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"What’s incredible?"

I look up, shielding the sun fro next tofootball already"

Jeff leans down, close to ive your momma a little break in there?" His hands come to rest on my belly and his eyebrows shoot up when he feels a kick "Wow He’s busy"

"He only cal over there with the rest of the graduates"

Jeff chuckles "Maybe he’ll behave if you sit down?" he suggests and gestures towards the seats occupied by our fareets his parents and takes the open seat next to me, while Demi sits on raduation cereh the last few months I’ve just completed the first senant wouldn’t stopwith the University’s sports department to launch his sports rehabilitation center and in the mean time he’s the football teams’ assistant coach I’ll take a few courses online after the baby comes and then spend the first year with hi ree on hold permanently, but Grayson wouldn’t hear it – he doesn’t want ot our family started a little earlier than we expected

The ceres by painfully slowly and when the certificates start being handed out I get excited Grayson is in the third row and I watch as he takes his place in line to get his degree My heart fills with pride

I feel a sharp pain in ain, only this tirab Jeff’s hand and squeeze it "Are you ok?" he whispers, garnering the attention of his mother and my Aunt Emma I’m teeks away from my due date but the doctor said the baby can coh alert, in case our little man decides to come early

I shake my head no and whimper when I feel another sharp pain I bite e There are three people in front of Grayson I can hang on a bit longer I rubin and out deeply, like Aunt Emma showed s into action He stands up and helps e and co? Are you ok?" he looks concerned

"Um," breathe in, breath out "I think it’s time"

"Now?"

I smile at him and nod frantically He takes Jeff’s place atlot There’s a hustle behind us and I look back to see our fae and joins Graysons’ parents andus We reach the truck and Jeff jumps into the drivers’ seat while Grayson joins me in the back

~ Grayson ~

Doctor Bates walks into the rooht kids, let’s see if your little guy is ready to cos are bent and I hold her hand while ait His head pops up and he grins "Ok Miss Morgan, are you ready?"

My nerves explode as I realize what he’s asking I was hoping we’d have two more weeks to prepare but it seems our little man is impatient He’s definitely a Carter

Her answer is a toe curling screa to need you to push now," Doctor Bates instructs gently Huntley starts pushing, taking breaks to catch her breath After what feels like forever, her face is sweaty and she’s crying fro to help her with the pain?" I yell at the doctor

"We don’t have time," he replies calmly Too calmly

I look down at Huntley "You can do this baby"

She squeezesto help her through this "Gray, I can’t, I’m so tired and it hurts so much," she cries I clenchthis damn doctors’ teeth into his throat I lean in closer and press our foreheads together "Yes you can baby I need you to give it all you’ve got one last tihtens as she braces herself She screaot When a baby’s cry pierces the roo down her face My whole world stops the first tinificant The nurses grab hiets Huntley cleaned up