March 28th, 2004

Everything changed when you brought a newborn into a house. Aidan was a very colicky baby. He cried all the time. He cried to be fed. He cried to be changed. He cried when he wanted to go to sleep. He cried just for the hell of it. It was driving Jimmy and Alex up the wall. It was like he knew when they were trying to sleep.

Aidan's cries came through the baby monitor loudly. Alex groaned loudly into her pillow. It was her turn to get up. It was the feeding hour. She got out of bed and slid her slippers on. Jimmy was snoring away in the bed. She gave him an evil look.

"Mommy is coming." She mumbled as she shuffled to the nursery. Aidan's screams pierced Alex's ears. "I'm here."

She picked the new born up out of his crib and settled down in the rocking chair by the window. Alex would never get used to this. There was a human being depending on her to live.

"Don't expect me to start singing." She said as she breastfed her son. "Momma can hum though."

"You sound good though." Jimmy said in the doorway. Alex jumped looking up at him.

"You scared me, Jimmy." She said. Jimmy chuckled as he walked into the room.

"Sorry." He said, "How is he?"

"Hungry." Alex said. Jimmy sat on the floor, watching Aidan hungrily nibble on Alex's breast. Jimmy smiled softly.

"This is so beautiful." He said. Kim chuckled

"You like it when my breasts are hanging out regardless of what's happening to them." She said softly, hoping Aidan would fall asleep soon. Jimmy nodded.

"Well, yeah, but you feeding my son. It's beautiful." He said.

"You know what's beautiful?" She asked him. Jimmy shook his head, "Watching you clean the dishes and do the laundry."

"I'll do those in the morning. I promise." Jimmy said softly.

"Thanks." Alex looked down at Aidan. His sucking motions were slowing down. The milk started dribbling down his cheeks. Alex chuckled as she pulled him away from her breast; "He's asleep."

"Good." Jimmy whispered. Alex smiled as she stood up. She carefully lay her son in his crib. "Can we get some sleep now?"

"Please." Alex whispered. Jimmy slid his arm around her waist and they quietly shuffled to their bedroom. Sleep was such a rare thing now. You had to take it when you could get it.

"Good night." Jimmy whispered as he crawled back into bed. Alex groaned sliding in next to him.

"Good night." She mumbled closing her eyes. It was like it was sonar. Aidan started to cry again, "Oh god."

"I'll go get him." Jimmy mumbled. Alex's lips quivered. "Alex?"

"Wh-Why wont he just sleep?" She whispered.

"He's a newborn." Jimmy said looking at Alex. Her crying was getting even harder. He sighed and gathered her into his arms.

"I j-just want to sleep." She sobbed. "It's n-never ending."

"I know, but I swear it'll get better." Jimmy said softly.

"I'm s-so tired. He has his ch-check-up tomorrow and I don't know if I c-can go." She sobbed, blocking her ears with her hands. Jimmy sighed softly. This was how he was when Joey was born. He was so terrified and tired. Aidan's cries stooped. "He stopped." She pulled away from Jimmy.

"Good. Maybe we can get some sleep." He said. Alex shook her head.

"What if he stopped breathing or choked on vomit?" Alex got out of bed and ran to his nursery. Jimmy growled loudly. If this was how Alex was going to be…Parenting for the next eighteen years was going to be hard. Jimmy got up and went into the nursery.

"He alive?" jimmy mumbled. Alex nodded.

"Yeah. He's asleep." She whispered. Jimmy smiled and touched her back.

"Then let's sleep, Alex." He said softly. Alex couldn't take her eyes off of him. "Come on." Jimmy slowly pulled Alex away to their bedroom. It would take awhile for her to get a hang of this.

April 12th, 2004

Jimmy was now back at work. His leg seemed to be working well. He had a lot of cool scars to show the guys. He was a little nervous about leaving Aidan, but Alex seemed to be handling things a lot better. Aidan was getting so big. He already nine pounds. He was sleeping a lot better, but he was eating a lot more. Jimmy couldn't believe Aidan would be a month old in two days. It was already going by really fast.

"Welcome home." DK patted Jimmy's shoulder as he walked up the stairs; "You're not going to over work yourself right?"

"I'm just excited to get some sleep here." Jimmy chuckled going to the bunks glancing at Lombardo, "But of course no sleep when you're sleeping next to me. You snore like a bear."

"DO not." Lombardo chuckled, "Maybe you should go back home."

"Awww, you would miss me too much." Jimmy chuckled, "How did you go on these months without me?" Lombardo shrugged.

"It was tough, Man. It really was." He winked. Jimmy chuckled as he started to get dressed. "Ouch. Look at that scar. That's a killer."

"I knew you'd like it." Jimmy showed him his leg.

"Sexy." Lombardo chuckled. The sirens started to go off, "Welcome back, Doherty." Jimmy chuckled.

"Thanks." He ran down the stairs as fast as he could. His heart thumped in his chest. He was so excited to get back into all of this. Jimmy pulled his jacket on and jumped ito the engine. His pulse raced. This was it. A fire. Why was he so excited? Because he loved his job that's why.

Jimmy jumped out of the engine and ran to the building. The smoke bellowed out from the building. He could hear a woman screaming from the top floor. He put his oxygen mask on and ran in. It was an adrenaline rush.

"Help me!!!" She screamed. He ran into the bedroom. A woman about nine months pregnant was sitting on the floor. Jimmy growled slightly.

"Ma'am, are you okay?" Jimmy knelt down.

"I'm in labour. I c-couldn't get downstairs." She sobbed. "Th-The baby is coming." Jimmy's eyes widened when he looked down between her legs. There was a baby coming from her.

"Get a bus ready out there." Jimmy said into his radio as he pulled the blanket off of the bed. "A woman is giving birth in here.

"Oh god! Oh god! She's coming!!" She screamed.

"I'm right here. Push and we'll get the two of you safely." He said. This was a first. He had never delivered a baby in a burning building. The woman screamed and a baby slid into Jimmy's hands. He grinned brightly and looked at the woman; "You have a beautiful baby girl." Jimmy wrapped the baby in the blanket to try to protect it, "Okay, I'm going to get you out of here."

"Th-Thank you." She whispered, clutching the baby to her chest. Jimmy picked the woman up and ran out of the bedroom. He brought the brand new family out into the cold and fresh air. Doc and Carlos ran over to him.

"Baby girl and…mom." Jimmy said laying them down on the gurney, "They seem to be doing fine."

"Good work, Doherty." Doc said.

* * *

Jimmy limped into the house. After working so hard, his leg was very tired. He looked around. It was silent.

"Alex?" He called out.

"In the kitchen." She said. Jimmy walked in and smiled when he saw his family sitting at the kitchen table. "Hey."

"Hey." Jimmy smiled sitting next to Joey.

"How was work, Daddy?" Joey asked. Jimmy chuckled as Alex dished up some pasta for him. He nodded.

"It was good." He said, "I delivered a baby." Alex laughed.

"No you didn't." She chuckled picking Aidan up from his high chair.

"I did too. She was a baby girl. Her mother named her Jayme after me." He said proudly, "I delivered her in a burning building."

"Wow." Joey beamed, "That is totally cool, Daddy."

"I know it is." Jimmy shoveled food into his mouth. His first day back was an amazing day back. He hoped things would run so smoothly from now on. He had a bigger family to provide for.

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