A/N: Okay, so, instead of going another week or so, I'm going to take it to when she has the baby. And naturally a few weeks later. Hope you like.

Chapter 23

I walked around the club, helping stock things for when the club opened that night. The first night had been a hit and since then we've moved into a nice house and gotten settled in. Not one person letting me lift a thing per doctors orders.

"Hey babe." Leon said as he walked up to the bar. He leaned over the bar and kissed me.

"Hi." I said smiling.

"Now what are you doing?" He asked.

I rolled my eyes, "I didn't carry the boxes in here. Brian did. I am just taking the stuff out of the boxes and putting them behind the bar. Only napkins and straws, I promise."

"Better be. How's the kid doing?" He asked.

"Rylan is fine. You know, you named him, I would think that you would call him by his name."

He laughed, "Sorry, it's a habit."

"Well, you are going to have to break it once he's born. Or he's going to grow up thinking his name is The Kid." I said laughing as put some napkins under the register.

He smiled, "I promise to call him by his name when he's born."

I smiled, "Good. Besides, he'll be here soon. Very soon." She said rubbing her stomach. She finished putting the napkins away as Tabitha and Brian came up with more boxes.

"Here's the to you asked for." Tabitha said hopping up onto the bar.

"People have to drink there you know." Leon said smirking.

"I shower. And it's not like they're going to be drinking off the counter." She said back to him.

He laughed, "I didn't mean that you didn't shower, you were in the dirty stock room."

"Oh please it's not that dirty there."

"Guys."

"Yeah it is. Do you know how much dirt gets tracked back there?"

"Guys."

"Oh whatever, you are starting to sound like Anna." Tabitha said shaking her head, "So much for being mister tough guy."

"I'm plenty tough, I don't have to prove that to you -"

"Guys!" I yelled as I looked at them.

"What?" They said in unison.

"God, you two fight like a bunch of kids." I said then sighed, "Now, if you two are done acting like children, do you mind taking me to the hospital so I can have mine?" I said calmly.

"What?" Leon asked, looking at me.

"I'm having the baby. Now." I said as Brian came around the counter and helped me walk. "Tabitha, call the others and meet us at the hospital. Oh and have Chris clean that up and tell them we will not be here and that he is in charge until someone comes."

"You know for someone having a baby, you're awfully calm." Tabitha said as she pulled out her cell phone.

"The pains not bad yet." I said simply.

6 hours later

"Oh God." I said panting as I lay in bad a contraction went though me.

"Just breathe through the contraction, it won't be so bad." The nurse said.

I glared at her, "Breathe through it? Really lady? Why don't you just give me the drugs?"

"The doctor doesn't feel it's time."

"Oh please, when the doctor feels it's fine it'll be too late! So, just get the damn drugs and give them to me. Before I get out of this bed and strangle you with my IV line!"

The nurse straightened, "I'll go talk to the doctor." She said then left the room.

I laid back on the bed after glaring at the door.

"Wow. You're mean." Rome said.

I glared at him then smiled sweetly, "You know something, you're right. Why don't you come over and give me a hug?" I said, opening my arms.

"Nah, I'm good right here." He said, leaning against the wall.

"Scared Cuz?" Brian asked laughing.

"Hell yeah I am." He said laughing.

Letty walked over, laughing, "Anna, calm down. You will get the drugs in time. I know it hurts, I've been there, remember?"

"I know. I know." I said as I breathed and pushed the hair out of my face.

10 hours later (sorry I keep jumping)

I sat in the bed at the hospital, next to Leon, holding Rylan. I looked up as the door opened and the others came in.

"Hey." Tabitha said lightly as she walked over and sat on the other side of me.

"Hi." I said smiling.

"God, it's like a replica of Leon." Letty said laughing a bit as she adjusted Maya on her hip.

"No kidding. The only thing this kid got from me was his nose." I said smiling.

Leon smiled, "Well, I'm not complaining."

"Of course you're not. You're biased cause he's yours." Brian said smiling.

"Come here Jess." Leon said, spotting him by the door.

Jesse walked over quietly.

"You want to hold him?" I asked lightly.

Jesse looked at me and smiled, "Can I?"

I nodded as Leon took him gently and passed him to Jesse, causing Rylan to grunt slightly at the exchange.

Jesse smiled, "Hey Rylan. I'm Uncle Jesse. Not to be mixed up with the Uncle Jesse from Full house. I'm way cooler."

