Nick pressed his foot on the break as his continuous panting was quickening. He relaxed himself against the seat as he continued to groan.

“Someone please kill me now!” he muttered

Just then a knock on his window caused him to jump. He squinted his eyes through beads of sweat to make out the figures. AJ waved as he motioned for Nick to unlock the door. Nick did as he was told as AJ reached in for him.

“Looks like you’re about to have a baby there buddy,” he chimed

“No shit dickhead!” Nick groaned

Howie smiled holding the camera in his hand, “Smile Nicky!”

“Get that thing out of my face! Where is… oh my god! Kill me, just kill me…” he panted

Sirens could be heard in the background as AJ helped Nick into the entrance of the hospital.

“D you’ve got to stall them!” AJ yelled over his shoulder

Howie looked around rapidly as a swarm of police officers were approaching him.

“Move aside!” an officer shouted

“Wait!” Howie called, “Uh… um… Don’t you guys need a break from all that chasing?”

“Now’s not the time for friendly conversation, move!”

“Wait! You know I’ve always wanted to be a police officer”

“If you don’t move we will arrest you…”

“Uh…” he stuttered

Thinking rapidly he lifted up his shirt to flash the officers, ‘Right… I don’t have breast’ he thought to himself.

“What the hell?”

“Bye!”

With that he took off running into the building and down the hall.

“Sir you can’t come in here!” a nurse yelled after him

“It’s ok I’m with the pregnant blonde!”

He froze once he hit the maternity ward not knowing what room Nick was in. The sound of boots hitting against the floor caused him to turn around.

“Hold it right there!” an officer shouted

“You’re under arrest!”

“Oh shit!” Howie cursed

Letting his feet think for him he ran down the hall and into the first room he saw. Closing the door behind him he turned around to face a bunch of people in the middle of a delivery. The woman’s screaming frightened him as he ran into the door as he turned around.

“Sorry wrong room!”

He flew out of the room and down the hall again, this time peeking into random rooms. Just as he was about to run past AJ shouted his name.

“Nick! Oh thank god I found you!” Howie said

“Where the hell is Brian!” Nick shouted

“Relax man, Brian will be here. Come on deep breathes bud”

“I almost got arrested,” Howie blurted out

“Why?” AJ asked

“For flashing the police officers…”

“You what!” AJ and Nick said in union

“Not like that! I flashed my chest…”

“But you don’t have any fucking tits!” Nick swore

“Yeah… that’s why they’re trying to arrest me now,” he giggled

Nick sneered in his direction as he tried to sit up. Pain shot up and down his back as he tried to brace himself.

“I want to be knocked out right now!” Nick cried turning to AJ, “Hit me!”

“What?”

“Hit me!”

“Why?”

“Just HIT ME!” he screamed as he started to cry, “I can’t take this anymore, where’s the doctor?”

“No!”

“Give me your hand!”

AJ’s eyes widened, “No!”

“Give me your hand!” Nick repeated in a deeper voice

“Ok…” AJ stuttered as Nick gripped his hand, “Ow! I need my fingers… take the Howie’s hand, anything but mine!” he cried

“So help me Alexander James McLean, if I suffer you suffer with me!”

“I didn’t do this to you,” he said trying to pry his limp hand from Nick’s

“No but you’re the closes person near me!”

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“Officer if you just listen to me-” Brian was cut off by the officer hitting his billy club against the gate that separated them.

“Quiet down back there!”

“Stop hitting the gate! I am not a monkey in a cage!”

“Oh you will be once we get down to the station”

Brian sat back huffing as he tried to think of a way to escape, ‘Think…think… think harder Littrell, Nick needs you! Oh my poor Nicky, he’s probably all alone and scared out of his mind!’ he told himself.

“We’re making a pit stop, seems the fellas caught your little runaway buddy”

“Nick?”

A spark glinted in his eyes as they pulled in front of the hospital, ‘Yes! Thank you lord!’

“Now don’t you try any funny business while I’m gone, you hear me?”

“Yes sir!”

The pudgy officer got out of the car slowly as he made his way to the door. Brian shifted around in his seat as the officer snapped around pointing to him. He froze as the officer made the ‘I’m watching you’ gesture towards him before he entered the building. Sighing loudly once the man disappeared Brian searched around for something to unlock the hand cuffs.

“Think like AJ, what would he do in this situation?”

Just then he stopped a bobby pin on the floor, ‘Probably from some hooker he must of booked,’ he said before shifting his weight to pick up the item.

“How am I supposed to do this? I don’t even know how to pick a house lock!”

Once the pin was in his grasp he tried quickly to get it into the keyhole. Trying to use his slowly numbing hands to turn the pin, his eyes lifted once he heard a clicking sound.

“Yes!”

He pulled the handcuffs off of himself and opened the car door, “Thank you for the officer driving an old car!” he shouted to the sky as he ran into the building. The pudgy officer was at the desk with the remaining police department trying to get the nurse to reveal Nick’s information. Brian quietly snuck past them and continued to sprint down the hall.

“Burn ward? No… MRI? No… Maternity… yes!”

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“I hate all of you!” Nick screamed

“Now Nick I need you to take a deep breathe for me and push,” the doctor instructed

“Is it too late for you to cut them out?” he whined

The doctor smiled, “Unfortunately it is, now push!”

