Authors note: This chapter takes place five weeks after the last chapter(s), thus meaning Sam's due date is two weeks away. Flashbacks are in italics. I apologize for any typos.

Martin woke up to the sound of thunder and rain. He looked over at the nightstand clock and it read 3:12 A.M. He figured he could go back to sleep, but when he rolled over; he noticed Samantha's side of the bed was empty. He yawned, and got out of bed to go look for her. By then he was already awake.

"Sam? Are you okay?" The first place he looked was the bathroom, with was vacant, and then went into the kitchen. Sam was sitting on the floor with her back leaning against the counter, holding her stomach.

"Are you okay?" Martin rushed down toward her.

"I…I thought it was nothing, but…" Sam moaned in pain, "I think it's…"

"You're in labor." Martin said as he held her hand and tried to help her stand up. "Can you walk?"

"Yeah…I think so." Sam stood up.

"Okay," Martin tried to stay calm, "I'll get the bag, and do you wanna change cloths?"

"I have too," Sam said and looked to the floor, "My water just broke." Sam walked slowly toward the bedroom while Martin grabbed a pre-packed bag, the keys to the car and apartment, and his cell phone. He remembered it was raining and grabbed their coats and an umbrella. He heard Samantha scream and ran toward the back of the apartment. She was sitting on the bed about to put on a sweat shirt over her tee shirt and sweatpants.

"Contraction!" She said though clenched teeth and Martin ran over and held her hand while she squeezed it. "Okay, it's over. Let's go."

Martin held Samantha's hand as they walked out of the apartment.

"You know, I didn't say anything earlier, but, uh, thank you. For saving my life."

"You're welcome." Martin to Samantha and they shared a look.

"Taxi." A taxi stops on a curb by Samantha.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Martin said

"Yeah." Sam turned to the taxi.

"Good night."

"Good night." Sam said as she begun to walk toward the cab, Martin walked the other way and begun to hail a taxi.

"Hey, Martin?"
"Yeah?" He replied as he turned toward her.

"You wanna share a cab?"

"I live uptown." Martin pointed to the opposite direction.

"Yeah, I know." Samantha said as Martin hesitated, and walked toward her.

"You're about five centimeters dilated. I'll be back in about an hour to check you again" The doctor said and then left the room.

"Five? How long were you having contractions?" Martin asked.

"About an hour." Sam replied

"Why didn't you wake me?"

"I don't know." Sam said and leaned back in the hospital bed, Martin pulled up a chair next to her.

"Can I get you anything?" Martin asked.

"No, I'm okay."

"I think I'm gonna get some bad hospital coffee. I'll be back in a minute." Martin left the room and Sam looked out the window at the rain.

"Hey." It was the office Christmas party. Sam walked up to Martin who was serving eggnog.

"Hey."

"I wanted to tell you something."

"Sure. What's up?"

"I'm happy."

"Okay." Martin looked slightly confused.

"I mean you make me really, really happy." Martin looked relived and smiled at her; she took a deep breath and smiled back.

"Man, bad hospital coffee was an understatement." Martin said as he sat back down in the chair and put the coffee on the floor next to him.

"I hope you're not hungry, I hear hospital food is even worse." Samantha said smiling.

"I don't think I'll want to be eating." Martin smiled and Samantha begun to wince in pain. Martin jumped up and held her hand until it was over.

"They're getting worse."

"That means the baby will be coming sooner."

"I know what it means!" Samantha snapped. "Sorry." She said quickly

"It's okay." Martin said and sat back down.

"Is it two weeks to early?" Sam asked

"No. My cousin Jamie had Eva three weeks early and Eva was perfectly healthy."

"Okay." Sam leaned back. "Another one is coming." Martin leaned over and held her hand until the contraction stopped.

"You just got your head handed to you." Sam said as she walked toward Martin's desk.

"Well, it wouldn't be the first time." Martin smiled

"I guess some things around here won't change too much."

"I was thinking some things will though."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean you and me…we, uh, kinda got interrupted this morning."

"Yeah, we did." Samantha and Martin smiled at each other

"I'll walk out ahead of you."

"Okay." Samantha turned and waited for Martin to walk out of the bullpen, a minute later she followed him out.

"Samantha, you're going to have to push harder." Dr. Laura Scott said.

"I'm trying." Sam said as Martin held her hand and she begun to give birth to their baby.

"Okay. I see a shoulder. Just push a little bit more."

Samantha screamed in pain and squeezed Martin's hand.

"Alright, she's here." Dr. Scott said as she held up the crying newborn for Samantha and Martin to see.

"Oh. She's beautiful. And so small." Sam said as she watched her baby being cleaned up. The doctor wrapped up baby Lily and handed her to Samantha. Samantha let go of Martin's hand and held the baby. "Hi." Samantha said and Martin knelt down to be level with Samantha and the baby.

"She's perfect." Martin said and leaned over to kiss Samantha on the lips.

"Yeah." The baby begun to whine and Samantha softly stroked the baby's forehead.

"Samantha?" The doctor said, Samantha responded by looking up. "We are going to have to take you to recovery."

"Okay." Sam looked down at the baby and handed her back to the doctor.

"We'll bring her back to you when you are settled."

"Okay." The nurse and Martin helped Sam walk to the wheelchair and Martin wheeled her into recovery.

