CHAPTER FOUR
(chapter title – One Song Glory)

"Hi! Mr. and Mrs. Davis! Follow me, please." The doctor, Dr. Heredia, led them to an examining room towards the back of the clinic. Roger helped Kaitlin onto the examining table and helped her lay down on her back. Dr. Heredia listened to Kaitlin's heartbeat and asked both her and Roger questions about their health and what they thought was wrong.

"Do you two have any children?" Dr. Heredia asked as Roger helped Kaitlin sit up so that Dr. Heredia could examine her.

"We both have daughters from previous marriages." Roger explained, holding Kaitlin's hand as Dr. Heredia put the stethoscope under Kaitlin's shirt and listened to Kaitlin's heartbeat.

"Dr. Heredia, I have a question." Kaitlin started.

"I have an answer." The doctor said, smiling.

"I have a pain in my side – what is it from?"

"Oh, that. What side?"

"My right."

"Is everything else okay?"

"Well, no. I want to know when I'm gonna have my baby."

"You're about five months in, so in about four months."

"But I'm not showing very much."

"We all have different body types, Kaitlin. It's okay." The doctor told her, lifting up Kaitlin's shirt and rubbing her hands all around Kaitlin's belly. She looked up into Roger's kind green eyes and gently squeezed his hand. He smiled down at her and kissed the top of her head.

An hour later, the two of them thanked Dr. Heredia for meeting with them. If Kaitlin didn't start showing soon, Dr. Heredia wanted Kaitlin to schedule another appointment the third of September. Kaitlin and Roger nodded and headed into the warm summer air.

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Exactly four months later, Kaitlin went into labor. Roger couldn't get a cab, so he helped Kaitlin to the couch where he could deliver her baby. Pulling off her sweatpants and underwear, he went to Kaitlin's front and spread her legs apart. Ally and Sara were at a friend's house while Christopher was on a date with Hannah.

"OWWWWW!" Kaitlin screamed as she pushed herself forward.

"Kaitlin, you can do it!" Roger told her, looking down. He could see the baby's head.

"Kait, you're doing wonderfully. Just push a little harder." Roger encouraged. Kaitlin nodded and pushed harder than ever – sweat streaming down her forehead. She had been in labor for twelve straight hours and she wasn't showing any signs of slowing down.

Five hours later, Roger was holding his newborn baby son in his arms. Christopher had returned home and called the doctor and they were sending on as soon as possible.

"He's so beautiful." Kaitlin sobbed. Roger nodded and held his son close to him.

"What are we gonna name him, mom?" Roger asked.

"I want you to name him." Kaitlin said, brushing the tears out of her eyes.

"What about Marcus Anthony Davis?" Roger suggested.

"I like that." Kaitlin told him just as the doctor came into the loft. The doctor cut Marcus' umbilical cord and got him cleaned up, weighed and measured.

"What's his name?" the doctor asked, handing Marcus to Kaitlin. She opened her shirt so that Marcus could nurse.

"His name." she looked up at Roger. "Is Marcus Anthony Davis." She told the doctor. He smiled and wrote the name down in a small, black book.

"He's healthy, so that's good. One thing I'm concerned about is that he might have HIV. I need you to bring him to the hospital tomorrow so that I can examine him. Ask for Dr. Martin." With that, the doctor left.

"Let me hold him." Kaitlin carefully handed Marcus to Roger. Roger felt tears in his eyes as he held his son in his arms. He was so perfect and little – the doctor had said that he weighed 5 pounds 3 ounces. He was only 19 inches long. But Roger didn't care. Just that Kaitlin was out of pain and didn't need to suffer anymore.

Time files
And then no need to endure anymore
Time dies