***Okay, I'm gonna try this. Hopefully I'll be able to type the whole chapter before the battery runs down on the laptop. thanks to everyone for their suggestions on the gifts. Please excuse any typos as I'm not too used to typing on this laptop. The keys are flatter. :lol: Just a note: When I first wrote this chapter, I intended it to be the last one and that's why it seems kind of rushed. I later got an idea for another chapter, so there should be at least one more chapter. I don't know when I'll get it written though.***
Chapter Seventeen
Ryan and Maxine threw Lia a party for her fifteenth birthday. They had saved their gift for last. From everyone else Lia had gotten clothes, cds, dvds, makeup, perfume and other things like that. In addition to the new cell phone they had gotten her, Ryan and Max had also gotten her something else.
"The box is moving!" Lia exclaimed. Everyone laughed. Lia lifted the lid cautiously from the box. A white lab puppy stuck its head out. "A puppy!" She said, picking it up and cuddling it.
"Aw, how cute!" Nat said.
"Is it a boy or a girl?" Jake asked.
Lia looked and said, "It's a girl." She looked at Ryan and Max. "Thank you!" She said, hugging them both.
"You're welcome." They both said, smiling.
"Happy birthday, sweet pea." Ryan said, kissing her forehead. "She's been wanting a White Lab ever since she watched the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet." Ryan told his guests.
"Well, what are you going to name her?" Calleigh asked.
"Cotton." Lia answered. "'Cause she's fluffy and white like a cotton ball."
"I think that name suits her." Eric told the girl.
"I agree." Horatio added.
"Eric and I have a Sheltie." Nat said. "Eric named him Speed."
"Jake and I recently got a White Gold." Calleigh said.
"What's a White Gold?" Kyle asked.
"It's a Golden Retriever, but it's white. They are hard to come by. Her name is Ritzy."
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Natalia was at the hospital waiting for news on a surviving vic.
"Hi, Natalia." Alexx said, walking toward her.
"Hi, Alexx." Nat said, hugging her.
"What brings you by?"
"I'm waiting for a vic to get out of surgery. I need the bullet."
"Oh."
"Uh-oh."
"What is it, honey?"
"I think my water just broke."
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Eric rushed into the hospital room, seeing Alexx. "Hi, Alexx."
"Hey, honey."
"'Talia, where's your doctor?"
"There are a lot of babies who decided to be born today. Natalia's doctor is across down at another hospital delivering triplets. I'm afraid you're stuck with me since none of the other baby doctors are available right now. But, don't worry, I've done this before."
"I'm glad it's you." Eric said.
"Me too." Nat added.
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After a couple of hours of labor, the couple finally heard their baby cry.
"It's a beautiful baby girl." Alexx said, handing the baby to a nurse to clean up. Afterward, the baby was placed in Nat's arms.
"Alexx, meet Eden Maria Delko." Eric said.
"That's a beautiful name."
It wasn't long before the rest of the team came to visit the new addition.
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Several months later
Several months later
"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss your bride." A priest said. Horatio pulled Yelina closer and kissed her. "I present Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Caine."
~ ~ ~
Ryan and Lia were standing in the living room waiting for whatever it was that Max was about to tell them.
"I'm pregnant!" She said.
"That's awesome!" Lia said, hugging her.
Ryan let out a "woo-hoo" before hugging and kissing his wife.
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Calleigh was sitting at the dinner table with Jake and Duke.
"So, what's this new you have to tell us, lambchop?" Duke asked.
"Well... Daddy, it appears that you are finally going to be a grandfather."
"You're..." Jake paused, feeling speechless.
"Yep!"
"All right!" Jake said, getting up and pulling Calleigh gently from her chair and hugging her.
"That's great news, honey." Duke said, hugging his daughter and shaking Jake's hand.
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Max reached for the phone right before it rang. "Hello?"
"Hey, Max."
"Hi, Calleigh. I was just about to call you. I have something to tell you."
"Me too."
"I'm pregnant!" Both women said at the same time. "You're pregnant?" They both said and then laughed and congratulated each other. Both of them told their husbands that the other woman was pregnant. They decided to tell Horatio and Yelina later, as they were on their honeymoon. Eric and Natalia had gone with their baby to see Nat's family.
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Max and Ryan had twins sons they named Matthew Ryan and Owen Seth. Calleigh's baby had been born on the same day, so Cal and Max shared a room. Calleigh and Jake had a little girl that they named Zoey Amber.
(end of chapter)
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