In the hospital
"Which one is it?"
I turned to my older brother and pointed to a crib right in the front row. "Over there." We stood in front of the big window, with a direct view of the nursery where all the newborns lay lined up in their cribs.
"Definitely a Baker," Justin nodded, grinning. "Great job, little brother," he said, patting my shoulder proudly.
"Well, Lydia wasn't that uninvolved," I said with a smirk and tapped lightly on the glass when I saw a nurse entering the room. I pointed to the crib where my son slept, and she picked him up and showed him to us.
"My God, he's so cute!"
I turned in surprise when I heard Izzy's voice. I hadn't noticed that she had stepped behind us. "I thought you were with Lydia."
"It's overcrowded in there," she said, rolling her eyes. "Mom and Dad are with her right now, and Lydia's parents and brother have just come too. I'll go back later when everyone's gone."
"Oh, there you are!"
I moved slightly to make room for Sawyer so she could take a look at the baby. "Oh, my goodness, he is so tiny!" She exclaimed, squeezing her nose on the glass.
I punched Justin in his ribs. "Be careful that you won't be standing here in one year," I smirked. Sawyer cleared her throat uncomfortably and, to my biggest surprise, even turned slightly red in the face. I looked at my brother, who avoided my gaze, which could only mean that the two had already had sex. I refrained from another comment. First Jude and Tracy and now Justin and Sawyer. My parents didn't need to worry about more grandchildren in the near future.
"I can't wait for him to come home with us," Izzy said, smiling blissfully. "Lydia promised me that I could help with the feeding and giving him a bath."
"And you can change the diapers," Justin added dryly. "And you can get up 2-5 times in the night and carry him around when he screams."
"It's the parents' job," she snapped, giving me a meaningful look.
"When can I hold him?" Sawyer asked hesitantly.
"They will bring him to Lydia later," I explained. "The nurse said that they will leave him there then. He only comes back to the nursery when Lydia wants her rest. "I turned away from the window. "I'm going to her now."
"Wait, I'm coming with you!" Izzy shouted.
"Me too." Sawyer joined her. "I haven't even been able to congratulate her properly. Yours and Lydia's parents are already a felt eternity in there."
"Yes, I know," I sighed. "My mom is still in shock." I rolled my eyes. "She had three kids and according to Dad she was very brave. But when Ben was born, she cried."
"He's her first grandchild," Izzy said. "You have to understand that."
"I don't know what I would have done without her," I admitted quietly. "I felt totally helpless when Lydia went into labor." I felt Justin's hand on my shoulder again.
"You should go to her alone. We're waiting here," he said, smiling encouragingly.
Although my sister immediately protested, I did what Justin had suggested. I hoped that all the visitors had disappeared as I opened the door and entered Lydia's hospital room. "The coast is clear?" I asked jokingly and stepped to her bed.
"As you see." She tapped on the bed and I sat down and kissed her. "Where have you been so long?" She inquired curiously.
"We were watching the baby," I replied and smiled.
"We?" She echoed.
"Justin, Izzy, Sawyer, and me," I listed. "Sawyer is very fond of the little guy. Speaking of..." I cleared my throat. "Did you know that Justin and Sawyer sleep together?" I saw that she grimaced. "So you knew it." I sighed softly. "Why didn't he tell me?"
"Sawyer told me," she confessed. "She was totally nervous before her first time. And I just gave her some tips."
"I hope you told her to use condoms that aren't expired," I said dryly.
"Of course." She grinned slightly. "And a few other things too. But why did you ask me about their sex life?" She asked with a frown.
"I made a stupid remark, and I think I embarrassed them," I said, grinning sheepishly.
"And what did you say exactly?"
"That they should be careful not to be here in a year to look at their own baby through the glass," I replied. "I realized just after that how stupid this sounded."
"Unbelievable," Lydia said, shaking her head . "By the way...," she changed the subject and became serious again. "Your mom and my mom think a spring wedding would be nice. What do you think?"
"I proposed to you three hours ago, and you are already planning our wedding?" I asked surprised. "Why the rush?"
"Technically, we've been engaged for a while," Lydia pointed out. "Besides, I don't want to wait any longer."
"Okay," I nodded slightly. "If you want that you should have your spring wedding." As she sat up and wrapped her arms around me, I couldn't help but kiss her. Still closely entwined and exchanging hot kisses, the nurse found us when she opened the door and pushed the crip with our son inside. Only when she cleared her throat did we interrupt our cuddling.
"There are visitors out there for you, Miss Scott," she said, smiling sympathetically. "Should I tell them to come back later?"
"No, it's all right," Lydia said, and only I could hear her soft sigh. "I can handle a few more visitors." She waited for the nurse to put Ben in her arms.
"He is sleeping at the moment. If he wakes up, you can ring for me. I'll show you how to nurse him," the hospital nurse said with a smile. "He will certainly be hungry."
"You can let the visitors in now," I said as I watched Lydia tenderly stroking our son's mouth and nose. "Oh, my God!" I exclaimed as the visitors flocked into the room, and in no time the hospital room filled up. I gave Lydia a distraught look.
"Finally we can see him in the flesh," Izzy said, bending down to take a closer look at the baby.
"Not so loud," Sawyer whispered. "Can't you see that he is sleeping?"
"Be happy," Justin piped up from the corner. "That won't always stay that way."
"I'm sorry we're late," Jude said, squeezing my shoulder slightly. "Congratulations, Bro... Lydia..."
"That's when you spend the night elsewhere," Justin murmured to his brother with a sidelong glance.
"What a sweet guy! Does he already have a name?" Tracy asked, standing next to Jude.
"Benjamin," sounded through the room.
"Was it very painful?"
I glanced quickly at Sawyer, who had just put the question into the room.
"I'll give you a detailed birth report later," Lydia promised. "Now I'm just glad that it's over."
I've had enough now. I wanted to have my fiancée and son for myself. "Okay, guys," I said forcefully. "All out now!"
Sawyer was the only one who understood that we wanted our privacy. "Let's go now and leave the two alone." She grabbed Justin's arm and dragged him outside.
One after another said goodbye, and finally we were alone again. "Finally!" I sighed and dropped onto the bed. "I thought they were going to stay forever."
Lydia laughed softly. "Do you know what's going through my mind?" She asked, and went on quickly when I said no. "We should thank Jamie. After all, we wouldn't have our sweet son if we hadn't used one of his broken condoms."
"Yes, there's some truth in it," I agreed with a grin.
"And you really don't regret it?" She asked softly and looked up at me.
"How could I?" I kissed her lips and then carefully stretched out beside her while our son lay protected between us. "Ben is the best thing that could happen to us." I stroked gently his dark fuzzy hair. "And I can't wait to show him the things my dad taught me when I was a kid."
"I'm really tired," Lydia said suddenly, yawning. "Maybe we'll put him back in his crib and cuddle up a bit?" She suggested.
I nodded, picked up the sleeping baby and carefully placed him in his crib before I returned to Lydia. She wrapped her arms around me and pulled me closer so that she could lie on my chest.
"I love you, Davis Baker," she murmured in a sleepy voice.
"I love you too," I said softly, but she didn't hear that anymore, because she had closed her eyes, and her steady breathing made me realize that she had fallen asleep.
