AN:

As always, I do not own a thing!

One, two, three, maybe four?

Epilogue

July 12th 2016

The sun flows through the curtain in front of the French doors that adorn the wall to the left of their bed making her hair look like a halo from where he's lying looking at her. The light also reflects on the gemstone that's on her engagement ring and the smaller ones that's on her wedding band.

He places his hand on her belly where their baby is laying comfortably just waiting to come out. They had decided to not find out the gender of the baby before the birth.

This pregnancy had really agreed with his wife, sure, the first eight weeks after she told him had been hard, but the rest of the pregnancy had been a walk in the park. They were now two days past the due date and Steffy was getting tired of all the restrictions the bump put on her and now she just wanted the baby to come out.

The renovations of the house they had bought weren't really much more then a layer of paint or a wall paper here or there and they could move in within a couple of months, he had felt they needed to air out the fumes before they could move in completely.

The wedding had been a quiet affair, both sets of parents, siblings and one friend + one and then they had a bigger reception for the rest of the family and friends.

Since they were getting closer to the due date, Aspen had been with her father most nights and come by to see her mother during the days, but he could feel that something had shifted overnight and he reaches over to grab his phone to send a text over to Liam asking him to stay with them when he brings Aspen over because they'd probably be going to the hospital pretty soon.

Just as he gets a response from Liam, Steffy starts moaning and he can see her belly tense up, he sends Liam another text telling him that it's starting and Michael will let Steffy sleep as much as she can so could he please keep Aspen for the day and let Steffy focus on giving birth to this baby. Liam sends a text back within less then 15 seconds letting Michael know that Aspen would be perfectly fine coming to see her mother later.

For the next few hours, Michael does everything he can to make his wife comfortable, he makes her a bath to relieve the pain, he holds her up when she asks him and he goes to place the car right in front of the entrance to the house to make it easier when they need to leave.

When the clock strikes 7 PM, Steffy announces that for the last hour she's had a minimum of three contractions within ten minutes and they're off to the hospital. When they get there, Steffy is 7 cm dilated and after that everything moves fast. An hour after getting there, she starts pushing and four pushes later, their baby is here.

The next day, Liam walks through the hallway of the maternity ward trying to find Steffy and Michael´s room. Aspen is walking next to him.

They find the room and walk through the door, Liam picks his daughter up off the floor and read what the sign says. He pulls the curtain away and see Steffy laying on the bed sleeping with a cot next to her that's empty, sitting in a chair on the other side of the bed is Michael holding a little bundle.

"Hey, congratulations!" Liam says quietly. Michael looks up from the baby in his arm and smiles big.

"Thank you! And thank you for coming in to see us!"

"Of course, Aspen wanted to meet the baby and she missed her mommy."

"Mike!" Aspen reacts when she hears her name being used, then she points towards the bundle in Michaels arms. "Baby!"

Michael smiles big towards his stepdaughter. "Yes, meet your baby sister!"

"So, what are you going to name her?" Liam asks.

"Well, we're not entirely sure, we thought we'd know when we saw her, but none of the names we had in mind fit. So, we're back to square one."

"How has the night been?" Steffy starts stirring.

"It's been rough, we don't quite know this little one yet, but we're getting there."

"Momma!" This wakes Steffy up.

She stretches a little bit before opening her eyes. "I believe I heard my daughter call out for me!" She says with sleep still in her voice.

Liam let´s Aspen down on the bed and from there, Aspen crawls her way over to her mother. "Hi baby girl! How are you doing?"

"Good!" Aspen points over towards her stepfather. "Baby!"

"Yes, baby! What do you think we should name her?"

Aspen thinks really hard. "I don know."

Liam laughs a little. "Your father really comes from the worst family when it comes to giving your kids a name when they're born, little one!" Liam says while smiling big at the little girl in her father´s arms. "Everything just sounds wrong."

Steffy looks over to her ex. "Yeah, it's a hassle. It would've been a little easier had she been a boy." She laughs a little. "But she's our baby girl and she'll always be, unless she decides differently."

This is the moment the baby chooses to open her eyes. Liam looks at her. "What about Hazel? Hazel Adrianne."

The two new parents look at each other. "It does sound good, but I don't think it's her." Michael says as he looks at his daughter. "But we'll keep it in mind, she might end up being named Hazel."

"Yeah, I think we need to think some more." Steffy says with a smile on her face, then it's like a light goes off in her brain. "Eloise Hazel Adrienne."

Just as she says it Michael looks up and his eyes start shining. "We can call her Ellie."

~OTTmF~

During the year that followed, Eloise developed just like she should, her mother and father grew even more in love and her older sister adored Eloise.

When it came to the rest of the family, Eileen found love and happiness. Thomas did as well. Not with each other.

Rick left for New York and Brooke worked on herself finally letting go of the past.

Ridge and Taylor formed a strong bond and loved hanging out with their grandchildren. They also liked spending time together.

Hope and Adam got married and are now pregnant with their first child.

Liam fell in love and is searching for the best ring to give his girlfriend when he proposes.

Everything worked out the way it should have. Everyone is happy and content.

~OTTmF~

AN:

This was a short one, but epilogues don't need to be really long.

So, there will probably be an alternative to this one posted a little later this year, it'll probably begin during the same time, meaning Steffy stands on the patio watching Liam struggle to put that ring on Hope´s finger. But I'm not going to reveal much more on it.

Now, I know some of my readers weren't too keen on this story after the way chapter two ended, but hopefully the alternate version of this will be more up your alley! I hope you come back for the next one!