Meant to put this at the end of last chapter. Kamilah means perfect. I don't remember the nationality of it, but when I found it, I thought it was perfect.

So, this is the last chapter of this story. I don't know when there will be any prequels or sequels up. I've been working on my Dani/Santana stuff. Which, apparently is gross according to a guest reviewer. I just want to ask, what could possibly be gross about Demi Lovato kissing Naya Rivera? Just saying :)

This is the last chapter of this story. Told everybody it was kind of short :)

Hold Me Tight

Chapter 7

Fang leaned into the back seat of the car to unhook Kamilah's car seat. Lightning had protested once she saw what her wife was doing, only to be immediately show down. The soldier's incision was still healing from the C-Section almost a week ago. She'd been placed on a strict weight restriction to prevent any possibility of her tearing her stitches.

"Sunshine, ya know ya can't." Fang followed her wife into their home. During Kamilah's time in the hospital, Fang was able to finish getting the nursery together, with a lot of help from Snow with the furniture assembly and placement.

"I know," she sighed. She felt helpless as she watched Fang placed the carrier on the center of their dining room table. Kamilah had fallen asleep on the drive home and neither of them were anxious to wake her up. Lightning was still tired from everything that had happened. "The others are coming over tonight, aren't they?" She pulled out one of the chairs at the table to sit.

"Sure are. They can't wait to meet her." Fang smiled down at their daughter before going to the fridge. "Ya want a sandwich or somethin'?"

"Yea, that sounds good." Lightning rolled the sleeves up on her sweater before gently turning the baby carrier to face her so she could see her daughter. Not in all of her 27 years of life had she ever expected to be staring at a little baby, that was hers. She reached out to brush some of Kamilah's hair back.

After Lightning's parents had died, she had shut herself off from the world. Except for Serah. She never thought she would be able to have a loving connection with anybody else. Then, she met Fang and everything changed. Her eyes darted up to the taller woman who stood at the counter making lunch for them. The Pulsian was humming softly to herself, not a care in the world. Fang had showed her it was okay to loosen up some. That it someone laughed at her, she shouldn't let it bother her. Fang taught her how to laugh again, how to be happy again, and how to love again. Fang brought out the old Claire that she thought had died alongside her parents.

"Somethin' on your mind, love?" Fang spoke, having noticed the silence from her wife. When she glanced over her shoulder, she saw the way the blond was simply staring at Kamilah. It was a look that Fang knew as her being stuck in her thoughts.

Lightning only shook her head before she stood up from the table. Without a word, she walked up behind her wife and slid her arms around the taller woman's slender waist. Lightning didn't hug her too tightly because her abdomen was still tender from the C-Section. "I love you," she whispered very softly before placing a gentle kiss on Fang's back, between her shoulder blades.

"I love you too, Claire." Fang placed one of her hands atop Lightning's for a moment before finishing off their lunch.

The soldier remained where she was until she felt Fang moving some. Reluctantly, she pulled away and accepted the sandwich she was handed, "thank you." She reached for a paper towel before going to the table to sit down. "I think I'm going to take a nap after this."

"We might just join ya." Fang stretched her arms out above her head. With all of the excitement from the week, Fang found she wasn't able to sleep a whole lot either. If it wasn't helping her wife the first few days of her being released from the hospital, it was spending long hours in the nursery painting and getting it ready. Now that Kamilah was home, she felt as though she could finally relax.

Lightning was first to finish off her lunch. She stood up from the table, but as soon as she went to walk away, her daughter started fussing softly. "Hey…" The soldier leaned in to carefully caress her cheek. "What's wrong, honey?" She knew Fang's eyes were on her as she worked to unhook the catches that kept the girl in her seat. "Mommy's got you," Lightning whispered as she picked up the tiny girl. Kamilah almost instantly relaxed when she heard Lightning's voice.

The redness of Kamilah's skin had started fading, it was becoming evident to them both that her skin tone would be close to Fang's. Maybe just a shade or two lighter than the Pulsian. Kamilah's hair was definitely blond, just a tad darker than Lightning's. The girl's eyes appeared to be almost teal in color. She was a perfect mixture of the two women.

Lightning cradled the girl in her arms, smiling as she just stared up at her with her bright eyes. "See, you're okay." Her hand came to rest on her daughter's chest as she slowly rocked her back and forth, careful not to turn too much and hurt herself.

"She instantly calms down with ya." Fang noted.

"She does with you too, Fang."

"Unless she's hungry."

