So, here it is. The final chapter.

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Two years later

"Get out of here!", Ashley yelled as yet another contraction wrecked her body. "I hate you so much right now!".

Mark swallowed visibly. He gently wiped his wife's forehead with a cold, wet cloth. "I know you do, honey", he told her, "I know you do".

When the pain slowly subsided, Ashley managed to look up at Mark. "This is the last one. It has to be. I don't think I can do it again", she told him, almost pleadingly.

Mark simply nodded. He knew his wife's moods all too well. It was like déjà vu all over again. During the birth of their first child, a now almost 11 months old girl named Caitlyn Sophia Sloan, Ashley's behavior was exactly the same. She had made him swear that they wouldn't have a second baby. But when Meredith announced she was pregnant, shortly after Caitlyn was born, Ashley almost desperately wanted a second child. So, only 3 months after giving birth, she was impregnated once again. And now, here they were.

"Okay, Ashley, look at me", Addison told her, then waited for Ashley to shift her attention to her.

"You're ready to push. So when the next contraction arrives, listen carefully and I'll guide you through it", she explained.

"Been there, done that", Ashley told her matter-of-factly. "By the way, you sound so doctor like".

Addison laughed. "Well, I am your gynecologist. Now, let's get this show on the road".

*****

3 hours later Ashley and Mark were the proud parents of a baby boy, named Jayden Luca Sloan. While Ashley and Jayden were taken to the maternity floor, Mark took a quick detour and met up with his friends at the cafeteria. They had been paging him over and over again to check on the status, but Mark had simply ignored it the first two times, then put it on silent mode. Every and any doctor within the walls of the hospital knew his wife was giving birth so he was pretty sure that nobody even dared to page him for an emergency.

When he entered the cafeteria he could hear his daughter laughing. The second she saw her father she tried to wiggle herself of Meredith's lap. Meredith carefully put her down, before standing up herself. Holding the tiny hands, she carefully took a step forward making sure that Caitlyn took a step as well. When Mark had almost reached them, he bend down so that he was on eye level with Caitlyn.

"Go to daddy, Catey", Meredith cooed.

With wobbly steps Caitlyn walked up to her daddy with a giant toothless smile on her little face. When she reached him, Mark picked up and swirled her around a couple of times.

"Hey, princess!", he said, before pressing a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Dada", she replied, repeating his gesture.

Holding Caitlyn, Mark made his way over to his friends. They were all there. Alex and Izzie with their 2 year old girl twins Mackenzie and Abigail, George and Lexie, Callie and Arizona. He started to look around for Derek when he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder.

"So, you're a dad again?", Derek asked him as he switched his 6 month old son Benjamin to his other arm.

Mark nodded, before addressing the large group.

"Ashley gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. We named him Jayden Luca and he's 8 pounds 10 ounces. Everything went perfect, Ashley did a great job".

After everyone congratulated him, he spoke again.

"When don't we go up? I'm sure she would love to see all of you".

Without another word, Izzie handed Abigail over to her father, before following Lexie as they both beelined out of the cafeteria as they headed straight to the maternity ward.

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A couple of minutes later all of them were standing around Ashley's bed. The girls all cooed at the tiny newborn in Ashley's arms, while the guys stood there awkwardly, hoping that they wouldn't get too infatuated. They had enough little kids for the time being.

"Thank you guys, for being here", Ashley told them.

Izzie smiled at her. "So, you're done them now?", she asked her.

Ashley shrugged. "For now, yeah. But who knows what happens in the future", she replied.

Mark chuckled. He knew his wife would come around. She really was a softy. It was no secret that Mark wanted a large family and Ashley seemed to get used to the idea slowly. But right now, having two healthy and beautiful kids was fine. No, it was so much more than just fine. It was perfect.

*****

The End

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Kirsten