As soon as the C17 carrying the team finished taxiing Lisa was standing, waiting on the team to deplane. "Sonny Quinn." She says the second she lays eyes on him, she runs and jumps on him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Our little girl is coming home today." She whispers in his ear as Sonny wraps an arm around her waist.
"Baby are ya serious?" Sonny asks as Davis lets go of his neck and stands.
"Yeah, I am. She was ready to be discharged last night, but they agreed to wait until you were home." Lisa says with a huge smile as the rest of the team gathers around them to see what was going on.
"I take it this is good, whatever it is." Trent says.
"Mac's being discharged today, like as soon as we get to the hospital to get her." Lisa says.
"Congrats Lisa." Ray says pulling her into a hug.
"What are you two waiting for, go get her. Sonny we will get your gear bag back to the cages." Jason says putting a hand on Sonny's shoulder.
"Thank ya guys." Sonny says.
As Sonny and Davis turn to walk away Metal calls after them. "We expect pictures in the group chat, ASAP."
Lisa turns and looks at him "You really want pictures of my kid?" She asks scanning the group, they all nod yes. "Okay, we'll work on it."
"You better. We can't to see her again." Brock adds.
"Awwe my boys, soon, I promise." Lisa says with a smile as she and Sonny walk away.
"Holy shit, Lisa. This is really happening, we are really bringing her home?"
"Believe it Sonny."
"She wasn't even supposed to be born yet, and now uh, she comin home. Are we ready?" Sonny asks as they get in Lisa's SUV.
Lisa laughs. "I mean we have everything, but who is ever ready to bring their baby home from the hospital."
Sonny takes Lisa's hand. "It's happenin, we are now responsible for keepin her alive."
"I know." Lisa nods her head in agreement. She was beyond happy, but she was overwhelmed too, for the first time in a long time she was responsible and accountable for another living human. She couldn't help but think back to her childhood and her sisters and lack of mother. She was going to be better, she was going to do better for Mac than her mom had done for her and her sisters.
They drive the rest of the way in silence. After Lisa parks she turns to Sonny. "Ready for the first day of the rest of our lives?"
"Absolutely." Sonny says leaning across the center console to kiss her. "I have been wantin to do that since ya jumped on me before I was even off of the plane."
"Sorry about that, I just couldn't contain my excitement any longer." Lisa says looking into his eyes.
Sonny's face cracks into a smile. "Naw baby, I loved every second of it."
Sonny and Davis walk into Mac's room to find it decorated with graduation decorations. Sarah looks up from the computer she was using chart. "Happy move in day!" She says with a huge smile.
Sonny walks over to Mac's bed. First, he takes in her outfit, a black onesie with NICU Grad written in pink with flowers encircling the writing and matching pink pants. "I like this outfit, Lisa."
Sarah watches him play with Mac for a minute. "Sonny."
"Um, yeah." He says looking at her.
"You know you can just pick her up now." Sarah says, knowing full well the fact that his daughter wasn't connected to lines or the monitor anymore hasn't hit him yet.
Sonny lets out a heavy breath as his lips curl into a smile. "I, I didn't even realize, I'm just so used to somethin." He says as he reaches down and picks Mac up. "Hi little bit, ya get to come live with us now."
Sarah smiles watching Sonny and Mac. The big tough guys, like Sonny that melt the second they hold their daughters were her favorite. "I sure am going to miss her, actually I am going to miss you and Lisa too, but I am so happy she's going home."
"We're gonna miss y'all too. Every single one of ya guys have been so amazin and welcomin to the three of us. Lisa and I will never forget the kindness y'all have shown us." Sonny say, finding himself fighting back a tear or two.
Sarah smiles and rubs Mackenzie's head. "It's what we do Sonny. Just do this little peanut and her super badass mom a favor and don't fall of any more mountains."
Sonny laughs. "Controlled roll down a hill, get right." He says making his serious face at Sarah. Sarah shakes her head and laughs.
Lisa walks up to Sonny and Sarah and pulls Sarah into a hug. "Thank you for everything. As wonderful as all of the nurses are, you have been one of my favorites. Thanks for always going the extra mile with pictures and updates while I was working on base, you have no idea how happy those always made me. Oh, and good luck in NP school, you're going to do great."
"Thank you Lisa. I can't wait to see updates and Mac adventures." Sarah says and they break apart. "Are you guys ready for some pictures?"
Lisa looks and Sonny and he nods. "We are." After a few pictures were snapped with the NICU staff and under the graduation banner, everyone said their goodbyes. Sonny and Davis walk out of the hospital doors carrying their baby girl for the first time. "Sonny we did it, she did it. We're going home."
