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Chapter 20: And Baby Makes Three
Unable to sleep, Chad sat in the easy glider in the nursery fit for a princess-his princess. He couldn't wait until he could carry her into her room for the first time or hold her close and rock her to sleep.
He couldn't believe how much his life had changed in the last year. Heck, this time last year we was healing from the wounds Gabriella's demine possessed cat had given him and adjusting to the fact that his best friend and Taylor's hated each other.
The past 9 months had changed it all, his life, his friends' life and just about everything else. Besides getting engaged and married to his high school sweetheart, living in their own home and becoming a parent to a little girl, he had healed nicely and the cat attack had no lasting effects-obviously, after all, Taylor was about to pop-and now Troy and Gabriella were getting along and helping he and Taylor get ready for the baby.
The pending arrival of his and Taylor's little girl had pulled the high school best friends back together and closer than they had been in years. They had truly become a family and only a few dysfunctional pieces-Jason and Kelsi-that still needed to be worked out.
Pulling himself out of the chair, Chad stood up and looked at the picture collage Taylor's mom, sisters and his mom had made for the nursery. There were pictures of he and Taylor by themselves and together from every year of their lives.
spotting a picture of he, Troy and their first basketball team eating ice cream after a game, Chad smiled. He couldn't wait to teach his daughter all sorts of things, but namely basketball. Though, he knew his athletic genes would have to compete with Taylor's brainiac ones, but who knew what the future held for their daughter. Maybe she'd show up her parents, aunts and uncles by getting not only a full ride basketball scholarship, but also a full ride academic one, especially after graduating valedictorian like her mom.
"A Danforth named valedictorian, that'd be a first," he chuckled to himself.
Leaning over the side of the crib, he straightened the bedding the headed to his and Taylor's room to try and sleep. He needed all the sleep he could get, especially since Taylor's due date was tomorrow and the fact that the baby could arrive at any minute.
He knew what to expect when Taylor grabbed his forearm tightly at 3am and said, "Chad, it's time." After all, they had been through two false alarms. He jumped out of bed and started to get dressed.
The first had come the day after Halloween and he and Troy had gotten themselves sick eating all the candy they had picked up trick-or-treating the night before. It was Sydney who saved the day and came and picked them up since both Chad and Troy were too sick to their stomachs to drive. It wasn't until they'd been at the hospital for an hour and called all their family and friends that it was deemed a false alarm.
"Chad, I think my water just broke."
Chad turned it on to high gear, knowing this wouldn't be a false alarm like two days ago. He had been in class when his cell phone rang and his teacher, who had been altered at the beginning of the term that Taylor was pregnant, continued to talk when he saw that it was Chad's phone. He had met Taylor and Gabriella at the hospital and had been so excited thinking it was finally time, but it wasn't.
"Did you call the doctor? My mom? Your mom? The Bolton's?"
Taylor asked what seemed like a million questions-well when she wasn't having contractions-as they drove to the hospital. It wasn't until they were checking her into maternity ward that they realized that in the excitement of her water breaking and getting here they'd forgotten to grab her suitcase.
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The sound of his cell phone ringing woke Troy from a deep slumber. Unsure of where he'd left his phone the night before, he turned on the lamp on his side of the bed, waking Sydney up in the process.
"What's going on?" She asked, groggily.
"Somebody called my phone," Troy replied as he looked for the missing phone. "But I can't find it."
No sooner had he said that, Sydney's phone rang. He grabbed it off her dresser and saw Chad's name on the screen.
"It's Chad," he told Sydney. "Hello?"
"We're at the hospital," Chad told him. "But we left her suitcase at home."
"She's having the baby, for real?" Troy asked.
"Her water broke and they're setting her up in her room right now," Chad replied. "Can you get her stuff then come here?"
"Yeah, sure," Troy said. "Do you want me to call the others?"
"Yes, please," Chad replied. "And get here asap, Troy, we need stuff that's in that suitcase."
"Okay, we'll be there soon," Troy said. He hung up the phone and turned to tell Sydney what was going on, but found her fully dressed and sliding on a pair of shoes. "Taylor's having the baby."
"I heard," she smiled. "Now get dressed and I'll start making phone calls."
Fifteen minutes later, Troy and Sydney walked through the doors at the hospital's maternity ward with Taylor's suitcase in hand. Having been told Taylor's room and the waiting room near it were on the next floor up, they headed to the elevators and were surprised to find Troy's dad holding a drink carrier.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" Troy asked as they rode the elevator up.
