap around the room, the doctor came through the door. I immediately made my way over to him, to see if he had any word on Jordan and the baby.

"Doctor, please, you have to tell me what is going on. I can't stand this any longer!"

He smiled and said; "Well that's good Mr. Carraway, because your wife and new baby are doing wonderfully. You can go and see them now if you'd like."

I must have been grinning from ear to ear. It almost felt as if I were floating. I walked through the halls of the hospital, in search of my wife and our new baby.

I look in one of the rooms, and there she is. My beautiful wife, simply glowing, and gazing down at our bundle of joy.

"Jordan, honey..." I called to her.

She removed her gaze from the baby for a moment, "Oh Nicky, hello darling. There's someone I'd like you to meet."

I walked over and in my wife's arms was the most beautiful baby I had ever seen. Their peachy complexion, wisps of light brown hair, bright blue eyes, and perfect little lips. That was our baby. It was too good to be true.

Jordan looked up at me, "Nick, this is our little girl, Catherine Jane Carraway."

Tears immediately swelled in my eyes. I had a daughter. A perfect baby girl, and a beautiful wife. I was truly the man who had it all.

I brushed my fingertips along Catherine's cheeks and said; "Hello Catherine, I'm your daddy, and I love you so much already."

I removed my gaze from Catherine for a moment and looked over at my wife. "Thank you Jordan, for being the most wonderful wife, and giving me this beautiful baby girl."

I placed a kiss on her lips and she smiled at me; "Oh Nick, I'm so incredibly happy. I love you so much."

We both looked down at our baby girl, and Jordan then said to me; "Nick, would you like to hold her?"

"There is nothing I want more right now."

She carefully handed me Catherine, and the moment I held her, I was immediately smitten. I rocked her for a few moments, and she let out the cutest little yawn, which made her mother and I smile. Then, within minutes, she was fast asleep, and moments later, so was Jordan.

I looked down at my daughter, and my lovely wife, I was truly the luckiest man alive. I had the most perfect baby, and the most perfect wife. I never thought that when I would meet Jordan, my life would change so wonderfully. On November 4, 1922 I married the love of my life. Now, on March 8, 1923, we were a family of three. Those were two dates, that I will surely never forget.