Sweet Child O' Mine

Millie was now three months old and coming on leaps and bounds, she was most definitely a mummy's girl. But that didn't mean that she didn't have Ty wrapped around her little finger, he would literally drop anything and go to her when she started crying. The three of them had just come back from a 2-week holiday to Vancouver, to visit Lily and Wade as neither one of them were able to take time off to come down to Heartland.

"Are you sure you're going to be ok putting her down?" Amy asked as she handed Millie to Ty so he could wind her.

"Yes. I am sure. Now you go and have a catch up with Lou, I am sure she will need to vent to you about something or another. Me and Milliebobs will be fine, won't we Millie?" Ty asked Millie as a joke. Millie giggled in response, she had only just started, but her little giggle was infectious.

Amy laughed, "Alright then, I take that as a yes! But, are you sure you are going to be ok?"

"Go on, you go over. You deserve a bit of a break anyway. We will be fine, I promise you. She only needs putting down. She's been going to bed ok this past fortnight. I will be fine, now stop worrying." He said, giving her a kiss, "Now go."

"Ok. I'm going. I have my phone on loud, so if you need me then please ring and I will be right over." She said as she started walking over to the stairs.

"Yep. Ok. Whatever. Bye mommy, now get going because me and Millie are gonna have a fun night in!" Ty laughed.

"Ok, ok, I am going. Just please ring me if there are any problems. See you later," She replied as she started walking down the stairs.

Once Amy left, Ty took Millie over to her little cot at the side of the bed and put her down, he just hoped that she would go down easily for him so he could try and catch up on some paperwork. Being away for two weeks meant that he had become behind on his paperwork for the clinic.

"Good night Millie," He whispered as he kissed her head and put her down into the cot. She was already nodding off by the time she had settled down. Ty breathed a sigh of relief and quietly walked over to the table, to attempt to get a start on some paperwork before Amy came back over.

"So, how have things been while we have been away?" Amy asked, as her and Lou both sat down in the living room, seeing as Katie was in bed, Georgie was upstairs doing homework and Jack and Lisa had gone on a business trip.

"It's been good, stressful at times, but good. Mitch picked up a lot of the slack along with Caleb's help – which has been helpful," Lou replied, sipping her tea.

"Funny that… I have been in the house for no longer than five minutes, and you have already managed to mention Mitch," Amy teased.

"Oh shut up. We are just… friends, and you know that! I only mentioned him because you were asking how things had been and he had been the one – along with Caleb – to help out a lot." Lou said.

"Alright, alright. I get it, you are 'just friends'. Ok, so apart from those two, how has things been?" Amy asked, again.

"It's been good, Georgie has been doing okay at school, Katie is loving her new class! And she moved up a grade in ballet!" Lou said, feeling extremely proud.

"That is amazing! I can't believe how well they're doing." Amy replied, taking her mug of tea.

"So, how was Vancouver? Did you all have a nice time?" Lou asked.

"Yeah, we did thank you. Millie was an angel like the entire time. Lily adored her, she bonded with her straight away. It took Wade three days to fully come round to everything. Luckily, he was alright. By the end of the trip, he had really taken to Millie and absolutely adored her," Amy explained.

"That's good, so, what did you all get up to?" Lou asked.

"Well…" Amy began and told her about everything they did while in Vancouver.

Back in the loft, Ty had just opened up his laptop and was logging into the vet's system to go through all of his paperwork. He took a sip of his squash and began to read through the reports and files from the clinic. He noticed that it had been a quiet two weeks – which he was glad about seeing as he hated the idea of leaving Scott and Cassandra for two weeks, but he needed the break and also, he was really happy that his mom and Wade got to meet Millie. He sat and thought of everything that they had been doing the prior two weeks, they had lots of fun and he and Amy had even managed to get some time together also – which was nice and refreshing for the pair. He shook his head to bring himself out of his mini daydream and began reading through his files more thoroughly.

Half way through his second report, a piercing cry echoed throughout the loft. Ty sighed and got up and walked over to Millie, who was now crying so loud, he could have sworn she would have been able to be heard from the house. He quickly picked her up and began to shush her, "Ssshhhh Millie, it's ok. Come on. Calm down for daddy," He said, soothingly, while slowly bouncing her up and down.

