Hey everyone! I am so sorry this took so long! I recently got Mass Effect and had to beat all of that and that took up a ot of time. I beat the entire trilogy in three weeks, oops. Absolutely loved it though and now I ship Kaiden and Femshep really really hard. Anyways, I apologize for the long wait. This is the last chapter of this story, but I might write an epilogue depending on the feedback.

Days went by that turned to weeks that turned to months. Months of happiness and love. Everyone noticed the change in Mr. and Mrs. DeLoria. They hadn't even had a fight in months. Soon the months turned into another year. That was it. The two year honeymoon was over and now...now it was time to fulfill their purposes in the vault.

Make a child. A child with a perfectly matched set of DNA. A child that would hopefully one day branch out of this Godforsaken vault and help to rebuild the shattered old world above their heads. Now Ana and Butch had to try as much as possible to become "with child" as the Overseer had said. That wasn't really that much of a problem for them anymore, though.

After only a few days of trying to get pregnant, it happened. They didn't know right away, not until about a month and a half into the pregnancy. Ana was over the moon about it, but Butch just about fainted. A family. They were starting a family? Were they even qualified to hold a child, let alone raise one?

Ana grew larger as Butch grew more nervous. The spare room that was an office was transformed into a nursery, complete with an old world bassinet that had been Ana's. At one of Ana's check-ups, they learned the gender of the baby. A girl. Butch was a little disappointed that he wouldn't have boy to pass down Toothpick to, but maybe his little girl could have it someday instead.

Ana was so huge by eight months that she couldn't even stand. Her dad ordered her to bed rest for the rest of the term. Her due date was April 7th, 2281. She only had one more month, and if she got to lay in bed the whole time with Butch catering to her every need, she couldn't really complain.

Two weeks into the bed rest, Ana woke up in the middle of the night with a shooting pain in her stomach. She shook Butch awake and tried to pull herself out of bed.

"What'ssamatta?" Butch mumbled as he shot up out of the bed.

"The baby...I think it's coming," Ana said between gasping breaths.

That got his full attention.

"What?! Already?!"

"Butch, just help me get to the clinic!"

He ran around to her side of the bed and steadied her on her feet. They moved so slowly to the clinic, Butch thought she might give birth in the middle of the damn hallway. Thankfully, they reached the clinic in time. Ana used her passcode from James to open the door. Butch helped her into one of the cots and wiped the sweat off her face.

"I'll be back, okay? I'm gonna get your dad," Butch said as he ran out of the room and down the hall. She could hear him banging on her old apartment's door all the way in the clinic.

Ana lay in agonizing pain as she waited for her dad. Could he be any slower?

Finally, James opened his door to Butch, who was on the verge of having a heart attack, it seemed.

"Mr. Parker! Finally! Ana's havin' the baby!" Butch yelled as he ran back down to hall to the clinic. James woke himself up and ran down after him.

They found Ana crying in pain on one of the cots. She had tears and sweat dripping down her face. Butch ran to her side and grabbed her hand.

"Dad! Get it out of me! Now!" Ana yelled.

"I have to get Andy, just hold on a few moments," James said as he powered up Andy. Andy would help James get the baby out safely.

"Ana, I need you to relax," James said as he and the robot helped bring the new life into the world.

After thirteen hours of labor, Ana finally got the baby out. She was only two weeks early, so she was perfectly healthy. Butch was lying on the cot next to Ana, who had fallen asleep from the exertion of giving birth. The baby girl was given the name of Dinah. Butch liked it because it had a nice ring to it.

Dinah DeLoria.

His daughter.

She was wrapped up in a little blanket and was sleeping soundly in his arms. Butch looked down at Ana's sleeping form curled up next to him, and to his sleeping daughter. His wife and daughter. All he needed to be happy anymore.

An arranged marriage had brought this unlikely family into existence. The vault had old fashioned and dictatorial ways, but sometimes they got it right. And that sometime was now.

And there we have it! Thank you to everyone that read and reviewed this story! I'm sorry this was so short, too. I'll more than likely write up an epilogue, anyways.