"GODDAMNIT! Why can't they invent a phone you can carry around WITH you? Who ever heard of traffic at 9 o'clock at night?" Alec yelled frantically. The Cadillac had been stuck in a traffic jam for a whole hour. They would've gotten out and walked, but it was six miles down the road to Alec's apartment, where Leslie was probably rolling on the floor in agony. Alec wanted to cry at the thought.

Kevin saw Alec in the front seat beside Kirbo, biting his fingernails and panicking. Kevin sat back in his seat and toyed with the skinny necktie hanging from his neck. Kevin was worried just as much as Alec was, but Kevin was feeling something else. Alec was afraid for Leslie. He really did care. Before, Kevin had thought all Alec wanted in Leslie was a perfect wife to complete his magazine-cover family image and to give him a little curly-haired girl and a cute blue-eyed boy to add to the perfect Newbury family. But after 8 ½ months of observation, Kevin noted that perhaps what Alec felt for Leslie was sincere…maybe even love.

"Alec, buddy. Relax. I can see the flares about ½ a mile down the road where the accident was. We'll be to Les' rescue sooner than you can imagine!" said Kirbo.

"If we aren't there in ten seconds I swear to god someone's ass is grass!" Alec threatened.

"It won't be long," Kirbo assured. Alec was ready to kill someone. He could just picture poor Leslie barely able to move, lying on her back on the sofa, screaming bloody murder and gripping her stomach, crying out for him.

"I wonder where the hell Billy is. I think I left him at the…" Kirbo started thinking out loud.

"FUCK BILLY! Just get us home!" Alec yelled.

"Why didn't you get a car with a car phone?" asked Kevin.

"Shut up!" Alec yelled. Kirbo had enough of the bickering between the two fathers. He looked off to the side of the road. There was no guardrail…just open field. If he could cut across the field he'd have a straight shot to the apartment…

"Hold onto your panties, boys…" Kirbo suddenly accelerated and did a sharp turn right. Several car horns honked as Kirbo drove the car into the field.

"HOLY SHIT!" Alec yelled. "KIRBO, WHAT THE HELL??"

"Will you just shut up for once in your life? I'm getting you to Les faster!" Kirbo said, his eyes never leaving the grass in front of you.

All the time, Kevin saw a blur out the window as they drove.

Kirbo stayed outside in the car as Alec and Kevin stumbled into the apartment, looking around for Leslie. The room was dark. Why did Leslie turn off the lights?

"Alec?" Alec heard a little yelp from the bedroom. Alec and Kevin bolted into the room. Leslie was sitting up in a corner of the room, doubled over as far as she could go, sweating bullets and looking terrible. Alec immediately got her to her feet.

"This is the third one in half an hour!" Leslie cried. "God, it hurts! Oh Alec, it hurts worse than I thought!"

Alec lightly kissed her forehead. "It's okay. Les, I know, Kirbo's outside with the car, let's get you to the clinic, common!"

"I can't move anymore!" Leslie sighed painfully. Alec tried to budge her but she refused to move.

"Just wait until the contraction's over," advised Kevin. Alec nodded and gripped Leslie's hand, breathing the ridiculous way she was taught in Lamaze classes hoping she'd follow suit. Instead she groaned and cursed as she shook. Alec wanted to cry. So did Kevin. It stabbed them both in the gut seeing Leslie so humbled and so gripped with pain, especially as unexpected as now. Finally, after about 2 minutes, the contraction ended and Leslie was able to walk, still unstably, but at least she was mobile.

"Common, let's get you to the car before we hit another one," said Alec. Kevin grabbed the suitcase Leslie had kept by the bed since month 7 as Alec got Leslie out the door.

"God, I'm so sorry I ruined your night! It's too soon!" Leslie whined. "It's too soon! Not until July!" she cried, stumbling down the steps with Alec.

"No, don't blame yourself. When nature calls…" Kevin began before Alec shushed him. Kevin nodded and opened the door as they reached the landing of the stairwell. Kirbo honked the horn as the trio approached the car, when suddenly Leslie was paralyzed with another contraction and had to stop.

Kirbo leaned out of the window of the car as Kevin handed him the suitcase. "Are they supposed to hurt so much so soon?" he asked.

"I don't think so," Kevin said, looking over at Alec trying to keep Leslie on her feet as she moaned and gritted her teeth. "Something not right with this picture," he said. "We need to get her there ASAP. I'm worried," Kevin ordered. He shuffled into the front seat of the car. Leslie's pain ceased after a few moments and she was able to get into the car. Alec ran around and got in beside her and Kirbo zoomed off.

"Alec, I don't think it was supposed to happen like this…" Leslie said.

"That's what all women say, don't worry, Les. It'll be over soon!" Alec assured, slipping his arm around Leslie's shoulders. The car lurched forward as Kirbo came to a red light.

"Kirbo, why are you driving like a drunk?" Leslie asked. "You didn't…"

"No, but imagine how bad it would be with me if I did!" Kirbo joked.

Leslie felt another pain.

Alec and Kevin guided Leslie into the Georgetown Women's Clinic emergency room just as a contraction ended. A young blonde nurse rushed to their aid.

"She's in labor two weeks early," Alec informed.

The nurse nodded. "Willow!" she called to another blonde nurse. "Wheelchair! We need to roll her down to the maternity ward!"

"Wait, you mean this isn't just a birthing clinic?" Alec asked in a panic.

"We treat all sorts of problems, feminine cancers, amputations, everything," informed the first nurse as she waved in the second, bringing a wheelchair. Alec sat Leslie down in the chair. Alec bent down to her side and kissed her forehead. Kevin sighed and bent down on the other side, letting Leslie squeeze his hand.

"Stay out here, sirs, we'll keep you informed," said Nurse Willow, beginning to roll the chair away.

"Hold on, why can't we go with her?" asked Kevin.

"We're the potential fathers," Alec explained. Nurse Willow shook her head.

"Sorry, no men allowed beyond those doors unless they are among the staff," said Nurse Willow, continuing to roll the chair down the room towards the doors that led to the maternity wing.

"Alec! Kevin!" Leslie called mournfully.

"Leslie!" Alec called back. Kevin bit his lip.

"You can do it!" he called before Leslie and Nurse Willow disappeared behind the swinging doors. Alec stomped his foot heavily on the ground with a grunt of exasperation. That rule was the stupidest rule he'd ever heard of! Kevin sat down in a folding chair in the corner, watching Alec pace back-and-forth panicking.

Kevin sighed and closed his eyes…

"God, I know I've never spoken to you before, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Please protect Leslie and be with her because Alec and I can't. Make the baby safe and healthy, and same with Les. Please help them both…please, God, help us all…"