"Chad's mom called and asked if we'd come to the hospital," Jack replied. "Your mom is in there with them and I was sent to get coffee."
Once they stepped off the elevator, they headed to Taylor's room but were stopped by a nurse. "I'm sorry, there can only be four guests in the room with the parents."
"Here," Jack said, handing the tray of coffees to Troy. "Chad wants to see you, so you go in and see him."
"I'll be okay," Sydney assured him when he looked at her.
"Alright, I'll be back," Troy replied. He walked down the hall to the room his dad had indicated was Taylor's and walked into the room while Taylor was experiencing a strong contraction-something that scared the shit out of him, but also moved him in a way he didn't understand-with Chad by her side, his face contorted due to her death grip on his hand.
Once her contraction was over and she was sucking on ice, Taylor was the first to notice Troy and his look of fright. "Come on, Troy, it's not that bad," she let out a nervous laugh.
"We'll take over for a few minutes, Chad," his mom said, putting her hand on her son's shoulder. "Go talk to Troy."
Troy studied his friend's face as Chad walked over. His expression was one mixed with excitement, fear, exhaustion, panic and love.
"How are you doing?" Troy asked after setting the coffees and suitcase down.
"Scared out of my freaking mind," Chad said in hushed tones. "I don't know if I can do this, Troy."
"You can do this, man," Troy said, cutting him off. "Taylor and your little girl are depending on you. This is the moment you guys have been looking forward to for the past 9 months."
Chad didn't look convinced.
Hearing Taylor moan and groan as she went through another contraction reminded Troy of the birthing video they had been forced to watch in 8th grade. He didn't want to see what could happen at any time.
"I'm gonna go back to the waiting room," Troy told his friend.
"Take me with you," Chad hissed. "Maybe you were right, I'm too-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Troy said, cutting him off. "I was a shithead back then, Chad, we both know it." He put his hand on his friend's shoulder. "You are ready for this. It'll be hard, but we're all here for you, Taylor and your daughter."
"You're right, I can do this," Chad said after taking a deep breath. "Thanks man."
"No problem," Troy replied. He sent a wave to his mom and the others then left the room.
When he got to the waiting room, he found Sydney talking with Gabriella and Sharpay and Zeke and Ryan talking with his dad.
"Where's Kelsi?" He asked, noticing she was missing almost immediately.
"She said she'd be here as soon as she could, but that she had to do something else first," Sharpay replied. "We offered to wait for her so we could all drive over together, but she insisted that she'd be here as soon as she could."
"If she was smart, she said goodbye to us and went back to bed," Zeke muttered. "I mean, just because her water broke doesn't mean she'll have the baby anytime soon."
"You can leave if you want," his fiancée replied, her words short and to the point and easily interpretable to everyone in the area as "if you leave, you're in big trouble."
"I'm good," Zeke replied, forcing a smile on his face.
Not wanting to sit down, Troy leaned against the wall and soon found himself pacing the length of the waiting room.
"Geez, Troy, the way you're acting you'd think it was you about to be come a dad," Zeke teased.
"Leave him alone, Zeke," Gabriella said, coming to his defense. "He's about to become an uncle, it's okay for him to be a little nervous." She met Troy's eye and smiled. He was going to be a great uncle to Chad and Taylor's baby and someday, he'd be a great dad. "I think I'm going to go get coffee."
"I'll go with you," Troy said, quickly.
"Alright, anybody else want anything?" Gabriella asked, standing up.
"I'd take a cup of coffee," Ryan replied.
"I think we all could use coffee," Sydney said. "Why don't you guys get us all a cup."
Troy and Gabriella headed towards the cafeteria in silence, but stopped at the gift shop when they saw it was open.
"Can you imagine having to be at work this early?" Gabriella whispered to Troy as they walked past the sleepy looking person behind the counter.
"Think of who you're talking about, Gabriella, I can hardly make it to 8am classes on time," Troy laughed as they stopped in front of a large stuffed animal section. "Why are we stopping?"
"I feel like I should buy something," Gabriella told him. "Taylor told me that when her sisters had their kids, Chad always bought them a little stuffed animal or something and she said it really touched her and that it was one of the things she loved most about him."
"So should I be the one to buy something?" Troy asked. "After all, I'm the uncle here."
