It was painful, Vanessa had been in labour for about eight hours now and yelling and screaming had gotten louder. Pippa had made it her personal mission to help Vanessa, she got her ice chips, cold wash clothes for her forehead, she let her squeeze her hand if needed. Pippa tried to do anything in her power to help and relive stress especially since Lin wasn't here yet. Which was stressing Vanessa out more and more with each hour that passed.

"He's not gonna make it..." Vanessa cried. "He'll miss his kids birth,"

"He's going to make Vanessa, it's okay, he'll make it...." Pippa said softly as Vanessa squeezed her hand.

"I hate him, I hate him, I hate him, I swear to god if he misses this-"

"Vanessa." Pippa cut off causing Vanessa to look at her. "You don't hate him, and he will not miss this, I know he won't."

"Of course I wouldn't." Said a voice, immediately identified as Lin, who'd just entered the room, looking exhausted.

The two girls snapped their head over looking at the dishevelled Lin, messy hair, dark circles under his eyes. And it was quite obvious that he'd ran all the way to the hospital room they were currently in.

"You're here." Vanessa got out through her short breaths. "I thought, I thought you'd miss it-"

"Never." Lin replied moving to the side of her hospital bed, next to Phillipa.

The two slowly moved to the right, Pippa getting closer to Vanessa's head. Lin moving to take Vanessas hand now and Pippa moved putting the cup of ice chips on her forehead, which was drenched in sweat.

"Alright, Ms. Nasal, it's time to start pushing." The doctor said in calm tone.

And so it began, the miracle of life. Vanessa had heard almost all her lie, especially after she found it she was pregnant how painful giving birth was. That's one of the big takeaways she got from conversations about it. But to say she underestimated just how damn painful it would be, was an understatement. In that moment she was absolutely sure that nothing in her life would ever be as painful.

And though the pain was high, there was another thing Vanessa never anticipated. Just how worth all of that pain would be, when she finally held her new born son in her arm, her world lit up. Her body ached, she was tired as hell and she was so so sweaty but none of that mattered to her now. All she could see was him, her little precious baby boy

Though Vanessa wasn't the only one affected by this, Pippas eyes widened as she saw the little baby in Vanessa's arms. He was beautiful, and all she could think of is what Vanessa had asked her. Was she ready for this? She would be apart of this child's life and all she could think of was yes. She loved Lin so so much and she knew she would love this child, this beautiful child. But her throats were too much, she needed to think.

"I'll give you two some space." Pippy said softly, kissing Lins cheek before leaving the room.

Pippa went to the waiting room, sitting down as she let her thoughts completely consume her. She let them swirl around as she tried to reach a consensus. She knew right now she was all in, she wanted to be there, in Lins life and the baby's. But would she feel that way forever, that's what she had to decide. She didn't want to give anyone hope only to later feel differently and let people down or hurt Lin. He meant too much to her, so she had to figure it out.

But she couldn't seem to sit still, one minute she was sitting down, tapping her foot. Then she was pacing back and forth and back and forth. Then she was in the bathroom washing her hands as she just tries to think, followed by splashing her face with water. Which was followed by her in the hallway pacing again, she wasn't sure as to why she couldn't stop moving. Maybe it was something to do with how important this decision was and if she chose wrong she could end up hurting the man she loved more than anything.

"Pippa?" Lins voice questioned from the end of the hall causing Pippa to jump a bit and turn around.

"Oh, Lin, hi..." she said with a small sigh.

"Are you alright? I've been looking for you.." He told her as he approached her.

"Yeah... yeah, just thinking." She told him giving him a small smile as he got closer.

"Anything special you were thinking about?" He asked her while he brushed his fingers through her hair gently.

"Just you know.... stuff..." she told him.

"Not really... is it possible for you to be more specific?" He asked her.

"Well your new baby and you... and Vanessa and... us.." she told him.

"You know we'll be okay." He told her softly touching his palm to her cheek.

Pippa nodded. "Yeah...yeah I know that."

"Because I really love you pip." He told her looking into her eyes with of those sweet smiles of his.

"I love you too." She replied softly and that's when it clicked. That's when she knew with absolutely that this was it, he was her one and only. She couldn't let go what she had with him, not ever, so she said. "Marry me." Though it was supposed to be a question it sounded more like a statement.

"What?" Lin questioned more confused by the abruptness than what she actually said.

"Look, Lin I love you more than I've ever loved anyone before." She told him, continuing with, "I don't want to be with anyone but you, ever. You're my one and only, so, marry me?" She asked looking into Lins eyes.

"Only if I get to buy you a ring." He told her.

"You're giving me conditions?" She asked.

"I want to marry you, but if you get to ask I want to buy you a ring." He told her.

"Only if it's simple, nothing flashy." She replied.

"Now who's the one giving conditions." He teased before adding, "we're getting married."

"We're getting married." Pippa relates grinning as he pulled her into a kiss, one that would melt anyone's heart, that's what confirmed what she already knew, this would last forever.

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Last chapter out!

I just want to quickly thank you all for reading this and putting up with my slow updates, I appreciate it.

Also, stick around for my information on my next fanfic. It will be a hamliza fanfic partly told through social media, and partly from traditional writing. I'm really excited about it and I think it should be enjoyable!

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