Hey, I wasn't going to continue this but I got a little bit of writers block with my other fics and this idea just came to me! So please review and let me know what you think!!!

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Waiting

"Goodnight." Matt mumbled, sleepily, his eyes closing as he pulled Harriet closer to him.

Harriet lay there for a moment, silently. They had been married for just over a year now and she was 8 months pregnant with their first child. It was Friday; they had been at the studio for the live show. Everyone still worked there, although Harriet was on maternity leave. They had decided to go to the wrap party for an hour and that was when she started to feel shooting pains. She didn't say anything because she wasn't sure whether it was just false labour pains but it had been happening for over 2 hours now.

"Matthew?"

"Umm..." He answered, refusing to fully wake up.

"Matthew, I think its time."

"Okay." He mumbled.

"Matthew!" She exclaimed when he still didn't wake up. "The baby is coming!"

"Um, okay...I'll do it in the morning...go back to sleep." He told her but when it fully registered what she'd actually said. He sat up straight, quickly. "What?!"

She laughed a little at the look on his face.

"The baby is coming?!" He questioned, panicking as he jumped out of bed.

"Would you calm down?" She said, watching as he searched for some clothes.

"We need to get you to hospital." He shouted, trying to pull on a t-shirt at the same time as putting on some pants.

"Why are you shouting?" She said, watching as he tripped and fell to the floor. "Matthew, relax...labour could last for hours."

"Relax?" He repeated, struggling to his feet. "Okay, okay...I'll call Danny... he'll know what to do."

Harriet rolled her eyes and got up off the bed as he ran to the phone. "Okay, you do that...I'm going to have a baby."

"Okay." He nodded, dialling Danny's number before realising she was heading down the stairs.

"Hello?" A sleepy Danny answered.

"Harriet?" Matt called, hanging up the phone without speaking to Danny.

"Who was that?" Jordan asked, Danny.

"I don't know..." He frowned. "Why would someone call me and then hang up. Who would find that funny?"

Jordan rolled her eyes and lay back down. "Matt."

XxXxX

"Do you want anything?" Matt asked, as he paced around Harriet's hospital room.

"I want you to relax." Harriet told him. "You heard what the doctor said... the baby might not be here for another few hours yet."

"I can't relax."

"Why not?"

"I don't know."

"Danny will be here in a minute, he'll calm you down."

"Yeah, I guess you're right..."

"I'm a little concerned about why it's always him that can do it but we won't go into that now." She replied.

He leaned over and kissed her softly. "Don't be concerned..."

She smiled when he did. She didn't really have a problem with it. She had known the two of them so long that she understood why they were so close. Beside they were best friends before she had even met them.

"I'm not." She told him, kissing him again.

He pulled back. "That calms me down too."

She rolled her eyes but before she could answer the door opened and Danny and Jordan walked in.

"Hey, how's it going?" Jordan asked, giving Harriet a sympathetic look.

Danny just yawned. "Couldn't this kid wait till the morning?"

"I tried to tell them that but they just wouldn't listen..." Harriet replied sarcastically.

"As soon as they're here, ground them." He replied before looking at Matt. "Hey! You're gonna be a Daddy!"

"I know!" He replied as they both started to jump up and down excitedly

"Okay, why don't you two girls take it outside?" Jordan told them.

"What?"

"Come on, out..." She started pushing them out the door.

"But it's my baby." Matt stuttered, looking at Harriet.

"I'll call you when its time."

"But...but..."

"Go grab a coffee..." She told them. "I'll keep Harriet company."

"Yeah, go on." Harriet added. "It'll be fine."

He sighed. "Okay fine but call me as soon as anything happens."

"I will..." Jordan agreed.

"That was mean." Matt commented, looking at Danny once they were out in the corridor.

"Believe me, you're better off out of there." Danny told him. "Do you know how many names Jordan called me when she was in labour and I wasn't even the one who got her pregnant."

Matt followed him as they headed off to search for coffee. "What if she needs me?"

"Jordan will come and get you." Danny assured him.

"But what if something bad happens."