"We can both buy something, smarty-pants," Gabriella rolled her eyes. "Do you see any flamingos?"
"Nope, but I see Chad's favorite animal," Troy reached up and grabbed a small stuffed giraffe. "I think I'll get this for them."
"It won't exactly go with the theme of the room," Gabriella pointed out.
"I don't care and neither will Chad," Troy retorted before he walked away.
Gabriella rolled her eyes and grabbed a gift bag on her way to the cash register. "You'll need this too," she informed him.
"Oh right, thanks," Troy replied.
After making his purchase, they continued to the cafeteria and bought seven cups of coffee and a box of muffins.
"Can you imagine what this would have been like if this was us?" She said as they rode the elevator back to the waiting room.
"No, I really can't," Troy shook his head. "I mean, I'm freaking out because Chad's gonna be a dad, I can't even begin to imagine how I'll be when I become a dad."
"You'll make a great dad someday, Troy," Gabriella smiled.
"And you'll be a great mom," he replied.
"Thanks," she paused for a second before continuing, "I told Ryan everything. I didn't feel right keeping it from him."
"Is that why he glares at me whenever he sees me?" Troy asked then laughed when Gabriella looked at him in concern. "I'm just kidding, Gabs. We're both happy with our new relationships and the only thing that will be between us is my niece, who we all know, will love me the most."
"Your niece? Last time I checked she was our niece," Gabriella replied as she followed him off the elevator. "And she's going to like me best."
"Yeah right, the baby-" Troy stopped when he saw his mom sitting next to his dad. "Mom, what are you doing out here?"
"Taylor's sisters just got here," his mom replied. "And I decided to come out here so they could be in there with Taylor."
"Your mom told us that Taylor is almost dilated and that it shouldn't be long before she has the baby," Sydney told him.
"How's Chad?" Troy asked his mom.
"He's good and being very helpful," his mom smiled. "Whatever you said to him gave him the confidence he needed."
It was 7:30 in the morning when Taylor's sisters came into the waiting room, a full four hours after Troy and Sydney had arrived at the hosptial.
"They're prepping her for labor right now," Victoria informed the others. "She's at 9 centimeter right now and they say she could be ready to go anytime now."
It wasn't until an hour later that Chad walked into the waiting room, still dressed in a pair of scrubs with a goofy grin plastered on his face. "We have a baby girl!" He announced.
Troy was the first one to him and the two embraced.
"What do she look like?" Gabriella asked after she gave Chad a hug.
"She's beautiful, she looks just like Taylor and she has a head full of curly hair," Chad replied.
"When can we see or meet her?" Sharpay asked.
"They're clean up right now, but I can take family back there in a few minutes," Chad said. "But the rest will have to wait while they do some tests."
"We can't wait to see her," Jack said as he gave Chad a hug. "Congrats on the new addition to your family."
"Our family," Chad corrected him as he looked the man that had been like a dad to him in the eye. "Taylor and I want you and Lucy to be our daughter's grandparents. Taylor's dad is gone and you're the only dad I've ever known and we think our little girl deserves a grandpa like you." He turned at looked at the woman who had been like a second mother to him. "And she could use another grandma."
"We'd love to be her grandparents," Jack replied, wrapping an arm around his wife's shoulder after she had tearfully hugged Chad.
"Alright, come on," Chad said. He led Troy, his parents and Taylor's sisters towards Taylor's room, only to be stopped by a nurse.
"You can only take family in there," she informed him.
"I know," Chad replied. "This is my family, he is my brother, these are my daughter's grandparents and those are my sister-in-laws."
"He's your brother?" The nurse looked unconvinced as she looked between Chad and Troy.
"Yes, Heather," Dr. Cross said, walking over. "They are brothers." She smiled. "You guys go on in and see your beautiful baby."
Chad led them into the room and he moved past his mom and mother-in-law to stand next to the bed where Taylor was holding their little girl.
"Congrats," Jenni said, kissing her sister's cheek. "What's her name?"
Chad and Taylor shared a look before he said, "We wanted to tell you all at once, but seeing as we can only have a few people in here at a time, we'll tell you guys now, but we want to be the ones to tell the others-"
"Her name?" Troy interrupted. "She'll be 90 before you tell us." His dad smacked him in the head. "Ow!"
Chad chuckled and said, "Her name is Amelia Jade Danforth."
"You guys named her after me and my mom?" His mom said. Chad nodded and she wrapped him in a hug.
