.:Chapter 18: Won't Have To Hope:.
.:"Colvin! COLVIN!" Darcy cried one night, months later, as she shook me awake. I sat up in bed, yawning a bit as I looked at her sleepily:.
.:"What?" I groaned grumpily as she gripped my hand, looking at me:.
.:"It's time," she gasped. My eyes popped open as I sprung up out of bed and went to dress. Darcy got up and dressed in the most simplest garments she had and then I got her suitcase as she yelled for Fanny. Fanny came rushing up to help Darcy. She put one arm around her waist and I went to help Darcy downstairs with Fanny's help:.
.:We all piled up into the car; I sat in the back holding Darcy's hand as she gasped and groaned in pain. I felt so utterly useless and I winced every time she cried out in pain, as if she was being punished:.
.:By some miracle we made it to the hospital and soon Darcy was in a bed, ready for our baby to enter this world. I fed her ice chips to keep her from getting dehydrated and rubbed her back, murmured sweet nothings into her dark hair as I tried my best to make her feel better:.
.:The doctors told her to push moments later and she held my hand so tightly I wondered if it would break. Fanny was at her other side screaming at Darcy to push, to fight, fight!:.
.:Sweat trickled down Darcy's forehead as she pushed for what seemed like forever and finally the crown of our baby's head could be seen. Darcy let out a sigh as the doctors told her they could see the head. She pushed and pushed until finally the wails of our baby filled the air and Darcy slumped back in exhaustion:.
.:I placed small kisses over Darcy's sweaty face, my hands caressing her shoulders as I told her how proud I was of her and how wonderful she'd been:.
.:"I love you so much...I'm sorry it hurt so bad. I am glad men don't have the ability to reproduce though," I whispered as I finally got a smile from Darcy as they cleaned and checked our baby:.
.:"Humans would go extinct," Darcy muttered:.
.:"Well if you really wanted a baby I'd die trying," I said, kissing her cheek as they told us our baby was as healthy as could be, proving to Darcy's father that nothing was wrong with our love. Fanny started crying at the sight of our small daughter as they wrapped her up in a pink blanket and laid her in Darcy's arms:.
.:Darcy's dark eyes went wide and glistened with tears as she stared at our daughter, her red little fingers clenched around Darcy's hand:.
.:"Oh Colvin...she's so beautiful," Darcy whispered as I stroked the baby's dark curling hair. Darcy looked up at me, trying to catch my eyes:.
.:"Colvin?" she asked:.
.:"Hmmmm?":.
.:"I know what I want to name this baby...if it's okay with you," she said. I nodded:.
.:"Okay...":.
.:"I want to name her Hope," Darcy whispered. She smiled when my eyes glazed with tears. How I missed Hope and wished she could be here with me now. Darcy handed me our daughter and I knelt down as we both stared into her tiny face. Hope:.
.:"This time...this Hope won't have to hope for a better life," I softly said. Darcy just smiled at me:.
A/N: Sorry this is short but my story is coming to an end....sorry if it felt rushed :-/