Amy walked down the hallway until Jackson's eyes met hers. His expression changed into a huge smile as he took off toward Amy. "Hey. There's my little man." She said kissing the side of his cheek. Her large smile matching his.
"Thanks for doing this." Peter said standing in front of them now. He handed the baby bag to Ty. "If you need anything let me know."
"We'll be fine." Ty said smiling at Amy as she held Jackson.
"Wanna see Lou before you head back to the apartment?" Peter asked his voice frantic.
Amy nodded. "Can you take him for a minute?" She handed Jackson to Ty who looked terrified. Amy held in her giggle. "I'll be right back."
Ty held Jackson awkwardly as he watched in horror as Amy and Peter disappeared around the corner and into a room. He glanced down at the toddler and forced a smile.
"Amy." Lou said happily and through gritted teeth.
"Hey, how you doing?" She asked coming toward the bed and giving her a hug.
"Okay. This one is taking a lot longer then Jackson did." She said pointing at her stomach.
Amy looked back at Peter before smiling at Lou. "You're doing great. And Ty and I have everything covered with Jackson. So don't worry."
"Ty's here?" She asked as another pain hit her.
"Yeah, Lou. And Dad and Grandpa are flying down as soon as they can." Amy scrunched up her face as Lou squeezed her hand tight. She kissed Lou on the cheek as she pulled her hand away. "See you in a few hours." She said trying to sound hopefully. But knowing by the way the contractions were going it could be hours. Peter smiled nervously at her.
"This is the last baby we have! Do you understand me?" Lou shouted as another contraction hit. Amy ducked out of the room trying not to be seen.
"Hey." Ty said behind Amy causing her to jump.
"Holy cray! Don't do that." She shouted swatting him. Jackson laughed.
"Here, I'm not a baby person." Amy took Jackson from him. "How are things in there?"
"How do you think?"
"Good point." Ty switched the baby bag to his other shoulder. "So Peter's car is in the parking lot?"
"Yeah, he said we should be able to find it."
"Why are we taking his car? We don't even know the way home." Ty said as they walked outside.
"Jackson's car seat, that's why. And he has GPS."
"Why did we agree to this? I mean neither of us know anything about babies."
"How hard can it be?" Amy said but knew she'd regret that.
Amy was in the kitchen trying to make lunch for Jackson but was having a hard time since she couldn't find where anything was on top of the fact that the fridge didn't have anything kid friendly. "Ty?" Amy shouted. "Do you think he'll eat pasta salad?"
"What?" Ty shouted back from somewhere else in the large apartment.
Amy sighed as she kept looking through the fridge. "There's nothing in here."
"How about grilled cheese?" He shouted.
"Sure, you think he'll eat pepper jack or havarti?"
Ty came into the kitchen. "Why can't you use normal cheese?" He suggested as if Amy hadn't even thought about it.
"Sure, you got some?" She sighed frustrated slamming the fridge closed.
Ty let out a small laugh before going up to her and wrapping her in his arms. "This is gonna be easy." He mocked.
Amy cracked a smile. "It would be if Lou had normal food." She cuddled deeper into Ty's arms.
"There has to be something. Peanut butter and jelly?"
Amy pulled away from him. "Sure. On brown, sour dough or bagels?" She said opening the cabinet door.
"Okay, we can work with bagels." He said grabbing it out. Amy's phone ringing interrupted them.
Amy ran around the other side of the counter trying to find it before it woke Jackson from his nap. She looked through their pile of jackets she left on the back of a chair near the living room. Finding nothing she stood up looking back at Ty who was looking through the cupboards not even paying attention. "Is it in my suitcase?" She asked him. "Nevermind." She sighed as she seen it on the couch. She hit accept. "Hey, Dad."
"Hey, honey." He said from the other end of the phone.
"What's up?"
"Well, there's a huge thunderstorm here. There could be hail and everything. All flights are delayed." He sighed as he glanced over at Jack who was driving.
"For how long?"
"At least a few hours." Amy sighed and looked back at Ty watching him try to find something. "We're headed back to the ranch. No sense in camping at the airport. We'll keep you in the loop."
