Esposito was sitting at his desk tapping his pen on the desk in a rapid motion. His wedding band glistened in the light his computer screen was providing. He glanced at the phone for the tenth time in a few minutes.
"Man, Chill out Lanie will call" Ryan told him.
"I can't help it...I'm going to be a dad Ryan...I'm going to have a baby..today I find out what the baby will be"
"Well you having ants in your pants won't make Lanie call any sooner"
"We'll see. Someday you and Rosie will have kids and you'll get it" Ryan laughed and spun back around in his desk chair. He and Rosie had just gotten engaged last week.
"I just want him or her to be healthy. You know?" Ryan smiled.
"I know...I'm sure everything is fine...You only have four months to go" Esposito all but beamed.
He and Lanie had been married when she was four months along. A simple wedding really Kate, Rosie, Maria, Ryan and Castle had came alone with the captain. She had a lovely dress but her bump was slightly visible in some pictures. They were married at city hall and they spent a week in a hotel in New York but took time to see things they never had time for before. Museums and stuff but mostly each other.
After the baby was born and older they planned on going away for a week on a real honeymoon but they wanted simple this time around. He had been happier this past month then he ever had been. He had a new wife and a baby well on the way. The phone rang and he jumped to grab it.
"Lane?" She laughed on the other end.
"Hi Javier..."
"Sorry. Hey baby" He relaxed a little.
"I just got out of the doctors...everything is fine...the baby is nice and big"
"That's good sweetie...and it's a...?"
"Well actually I told him we didn't want to know"
"What?" He almost screamed in frustration.
"Yeah I want it to be a surprise...are you mad?" He sighed he could never stay mad at her.
"No, baby...it's fine...I'll see you at home tonight"
"I love you..." He smiled.
"I love you too" He hung up and Ryan turned to him expectantly.
"Uh...Lanie wants to wait" Esposito said solemnly.
"For what?" Ryan stood and came over by his desk and Esposito shrugged.
"She wants a surprise"
"But you don't?"
"It's killing me" Ryan laughed and slapped his shoulder.
"Hey man five months and it will be revealed"
FIVE MONTHS LATER
"It's going to be alright really" Lanie smiled at him and he gave her a weak one back.
She had gone into labor two hours ago and since then he was like a caged maniac. Pacing back and forth and sweating like crazy. It was ridiculous the calm one was the one having the baby.
"Sweetie...sit down" Lanie patted the chair beside the hospital bed she was in and he did.
"Are you alright? you sure? anything hurt?" She laughed.
"I'm fine...it's alright really"
"Alright...how can you be so calm?" He stood and went back to pacing. She winced and he rushed to her side.
"Is it time do I need a doctor?" She smiled.
"No Javier...It's probably going to be awhile" He flopped into the chair with a groan.
Ryan and Rosie, Kate and Castle and Maria were all waiting in the waiting room when Esposito came out wearing a huge grin and Ryan grinned standing.
"It's a boy?" Ryan asked and Esposito grinned wider shaking his head.
"It's a girl...she's perfect" Maria cried and stood giving him a hug Rosie got a hug and Ryan Castle and Kate smiled and said their congratulations too.
"I just came to tell you all I have to get back to Lanie" He smiled.
"Lanie is alright?" Kate asked and he nodded.
"They're both fine" He turned to Maria.
"Mom, You should see her...seven pounds even she's got Lanies flawless skin but I think she's going to get my eyes" He smiled and Maria did too.
When he went into the room the nurse in the corner and smiled handing him the tiny pink bundle and he felt close to tears.
"Bring her here" Lanie scooched up on the bed and he went over handing the baby to her.
"She's perfect Lane" She smiled at him.
"Don't tell me...she's half of you too" He sighed and nodded touching her tiny pink cheek.
"What will we name her?" He asked and Lanie shrugged.
They named her Zoey which means life because she represented life to both of them and opened their eyes to the life they could have together.
A/N: Ok so if you readers want to stop reading now once again I made this chapter work as the last...there will be ONE MORE CHAPTER which will tell you what happens with Kate,Castle,Rosie and Ryan and there will be ONE MORE TWIST for Lanie and Esposito so you can either quit now or read on. Some people quit reading after the last chapter which is fine if that's what they want to do but I'd like to say they're missing out on a great ending because the married life can always have a twist. THANKS FOR READING THIS FAR TO ALL!