Seth paces up and down the hall outside of the room where Kirsten is lying, he has not been allowed to see her yet and no one will tell him anything, all he can hear is the occasional muffled sob through the thick green door. He called his dad as soon as Kirsten had been whisked off into an examination room, tears steaming down her face.

He wondered how long she had been crying for, he had been so busy concentrating on getting to the hospital in one piece, trying to ignore her moans of pain, that he hadn't noticed her tears. He wondered how afraid she must have been, she had never cried in front of him, not even on the day of her mother's funeral. That day while Caleb, Hailey and even Sandy were wiping away tears, Kirsten just sat stood there, by Katherine's grave, not moving, not speaking, barely breathing, staring straight ahead, eyes glistening with tears unshed. When they got home, after the wake Kirsten disappeared into her room, and all Seth heard for days was the occasional muffled sob, just like now.

He wants his dad to show up, if anything he would be able to find out what was going on. He feels a little guilty, even though he knows, rationally that he has no reason to, maybe if he had been more supportive, maybe if he hadn't caused her so much stress, even though he hadn't been doing anything out of the ordinary, maybe if he had done something different this wouldn't be happening.

"Seth!" Sandy runs up to Seth, winded with Ryan following a few steps behind. "What happened?"

"I don't know, I came home today, from school and mom was lying on the couch, I could hear her moaning, she said it was just a backache, but then she really started having contractions, like I could feel her stomach go all hard, I was feeling the baby kick when one happened, I so I made her come here even though she said she was fine, she was so scared in the car, she was crying and now no one will tell me what is happening." Seth replied in one breath.

Seth looked up at Ryan who was hanging back behind Sandy, he looked a little pale. "Are you all right man?" he asks.

"Yeah." Ryan replies, completely unconvincingly, "I just hate hospitals."

Seth and Ryan both snapped their heads in the same directions when they heard sandy snap at a nurse "Why can't you tell me what's going on, she's my wife, pregnant with my baby." Seth could see that Sandy was shaking, barely managing to stop himself from grabbing the nurse and hitting her, he had only seen his dad this angry, this scared a few times before and it scared him, he hated this.

Just then a doctor appeared from Kirsten's room. He called Sandy inside, leaving Ryan and Seth to wonder what the hell was going on. Ryan still looked like hell, pale and clammy, Seth could see the beads of sweat that had formed on his forehead.

"Are you sure you're okay?" he asks expecting Ryan to snap at him, unconsciously bracing himself for a blow.

"Yeah, I'm fine, it's just the last time this happened, Theresa..." Ryan went quiet unable to finish the sentence, not that he needed to.

After what seemed like an eternity but was probably in reality no more than a few minutes, Sandy opened the door and signalled to the Seth and Ryan that it was okay to come inside, Seth almost ran to the door, relieved, Ryan was more reluctant only entering the room after Sandy asked him to.

Kirsten looked exhausted, but far more relaxed than before, her cheeks were tearstained and flushed. Seth looked down at her stomach nervously and was relieved to see that she still looked pregnant.

Ryan spoke first, "So what's going on?" Seth could hear the hesitation in his voice, like it wasn't his place to ask.

"Yeah, what's going on?" he echoes, partially because he has learnt it makes Ryan feel more comfortable and partly because he was curious.

Kirsten shrugs leaving Sandy to answer "She went into premature labor, we don't know why other than it happens more at your mom's age."

"Ok." Seth and Ryan say in unison.

"She and the baby are both fine, but you mom has to stay here for a few days on the drip before she can come home, then she is on complete bed rest for two weeks and if nothing else happens she can resume light activity but she can't go back to work until after the baby is born." Sandy says pointedly, placing particular emphasis, Seth notes on the words bed rest and work.

"What's in the drip?" Ryan asks.

"Does bed rest mean you can't shower?" Seth adds, causing Kirsten to giggle.

"I'm surprised you didn't remark about my age. In the drip is Brethine and I can shower." Kirsten says still giggling.

"Asthma medication?" Ryan questions remembering taking Brethine as a kid.

"Yeah, it relaxes all striated muscle." Sandy replies.

"Are you sure you can shower?" Seth asks.

"Yes." Kirsten replies swatting him on the arm.

A nurse a appears at the door, "I'm sorry Mr. Cohen but visiting hours are over."

"Ok, bye sweetheart." Sandy says before kissing his wife goodnight.

"Gross dad." Seth says loudly before adding "Night mom."

"Good night Kirsten." Ryan says as they file out of the room, exhausted and relieved.