Amy spread out in the backseat, while Jethro drove at break neck speed to the hospital. If this was real labor and he didn't get her there fast enough. They would be welcoming the triplets, an entire two months early. They had been told to prepare and knew of several families who'd had premature babies, but they never expected it to happen to them. They were sure that their babies would hold out until the due date or at least make it a little longer. All three were healthy but Anthony had already had issues with his heart. A premature birth could be disastrous. The other two babies were healthy but still so small. The miscarriages had been hard enough and those were tiny fetuses that did not yet resemble a baby. Losing the children they had been waiting for and carrying for so many months. Would be even more painful. Jethro tried to remain positive but after all they had been through. It was hard to keep it together.

"Alright Amy, we are here." Jethro announced, swinging into an emergency room parking space.


It turned out that Amy had in fact gone into premature labor. The good news was that the doctors were able to stop the labor before it progressed to far. As a result Amy would be on bed-rest, in the hospital for the duration of her pregnancy. She was now at extremely high risk for premature delivery. Needless to say the Gibbs clan was in for a very stressful couple of months. Jethro would be busy balancing maintaining the household and being by Amy's side. For the next couple months he would effectively be a single father. Liam would be a huge help, but the teen still had to go to school and work. Amy knew that she was going to go crazy in the hospital but this was what the babies needed.

"I called Liam. He said he would be by after school and offered to bring the girls." Jethro said.

"That's good" Amy replied.

"How are you feeling?" Jethro asked.

"Tired" Amy replied.

"Can I do anything for you?" Jethro asked.

"Not tonight. Just get some rest." Amy replied.

"I'm going to head home. So that Liam doesn't have to get the little ones off in the morning. I will be back after I drop the twins off. I will bring your go bag then. Is there anything you want?" Jethro asked.

"Just my clothes and my laptop. Some pictures of the kids would be nice." Amy replied.

"I'll bring the digital frame." Jethro replied.

"Perfect" Amy replied.

"Call me if anything changes." Jethro called.

"Will do" Amy assured.


Jethro did not get a second of sleep that night. He felt terrible for leaving Amy but staying wouldn't make any difference. Amy was stable and would be worrying too much about the children if they were alone. He would spend time with Amy before and after work but most of his time at home. He wished that he could just take time off but he had taken so much time off when Shane was sick. If he wanted to be home when the babies were born. He would have to be late in the morning but he would come in and do his job. Somebody had to support the family.

"How's mom?" Liam asked, as Jethro packed Amy's bag.

"She's doing alright but she is missing you guys already." Jethro replied.

"Do they think the babies will hang on?" Liam asked.

"They gave her a ten percent chance of making it to term. That is why they went ahead and admitted her. The hospital has a great NICU. So regardless of the outcome. All four of our people are in good hands." Jethro explained.

"What are the babies chances? If they come early?" Liam asked.

"They couldn't give a straight answer. There are too many factors. They wouldn't know until the babies came." Jethro explained.

"Amy is the only mom I've ever known. I don't know what I would do if anything happened." Liam replied.

"Nothing is going to happen to her." Jethro assured.


Amy did not get any sleep either. She had played it cool in front of Jethro. The last thing she wanted to do was worry him. He had so much to worry about already. She didn't want him worrying about her too. She was worrying enough for the both of them. She had wanted these babies for so long and they had come so far. Now it may all be ripped away in an instant. So far she was remaining stable but she didn't have much confidence. They had admitted her awful quickly and she had almost right away received information on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She knew that premature babies could and did survive, but not without complications.

"Hang on babies. Please just hang on." Amy pleaded.


Jethro faked his way through the morning. Amy had been so upset when he came by that morning. He wished that he could be there for her but he couldn't ask for anymore time off. The best he could do was pray they didn't catch a case and dismiss his team an hour or so early. If they caught a case he was in real trouble. That could mean days of overnights. Except he couldn't work overnight. He had to be home for his children. He must have been dozing off, because the next thing he knew. Leon was standing over him, hitting his head.

"Agent Gibbs!" Leon called.

"I don't wanna get up." Jethro groaned.

"I heard a rumor that Amy was in the hospital with complications. Is that true?" Leon asked.

"Yes" Jethro replied.

"Then why the hell are you here?" Leon demanded.

"I need to be here. I can't miss anymore work." Jethro explained.

"Your wife is in the hospital with pregnancy complications. You have four children at home who need you. I would say you have a valid excuse. Now get out of here and don't come back until things have settled down." Leon insisted.


A/N: Will Amy make it to full term? New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.