In The Shadows

Chapter 22

Billie grabs Harry's arm and squeezes. "Something is wrong." She moans. "Harry contractions don't last this fucking long." She sobs.

Harry looks at his wife. "Fuck, you're right. Mom pull over, I'm going to need your help." Harry snaps out as he scoots as close to the door as he could get, he then lays Billie down in the seat, once he has her pants and underwear off her his mom has the door open and he's standing outside. He picks up one of Billie's legs and hooks over the back of the front seat.
"Okay, babe, we don't have much room to work here, but I promise everything will be fine." Harry says, kissing her belly. "Mom, I need you to get behind Bill, help support her." Harry says as he pulls on some gloves he has in his ever present medical bag. Taking a deep breath Harry finally looks down to see what he's dealing with, what he sees brings tears gushing to his eyes.

"Harry what is it?" Billie asks.

"Nothing bad, babe, I swear. I can see the baby's head. This won't take long, I just need you to push a little." Harry whispers. "When I say stop, try not to push until I tell you to."

Billie nods and waits, when she got the go ahead from her husband she grabs the headrest of the drivers seat and the one in the back seat for leverage and pushes with all her might. "Oh God." Billie screams, feeling as though she being ripped in half.

"Stop." Harry says as he supports the baby's head. He then uses his fingers to clear as much of his mouth and airway as possible. "Okay, babe, push, push as hard as you can." Harry encourages his wife.

Once again Billie uses the head rests for leverage, she takes a deep breath and screams as she pushes with everything she has in her.

"That's it, keep going babe." Harry cries as he watches in amazement as his wife gives birth to their son. "Oh God, you did it, baby." Harry whispers as he lays the now screaming baby on a now quiet Billie's chest. Grabbing the clamps and scissors, Harry cuts the cord, delivers the placenta and deals with that, he then crawls in the car beside his wife the best he can in the cramped space while him mom returns to the drivers seat.

As soon as Harry places their screaming son on her chest, Billie wraps her arms around his tiny body, holding him close. Looking down, seeing his beautiful face for the first time, she can't keep the tears from rolling out of her eyes.
"He's so perfect." She whispers as Harry squeezes in beside them.

"So are you." Harry sobs, now that his adrenaline is waning, he takes his jacket and covers Billie up, uses a towel he had in his car to cover the baby. "Jesus Christ I don't want to do that again, even if it was the most beautiful sight I've ever witnessed." Harry sighs as his mom finally pulls into the hospital parking lot.

Billie smiles and runs her fingers through Harry's hair. "But you did so well daddy." She whispers, kissing his forehead.

Harry chuckles. "Not as well as you did mommy."

"We do make a great team." Billie says as Harry picks her and the baby up to carry them into the hospital to be properly checked. Once mother and son were both deemed healthy, they were put in a room. Just as Harry slips in the bed beside his wife there's a knock on the door.

"Stay." Anne says. "I'll let the horde in. While Billie was being checked I called the family, letting them know what happened." She says as she opens the door to let her dad and eight brothers in, along with Danaka, Tommy and Louis.

Alex walks right up to his daughter, leans down and gives both her and Harry a hug. "Thank you." Harry whispers as tears stream down his cheeks. Pulling back slightly he looks down at the baby and smiles. "I knew your child would be gorgeous, how could he not be with you two as parents." Alex says as he takes his grandson out of his daughter's arms.

Harry looks around and sees Tommy standing in a corner, out of the way, frowning he motions for the boy to come to him. "Hey, bud, what's wrong?" He asks.

Tommy shrugs. "Didn't want to get in the way." He whispers. "So I thought I'd just wait my turn."

Harry picks Tommy up and places him on the bed with him and Billie. "You didn't have to do that, you're just as much his uncle as they are." Harry says making the child smile.

"What's his name?" Tommy asks as John carefully places the baby in Tommy's lap.

"Well we haven't really given him one yet." Billie says. "But, Harry and I were talking about that the other night, and we decided we wanted to name him after our favorite nephew. So his name will be Thomas Edward Style."

Tommy's eyes widen, he looks at Harry, then Billie, down at the baby in his lap, then back at the couple beside him. "You're naming him after me?" He asks.

Harry nods. "Yep." Harry smiles down at Tommy. "We love you, and wanted our first son to be named after someone we care so much about."

Tommy grins. "I'm going to be the best uncle ever. I'm going to teach him to walk, talk, swim, fish." He giggles. "Just wait, he's going to be able to everything." Tommy says as he places his small fingers in the baby's hand.

The whole time this is going on Louis is watching his wife, finally getting up the courage to approach her, he steps up behind her. "Dana, can we talk? Please?" Louis whispers.

Danaka looks over her shoulder, she sees Louis' red blood shot eyes from crying, had heard on the radio about Robin's arrest. Nodding she walks out of the room.