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A/N: once again my special thanks goes out to Jouliana and chimaera-104 for being my faithful readers and reviewers. If it wasn't for you guys I wouldn't know what I was doing wrong. Anywho… with that said it's time for
Chapter 16
Adam, Shalimar and Brennan ran all the way back to the lab. Shalimar had the biggest smile, "Isn't this exciting?"
Brennan rolled his eyes, "Oh yeah. The birth of Ashlock's baby. I'm really excited."
Shalimar stopped Brennan just outside the lab while Adam went in. "The baby is Emma's too, we have to support her. Emma's already freaked out by this; you don't need to make it worse. If that was me in there, would you still be acting this way? I hate Ashlock way more than you do, but I do know that I'm not going to take my anger out on Emma or her baby." Shalimar turned around and headed into the lab, leaving Brennan in the hall.
Brennan couldn't bring himself to enter the lab; he didn't want to go inside until his emotions calmed down. The last thing he wanted was for Emma to be upset, so he stayed just outside the door. He could hear Adam telling Emma to push, and Emma was screaming various things back to Adam (they weren't very nice). Jesse's own screams could also be heard, *Emma must have him in a death grip. This kid isn't even his, so why is he pretending like it is? I think I'll talk to him later.*
Shalimar's voice broke through his thoughts, "Are you going to come in? She's almost out, come on." Not taking no for an answer, she dragged Brennan into the room.
"One more push Emma and she'll be out," Adam told her.
Emma gathered all her strength and pushed. *God this hurts. I can't take this anymore.* Emma's thoughts were interrupted by a baby wailing. The pain had left Emma, and she laid back and relaxed.
"I'll wash her and bring her back," Adam said walking off with the baby, who was wrapped in one of Jesse's sweatshirts.
Brennan cleared his throat and said, "Do you have a name yet?"
Emma nodded and gave him a big smile, "Her name is Emily."
"What you didn't like Gabriella?" Shalimar cracked up, which made Emma laugh too.
"Gabriella," Jesse asked. * I thought she couldn't think of a name.*
"Yeah, Ashlock wanted to name her. Like I'd let him. I also told him that he's never going to get near her."
Adam came back in with the baby in his arms. He wrapped her in a soft white baby blanket. As he handed the baby to Emma, he asked, "What's her name?"
"Emily DeLauro. Oh she's so cute. Look at how tiny she is!" She cradled the baby gently in her arms.
"I'll go fix the crib for her, Jesse could you help me," Brennan asked. He just wanted to talk to Jesse, he was wondering how Jesse felt about this.
"Sure brother." Turning to Emma he planted a kiss on her forehead and said, "I'll be back." Then he headed out of the room with Brennan. The crib was going to be in Emma's room, so she'd be right there incase the baby needed her.
"I'm going to take a shower and get cleaned up. Then I'll be working on some modifications on the dojo, if you need me."
"Okay Adam," Shalimar said. "Hey Emma, how are you feeling?"
"Better. It hurt a lot Shal, but it was worth it. I mean look at her, she's beautiful."
"So, how'd you come up with Emily?"
Emma's face turned pink, "Well I couldn't think of anything, so I asked Jesse. He thought of Emily. I liked it so that's her name."
"You let Jesse name the baby?" Shalimar was hurt because Emma didn't ask her for a name.
"I told you before I wanted to agree on a name with the father, but since the father's Ashlock…I didn't want him to name my baby. So I asked Jesse. Please don't be mad Shal, I didn't mean anything by it."
Shalimar looked at Emma and said, "Can I hold her?"
Emma smiled, "Sure," gently she gave Emily to Shalimar.
"She looks like you, and she's quiet too. She has your blue eyes, and everything. You can't even tell there's part of Ashlock in her."
Emma laughed, and was somewhat relieved. She was afraid that Emily was going to be like him. Power crazy, mad, and wanting to rule over everything. That feeling didn't leave the back of her mind though. Something about Emily tugged at her heart. Emma knew that Emily was born for a reason, but she was certain that she didn't want to know why.
