"You're ready."

He looked at the woman and then down at her. This was it. He'd become a father again and she would become a mother. She gave a small smile up at him as she squeezed his hand. They wheeled her out of the room and headed to the delivery room. The doctor was waiting in there.

"Ah Ruth! Are you ready to become a mother?"

Ruth smiled and was going to answer when a contraction hit. Harry stroked her hair as it passed and they situated Ruth.

"Now, I don't want you to panic if they baby is not crying right away. It can be common with premature birth, but it doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong."

Harry nodded and Ruth nodded.

"Where is our doctor?" Harry asked. The male doctor handling them looked at them.

"Boat accident, currently on leave at home in a wheelchair."

Ruth frowned and then cried out.

"You'll be okay," Harry reassured and kissed her head. "I promise."

The doctor situated himself and had two nurses behind him ready. Ruth began to push and then rest. This went on for fifteen minutes until the doctor said,

"Okay Ruth this is it, the final push you can do it! Harry count for her."

Harry nodded. "Ready, one, two, three!"

Ruth pushed again and cried out and leant back. The sound of a child crying broke the silence in the room. Ruth was crying, but had a smile on her face.

"It's a girl." The doctor said. Harry moved away a bit from Ruth to get a better look.

"Sadie…" she said softly. Harry turned and looked at her. He reached for her hand and kissed it.

"Sadie Rose Pearce," he whispered. Ruth smiled and Harry kissed her. When he pulled away he brushed Ruth's tears away. "You did it."

The doctor came back to his stool with a fresh pair of gloves.

"You don't have much time to rest the other will be along in a minute."

Ruth's eyes went wide and Harry snapped his head and looked at the doctor. Harry let go of Ruth's hand and moved towards the doctor with his eyes still wide. The doctor frowned.

"I'm sorry… what ummm… who should be along?" he said stuttering. The doctor turned to his paperwork.

"It says right here that it is twins. Are you saying you didn't know?"

Now Ruth's hormones kicked in big time.

"Oh yes of course we knew! Yes we only decided to buy one crib, one car seat, one highchair we thought they could just bloody share! And now you ask if we knew? Asking the mother who is carrying her child but has only ever felt one child move certainly knows!"

Harry kissed her forehead and calmed her down before turning to the doctor.

"What the hell are you talking about? Our doctor never told us it was twins. All we said was we didn't want to know the gender but I think we should have been informed of multiple children! Did you know?"

The doctor nodded and grabbed the paperwork again.

"Yes, it says right here in the papers Ruth Evershed, twins. How could they not tell you? This has never happened before."

Ruth had had enough and felt another shot of pain and a kick. There certainly was another child inside of her.

"OH GOSH DOCTOR THAT MAKES US FEEL SO GOOD AND SPECIAL!" she screamed and then cried out.

"Okay Ruth you can yell at us later but right now you have to push," The doctor said. Harry grabbed her hand again and she pushed. She pushed for about thirty seconds before she fell back. "Ruth you have to try harder than that."

"I can't!" She cried. Harry stroked her hair again and said,

"Yes you can. Let's give it one final push ready, now!"

Ruth pushed as hard as she could and cried out as the other child came out screaming.

"He's here." The doctor said. Harry broke out into a grin.

"He? It's a boy?"

The doctor smiled and showed Harry. He turned to Ruth but his grin faded. The nurse rushed over to Ruth who was unconscious.

"Doctor…." The nurse said. The doctor stood up and handed the baby off to another nurse to get him cleaned up.

"She's fine," he said after checking pulses and everything. "She has just passed out from the pain since she couldn't take the drug."

Harry didn't look convinced, but then a nurse brought Sadie over to him. He smiled down at her and carefully took her in his arms. Her eyes weren't open yet, but she had a bit of blonde hair on the top of her head.

"Hi Sadie," he said softly. The doctor and nurses smiled and moved away to give Harry some privacy. "You will be so loved in this world. By me, your mum, your stepsister and hopefully stepbrother, and by your unexpected brother."

He carefully kissed the top of her head when he heard a soft moan. He looked over and saw Ruth woke up. He let out a breath of relief. She smiled when she saw Sadie. Harry went over and handed her to Ruth. She gasped and more tears came out of her eyes. This time tears of joy. Before Harry could speak the nurse brought over the boy. She handed him off to Harry. The doctor came over.