"I know babe, we are finally gonna be together as a family." Sonny says.
Lisa opens the front door and Sonny carries Mac through the door. Lisa bends down and takes her out of her carseat. "Welcome home Mac. Mommy and Daddy are so happy that you're here with us." Davis walks into the family room and sits on the sofa. She looks down at the baby in her arms, her baby, her and Sonny's baby.
Sonny sits down next to her and drapes his arm over her shoulders. He kisses the top of her head. "This feels so right, Lisa."
Davis cuddles into him. "Yeah it does." She leans her head back and relaxes for a second. "Crap, I didn't send the guys any pictures."
"Handled." Sonny says.
"Really? Thanks. I totally forgot, wouldn't want them to think I let them down."
"Trust me Lisa, they would never think that." Sonny watches, astonished by the moment. "Should we give her the tour of this house we bought just for her?"
"Yeah, let's do that. Why don't you take her." Lisa says.
Sonny stands and reaches down and picks up Mac up from Lisa's arms. "Okay little girl, time to see the house. This is the family room, we are gonna cuddle and watch movies here." Sonny walks to the sliding door at leads to the sunroom. He turns and looks at the corner. "And that's where we are gonna put your first Christmas tree, I can't wait for ya to see that." Sonny steps into the sunroom. "This is the sunroom, and once ya walk through here ya go out to the back yard. We are gonna do some cool stuff back here, ya just wait."
Lisa walks up behind him. "What outlandish things are you promising her?" She asks, rubbing his back.
"Nothin outlandish." Sonny says looking kissing her. "Okay, back inside." When they walk back into the house, Sonny walks into the kitchen. "So, this is the breakfast nook, which I think is a silly name since we will be eatin most of our meals here." Sonny turns towards the kitchen. "This is the kitchen, where I'm gonna teach ya how to cook, so ya don't end up like your mama, she can do a lot of amazin things, but cookin ain't one of them."
"Rude." Lisa says with a huff. She couldn't help but smile watching Sonny with Mac.
"Don't be mad at me because ya don't like the truth." Sonny says as he walks into the dining room. "Accordin to your mom, this is gonna be your play room one day." Sonny walks into the living room. "This room is gonna be the game room, it's gonna be real fun." Sonny looks down at Mac as she starts to whimper. "Lisa, she's makin the feed me face."
"I guess she has decided it's dinner time." Lisa says moving to make her a bottle.
"She's just so stinkin cute." Sonny says stroking the top of her head. Lisa turns and hands Sonny the bottle. "Dinner is served." Sonny and Lisa walk up stairs. "And this is the upstairs." He turns and walks into the master bedroom. "This is mommy and daddy's room. I can't wait for the three of us to watch Saturday mornin cartoons in there." Sonny walks into he bonus room. "Do ya want this to be your big girl room one day? I think that could be pretty cool." Sonny walks past her room. "That's your room, we will get back to that." Sonny says as he walks into the guest room. "This is the guest room and uh, I guess your nanny's room if we have to work at night. And this last room is your mommy's office. I can't tell ya how nice it has been to have a place where all of her work is contained, it was pretty bad at the apartment."
Sonny looks back at Davis and sees her roll her eyes at him. They walk into her room. Lisa takes the bottle from Sonny. "Did you like dinner? How about bed, hmm?" Lisa asks as she watches Mac fighting to keep her eyes open. "Okay, let's change her and put her to bed."
"This is the first time we put our little girl to bed." Sonny says as he paces the room with Mac. After a little while Sonny changes Mac and puts her pajamas on her. "Do ya want to rock her to sleep?"
Lisa smiles. "Yeah." She takes Mackenzie and sits in the rocker. She quietly rocks Mac, watching her fall asleep. Lisa put her in her crib and takes in the moment, truly mesmerized by the child her and Sonny created.
Sonny and Lisa sit on the sofa. "Sonny, I have to tell you how incredibly cute you were with Mac. You're doing a great job."
"Thank ya honey. We are gonna make this work and have boat loads of fun along the way. It's like ya said before we went into the hospital. The first day of the rest of our life."
"I love you so much Sonny." Lisa says shifting and wrapping her arms around Sonny's neck.
Sonny wraps an arm around her waist. "So what do we do now?"
"You make me dinner." Davis says with a huge smile.
"Oh, is that so?" Sonny asks.
"It is so, seeing as cooking isn't one of the things I'm amazing at." Lisa counters.
Sonny laughs. "Ya ain't ever gonna let me live that down are ya?"
"Nope." Davis says before kissing him.
AN: Someone's free! Thank you guys for your continued support! Hope you enjoyed Mac's NICU graduation!