Chapter Eleven: Gut reactions and Oh Baby!

Steve slogged onto the helicarrier, dirty, tired and smelling of smoke. A little Shield recon mission had turned into a massive Avenger one, that had taken hours to handle. But it turned out well and now all Steve wanted was a hot shower and to call his dame. To hear her sweet but rather sarcastic voice. As soon as he entered his bunk Jarvis greeted him.

" Hello Captain, you have six messages from Miss Lewis, Sir." Steve quickly dropped his shield onto his bed and grabbed his phone off the night stand. And dialed Darcy's number he hoped nothing was wrong but with so many messages in his gut he knew something was happening. He probably should have listened to his messages first he thought as it rung. She answered on the fourth ring sounding as bright as ever but he could hear the tired thread in her voice.

"Hey Baby, how'd your job go?" she sounded okay but he wasn't really convinced.

" How are you sweetheart everything okay?" he asked immediately then quickly tacked on " The job went just fine." As fine as killer lawn gnomes and deranged gardeners affected by Asgardian trinkets could be, he thought. Darcy chuckled slightly

" I'm okay just cranky ,tired, hungry and in my pajamas at the hospital. On a happier note Beth's in labor and has been for thirteen hours." Steve blinked and began to relax ,everything was okay and his buddy was going to be a father. He smiled at the thought of Sam going into to a tizzy as soon as he found out.

" She's having the baby that's wonderful news Doll face, I'll make sure to let Sam know." he said and Darcy sighed it sounded like she did so in relief .

" Please do Babe because I'm about to snap and strangle Beth , will you be home soon?" Steve chuckled he never knew child birth was so stressful, but in his time it was something women kept to themselves.

" In about two hours" he laughed as Darcy cheered on the other side of the line.

"Good because as soon as she pops this kid out I'm spending the night at your house, i've had enough quality family time babe." Steve froze wait staying at his house? It was much too early for Darcy to be spending a night with him. Though there relationship was moving at a speed that was normal in the 40's he wasn't sure about now a days. So he chose to ignore it until it happened or she brought it up again.

" I'm sure its not that bad." he said trying to recover from the shock she just gave him. Darcy snorted loudly and laughed gently he could just imagine her shaking her head at him.

" It is that bad but you'll understand when you meet them anyway I got to go babe the nurses are giving me the evil eye for using the phone in the hall way. See you soon." she blew kisses and hung up, Steve chuckled and put his phone down back on the table. Then asked Jarvis if Sam knew Beth was in labor, which the AI confirmed that he had just listened to his messages and was over the moon about it. Nodding happily feeling peaceful, Steve headed to take his hot shower.

Once he was cleaned up he headed towards the bridge and noticed Sam sitting at the round table with a goofy smile on his face. The rest of the avengers looking at him oddly. Steve was pretty sure Sam hadn't said anything about Beth or his baby. Steve clapped him on the shoulder with a huge grin of his own, he knew Sam was really excited.

" Congratulations buddy." he said noticing every one of the avengers eyeing them they were some of the nosiest people Steve knew. He knew all of them were dying to know what Sam was being congratulated on.

" Joyous news friend Samuel?" Thor asked in his usual booming way, he was the type of person who was very open and shared everything. It was just his way to talk to everyone as if they were just as open.

Sam grinned and happily answered Thor "Yes, my soon to be wife is giving birth to our first baby." Thor smiled stood and scooped Sam up into a bone crushing hug. Happily congratulating him and telling him they should plan a feast once the babe was born. The other avengers also congratulated him and the rest of the trip home was loud and rowdy.

Widow dropped them off a block from the hospital , and they raced each other to the emergency room. They headed to the front desk and were directed to the maternity ward by what Steve felt to be an over friendly nurse. They headed up to the maternity ward and once they entered the waiting room, Sam pointed to a small group of brunettes.

" That's Darcy's family I'll introduce you before I go to Beth, because I'm sure if I don't the girls will eat you alive." Sam said on a smirk and Steve began to feel nervous he'd never met the folks of a dame he was courting before. Of course he'd never really had a dame before either, Peggy didn't count. Sam lead him over to the small group of Lewis's and his grandfather Steve had met him before.

