Title: Do you see the signs?

Author: Liat

Disclaimer: y'all know the drill

Part 5:

7 months later

Colin sat, slumped into an uncomfortable chair as Bright nervously paced the room. Rose and Harold were on their way to New York right that minute, as well as Andy, Nina, Delia, Sam, and Julia. Bright mumbled to himself and Colin watched, amused, as Bright scrubbed a hand over his face nervously. Finally, Bright dropped into a chair. He looked over at Colin, his eyes worried. His foot was jiggling nervously and his hair was sticking in 20 different directions. Colin thought he looked so damn cute. Colin grabbed Bright's hand and squeezed when Ephram came out of some swinging double doors. He looked haggard as he dropped into the seat next to Bright. Tilting his head back against the wall, he closed his eyes. He mumbled,

"They kicked me out. Said I was too distracting. She needs to concentrate."

Bright patted Ephram's shoulder and said,

"That's okay, Brown. You can sit out here with us."

Ephram glanced over at Bright and grinned,

"Like hell. In 5 minutes I'm gonna be right back in there. I just.need a little rest, is all."

4 hours later

The whole Brown posse, followed by Rose and Harold rushed into the hospital waiting room. They spotted Colin and Bright and rushed over. Colin's hand fell away from Bright's as Bright stood up to hug everyone. Colin hoisted himself up to hug, too.

3 hours later

Ephram walked out of the swinging doors again, this time dressed in scrubs. He smiled, a little worn out, but happily. He waited until everyone turned to look at him, then announced,

"It's a boy."

Everyone let out a delighted shout and rushed forwards to hug Ephram. Colin and Bright watched, grinning as Ephram was crushed by the horde. Finally he wiggled out of the mass and said,

"I'll go get him, okay?"

Everyone nodded and watched him go back through the doors. A minute later, he strolled back out, but with nothing in his arms. He said,

"Acctually, Amy wants you guys to go see her and the baby in the room. But, only a few at a time, okay?"

Everyone agreed that the parents should go first. So Rose, Harold, Andy, and Nina set off for Amy's room. The room filled with excited murmurs as all the kids turned to talk about the baby. Colin said to Bright,

"Wonder what they'll name him."

Bright shrugged,

"I thought they wanted Julian, but now Andy and Nina have Julia. It's too similar."

Colin shrugged, smiled at Bright. Bright grabbed Colin's hand as the parents came back out. They looked at Bright and Colin and nodded. Taking a deep breath, Bright stood up, then walked with Colin towards the swinging doors.

* * *

Bright was in a daze. Colin laughed, grabbing Bright before he could walk straight into the door post. The baby was named Aaron and he was beautiful. He had light brown hair, a shade in between Ephram and Amy's, and grayish- blue eyes. Harold and Rose were walking ahead of Bright and Colin as they walked to their cars. Colin called out as he slid into the driver's seat of Bright's car,

"We'll meet you back at the house!"

Harold and Rose nodded as they located their rental car. Bright sighed, turning his head to look out Colin's window as they drove. He said,

"It's so cool."

Colin smiled,

"I know, man. I know."

"We'll go see them again tomorrow, Kay?"

Colin nodded as he pulled into the driveway.

* * *

Colin sighed as he collapsed onto his bed. The day had been long and hectic. Dr. and Mrs. Abbot were finally settled into Bright's bedroom and Bright was collecting his stuff to bring into Colin's room.

Just as Colin was dozing off, Bright came barreling in, his arms loaded with clothes, pillows, blankets, and various other items. Bright set a mug down on Colin's nightstand, then dropped all of the contents of his armload onto the floor. Colin sat up, rubbing his eyes. He peered at Bright from under heavy eye-lids and mumbled,

"Shut up, will ya?"

Bright only grinned and began to arrange his stuff on the floor. After a few minutes, the junk began to resemble a temporary bed. Colin muttered to Bright to turn off the light when he was done, then curled under his covers and promptly fell asleep. Bright looked at Colin, sighed and shook his head. So much for a 'boy's night'. Bright walked over to the door to flip off the light switch and close it, then wandered back over to his makeshift bed. He settled on the floor, slipping under the blankets. Bright lay awake for a while, alternately staring at the ceiling and at Colin's sleeping form. Finally, after about an hour thinking of baby Aaron, how happy Ephram and Amy were, and how he wished he would have that some day soon, Bright drifted off to sleep.

TBC