"We plan to name each of our children with names from each branch of our family," Chad told them. "We started with the Danforths' but someday we'll have a child named after relatives from the McKessie side, as well as one named after the Bolton side."
Taylor smiled and said, "Jack and Lucy, you haven't been properly introduced to your granddaughter."
Jack smiled as Taylor handed Amelia to him. Though Chad said she looked just like Taylor, she was the perfect combination of her parents and already had a Danforth smile plastered on her little face.
"Hey little one," he said. "I'm your grandpa Jack and this is your-" he paused and looked at his wife. "What do you want her to call you?"
"I don't know," Lucy replied and looked at Chad's mom. "Any ideas?"
"My grandbabies already called me MeeMaw," Taylor's mom said.
"And I'm just going to go with grandma," Jade replied. "You could be nana."
"I like that," Lucy smiled and looked at the bundle of joy in her husband's arms. "I'm your Nana Lucy." She touched Amelia's soft cheek. "Your mammie and pappy Bolton are going to just eat you up when they see you."
"That's who I need to call," Troy said, suddenly. "I didn't want to call them earlier."
"Do you want to hold her before you leave?" Jack asked his son.
"I'll wait until later," Troy replied. He gave his best friend a hug and kissed Taylor's cheek before he left to call his grandparents.
The others said their goodbyes in the minutes following and soon it was just Chad, Taylor and baby Amelia.
"We did it," Taylor said as she brushed her hand over Amelia's little foot.
"We did," Chad agreed from his spot next to her on the bed where he held his daughter in his arms. "She has your nose."
"She has your smile," Taylor smiled. "And your eyes."
"You think she has my smile?" Chad asked, looking at her. "I think she has your smile."
"She has my lips, but the smile is all yours," Taylor said as she leaned her head against his arm. "I'm sleepy."
"Why don't you take a nap while they get her cleaned up and run the tests?" Chad suggested.
"What are you going to do?" Taylor asked.
"I don't know yet," Chad replied.
"You should sleep too," Taylor said. "Maybe you should go home and take a nap. You sleep the best when you're in your own bed."
"But-"
"It makes sense," Taylor said. "The tests will take a few hours, so if you went home and slept, you'd be fresh for when I have to feed her for the first time, change her and get her ready. Plus our friends could use some sleep, too, so send everybody home and we'll plan on introducing her to everyone after lunch."
"Alright," Chad relented. After a nurse came to get Mia, he kissed Taylor goodbye then left the room. He stopped in the waiting room and told their friends the plan then headed home.
He didn't think he would be able to sleep due to the excitement, but the second his head hit his pillow he was out. The alarm on his phone went off too soon for his liking, but the thought of holding his daughter gave him the extra push he needed to get out of bed. He grabbed the stuff Taylor requested then headed back to the hospital.
Walking into Taylor's room, he was surprised to see her dressed in a pair of jeans and a sweater. She was walking around the small room holding Mia in her arms.
"Hey my beautiful girl," Chad greeted. He dropped the stuff on a nearby chair then kissed Taylor and Mia. "I thought she wouldn't be done yet."
"She was done early," Taylor replied. "She's perfect; Dr. Cross said she was the healthiest baby she had ever delivered."
"Ah, she's definitely a McKessie," Chad grinned. "You're all overachievers." Taylor stuck her tongue out at him. "Hey now, you're gonna teach her bad things."
"Did you bring the stuff like I asked?" Taylor asked him.
"Sure did," he opened the little bag and pulled out the frilly pink dress. "Does she really have to wear this though?"
"It was a present from her great-grandparents who will be here any minute," Taylor replied. She laid Mia on the changing table next to the bed. "I want her to wear it when they meet her."
"Knock, knock," Troy said, pushing the door open ten minutes later. "I believe there are-"
"Oh, move along boy," his grandmother said. "I want to see my great-granddaughter."
Troy frowned as his grandma pushed past him to get to Amelia.
"Don't worry, son, you'll always be her favorite," his grandfather chuckled as he patted Troy on the shoulder.
"Mammie and Pappy this is Amelia Jade Danforth," Taylor smiled.
"She looks adorable in that dress, I knew she would," Troy's grandma gushed as Chad handed Amelia to her. "Who's Mammie's favorite girl?" She lightly tickled Mia's tummy and earned a smile. "Mel, get over here and hold your great-granddaughter."