“I… CAN’T… OH MY GOD! This burns… it burns so badly,” he cried through gritted teeth

“You’re doing a great job Nicky,” Howie said cheerfully

“Shut the fucking camera off!” he screamed

“You’ll thank me later when all this is over”

“You are so number one on his hit list,” AJ stated

Sweat continued to role down Nick’s face as his matted hair stuck to his face. He was gripping onto the bed bars as if his life depended on it. Everyone else all but the doctor was afraid to go near Nick. He broke AJ’s hand as well as 3 other staff members. Howie remained the only lucky one.

Just then the door burst open as a sweaty Brian stood in the doorframe panting trying to regain his breath. Howie rushed over to him handing him a cup of water.

“Thank you lord!” AJ cried as he got up

“How is he?” Brian asked trying to look over the staff members shoulders.

“He’s doing great!” Howie said

“What happened to your hand?”

“Nick broke it…” AJ whimpered

“BRIAN!” Nick screamed

“I’m right here baby!” he shouted as he made his way through the people.

“Is this the father?” the doctor asked

“Yes!” Brian and Nick said at the same time

“Ok Nick, one more good push and baby number one will be here!”

“I give up!” Nick cried

“You can’t we’re almost there,” Brian said

Suddenly Nick gripped his shirt, “Don’t tell me shit! While you’re playing cops and robbers I’m here hauling two fucking kids out of my… oh god just take my life away!”

“He didn’t mean it!” Brian shouted towards the ceiling.

“Yes I do!”

Just then a thought ran through Brian’s head to try and calm Nick down.

“I could stay awake just to hear you breathing. Why’d you smile while you were dreaming? Wondering if it’s me you’re seeing. I could stay away in this sweet surrender. I can stay lost in this moment forever. Cause with you every moment spent with you is a moment I’ll treasure. I don’t want to close my eyes. Don’t want to fall asleep, because I missed you babe and I don’t wanna miss a thing. Cause even when I dream of you. The sweetest dream will never do. I’d still miss you baby and I don’t wanna miss a thing…” Brian softly sang

“1…2…3… happy birthday!” the doctor said

Everyone in the room went silent as the only noise heard was the sound of the baby’s cries. Tears welled up in Brian’s eyes as a huge grin remained on his face.

“It’s a boy!” the doctor announced

AJ’s face paled as he took one look at the bloody baby.

“All that blood…” he said before he fainted

Howie looked down at him and laughed, “Men!”

The doctor handed the baby boy to one of the nurses to clean off.

“Wait where are you going with him?” Nick asked through tears

“We have to make sure he’s healthy first and clean him up”

“Oh…”

Another shooting pain went through Nick again as he tried to sit up.

“Ok Nick, you ready to do this one more time?”

“Can I be knocked out?”

“Sorry!”

“Oh god…” he groaned

“Big push, you can do it!”

“Come on baby just a few more pushes…”

“Another big push and you can see your little girl”

Everything in the room seemed like time had slowed down for Nick as he gave his final push. He fell back against the bed panting as the soft cries of the second baby were heard. He looked up to see Brian looking down on him smiling. He smiled back at his husband as Brian leaned down to kiss him.

“I’m so proud of you,” he said

“I’m proud of me too”

“Hey where’s AJ?” Brian asked looking around

Howie chuckled, “Mr. Macho passed out at the sight of blood. Caught it all here on my trusty camera,” Howie said proudly

“Say hi to daddy,” a nurse cooed as she brought over one of the babies.

Nick sat up as the nurse handed him the baby, “Hello there! Wow… you’re so small” he said trying to fight back tears.

“He is and he’s got all ten of his fingers,” Brian cooed as he played with the baby’s fingers.

“He’s got your nose Bri”

“He’s got your eyes”

“We both have blue eyes Brian”

“Right”

“Ready to make room for baby number two?” the nurse asked

Brian held out his arms as the nurse gently placed a wide eyed little girl in them. She starred up at Brian with such amazement and wonderment. He kissed her forehead as she cooed in his arms.

“So what you guys calling them?” Howie asked as he sat on the bed.

Suddenly noise from the floor was heard as a groggy AJ got up. Holding his head he slowly made his way to the bed.

“How long was I out?” he asked

“You fainted” Howie chuckled

“I… what!”

“Shh… the babies are here”

“Oh…”

“Names?” Howie asked again

Nick didn’t take his eyes off of his son who was now sleeping in his arms.

“Dylan” he whispered

Brian’s eyes shifted to him, “Dylan? But what about Snoodles?”

“That can be his middle name… he’s definitely a Dylan…”

“And for her?” AJ asked

“Penelope,” he said smilingly sweetly at the little girl, “Penelope Snoodlette Littrell… or Pee Pee for short.”

“Pee Pee?” everyone said in union

“Yeah… she’s got to have something odd about her since she’s the only girl”

“Pee Pee… I mean Penelope it is then!” Brian exclaimed

“Our families now complete,” he said as him and Brian shared a kiss.

The sounds of sniffling interrupted their moment.

“Alex is that you?” Howie asked

AJ turned his back, “NO!”

“Why Alex you’re getting soft”

“And the Grinch’s heart grew-” Brian was cut off

“Shut up!” AJ barked, “Can’t a man have a moment?”

“I guess…”

“They’re just so… cute… almost makes me want kids”

“Ah when you’re ready, in the mean time you can help out with diaper duty!” Nick stated

“What? Uh… no thank you! I said almost!”

“Nah it’s our pleasure!”

“It’s quite alright”

“Hey did anyone call Kevin?” Howie asked suddenly causing the bickering to stop

“Eh he’s his own big baby,” Nick scoffed

“I’m not changing his diaper!” AJ said