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Later in the morning, roughly around six o'clock, Marco stood outside the hospital nursery watching his little one sleep, while Dylan slept in the waiting room. He wondered how Dylan could sleep when their daughter was right there, so innocent and alive. The hospital had wrapped her in a white blanket and placed a pink bonnet on her head.
Once the baby was born, Marco called his parents. They came up immediately, spending an hour, before heading home to get some sleep. He could already tell his mother enjoyed the baby and his father? Well, his father was very nervous, but he figured that was because it was a little baby. He remembered stories his parents told him of how he was nervous around Marco as a baby. They called Dylan's parents, but they were out of town, so they couldn't exactly come visit.
"Isn't she precious?" Paige walked up to Marco. He smiled. "Have you come up with a name, yet?"
"Danielle Paige. Danielle is her birth mother's middle name and Paige, of course, is her favorite aunt." Marco looked at Paige, who was beaming.
"I like it. Little Dani. She's got your eyes, if that's even possible." Paige looked at the other babies in the nursery. "I feel bad for her mother."
"We offered her to visit whenever she wants, but she said it would be too painful. Once she gets out here she never wants to look back. How can you walk away from something so tiny and cute?"
"I think someone's in love." Paige joked. Of course, Marco was in love. He was in love with his daughter. He couldn't believe it. He was a father. Suddenly a terrible thought occurred.
"Paige, we don't have a room set up for Dani, not even a crib." Marco panicked. They weren't ready. He wasn't prepared. "I'm already turning out to be a terrible father."
"Calm down. You and Dylan are going to be great fathers. Dani's not coming home tomorrow, er, today, so you, Dylan, and I will go out and buy baby stuff."
"OK." Marco said aloud, but was thinking, how can I leave Danielle? "So, what's going on with you and Spinner" He asked, changing the subject. "You two could so not stop talking." He said, sneaking peeks at Dani.
"Just reminiscing on old times." Paige looked down at the floor. Spinner was Spinner and there would always be an attraction. "He just recently broke off a year long engagement. He's not ready for another relationship."
"Not even with Paige, his first love?" Marco kidded.
"Nope, not even with me. I know, he cheated on me with Manny Santos, but I can't help feeling what I do. When there's something there, you just know it."
"I know." Marco thought back to the many fights he and Dylan had before they became life partners. "Was Spinner engaged to Manny?" He didn't know why he asked it, but he felt he needed to ask it.
"No." Paige giggled nervously. She hated talking about Spinner and Manny's relationship. "Her name was Sandra." She crinkled her nose. "Sounds old-30is. Too old for Spin." (A/N: I don't think 30 is old). Marco laughed at Paige's jealousy.
"Did he say why they broke up?" Marco felt like he was prying, but another side of him had to know. Paige was about to answer when Craig ran out of the hall and spotted the two.
"Call Joey—Ash is having the baby!"
Thirty minutes later, Joey, Caitlin, Jeff, and Kate say anxiously in the waiting room with all the old high school friends, now awake. Marco looked around wishing they'd been like this when Danielle was born. Oh, but they each woke up and saw her before she was placed in the nursery, so that was OK.
"Nervous?" Caitlin wrapped her arms around Joey, who was digging his fingernails into his blue jeans.
"I just remember what it was like when Angie was born." He smiled. "Can you believe we're grandparents?"
"When did we get to be so old?" Caitlin joked.
Jimmy leaned against Hazel, thinking. His kids were four years old; Marco had a newborn daughter; and Craig's kid was on the way.
"When did we grow up?" He asked Hazel. She patted him on the shoulder and gave him a quick kiss.
Manny sat in a chair, alone, during all of this. OK, well, not alone. She had spent part of the night with Sean while Ellie spent her time with Marco. Sean was a great guy, she surmised. She could now see what Emma once saw in him.
"No, stop that! He's with Ellie." She said to herself.
"Push! Push!" The doctor ordered. Ashley wanted to yell that she was, but she didn't have any energy, since it was being used to push. She squeezed Craig's hand harder to be able to push harder. She thought she heard him scream, but she wasn't paying close enough attention.
Finally, she got to take a break. Having a baby was painful and hard work. She wondered why some women kept having baby after baby. Feeling another contraction coming up, she was ordered again to push, so she went back to pushing.
About ten minutes later, the waiting room was antsy.
"Yes, mom. It's what 7 o'clock? No, she hasn't. I'll call you." Hazel hung up her cell and looked down at Jimmy. He looked back up at her. "My mother, wondering when we're going to pick up the twins. Sometimes, I wonder if she actually likes taking care of them." Hazel shook her head.
"Next time we'll get my parents to watch them. They love Jesse and Jenny." Jimmy sat up, reaching for his cane, which had made its way under the couch (Jimmy and Hazel were the lucky ones to get the only couch in the room. That's what being handicapped will get you). "Excuse me, I have to talk to a man about a dog."
A few minutes later, when walking back in, Jimmy bumped into Craig.
"He's here!" Craig flopped down in the empty chair next to Emma and JT.
"Congratulations." Jimmy said, making his way back to Hazel.
"Jacob Christopher Manning has made his grand entrance into the world." Craig closed his eyes and then immediately opened them looking at Emma's ring. "Did you get engaged?"