A/N: Second last chapter! :( But thanks to everyone who reviewed on the last chapter, that's the most I've gotten on a chapter! :) I'm so glad so many of you like the baby's name :)

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Disclaimer: Don't own A&A.

Ally POV

The door to the hospital room opened, and Trish and Dez poked their heads in. "Hey," Trish said quietly. "How are you feeling?"

I smiled tiredly and gave a weak wave. "A hell of a lot better than before. I'm just tired." I sat up in the bed as they walked into the room.

Trish gasped. "Oh, Ally!" I smiled and glanced at Austin, who was sitting on the chair beside my bed, holding Maci in his arms while she slept soundly.

Austin smiled down at Maci like a proud daddy.

"Hey, man," Dez said, walking over. He grinned as he looked down at Maci. "She's a cutie, all right. Congrats, guys."

"I'm already set to fend off boys from her," Austin said. "I mean it."

"Oh for god's sakes, Austin, she's an hour old," I said.

"So?"

I just shook my head.

"What's her name?" Trish asked as she knelt down by the baby.

"Maci Harmony," I told them.

"Awe, I love it," my best friend smiled.

"Which one of you wants to hold her first?" Austin asked.

"Duh, me," Trish said quietly so she wouldn't wake Maci up. Austin gently handed Maci over to her, and Trish immediately started cooing. "You guys, she's the cutest little girl I've ever seen! Just look at her! Oh my god, I'm going to spoil her so bad."

I started giggling as Trish walked around with her a bit, talking to her quietly, before grudgingly giving Maci to Dez.

"Heck yeah, I'm now Uncle Dez," he said. "It has a nice ring to it."

"Aunt Trish sounds better," Trish told him.

"Nu uh, Uncle Dez."

"Aunt Trish," she said firmly.

"Hey!" I whispered. "Knock it off, you'll wake her up."

"Yeah, Trish, have some manners," Dez said.

"Trish, don't," Austin warned as she went to say something.

"Fine," she muttered. "Dez, give her back to me!" She whined.

"Hey, I get a turn too," he said quietly. "You can hold her later."

Trish pouted, but quickly brightened. "Oh my gosh, I just thought of the perfect birthday idea for her fourth birthday!"

"Seriously, Trish?" I said.

"Yes, Ally, seriously. I take this stuff very seriously," she told me.

We talked for a bit before Dez gave Maci to me and they left the room, since there were apparently some people waiting to see us.

My dad walked in, and, to my surprise, my mom.

"Mom, Dad!" I said happily. "I didn't know you'd be here, Mom."

She smiled warmly. "There was no way I was missing seeing my granddaughter, so I took the first flight from Africa to come back."

My dad clapped Austin on the back. "Way to go, son." Austin blushed and rubbed his neck.

"Dad," I groaned. "Stop."

"What?"

"You're embarrassing him!"

"Hey, he knows I mean well," my dad said, nudging Austin.

"My turn, my turn," my mom said happily as she made motions with her hands that she wanted to hold Maci.

I handed her over. "What's her name?" My dad asked.

"Maci Harmony."

"That's a nice name." He smiled at the baby in my mom's arms. "She looks like Austin."

"Really? I think she looks like Ally," my mom said.

"Well, she'll obviously have brown eyes since these two both have brown eyes, so that could be both of them, but she's got Austin's nose."

"Honey, that's clearly Ally's nose," my mom told him.

"Are you sure?" He walked over to Austin and looked at him closely, causing me to start laughing. "Ah, you're right. Ally's nose."

"Ally's nose. Hmm." Austin repeated. He grinned before reaching over towards me. I already knew what he was gonna do. "Boop!"

"I will smack you again."

"Damn, I thought the violence was done with you," he said.

"Nope," I grinned.

My dad had a turn holding Maci and they talked with us for a while, my mom filling us in on her Africa adventures and everything else before they left as well, saying they'd come back later.

Austin's parents took their place.

"Hi Ally, hi honey," Austin's mom said as they walked in.

"Hey!" I said, Austin waving.

"Oh, she's so precious!" Mimi cooed as she looked at Maci. "I love her name, too."

"How'd you know her name?" Austin asked, confused.

"Ally's parents told us," Mike explained. "And Dez sort of yelled it throughout the whole floor. I'm pretty sure he's on the third floor right now, still running up and down the halls announcing it."

"Oh joy," Austin muttered.

"Congratulations, kids," Austin's dad grinned. "She's a keeper."

"Thanks," I smiled.

"Oh my gosh! We have a new member to Moon's Mattress Kingdom!" Mimi said. "She's…" She stopped at turned to her husband. "Well, since Austin is the prince, and Ally is his princess, that still makes Maci a princess, right?"

Mike thought for a second. "I believe it does."

"I've never been good with that kind of stuff, so she's a princess!" Mimi announced happily before the two of them went into their little introduction for their business.

"Come on, honey, you know this too," Mimi prompted Austin, who looked like he wanted to die.