Lightning chuckled at her wife. It was definitely true. She remembered one of the first times Fang had picked up Kamilah when she was crying, but the girl would not stop screaming. Soon, they were able to figure out that she was hungry. As soon as she was handed to Lightning and latched onto her breast, she immediately calmed down. "While your chest is wonderful, mine feeds her."

Fang shook her head at her wife, "why don't ya both go lay down? I'll be up in a minute."

"Alright." Lightning leaned over to give her wife a gentle kiss before going up the steps and into the nursery first. Kamilah started crying as soon as the soldier placed her on the changing table. "I know… but I need to change you before taking a nap." She spoke softly to her daughter as she changed her diaper and got her back into her long-sleeved onesie. She grabbed one of the blankets that Serah had given them and laid it out on the table beside her. She wracked her brain for a minute, trying to remember how the nurses showed her.

The first attempt to swaddle Kamilah, failed. Lightning grumbled at herself, being such a perfectionist, she hated making mistakes. The second attempt was better than the first. Proud of herself, Lightning picked up the little girl again before going to her bedroom. She made her way into her bedroom and carefully laid down on the bed. A groan escaped her lips as the motions irritated her stitches. Lightning placed Kamilah on her chest and started to rub her back slowly with one of her hands.

"You're perfect," she whispered, just to her daughter. "I know you can't really understand me yet… but I never thought I'd have a child of my own." She brushed some of Kamilah's hair aside before continuing, "You won't understand for a few years, but let me tell you something. Your mama is incredible. She's taught me so much and she'll teach you so much too, trust me." She shifted to place a gentle kiss on top of her daughter's head, smiling when the little girl shifted some. "I know I'll mess up somewhere down the road, but know that I'll always love you."

Fang had stopped just outside of their bedroom door when she heard Lightning talking. She waited until the room was silent before she entered. Lightning's eyes were closed, resting against her chest was Kamilah, who appeared to be asleep. Without saying a thing, Fang pulled her phone from her pocket to take a picture. She was sure that her wife would kill her if she found out, but Fang didn't care. "You're too cute." She finally made her presence known.

"Were you listening?" She spoke without opening her eyes.

Fang crawled onto the bed beside the blond. She watched as Lightning gently placed Kamilah on her back between them on the bed. "Of course I was listenin.' First thing I heard was how I'm incredible."

"You are." Lightning groaned as she rolled onto her side to face Fang. She allowed her eyes to close, knowing it wouldn't be long until she fell asleep. "How much time until everbody's here?"

"Fang checked the time before answering, "'Bout 4 hours."

"Good. Sweet dreams, Fang."

"You too, love."

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Lightning slowly came to when she heard some laughter echoing from downstairs. She whimpered as she rolled onto her back and stretched. It took her several moments to wake up enough to realize Kamilah and Fang were no longer in bed with her. She heard laughter again from downstairs and finally pieced it together that their friends and family were there. The soldier stretched her arms above her head again, giving herself a few more minutes to wake up. She rubbed her eyes, then ran her fingers through her hair to loosen up a few snags in it. Just as she stood up from the bed, she was able to hear the approaching sounds of Kamilah crying.

There was barely enough time for her to react, the bedroom door opened and Fang entered, "I think someone wants her mom."

Lightning made herself comfortable in bed again, against their pillows before pulling off her sweater. "Bring her here." She reached up to take Kamilah from her wife before pulling her bra down to allow her to feed. "How's she doing with the others?" The soldier winced slightly when her daughter actually latched on.

"She's so fascinated by all the new people. I could tell she was fightin' sleep." Fang made herself comfortable on the edge of the bed.

Lightning chuckled softly. "Her life is going to be full of firsts for a while." She looked down at the tiny girl in her arms, "she'll probably fall asleep after she eats."

"I would too, she's got the best meal in the world right now," Fang winked.

Lightning blushed before smacking her wife, "guess what, honey? These belong to our daughter for a while. You better get used to that."

"I like that."

"Like what?"

Fang smiled widely before curling into her wife's side, "the way 'our daughter' sounds. Got a nice ring to it."

The blond smiled fondly at Kamilah. "It does, doesn't it?"

Lightning looked down to see Fang slide an arm around her waist. If someone told her five years ago that she would be married to a woman she once despised, and gave birth to said woman's daughter, she probably would have shot them with her gunblade. Now, she couldn't imagine her life without Fang, and now Kamilah. Her life felt complete now. She was surrounded by friends and family that loved and respected her, she'd found the woman of her life, and she had a newborn daughter.

Lightning thought her life to be perfect.

Let me know what you all thought of it. I know it wasn't my best work, no where near to be honest with you. But I'm still kind of happy with how it came out.