Ty began thinking of all the possible things that could be wrong 'She might be hungry… even though Amy has just fed her… but she could be hungry… I'll give it a go' he thought as he walked over to the kitchen, with Millie still crying in his arms. He took a bottle out of the fridge and put it into the warmer. While the bottle was warming, he began thinking, 'She might just need her nappy changing… Although, she was literally changed twenty minutes ago… and I don't smell anything… but she may need changing, right?' he thought. He walked over to the changing table and quickly changed her, 'Ok, so she didn't need changing… she's still crying… Hopefully that bottle will be done by the time I have finished here…' he thought to himself as he was changing her. He walked over to the kitchen, and put Millie in her baby bouncer seat that was on the table, while he sorted out the bottle. Millie had calmed down slightly, but was still crying. Ty really didn't want to ring Amy, so was going to try absolutely everything before he rang her.

"Come on Millie, let's try you with this," He said while picking her up. He walked over to the chair that Amy had got him for his birthday and sat down, with Millie crying in his arms. He put the bottle to her mouth to get her to attempt to drink it, he was hoping that this was the thing she wanted. But no, she wouldn't take it, she just carried on crying. Ty felt awful, was he really that bad of a father, that he couldn't even get his own daughter to calm down? He thought about all of the tactics that he and Amy had developed over the last three months to get her to sleep, was she really just missing Amy? Or was there something else he hadn't tried.

'Ok… I have fed her, changed her, soothed her… maybe wind? Yeah… she might have wind,' he thought to himself. So, he picked her up and put her over his shoulder and started rubbing her back, but to his dismay, she just carried on crying.

"Oh come on Millie, what do you want?" He asked, beginning to feel frustrated – not with Millie, but with the fact that he just couldn't get her to calm down.

'Amy does sing to her… but… no… it can't be that… Besides, I can't sing… well, I don't even know any of the songs that Amy sings… I might make her cry even more with me singing… but I just don't want to call Amy… she would never want to leave again… I'm gonna have to try it… and then if that don't work, I will call Amy… What the hell do I sing?' he thought, he started walking round the loft, trying to think of a song to sing to his little girl, who's crying still hadn't calmed down.

"Ok… ok… erm a song… erm… why can't I think of anything?" Ty stressed, "Right… ok… here we go…"

He cleared his throat and thought, 'Can't believe I am about to do this… but it's the only song I know off by heart, the whole way through!' he thought as he was preparing himself.

"Ok. Here we go…" He said and began singing.

'She's got a smile that it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories…' he began, his voice instantly began to calm Millie down, who had stopped crying and listened to her dad singing to her as he carried on the song.

"I better be going; I want to see how Ty is doing. He had a lot of work to catch up with so I'm gonna go and keep him company. Thank you for the chat, I have loved just having some time to myself," Amy said.

"I know, it's been nice. We need to have more nights like this." Lou replied standing up and taking the cups through to the kitchen.

"Are you going to be ok on your own?" Amy asked, generally feeling for her sister as she knew that she had struggled with feeling lonely these past few months.

"Yes Amy, I am a grown woman. I will be fine. I am going to get into bed and start my new book that I bought the other day. I've got a busy day tomorrow, so I will probably be asleep early anyway. You go and spend some time with your husband. I hope Millie sleeps well for you tonight" Lou laughed.

"Me to. I am hoping that after all the travelling and everything that she will have a good sleep. I hope she does anyway, I just know that me and Ty are absolutely knackered!" She replied, leaning up against the work top.

"I feel you. Look at Katie when she was a baby… now that was rather painful! I never said this, but I was so pleased Mallory butted her nose in, because I honestly have no idea how I could have gone on like we did!" Lou said.

"No, I know… Mallory sends us book suggestions weekly. She actually sent us some of the books because she knew we wouldn't actually buy them," Amy said, rolling her eyes, "Even from near enough 5000 miles away… she still has a way of butting in!"

"That's Mallory for ya! Ok, I will see you tomorrow." Lou said, opening the door for Amy.

"Yeah, see ya!" Amy replied, as she started walking over to the loft.

