"Zoom!" Amy squealed, driving a toy card into her father's arm. "Zoom!"

Josh gently rubbed the small bruise that was forming on his arm. "No, thank you. No hitting, Amy."

"When Logan come over?" Amy pouted.

Josh looked up in surprise. "Was that a full sentence?"

Amy played with her toes and looked down. "No."

"So, Lotte and Logan get full sentences but Mommy and Daddy don't?"

Amy shrugged and went back to driving her car. "When?" She asked again softly.

"In an hour," Josh sighed.

"Alright, Amy, Mommy's heading out," Mari sighed, rushing out of the kitchen. She flashed a grin at Josh. "First day back."

He shot back two thumbs up. "First day back!"

"Gone," Amy mumbled bitterly.

"Logan's coming over," Josh reminded.

Amy slammed the car aside and looked up with heartbroken, little eyes. "Why?!"

"Why what?"

Amy's little brow crinkled with her delicate nose. "Why Mommy want to leave us?!"

"She has to, Sweetie. She'll be back soon," Josh said softly, kissing his daughter's cheek.

Overcome with emotion, Amy crossed her arms and screamed as loud as she knew how.

Josh rolled his eyes. Not this again. "That won't change things this time, peanut," he chuckled, tickling her until she stopped.

"How much longer until Logan?"

"Lotte's coming too," Mari said, scooping her up. "I'll be back. Quick as a bunny rabbit-"

"Fast as a rocket," Amy finished. "I know."

Mari kissed her cheek before setting her back down. "I love you."

"I love you too," Amy whimpered.

"I'll be back soon."

"Don't tell her about Jack until it's absolutely necessary," Mari whispered to Josh as she kissed his cheek

"Okay," Josh nodded.

Amy tugged on her mother's jeans until Mari gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead. "Love you, jelly bean."

Amy tried her best to put on a smile. It was, frankly, exhausting. Everything seemed exhausting lately. "Love you too. Bye."

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"When are you taking the twins to see Amy?" Catherine asked through a wince.

Matt checked his watch and shrugged. "About an hour. Logan, put that down! Stop throwing shoes at Lotte!"

"She s-started it!" Logan yelled back indignantly.

Catherine moaned. "Make the pain stop."

"You're giving your mother a headache!" Matt yelled back.

"I did  not start it!" Lotte shot back. "It not my fault he ugly."

"I meant the contractions," Catherine sighed. "And if I hear you say another bad word about your brother, no TV for a week!"

"Still?" Matt frowned. "Weren't you having them this morning too? Think they're fake ones again?"

"My due date was last week, so I doubt it," Catherine groaned. "God, it hurts."

"You said that two days ago," Matt chuckled, "and they sent us home."

"And we only went because you insisted," Catherine smirked. "I told you that it wasn't time."

"You were crying," Matt recalled. "It was concerning, okay?"

Catherine chuckled softly and wrapped her arms around him. "I love you. Thank you for being so caring."

"You're looking a bit pale," Matt said in concern.

"Hon, don't freak out," Catherine said slowly.

"Why?!" Matt said, freaking out.

"I should have seen that coming," Cath smiled weakly.

"What going on?" Lotte asked ask she came into the kitchen.

"Matt," Catherine sighed, "my water just broke."

"What?!"

"The baby is coming. Like now. We need to go to the hospital."

"Don't say that!" Logan shrieked, covering his ears. "Gross, gross, scary, gross. Don't say that!"

"Hey, I didn't create the process," Catherine shrugged.

"We're sure he's not Josh's kid?" Matt whispered. "Come on, let's get you to the car."

"Where's the hospital bag?" Catherine winced.

Lotte quickly ran to the bedroom and dragged out the heavy duffel bag. "It right here! I got it!"

"Thank you, Sweetie," Matt chuckled, kissing his daughter's forehead before wrapping an arm around his wife. "Let's go."

Catherine nodded weakly before she quickly texted Carlos, who ran right over.

Matt helped his wife into the car and drove off quickly.

"Oh, god," Catherine moaned. "It hurts so bad."

"We've gotten through this before. We will again," Matt stammered. "Just keep calm."

Cath grabbed his hand tightly. "There's a lot of pressure. Make it stop. Please."

Matt kissed her forehead tenderly. "It'll all be over soon. I promise."

"She's really low. I can feel it," Catherine whispered. "I'm scared."

"Shh. Just relax."

"I'm trying," Catherine sighed. "How much longer until we get to the hospital?"

"About three minutes," Matt said as he gently stroked her arm.

Cath nodded slowly and took deep breaths.

"I'm just going to call Josh real quick, alright?"

"Mhm."

Matt dialed Josh's number and gave a nervous sigh.

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Josh's phone began to ring. "Heyo. Taylor here," he answered.

"Josh, it's Matt. Listen, Cath went into labor and Carlos has the kids. He'll still be bringing them by, but we thought that you should know."

"Alright. Gosh, you excited? I'm excited!" Josh grinned.

"I'm terrified," Matt laughed nervously.

"Take it easy, buddy. We're with you ever step of the way. Amy says hi."

"Tell her hi from Uncle Matt and Aunt Cath," Matt nodded. "We're at the hospital now. Gotta run. Cath's freaking out. Bye."

"Bye!"

Matt ended the call, and pulled into a parking space. Quickly, he hopped out of the car and swung around to the other side, grabbing the bag before helping Catherine out of the car. "You doing alright, Honey?"

"No," Catherine winced.

"Don't worry. It'll be okay," Matt said softly, kissing her cheek. "I love you so much, Honey."

"I love you too," Catherine smiled weakly.

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"Oh, you got here just in time," Jack nodded. "She's ten centimeters."

Catherine grabbed Matt's hand tightly.

"Already?!" Matt said in shock.

"Already," Jack chuckled.

"I don't like this part," Matt whimpered.

"Neither do I," Catherine sighed.

"I think we're good to go," Jack nodded.

Catherine felt heavy pressure build up and gave a hard push.

"Good, good," Jack smiled. "Keep going."

"You can do it, Hon," Matt encouraged.

Catherine moaned and pushed again.

"Just one more. Come on, Cath," Jack said softly.

"Almost there, Babe," Matt nodded.

Cath gave a final hard push and Jack gently rested her daughter on her chest. "She's beautiful," she smiled through tears.

"Yeah," Matt said through a broken little sob. "She's perfect."

A nurse gently took the baby and finished cleaning her up.

Matt gently kissed Catherine's forehead. "I love you so much."

"I love you too," Catherine said breathlessly.

Author's Note: The picture to follow shows a picture of baby Lizzy.