Chapter 26

Alex slowly opens her eyes and looks around the room. Matt is facing away from her rocking from side to side. She smiles tiredly before softly speaking. "Hello Sweetie."

Matt turns around with big eyes. He looks so tired, worried and now about to cry. He is holding a small baby in his arms. "You're up!" he says walking over. He sits in the chair next to the bed and holds the baby at a different angle for her to see. "Alex this is our son.."

Alex lets out a soft watery laugh as she starts to tear up. She slowly reaches out to touch his cheek but he grabs her finger making her heart swell even more. "He's so handsome… Did you.."

Matt cuts her off. "Name him? No, I couldn't do it without you."

Alex looks away from her hand and the baby and up to Matt. "How long was I out for?"

Matt frowns a bit. "Few days.."

Alex lets out a shaky breath and nods. A nurse walks in. "Oh, look who's up! Have you two come up with a name yet for our little Doctor?"

Alex laughs. "What?"

Matt chuckles. "They wanted a name but I refused to name him until you woke up so they started calling him the little Doctor."

"Yes well it's time for the little Doctor to come with me to the nursery." Says the nurse taking him from Matt's arms. She looks over at Alex. "I'll bring him back in a bit."

Alex nods and smiles at Matt. "Little Doctor?" she laughs after the nurse left.

"Not my choice. I guess there are… what do they call themselves?"

Alex laughs. "Whovians?"

"Yes, those! Whovians working here."

"What do you want to name him?" she asks after a moment. "He can't stay 'Little Doctor'." She laughs.

Matt thinks for a moment. "What do you think of Noah?"

"I like it." She smiles at him. "That your final decision?"

He looks over at Alex. "You don't have a name to offer?"

Alex shakes her head. "Nope." She says pulling herself up to sit. She has a pain and yelps. Matt helps her slide back down.

"You need to be careful… things didn't go quite right.."

"Matt I'm fine. I'm sure it was just a after.."

"Alex you died…"

Alex gives him a shocked look. "What?! No I didn't. I'm right here. I'm fine and breathing, blood pumping.."

Matt shakes his head. "I don't mean now. You flat lined after he was born. You lost too much blood, they said something tore.."

Alex looks at him with wide eyes and fights back tears. She didn't know what to say. What would you say if you had just found out you almost died and sent the person you loved into a state of panic? She grabs his hand and squeezes it letting a few tears fall. "I'm so sorry. That's why you looked so worried when I woke up. You didn't know if I would.."

Matt nods. Alex looks at him for a moment then shifts to the other side of the bed. Matt starts to protest her movement but she lets go of his hand and pats the space next to her. He crawls up on the bed and gently moves her head so that she is using his chest as a pillow. "Don't you ever leave me again.." he says in a shaky voice. She knew he was crying but didn't look up at him. She let a few of her own tears fall and closes her eyes.

"I'm sorry…" They lay there for a moment in silence. "Let's name him Noah. It's cute and you picked it out.." she says changing the subject.

Matt kisses the top of Alex's head and runs his fingers through her knotted curls. "Rest…" he whispers. "I love you."

"I love you too."

What seems like only a short while later Alex wakes up in the exact position she had dozed off in. She looks up at Matt.

"About time you woke up. I'm losing feeling in that side." He chuckles softly. Alex quickly moves away from him.

"I'm sorry. You should have just pushed me off."

Matt slides a bit lower and turns on his side to face Alex. "You looked peaceful and I didn't want to ruin that." He grabs her hand and stays quiet for a moment. "Salome wants to come see you. She knows by the way… I called to tell her that you might be here a bit longer and she could tell I had been crying. Smart daughter you have.."

"You should not have called. Should have sent someone over… doesn't matter now though. Is she coming then?"

Matt nods. "Karen called your phone and I answered and she agreed to go get the girls only because she wants to come see Noah too."

Alex smiles. "How the hell did she manage to call during all this? Hardly hear from her any more but she just happens to call when I'm in the hospital."

Matt shrugs. "They should get here soon. She called about a half hour ago."