"The boy is a bit on the small side so I'd like to keep both children here until they reach five pounds and two ounces."

Harry nodded.

"How long will that be?"

"A couple days. Sadie is at four pounds ten ounces and the boy is at four pounds eight ounces."

"Brody," Ruth said to correct the doctor. Harry smiled. "The boy is named Brody Daniel Pearce."

The doctor smiled.

"Yes, now you can hold onto Sadie for a bit longer but I would like to take Brody to make sure his lungs are developing properly."

Harry nodded and handed Brody over to the doctor, but first he kissed his head lightly.

"May I go with you?" Harry asked. The doctor raised his eyebrows. "Well just so he isn't alone?"

He smiled and nodded. Harry turned to Ruth and she nudged him to go on. Once Harry had disappeared, her eyes went back down to Sadie. She sighed in awe. Ruth kissed the top of her forehead and held the little baby's hand. All Ruth could do was smile.


Harry watched the doctors as they examined Brody. At one point, Brody began to cry and Harry wanted to just run in and hold him, but he knew he couldn't just yet. The examination took about twenty minutes before the doctor lifted Brody into his arms and rewrapped him in the blue blanket. Harry watched as the doctor brought Brody to him. He was handed Brody and the doctor began speaking,

"His lungs are doing fine, they aren't fully developed but I don't think he needs to be hooked up to machines all day. I will have him hooked up to some at night while he is sleeping, but for now I think you can bring him back to Ruth for a bit."

Harry nodded and looked down at Brody who was snuggled into his chest.

"But he will be okay, right?"

The doctor nodded.

"Yes, it is just because he is a premature birth. As for Sadie, she seems fine, but I'll have the night nurses keep an eye on her just to be safe."

Harry thanked the doctor and headed back down to the room where they moved Ruth. Before he went into the room, he paused to just take a look at Brody. He, like Sadie, had a bit of blonde hair on his head. He smiled and wondered what color eyes they would have. Harry carefully opened the door and saw Ruth was still holding Sadie. Ruth looked up and smiled when she saw Harry had Brody.

"How is he?" she asked as Harry came and sat down on the bed next to Ruth.

"He will be okay," Harry said. Ruth got a concerned look on her face when she heard the word "will." Harry saw and continued his sentence. "His lungs are a bit undeveloped, but he will only be hooked up to machines at night. The doctor said there is nothing to worry about."

She nodded, but still looked concerned.

"Want to trade? I haven't been able to hold him yet," Harry smiled and carefully switched so he was now holding Sadie and Ruth had Brody. "He's so small."

Harry nodded. Ruth then moved over on the bed so Harry could lean back against the pillows next to her. Harry looked at Ruth and watched her look at Brody. He moved towards her and kissed her cheek softly.

"You did it." He said. Ruth smiled and put her head on his shoulder.

"I am happy to have Brody and Sadie, but what the… heck was our doctor thinking?"

Harry rolled his eyes and shrugged.

"Don't worry, I will have a few choice words. Did you ever feel like it was two inside of you?"

Ruth shook her head.

"No, it was always one kick in a certain spot… well a couple hours ago when Fiona was with me I was kicked in two spots and I thought our child was just flexible."

Harry chuckled.

"I guess we can't blame the doctor completely I mean we only had three ultrasounds and all three were when it was still hard to tell what was what."

Ruth smiled.

"Well that is what happens when you work for MI-5."

Harry laughed. A nurse then came in the room.

"Are you going to use a formula or breast feed?"

Ruth looked down at Sadie and Brody and then at Harry.

"It's your choice." he said. Ruth nodded.

"I'll breast feed."

Harry smiled and watched the nurse help Ruth with Brody. After a couple of tries, Brody eventually latched on and began to feed. Ruth smiled and watched her son with love. When Brody was done, it was Sadie's turn. She latched on easily and began to feed. Harry moved to Ruth's ear.

"Feel like a mother yet?"

Ruth grinned. That was her answer for Harry. Harry kissed her cheek and they continued to watch Sadie with joy.