Sawyer and Claire slid into the bunks and Kate's eyes widened, her arms reaching for Sawyer.
"I'm here." He stated as he walked towards her, climbing onto the bunk and sitting behind her, letting her rest her back on his chest, and her arms on his knees.
"Please Stay." Kate said, yelping as another contraction hit her.
Jack eyed Sawyer, taking notice of his bleeding head, but didn't bother to say anything. Now wasn't the time.
"The baby is right there." Jack said. "Her water finally broke...and on its own a little bit ago. She's ready."
"No I'm Not." Kate huffed.
"Hey, Hey." Sawyer stated, "You can do this, Shit, you're the toughest girl here, Sun did it..."
"I did it!" Claire exclaimed. "I did it because of you, Kate."
Oh God, Am I Watching Lifetime? Sawyer thought.
Kate gave out a large sigh as her stomach tightened with yet another contraction.
"Okay." She said weakly.
"Okay." Jack exclaimed with a happy sigh. "Everytime you feel a contraction, I need you to push as hard as you can, really bear down, okay? When you feel the urge to push, do so."
Kate nodded slowly as Sawyer helped her sit up a little more. Jack turned to Claire, "I'm going to need a towel, definitely. And Maybe a bowl of warm water and a washcloth to clean off the baby."
Claire nodded and ran out of the room.
Kate's eyes narrowed with pain as Jack urged her to push. "Take a deep breath and push!" He stated, Kate pushed down hard as she could, her hand squeezing Sawyer's knee so tightly that her knuckles went white.
Kate stopped and took a deep breath. "Good!" Jack cried out.
Claire rushed back in setting the water and wash cloth behind her, kneeling at Kate's side.
Kate squeezed her eyes shut, the pain consumed her entire body now. She pushed again and then stopped after a few seconds.
"I Can't do this..." She said, tears rolling down her freckled cheeks.
"Kate, if you push a few more times the baby is out, its RIGHT here. Once you push the head out, its all downhill from there. You CAN do this."
Kate cried out as another fierce contraction tightened her stomach in pain. She inhaled deeply and pushed as hard as she could.
"Anytime you wanna push now, do so." Jack stated. Kate nodded, her eyes still shut tight from the constant pain. Jack turned to Claire again, "There's scissors over to my left," Jack began, motioning with his head. "Get them ready for me, there should be a rubber band too, I need that ready too."
Claire nodded and held both items, she couldn't help but smile, she was so happy to be a part of this, especially since Kate was there for her when she had Aaron.
Kate pushed and Jack told Sawyer to count it for her, to make it easier.
"One...Two...Three...Four..."
"Try and Go to Ten Kate." Jack slipped in.
"Five...Six...Seven...Eight..."
Kate stopped and rested her head back on Sawyer's shoulder.
"The head's out." Jack smiled. "We can do this in one more push, all right? I'm gonna help you."
The pain stopped Kate from saying anything, she just weakly nodded. So took another large breath and pushed with all her might.
Hearing the Baby cry was the moment where it all hit Sawyer like a brick. He was a father now. He looked at the tiny crying baby in Jack's hands as Kate, exhausted threw herself back into Sawyer's arms.
"Its a girl." Jack smiled.
"I Told You." Kate smiled weakly, before she started to cry.
"Oh!" Claire exclaimed. "She's so beautiful!"
Jack quickly cut the cord and tied it up with a rubber band as Claire wiped the baby down and wrapped her in a towel. Sawyer, for once in his life, was speechless.
Claire started tot cry as she peered down at the baby now in her arms before she handed her to Kate.
Sawyer peered down at the little girl in Kate's arms and couldn't help but smile wide. She was perfect, she had a ton of hair, auburn curls adorned her head and her skin was a rich pink. She didn't even look like she was just born, she looked like a perfect little doll.
"Got a good set of lungs on her." Sawyer smirked, finally speaking up, as the baby continued to wail. Finally stopping and slowly opening her eyes. She was the spitting image of Kate, her tiny features, curly locks and beautiful eyes all reminded him of Kate.
"Oh, Sawyer..." Kate sobbed. "We're parents."
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Sawyer sat alone with the baby on the couch later that night. He told Kate do go ahead and sleep, she need her rest and he would wake her if the baby got hungry. He sat in the quiet of the Hatch staring down at his newborn daughter with pride. He peeled the blanket she was wrapped in from her tiny body and took her tiny hand into his, she had ten perfect, tiny fingers, and ten perfect, tiny toes. Claire had taken a shirt and cut the ribbons which held it on a hanger off, which made perfect white ribbon's for the baby's hair. She was giddy as she bunched up the tiny infant girls hair and tied the ribbon around it, beaming with pride at her adopted niece. The ribbon had managed to stay in her silky curls.
She looks like an angel. Sawyer thought to himself. He had never felt this before, the special feeling that overwhelmed his body and soul as he stared down at the sleeping babe. He was proud, happy, overcome with joy & a deep need to protect her, to always be there to catch her if she fell.
"Hey." Jack said as he walked towards Sawyer.
"Hi, Doc." Sawyer said, barely above a whisper as he twirled a finger in one of the baby's curls. "How's everythin'?" He asked, referring to Kate, who Jack was checking on every now and then.
"She woke up for a second...She's doing fine."
"She needs her rest." Sawyer stated. "Figure I'd let her sleep for a while until the baby got hungry."
"She have a name yet?" Jack asked looking down at the baby girl.
"She's got a lot of names." Sawyer began. "See, she was just gonna be Lilly Rose at first, then Kate was diggin' up the past and decided she wanted Alexis in there too, said when she played house her babies were always Alexis. I never saw Freckles as one to play House, but she insisted on Alexis too. Then she was like oh well, Claire was a big part of this too. So as of right now her full name is Lily Alexis Claire Rose Ford."
"That'll be interesting teaching her how to write all that."
"I just call her Peanut." Sawyer said as he grinned at her.
"Well, Lily Alexis Claire Rose Ford. Welcome to the world." Jack said, with a smile. He turned away, stopping as Sawyer spoke up.
"Jack? Thank You."