"Okay, Dad. It's not like you have a choice."
"How are things there?" He asked as Jack turned into the Heartland driveway.
"Okay. Ty and I are trying to make Jackson lunch." She wrinkled her nose as she watched Ty smell the jar of peanut butter.
"Have you seen Lou?" Jack asked from the drivers seat.
"Yeah, Grandpa. She's doing fine, I guess." Amy answered Tim holding the phone out to Jack.
"Is there anyway you can spend a few hours with her. Help out, maybe? If you can."
"Uh...well, Peter tasked us with babysitting. And honestly I don't think it's a good idea to leave Jackson alone with Ty." She whispered turning her back to the kitchen.
"No! Don't leave him alone with my grandson." Tim shouted.
"I just said I wasn't." Amy answered annoyed. "It's not like either of you were gonna help deliver anyway." She pointed out.
"True, but I hate not being there." Tim said.
"There's not much we can do Tim unless we drive ourselves. And we'll never get there by then anyway."
"If you two are gonna talk to each other I'm gonna hang up and figure out what the heck Ty is doing to the sandwiches." She half laughs.
"Okay, bye sweetheart."
"Bye. Love you."
"This doesn't look like peanut butter." Ty said holding out the jar. Amy laughed shaking her head.
"There you go, nice and easy." Peter said soothingly as he held Lou's hand and tries to get her through the contraction.
"Ahh..." She let out a long sigh. "Why is this taking so long? What of something is wrong?"
"Sweetheart, nothing is wrong." He rubbed Lou's shoulder trying to calm her down.
"I can't do this." She said laying back against the pillow.
"It's a little late for that. Honey, just breathe."
"I am breathing, Peter. But it's not helping." She shouted.
"I know. I know. You want me together a nurse?"
"Ice chips. I want ice chips." She shouted again. Her annoyance evident.
"Okay, I'll be right back." He said standing.
"Mr and Mrs Morris. How's Mom doing?" A nurse asked greeting the couple.
"Why is the baby taking so long?" Lou shouted.
The nurse checked the monitors. "Everything looks good. Would you like something for the pain?" She asked a big smile on her face.
"She's been in labor since last night. Should we be worried?" Peter asked.
The nurse turned to him. "Sometimes it takes a bit to get things moving. Let's see how far along you are." She pulled a chair up to Lou and lifted the blanket to examine her. "Looks like your half way."
"Seriously! That's it?" Lou let out a yell as another contraction hit.
"Contractions are getting closer together. That's a good sign, Mrs Morris. I think we'll be ready to deliver by this afternoon. Just keep practicing your relaxation techniques. I'll be back in a few hours." She said to Peter pushing the chair out of the way before leaving.
Amy pushed the baby stroller along the grocery store aisle. Ty grabbed a box of cereal off the shelve. "This was a good idea." He said as Amy laughed.
"Why the cereal ? We came to buy bread."
"And normal peanut butter, milk and cheese." He finished.
"Didn't hear cereal."
"It's Peter's money and I wanted something that isn't bran." He turned up his nose.
Amy shook her head. "Uncle Ty is silly." She cooed at Jackson as he played with a small toy.
"I'm a purest."
"That cereal is for kids. There's a cartoon bear on it."
Ty shook his head as he grabbed a jar of peanut butter and grape jelly. "That's everything." He said juggling the items refusing to get a cart.
They turned the corner and headed for the checkout line. Amy turned to see Ty had stopped following her. She followed his gaze to see he was watching a blonde women in her 40's. "Ty?"
"Oh, yeah. Sorry. Wanted some cookies." He said grabbing them as if that's what he was looking at.
Amy didn't question it. "This line okay?"
"Yeah." He didn't even look at Amy. He was back looking at the women.
"Everything okay?"
"Yeah. Fine. Let's just get back home. We shouldn't have went out without Lou's permission." His voice was all panicky.
Amy smiled at the cashier. "Hello."
Ty shoved by her to give the lady the money before hastily grabbing the grocery bag. Amy shot the women an apologetic smile. She looked back just in time to witness Ty slamming into the women from earlier. "Ty?" Both her and women said at the same time.