Author's Note

So I got an idea for yet another story in this series. I originally thought about writing a separate story using the same plot involving different characters (i.e. Marisol instead of Arianna and maybe using Kyle instead of Jessica), but I decided that the storyline worked really well with Arianna and all of her and Horatio's offspring. It's a very short story (and by short I mean I wrote and edited it all in one week), but there aren't any subplots and different stories that go along with the main storyline. It's a very short, sweet, and to the point story that will leave you bawling your eyes out (Yes, I intentionally made it extremely sad, so get the tissues ready!).

The reason I made this a chapter update is because I'm trying to reach out to a certain user but they seemed to have deactivated their private messaging, but I know they have an alert subscription for this story. So now everyone gets to hear the good news! :D

But just so I don't have to waste an update, here's a sneak preview from my next story "No Day but Today!"

Jessica screamed as pain ripped through her body. She pushed as hard as she could as she smashed Ryan's fingers in her hand.

"You can do it, Jess!" he encouraged her, "Just a few more good pushes!"

"Fuck off, Ryan!" Jessica snapped.

Horatio couldn't help but laugh. "This seems oddly familiar," he smirked.

"Alright Dr. Wolfe, on the count of three start pushing again," the doctor instructed.

"Fuck this," Jessica muttered under her breath as she resumed pushing. A familiar release hit her as she felt something tear through between her legs. She gasped for air as she listened to her first daughter cry.

"Ok, time for number two," the doctor said. He reached his hand inside Jessica's torn and swollen vagina and into her birth canal. "Oh no," he quietly muttered.

"Oh no what?" Ryan quickly asked.

"The baby's birched," the doctor said. "She's coming out feet first. I'm sorry Dr. Wolfe, but you can't push. You're going to have to let her come out naturally with the contractions."

"Oh fuck," Jessica groaned.

"How long will that take?" Ryan inquired, feeling Jessica squeeze his hand as the pain increased.

"I can't say," he said, "Only time will tell."

Jessica laid there in her hospital bed, the pain increasing with every second as the desire to push became almost unbearable. Tears began streaming down her face as she used every ounce of her strength to keep from pushing and strangling her baby. A whining noise escape her lips as her legs began to shake.

Horatio leaned down towards his daughter's face and smiled at her. He gently ran a cool cloth across her face, cleaning off the sweat and tears.

"Everything's going to be ok, Bug," he whispered to her. "She's just doing things her own way, kind of like her mother. She'll be here before you know it."

"It hurts, Daddy," Jessica whispered.

Yeah, I know, not much of a preview. Sorry, I couldn't do much else without giving away the entire story. Plus I think I'm about to post the first few chapters, so go read that instead.