Chapter 10

A/N: Hey! Sorry that it's really short, I had to cut out part of the story because it just didn't seem right… You guys who read the chapters before know what I'm talking about. Anyways, hope you enjoy the new ones!

Although she had felt like she couldn't possibly for a century, Seany had fallen asleep on her bed. Well, the hospital's bed. As she lay there, breathing slowly and peacefully; Chris was beside her. He was tenderly stroking her hair, and gazing at her through a new light. He still loved her; God knows that would never change. But he loved her more. He knew she was strong, to be able to carry another man's baby and keep it because she loved it for its own. Because, as she said when he asked her about abortion, "It's not the baby's fault that the parent's messed up." But he never estimated close how strong she was until he witnessed what she had done that day, and now he was prouder than he had ever been for anybody before.

Chris would just have to put up with the fact that Shawn was going to be a part of their lives now. Hopefully not often, because of how far away and all… But Chris would never forget how Seany looked at Shawn when he walked through that curtain. Chris had actually been jealous. After all that Shawn had put her through: never talking to her, flaunting his wife's pregnancy, and then showing up at her son's birth expecting to just be taken back with open arms? Well, he was, but that wasn't Chris's point. Seany kept insisting that Chris saw things slightly differently and was just being protective of her; but he still couldn't help but glare at Shawn every once in a while. He knew Seany was right to an extent.

Chris had only left his wife a total of about three times to check on his son in the window. Although he did love Seany's child; he knew that she needed him more right now, and that it would probably be a good husband to stay by her side through it all.

His philosophical train of thought was broken as Seany slowly opened her eyes, blinking a couple times before everything came into focus. She felt slightly numb in her legs and a little sore on her stomach and elsewhere; but besides that she was fine. What was even better was the fact that she woke up to her husband; which to her was a good sign. Every wife would complain if their husband wasn't there for them, off doing more important things… But Seany was proud to say that hers kept beside her and she came first. Now if she could only burn into his mind that their children would have to come before her…

"Chris?" She yawned and sat up slowly, muscles aching that she didn't even know she had. As she did so she stretched her arms, feeling a pull and another pain from where she had been holding so tightly to the rails of her bed. "Where's the baby?"

Chris smiled, brushing her bangs out of her eyes once more and kissing her tenderly on the lips briefly before replying. "The baby has a name you know… I remembered perfectly how you told me to spell it just incase you fell asleep." He winked at her, causing her to giggle. "He's outside in the viewing room or whatever they call it." He assured her, running the back of his hand against her cheek for a second. "I went and checked on him about ten minutes ago."

Seany grinned. "Chris… Thanks." The smile on her face faded slightly to a small smirk. "You know; for everything."

"Don't worry about it." Chris assured her, leaning over and kissing her once more, wrapping his arms around her and holding her. Seany sighed, resting her head against his shoulder and keeping herself close to him. She had been right; Chris was going to be a great father.

Ten minutes later…

"Seany?" John poked his head through the curtain, speaking softly to his best friend's wife. "Uh… Wassup?" He asked, giving a small wave as Seany grinned at him.

"Not much…" Seany replied, wiggling to sit up against the pillows behind her. "Where have you been?"

John sighed, walking over to her bedside and glancing at Chris. He was passed out on the nightstand once more, and Seany had been watching the TV softly while he had been sleeping. John merely shook his head, leaning over to hug Seany carefully. "Doctors wouldn't let anyone but Chris and your dad in while you were sleeping. Apparently you were going through 'excessive recovery'." John explained, hugging her once more. "How's the baby?"

"He's good." Seany answered, smiling once more. She was proud of herself and of Chris for bringing the baby into the world. Especially Chris; it wasn't even his baby and he still looked as if he sincerely loved it as if it were his own. "He's out in the viewing room." She added, incase he didn't know already.

John merely raised an eyebrow. "Really? It's a he?" A large grin plastered itself across his face and an expression of victory accompanied it. "We so told you."

Seany merely smiled in reply, punching him lightly in the arm. "Ok, ok, fine… And yeah, it's Austin Bryce Irvine." She informed him, reciting her son's name perfectly. "Chris let me choose it myself."

John's grin seemed to shorten at the news. "He let you choose but you didn't name it after him at all?" He asked. "Seany…"

"Hey! He told me he wanted the baby to have its own name if it was a boy. So case closed buster." She stuck her tongue out, giggling as his expression screwed up in a mix of confusion, somewhat happiness, and still a slight tinge of victory.

"Alright; I love it." John replied. "Cause you know I'm supposed to approve the name, it's the law."

Seany merely shook her head and laughed, reaching over to the opposite nightstand and picking up a thick sheet of paper. She held it up proudly to John, and he took it in his hands.

"Austin Bryce Irvine, born on January 18th… Blah blah blah…" John beamed goofily at Seany as he looked up. "It's awesome Sean, it really is." He commented her, handing it back to her.

"So where's my dad now?"

"He's with Rebecca; she went into 8 centimeters about twenty minutes ago." John answered, and Chris took in a deep and uneven breath in his sleep. Seany just smiled and reached over to mess his hair up affectionately.

"Oh, well ok." Seany returned, but she was glad that he at least came by to help her. So maybe he did care after all. Of course their schedules were completely different, and they lived halfway on the other side of the country… He really was a great dad to her; just like she once again knew that Chris would end up being.

A/N: Sorry it was kinda stupid! Anyways, please review if you read! I have anonymous review turned on! I'd better go get writing… Tell me what you think!