| Always Chapter 1 by UAgirl |
| �Which one is Uncle Luis�s new baby?� Jake asked., peering curiously through the window at all the newborns. �Look Ali,� he exclaimed, �I think I see the baby. See?� He pointed to a squalling infant with absolutely no hair. �That one�s got big feet just like your dad.� �Jake!� Gwen scolded. Hank laughed. �He does have a point, Babe. Luis does�� �Put a sock in it, Bennett.� �Whoa!� he said, holding his hands out in front of him. �A little testy lately. What�s eating you?� Gwen didn�t have time to answer because Eve walked up behind them at that precise moment. �Miss Ali,� she smiled at the excited youngster in front of her. �The new baby is with your mommy and daddy, and they can�t wait to see you. Are you ready?� she asked. Extending her hand to the child. Ali nodded her golden head and slipped her tiny hand into Eve�s, blue eyes sparkling. �They want you ALL to come,� she said with a smile in Hank and Gwen�s direction. Jake bounded ahead of them once he spotted the rest of the family in the waiting room. Ali hung back nervously as Eve pushed the door to her mommy�s hospital room open. �AliCat,� her daddy said happily. �Come inside. Your mommy and I have someone very special we want you to meet,� he finished with an impossibly big grin, sweeping her up into his arms and carrying her over to the bed�s edge. �Hi, sweetie,� her mommy said tiredly, smiling up at her. She smiled back, but her attention was drawn to the little blue bundle in her mommy�s arms. Her blue eyes widened comically when a tiny hand appeared. Then another tiny hand. And the soft blue blanket slipped away some more. She reached a tentative hand down to the baby�s downy head. �He looks like Daddy,� she whispered in awe, not noticing the looks passing between her parents. The special smile her mommy gave her daddy. �Yes, he does, baby,� her mommy agreed, patting the bed beside her. Ali cuddled into her mother�s warm embrace, never taking her eyes off the tiny being in her arms. The baby blinked at her. "What's his name?" she said softly, giggling as the baby's hand latched on to her pinky. "He doesn't have one yet, AliCat," her daddy laughed. "Your mommy and I just can't come up with a name that fits this little guy," he said, rubbing the baby's head. "But Mommy," Ali said, her big blue eyes serious. "He has to have a name. They won't let us take him home." Her mommy just laughed. "Sweetie, we'll steal him if we have to. Won't we, Luis?" She drew in a shocked breath when her daddy agreed. "We'll run away." Ali twirled a strand of her long blond hair nervously and leaned down close to her little brother, kissing his fuzzy head with a sigh and muttering to herself. "Jake said you were going be nothing but trouble. BUT I love you anyway." |
| Note: Ali is Luis and Sheridan's daughter and Jake is Hank and Gwen's son.. |