The gang's Christmas party was only 3 days away.
"You know this year has gone so fast, really" Yumi said fiddling with Ulrich's button on his shirt
"I know it has, it only seems a couple of weeks ago that we were taking these decorations down."
Ulrich and Yumi had spent the whole morning decorating the flat in the season of Christmas.
"Yeah, so looking forward to the party?" Yumi smirked up at him and gave him a kiss
"Oh yeah, should be fun" Ulrich said sarcastically
Yumi laughed
"Sam cant even dance, being 5 months gone"
Ulrich looked down and laughed a little "Suppose not, she'll try to though knowing Sam"
Talking about Sam's pregnancy wasn't as hard for Ulrich and Yumi now. Even though both of them still had dreams that caused them to wake in the night, things had gotton a lot easier for them through time and those dreams were getting fewer.
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY
Yumi and Ulrich, along with Jeremie and Aelita had got to Sam's house early to help out. Sam had invited about 50 people and that caused the planning a lot more stressful.
"Wow you guys look great!" Sam said on seeing everyone.
It was true.
Yumi was wearing a black mini skirt with fish net tights on and black boots that came up to her knee. She had a pink cami top on, which suited her great.
Ulrich was in simple black jeans and pink shirt and his black shoes
"Wow! You two match up, good planning Yumi!" Yumi smiled.
Aelita was in a short pink dress that finished just before her knee and had styled it well with a red cardigan over it. She was also making herself a bit taller by wearing red stilettos.
Jeremie was wearing a simple red shirt and black trousers and black shoes on.
"Hey guys!" Odd shouted coming down the stairs.
Odd was wearing a purple shirt and black trousers and black shoes.
"Doesn't everyone look great?" Sam said to Odd
Odd looked round at his best friends
"Yeah, especially you" Odd whispered in her ear.
Sam was wearing a yellow knee length skirt and a shirt.
She didn't look 5 months pregnant at all because of the maternity clothes that she had brought.
The party had been going for 3 hours and Christmas day had arrived.
People had exchanged gifts before heading home.
The gang were in the middle of cleaning up when they heard Sam scream.
Everyone rushed into the room that she was cleaning
"What is it, Sam?" Yumi asked helping her off the floor.
"This floor is wet, oh my god, Sam?" Yumi looked at Sam questioningly
Sam nodded.
"Right, Ulrich how much have you had to drink?"
"Err 2 vodka's why?" Ulrich asked confused as Odd
"Cant you see that Sam's waters have broke?" "You'll have to drive, Ulrich I know odd as had too much to drink like Jeremie"
"Odd's car? We walked here, didn't we?" Ulrich asked
"Yeah any but hurry, Odd help me"
AT THE HOSPITAL
"Can the baby survive?" Aelita asked worryingly
"Oh yes, certainly but has to stay in hospital a lot longer than normal" Jeremie said standing with everyone else as Odd came out from the delivery room
"Guys, it's a girl!" Odd said in a daze
Everyone smiled.
"Is Sam ok?" Ulrich asked
"Yeah, she's sleeping; do you want to see the baby?"
"Yeah, but we shouldn't disturb Sam" Aelita said
"The baby isn't with Sam" Odd gestured for the others to follow him.
Ulrich wrapped an arm around Yumi before following Odd
"You ok?"
"Yeah, happy and sad you' know?"
Ulrich nodded and started to follow Odd. Yumi placed her head on Ulrich's shoulder and walked in line with him.
They looked through the glass at Odd and Sam's baby. She was beautiful. Yes, she was weak from being premature. And yes she was hooked up to all sorts of machines but she was beautiful. If anyone had looked into Odd's eyes at that moment they would have seen love as he gazed down at his daughter.
He looked at Ulrich and Yumi, thinking of how hard this must be for them, but he saw that they were smiling. Their smiles weren't happy and they weren't sad. They were peaceful smiles. Odd looked back down at his child and smiled.
A nurse walked up to him "Sam is asking for you"
Odd nodded and told his friends to come with him.
Sam looked tired but happy and when she was shown her daughter, she had tears of love in her eyes.
On several occasions she had looked over at Ulrich and Yumi to see how they were coping.
The gang had left Odd and Sam in peace and had gone their separate ways home.
Yumi and Ulrich were walking down a park shortcut in silence.
Ulrich noticed Yumi shiver. She had forgotten her jacket at the hospital. Ulrich took his own off and placed it round Yumi's shoulders and wrapped an arm around her and brought her closer to him.
She smiled and placed her head on his shoulder.
"Are you ok?" she asked him
"Yeah, are you?"
"Yeah, I think I am"
Ulrich smiled
They walked on in silence.