Luke looked down at his wife and baby, feeling a swelling in his chest and realising that he would never ever love anyone as much as he loved his wife. As he leant down to kiss his daughters head he felt tears in his eyes, she was tiny, fragile, and perfect.
Jade had tears in her eyes too as Grace took a picture of the three of them, though neither noticed as they were kissing. Jade looked up into her husbands eyes and spoke quietly 'thank you'. Luke looked a little confused 'what did I do?'. 'Made me whole again'. Luke had a lump in his throat looking over the two most important women in his life.
Ana, Christian, Elliot, Carrick, Mia, Jenny, Taylor, Rory, Lexa and Gail were sitting or pacing outside the delivery room in silence until it was broken by the sound of the door opening. Luke had clearly been crying a little but had the biggest smile imaginable on his face, looking a little dazed. Everyone was listening with baited breath.
'Jade's fine, the baby's fine- it's a girl'. The group erupted into uncharacteristically loud cheers and bouts of hugging each-other and Luke. Rory pulled his brother into a tight embrace, beaming 'You're a Daddy Luke, god, Dad would be so proud of you' Luke coughed the lump from his throat away 'thanks mate, she's gorgeous'.
Taylor asked 'have you thought of a name?' Luke nodded but glanced at Christian 'Jade's been asking for you, she wants to see you in the room'. Christian raised his eyebrows in surprise but stood and quickly moved into the room, closing the door behind him, cutting off the excitable voices in the corridor.
Jade was sat up in her bed, she looked both exhausted and full of energy at the same time. The normally harsh lights were dimmed slightly and he noticed that they were alone in the room, other than the little bundle in her arms which was making soft noises.
Jade glanced up, displaying no emotions as he entered the room. 'You gave me quite a fright on Charlie Tango Jade, I thought...' he trailed off slightly and she nodded 'It wasn't the best timing I know'.
Christian didn't know what to do with himself and moved closer to the bed, getting a glimpse at the tiny sleeping baby in her arms. She was gorgeous, a tuft of dark blonde hair on her head 'she's got Luke's hair then'. Jade laughed softly and motioned for Christian to take the baby from her which he did gently, looking into the face of his grandchild.
'Hey there little one, I'm your Grandaddy' Christian was visibly moved by the sight of the sleepy girl in his arms, cuddling into him slightly, it was what Jade had wanted to see. 'Dad, her names Faith' he looked up 'I like it, that's what Mia wanted to call you, got it from a tv show I think' Jade laughed and Christian spoke again 'why faith?'.
Christian had a vague idea why and was proven right 'because after I told Luke I wouldn't date him the first time he asked me why. I told him that I had too many problems and I was too messed up to probably even date ever again. I had just come out of a coma and I was in physical rehab three days a week, I was such a mess. You know what Luke said to me?'. Christian shook his head truthfully 'he said he'd wait, and he had faith in me that I would get better, and that gave me faith in myself'.
Christian couldn't help but think that his daughter couldn't possibly have found anyone better to be with if she'd tried. 'That's beautiful, a perfect choice of name'. Jade settled back a little in the bed to get more comfortable 'Dad, you only get one chance with her, one chance and that's it'. Christian understood and nodded, looking down at the tiny bundle in his arms 'trust me, I won't waste this chance'.
A.N- Just occured to me that we're about halfway to the *really* big stuff- (which for some reason I've already written and have stored somewhere safe) at Chapter 50, but there's a whole lot more up and down to go before that. Enjoy x