My pregnancy was going well. Irene said it was in perfect condition, and that the baby was healthy. She also offered to give us the gender of the baby, but Owen and I waited to see if the Harvest Goddess really heard our prayer for our baby girl.

Fall was finally here though. The leaves had changed color, there was a new breeze in the air, and the climate got cooler. I missed working on my farm, and I watched Owen working with the animals and the crops as I paced around the farm, longing to be working on the fields… The only thing that Owen let me do was water a few crops, talk to my animals, or collect the chicken eggs… It was only because I was due anytime this season, and since my belly had gotten way bigger, he refused to let me do anything at all. I swear, once the baby and I are good, then I'm going to get back on the farm where I truly belong!

My time had finally come when I was at pacing around the crop field, when I got a sharp pain in my stomach.

"AKARI!" Owen bellowed. He ran to me, and asked, "Is it time?"

I tried to stand up, but another pain came, and I whimpered sitting down on the ground.

"I-I think it is…" I breathed. "Ow!" I held my stomach tightly, hoping to make the pain go away somehow.

"Let's go to the clinic now! Hang in there!" he said.

Slowly, and very painfully we made our way to the clinic. All I wanted was for some kind of magic carpet that would carry me all the way to the clinic so I wouldn't bother Owen with all of this… When we were a few feet away from the clinic, Owen carried me bridal style and barged in the clinic.

"Irene!" he yelled. "It's time now!"

Irene quickly helped put me down and they both helped me upstairs. Once I was laying down the bed, while Irene quickly got ready, Owen started going frantic and exploded with a lot of worry.

"A-Akari! You're going to be okay, there's no need to worry! The baby will be fine, and you'll be fine, and we'll all be fine! It's okay, it's okay, don't cry! The pain will go away fast and the baby'll be out before you know it! Be strong! I'm here for you!"

I smiled and said, "Owen, I'm fine. I'll be okay, and so will the baby."

He didn't look like he was about to calm down, but as I kept trying to tell him not to worry, Irene finally finished.

"Hey you're in the way! Please wait outside!"

Owen looked completely bewildered at the thought of leaving me alone to suffer the pain, but when he glanced at me, and I smiled at him, Owen nodded and left to downstairs.

"Akari, you'll have to work with me so the process can be quicker. Just listen to me, do as I say, and it'll be over before you know it. Do you understand?" she explained.

I nodded and suddenly another contraction hit me hard. "Aaaaaahhhhh!" I yelled. "I-I'm sorry… I don't want to yell…"

"It's okay," she said gently as she examined me. "Mmm… No you're four centimeters dilated… Let's get you ready."

Owen's POV

"Hey you're in the way! Please wait outside!" Irene told me when I was trying to calm down Akari. Or she tried to calm me down actually…

I was about to protest, since I wanted to be with Akari all the way through. But when I looked at my wife lying down on the bed, and she gave me that sweet smile I loved so much, I nodded and left downstairs.

I think I almost tripped from thinking about Akari in all that pain she was having… I prayed to the Goddess in my mind, so that Akari and our baby would be fine… Once I was about to sit down on a chair, I heard Akari's voice yelling.

I never wanted to hear Akari scream like that ever again. It sounded so horrible and spine chilling, that it made me almost run back upstairs and demand to stay with her. I didn't though because I knew I was just going to cause a scene with Irene and delay Akari from giving birth to the baby.

Now I knew how Luke felt! Since he doesn't like to stay still, I now felt that feeling. I kept jumping up from the chair, glancing upstairs hoping to see Irene coming down, looking out the window, walking back and forth around the room, and just pretty much moving every second I was in there.

Every nerve in my body rattled nervously, and I couldn't take this stupid feeling of worry, nervousness, and just about every bad emotion I could possibly think of!

About a hundred more glances upstairs, I was determined to go up the stairs and see what was going on with Akari! It felt like a thousand hours that I was waiting, when suddenly, Irene was coming downstairs with a gentle smile on her face. I quickly made my way towards her and, when I couldn't find the words to ask her something, Irene spoke.

"Akari is resting," she said. "Both her and the baby are in perfect condition."

Speechlessly, I stared at her, relieved that all was fine. "You can go up and see them," she added with a smile.

I bowed and thanked her and made my way slowly upstairs… Once I reached the room, I looked and saw Akari sitting up on the bed, with that radiant smile of hers as she was carrying a bundle of blankets in her arms that I knew was our baby.

She looked up at me, and said softly, "Hello Owen."

I gaped for a moment before I felt my face smile. I made my way and looked at the bundle, and saw our little baby girl cradled by her mother's arms…

"She's beautiful," I whispered lightly stroking her cheek as she slept soundly.

"I know," Akari said. Our baby girl had red hair, and when she opened her eyes, they were a mixture of my eyes and Akari's eyes; they were pretty dark green eyes…

Akari's POV

Owen's face looked really amazed as he saw our little baby girl… I lifted her gently, and Owen took her in his arms now.

"Did you have a name?" I asked him.

He shook his head, still smiling at our little bundle of joy. "Nah, I was too busy worrying about you. Do you have one?" he asked me.

I thought about it for a moment, and looked around the room… There were a lot of pretty girl names I liked, but which one would fit our little girl? There was Mistique, Serenity, and Ariel that were the ones I loved, but I didn't think it'd fit her…

A light bulb suddenly lighted when I remembered the name I loved for awhile now…

I looked at Owen, and asked, "I really like the name Syrena."

Owen looked thoughtful for a moment, looked down at our baby girl and replied, "That's a perfect name."

He leaned down, and started kissing me gently. "I'm glad we had this baby Akari," he added. "I hope I'll be a good parent and that Syrena will be as pretty as her mom is."

I smiled at Owen, and told him, "I love you Owen. I hope I'll be a good parent too."

Owen kissed me one last time before he said, "Get some rest now. You've worked hard and you deserve a break. Goodnight Akari."

Slowly, I drifted off into sleep thinking of the family Owen and I started with Syrena and hopefully, there will be more little babies that will make our family grow bigger and make Owen and I good parents for all them.