" Pops" he called and both his grandfather and Darcy's father looked up at them and before Steve knew it he and Sam were surrounded by petite brunettes. It seemed Darcy's delicate stature was shared by the Lewis clan because none of them including Mr. Lewis were taller than five ' five.

"Sam I'm so glad you're here Beth has been asking about you. We've all been kicked out except for Darcy." an older woman obviously Darcy's mother said . Sam nodded then slapped Steve's shoulder " Ma, this is Darcy's boyfriend my best friend Steve Rogers. I leave him in your care while I check on Beth." and just like that Sam left him with four gaping Lewis's. and faster than Steve thought possible he was pulled into a group hug and then pulled down on to a waiting room couch. Darcy's mother and father who insisted he call them Ma and Pops sat across from him. On either side he had one of Darcy's sisters. Mary on his right who was shy and had lots of long straight hair she seemed to hide behind. And the infamous Kitty on his left who's curls were cropped short and she had a lemon sucking grimace on her face.

And now the for of them were asking so many questions he didn't know how to answer so he stuck with the basics. He was 27 years old , from Brooklyn , in the army . It seemed to pacify her parents but Kitty kept asking very personal questions. How many women has he slept with, how much money did he make, and so on. Although Ma did scold her every time she asked something inappropriate. By the time Darcy came to the waiting room Steve knew his whole face was red and he was stammering. Darcy leaned in kissed his cheek and whacked Kitty upside the head which stopped her questions inquisition.

" Sam and Beth want to talk to us." she motioned for Steve to follow her ignore her family's questioning gaze. He obediently followed her down the hall secretly glad to be away from Kitty. He now understood Beth and Darcy's irritation in spending too much time with her.

" Has Beth had the baby?" he asked and Darcy grinned up at him. He couldn't help but think how beautiful she looked without make up and her hair curling wildly around her.

" Yup and before we let the fam know she wants to talk to us." and she lead him to Beth's room were she was sitting up looking exhausted holding a tiny bundle. Sam sat on the edge of the bed looking close too tears, he grinned widely when Steve entered the room.

" Hey man, it's a girl." he said carefully taking the baby from Beth and bringing her over so Steve could see her. He stared in awe at the tiny baby in his friends arms she had so much curly black hair and her tiny hands were in fists.

" She's beautiful Sam" he murmured and Sam nodded close to tears again.

" Damn right she is, I'm going to have to beat boys off of her with a baseball bat." and then he held her out to Steve. " Here hold her." before he could protest Sam was placing his tiny daughter into Steve's arms.

" So Darce , Steve, Beth and I were wondering if the two of you would be her godparents." Steve looked over at Sam floored. In his time being a godparent was a big deal. With a war going on there was a good chance who you left your children too ended up raising them. It was a complete sign of trust and faith and was normally an honor left to family or very close friends. It was an honor he never thought he'd experience and he had to choke out his quite yes while Darcy had squealed and immediately agreed.

"What's her name Sam?" Darcy asked stroking the babies chubby cheek Steve couldn't help but smile as the baby scrunched her little face as a reaction to Darcy's gentle touch.

" Well we were hoping you and Steve could name her Darce. We only looked at boys names." Beth said on a sigh. Steve looked down at his god daughter and a name popped into his head.

" Rose" the same time Darcy whispered " Edith" they looked up at each other and grinned " Edith Rose" they said together , Sam and Beth agreed that Edith Rose suited her. Steve dipped slightly and kissed the top of Darcy's head then carefully handed her Edith. Looking at the two of them filled Steve's heart with warmth. He was happier than he had been in a long time, this time two years a go he had nothing. Was just going through the motions, not really living. Now he had friends new and old, Darcy and his God daughter. Now he had to figure out how to tell Darcy he was the star spangled man. And unfortunately at this moment he did not have a plan.


Hi Guys and Dolls, I know its been a long time since I posted a chapter. Work has kept me rather busy , I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Steve got grilled and little miss Edith made her appearance. Next time Darcy goes to Steve's. Thanks to everyone for reading and please review. see you next time love- Dizzy