"I want to sit up. Could you help me?"

Matt nods. He presses a button on the side of the bed and it moves up right. Alex slowly shifts herself into a more natural sitting position. There is a knock on the door and the nurse from earlier walks in carrying Noah. "Would you like to see him now?" she asks slowly stepping into the room. Alex smiles and nods. The nurse walks over and hands the baby to Alex. Her smile grows, and Noah looks at her with wide eyes.

"Hello little handsome Noah." She says softly.

"Oh you picked a name! Good I'll go tell them they can actually get him a birth certificate now." She says quickly walking out of the room. Noah continues to stare up at Alex, his eyes full of wonder.

Alex chuckles. "What's that look for?" Noah frees a small hand from the blankets he is wrapped in and grabs a curl looking at it amazed. Alex lets out a watery laugh, as she tries to fight back tears. "Of course it's the curls! What else would he be staring at?"

Matt moves closer and wraps his arm around Alex. "They do look extremely golden in this lighting." He says in her ear. She looks away from Noah to look over at Matt, who quickly kisses her. She melts into the kiss and then pulls away smiling, looking back down at the baby. "He's handsome.." she says resting her head on Matt's shoulder. There is another knock at the door and head of red hair pops around it. "Oi! Where's my new grandbaby?!"

Alex chuckles and wipes away her tears. "Right here. Come see him.."

Karen opens the door further and walks over to the bed. Salome and Ella stand in the door way holding hands. "It's a boy? Oh look at him! So cute!" Karen says smiling down at the baby. Alex looks around Karen to her daughters.

"You can come in you know.." she says smiling. Salome leads Ella over to the other side of the bed and looks at the baby.

"So I have a little brother now?" she asks. "He is cute.." Ella jumps up trying to see and Salome picks her up and puts her on the bed. She crawls to Alex's side and looks at the baby confused.

"Ella this is your little brother.." says Alex tilting him a bit so Ella could see better. Ella just looks at him and then looks at Alex.

"I hungy!"

Alex laughs. "I guess she cares more about food." Karen reaches over and picks Ella up.

"Let's go get something to eat then. Salome, Matty, are you coming?"

Salome shakes her head and Matt does the same. Alex nudges him. "Go eat. I know you haven't been. I'm fine. Salome will keep Noah and I company." Matt looks at Alex for a moment then gets up.

"I'll be back quickly then."

"Matt we will be fine. Go."

She watches them leave then turns to Salome and smiles. "Sit up here next to me." She says scooting over slowly ignoring the small pain she got.

Salome gets on the bed and sits next to her mother resting her head on her shoulder. "You died…"

Alex shifts Noah into only one of her arms and wraps he free arm around Salome kissing the top of her head. "I'm so sorry sweetie. I just found out that happened.." Salome starts tearing up.

"Oh sweetie." Says Alex tightening the arm around her daughter and trying to control her own tears. "I'm alright now okay? You can see I'm fine.."

Salome nods and wipes her face. After a moment she speaks. "Can I hold him?" she asks quietly.

Alex smiles at her. "Of course.." she shifts Noah and hands him carefully to Salome. Once he is safely in her arms she moves over a bit more and has another pain. She cringes and a hand flies to her abdomen. Salome looks at her mother with wide eyes.

"Are you.."

"I'm fine.." she interrupts. "After pains are normal.." says trying more to convince herself that these were after pains then she was convincing Salome. Salome gives her a wary look then looks down at Noah who is looking up at her curiously. Alex smiles and watches how he reacts to Salome. Soon he looks over and his eyes get wide as he looks at Alex. A smile breaks across his little face.

"I think he wants you again.." says Salome holding him out a bit to her. Alex takes little Noah and smiles down at him.

"What my little handsome boy?"

He looks up at her amazed and grabs a curl looking at it with big eyes. Both Alex and Salome laugh.

Note: Ughhh I'm sorry guys this chapter was rubbish :(... It just wouldn't come out right and would get worse when I tried to fix it. I swear I will try to make the next chapter better! xoxo