Emma's room
Brennan and Jesse were trying to figure out how to put the crib together. Brennan looked up form the instructions, "Hey Jesse, how do you feel about this? I mean, you love her right, but she had another guy's kid. Aren't you at least a little bit upset or hurt?"
Jesse stopped working on the crib for a moment and looked at Brennan. "You have no idea what it felt like when she told us she was pregnant. Brennan, my heart almost stopped. We've gotten close before, but I never slept with her. The moment she mentioned Ashlock, I felt like I wanted to wring his neck. 'How do I feel?' The woman I'm in love with just gave birth to a baby, and it's not mine. This situation is killing me. I don't know what I should do." He began to work on the crib again.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know it was bothering you this much."
Jesse felt a little bit better, Brennan seemed to be upset by this whole situation too. "I still love her, but I don't know what to do."
"You could marry her," Brennan suggested.
Jesse sighed, "I thought about that, but I don't want it to come across that I'm just marrying her so her kid could have a dad. If I asked her right now, that's exactly what she would think."
"Okay. So just be her boyfriend. Adam, Shalimar, and I could all take turns watching Emily when you want to spend time together. Let her know you're not mad at her, and you guys will be fine."
"I already did. There it's done." Jesse and Brennan stood back and admired their work.
Brennan grinned, "How do we know this thing won't collapse?"
"Good question. I'll shake it." Jesse shook the crib to make sure it wouldn't break. When they were both positive it wouldn't break, they ran back to the lab.
The lab
"Shalimar, can I have Emily back now?"
Shalimar nodded and she gave Emily back to Emma. "I'm sorry but she's so cute."
Emily started to wail at the top of her lungs.
"So much for a quiet baby," Shalimar laughed.
"She's hungry Shal. I'm going to feed her. Can you seal the doors incase Jesse, Brennan and Adam come back?" Emma had to remove the top part of her gown, and she didn't want the guys in there.
Shalimar sealed the doors, just as Brennan and Jesse started heading towards them. "Sorry guys. You can come inside in a minute." Turning to Emma she said, "How'd you know she was hungry?"
"I just knew, I can't really explain it." Turning her attention to Emily she said softly, "Are you done?"
A tiny voice popped inside her head, *yes*.
Emma's eyes grew wide and she said excitedly, "Shalimar, she just talked."
"I didn't hear anything."
"No, I mean in my head. Psionically. Can you take her for a second, so I can put the gown back on?"
"Yeah." Taking Emily she purred, "Hey there cutie." Emily's eyes started to close. "You sleepy?"
*yes*
Shalimar turned back to Emma and exclaimed, "She can talk! She just told me she was tired."
Emma was now fully covered by the gown. "You can let them in now. I'll take her."
Reluctantly Shalimar handed Emily over. Then she unsealed the doors.
Brennan burst in with Jesse close behind him. "What's the big idea Shal? You saw us coming," Brennan seemed hurt.
"Hush, you'll wake up Emily. She just fell asleep."
"Sorry Emma," Brennan mumbled.
Jesse turned to Emma, "We finished the crib. I'll put her down if you want."
Emma smiled, "Thanks Jess. Can you stay with her, until I take a shower and get changed?"
"Sure." He carefully took Emily from Emma, and walked slowly to Emma's room trying not to wake her.
Emma started to get up, when Shalimar insisted, "Let me help you. You've been lying there forever. The last thing you want is to fall on the floor."
"Thanks." Shalimar helped Emma stand up, and then walked her to the bathroom.
"Brennan and I are going to see if Jesse needs any help."
"Okay." Emma tried not to laugh. She knew that Shalimar just wanted to see Emily again.
Shalimar happily walked off towards Emma's room. Emma just shook her head, and walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
A/N: Emily's dream will take place in the next chapter. I wanted to include how each of them were feeling about Emily, and that took up the whole chapter. Except for Adam, he doesn't have any feelings…(just kidding!) If you want to know how he feels about Emily, review and let me know. I'll include it in the next chapter. I didn't forget about Emma's power so don't worry (she wish she never had it in the first place hehehe!) Read review and enjoy!