The rest of us laughed softly as we watched him.

The nurse came in, "Okay guys, it's time to leave the new parents and baby alone." She said smiling, "You can come back tomorrow, I promise."

The others groaned.

"But we haven't got to hold the baby yet." Tabitha whined a bit.

I laughed as I took Rylan from Jesse, "You can all hold him tomorrow. I promise."

"I better hold be able to hold him." She said, getting off the bed.

We watched as they all left and we were left alone as the nurse handed me a bottle and I started to feed Rylan.

Leon smiled, "Thank you."

I looked up at him, "For what?"

"Him, you, this. I won't be the dad mine was."

I smiled, "I know you won't. You'll be better. I've seen you with Maya. You'll be great, I know it."

He smiled, "You know, I was gonna do something tonight. At the club."

I laughed lightly, "Really? I hope it wasn't something embarrassing. Especially in a club full of people."

He smiled as he reach into his pocket, pulled out a ring box and opened it, "Only if you'd said no."

The smiled dropped, "Leon?"

He smiled, "I'm asking you to marry me. Leon Rossi style." He said looking at me.

I laughed a bit.

"So, what do you say? Feel like be stuck with me for the rest of your life?"

I nodded slowly, "Yeah, I think could handle it." I said softly.

He smiled and leaned over and kissed me then slid the ring on my finger, gently taking Rylan and burping him gently and putting him in the small bed the hospital provided.

I looked at the ring, "Simple yet perfect."

He walked back over and sat on the bed. "I love you, you know that?"

"I do know that. And I love you too. And I love Rylan too."

"Me too. He's perfect." He said smiling. "And I have the perfect outfit to take him in."

"Let me guess, the matching jersey and jeans right?"

"Of course." He said smiling.

I laughed lightly and kissed him again.

A few days later

Leon pulled up to the house and shut off the car. " I'm glad that Jesse dropped off your car."

"Only cause it has for doors. Now I have two car seats in the back here." I said as I unbuckled my seat belt and got out of the car slowly.

Leon got out and went and took Rylan out of the backseat and we slowly walked into the house.

"SURPRISE!" We heard a chorus of voices yell out and laughed as we saw the 'Welcome home' and 'Congratulations' signed hanging up.

"What is this?" I asked.

Tabitha walked over and put her arm over my shoulder, "Well, this party is a Welcome home slash engagement party. There will be no drinking, which leads to loud talking and no loud music. But there will be good food, non-alcoholic drinks, laughter, cake and fun to be had all around. Now, granted you can't move too much, but all is well cause the party will be in here, where it's cool."

I laughed, "Well, thank you. But this was completely unnecessary."

Letty walked over, "No, it's not. It's not everyday my girl has a baby and gets engaged, at least I hope not. And we are celebrating both, whether you like it or not."

"So forceful." Leon said jokingly as he put the carrier on the coffee table and pushed the bar and the cover back while I sat on the couch.

Tabitha smiled, "Oh, I have to get the foo ready."

"I'll come with you." Brian said as he followed her into the kitchen.

"I can't believe their home. It's nice though." She said smiling.

Brian nodded, "Yeah it is. Certainly gonna be different around here."

She nodded, "Yeah but that's a good thing. I mean, they're healthy, they're happy, they're engaged. And can I tell you? I did not see that coming."

He laughed, "I saw it coming a mile away. The way those two are, I saw it when I first met them."

Tabitha smiled, "But she's happy, and that's all I can ask for. And Rylan is beautiful." She said as she seasoned the meat for the grill.

"He is. And everything's good now, you know? We're all happy."

"Except Vince. Mia has been pretty much non-existent lately. He sees her at the club but other than that, rarely." Tabitha said shaking her head.

He nodded, "I know. It awkward. I mean, she hasn't really tried anything anymore. But, Vince is only happy to a point."

She nodded, "Yeah, but we can't force her to talk to him. She has to do it on her own."

"True." He said lightly, neither noticing Mia listening in then sneaking out the back.

Vince stood at the grill as he started it. He looked up as he heard someone approaching.

"Hi V." She said lightly, her arms crossed over her stomach.

"Mia." He said simply, his voice gruff like usual.

Mia sighed, "I'm sorry I haven't been around much."

"Yeah, well, I know it's not work that's been keeping you away. You must really not have any feelings for me at all." He said looking at her.

Mia closed her eyes, "It's not that Vince. It's just when you kissed me, it shocked me."

