Chapter 29

It's almost tiiiiiiime! ;)

Thankfully the traffic wasn't as gruesome as he expecting on his way to C.C's penthouse. Yes, it was two in the morning but it was The City That Never Sleeps, after all.

Pulling into her street, he quickly found a spot to parallel park and jumped out of the car before running toward the building and pushing the button to her room.

With no need to ask who it was at two in the morning, C.C let him in and he ran up to her apartment, not even bothering with the elevator.

After what seemed like hours, climbing the five flights of stairs to her apartment he finally knocked on the door and waited for her to answer.

What he saw when she answered amazed him. There she was standing in a black negligee and her makeup done like she was waiting for him to make love to her. Only he knew that wasn't the case with the pained expression on her face.

"What- are you wearing makeup?" He slowly made his way into her apartment and spotted her overnight bag before picking it up.

"Niles, this isn't the time to ask me how I apply my eye shadow. Now, let's move!"

He shook his head deciding to question her later before he took her hand, which she squeezed ridiculously tight as he walked her to the elevator. There was no way she was going to climb down those stairs.

"Why are you sweating?" she asked between deep breaths.

"I ran up the stairs."

"Really? You sure your brittle bones could handle it."

"They could handle you, couldn't they?" He smirked with a playful wink.

She rolled her eyes before she felt a contraction and squeezed his hand so tight he was convinced she broke it.

"Niles, it hurts! It really hurts. Make it stop!"

"I can't exactly do anything with a broken hand."

She wasn't letting up though but soon they were out of the elevator and walking toward the car.

"Miss Babcock, you have to let go of my hand so I can get around to the other side," he reminded her after helping her buckle up.

"I don't want to," she whispered.

He sighed, wishing he could take her pain away. He kissed the top of her head before finally ripping his hand from hers. "I'm right here."

He then shut the door and ran around to the other side before getting in and starting up the car.

The drive to the hospital was like a cycle. C.C groaned and cried, Niles tried to comfort her with words, she would call him an ass that got her into his mess in the first place and then Niles would remind her that she was the one that said she had protection.


Upon arriving at the hospital, he got her into the building as fast as possible, making it very clear to everyone there that she was going into labor and in quite a bit of pain.

"I have to sit, Niles. I can't stand much longer."

"She need a wheelchair! What kind of place is this?"

"Our next kid will be born at Lenox Hill!"

Niles whipped his head to look at the woman beside him, wondering if he heard right. Our?

He came out of this thoughts when he saw a nurse bring over a wheelchair for the couple. Niles helped C.C sit in it before they started to wheel her to a room.

"Are you the husband?"

"Uh no-"

"Yes," C.C quickly answered before giving Niles a glare.

He simply nodded before the three of them made their way to the room C.C would be staying until she was ready to deliver.

Once C.C was settled, Niles grabbed a chair and sat next to her just in time for another contraction, where she used his hand to squeeze the life out of.

"C.C, you need to keep breathing. They said they're going to get you an epidural."

"A epidural? I want five! Do you know what this feels like? It feels like there is something inside of me breaking every bone between my chest and my thighs! You want to try?"

"I would do this for you if I could, I swear. Mostly so you'd stop cutting off the circulation of my hand," he muttered.

They both watched a nurse come back and check her. "All right, it looks like you're five centimeters along so we can give the epidural."

"Thank fucking God." "Oh, thank God," they both sighed.

Another nurse helped push C.C up so they could apply the medicine to her lower back as Niles held her hand.

"Will this hurt?" she asked as she watched the large needle disappear behind her.

"Not much more than you're feeling right now."

She gulped at the thought and looked up at Niles who looked a bit queasy.

"Niles, are you all right?"

"Huh? Oh yes, of course. I'm just going to sit down for a moment."

She watched him grab his chair before sitting down, a bit uneasy as he pushed it backwards.

"Are you all right? We haven't even gotten to the birth yet."

"I'm fine. Just... never got along with needles."

She sighed with a roll of her eyes before she was able to lay back down again.

"Let's see. It's 3:10 right now so we expect this little girl to be out around ten this morning. How's that sound?"

C.C smiled with a nod but inside she was terrified. What's going to happen with Niles and I? When will she see him? When will I see him?

Niles was wondering the same questions. What's going to happen between C.C and I? When will I be able to see my daughter? When will I be able to see C.C when she's on maternity leave? I want to take care of her and the baby.

"Niles? Niles!"

"What? Huh? Oh. What's wrong? You want some ice chips? I can go get you some."

"No, no. I just want you up here. Sit next to me."

He smiled softly before he pushed his chair closer to the bed and took her hand, letting his thumb caress her skin. "Feel a bit better?"

"Yeah," she smiled softly. "That shit works fast."

He laughed softly before nodding. "I can tell. You haven't ripped my hand off yet."

She slapped his arm with her free hand before looking over at the monitor.

"What are you thinking?"

"About how good of a mother I'll be."

"You'll be excellent. As long as you remember her name."

That earned him another slap before she gasped. "We haven't thought of a name yet."

"Don't worry, we will. As soon as we see her, it will come to us. I'm sure of it."

The chance to see her was coming faster than they expected. It wasn't even 8:00am yet and she was already nine centimeters dilated.

The Sheffield's had already been informed what was going on when Fran came downstairs and found no Niles, but a note instead. They all rushed to the hospital Niles had included in the note and Fran called his cell to let them know they were on their way.

"The family is here. I'm just going to tell them what's going on." He was surprised when C.C grabbed his hand before he was too far away.

"Don't be long."

He smiled softly before shaking his head. "Give me two minutes." He kissed her hand.

She nodded slowly before she let go and watched him run of of the room.


In the waiting room, Niles spotted the group anxiously awaiting Niles' presence.

"Niles!" Fran nearly screamed as she ran up to hug him. "How are you doing? How's Miss Babcock doing? How's the baby?"

He laughed softly as he nodded. "We're all doing well. She's nine centimeters dilated so she should be going in soon.

"Oh, this is so exciting," Maggie grinned as she clasped her hands together.

"I think the whole birth thing is disgusting," Brighton disagreed.

Maxwell smacked him upside his head before Brighton quickly rubbed the sore spot.

Chuckling softly, Niles looked back toward the door. "Well I should be getting back. I promised her I'd only be a couple minutes."

"What's going to happen between you two after she's born, Niles?" Gracie dared to ask.

Niles shook his head with sadness in his eyes. "I'm not sure, Miss Grace. I'm not sure."

Max gave him a gentle pat on the shoulder. "Go be with her, Old Man. She's going to make you a father."

He smiled warmly before he hurried off back to C.C's room just as they were wheeling her out to the delivery room.

"You said you were going to be here!" She reached to rip his arm off as they wheeled her past him and he jogged along side of her.

"I'm here. There's no baby, is there?"

"Don't be smart with me, Toilet Brush!"

He bravely took her hand and squeezed it and surprisingly, she melted at his touch.

She couldn't wait for these crazy hormones to go away once this baby entered their lives.