Zander raced into the emergency room and Alexis followed close behind. She quickly dialed Cameron's number on her cell phone but she flipped it closed when she saw him step off the elevator. She rushed to him as Zander rushed to be with the mother of his child. "How is she? and the baby?" he asked wanting to know the condition of his wife and child. She may be his ex wife, but he still loved her like a wife. Emily's face distorted with pain grabbed onto Zander's hand as he stood by her side. She groaned in pain as Alan told Zander about her condition. "We think it's a case of false labor. We're trying to stop the contractions now, and hopefully the medication will work soon." Zander felt his wife squeeze his hand as she felt a contraction coming on. Emily screamed in pain once more as the pressure she was feeling didn't seem to be going away. Dr. Meadows could see on the monitor that the contractions seemed to be slowing down and had become further and further apart, which was a good sign that they would stop soon.

Zander brushed back Emily's auburn hair from her face, and tried to convince her it would be alright. "I'm glad you're here, Zander." Emily said as she looked up at him, the worry seemed to have gone from her eyes now that he was there with her. "Where else would I be? I love you Em and you and the baby mean everything to me." he said as he leaned down and kissed her lightly on her lips. "I love you too." she replied as another contraction began. She winced as the pain came and went quickly. "The contractions seem to be slowing down now Emily, they should be diminishing in strength." Dr. Meadows said as she read the read off from the monitor. "Yeah ..they're not as bad as they were." Emily left out a heavy breath as she laid back against the pillow and relaxed her body. There was now an audience standing just outside the curtain. Monica emerged to check on her daughter's condition as Dr. Meadows checked the baby's position by putting pressure on Emily's belly with her hands. "She seems to be doing okay now." she said to Monica as she left the cubical.

"Oh thank God." Monica replied as she approached her daughter's bedside and took a hold of her hand. "You need rest and you'll get it here in the hospital tonight." Emily agreed, there was no arguing cause she knew her mom was right. Zander heard his father's voice and wanted to let them know Emily was alright now, the scare was over. He left Emily with her mother and went outside to talk with his family.

Zander emerged from the cubical and was rushed by his father and Alexis. "How is she?" Alexis asked as Zander still looked worried. "She's fine, the baby's fine. It just was a case of false labor pains." He explained that Emily would be staying in the hospital over night and that he would be staying with her. "Okay, you do what you have to do Alex. We'll be fine." Cameron replied as he stood as close to Alexis as he possibly could without touching her. Alexis looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Yeah, we'll be fine." she remarked a little confused by the comment. Zander left his father and Alexis in the hallway to return to Emily's side.

"We're gonna have her here for a while till we get her room ready, just be sure she remains calm." Bobbie said as Zander came back into the room. "Okay, don't worry, she'll remain calm." he replied as he sat down on the stool next to the bed. Zander took Emily's hand in his, his eyes met hers and he got lost in them. He always got lost in her eyes, the beautiful brown eyes that told him just how much she loved him, it was still there, the love was still there, he saw it.

"You really scared me, Em." he said as he could see her on the verge of tears. "I'm so sorry, Zander ... I almost .." "Shhhh...it's not your fault, Em ... so don't go blaming yourself, okay?" he tried to keep her calm and tried to comfort her. "But .. we could of lost the baby .. and .. " "But we didn't lose the baby, he's fine. He just wanted to arrive a little early that's all ... but he's fine. He'll be born when it's time, and he'll be healthy. Don't you worry." he said as he caressed her hand with his and kissed the palm of her hand. "I'm so glad you're here with me, Zander. I don't know if could do this without you." she said as a stray tear fell from her eye. He wiped away the tear with his thumb, she felt a quiver go up and down her spine. "I love you Zander." she whispered as she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. "I love you too." He replied as he watched her fall to sleep.

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He felt her hand entangled in his black hair as he rested his head on the side of her bed, he must of fell asleep sometime during the night. He looked up at her, she looked very well rested, so much better then she looked last night. "Morning." she said as he lifted his head and rubbed his face trying to wake himself up. "What time is it?" he asked once he got his bearings. "It's about 7, I guess." she replied as her hand caressed the side of his face. They had spent more time together in the past 12 hours then they had in the past few weeks, and she was beginning to feel a re-connection with him. They hadn't talked much since the divorce, and it was nice to have him by her side all night again.

The door made a creak as it opened a little and Monica peered in. "Morning." she said as she noticed both of them were awake. "I'm sorry to disturb you, but I wanted to come in and check on you before I go on my rounds." Emily shifted her position and tried to push herself upwards so she'd be in a sitting position. She caressed her belly, as she felt Zander's hand there as well. A look of content came over Monica's face as she noticed it there too and she smiled. She looked at Emily's chart and noticed her pressure was still a little high, higher then what it should be at this point in her pregnancy. "We're gonna keep you here till your pressure goes down, cause we don't want another episode like last night. You need plenty of rest." Zander and Emily looked at each other and agreed if that is what is best for the baby, then she'd stay. "Okay, if you think it's best." Emily said as her hand covered Zander's. "Good, I'll be back later after rounds." Monica smiled at them once more before leaving them alone in the room.

"I'm glad you're here." Emily said as their fingers intertwined still laying gently on her belly. "I'm glad too."