"Matt would you relax, everything is going to be fine." Danny stood and faced him. "In a few hours you're going to have a son or a daughter."

"I know but..."

"No, buts... don't think about it." Danny told him, putting his arm around the back of Matt's neck and started to pull him along with him. "Everything will be fine...trust me."

"Okay, fine." Matt sighed.

"Right, good... now where do we get coffee from?" Danny asked.

"I don't know."

"Why not?"

"I've been a little busy panicking!"

"Okay, fair enough." Danny shrugged as they carried on walking.

They managed to locate a cafeteria; Matt sat slowly stirring his coffee and looked up to see Danny was eating a huge sandwich.

"What?" He questioned, seeing the look he was getting.

"How can you eat at a time like this?"

"One, it's not my wife... two, its a happy time and should be celebrated and three, I'm hungry."

Matt rolled his eyes before going back to stirring his coffee.

Danny sighed and put his sandwich down. "She'll be fine, they both will."

"I know." He looked up again. "But what about me?"

"What about you? You're not giving birth..." Danny commented before adding. "Are you?"

"No, I mean as a father..." He replied. "What if I screw up?"

Danny laughed slightly. "Matt, you will screw up."

"Hey! Not helping!"

"Look, Matt... You're not going to be perfect at this… you're going to make mistakes, but it's not going to matter because you'll love that baby so much, and they will know that and they won't care about the other stuff."

"What if I drop the baby or something?"

"You won't..."

"I might..."

"Matt!" Danny looked at him. "I know you can do this...I've seen you with Riley, you're great with him."

"I'm scared, Danny."

"I know." He said quietly. "But as soon as you hold that little baby in your arms... you won't remember feeling anything but love."

Matt smiled slightly thinking about his child before turning his attention back to Danny.

"That's really corny."

Danny rolled his eyes. "Come on, let's get back to the girls."

"Okay." Matt nodded, standing up.

XxXxX

"This kid already takes after you..." Danny commented, a few hours later when Matt and him had been sent back out of the room.

"What do you mean?"

"You're never on time." Danny replied. "How many times, have I had to wait around for you to turn up?"

"Why is it taking so long?" Matt said, throwing himself down in a chair frustrated.

"Sometimes labour does." Danny shrugged, taking a seat next to him.

"It's been over 2 hours, Danny."

"Matt, the doctor said it's normal." Danny replied. "Don't worry about it."

"I just want it all to be over with."

"I know." Danny nodded. "Lets just sit here for 10 minutes then we'll see if Jordan will let us back in."

"What's her problem anyway?" Matt asked. "We weren't talking that loud."

"Don't ask me…" Danny replied. "But I'm not going to argue with her."

"Yeah, she's one scary woman."

"Hey, that's my wife!"

"Sorry."

Danny sighed and looked at his watch, it was almost 4am. Both Matt and him had been working all day.

"Don't let me fall asleep, okay..." Matt yawned.

"Okay, don't worry." Danny nodded, rubbing his tired eyes.

20 minutes later, both Danny and Matt were woken by a loud bang.

"What? What happened?" Danny jumped up; ready to defended himself, but relaxed when he saw it was just Jordan standing in front of them.

"I told you not to let me fall asleep!" Matt stood up, shoving Danny.

"Hey, it's not my fault..." He rubbed his eyes. "I worked hard all week!"

Matt rolled his eyes at him before turning to Jordan. "Is she okay?"

"She's fine." Jordan told him. "Why don't you go in there and spend some time with her, I'll keep an eye on him."

"Okay, thanks..." He smiled at her before heading into the room.

Danny sighed and sat back down, leaning his head back against the wall before noticing Jordan was stood glaring at him.

"What?"

"You fell asleep? '

"I was tired!" He exclaimed.

XxXxX

Matt knew he was grinning, but he couldn't stop, he didn't want to stop. He was a daddy... he had a daughter. They had agreed on calling her Emma Hope Albie and Matt had fallen in love with her the moment, he saw her. Danny was right, nothing else mattered. He turned his eyes away from his daughter towards Harriet, who was sleeping peacefully but looked back at Emma when he heard her starting to stir.

