That afternoon the doctor came in to check on Claire and the baby. "Have you been up walking yet?" Claire had not left the bed except to use the bathroom, and even with Owen's help, that was a major undertaking, but even with the nurse's recommendation to stay in bed and use a bedpan, Claire refused. She was still bleeding a little bit but nothing that wasn't normal after just giving birth. She was also still weak from the hemorrhaging and the transfusion so standing and walking was a task she was not up for but she knew she had to do it eventually. Claire tried to get away with a lie. "Yes, I've been walking. I walked down the hall and back this morning." Owen looked at Claire and said, "Where was I when you went traipsing up and down the halls by yourself?" Claire glared at him. He gave her lie away. The doctor laughed wholeheartedly. "Oh Ms. Dearing, you're not the first woman to try to get away with that lie after giving birth." Claire assumed they would give her a little bit of a break since Aiden's birth was followed with some complications but the doctor said the sooner she got up and walked the sooner she would build up her strength again. "Even patients who have had open heart surgery are up walking the very next day. It's important after any incident or surgery to move around to get the blood flow going, especially in your case. You got new blood with that transfusion too so it needs to circulate with the blood you didn't lose so everything can mesh well and you can go home in a day or two." Claire was more than ready to go home. She didn't like needles and having an IV stuck in her arm and hand 24/7 was almost more uncomfortable than birthing a child was. She also didn't like having nurses help her with personal things she felt she could do on her own. She was also ready for a shower but refused to let a nurse help her with that. Owen would be blessed with that task. "We'll work on a shower tomorrow if you do well walking today. You need to build some strength back up before you go standing in water and slip and fall. In the meantime, I'll have the nurse come in shortly and help you get out of bed. You'll have your IV stand to hold onto and Mr. Grady or the nurse can walk with you." Claire was ready to get it over with. The nurse came in about ten minutes later and helped Claire scoot out of the hospital bed. She had on a pair of hospital socks with the grips on the bottom to keep from slipping. Standing was easier than she thought it would be. Walking was a different story. Everything from her waist to her knees hurt, including the wound on her right leg. She had good days and bad days with her leg and of all days for it to hurt, this would have to be the day. She left Aiden in the care of the four grandparents in the room and slowly made her way to the door with Owen. Her legs shook under her. She held her IV stand in one hand and Owen's arm in the other. The nurse was walking along the opposite side to make sure Claire didn't fall or experience any problems while moving. By the time Claire made it down to the nurse's station at the end of hall she had picked up speed and was getting the hang of putting one foot in front of the other again. It felt better to move around than she thought. Claire was never one to sit still anyway. However, running through the jungle in heels all day was still less painful than this was turning out to be. She finally made it back to her room. The nurse and Owen helped her get back in bed. "I'll be back this afternoon for another lap." Claire rolled her eyes as the nurse walked out the door. Owen's parents stayed through lunch and then left to let Claire and the baby rest and bond. Claire's mom didn't want to leave but after Claire's second round down the hall and back, her dad could see she was beat and advised his wife to let their daughter get some rest. Karen left with her parents and took the boys with her. Maisie decided to stay with Owen and Claire this time. She soon curled up on the couch and drifted off to sleep. Aiden, however, decided it was 7:00pm and time to wake up. She got hungry and even after feeding her and burping her she was still fussy. Claire helped Owen change her diaper but that still didn't calm her down. Instead of putting Aiden's footed sleeper back on after changing her diaper, she left her in nothing but her diaper. Claire pulled her hospital gown down lower on her chest and placed Aiden against her skin. She draped Aiden's new baby blanket Owen's mom crocheted for her with her name on it across Aiden's back to keep her from getting cold. She hoped this skin to skin contact everyone talked about really worked. She laid Aiden against her chest so they were facing each other and rocked her back and forth as much as she could in a hospital bed that didn't move. She started singing softly to her baby. Owen had known Claire for years but he never really penned her as a singer. Suddenly he was watching the most beautiful moment of his life take place right in front of him. Who knew the former hardcore, serious workaholic Senior Assets Manager could sing, and to a baby of all things? She was singing a lullaby he had never heard before but the words and her voice singing to their daughter melted him completely. "Dragon tales and the water is wide. Pirates sail and lost boys fly. Fish bite moonbeams every night. And I love you. Godspeed little one. Sweet dreams little one. Oh, my love will fly to you each night on angel's wings. Godspeed, sweet dreams." By the time she finished the first two verses, Aiden was asleep against Claire's chest. It worked. Owen shook his head at Claire in complete amazement. This woman who was once the most powerful person on an island filled with hybrid dinosaurs and 20,000 people every day who ran around in heels and bossed everyone around including him, who then started her own foundation and tried to save the world or at least some of the creatures in it, was now in control again. She held all the power in her hands. She knew exactly what she was doing. This may have been something she never imagined herself doing but she controlled the situation like the professional she was and calmed her restless newborn down within less than two minutes. Owen was amazed but not surprised. Claire spent the past seven months expressing her concerns to Owen about being a good mother to a newborn baby and here she was just putting all her motherly instincts on display for him to see. He had no doubt in his mind about how incredible she was going to be as a mother. Claire fell asleep with Aiden on her chest and Owen fell asleep on the couch with Maisie curled up in his lap. Aiden woke up a few times in the middle of the night but went right back to sleep once Claire nursed her.