Chapter 11

A/N: Hey! Thanks for all the reviews, especially you Katie! Anyways, I don't know much of what to say, so on with the writing!

Seany was dozing boredly on her bed, the TV volume low, when a nurse walked in. Chris had once again changed the channel for the 5th time in those 2 minutes, his attention being taken in by the nurse. He curiously looked over his shoulder at her, and then raised an eyebrow at Seany.

"I'm just going to check your status real quick." The nurse explained to Seany as she noticed their confused looks. "It's just a routine checkup, that's all." She added, looking on one of the screens and holding a cold stethoscope to her chest. "You sound pretty good; a great labor and a healthy baby. Congratulations." The nurse ended, looking up from her clipboard and smiling at Seany. Seany returned the gesture slightly awkwardly.

"Umm, thanks." She replied. "Can I see him?" She asked, and the nurse looked down at her clipboard once more. "Well, he's been stable for about an hour now, so I guess we can wheel him in."

A slightly fearful look crossed Seany's face. "Wheel him in? Why?" She asked, looking over to Chris for some support. He too looked worried, and took Seany's hand gently as he looked to the nurse for an explanation.

"Oh, well legally we're not allowed to take the infant from the bed unless you ask us to." The nurse replied. "And that's only if we're in your room, so we have to roll him in so you can take him out yourself." She continued, and Seany sighed with relief. At least she knew that nothing was wrong with him, although the nurse had already told her. Yet, she had seen doctor shows; and seen how some doctors would lie about a patient's conditions. "Well then, I'll be right back with your son." The nurse smiled once more and left the room promptly.

Seany looked over to Chris, her hazel eyes tired but having a new zest of excitement in them. Rebecca had been right about one thing a year ago… Having a baby changes everything. "I love you Chris." She told him softly, and he smiled weakly and kissed her on the forehead. This birth seemed to take more out of him than it did out of her. Though she had been able to relax, and Chris had practically been pulling his hair out the whole 15 hours… And out of the past 32 hours, he had only slept 2.

"I love you too baby… So much." He smiled once more and kissed her cheek. Seany closed her eyes and rested her head against Chris's, a contented expression on her face. They lay there cuddled up until the nurse reentered her room with her baby in the wheeled crib.

"Would you like me to call in your visitors?" The nurse asked, and Seany shook her head.

"Not right now, maybe in a few minutes." She answered, trying to peer over the wall of her son's hard hospital bed. "I want some alone time with my husband and my son." She added in an explanation, and the nurse nodded and exited the curtain.

It was a few moments before either one of the couple spoke. "Hey Chris…"

"Yeah?"

"Would you mind getting our son out of his bed? I would like to see him."

"I love you too baby." He replied smartly, yet both of them developed a twinkle of laughter in their eyes. Seany had feared that the birth of their baby would tear them apart, but to her satisfaction, it only brought them closer so far. Chris lifted the baby out of the crib, their son wrapped slightly tight in a blue blanket.

Austin stared up at his dad through large, deep blue pools of eyes curiously. If Chris wouldn't have known better, he would have said that they matched his own. So would Austin's thin wisps of blonde hair. But he knew that there was no way that was true. Austin did have his mother's cute nose, and Chris recognized the spark of life in his eyes that Seany also had. He was so handsome.

"Here you go baby." Chris walked over to Seany and handed the tiny newborn over to his mom. "He looks just like you." Chris added, and a surprised smile spread across Seany's face as she examined her son for the second time.

"Hey sweetie." Seany said gently; holding Austin close to her chest with her face about half a foot away from his. She had read that newborn's vision is blurry after close to 2 ft away. "You're so cute." She continued, touching his tiny nose gently. "He looks like you too Chris." Seany added, looking up at her husband.

Chris paused before he responded. "Don't say that."

"Why not? Look at his big blue eyes… You guys are identical." Seany pointed out, and Austin let out a tiny squeak in what seemed like a response. Seany laughed lightly at his timing.

"Because you know that's not true." Chris replied softly, causing Seany to look up at him curiously. She sighed and looked back down at her baby.

"Chris, I'm sorry." She apologized, and Chris merely smiled.

"Well, he looks nothing like somebody I know… That's all that I was worried about." Chris kissed Seany on the side of the head again, gazing at Seany's new son.

20 minutes later…

"Seany? Chris?"

The couple recognized John's voice from outside the curtain. Seany slowly opened her half-closed eyes. Although she had gotten a lot of rest ever since Austin was born, she was still exhausted and constantly felt like she had to sleep. Chris, on the other hand, had started to catch back up with his sleeping pattern after dozing on and off for the past few hours. He was sitting in a chair beside Seany's bed, holding the sleeping Austin and watching the almost silent TV.

"Hey," Chris called lowly, as Seany wiggled to sit up against the thick pillows that comforted her slightly aching back. "Come on in."

John walked in, followed by Dave and the rest of the 'clique'. Seany smiled weakly at them, everyone glancing at her before all of the attention moved to Austin.

"He's so precious!" Demi exclaimed, taking a squirt of hand sanitizer from a shelf beside the nightstand. She quickly washed her hands with the rest of those who had just entered the room, then crouched down to look in awe at the sleeping infant.

"Thanks." Seany replied, peering over Chris's shoulder from a distance.

"Hey, he has Chris's eyes…" Randy noticed, causing Chris to sigh and run a hand over his forehead. "And Seany's nose."

"I think he looks kinda like Dave a little bit." John thought out loud jokingly, smirking up at Seany. "I don't think it's a coincidence that he looks like him and was born on his birthday."

"Actually, no John. It's not. I slept with Dave and got pregnant; that's why Austin's hair's blonde and Dave's is black. Idiot."

"Dave's hair's brown." Randy argued, looking over at The Animal himself.

"Whatever."

"It's dark-brown."

"Shut up!" Chris snapped softly at Randy, waking Austin up. It was only a break of a few seconds before he started to whine again, crying lightly and slowly gaining strength in a matter of seconds. Austin's cute little face started to turn red, turning into a scowl as he continued to scream. "Look what you did!"

"I didn't do it!" Randy protested over the baby's loud cries. "You're the one whosnapped at me."

As those two were bickering Seany rubbed her temples and then got John's attention. "Give me my baby." She commanded, talking in a normal tone but still firm. John hesitated; afraid to touch the delicate but shrieking Austin. "Now John." Seany raised her voice only slightly and John obliged, taking the infant away from Chris and giving him to his mother.

It was a few seconds later that the two men realized the baby wasn't in Chris's arms, and instantly fell silent. Then the sounds of Austin whimpering and Seany cooing to him comfortingly, calming him down slowly but surely. He was pressed against her chest gently, bouncing up and down very lightly. His once blood red face was a mere shade of light pink, and his breathing was becoming more and more calm as Seany continued to talk to him softly. A few minutes later, when he was sleeping soundly in her arms, Seany threw the two men a dagger of a glare that would kill if it could have.

"You guys have to control yourselves!" She hissed through his sleep, still rocking Austin back and forth. "You can't just go around cussing and yelling at each other around him." She finished her short flame, sighing when she was done. "You scared him." She explained, looking back down at her son. It was deadly quiet for the next few minutes, after Randy muttered an apology to Seany and Chris glared at him once more.