1 Year later…

As Ethan cradled his newborn baby girl he felt a burst of joy and pride. She was so perfect. Ten little fingers and ten little toes. Wisps of curly dark hair lay flat against her moist head. Her brilliant blue eyes gazed up at him lovingly as she gurgled happily. An exhausted Madison grinned with relief and joy. Shaun, who was now all arms and legs, was excited, asking to see his little sister. Ethan bent down a little so Shaun could see her face.

"Welcome to the world, Jennifer" Ethan murmured.

They all gazed upon the little miracle nestled in Ethan's arms. Shaun sighed. "It's too bad Norman isn't around to see Jennifer, huh dad?". Ethan gently kissed his little daughter and gave her back to Madison. He knelt down to his son.

His precious son, who had almost been stolen away from him twice.

"He'll be with us, in our hearts, son. I'm sure he's watching Jennifer right now, wherever he is" They both were silent for a moment, staring out the window.

Madison snorted with laughter, rocking little Jennifer in her arms. "Oh, stop being so dramatic you two, he'll be back in a couple of weeks. He's away on his honeymoon, remember?"

Shaun laughed. "They've almost been gone for a whole month already! Do you remember their wedding Dad? It was awesome and the cake was, like, THIS huge!" He spread his arms out dramatically. Ethan looked at Madison and smiled.

He was the luckiest man alive.

He was in agony. The searing pain in his shoulder was painful beyond belief. Everything was going dark, he was falling…

"Norman, wake up"

He felt a soft hand rest on his forehead. "Hmmm you're coming down with a fever"

A voice like an angel

He slowly opened his eyes. A blurred shape stood over him. As his vision cleared he could see it was a nurse.

She was beautiful, even in a plain nurse's uniform. Soft brown curls fell to her shoulders. Her cheeks were rosy and her lips were full.

She smiled at him.

A beautiful smile.

"Norman, my name is Christine. You've just woken up out of anesthesia, so you'll be feeling a little out of sorts."

Norman WAS feeling a bit sluggish. A glass of water sat on the table next to him. He tried to reach for it and winced as a piercing pain shot through his shoulder.

"Don't move, or you'll open up your stitches." She commanded."I'll get the drink for you." She helped tip some water into his mouth before sitting back down on the chair next to the bed.

Norman looked around and saw flowers, cards and a worn teddy labeled "Shaun" sitting on a shelf. A drip towered next to his bed, the red line snaking under the sheet and into his hand.

Christine was talking as he looked around: "You had us all worried- you had lost a lot of blood by the time we got you here. We performed surgery to remove the bullet from your shoulder. I was told it was lodged pretty deep and had splintered into tiny shards."

Norman lifted the blanket covering him and saw the bandage wrapped around his right shoulder. He shuddered as he remembered the feeling of the bullet smashing into his shoulder...

Christine smoothed his hair. "The main thing now is that you're on the mend. I'll go and let everyone know you're awake." She said as she stood up and walked to the door. Just as she left, she turned and flashed that amazing smile "Let me know if you need anything else, ok?"

Norman smiled. He knew what he wanted.

"Norman?"

Jayden jumped and shook himself out of his daze.

He glanced at his beautiful wife sitting next to him on the plane and smiled. He was positive she was glowing. He took her petite hand, and kissed it. "My, what a beautiful ring you have there." He joked. "Who is the lucky man you call your husband?"

Christine smiled and kissed him. "You are."

Their honeymoon had consisted of four glorious weeks in a beautiful resort, staying up late at night, enjoying a few drinks on the beach, lounging in the spa, enjoying the stunning sunsets and well…

….keeping busy.

She had felt queasy during the last week of their stay in the Caribbean's . Meat made her stomach churn and she started to have weird cravings. She had laughed as Jayden rushed to the nearest chemist to buy a pregnancy test (and hopefully banana ice cream) Apparently, he had to play charades to tell the non-english speaking man behind the till what he needed. He had come hurrying back with five tests- and a huge tub of ice-cream.

"Just in case" he'd said. A huge smile was on his face, no longer so pale, but slightly tanned by the sun.

Smiling at the memory, Jayden put his hand on top of hers, resting on her stomach. He held great hope for his future, with his beautiful wife and child.

He was the luckiest man alive.

~The End~

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