Josh paced around the room. Donna lay on the bed next to him, breathing heavily. Her contractions were coming closer and Josh knew that in a few hours he would be a Dad. In a few hours he would have a child. A child that he would have to protect and take care of.

"JOSH!" Donna yelled. Josh spun around on his heels, grinning sheepishly. "If you keep pacing, I swear I'm going to kill you." Josh nodded freezing to the spot. He crept carefully over to Donna's bed, making sure he wouldn't upset her.

"How are you feeling?" Josh said resting carefully on the edge of the bed.

"Me? Oh, I'm feeling fine and dandy Josh. Never been better." she snapped, clenching her fists. Josh jumped up from the bed.

"Sorry." he mumbled, sitting in the chair next to the bed, rather than risking going near her again.

"You should be Josh. You did this to me!" Donna cried, closing her eyes and letting out a blood-curdling scream. Josh winced looking down at the floor. He couldn't stand seeing her in pain.

"Me? It was a group effort Donna." Josh whispered under his breath. A nurse trotted into the room, carrying a wet towel and gloves for Josh.

"Oh don't count on him going anywhere near that end of me." Donna breathed. "He gets very queasy." Josh nodded silently. His face was already ghostly white and his stomach was doing flips. The nurse came to stand by Donna, placing the towel on her head.

"You," she said pointing at Josh. "Hold this." Josh did as he was told and took the towel. Donna looked up at him, tears welling in her eyes.

"We're gonna parents." she whispered breathing heavily. Josh smiled grabbing her hand.

"We sure are." Josh yelped as Donna squeezed his hand. The nurse grinned at the pair.

"Ok here we go, Donna."

...

"Hey." Josh said creeping quietly into the room. Donna lay in the bed, their daughter resting in her arms.

"Hi." she smiled tiredly.

"I just finished talking to C.J." Josh said lowering himself onto the bed. He smiled down at his daughter. He couldn't quite fathom the fact that he was a father. Donna looked up at him smiling.

"I think we did alright." Donna whispered, letting out a big yawn.

"Yeah." Josh whispered. He could feel tears welling in his eyes. He didn't cry very often. The last time he cried was during his vows. Even before that he couldn't remember too many occasions were he had cried. There was his proposal, Leo's funeral, when Joanie had died. He definitely didn't cry as much as his wife who cried every second day. He only cried when it was worth it.

"I love you." Donna said kissing his cheek. She felt his tears on her lips. "Are you crying."

"No," Josh said wiping his eyes. "I don't cry."

"Whatever." Donna laughed, nudging him. She looked up at him smiling adoringly at their daughter. He'd never seen him so happy in his life, except maybe when she said yes to his proposal. She knew he would be the best Dad. "Here." She said lifting the sleeping baby out of her arms. "Hold her." Josh shook his head.

"No I-I might drop her." he stuttered, pulling his arms to his sides so that Donna couldn't hand her over.

"Josh, I'm sure that you won't drop her. You've held C.J's kids more times than I could count and you've never dropped them before."

"I don't know." Josh cautiously took his baby from Donna. "I'm scared that I'm going to do something wrong." he sighed. His arms were stiff and he was scared to move. One wrong step and everything could go wrong. Donna rolled her eyes.

"Josh, we're gonna make mistakes. Every parent does. No one can be perfect and the only way we learn is by making mistakes." Josh didn't remove his eyes from the baby in his arms but he smiled.

"What did I do to deserve this?" Josh whispered. Donna smiled, closing her eyes. She could feel the tears welling in her eyes.

"Deserve what?" she replied. She knew the answer, she just wanted to hear him say it.

"You, her. Everything." He finally tore his eyes away from the baby and looked up at Donna. "I love you."

"I love you more."

...

1 year later

Donna lay awake in her bed. It was nearly 12:00am and she was waiting for Josh to come to bed. She wriggled around under the covers, trying to get comfortable. She couldn't understand why Josh wasn't in bed. She'd left him working in the kitchen. HE was probably still there. She rolled her eyes, and climbed out of bed. She shivered as her feet hit the floor. She shuffled into the hallway and down to the kitchen. Josh's laptop was still switched on on the kitchen counter. Papers were scattered everywhere on the table but Josh was nowhere to be seen. Donna could feel her heart thumping in her chest. She looked around searching for any signs that he'd had a panic attack. He hadn't had any problem with his PTSD, but considering how stressed he'd been lately it was a perfect time for it to return. But, the room looked as it always did when Josh worked late. Donna scurried down the hallway, pulling her arms into her chest. She checked in the bathroom, the living room and every other room in the tiny apartment, but she still couldn't find him. She stopped at the door of their daughter, Alice's nursery. She didn't know where Josh was and the only room she hadn't checked was this one. She blew through the door to find Josh looking down at Alice who was sound asleep in her crib.

"Shh." Josh turned to face Donna, wiping his nose against his sleeve. She swore she could see tears in his eyes.

