Merry Christmas Everybody! I Love You!

"Hmmm... Babe what do you think about this here?" Aaron called from on of the expanded rooms. He had just finished the baby's new room and was putting both Aurora's and the new, white crib. In it.

"P-perfect honey..." Aphmau was holding her stomach. Her contractions had been getting worse and she was leaning herself in the bar.

"You didn't even look.... Hey are you okay? Do you need to lie down?" Aaron stepped down from the expanded room. Aurora was having a play date with Levin and Mal. So she wasn't home.

"Y-yeah... Aaron...I.............." A huge contraction made her hit the floor, luckily Aaron caught her, and he felt her head.

"You're burning up!" He laid her in the bed and caressed her hand.

"Aphmau? What's wrong?!" His mind was out of order, he wasn't thinking straight.

"A-Aaron.... My water just broke." She was trying to steady her breathing. She had done this before.

But she had painkillers last time, and nurses.

"Okay, you've done this before, I'll get you some water." He jumped outside and started pumping water into a bowl. He was scared out of his mind and felt the sweat roll down his back.

He came back and laid a cool cloth on her head. Racking his brain to figure out what to do.

Aphmau grabbed his hand and squeezed it tightly. She was just now feeling herself dilate.

"It's okay, listen to me and everything will be okay...." He was trying to calm himself down as well. Impact and Luna came over and did the best they could to get her to relax her body.

He saw the blood and figured this was the time to push.

"Okay... Push!" She almost broke his hand as she gave it her all. And he saw some hair, and a hand.

"Again!" He yelled but Aphmau started crying from pain, last time she had painkillers, this time she did not, and the pain was overwhelming.

"Come on, the sooner you do this the sooner the pain will stop." She pushed again, yelling from the blinding pain.

Aaron could tell Aphmau wouldn't last much longer, but the baby was almost out. Even if the color had drained from his face completely.

"One more and we're done. Okay? One more!" She shook her head

"I-I can't Aaron.... no! Don't make me!" She was crying and trying to thrash in pain.

"Please! Push! It's almost over! Trust me!" He made her look at him and she closed her eyes and let out a final heave of strength.

He caught the baby, and the rest of the blood and stuff. And felt for the dagger on his side.

It was barbaric, but it was the only tool they had.

He moved his dagger close to the end of the umbilical cord. And cut it off with one fell swoop. Aphmau was breathing heavily on their bed and losing fluids quickly.

Aaron made Aphmau drink with one hand and then cleaned off the now squealing baby. It was bright red from just being born. But it was so tiny and had little strands of black hair sticking to her wet head. She had his steel eyes, it was a girl.

He grabbed the fluffiest towel he could find and swaddled her in it, at his gentle touch, she stopped crying. And she actually looked up at him.

He finally placed her on Aphmau's chest.

Aphmau wasn't moving, she had passed out from the pain. But the baby moved her hands around her mothers chest anyway. Before falling asleep.

Aaron's face was still white, he had let instincts take over. But now, it was hitting him like a sack of bricks.

Gasping for air, he sat in the rickety chair next to the bed. His eyes revealing how scared he was. He knew the issues that had to do with a home and natural birth.

He took a glance at the blood and Aphmau was still losing fluid. He went up and found more water that he made her drink.

He cleaned the floor and switched the sheets on the bed to be washed. He then started to clean his wife.

If he wasn't scared out of his mind, he would have been embarrassed at this, but he knew it had to be done so she could heal.

The baby moved, making a "meh" sound, it turned in its sleep and continued to saw logs.

After this was done, he made sure Aphmau didn't lose anymore fluid.

The door creaked open, and Garroth was carrying Aurora in, he gasped when he saw the baby on Aphmau's chest.

"Aph! Aaron! Oh...." He laid Aurora on Aaron's lap and held Aphmau's hand.

His face suddenly went white.

"Aaron....she's cold...." He managed to choke out, tears dripping of his face.

"What?" Aaron was barely paying attention, he was watching Aurora sleep.

"Aphmau.... she's dead." Garroth started sobbing. And Aaron shot off of his chair and grabbed Aphmau's hand.

It was cold, Aaron tried to find her pulse. But found nothing. He went to her heart and waited.

Silence......

Then a weak pump, and he exhaled in relief.

"She's alive, she's lost a lot of fluids." In his head he thanked god. And he kissed her hand.

"I know you can't hear me, but you did so well sweetheart... get some rest. You need it." He smiled when her hand weakly clasped around his.

"I love you honey.... Wake up soon." He kissed her on the lips gently and took both his daughters in his arms.

"Aurora meet your little sister...." Aurora, who was now awake, looked into the steel eyes of her sister and giggled.

"Sissy!" She grabbed the tiny hand of her little sister, and put a kiss on her forehead and giggled.

"Muh..." The baby responded by bobbing her head sleepily and giving her a quick smile. Her tiny hands resting, one on her sisters hand and the other gripping her fathers thumb.

"Aurora, you know Daddy loves you right?" He asked her, holding her other hand.

"Sí, Mommy and Daddy love me!" She said, moving around excitedly.

"Good, Mommy won't be awake for awhile, so you need to try and be a little quiet okay?"

"Okay. I be quiet." She stood on his lap and kissed Aaron's cheek. Before looking at her sister.

"Do you wanna hold her?" Aaron asked, moving a strand of soot colored hair out of the baby's face.

"Oh, Sí, Yes!" Aaron showed her how to hold her, and Aurora sat down and held her little sister. Smiling and caressing her sisters hand.

Aaron smiled and turned to Aphmau.

"We did good...."

"You did great....."

"I love you, get better soon."