December 8th, 2003

Everything was so very different. He was a father now and He had a girlfriend. Alex was his official girlfriend. There was no doubt about it. But he would change that soon enough. he would propose to her before Lilah was a year old.

"Come here, Buggie Boo Butt." DK picked his daughter up from her crib. Lilah whimpered as she cuddled into her father. He smiled rubbing her back. Lilah fit so well against him.

"Is she up?" Alex walked into the nursery stretching.

"Mommy is bothering us, Lils." DK smiled at Alex who stuck out her tongue at them, "Mmmmm....looking good."

"Shut up." She said looking at them, "What a lovely picture."

"Well, we have such a gorgeous little girl." DK said curdling the baby in his arms. Alex sat down in the rocking chair.

"We did really good." She said, "We make good looking babies."

"That we do." He looked at Alex and smiled, "You've captured my heart." Alex chuckled.

"You tell that to me every day, DK." She said to him.

"And I will continue to say it for the rest of our lives to make up for being an idiot and hiding my feelings from you for the past nine months." DK said kissing Lilah's Cheek. Lilah began to fuss "She's hungry I think." Alex extended her arms.

"I'll feed her then." She said as DK placed their daughter in her arms. DK blushed slightly as Alex took her breast out.

"Want me to leave?" He asked. Alex shook her head.

"No stay please. Enjoy this with us. It's a great bonding experience. You can be a part of it as well, Sweetie." Alex's blue eyes sparkled. Lilah latched on and Alex gasped. DK winced.

"Did that hurt?" He asked. Alex shrugged.

"A little. My nipples are so raw and sore." Alex said. DK smirked.

"Well, I could rub some lotion on them later if you want me to." he said. Alex laughed softly and shook her head.

"If you rubbed my nipples, it would lead to other things and other things cannot happen because I'm not healed yet. We still have like a month before we can do anything." She said.

"I know that." he sat down next to the chair watching the two girls he loved the most. "This is wonderful to watch though."

"Erotic?" Alex asked with an arched eyebrow. DK shook his head.

"No. heart warming." He said. Alex's heart swelled, "I love you, Alex." Her heart continued to swell. She thought it would burst.

"You know, my hormones are still out of whack." She said.

"Are you going to cry?" He asked.

"Maybe." Alex whispered, "I'm so happy." DK leaned over and kissed her knee.

"You're a gorgeous mother." He said. Alex blushed.

"Can you believe this? We haven't been together for a year and we already are living each other and have a gorgeous daughter." Alex said to him. DK smiled leaning over and kissing Lilah's foot.

"We've been blessed and maybe we'll be blessed again someday." He said. Alex smiled softly and nodded. He was thinking about the future. This wasn't a phase DK was going through. he wanted to be in this for the long haul and Alex knew this was the man she wanted to be in the long haul with.

December 22nd, 2003

Alex frowned as she stared at Lilah's hair. She couldn't even stick a bow on it. She pulled off a piece of tape and stuck it to the bow. She smiled at Lilah.

"This will work." She stuck the red bow on her daughter's tiny curls. "Now everyone will be impressed with how beautiful you look."

"Are you girls almost ready?" DK stood in the doorway. "That dress is very Christmasy." Alex nodded.

"Kim bought it and since we're visiting the station, I thought it'd be perfect for her to wear." She said. DK rolled his eyes.

"Let's just get her into the car. getting her ready to go anywhere takes forever it seems." DK said walking downstairs and outside. Alex looked at Lilah.

"Daddy is tired. you kept him up all night." She said. Lilah cooed. Alex walked downstairs and outside. DK was already sitting in the car. She sighed opening up the car door. "Thanks for the help." She slid Lilah into the car seat and buckled her up.

"Sorry." DK said. Alex got into the car.

"It's okay." Alex said as she buckled up, "Did you manage to get any sleep after her midnight feeding?" He shook his head.

"I took like a half hour nap on the couch." DK shrugged.

"She'll start sleeping more soon. Don't worry." Alex pat his leg.

"I can't wait." DK drove carefully towards the station. He had precious cargo on board. He loved his daughter dearly, but this waking up every three hours thing was ridiculous. Why did babies have to be like this? They should be perfect.

"Here we are, baby." Alex smiled looking in the back seat.

"The big unveiling." He winked. Alex nodded as she got out of the car. DK got into the back and got Lilah out of the back. It was nice to see DK with her. He was such a great father.

"Anybody home in here?" Alex walked into the station.

"TAYLOR!!!" Dave and Swift ran up to her and hugged her in a giant bear hug. She grunted and laughed.

"I take it that you missed me." Alex smiled, "Don't you want to meet the newest Kelly?" DK looked at the boys and held Lilah up.

"She definitely looks like Alex." Dave said.

"Not as ugly as her old man." Swift winked. DK chuckled.

"Gee. Thanks." He said putting his arm around Alex, "Let's go upstairs." Alex nodded as they walked upstairs. Kim was sitting at the table. Doc and Carlos were arguing at the stove about tonight dinner. Jimmy and the others were laughing at a television show. Alex smiled as she cleared her throat.

"Hey." She said. Kim's eyes widened.

"Alex! Lilah!" Kim jumped up and ran over to see the baby, "Oooh!! She looks so beautiful in that dress."

Kim took the baby and began showing Doc and Carlos. Alex beamed proudly. Everyone was oohing and ahhing over Lilah. She looked at DK and smiled. he had that same proud look on his face. he had a winner here and they both knew it.

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