And now she is here. With them. All theirs. Tiny and divine. He just can't believe any of it. His heart is bursting. He pulls himself together trying to remember what he has to do. The others… He had forgotten all about them. He left them in the waiting room, all of them, last night. He should go and tell them.
He opens the door and smiles. It is 7 am and they are all still here, almost all of them sleeping in the uncomfortable hospital chairs. All, but the two who jump into his arms. His sister and Patty are screaming! "Tell us! Tell us! How beautiful is she? How is Jane? Does she look like Jane or we were unlucky and she's a little Weller? Did she cry a lot? Did you see her eyes? Did you hold her? You did, didn't you? Tell us!" They just can't stop.
"She is beautiful, the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. She has blue eyes, but looks like Jane. Jane is fine, resting. My girl did a great job in there. Yes, I did hold her."
Sara is crying and so is Patterson. "Oh, my god Kurt… You have a baby girl. A little girl..." His sister hugs him and cries in his arms.
Patterson is next. "Oh, Kurt. I am so happy for you two, so happy." The others are up now giving him congratulations and hugs.
A nurse comes over and gently asks for Kurt. "Mr Weller would you like to see the baby now? I mean, you can all see her from behind the glass, while he holds her. Would you like that?" They would love that.
Kurt carefully enters the room still shaking a little and a smiling nurse gives him his daughter carefully wrapped up in a pink blanket. She is perfect. She is more than perfect. She is theirs. He cradles her tightly and kisses her forehead. Her skin is soft, her dark hair feel like silk, and she smells like happiness. Her eyes are closed and her long eyelashes remind him of Jane. He can see the others jumping on the other side of the glass and nods at them to keep quiet. He wants to be just the two of them for a little while.
"Mr Weller, you'd better show them the baby or they'll break the glass," the nurse laughs. They're irritating, really irritating, but he does as he is told. He approaches the glass and turns so that they can see her. They go crazy and he's smiling like a complete idiot.
Sara is sobbing uncontrollably. He sees Reade trying to talk to her, but she pushes him away and he can almost hear her say: "Go away Ed. My brother has a baby girl and I will cry as much as I like…" Kurt Weller is really, really happy…