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Soda's POV.

"What's wrong? Is it time?" The alert was clear in my shaky voice. I never prepared for this moment. I didn't know when the day would come. But I never thought it would be right now. Sara tried to stand up from where she was sitting next to me, but I insisted that she'd stay there.

"Ow," Sara muttered. She kept her hand on her stomach and the other hand on her back. I stood there, probably starting to panic. After a few seconds Sara spoke up. "This might be a good time to take me to the hospital." There was a small chuckle, but she was in too much pain to extend the laugh any further.

I nodded my head and ran into the house. First I ran into Darry's room to tell him it was time. I insisted for him to stay here and come to the hospital later on. He said he would get ready and come as soon as he was ready. Then I ran back out to Sara who looked like she was in fierce pain.

"Come on, I'll help you." I tried to comfort her, but I didn't know if it was working. I opened the truck door for her and helped her get in the car. Without wasting any time I ran over to the other side and jumped in myself. Once I was in the car Sara looked over and smiled.

"Breath, Soda. Breath." I should take her advice. I was probably freaking out now more than she was. "Its going to be fine, just drive and we shouldn't have a problem." I couldn't help but smile. I slightly laughed and started up the truck. It responded by rumbling, and then slowly warming up. My hands were placed slightly on the steering wheel and I tried not to run into anything. I guess I was lucky because everything I passed was safe, for now.

When we reached the hospital's entrance I helped Sara out of the truck once again. I guess the doctors knew what was going on by the look of Sara. They quickly got her into a room, I guess it was the room where she would have the baby, and began hooking things up. I went over to Sara and grasped her cold hand. "Nervous yet?" I whispered into her ear. I laughed silently to myself and she looked over at me and smiled.

"There's nothing to be nervous about. You're with me, remember?" I leaned down and kissed her on the lips softly. I let go of her hand for only a few minutes to go and get a chair. The doctors said that the baby was ready to come now and I could feel my stomach begin to churn. I held Sara's hand tighter and she knew I was the one in pain. "You don't have to be here," she said. "You can go outside, I'll be fine. I promise," she comforted me.

"But I want to be here. I wouldn't miss this," I replied. I couldn't miss the birth of our child. Sara nodded her head slowly and began to push. It looked painful and I'm pretty confident that it was painful. After a while I began to get excited myself. I whispered through Sara's hair, "You're almost there, keep going." The doctor told her to push really hard this time and he held his hands out to catch the baby. With the last push, the baby came safely out into his hands, crying.

"It's a girl!" The doctor exclaimed from where he was. I looked over at Sara who was on the verge of tears. I wanted to go over and hold my new baby girl but the doctor had to get her cleaned up first. I turned towards Sara and kissed her on the head.

"A girl." I sounded shocked. I never thought that I'd have a baby girl anytime soon. "So what are we going to name her?" We never thought of any names recently.

"I don't know. That's our problem," Sara pointed out. I thought about it for a while. I have no idea either. After a few minutes Sara broke the silence.

"What was your mother's middle name?" It didn't take me long to remember.

"Anna," I replied. I seen a smile form on Sara's lips. "Anna? Are you sure?" I questioned.

"Positive." I smiled and watched the doctor bring Anna over to us. He handed her to Sara who couldn't be any happier.

"Hi Anna," Sara said softly. Her hair was a light orange. I guess she turned after Sara in that way. She wasn't crying anymore, she was almost asleep. Sara held her for a bit longer and then handed her to me. I cradled her very closely to my chest and couldn't believe that this was my baby. I wasn't sure on how to hold a baby but I thought I was doing a pretty good job. After a while I went outside to see if Darry had come yet. Sure enough, Darry and Ponyboy were standing in the waiting room.

When Darry spotted me he ran over. "Is she having the baby now?" Darry sounded alert for someone who just woke up.

I couldn't help but smile. I broke the silence by saying, "She's here."

"So its a girl?" Ponyboy jumped in. Ponyboy's eyes glistening as I nodded my head. "What's her name?"

"Anna. Sara wanted to name her after Mom." Darry looked pleased and asked if he could go in and see the baby. Ponyboy was practically jumping up and down by now. I showed him the way into the room where Sara and Anna were. When Ponyboy saw the baby he ran right over to where Sara was.

"She's so cute!" Ponyboy exclaimed. I laughed and Darry asked if he could hold the baby. Sara gave Anna to him carefully. Darry looked at her for a bit and smiled.

"I never did think that you guys would be parents at such a young age. Well, everything happens for a reason, I guess." I glanced over at Sara who was smiling and beginning to laugh.

"Of course it does, Darry," she said.