January 7th, 2001
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This story continues just after the baby is born.
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Later that night, on the night of her son's birth, Julianna lie in her hospital bed staring down at the perfect child in her arms. George had just headed downstairs to call all of the family. He had called both of their parents after Julianna went in labor, but he had yet to call them and tell them he had been born.
Andrew Nicholas Clooney lay quietly in Julianna's arms, staring sleepily up at her. His eyes were a light color, somewhere between gray and green. She stared back at him, in awe of this tiny life she had made. He was perfect. He looked just like George did in his baby pictures.
Slowly Julianna ran a fingertip over the baby's soft hair. There wasn't a lot on his head yet, but it was a dark brown color. Julianna trailed her finger down and ran it around the lobe of the baby's ear. He has George's ears, she thought. She moved her finger down and touched his tiny hand. He opened it up and she placed her finger against his palm. He curled his fingers tightly around it as he yawned, letting out a soft baby sound.
Julianna smiled. "That's a good, Andy. Get that out." She murmured. He closed his eyes for a moment, seeming to fight off sleep, as if he wanted to stay awake and bond with his mommy. He opened his eyes to look up at her and she smiled. "You can go to sleep, baby. I'll be here when you wake up." She whispered. "I'll be here for the rest of your life." Andrew closed his eyes, as if he was willing to take her word for it, and drifted off to sleep.
Julianna continued to stare down at him, studying his features, imprinting them in her mind. She was exhausted, and knew she needed sleep, but the love she felt for this child kept her awake and alert. She didn't want to put him down.
She wasn't sure how long she sat there and held him, but before she knew it, George was coming back into the room. He smiled at her when she looked up at him.
"Hey." He whispered. "He asleep?" Julianna nodded.
"Yeah. He was fighting it for a bit." She whispered back. George walked to her and bent over, placing a gentle kiss on her lips. Then he looked down at their son and felt love spread through him and he was amazed by it. Though he had loved his son very much during Julianna's pregnancy, it hadn't really hit him how much he loved this person until his child had slid from the birth canal and into the world, squalling his heart out.
"He's gorgeous." George murmured and Julianna looked up at him, love splashing throughout her for this man and their child.
"Just like his Daddy." Julianna said softly. George chuckled and moved to sit on the bed next to her. She scooted over gently to make room for him. He wrapped one arm around her and stroked the baby's hair with his fingertips.
"Jules?" George asked.
"Hmm?" She murmured, turning her head to look at him.
"You know how you said you would be satisfied with one child? Remember? When we had that fight in the kitchen?" Julianna nodded.
"Yeah. I remember." She said quietly.
"Well, I don't think I will be satisfied with one baby." He said. Her eyes widened.
"Are you serious?" She asked. He nodded.
"I want another one." He said. A smile lit up over her face and she kissed him.
"I do too." She said.
"I wanted more than one from the beginning. I never told you that because I didn't think we should have more than one child because I didn't believe I can be a good father. But now that I know how much I love Andrew, and that I will always take care of him and protect him, no matter what, I know that I can have another child. My love for them conquers everything but my love for you." He said. By now tears had filled Julianna's eyes.
"Oh! I'm so happy!" She exclaimed quietly. He chuckled and reached over to cup her cheek.
"I love you and I want to make another baby with you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and our family." He said. A tear spilled over onto her cheek. He caught it with his thumb.
"I love you, George, so much." She said. He smiled.
"I'm counting on it." He said and leaned over to kiss her.
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I know that this story wasn't very long, but this is the conclusion. I basically just wanted to show that George and Julianna decided to have a child and that they did and that George has come around and admitted he wants more kids. But I'm not going to show these other kids. I mean, there really isn't anything else I can do to this story. So, sorry it was short, and I know you probably aren't satisfied, but......well, this fic has no juice left!
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