"Troy, where's Sydney?" Taylor asked.
"She's waiting in the waiting room for the others to get here," Troy replied. "Well correction, the others were here when we got here, but nobody has seen or heard from Kelsi."
"What do you mean nobody has seen or heard from Kelsi?" Taylor demanded.
"Well, they woke her up this morning and told her about the baby coming and she said she had to do something but that she'd been here as soon as she could be," Troy told her. "But when they got home, she wasn't there." Troy watched as panic crossed her face. "But she might be out there with them now. I'll go check."
He fled from the room and hurried out to the waiting room, skidding to a stop in front of his friends. "Have we heard anything from Kelsi?" He asked.
"She just called, said she was stuck in traffic," Sharpay replied. "But something is up, I can feel it. I just don't know what."
"Okay, good, but let's just wait out here until she gets here," Troy said.
"Why?" Sydney asked. "Troy, why are you sweating?"
"I accidently told Taylor that we hadn't seen or heard from Kelsi," Troy replied. "And -"
"She's here!" Gabriella exclaimed, seeing Kelsi come off the elevator. "Where have you been?"
"I had to take a test," Kelsi replied. "And why are you guys out here? You're supposed to be with Chad and Taylor."
"They wanted us all there as a group," Sharpay replied. "And now we can finally go in."
Troy led the group to the room, passing his grandparents on their way out, then stood to the side as the others saw baby Amelia for the first time.
"Can I hold her?" Gabriella asked after she gave her best friend a hug.
"You all can," Taylor nodded. She watched as her best friend sat down then handed the little girl to her.
"She's so precious," Sharpay said, looking at the baby. She looked at Zeke when she felt him squeeze her shoulder.
"Oh, Troy, you forgot to give Chad and Taylor the present you got for the baby," Sydney said. She opened her purse and pulled out the gift bag. "Here."
Chad took it from her and grinned when he pulled out the plush giraffe. "It's perfect, thanks man," he gave his friend a hug then added it to the flowers that had been delivered while he'd been gone.
"Shoot! I left my present for her in my car, I'll be right back," Kelsi said. Before anybody could say anything, she disappeared from the room.
"Now I know something is up," Sharpay said. "But -"
She stopped when the door swung open and Jason entered the room.
"Jason!" They all exclaimed then regretted it when Amelia started to cry.
Chad gave his friend a hug while Taylor took Mia into her arms and tried to calm her down.
"What are you doing here, man?" He asked.
"I got a phone call this morning," Jason replied. "And I got on the first plane out of LA."
"Who called you?" Chad asked then smiled when he saw Kelsi enter the room empty handed. "You're awesome." He gave her a hug then clapped his hands. "Okay, now that we're all here, I want to introduce you guys to Amelia Jade Danforth."
"I love that name!" Sharpay smiled. "It's perfect."
"I have a present for her," Jason said. He looked at Kelsi and she handed him the present-which was obviously a CD-wrapped in pink paper.
"Thanks," Chad said, he tore off the paper then stared at the CD in shock. He had been expecting something like songs for kids, but nothing like this.
"Chad, what is it?" Taylor asked him as she handed Mia to Sharpay.
"It's a CD," Chad replied. "Called Songs for Mia." He showed the CD with Jason's picture on it to Taylor. "This is awesome man, thanks."
"Wait, if you two didn't tell anybody Amelia's name until today, how did Jason know what her name was?" Gabriella asked.
"He begged me for it when he was here for the baby shower," Chad replied. "And I gave in since we'd left him out of the loop on so much stuff."
"Did he bother to inform you that the reason he was left out was because he changed his cell phone number and didn't give it to anybody?" Zeke asked then playfully pushed Jason.
"I found that out after I told him," Chad replied.
"I don't know any of these songs," Taylor said interrupting them as she looked at the back of the CD then it hit her like a ton of bricks. "Jason, is this your debut album?"
"Yeah," he nodded.
"Oh my god, Jason!" Taylor threw her arms around him and hugged him. "That is the sweetest thing ever, but you didn't have to do this."
"I wanted to," Jason replied. "I explained it all in my thank yous."
"Read them to us," Taylor said as she opened the CD and pulled out the liner. "Please, Jason?"
"Alright," he replied. He took a deep breath and then read, "This CD is dedicated to a little angel named Mia, the daughter of two of my best friends. I named this CD "Songs for Mia" because a lot of the song on here are about my life in high school and college and the people I shared those years with-the break ups, make ups, tears, happiness. It's all right here, every piece of it.