"Hey, shh, it's okay..." He whispered, carefully picking her up before she started to cry. He grinned when she instantly quietened down.

"She okay?"

He looked back at Harriet. "Yeah, I think she just wanted a cuddle."

She smiled. "Well, you do give the best cuddles."

"How you feeling?" He asked her.

"I'm okay, a little tired."

"Why don't you get some sleep...I'll wait right here."

"You need to sleep too..."

"I can't sleep..." He replied. "I'm too excited."

"You're so cute."

"Thank you."

She laughed slightly. "Danny and Jordan still here?"

"I think they're still waiting outside." He told her. "The doctor said no visitors until later. I might try and sneak her out to see them."

Harriet rolled her eyes. "You say that as if we're prisoners here."

"It's much more fun doing things when you're not allowed..."

"I'll remember you said that when she's old enough to get herself into trouble."

"You'd never get into trouble, would you, angel." Matt said softly, down at Emma.

"Oh, god... she's going to have you wrapped around her little finger."

"What?" He looked up, not hearing what she said.

"Don't worry about it." She laughed slightly. "Go find Danny."

"You going to be okay on your own?"

"I'll be fine..." She told him. "Don't be long...I'll miss you both."

"Okay..." He smiled leaning down to kiss her softly. "I love you."

"Love you too." She smiled back, kissing Emma's forehead.

He smiled at her once more before disappearing out of the door.

"Okay, Emma, we're going to find Uncle Danny..." He told her as he carried her down the corridor. "He's going to be around a lot... He'll be a big part of your life."

Emma just looked up at him, yawning slightly but she kept her eyes on him.

He walked into the waiting room where Jordan and Danny were and found them asleep.

"Typical." Matt rolled his eyes.

Jordan woke up when he spoke. "Oh my god, is that her?"

"I hope so or I've just walked off with some random kid."

Jordan decided to ignore his comment and stood up, shaking Danny awake before moving to have a closer look at Emma.

"What's going on now?" Danny moaned.

"I thought you'd like to meet your god-daughter." Matt answered, causing him to sit up quickly.

"Oh my god." He got up. "She's beautiful. She looks like her Mommy."

"Oh thanks!"

"You know what I mean." He replied.

Matt smiled. "Yeah, but you're right... She does look like her Mommy."

"Can I hold her?"

"Sure." Matt carefully handed her over.

Emma opened her eyes slightly when he did, she stared up at Danny for a moment before going back to sleep.

"Aw, she's adorable." Jordan said, leaning over Danny's shoulder down at the baby.

"How's Harriet?" Danny asked.

"She's doing good but she needs to rest." He replied. "I just brought her down to introduce her to her extended family."

"Well, I guess you guys better get back then before someone thinks you've done a runner." Danny replied, handing Emma back to him.

"You two should go home..."

"No, we're okay..." Jordan started.

"No, go on... go home, get some rest and then come back later if you want."

"I guess that's a good idea." Danny agreed. "Okay, we'll see in a bit then."

"Yeah, bye...and thanks for everything."

"Any time." Danny grinned. "And congratulations."

"Thanks." Matt smiled turning and heading back towards Harriet's room.

"I want one."

"Want what?" Danny looked at Jordan.

"A baby."

"Uh-oh..."

"Oh come on, Danny..." She pleaded. "It'll be fun!"

"Do you remember labour?!"

"It'll be worth it..."

"You're serious, aren't you?" He looked at her.

"Yes!"

"You really want a baby?"

"Yeah..." She smiled. "Do you?"

He smiled. "Okay."

"Okay?" She repeated.

"Yeah, okay...lets give Riley a little brother or sister."

Jordan squealed and hugged him. "I love you."

"I love you too."

"Come on..." She grabbed his hand. "Lets get home and do this!"

"You want to do it straight away?" He looked at her surprised.

"Yeah, unless you're still too tired."

"Tired? Me? No, I've had two great naps!" He grinned. "Lets get out of here!"