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California,
July 1985
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Toby smiled softly as he walked down the hallway towards the waiting room. He opened the door to the small room and looked at his and CJ's gathered families.
He smiled proudly. "It's a girl."
Everyone in the room screamed and cheered and took turns in congratulating the father.
"When can we see them?" Anna asked eagerly.
Toby laughed. "They are both a sleep now. CJ's exhausted!"
"You should think so," CJ's father said. "19 hours in labor. That's more than you, Mary." He looked at his wife and smiled.
"Oh, Jack! Stop being such an ass."
David rose and walked over to Toby. "Listen, why don't I drive mom, dad, Sarah and the twins to your house and we'll drop off our things, maybe have a meal and then we'll come back here." "Sounds like a good idea," Toby said and gave his brother his car-keys. "Thanks for flying out here in such a short notice."
David grinned. "Are you kidding me? I wouldn't miss this for the world. I'm just glad we could get a flight so quickly. Sometimes you're really lucky."
Toby just smiled.
"I'll buy cigars today," Julie said as he passed Toby.
"Dad, we can't take her home until a week."
Julie laughed. "It'll probably take a week for me to find good cigars in California."
Julie winked at him and then he left.
Toby turned to CJ's parents. He was glad that Jack and CJ's brothers, Michael and Richard were in the room.
"Maybe you should go home and sleep," Toby suggested. "It's been a long day."
Jack nodded. "You're probably right, son. We'll be back later as well."
When Toby had said goodbye to CJ's family he returned to CJ's room. She was laying in her bed sleeping. Next to her bed was a small bed with the baby. He quietly walked over to the small bed and looked at his daughter. His eyes filled with tears as he saw her. He touched her hand so carefully he almost didn't. He gently brushed her cheek and then she opened her eyes. They were big, just like her mother's, and brown, just like her father's. He smiled proudly. She closed her eyes again but gripped Toby's finger in her hand. Toby sat down in the chair and just watched his daughter.
"Hey, is she the only one you're going to care about now?"
Toby smiled when he heard CJ's voice. He kissed her on the forehead and took her hand in his.
"Hey," he said softly. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine." She turned to look at their daughter. "Isn't she beautiful?"
Toby sighed and nodded. "I can't believe she's our. That we've made her."
"Yeah, I know. Me neither. Hey, come here."
When he did she kissed him softly on the lips.
"Just so you'll care about me a little from now on."
"I'll never stop caring about you. Now I just have two beautiful angels to take care of. I can't believe how lucky I am."
CJ smiled softly before yawning. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
"I'll be right here when you wake up," Toby whispered. "When both of you do."
TBC.
Toby smiled softly as he walked down the hallway towards the waiting room. He opened the door to the small room and looked at his and CJ's gathered families.
He smiled proudly. "It's a girl."
Everyone in the room screamed and cheered and took turns in congratulating the father.
"When can we see them?" Anna asked eagerly.
Toby laughed. "They are both a sleep now. CJ's exhausted!"
"You should think so," CJ's father said. "19 hours in labor. That's more than you, Mary." He looked at his wife and smiled.
"Oh, Jack! Stop being such an ass."
David rose and walked over to Toby. "Listen, why don't I drive mom, dad, Sarah and the twins to your house and we'll drop off our things, maybe have a meal and then we'll come back here." "Sounds like a good idea," Toby said and gave his brother his car-keys. "Thanks for flying out here in such a short notice."
David grinned. "Are you kidding me? I wouldn't miss this for the world. I'm just glad we could get a flight so quickly. Sometimes you're really lucky."
Toby just smiled.
"I'll buy cigars today," Julie said as he passed Toby.
"Dad, we can't take her home until a week."
Julie laughed. "It'll probably take a week for me to find good cigars in California."
Julie winked at him and then he left.
Toby turned to CJ's parents. He was glad that Jack and CJ's brothers, Michael and Richard were in the room.
"Maybe you should go home and sleep," Toby suggested. "It's been a long day."
Jack nodded. "You're probably right, son. We'll be back later as well."
When Toby had said goodbye to CJ's family he returned to CJ's room. She was laying in her bed sleeping. Next to her bed was a small bed with the baby. He quietly walked over to the small bed and looked at his daughter. His eyes filled with tears as he saw her. He touched her hand so carefully he almost didn't. He gently brushed her cheek and then she opened her eyes. They were big, just like her mother's, and brown, just like her father's. He smiled proudly. She closed her eyes again but gripped Toby's finger in her hand. Toby sat down in the chair and just watched his daughter.
"Hey, is she the only one you're going to care about now?"
Toby smiled when he heard CJ's voice. He kissed her on the forehead and took her hand in his.
"Hey," he said softly. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine." She turned to look at their daughter. "Isn't she beautiful?"
Toby sighed and nodded. "I can't believe she's our. That we've made her."
"Yeah, I know. Me neither. Hey, come here."
When he did she kissed him softly on the lips.
"Just so you'll care about me a little from now on."
"I'll never stop caring about you. Now I just have two beautiful angels to take care of. I can't believe how lucky I am."
CJ smiled softly before yawning. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
"I'll be right here when you wake up," Toby whispered. "When both of you do."
TBC.