"Ike?" Nikki said, tugging at Isaac whilst they were in bed that night.
"Mmmm?" Isaac mumbled.
"Umm, Ike? I think I'm having the baby."
It took a bit more tugging but Isaac soon woke up enough to comprehend what Nikki was saying. After that, he was wide awake, and quickly got her down to the hospital (which unknowingly also housed a YIRAAS maternity ward).
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Sometime later a nurse carefully placed a soft blanket-wrapped baby into Nikki's waiting arms.
"Oh," Nikki breathed. "Oh, he's beautiful."
"Yes, yes he is," Isaac agreed, sitting down beside them.
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At a much more decent hour of the morning, Isaac began making phone calls to share the news about their newborn son, Clarke Everett Hanson.