|Missing Love|

5) Family

*Alden's P.O.V*

"Come on, Shelby. Just one more push." Maggie encouraged her.

"I.. I can't do it." She breathed out.

I instantly squeezed Shelby's hand."Yes, you can. Just one more push."

She's in the middle of giving birth and she's in a lot of pain.

At times, she's trying to not scream and just stay calm. But then the pain will be too much for her and then she'll scream.

"One more push, Shelby." Maggie again encouraged her softly.

Shelby took a good deep breath before pushing with all of her might and then I heard a cry.

A sweet baby cry.

A smile was on my face when I heard the baby crying. Shelby and I have another baby.

Maggie had wrapped a towel around the baby and wiping the blood off of it.

"It's a boy." Maggie smiled before handing our son over to Shelby.

Shelby looked tired from the delivery but she wasn't when our son was in her arms.

"I'll go get Adam." Maggie lets me know before leaving the room that we were in.

"We have a son." I said.

Shelby nodded the best she could. "Which means he's named after your brother."

I remember telling Shelby that if we end up having a son then I would love for the baby to be named after my brother, Holland.

And she thought it was a great idea.

"Holland." I said as I grabbed my son's hand.

I'm officially a father of two boys. That's crazy, right?

"Okay, here's Adam." Maggie said coming back.

I stood up and grabbed my other son to hold him close to me.

"Thank you." I thanked Maggie.

"It's no problem." She said. "I went through this too when I was pregnant with Hershel so I wanted to be there for you guys in every way."

"Much appreciated."

After I said that, Maggie left the room to give us some alone time with our kids.

I sat back down next to Shelby and she smiled when she saw Adam in my own arms.

"He's going to be a great big brother when they get older."

"Adam is definitely going to be protective."

I remembered before, I wasn't a father. Back then, I was going through a tough time because Enid died and I wasn't sure what to do next in the world.

Before Earl died, I mean, I already had a connection with Adam.

Which is why I was babysitting him at times with Shelby.

And then Earl did die. Which meant I'm Adam's adoptive dad.

But because of the world that we live in, I don't really consider myself being Adan's adoptive dad but be his actual dad.

And the same goes for Shelby.

I just say that she's Adam's actual mom.

There might have to be a talk when Adam is older to explain everything or there may not be.

I haven't really excited that yet. It's still really early because Adam is young and still a baby.

"What are you thinking about?" I heard Shelby ask me.

I turned towards her. "About our little family."

Shelby smiled. "Our little family is perfect."

Perfect indeed.

"I have a feeling that once they start talking, they'll always want to be around the other kids. It'll be hard because the other kids are at commonwealth but we'll find a way."

"Judith, RJ, and Gracie can't wait to meet Holland." She said.

"True." I nodded. "There has to be sone way where they can."

"Let's not worry about that right now though. Let's worry about our two sons that are in our arms."

And Shelby had a good point. Why worry about something that'll happen later? Our sons are babies still so let's just wait until we get there.

I saw Shelby scoot over on the bed that she was on so that I can join her.

I smiled and then laid down next to her with Adam in my arms.

"Time for a family cuddle?" I asked.

"Family cuddle." She agreed.

With Adam in my arms and Holland in Shelby's, it was time for us to completely start being a family.

I gave a kiss to her forehead and watched as she started drifting to sleep.

I sighed but with a smile on my face.

Family. This is mine and Shelby's family.

And it's the best family that I could've asked for.

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Hey guys, I'm back with another short story.

I know this short story isn't long but then again there's a reason why it's called a short story.

But Holland is born in this short story.

We knew in chapter 48 that they had another baby named Holland but we never got to see how it all happened.

And now we can say that we did.

I also wanna say that there is one more short story left. I know what the prompt is so I can't wait to write it and share it with you guys.

Again, I wanna say I'm sorry for posting this so late. School is keeping me busy and I'm always on Netflix.

I try to find as much free time as I can to write anything for a short story.

But I hope you guys are still enjoying Shelby and Alden's journey.

I hope you guys liked this short story and can't wait for the next one.