So happy the Rookie gets season three! :)

Title: New arrival

author: Cindy Ryan

notes and summary: See part one

Lucy awoke well before dawn. She wasn't sure at first what had awoken her. Lucy was close to her due date. Forty-eight hours close. Because of that Tim had taken the week off. They both knew that babies never arrived on schedule. This one could come next week or tomorrow. Then Lucy realized what had awoken her; her water had broke. The first contraction hit and took away her breath. She reached over with her left hand and hit Tim's left shoulder. He grunted but Lucy felt him stir. They'd always been sensitive to each other's moods. Now being no exception. Even half asleep Tim sensed her distress.

"Lucy?"Tim asked worriedly.

"My water broke."Lucy said each word clipped with pain. "Time for Operation: Baby Bradford."

"I love you."Tim replied as he leaned in and kissed Lucy quickly before springing to his feet.

"Love you too."Lucy responded as she breathed through the next contraction.

Tim got dressed and called for an ambulance. He then called her parents and woke Ellie. Lucy's parents would watch Ellie while she was in the hospital. A few minutes later Lucy was in the ambulance with Tim and a sleepy Ellie. Another contraction hit and Lucy closed her eyes trying to ride it out. They were coming much closer. Hopefully that meant this wouldn't be a long labor.


At eight am Tim watched as Lucy gave birth to their son. It'd been an intense but relatively short labor. The baby was screaming at the top of his lungs as the doctor cut the umbilical cord and the nurses cleaned him out.

"He's okay?"Lucy asked anxiously.

Tim smiled as he kissed her.

"He's beautiful just like his mother."Tim replied his voice thick with emotion. "His amazing mother."

As exhausted as Lucy was she felt a surge of love and energy as the nurses laid her newborn son on her chest. He was wrapped in a blue blanket. A light dusting of dark hair covered his little head. She looked up and met her husband's gaze and her breath caught at the love she saw there. She reached up and took Tim's right hand in hers; he squeezed it tightly. Then he leaned in and placed a light kiss on his son's head.

"Welcome to the world Ian Jackson Bradford."Lucy said softly.

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