Nine months. That's how long he had soldiered through Patricia being pregnant. Eddie loved her, but dealing with a hormonal and mood swingy Patricia was no small feat. Her due date was about a week away and Fabian and Nina came over for lunch. Eddie loved the distraction.

They had just finished eating and Patricia went to the bathroom.

"You deserve a medal," Fabian said blatantly.

"Fabian!" Nina scolded smacking his arm.

"Oh come on we all know pregnant Patricia is a nightmare," He said to Eddie.

Eddie laughed, "You have no idea. I'm just glad it'll be over soon."

"Are you excited for becoming a dad?" Nina asked slightly jokingly.

He took in a large breath. It was still weird to him thinking he was going to be somebody's dad. Excited wasn't the right word scared shitless fit much better.

"Excited isn't how I would put it," He mumbled back to his friends.

"EDDIE!" Patricia screamed from the bathroom.

He leaped up and ran to the bathroom. Every pregnant mishap flashed through his brain; women falling, broken bones, a million other tiny things that could go wrong.

"Yacker what's wrong?" He spit out as he got to the doorway.

Patricia was standing next to the sink one hand gripping the counter. There was water all over the floor pooling around her feet.

Her face was slightly horrified, "I think...my water broke."

Eddie didn't like the sound of that, it wasn't supposed to happen yet. They were still supposed to have a week.

"What do we do?" He asked panicked.

"Get the bags cockroach!" She shot back clutching her stomach.

"Right. Right...," He said sprinting to the bedroom. On the way past the dining room he called to Nina and Fabian. "Call everyone. Patricia's water broke."

Nina and Fabian exchanged shocked looks and flomaxed for their phones.

Eddie grabbed the bags and tossed them to Fabian to put them in the car. Then he rushed back to the bathroom where for the most part Patricia just looked shocked.

"Yacker sweetie come on let's go get into the car," Eddie comforted sweetly. He tried to help her down the hallway but she swatted him away.

"Shut up and I'm perfectly capable of walking on my own thanks!" She snapped back.

Here we go, Eddie thought to himself. At a slow walk it took them awhile to get out the door but they finally did and into the car.

Nina and Fabian were going to meet them at the hospital.

The couple drove in silence for a couple of minutes, till Patricia got her first contraction came.

"Eddie..," She said panicked.

"Hmmm?" He responded glancing between his wife and the rode.

"Can't you drive any faster?"

"Not without getting arrested Yacker. Try doing your breathing exercises," He suggested.

"I'm in labor! I don't think breathing a certain way will make anything better you idiot!" She spat out shrilly. Afterward she let out a small cry of pain.

"We're almost there just..just...," Eddie was at a loss for words. What should someone say to a woman in labor? His best guess was to say nothing at all but drive faster.

They arrived at the hospital and everything after that was a blur till Patricia was in the delivery room.

And of course all their friends-well more like family-were there. Fabian, Nina, Alfie, Amber, Jerome and Mara (Mick and Joy were in Australia) they were all waiting to see the first Sweet child.

All of a sudden Jerome started to laugh, "Look at us."

"What?" Mara asked her husband wondering with everyone else what he was laughing at.

Jerome address them all, "Eddie and Patricia are about to be parents! Eddie and Patricia who spent half of high school at each other throats."

"The other with their tongues down each other's throats," Alfie cut in.

They all smiled thinking of high school. Jerome continued with his point, "When did we get old?"

Amber was outraged, "I am NOT old. I don't have a single wrinkle!"

Fabian rolled his eyes, "None of us have hit thirty yet Jerome. We aren't old."

"But think about it." Jerome said. "Mara and I have a kid! Nina and Fabian are married. Alfie and Amber are engaged. We're sort of adults."

Everyone looked at each other for a minute in silence. Then all at once they burst out laughing just like high school.

"Never." Alfie said defiantly.

They all smiled this was their family all they needed was Patricia and Eddie.

As if on cue Eddie walked into the waiting room in blue scrubs.

"Wanna come see my kid?" He asked them all with a smirk on his face.

They all got up and went to Patricia's room. The new mother was sitting up in bed holding the baby. Eddie went over and kissed her forehead. The gang filed into the room.

"Oh she's gorgeous!" Mara said Jerome nodding at her side.

"And she won't shut up just like her mom," Eddie teased.

Patricia smiled softly, "Watch it Edison."

"What's her name?" Nina asked the couple.

The couple locked eyes and Patricia nodded at her husband in approval.

"Jade." He announced.

Everyone loved it. This was the new member of their family you see.

Eddie looked down at his wife and daughter. How could someone possible leave them. They were everything to him. He was a dad and he was going to a great one. Also he's going to try really hard to help Patricia. The made it this far, they'll always stick together.

Now he really would never ever leave her.

Or his new baby.

Sorry about the baby name I couldn't think of anything. Also to any I told this would be up sooner I had a really hard time writing this one. Tell me what you think!