Three years later

Every major event in your life has a catalyst; the first step that sets it all in motion. Obviously there have been many of these throughout my time on this planet, but one in particular will always stand out. It began with a phone call in the middle of the night. I jolted awake and shook Logan. "Get up, get dressed!" I said. He jumped up and immediately got out of bed, and then proceeded to scramble around the room sleepily as he tried to get dressed. We fumbled around but were out of the door in just minutes. We jumped into my car and drove as quickly as we safely could.
"Who was it that called, actually?" Logan asked once we got to our destination. We checked in at the front and took an elevator to the third floor. My heart was thumping hard behind my ribs. "James, of course," I said. The doors opened and we ran down a long, white hallway. It was practically empty, except for at the very end I saw two people. One of them waved at us, and I picked up the pace. Logan was falling behind slightly.
"Hey, come on Logie bear!" I called out. "You should be backflipping down here."
"You know I can't do that anymore."
I caught up to the men at the end of the hallway. It was James and his new boyfriend, Matt, who is equally as buff, but a bit taller and with blond hair. His face was scruffier and manlier than James's, but they both looked completely exhausted.
"What's the status?" I asked.
"I dunno," James said with a shrug. "They're all in there, waiting or something."
"Wow, that is not at all helpful," Logan said as he caught up to up. I looked at him and quietly mumbled, "You need to focus less on weights and more on treadmill."
"Shhh. Can we focus on something else?" Logan asked.
Then I looked at Matt and asked if he knew what the story was. He shrugged as well and added, "It is starting, I know that. So when the doctor calls us out..."
Just at that moment, the door next to James opened up and a middle aged Indian women stepped out. She looked like a nurse. "Which one of you is Mister Knight?" She asked. Logan and I both raised our hands and then giggled. "Umm, right," the nurse said quickly and stepped back inside. I looked at Logan and shrugged, then repeated the same motions to Matt and James. A few seconds later, the same nurse opened the door once more and said, "Both of you is fine. Would you like to come in?"
"Yeah duh," I said, jabbing Logan in the ribs. We both laughed nervously and followed the nurse into the room. I pointed at James and mouthed the words, "you stay here" while I pretended to look angry.
The nurse took us into the small room a pulled back a large canvas curtain. Sitting in the cramped hospital bed was my sister. And my daughter.
"I can't believe you convinced me to do this, bro," Katie said. She looked absolutely tired, and pretty much horrible. But I couldn't find any words to speak. That little newborn baby which was cradled in my sister's arms was the most beautiful sight I had ever seen, ever. Logan and I walked up to the side of the bed very carefully, as if stepping into a dream that we feared would burst if we moved too fast.
"Wanna hold her?" Katie asked. I trembled. This whole scene was so exciting and surreal, it was hard to keep up. "Yeah," Logan finally said. He leaned over Katie and gently put his hands around the infant, and then he pulled her into his arms and held her close. He turned to me and whispered, "Our little girl." There were tears in his eyes.
"What are you gonna name her?" Katie asked. "It's not really my job."
Logan looked up at me, all red in the face, and raised his eyebrows expectantly. I was still speechless, and the best I could do was shake my head in disbelief.
"Hold her, Kenny," Logan comanded delicately. He shuffled closer to me and held the baby against my arms. "Hold her, Kenny," he said again, even softer. I swallowed hard, held my breath, and took my daughter from Logan's hands. I had to prop her neck up with my hand, and the whole thing was very awkward. But once I was situated and comfortable, I turned my head to look at her properly. Her eyes were closed and she was all scrunched up, still basically in a fetal position, but her body was heavy with a human soul. "Welcome to this world," I finally managed to whisper. As soon as she heard my voice, her mouth moved oddly, almost in a smile. "Logan, she has your dimples."
Logan popped his face in front of the baby and his eye widened. "Oh my God," he said quickly. "She does." He looked back at Katie and reiterated what we had just discovered. She laughed and probably made a mocking face, but I kept my eyes on the baby. Her breathing was very comfortable. I held her against my chest and felt the warmth touching me.
"Would you like your other friends to come in?" The nurse, who had been standing in the back the whole time, asked Katie. She said it was okay, so she brought James and Matt inside. James shuffled up to me and tried his best to supress his squeals. "She's so beautiful!" he said. "Matty Matty, come look," he signalled for his boyfriend to come. He grabbed Matt's arm and pointed at our baby. "Isn't she beautiful?"
"Yeah," Matt said, sounding a little bored. "But not as beautiful as you." They started making out and I snapped at them, "You gotta do this here? Come on."
"Sorry, sorry," James apologized. Of course, I was happy that James finally had someone, but this was sort of an important moment for me. James sighed and walked over to Katie. "How are you feeling?" he asked.
"What are you gonna name her?!" Katie asked again, practically ignoring James's concern for her health.
"I have a couple ideas," I said, shooting a wink at Logan. "But we gotta think about it."
"Jesus Christ, come on guys, how hard can it be?"
There was a knock on the door to the room. The nurse went and opened it up, revealing Carlos and his wife. "Hey guys, sorry it took so long," Carlos said. Katie told the nurse it was okay, and they came into the room. "My dad has the kids," he added. They both walked over to me and started cooing and making stupid noises at the baby.
"Wooow!" Carlos exclaimed. "She is amazing! You and Katie make great babies!" He said to Logan, who blushed.
"Does she have a name?" Carlos's wife asked. I shook my head. "Still thinking," I told her.
"Hey, everyone?" Logan asked out of the blue. "Is there any chance I can have a moment alone with Kendall and the baby?" Following his request, the nurse suggested that we close the curtain around Katie, and ask everyone else to leave. That's what we did. So I stood in the half-moon of a room with my husband and my daughter. The bluish hospital lights beamed down onto their faces.
"This is a big step," I told Logan. We held the baby between us. "We have a family now."
"It's wonderful," he said cutely. I leaned in and gave him a kiss on the lips.
"I love you," I whispered.
"I love you, too, Kendall." He sniffed quietly, obviously trying to hold back tears. "What are you going to name her?"
"Like I said last night," I told him. "I think that's best."
"Me, too."
"Opportunities like this come once in a lifetime," I said, smiling with a deep nostalgia. I looked down at my daughter and felt all sorts of warm feelings well up inside me. "Little Katie."

[That's all, folks. I hope you enjoyed it. Sorry I got a little sloppy with the last chapters...I think I should make my stories a bit shorter, as I start to lose interest. Well, I actually started crying as I wrote this last part, so maybe it will have a good effect on you all, too :) ]