"So Scully, you done yet?" Martin leaned over Sam's desk.

"I still have about a half an hour here."

"Okay." Martin sighed and put his head down jokingly.

"You know, I still haven't seen your apartment." Sam smiled.

"No, you haven't." They both smiled.

"So I'll come by later?"

"Sounds good." Martin nodded and walked away. Samantha smiled to herself.

"Hey, Marty." Danny said as he and Vivian walked up behind Martin who was looking at Lily in the nursery.

"Congratulations." Vivian said.

"Which was is she?" Danny asked and Martin pointed to the tiny baby in a pink blanket who was being put down by the nurse.

"How is Samantha?" Vivian asked as she smiled at the baby.

"Good, tired. She was sleeping when I left a couple minutes ago. But she may be awake now."

"We don't want to disturb her; we just wanted to see the baby." Vivian said.

"So, did you guys finally decided on a name?" Danny asked.

"Lily. Lily Grace Fitzgerald." Danny and Vivian nodded and smiled.

"Mr. Fitzgerald?" The middle-age nurse asked as she walked in from Samantha's room.

"Yeah?" Martin replied.

"Samantha just woke up and was wondering were you were. We are going to take the baby in the room to be with her. Unless you wanted to bring the baby in."

"Sure." Martin said and the nurse walked in the nursery and handed him Lily. Martin walked into Samantha's room holding their baby as Danny and Vivian followed close behind.

"So…you and Marty seem…well, you seem something." Danny asked with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, we are." Samantha said cautiously.

"Good. It is good, Sam." Danny said and Samantha smiled shyly. "Why are you hiding it?"

"It's just…" Samantha's explanation was interrupted by Danny's cell phone ringing, and in a way she was relived.

"Hey, Sam." Danny said as he, Martin, and Vivian walked around the bed.

"Hi. Thanks for coming."

"Do you think we'd miss this?" Vivian asked

"Do you want to hold her?" Sam asked to her friends.

"Sure." Vivian replied and Martin handed Lily to Viv. "She's beautiful." Vivian smiled at the baby as she begun to drift off to sleep.

"Okay, my turn." Danny said as he walked close to Vivian. "Hey, Lil." Danny said as he held the sleeping baby.

"Please don't call her 'Lil', Danny." Samantha said half-joking.

"Sorry. She's adorable." Danny said and looked up at Martin, "You know neither of you are going to get any sleep for about five years." Martin and Sam rolled their eyes. They all heard a distant humming noise and looked over at Vivian.

"It's my phone, I'll be right back." Vivian walked out of the room and Danny carefully handed baby Lily back to Samantha.

"That's probably work, so we should get going. I'll see you guys later, okay?" Danny smiled and walked out of the room. Martin pulled up a chair and sat next to Samantha. He kissed her lightly on the forehead. "How are you dong?"

"Tired, but happy," Sam looked down at the sleeping baby and then back to Martin, "Really, really happy."

"Hey college girl." Martin said smiling kindly as he stood next to Samantha, who was lying on a gurney.

"I'm so sorry." She begun to cry.

"Hey, you've got nothing to be sorry about. You were fantastic in there, do you hear me? You did good. You're going to be alright." Samantha nodded and kept crying, Martin softly touched her solder in effort to comfort her. "I've only got five minutes with you, okay. I know it's got to be hard to talk, but I need you to give me whatever you can about the hostages."

"Libby…Libby is the most likely to panic. Uh, Fran is…is strong. And Ted…Ted is…he's to scared to cause any trouble."

"Okay, and what about Berry? Berry Mashburn?"

"Paranoid, volatile, high-strung." She replied quickly

"Did he mention suicide?"

"No."

"No?" Martin asked

"Uh-uh."

"Did he talk about his kids?"

"Uh-uh."

"What about Sydney? Sydney Harrison? Do you think he killed her?"

Sam starts to cry again, "I don't know. I don't know."

"Okay, okay." Martin says quietly and brushes her forehead lightly with his thumb.

"Did, he, uh ... did he talk about an accomplice, a partner?

"Uh... uh ... no, he ... he didn't mention a partner. He didn't ... he didn't call anyone."

"Alright, Thanks." Martin turned toward the paramedics, "Okay guys, let's get her to the hospital." The paramedics pull Samantha's gurney into the ambulance.

"You're going to be alright, do you hear me?" Martin said and Samantha mumbled in response. As the ambulance drove away, Martin stood and watched it.

Martin held the apartment door open for Samantha, who was holding Lily.

"It's nice to be back." Sam said and they made their way toward the baby room. "This is your room." Sam said baby-talking to Lily.

"I thought you hated baby-talk." Martin said jokingly to Sam.

"Yeah…well…it's different now." She replied with a smile. "She's asleep." Sam said and handed Lily very carefully over to Martin while she prepared the crib.

"Okay, here we go!" Martin said as he lowered the baby into the crib and tucked her in. Samantha stood next to him watching quietly. "Are you okay?" Martin asked.

"I just…can't leave her." Sam said and Martin put his arm around her.

"Where are you planning on going?"

"Just, whenever, I can't leave her."

"I know." Martin said and kissed her forehead.

"She really is perfect, isn't she?" Sam asked and Martin kissed her again.

"I love both of you." He said and she smiled. They stood there watching their baby sleep and were both nervous and excited for their new life about to begin.