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Disclaimer: I do not own Storks.

Chapter 1,

She looked so beautiful with her red hair in the bright sunshine; looking down at that beautiful little baby. He smiled and placed a hand on her shoulder and admired at her skill to make the child squeal in delight. That darling child looked at me and smiled and I chuckled. Diamond Destiny was the first person or thing to make him think of something other then Corner Store or package delivery. And as for Tulip, well, if it wasn't for her, I would have never felt like I was part of a real family. I crossed my eyes and rolled my tongue and Diamond Destiny laughed. Tulip looked at me, and instead of running away like I use to, I licked her cheek.

"Gross." Tulip said as she laughed and Diamond Destiny laughed again.

"I told you that you loved it." Tulip said before laying her head against my chest. She did this in such a loving manner, and I kinda felt like her love and trust was flowing through my body. Tulip was warm and she smelled like apples and lime. The baby squealed and they both turned to her. Actually, they turned to him. The child was no longer Diamond Destiny. The baby had Tulip's blue eyes and my white hair.

"We still need to name him." Tulip said and I nodded.

"That's very true. Do you have any ideas?" I said and Tulip walked away from the window and towards the rocking chair.

"Well, I figured that since I named the last baby, that you could name this baby." Tulip said thoughtfully.

"Although, I hope you do something unique since this baby is unique." Tulip said and as she turned towards me and I smiled when I saw the baby's bright red wings. She carefully sat down and tucked her hand gently behind the child's back and stopping at the area between his wings.

"So, I'm guessing that 'Angel' is out of the question?" I jokingly asked and Tulip asked.

"Hopefully something better." She said and I shrugged.

"Maybe name him after me?" I suggested.

"What? Junior Junior? That's kinda..." She trailed off.

"I know, I know... Still..." I said.

"Well, maybe we could look at the different names of red, or maybe different types of red birds?" Tulip suggested and I thought about this.

"I can think of Crimson and Scarlet." I thought out loud.

"Scarlet would be perfect if he was a girl." Tulip said and I smiled.

"Then will save that name." I said and Tulip smiled back at him.

"Well for red birds, there's a... northern cardinal, scarlet tanager, rosella... of course I could be wrong." Tulip said and I laughed a little. My laugh made our son laugh and he flexed his wings and I smiled lovingly at him.

"You know now that I think about it, I actually like Crimson as a name. And I like Italian culture, and Caryn means The Beloved One. So what do you think about Caryn Crimson?" I asked and Tulip's face lit up.

"I think that's perfect." She said blissfully and I -

My alarm rang in my ears and I wanted to just fall back asleep and reenter my dream. I groaned and I opened my eyes at the stupid metal thing. I have been getting these dreams for a while now.

How can a dream escalate so much? It started with delivering Diamond Destiny to her family, but then over time-

I shook my head and I sat up. I didn't need these thoughts in my mind before I went to work and saw Tulip.

Maybe I shouldn't have made her co-owner of Stork Mountain. Maybe I shouldn't have listened to her suggestion to have a nursery so that we can 'help the parents' by giving them a weird sort of starters pack.

No one at Stork Mountain realized just how many letters were in that box, and after the Baby Boom, they got even more letters then they did before they stopped delivering babies. I looked at my room, as if it was some sort of hotel room. I received a small reward for my one millionth package, and that was on my bedside table. I stood up and walked into the closet and on the back of my door, I saw a picture of Diamond Destiny, and a couple of pictures of me and Tulip together. These pictures were familiar but right now they were heartbreaking. I looked into Tulip's blue eyes and wondered, just for a moment, if we could really could have a future together.