When she got over to the barn, she quietly opened the office door and locked it behind her. She started climbing the stairs, but stopped and stood, listening to the sweetest thing ever. Ty was singing – it was the first time she had ever heard him sing, and he wasn't half bad.

'She's got eyes of the bluest skies

As if they thought of rain

I'd hate to look into those eyes

And see an ounce of pain

Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place

Where as a child I'd hide

And pray for the thunder and the rain

To quietly pass me by

Oooh Sweet Child O' mine

Oooh Sweet Child O' mine

Oooh Sweet Child O' mine…'

"Good night Millie, sleep tight," He whispered as he put her into her cot.

When the song had finished, she slowly climbed the stairs and smiled, "I didn't know you could sing!" She said softly, as Ty was walking away from Millie's cot.

Ty jumped and started blushing, "Erm… erm… I can't…" He stumbled, walking over to his chair, "How long have you been listening?"

"Yeah, you can," She whispered walking over to him and sitting down on his knee, "since like the third verse."

"Oh…" Ty said.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of! You were singing our daughter to sleep. I think you have a sexy singing voice," She smiled, giving him a kiss on the cheek, "But babe… seriously… Guns N Roses?"

Ty smiled, "Well, it's the only song I know the whole way through… she was crying, I didn't want to ring you until I had done absolutely everything I could have possibly done… and I don't know any of the songs you sing… Anyway, she is sweet, and she is a child of mine… so I think it was pretty appropriate," He smirked.

"God… You're so cheesy," Amy laughed, putting her forehead against his.

"I know," Ty said, placing a kiss on her lips, "But you love it."

She smiled, "Yeah, I really do." She replied, kissing him back, "So, did you manage to get any work done?"

"Nope. I had just logged in and began reading through when she started crying, so I did everything I could and then just ended up… singing to her." He laughed, "Did you have a nice catch up with Lou?"

"Yeah, it was great. She said it was strange having us away for so long." She replied.

"I know; I think this is the longest we have been away – apart from our honeymoon of course. It was nice though wasn't it?" he asked

"Yeah, it really was." She said. She snuggled further into his side and the pair of them just sat there for a moment, enjoying some peace and quiet.

Ty looked at his watch and saw that it was 10:30pm, "Do you wanna go to bed? I have a feeling Millie's not going to be too kind on us tonight… plus, I am tired after all that travelling," he yawned.

Amy nodded and the pair of them went to the bathroom and quickly got ready for bed. When they were both ready, they both crawled into bed and Amy lay in Ty's arms, "I love you," she murmured.

"I love you too," He replied, kissing her on her head.

The pair of them were just dropping off when all of a sudden, cries were heard throughout the loft. Ty groaned and said, "Your turn."

Amy groaned, "Alright…" She said, throwing the covers off her and walking over to see to Millie. Ty rolled over and observed his wife soothing their daughter, this past year had been rather challenging, from 3am McDonald runs to a 20+ hour labour. But they had made it and were now tackling the challenges of being first time parents. They knew it wasn't going to be easy, but they were tackling parenthood together. He sat up and walked over to Amy, who was now walking over to the changing table, "I'll get the wipes," He said, kissing her on the cheek.

"Thank you," She replied as she started sorting Millie out.

"Well, there's nothing like a bit team work to help make these challenges a little easier," He said as he put the wipes down. He began to help her sort Millie out and when she was all done, he cleaned up the changing table, while Amy put her back down. Once Millie was settled again, the pair got back into bed and snuggled back up together, "Good night Amy. I love you." He whispered.

"I love you too," She replied, resting her hand over his torso and finding herself falling into a deep, peaceful sleep while listening to the steady thump of Ty's heartbeat.

Ty lay there for a while longer, he knew that he should try and get some sleep, but he was just so happy. He and Amy had finally done it, they were married, they had built their own place started and now had little Millie. The challenges were far from over, but Ty knew, that working together with Amy, that the pair of them would be able to tackle them, head on.

The end.

This was originally gonna be a one shot - but after planning the rest of the story, i decided to use it as like a 'final chapter'. This was actually planned before the rest of the story, shortly after writing don't tell the others! Hope you've enjoyed this story! It's actually been quite fun to write :P