CHAPTER 29:

"That's it lovey, there she is! You've got yourselves a beautiful baby girl!" Dr. Little exclaimed. Jen groaned in pain, hot tears streaming down her cheeks. She fell back into the pillow on the bed, her chest rising up and down rapidly with her loud breathing. James stood up, finally letting go of Jen's hand. He walked over to Dr. Little who was holding the baby. She was pink in colour and was covered in bodily fluids. But James couldn't help but smile at his newborn daughter. He himself felt a tear of joy escape from underneath his eyelid. "Would you like to cut the cord?" The doctor asked. James could only nod his head. Dr. Little handed him some surgical scissors and James snipped the pink tissue away. Dr. Little then handed the baby to James who slowly walked over and sat back down beside Jen. She watched James sit down with their daughter in his arms. He really looked like a father now and Jen smiled at the thoughts of their future as a family. James carefully handed Jen their daughter. Jen took in a big breath of air as she held her. She started crying out of joy, sobbing with a smile on her face as she held her daughter for the first time.

Cooper slowly pulled away, a smile forming on his face, as he opened his eyes. Fiona stared back. She felt like she was in her own world with Cooper in that waiting room. She couldn't break her glance with him until a nurse walked over to them. The nurse folded her arms and stood for a moment. Cooper and Fiona didn't notice her until she cleared her throat. Fiona looked up at her and smiled.

"Your friend has asked for you both." She said. "Come on." Fiona and Cooper shared a grin behind the nurse's back as she led them to Jen's room. Fiona walked in first. She saw Jen resting in bed with James sitting on a chair beside her. The baby had obviously been moved to the nursery. Fiona and Cooper took their seats on the two chairs on the other side of the room. Jen opened her eyes and smiled wearily. She was exhausted and in pain. However, the pain medicines the doctors had given her were just starting to kick in.

"So…I wanted to talk to you both. Listen, we all know the kind of work we do is…well…dangerous. James and I agreed that if anything were to happen to the both of us in the future, we wanted you two, together, as our daughter's godparents." Fiona felt herself tear up as she smiled. Jen smiled back tiredly. "Her named is Marissa Taylor Holt." Fiona felt her tears of joy fall from her eyes. She never felt more honoured than now. She got out of her chair and gave Jennifer a hug. Jen smiled as she embraced her.

"Jen, you really didn't have to do this you know."

"No, I did. Ever since the time you saved my ass in Iraq, and all the subsequent times after that day, I had to. You're my best friend and this is…this is the best way I could thank you." Jen had her own tears dribbling down her face now. Fiona pulled away with a grand smile on her face.

"Jeez, James and I are like drowning in a pool of estrogen here." Cooper joked. They all burst out laughing.

"We can leave if you two want." James replied laughing quietly. Jen looked over at him, then to Fiona. Fiona however didn't look back at her as she was looking at Cooper. Jen grinned. She had a feeling they had made up. Jen watched Cooper and just judging by the way he looked back at Fiona, it seemed that they were together.

"Well…I'd hate to leave, but Jen you need to rest and I want to go see this baby." Fiona said as she stood up. Cooper nodded in agreement as he also got out of his seat.

"All right." Jen sighed. "Besides, the pain meds are starting to really kick in and…" She paused as she yawned. "I'm a little doped up. The nursery is down the hall and to the left."

"Would you ever want one?" Cooper asked, looking through the glass at all the newborn babies in the hospital.

"No! Well…I don't know. I never really thought about it much, considering for the most of my life I'd been single." Fiona replied.

"Mmmm…"

"They're awful cute though. Oh look, there she is!" Fiona pointed to one of the babies on the far left. She was wrapped up in a lilac coloured blanket. She had a little bit of dark hair already on her head.

"Aw." Cooper replied. "What a big baby eh? I think the little name tag says nine pounds one ounce."

"Yeah she is a big baby." Fiona said. She turned and looked at Cooper. They stared at each other in silence for a moment before bursting out laughing.

"No."

"No. We'll stick to being the godparents of that one." Cooper chuckled.

"I like the sounds of that." Fiona giggled. She let out a content sigh, taking Cooper's hand again as they started walking towards the entrance of the hospital. Fiona didn't know how this thing with Cooper would turn out, but her instincts were telling her to go with it, that it was okay, that Cooper was someone she could trust…and love.