"No thanks, Mom, I'm good," he laughed nervously.

"Fine," she said. "But as soon as your daughter can talk, she's learning this, too!"

"Oh god no, Mom, please," Austin begged. "Dad, help me!"

"Don't worry, son," Mike said calmly. "We'll wait."

Austin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Until she can wave her hand, of course!" Mike finished, causing Austin to slap his forehead, and me to burst into giggles.

"Do you mind, dear?" Mimi asked me, holding out her hands.

"Not at all, go ahead," I smiled, slowly handing Maci over.

"Yes, I'm a grandma!" Mimi said quietly, yet happily.

"That's a good thing?" Austin asked. "That means you're old."

"I will throw out all of the pancake mix at our house, mister," she threatened.

"I'm done talking," Austin said quickly, slouching down in his chair.

"That's what I thought."

Mike held Maci for a bit until they had to get back to their store, letting us know they'd see us soon. With one last wave, they walked out.

Just as I was about to close my eyes, I heard Austin say, "Hey there, missy!"

I looked at the door to see Quinn standing there, holding Sheridan.

"Hi guys!" I said, surprised.

Quinn smiled. "Hey! We heard you had the baby, so we thought we'd come by and see you," she said. "If that's okay, of course," she added quickly.

"Yes, that's fine," I smiled as she walked in. "But how'd you find out?"

"Trish took your phone and called me," she explained.

"Of course she did," I muttered, making Quinn smile.

"Hi Ally," Sheridan said from Quinn's arms.

"Hey, Sheridan. How are you?"

"Good. Hi Austin!"

"Hey there," he smiled. "Haven't seen you in a while!"

"Me a busy girl!" Sheridan said. She looked at Maci. "Ooh, can I see?"

"Go ahead," I laughed.

"You have to be very careful, Sheridan," Quinn told her as she leant down and placed Sheridan beside me on the bed so she could see. "She's not as big as you are."

"Okay mommy." Sheridan leant over and stared at Maci in my arms. "A girl baby?"

"Yeah, she's a girl," Austin told her.

"I told you, Ally," Sheridan said.

I started laughing. "That's right, Sher, you told me, and you got it. It's a girl."

"She's beautiful, you two," Quinn smiled. "What's her name?"

"Maci Harmony," Austin said.

"Pretty name. Who knows, maybe Sheridan and Maci can be best friends when they're older," she said. "So did you have an easy labour?"

"Not really," I admitted. "Over four hours, with plenty of contractions and anger."

"Got that right. She beat me up by the time she was finished," Austin said, making me glare at him.

"You weren't giving birth, mister."

"Fair enough. Hey Quinn, want to hold her?"

"Yeah sure," she smiled, bending down. She took Maci and sat on the edge of my bed by my head. "Feels like when I had Sheridan," she laughed lightly.

"I'll bet," I said.

"Except with her, I was in labour for like, an hour maybe?"

"Holy, she came fast," I commented.

"Yeah, I barely made it to the hospital in time," Quinn said. "I was scorekeeping for my basketball team since I couldn't exactly play when BOOM: Baby time."

"You play basketball?" Austin asked.

Quinn nodded. "This is my fifth year."

"Wow," my boyfriend whistled. 'We'll have to come watch one of your games sometime."

"Sounds good," she grinned.

"I'm surprised she's still asleep, considering she's been handed around so much," I said.

"Sheridan was like that, too," Quinn explained.

"Hey, Ally, guess what?" Sheridan asked me.

"What?"

"Mr. Whiskers and Puppy got married yesterday!"

"Oh wow!" I exclaimed. "Was it a big wedding?" Austin looked at me funny, but I just shook my head.

"No, just me, mommy, Nada, and all of my other animals. We had a tea party after, too!" Sheridan told me happily.

"Well, that sounds fun," I laughed.

Quinn and Sheridan talked for a few minutes, Sheridan telling me all about Nada, before they had to go, promising to call me soon.

After they left, I sighed. "Jesus, I'm exhausted."

"Who the hell is Mr. Whiskers and Puppy?" Austin asked.

I laughed. "Sheridan's stuffed animals."

"Ah," he said. "Now I'm not exactly lost anymore; only slightly."

I grinned. "Here, hand me Maci, I'll put her in her bed so you can rest," Austin said, holding his arms out.

"You just want quality time with her," I joked.

"Pretty much, yep. But you need your rest, too."

"Thanks," I said gratefully. He gently set her in the little bed beside mine, and scooted his chair closer. "Sleep as long as you need; I'll watch her."

"Oh you're the best," I sighed as I rubbed my eyes. "The bottle is on the table over there if she gets up."

"Okay," he said, kicking his shoes off.

I closed my eyes and fell asleep instantly.

A/N: Only one more chapter! :( I'm so sad to see the story coming to an end, BUT! I'll put a poll on my profile so you guys can vote on whether or not I should do a sequel! It's all up to you! :) I'd be more than happy to do a sequel, I have lots of ideas!

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