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Addison takes off her coat and places it over s as Serenity comes back, her eyes wide

"You need to, ah, look and see where the baby is"

Spike’s eyes widen and he turns to Addi, frantic Addi turns toto be okay"

"I don’t knohat to look for," Spike says, his voice full of panic

"A head," Serenity says

He looks like he’s going to pass out as he leans over and looks under the coat Just as he does, another h me and I scream Sweat trickles down

"There’s a head, a fuckin’ head," Spike yells

Serenity passes this infor to Spike "The baby could be here before they get here All you need to do is guide hi sure the moment he or she is free that the airways are unblocked You can do this by just pushing your finger into thethem Don’t cut the cord, just wrap the baby and keep he or she warm until the ambulance arrives"

"Fuck, fuck, fuck," Spike says as I screaain

"It’s coe to push beco

"Spike, you need to be ready," Addison stresses, staring at hiirls head Addison, coether Thank god Cade hesitantly cohands rest on my forehead and he swipes ood," he says

I screaain as another push pulls irl, just a few more"

I push harder with the next contraction

"Nearly," Addison says, her voice soft "You’re doing so good, honey"

My head slumps back into Cade’s lap and sweat rolls down my cheeks as I wait for the next contraction It coive us one more push," Spike says "You can do it, baby"

I push as hard as I can, screa out in pain as I feel my baby slip from my body I drop back down into Cade’s lap with an exhausted cry as I hear the tiny crackle of irl," Spike says, his voice thick with eirl"

Tears run out of irl, honey"

"We need to wrap her," Addison says, tears strea down her face

Spike pulls off his jacket and he wraps it around his baby girl’s body, securing her for the first moments of her life, in his safety

"She’s fuckin’ perfect," he rasps, looking at me with tear filled eyes

Jackson kneels beside hi with the phone pressed to her ear