Eddie had been absentmindedly flipping through a magazine when a knock came on her hospital door. She looked up and was stunned to see Frank Reagan and Sid Gormley. Frank smiled and stepped into the room.

"Sorry to just drop by. Pop was afraid you weren't getting a proper meal." He set a brown paper bag on her tray. "His homemade beef stew."

"Thank you."

Gormley smiled at her. "How are you feeling?"

She motioned to her huge stomach. "Pregnant. I would much rather be in a hot squad in the middle of summer with a drunk guy."

He laughed. "Wow that is bad."

Frank sat down and looked around the room. "When Mary was in the hospital I brought her things from home to make her more comfortable. Grant it she didn't have three babies jumping around inside of her but still it helped."

Eddie smiled. "It has made it slightly easier."

He nodded. "But it's not home."

"No it's not."

"Well I brought something that will hopefully ease your mind."

She was curious. Gormley set a file down on her tray. She looked and her eyes widened.

"A temporary leave of absence?"

Frank smiled. "Sid looked at everything for me. I knew there had to be a way to allow you to stay home for a few months without it taking all of your medical and vacation days. We found this. You can take a year off and stay with the babies then you will test back in."

"Test?"

"Go to the gun range and make sure you can still shoot, get a physical and meet with Renzulli to get caught up on any new laws or regulations."

"And I can do that? Just take a year?"

"I've already arranged it."

Eddie was lost for words. It took her a minute to process. "Thank you. Thank you so much."

"My pleasure. I've also arranged a way for Jamie to make up time lost. He'll start on the night shift as soon as the babies are born that way he can be here with them during the day and still be able to work at night."

Eddie had tears. "Thank you so much. Really. You have gone above and beyond for us."

Frank grabbed her hand. "They are my granddaughters and you are my daughter. It was no trouble at all."

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The light flipped on and Eddie groaned.

"You know Lena you could at least bring me hot chocolate or something if you're going to just wake me up like this."

The nurse laughed. "Sorry. I just need to check your vitals."

Eddie swung her legs out of bed and stood. "First I need to pee."

Lena laughed. Eddie stepped into the bathroom and before she could even get to the toilet a gush of warm liquid ran down her leg. Eddie groaned and looked. She was stunned by what she saw. It was clear and had very little odor. She poked her head out the door.

"Lena?"

The nurse came to the door. "Do you need help?"

"No, I think my water just broke."

Lena's eyebrows shot up and she looked at the liquid that was covering Eddie's pajama pants. She led her over to the bed and hit the call button. Soon three other nurses rushed into the room. Eddie was soon being changed into a hospital gown and being hooked up to monitors. She looked at Lena.

"Can I call Jamie?"

She nodded and handed over her cell phone. Eddie held it shakenly to her ear. He sounded groggy when he answered.

"Reagan."

"Jamie it's me."

He became slightly more alert. "What are you doing up this early?"

"Jamie my water broke."

"What?!"

"They're hooking me up to all these machines and i'm kinda freaking out."

"Okay I'm on my way."

Eddie set her phone down just as Dr. McClain walked in.

"Hey Eddie. I hear we had excitement this morning?"

She threw him a look. "Excitement? I'm freaking out."

He chuckled and looked at the monitors before washing his hands and slipping on a pair of gloves.

"Okay I'm going to check you and see if that was indeed your water."

She spread her legs apart and he looked. He then nodded.

"You're about 4cm and your water definitely broke."

"So now what?"

"Now we book an OR. You're going to be a mother today."

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Jamie rushed off the elevator and could tell that something was up. The nurses were all rushing around. He saw Lena and called her.

"Lena!"

She smiled and rushed over.

"What the heck is going on?"

She grinned. "Your going to be a dad today."

He paused stunned. When he could move he ran into Eddie's room. The nurses were starting ivs and moving things out of their way. Eddie looked up at Jamie terrified.

"It's too early."

He grabbed her hand just as one of her other nurses, Janet spoke to her calmly.

"Eddie your just over 34 weeks. That is pretty incredible for triplets. My last set only made it to 32."

She nodded. Someone handed Jamie a set of hospital scrubs. He looked at them and then Janet.

"What are these for?"

"We're taking her to the OR in 20 minutes. Get changed and call family members."

He nodded. He stepped into Eddie's bathroom and put on his scrubs. He left off the hair net and mask for now. When he came out he grabbed his phone and called his dad. Thankfully he answered quickly.

"Hello?"

"Dad it's Jamie."

"Is everything okay?"

He broke into a smile. "Eddie's having the babies. I'm gonna be a dad today."

Frank could hear the pride and fear in his son's voice. "I'm on my way and i'll take care of telling everyone else. You just focus on Eddie."

"Okay. I love you Dad."

"I love you too. And if I don't get the chance to say it, good luck son."

"Thanks."

He hung up and said a quiet prayer.

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Eddie had never been this nervous in her entire life. She was numb from the ribs down and laying on a very hard table. Jamie was sitting on a stool right by her head. She was really starting to panic.

"They're going to be okay right?"

Jamie grabbed her hand under the surgical drapes. "They're going to be fine. They are in the best hands."

She nodded. Dr. McClain walked in fully dressed in his scrubs.

"Okay are you two ready?"

Eddie sighed. "As i'll ever be."

He chuckled. Eddie was grateful that she couldn't see through the drape just below her neck. The faces Jamie was making were not helpful. She also had an annoying oxygen mask in her nose. After a few minutes Eddie felt a lot of pressure that made her gasp. Jamie looked concerned.

"Is she okay?"

Dr. McClain nodded. "Here comes Baby A."

Soon there was a tug and then a tiny piercing cry. Eddie felt a few tears in her eyes. Dr. McClain smiled.

"Definitely a girl."

Eddie was overwhelmed with emotions. Jamie kissed her head and laughed quietly with her. Then two minutes later they heard another cry. Dr. McClain smiled.

"Baby B."

Eddie laughed a little. A nurse yelled out.

"Baby A is 3lbs 5 ounces. 17 inches."

Eddie felt a chill run down her spine. She knew that was small. Then came the next nurse.

"Baby B is 3lbs 1 ounce. 17 inches."

Jamie squeezed her hand. The final tug came and Eddie waited to hear the final cry. But it didn't come like she expected. She looked at Jamie.

"Why isn't she crying?"

Jamie tried to look. Dr. McClain spoke.

"This little one just doesn't want to cry." A second later he nodded. "There we go."

A small cry filled the room. Eddie could hear that it was weaker then the other two. Dr. McClain glanced at Jamie.

"Do you want to cut the cord?"

Jamie nodded and stood. He got the first look at one of their girls. Baby C looked up at him with big light blue eyes. She looked like a baby doll. He cut her umbilical cord and then she was whisked away. He sat back down and kissed Eddie's forehead.

"She's beautiful."

Eddie smiled. Dr. McClain kept working. A nurse eventually spoke out.

"Baby C is 2lbs 11 ounces and 16 1/2 inches."

The babies were then taken straight to the NICU. Jamie stayed by Eddie's side. When she was finally taken out of the OR she felt exhausted but happy. They were a family.

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