"So, you just choose to ignore me for the past 9 weeks?" He said angrily.

"No! I was thinking things over. And you know maybe you were right. That maybe I wasn't in love with Brian anymore. Just the idea of what we had. And I have been thinking ever since you kissed me, that maybe I should give you a chance. I mean, you're so different now."

"Well, that's what happens when you get shot in the side with a shot gun, while having a wire wrapped around your arm." He said.

Mia sighed, "I know and I'm sorry Dom and I weren't here when we should have been. We're family and were for a long time and we just left you guys and we're sorry."

"I know, that's in the past. We're past that." He said.

"I know, what I'm trying to say Vince is that, I want to give it a shot. With us. I want to. Like I said, I've been thinking a lot that past 9 weeks and there's something there that wasn't before and I want to explore it. I know it'll take time but I..."

Vince interrupted her by going over and kissing her. An arm wrapped around her waist while the other was on her cheek.

Letty laid Maya down for her nap and covered her up, hearing the talking down stairs.

Dom walked into the room, "She asleep still?"

Letty turned around, "Yeah. Out like a light." She said smiling.

He nodded, "That's good. Look, I wanted to talk to you."

"The last time you wanted to talk to me, you got yelled at. Sure you want that again?"

"I'm willing to take my chances." He said smiling, causing her to laugh a bit.

"What did you want to talk about?"

"Us."

"There's an us?"

"I want there to be." He said.

"Dom..."

"No, listen to me. While I was in Mexico, I saw some amazing views of the water and I loved it." He said.

"Gee, that's nice." She said. "So glad you told..."

"But it meant nothing without you. Sure I had Mia, but I wanted you there. I was dumb not to come back or answer the calls or anything. And I'm sorry. If I could make it up to you I would. But the only way I can think of to do that is to change things."

"Dom, you've changed things."

"I know, I meant, do things right this time. Not like I did before. I did it all wrong before. I loved you, I still do. I was dumb before. With our relationship, the heists. I should have listened to you guys. Then what happened to Vince, Jesse, you and Anna, never would have happened. We could have walked away but me being the dumb ass I am, I didn't want to."

Letty nodded, "You were. But you were my dumb ass. Until you didn't come back. Then I was angry and upset. And I wanted to hurt you. Badly. And when I started showing, I wanted to tell you everything that was going on but I couldn't."

"I know, and that was my fault. Can we try again? Be the family Maya needs?" He asked as he walked up to her and stood in front of her.

Letty looked at him, "It's not gonna be easy. We're gonna have to work at it."

"I know and I want to. Because you and Maya mean everything to me."

Letty sighed, "Okay, we can try. But I'm not promising it's going to work. This is your second chance at this Dom, don't screw it up."

He smiled, "I don't plan to." He said then leaned down to kiss her.

Letty stopped him, "But if you screw up this time, no more chances. You hear me?"

He nodded, "I understand." He said smiling.

Letty nodded, "Good, now you may kiss me."

He laughed and leaned down and kissed her.

That Night

I laid Rylan in his bassinet in mine and Leons room then went and sat on the bed next to Leon.

He put his arm around my shoulder and pulled me to him, "So, how you feeling?"

"I'm okay Superman. A little tired."

He laughed, "Oh, there's no way I'm Superman. After what you did, there's no way I can beat that."

I laughed, "Never thought I would see this day. I mean, we're all happy now."

He smiled, "We are. Letty and Dom are back together, Mia and Vince, and Tabitha and Brian. And then there's us."

"Hmm, the dysfunctional ones."

He shook his head, "No, that would be Dom and Letty."

I laughed, "Good point. I can't believe we're getting married."

"Why not?" He asked.

"I don't know. I just, didn't see it I guess. I mean, I would have been happy with out it. Just us. And Rylan."

"And it will be us, just with rings. And of course Rylan. And how ever many more kids we have."

I looked at him, "Many more? How many you planning on me popping out?"

"Another three, maybe four. I want a big family."

"I don't think so mister. We are not having five kids. No way. You aren't the one that has to have them and carry them." I said laughing.

"Well, we'll see when the time comes." He said smiling.

I shook my head, "Not gonna happen."

well, there it is folks! I hope you enjoyed. I can't think of anything else for this one so, this will be the happy ending, 9 pages worth. Of course, I have a sequel in mind. That is if you want one, if so, let me know!

Here is the link for the ring that Leon gave Anna... let me know what you think!

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