"Christina? What are you doing in my room?" I nearly shout.

She looks quite baffled by Miracle. "I decided to stop by the Bureau, and I asked for your new room to see how you were holding up. The door was open, so I just came in." She can not help but look from me to Miracle and back again and ask, "Why do you have a baby in here?"

Deciding to test the water, I calmly lie, "I am babysitting her."

Letting out a puff, Christina laughs, "Who would ask you to watch their baby."

Narrowing my eyes, I say, "Her parents."

Christina walks over to Miracle.

I also walk over to my daughter, but I stand protectively over the crib with my arms crossed. Then I admit, "I am lying."

Christina asks, "About what?"

I hear my little girl start to whine. Ignoring her question for the moment, I pick Miracle up in my arms. Unlike most parents, I don't bounce my daughter. Miracle seems to find a comfort in my stillness. As soon as I place my pinkie near her mouth, she is sucking on my finger.

I look back at Christina as soon as Miracle is calm.

"She is really cute. Who are her parents?" Christina asks.

"Why do you want to know?" I counter.

Raising an eyebrow, she states, "I want to know who would let Four watch their child and a newborn at that."

Looking at Miracle I remember how easy it is to think she is much younger than her actual age.

I decide it is better to tell Christina than to not claim Miracle as my own. Taking a breath, I admit, "This is Miracle." Glancing up, I finish, "She is my daughter."

A look of shock spreads across her face. Then she gives me such a cold look you would think I murdered an entire faction. "You..." She growls. "You had a baby with someone immediately after Tris passed away! What kind of person are you? I thought you loved her. You know how devastated she would be. Tris was my best friend. How dare you betray her!"

Miracle started to cry at Christina's outburst.

I give Christina a cold glair. "You will not make my child upset again; I don't care who you are. Plus, I did love Tris. I still do."

"Then why did you decide to become a father right after Tris's death?" Christina counters.

"Miracle is not a newborn. She is nine months old. They finally released her from the hospital yesterday. Miracle was four and a half months premature, and Tris was pregnant with her when she died." I don't know how Christina could even begin to claim that I had a child with someone else.

This is probably the first time I have ever seen Christina speechless. She only stares at me as Miracle's cries die down.

I adjust Miracle, so she fits snugly into my right arm. She grabs the fingers on my left hand as she starts sucking on my pinkie again.

When Christina finally speaks, she asks, "Tris was pregnant?"

I nod. "Yes."

Holding her head with frustration, Christina asks, "How could she have not told me?"

I frown. Not even Tris or I knew for sure. After letting her ramble for a few minuets, I say, "We did not even know." She stops abruptly as I continue, "Tris told me that she had her suspicions, but neither of us believed it. It was only after Tris got shot that I noticed she was showing, so I rushed her to the hospital. The doctor was able to save Miracle, but no one was sure if she was going to make it. Tomorrow, she goes back for a checkup."

After hesitating for several seconds, Christina asks, "Can I see her?"

I was about to say that I am not hiding her. Then I look at Miracle who is concealed entirely from Christina's view by my arm. I sigh, "Sure." Then I lift Miracle up just enough, so Christina can get a good look at her.

Moving her face closer to Miracle, she studies my daughter. I am sure she wants to take everything about Miracle, especially since Tris passed and Miracle is part of her.

Speaking up Christina says, "Wow. She looks just like you."

"She has Tris' eyes." I say.

In awe, Christina gasps, "Your right."

"And her size." I add

Christina smiles at Miracle. Then she asks, "When are you planning to show her to Zeke and Shauna?" When I don't respond, she asks, "You weren't going to tell anyone were you? Does anyone know about Miracle?"

I sigh and lay Miracle down in her soft crib. Running my hand through my fairly long hair, I am reminded that I need to get my hair cut desperately.

With my back to Christina, I say, "No. I was not planning to tell anyone about her soon. I was planning on doing it eventually, but I need some adjustment time with my daughter. Miracle needs so much medical attention, and I did not want to get everyone's hopes up if Miracle was not going to make it... Matthew knows. He examined her DNA because the doctor wanted to prove she was mine, so the Bureau could not take her from me. He recognized my DNA, so he figured out. Other than that, no one knows."

"Tris would have been proud of you." A single tear slides down my face at the thought of Tris. She continues, "She would have proud that you are taking such care of your daughter."

I ask, "How could I not? Miracle is all I have left."

She assures me, "Four. There are a lot of fathers that would abandon their child after what you have been through."

Thinking aloud, I blurt out, "My mother does not know." I forgot! I told Evelyn that I would try to let her into my life, but I was so caught up in taking care of Miracle that I completely forgot. I am sure she would like to know she is a grandmother.

Christina asks, "What?"

Turning around, I ask, "When you go back to the city, can you do me a favor?"

"Yea, sure."

"Find Evelyn and tell her to come to the Bureau, but don't tell her about Miracle. We were supposed to make amends, but with Miracle I forgot about everything else." I explain.

She tells me, "Can do." On the way out, she says, "Bye Four. Bye Miracle."

I curtly nod and quietly say, "Bye."

I rest my arms on Miracle's crib and look down at her. Smiling, I say, "Hey, baby. We are going to get our lives back on track. Ok?" She grabs one of her feet and looks at me cluelessly. Reaching my hand down to tough her, I lovingly say, "I love you little girl."

As I rub her small arm, she drifts off to sleep.

Thanks to everyone for reading.

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