Thanksgiving had been great, Amy and Jake spent it with Amy's family in New Jersey, he thought the huge number of Santiago relatives would freak him out, but he had an enjoyable time. It was weird to see over twenty different people touching Amy's belly to feel JJ kick, but everyone was pleasant, and the only one who annoyed him, Amy's brother Mark, teased Jake about helping prepare the food and clean up afterward, but he failed to see his dad standing behind him who gave him hell for his stupidity and told him that he wasn't so backward, he might not be divorced.

Jake was back at work, for few weeks, doing desk work, so he and Amy talked often. After a week of this, everyone at the Nine-Nine was speechless when Holt told Jake he could work from home to assist his wife, he never did that, ever.

As Amy's pregnancy grew to an end, she began to feel anxious, there was so much unknown to her as first time mother. Her nightmares returned for a time, Swayze and the others torturing her, or killing Jake, but every time she woke up, Jake was right there, assuring her she was okay and that Swayze was dead.

They planned a small Christmas, just the two of them since soon life would be hectic. Jake had celebrated Hanukah with Amy, but he wanted to make her Christmas special for her, since the past seven months had been among the craziest of most people's lives. Jake had woken up early and set out the presents he had been hiding from her, when he heard her stir and then use the bathroom, he was excited, he had tried to put a lot of effort into everything, when he heard her footsteps come down the stairs, "In here Ames."

Amy walked into the living room, "Jake, I thought we said only a few gifts.

Jake motioned for her to sit on his lap in the recliner, "for me, but you're carrying a human, I would be a terrible person if I didn't show my appreciation."

They opened presents, Jake had bought Amy several frames for pictures of JJ and herself and some jewelry with her birthstone and JJ's birthstone

"Ames, what is it?"

"We need to go to the hospital, I'm bleeding, and I think the baby's coming."

Jake nodded and hurried to pull on some jeans and get his shoes on, Amy was quiet and mostly groaned in pain. As they were rushed in the ER, Jake felt worried, would the childbirth be yet another Amy and Jake moment of terror. Their wedding and pregnancy had been full of shock and awe.

Within thirty minutes, Amy's doctor, Dr. Gamble, arrived, she ran some tests and entered Amy's room, now in the maternity ward. "Amy, your bleeding is nothing to worry about, I think it is related to the tear, which looks fine, but scar tissue can cause that, but everything looks great. How far apart are your contractions?"

Jake wanted to kick himself, he hadn't been asking the right questions or helping her, "about four minutes now."

Jake was about to apologize when Amy screamed, Dr. Gamble examined her again, "prep the room!"

Lights were turned on, more nurses came in, Jake was in a state of pure confusion, he felt like he was in an out of body experience but was brought back to earth when he heard the cry of a child, his child."

Jake watched in awe as his wife, the very one who had been kidnapped and tortured, the very one who had suffered so much, now cried tears of happiness as she held their son in her arms.

"Jake, you've been in state. Come say hi to JJ." More tears lightly fell down her cheeks, Jake was at her side and looked at his face for the first time, JJ had a lot of hair for a baby he thought, but he looked perfect.

"Jake?" Amy nudged him, "You've been so quiet, are you okay?"

He nodded slowly, "yeah, it's just, look at him. He wasn't even supposed to happen, and then we were happy, then more bad shit happened, but then we were okay, again, and now, he's here, and look at him Ames."

She rested her head softly on Jake's arm, "I am."

"He's so perfect, no other word, just perfect."

Jake made the calls, to everyone, and soon the relatives descended. Jake's mom cried uncontrollably, Victor just smiled and called the baby Josecíto at least thirty times, Camila sang songs in Spanish that made Amy cry. Jake let JJ and Amy rest, and then he allowed the Nine-Nine to come. Terry assured him that he and Holt had held a briefing and gone over acceptable behaviors, but Jake was still nervous.

Terry and Holt entered first, Terry was misty eyed, and Holt seemed uneasy. Rosa hit Jake on the arm a bunch and smiled at JJ in a way that almost seemed terrifying to Jake. Rosa and Holt left, Terry faced the new parents, "are we ready?"

The looked at each other and nodded, Charles burst through the door, already crying, "he's so perfect you guys, so perfect. I told you, your baby, would be perfect.!"

"Boyle, we talked about this, no yelling, it's a hospital." Terry was speaking softly yet firmly. "Amy, you look wonderful."

Amy smiled, "thanks Charles, but I must look awful and I I'm okay with that."

Charles hugged Jake, "this is amazing Jakey, you're a daddy, I think I'll call you daddy from now on, daddy."

Jake made a face and shook his head vigorously, "no, if you call me that I'll have Rosa beat you with her nightstick, and you know she would."

Charles hung his head, "yeah, she would. I'm just so happy for you two, a baby, and he's gorgeous."

Jake couldn't help but smile now, "thanks, he is."

Others came and went, the grandparents returned, again, and at the end of the day, Jake felt exhausted and knew Amy must feel one hundred times that tired. He sat in the rocking chair watching as Amy slept with JJ tucked at her side, he knew what a baby looked like, he knew the birth wouldn't be easy for Amy, but as he watched her now he had never felt more in awe of her.

JJ sighed softly as Jake watched them, he shifted in the rocker and his thoughts went to how inadequate he had felt, he still felt that way now, but seeing his son in front of him with his wife who had experienced one the more difficult pregnancies he could imagine, he knew he would do anything and everything for this family. Victor's words came his mind, perfect no, not close, but good or as close to good as he could get, that would be good enough and better than anything he had growing up, and that was good enough for him.

Amy stirred a little later, "Jake, why aren't you trying to sleep? The couch is set up for you."

"I know, I was just watching you and JJ."

Amy reached out and held his hand, "I can't believe we have a baby, after all we went through, it was both the worst time of my life and yet at times the best."

Jake grinned, "yeah, that's pretty much us, eh?"

"Does that worry you for having JJ?"

Jake shook his head while taking in his son again, "no, I mean, stuff will happen, for sures, but it's us, we'll come out better, somehow, we always do."