"I wrote these songs in the mind set of telling a story about myself and my best friends-Troy, Chad, Zeke, Taylor, Sharpay, Gabriella, Ryan and Kelsi. I want to thank them all for their emotional and physical support throughout my life and especially during the process of writing, recording and getting this record out. You guys are the best friends a guy could ever ask for. Thanks to my parents and my siblings for believing in my and one final thank you goes to Mia, who brought us all back together."
There wasn't a dry eye in the room when he closed the CD liner and put it back.
"Oh man, look at us, we're a bunch of saps," Troy said, blinking his eyes to rid them of tears. "We need some football or something manly in here."
"Shut up, Troy, you're ruining the perfect moment," Sydney told him.
"Sorry," Troy replied. "Hey Shar, can I hold her after you?" Nearly every eye looked at him in surprise. "What? I want to hold her."
"You didn't seem too thrilled with it earlier," Chad said. "We thought you didn't want to."
"Dude, I haven't been practicing with baby dolls for the last month for nothing," Troy said then felt his face turn red when he realized what he'd just admitted out loud. He heard Zeke laughing next to him and glared at him. "I just wanted to be prepared."
Sharpay handed Mia back to Taylor and Taylor handed her to Troy. She watched with a smile on her face as he held Mia safely in the crook of his arm and uncle and niece bonded for the first time. She looked at Chad and rested her head on his chest when she found him watching the exchange as well.
"So what do you think?" Sydney asked, leaning against Troy. "She's pretty cute, huh?"
"Yeah," Troy nodded. He looked up and smiled at Chad and Taylor. "Okay, so maybe I was more of a shithead before then I thought."
"What do you mean?" Sydney asked him.
"I told Chad I thought this was all a mistake, but now," he smiled. "I think this whole happily ever after thing is pretty cool."
"Are you saying you want to get married and have a baby with Sydney?" Taylor asked him.
"I don't know if I'm ready to get married just yet, but having a baby would be fun," Troy grinned.
"Troy, do you see this finger?" Sydney held up her ringer finger on her left hand. He nodded. "We won't talk babies, until there is an engagement ring on it."
"And there better not be a ring on there until I get mine," Sharpay injected from the other side of the room, she gave Zeke a pointed look.
"Your what?" Zeke asked, playing dumb.
"My engagement ring…"
"You mean this?" He pulled out a black velvet box from his pocket.
"Oh my -"
Sharpay hadn't even finished talking when he walked across the room and got down on one knee in front of her.
"Sharpay Evans, will you marry me?" He asked.
"Yes!" She cried and pulled his lips to hers for a kiss.
Chad kissed Taylor's forehead as he closed his eyes, wishing it could all stay like this forever. This had gone way past just being about his and Taylor's relationship and the arrival of their daughter. It was a start of a whole new world for everyone in their lives. Zeke and Sharpay had gone from not speaking to engaged. Troy and Gabriella were friends again. Troy was in a serious relationship with Sydney and thinking about marriage and children and Gabriella was head over heels for Ryan, it was written all over her face.
He let his eyes land on Jason and Kelsi and smiled. He didn't know where live would take the two of them, but he was sure they would remain friends through it all. He knew that applied to them all, nothing would come between the eight of them every again, they were family. For some of them the others were just bonus pieces to the family and for others, like he, Troy and Gabriella, they were the only brothers and sisters they'd ever have.
I can't believe it's all over... well the official story itself... I'm not 100 ready to let these characters go. I have a few deleted scenes in the works and eventually I'd like to write a few short stories with these characters as they are in this story... but man... I can't believe it's over.
This last chapter took me a long time to write for two reasons: 1. I had a hell of a time coming up with a way to start it, I didn't like anything I wrote and 2. when I finally found a beginning I really liked, I didn't want to write the chapter because I didin't want it to be over.
I know I could always extend this story and make it long and drawn out... but I knew from the very beginning that I wanted this story to end with Chad and Taylor having the baby, because this story when you come right down to it, is about them and their relationship. I never planned for there to be other couples in the story, but it just worked out that way and that's something that I would never change.
I want to give a special thank you to everyone who has reviewed this story whethere you did it once or tried to review every chapter. Your comments always bring a smile to my face and I hope to one day return the favor.
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