"Oh my god Sam I don't know what to do!" he whimpers, sounding likes he's hyperventilating. I take a deep breath and process everything that is going on before responding.
"Just breathe Toby and tell Dani to take deep breaths. We'll be at the hospital soon, were leaving now" I hang up the phone and turn to Jake.
"What's wrong" Jake asks, noticing my discomfort. I look at him with a worried look. "Dani is in labor"
"Oh god. We got to get to the hospital" Jake lets my father down as I walk over to him with an angered expression. "You have got some explaining to do. Meet me at the coffee shop tomorrow at 3" Before dad could even answer, we were off. We don't have the car so we are running as if our lives depend on it.
When we finally got to the hospital, we saw Toby sitting in the waiting room chair along with the rest of the guys, Katie, Amanda, and Dani's family.
"Toby, it's going to be okay" I put my hand on his shoulder, he shakes his head and starts crying. "I'm not ready. I don't think I can do this" he starts hyperventilating, I grab him and make him look at me.
"Toby listen to me, you're a good and partially responsible kid. You're going to be a great dad Okay? But right now you need to be here for Dani"
"I was but they kicked me out because I fainted twice" he says with a frustrated grunt, I laugh as a nurse comes out of the room with a smile on her face.
"It's time" the nurse says excitedly, we all stand up but the only person allowed in the room is Toby.
Toby's POV
I am scared out of my mind right now. What if I'm a bad father? What if the baby has problems? What if-
I was cut out of my train of thought by Dani squeezing my hand so tightly that started losing circulation.
"I hate you Toby, this is all your fault! I hate you I hate you I hate Ahhhh" She screams even louder, I scream too because I'm seeing stars, her grip is too tight.
"That's it one more push" the doctor says, that's exactly what Dani does and a couple minutes later I hear a baby crying. The nurses clean up the baby and then walk over to us.
"Congratulations, you have a beautiful baby girl" the nurse says with a wide smile, handing her to me. I instantly fell in love, she's beautiful.
Then it it me.
I'm a dad. Holy crap.
"Oh my god she's beautiful" Dani says with tears in her eyes, I smile and kiss Dani's hand. "Does she have a name?" The nurse asks, we look at each other and nod.
"Avery Marie Carter" Dani replied with a big smile. She looked so happy, I couldn't help but be ecstatic myself.
"You did it" I said, kissing Dani's head, she smiled and shook her head. "No we did" She replied excitedly. I hand Avery over to her and Dani instantly started to cry.
"Hey baby girl, I'm your mommy" Dani says "And this is your Daddy" I see a little smirk appear on Avery's face, I couldn't help but laugh.
An hour later, everyone came in and was obsessed with Avery but I don't blame them, she is truly beautiful. She has blue eyes and I'm pretty sure that she's going to have brown hair, unless she's like Eddie and gets blonde hair from Maddie.
"Wow, you better watch out when she gets older she's gonna be a dude magnet" Sam says with a chuckle, they all laugh as I shake my head.
"Yeah okay, she's not dating till she's 20"
"I'm sorry to break up this wonderful family moment but visiting hours are over" the nurse says. Everyone turns and says their goodbyes.
"We'll see you guys tomorrow" My mother says with a wide smile, we wave as she closes the door.
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Sam's POV
I am determined to find out how my father is still alive. For all these years, I thought that he was dead but apparently not. When I got home last night all I did was cry because I am so confused as to how he's still alive. But I kept my promise and I am currently waiting in the coffee shop. I want answers. I see him walk through the front door and I put on a straight face, not showing any emotion at all.
"Sorry I am late" he says with a smile, I roll my eyes as he sits down. At first it was awkward silence, then I decided to cut to the chase.
"So tell me dad, how for all these years you made me believe for all these years that you were dead. Do you know what your death did to me?! I started drugs, and drinking and cutting myself at a young age. And now you're just magically alive? How are you still alive and why were you following me?" I snap angrily. His facial expression automatically changed from happy to serious.
"Alright, let's start from the beginning. It was a good week when you were 8, I was happy and so was your mother and so were you. But the truth is, the gun man that tried to kill me was Shane" I gasp. What the hell? I knew something was wrong with that man.
"You may not remember but Shane was the paper boy. Apparently, Shane wanted your mother all for himself and mom saw that so she set up a plan. Shane had threatened me a week before, so she made me wear a bullet proof vest and blood pellets just in case something ever happened. Then the bank incident happened. You all thought I was dead and so did Shane, but your mother knew that I was still alive. We figured that if everyone thought that I was gone then Shane wouldn't come looking for me"
"I wrote letters to your mom asking you how you were and she sent pictures. You grew up to be a beautiful woman Sammy... Anyways, a couple of weeks before your mother's death I got a letter from her saying that Shane became abusive and started hurting her. She took everything out on you and she is definitely sorry for that. The letter also said that one day, she might be dead because of him and if that ever happened, I should not let you out of my sight. This is why she sent you here Sam. I have been here for a long time. She sent you here so I could watch over you in case something bad ever happened. And since it did, now you have to be extra careful. Does he know where you live?" Dad asks and I shake my head
"No he doesn't. Does Maddie know about all of this?"
"No and it should stay that way. You can tell your friends so this way you will have protection 24/7" He looked at the clock nervously and stood back up. "Listen I have to go. I love you sweet heart" he says and I get up and hug him. "I love you too dad"
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Living With The Carter Family
Teen Fiction"What do you mean I have to live in New York?!" "Honey, your grandma is very sick and we have to fly out to Canada to take care of her, but we don't have enough money to take you with us, so my very good friend Maddie offered for you to live with he...
