In this together

one more

There are a few times in life where things slow down drastically, and become Crystal clear.

Usually those instances are big life changing things, and they put things into perspective.

One for Harry in particular was the day of his deceased fiance's autopsy. It was bad enough she had died, but to learn of the death of his unborn child, well it made him bitter and mad at the world, but it also made him realize how badly he had wanted a family. He didn't care that he was young, and his dreams were big, he knew he could make it work, as soon as he found the right person, of course.

So he decided to wait, and that's when you had stumbled into his life, sweeping him right off his feet.

He wasn't sure how fate had lined up perfectly enough to have had the two of you meet, or how he just happened to be a drunken fool and get you pregnant the first time he stuck it in you.

But as he sat there in the hospital beside you, holding your hand as they inserted an overly large needle into your spine, or at least that's where it looked like they were putting it, he realized he never wanted anyone else. You were it. The sun. The moon. The stars. The whole sky and beyond. You were the one.

"Sir?" The nurse repeated bringing Harry out of his thoughts.

"I'm sorry?" He asked as he glanced away from where the anesthesiologist had just wrapped up with the epidural.

"Would you like to help your wife lay back and get comfortable?" She asked with a soft smile.

Harry nodded as he took your arm and helped you lay back onto the small mound of pillows on the hospital bed. "How are you feeling baby?" He asked you quietly.

"Better," you responded, "pains is not so bad anymore," you admitted.

He leaned in, kissing your head and stroking your sweat-dampened hair. He would curse himself later for not finding you in the trailer sooner, but for right now he just wanted to hold you and comfort you.

"Okay momma," the nurse said as she sat between your legs with her hospital gear on. "Most first time moms have time, but I'm afraid you do not, we need to start pushing, the baby is crowning and you're fully dilated," she explained.

"Already?" Harry asked, shocked.

The nurse nodded as she got to her feet. "I'm going to have dad hold one leg and Michelle here is going to hold your other one, and when you feel the next contraction I'm going to have you bear down and push, can you do that for me?" The nurse asked you as she adjusted the bed pulling up the stirrups and folding the end of the table down.

You gave a slight nod as you began to adjust yourself. The door to the room swung open. "I'm here, sorry, someone got us lost," Ruby announced as she came in with clothes that didn't quite look like hers, throwing a glare behind her.

"I did not get us lost, you got your shirt lost, don't blame me," Sam Chuckled as he followed quickly into the room behind her.

"Who's fault was that?" She demanded.

"Yours," Sam chuckled as he rounded the bed to the opposite side of Harry, "hi my future sister in law, your looking lovely," he teased as he kissed your forehead. "Twin," he flashed a smile to Harry.

"I have so many questions," Harry admitted as he looked between the two of them.

"Where did you lose your shirt?" You asked Ruby, curious as to why she had on whatever it was she was wearing.

"Oh, um, in the woods," she admitted.

"Why was your shirt off in the woods?" Harry wondered, as he glanced between the two of them curiously.