"Josh you scared the hell out of me. I couldn't find you anywhere." She whispered coming to stand beside him. She wrapped an arm around his waist. "What are you doing in here?" Josh sighed. His breath was shaky and his cheeks were bright red and puffy.

"She's going to be one in just a few minutes. One." he choked. "I don't want her to grow up." Donna smiled, looking up at him. She placed her hands on his chest and he wrapped hi arms around her.

"Yeah." she closed her eyes, huddling closer to him. "We've done a pretty good job so far."

"I just don't want to get older. I don't want her to stop needing me. I want to be her superhero for ever."

"She'll always need you. Just in different ways." Donna whispered. She could feel tears welling up in her eyes. Happy tears.

"You think so?" Josh whispered his voice still shaky.

"I know so." Josh smiled and kissed Donna's head. "Did I ever tell you I love you?"

"One or twice." Donna laughed pushing him away. "Did I ever tell you you're adorable?."

"Yeah. Not exactly what I was going for though." Donna couldn't help but laugh and it wasn't long until Josh joined in. Donna grabbed his hand.

"Shh! We might wake her." she breathed between laughs. "Come on let's go to bed."

...

3 years later

Josh lay awake in bed, Donna sound asleep beside him. He could hear the patter of feet, out in the corridor. It was 6 am and he was awaiting the daily wake up call. He saw the bedroom door open and shut his eyes. He smiled burying his head in the pillow.

"Daddy." he opened his eyes to see his daughter grinning widely at him.

"Good morning Alice." Josh said faking a yawn. Alice stared at Josh suspiciously as he sat up.

"Daddy, were you awake?" Josh laughed and scooped her into his arms. She laughed loudly as Josh tickled her.

"Alice, why don't you go wake Mommy up?" He said placing her down on the floor. She skipped to the other side of the bed and tapped Donna's arm.

"Momma, wake up. Momma!" Alice whispered tugging on her arms gently. Donna's eyes fluttered open and she grinned at her daughter.

"Good morning baby." Donna whispered kissing Alice on the head. She lifted her up onto the bed and placed her in between herself and Josh. "Alice, do you know what day it is?" Alice shook her head staring intently at Donna.

"It's Saturday." Josh finished leaning over to the pair. Alice gasped holding her hands over her mouth.

"Saturday?" Alice repeated loudly. Josh and Donna nodded simultaneously. Alice pumped the air with her fist and scooted off the bed. "That means your home all day!" She cried jumping up and down. She ran out of the room, Josh close on her tail. Donna hopped out of bed, sliding into robe and slippers. Her head was pounding and she felt terribly sick. She stumbled to the bathroom and knelt on the floor beside the toilet. She twirled her hair out of her face and leaned forward. She sat there, for 5 minutes without being sick. She stood up slowly, pulling her robe closer around her.

"Donna, breakfast is ready!" Josh called from the kitchen. She took a deep breath and began to walk down the hallway. She had been feeling sick the past three days but she hadn't said anything to Josh. She knew that he would automatically assume she was pregnant and she didn't want to get his hopes up. It had been a struggle conceiving the first time around and she hadn't expected it to be any easier the second time around. When she reached the kitchen she saw Josh flipping pancakes and Alice sitting on the bench drinking a cup of juice. "Donnatella, we have some chocolate chip pancakes for you!" Josh said smirking. Donna shook her head.

"Not that hungry." she said plopping down at the table grabbing the newspaper. "But thank you." Josh stared a her suspiciously. Donna love chocolate chip pancakes. She never passed up an opportunity to eat them. Josh scooped Alice into his arms and placed on her on the chair next to Donna.

"You feeling ok, Donna?" he said concernedly. Donna nodded fixing her eyes to the paper. She hated lying to him, but she was doing it for his own protection.

...

"Daddy! Look at the house I made!" Donna stood at the door of Alice's bedroom watching Josh and Alice playing together on the floor. They were building houses out of blocks.

"That's amazing Alice! That's so much better than mine." Josh said frowning.

"No, yours is beautiful!" Josh smiled and held his arms out.

"Thank you." Alice pounced on Josh and he fell backwards, hitting the floor. They both began to laugh and Donna couldn't help but smile at the two of them. Josh looked up to see Donna at the doorway. He grinned when he saw Donna's teary-eyed smile.

"Josh? Can I speak to you for a moment?" Josh hopped up straight away accidentally knocking Alice off him, although she didn't seem to notice.

"Alice, Mom and I are going to talk for a moment ok?" Alice nodded turning back to play with her toys. The stepped out of the room, and Donna grabbed Josh's hand. "Is everything ok?" Josh whispered squeezing her hands. Donna smiled.

"Josh, I'm pregnant." Josh's mouth hit the floor. His eyes automatically looked down to her stomach.

"You're..." he began unable to find words.

"Yeah I'm pregnant." Donna's eyes filled with tears of joy. Josh grabbed her into a tight hug, squeezing her. He could feel the tears forming in his eyes.

"We're gonna have another baby." he whispered in her hair.

"Yeah."