Disclaimer: I don't own Jericho or anything related to the show.

A nine months pregnant Rowan Cooper was miserable. She couldn't wait to give birth. She was having a son, thrilling Stanley and Mimi. As much as they loved their daughters, they couldn't wait for the arrival of their grandson. "You're never touching me again," the angry Rowan said to her husband.

David laughed. "You won't be saying that in a few months," he said. He really wished that the hadn't said that when his wife glared at him.

"I hate you," she seethed. Rowan was sick and tired of being pregnant. She didn't know why her mother had willingly done this so many times.

"I love you," David replied, trying not to let his wife's mood affect him. He hoped that their son was born soon. He couldn't handle this anymore.

Rowan sighed. "I'm sorry. I don't mean to be like this," she apologized. Rowan really didn't know when the baby would be born, but she hoped that labor would start in the next few hours. That would be nice. Really nice.

"It's okay," David assured her. He knew that this was normal. Stanley, Jake Green, and Donovan Wilson had warned him about this.

"You're so good to me," Rowan said happily. She was so glad to have married him. David was the man she was meant to be with.

"That's what I'm here for," David replied. He was going to help out his wife as much as he could once the baby arrived. He would be a good husband and father once his and Rowan's son arrived.

Rowan laughed. "You're such a dork, David. I hope our son is a dork like you." She really did. Rowan loved how much of a dork that David was.

Their family would be completed with the arrival of the son. Because Rowan had grown up with so many siblings, she only wanted one child. There was a possibility for a second, but Rowan and David would talk about that once the subject came up. Or she got knocked up on accident again. Didn't matter which.

Their son was about to make their arrival soon, but the two didn't know how soon.

XXXXXX

Jacob Green was at Emily and Donovan's house, but Jake and Heather were also there. They were visiting for the day. The recently retired Jake was going nuts because he had nothing to do.

"Do you think that Rowan will have the baby soon?" Emily asked Jacob. She knew that Isabelle was sticking close to her twin because of the arrival of her nephew.

Jacob shrugged. "I know from Belle that Rowan's miserable, but the baby is showing no signs of being born yet," he explained. He was already being called the baby's uncle, even though he and Isabelle weren't miserable.

"I remember those days," Jake sighed. He had always been so jittery during the last month of Heather's pregnancy. (and Emily's too, when she had been pregnant with Jacob.)

"We had a lot of those days," Heather commented. She remembered being exhausted and miserable during the last few week of her pregnancy. It had been especially hard with babies, toddlers, and younger kids.

"I was practically spastic then," Jake remembered. He had been way too nervous right before the arrival of a new baby. He couldn't help it. His mother had told him that his father had been the same way before the births of him and Eric. But Jake could understand that. His mother had suffered two miscarriages before, and things could have gone wrong.

"Donovan was surprisingly calm," Emily said. The only time he hadn't been calm was during her pregnancy with Christopher. Neither had she. They had both been worrying about a miscarriage, problems with the pregnancy, such as what had occurred with April, and another stillbirth. Christopher had come out healthy, however. Afterwards, Emily and Donovan realized they were done. Three kids were enough. Besides, they couldn't handle the stress of another pregnancy.

"It was a front," Donovan told them. He had been panicked during Emily's pregnancies with Lorelei, Olivia, and Christopher. He hadn't known Emily all that long when she had given birth to Jacob, but he had been panicked that she would go into labor when with him.

"I knew that, Donovan." Emily had always known what her husband acted like when he was scared, except for those horrible months after Olivia was stillborn.

"I think I'm going to propose to Isabelle soon," Jacob announced. Everyone turned to stare at him in shock.

"You're proposing?" asked a happy and surprised Heather. She had always known that Jacob would propose soon, but she never figured that it would be this easy.

"I'm ready and I think she is too," he explained. Jacob loved Isabelle. He couldn't wait to make her Mrs. Isabelle Richmond- Green. Or just Mrs. Isabelle Green. Jacob wasn't sure if she was going to keep her last name.

"This is so exciting!" Emily squealed. She couldn't wait for Isabelle Richmond to become her daughter-in-law. This was something she had always dreamed of. She had always known that Isabelle and Jacob would end up together.

"Congratulations, kiddo," Jake told him. He was so proud of his son. Jacob and Isabelle may be young, but they had been together for so long. They were supposed to be together.

"She'll say yes," Donovan assured his stepson. He had always hoped that Isabelle Richmond would become his stepdaughter-in-law.

"I love her so much," Jacob admitted. Isabelle had been his best friend, and always would be. They would be wonderful married.

Changes were coming for everyone in Jericho, and they were all good changes.

XXXXXXX

Mimi and Stanley had decided to go on a weekend trip to Vermont. They were staying at a bed and breakfast, but anxiously awaiting the birth of their grandson. They hoped he would be born soon.

"I'm worried about her," Mimi told Stanley. What if Rowan went into labor and she and Stanley weren't there? Her little girl might need her. What if something went wrong?

"She's going to be fine," Stanley comforted. He knew this trip was a bad idea from the moment that Mimi had suggested it.

"She's going to need her mommy," Mimi whined uncharasterically. She wanted to be in the delivery room with Rowan, even though her daughter had claimed that only David was going to be allowed in.

"Mi, let's just enjoy our weekend and relax. One of the girls will call if Rowan goes into labor," Stanley tried. He just wanted to have fun with his wife, and so far that wasn't happening.

Mimi sighed. "Okay," she reluctantly agreed. Mimi had to calm down. Rowan wasn't going to go into labor yet. It wasn't time for her grandson to be born.

As Stanley and Mimi began to make love, they had no idea that Rowan had just gone into labor.

TBC