Ruthie starred at the clock. She had made dinner for her and Martin and he was nowhere. She was starting to worry because practice had ended at 5 and it was now 6. A twinge of pain shot through her and she winced. Just then her water broke, she panicked it was too early she wasn't due for 2 months. She screamed in pain and Robbie who was next door ran over. He ran to her and she just looked at him with the tears welling up in her eyes.

"My water broke." He grabbed his phone and called Martin's cell.

"Hello?"
"Martin Ruthie's going to labor."

"Omg! Um…get her to the hospital and I'll meet you there."

"Okay, call the doctor?"

"Yeah I'll see you at the hospital."

"Come on Ruthie Martin's gonna meet us there." He helped her to his car and rushed to the hospital. Ruthie was crying when they got to the hospital, she wasn't ready for it to happen so soon.

The doctor was there waiting for her and kept telling her that everything would be okay. "The baby's a little early but I promise that we will do everything we can. You can do this." She screamed in pain as another contraction swept through her body. The doctor checked her and looked at the nurse, "She's about 4 centimeters, so start epidural as soon as possible."

Robbie waited in the lobby for Martin to show up and when Martin did show Robbie was pacing back and forth. Martin had a look of panic on his face and he looked like he had ran the whole way here.

"Where is she?"

"Come on." Robbie pulled Martin in the direction of her room. Martin walked in and Ruthie's face lit up.

"I'm here." He grabbed her hand and gently kissed it. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, they started me on epidural so I can't feel that much."

"We should call our parents."

"Already done, I had to do something while I was waiting. Mr. and Mrs. Camden are flying down here later on today and I'm gonna meet them at the airport."

"Robbie thank you for everything." Martin gave Robbie a hug.

"Well actually Ruthie was the one who was screaming. I mean dude she was like shrieking."

"Good thing you have excellent hearing." They all laughed when the doctor came in.

"How are you feeling?"

"Better."

"Good, we have to check your progress then maybe you should rest a little bit. Well you're about 5ish. So you should rest because you're probably not going to sleep a full night's sleep for a long time."

"Yeah." She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. Martin and Robbie sat around and played cards until Robbie had to pick up the Camdens from the airport. So Martin just watched Ruthie sleep and he thought about their wedding. He knew that some people thought they were too young but with a child on the way it was the right thing to do.

Mrs. Camden walked into the room and looked at Ruthie her youngest daughter. She soon started crying and Mr. Camden just held her. Their youngest daughter was having a baby and getting married.

"How are you holding up Martin?"

"I'm good, she's been asleep for awhile now."

"That's good." They all sat around and waited. Ruthie woke up when the doctor came in to check her again about 8 hours after she first arrived.

"Did you enjoy your rest Ruthie?"

"It was nice. Hey mom and dad."

"Hey sweetie, how are you?"

"Good." The doctor finished his examination.

"Well Ruthie you're about 9 centimeters along so we should start getting ready for the delivery.

"Okay."

4 hours later Ruthie and Martin welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the world. Martin looked at his son and then at Ruthie. He couldn't have hoped for more, he had everything he needed.

"What should we name him?"

"Dylan Anthony Brewer." Ruthie loved that name. She loved her son and Martin. Having a baby wasn't has bad as she had made it out to be, she just wanted to skip being pregnant and just have the baby would good.

"I love you." Martin kissed her softly on the cheek as the doctor took the baby. He was premature but seemed to be in good health but it was precaution to keep the baby until he was perfectly healthy.

"Now you two can focus on balancing school and raising Dylan."

"Hey Martin you should call Mac and Monica."

"Yeah right away."

"So honey, how are you feeling?"

"Nervous."

"He'll be fine. Nothing will happen to him he's your son after all." Ruthie laughed at her father's comment.

"Thanks dad."

"We love you Ruthie." They sat there waiting for news on how the baby was. Ruthie had started biting her nails something she hasn't done since she was 15. She couldn't believe that she was 18, had a son, and was getting married. It was like her life was fast forwarded. She looked up and the doctor walked into the room.

"How is the baby?"

"He's fine for now, but we want to keep him awhile to just make sure."

"But he's fine?"

"Yes at the moment but there's still a chance he could get sick."

"So how long will he have to stay here?"

"Well to be on the safe side a week."

"Okay."

"And we'll keep Ruthie here to keep an eye on her."

"Thank you doctor." Martin looked at Ruthie who had a nervous look on her face.

"Well Ruthie we're going to go to the hotel to get some sleep and we'll back in the morning." Mrs. Camden kissed her cheek and it was just Ruthie and Martin in the room.

"Are you okay?" He sat down next to her bed and held her hand.

"What if something happens?"

"We'll be prepared, don't worry everything will be fine. He's a strong kid look at who his mother is."

"Yeah but he's so tiny."

"Baby relax, the doctor's won't let anything happen." They just sat there uncertain of the future of their baby.