Hardy Detective Agency featuring Hardy Boys Fan Fiction

It had been about five months since Joe and Kayley ran away. They had a rented apartment and Kayley now worked part-time at a church nursery and Joe was working full time at the garage. With the money coming in now, they had been able to purchase a second-hand crib, and other necessities for the baby on the way.

“Joe?” Kayley asked, as she lay on the bed. All day she had been getting strong back cramps and was feeling a bit sickly.

“Yeah?” Joe asked. He was lying next to her, his hand resting lightly on her stomach. He could feel the muscles tense ever so slightly.

“I think we need to go to the hospital.”

Immediately, Joe sat up. He felt a moment’s panic and then grabbed her hand and helped her to her feet. He grabbed her suitcase and called a taxi.

Once they were in the taxi, Joe let Kayley squeeze his hand as the stomach cramps got worse. Joe knew somewhere in the back of his mind, that Kayley was going to give birth tonight. He just wasn’t sure he was ready to admit it.

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25^th February 1989

14:10pm

“It’s a boy!” exclaimed the doctor, his voice muffled slightly by the surgical mask.

Kayley let out a breath and sagged against Joe as she finally relaxed…twenty-nine hours of labour had completely exhausted her.

“Is…Is…he…ok?” Kayley gasped out.

“He’ll be fine,” the doctor assured her as he placed the little blue bundle in Kayley’s arms.

Kayley smiled down at the little bundle in her arms. The baby had a tuft of light brown hair and deep blue eyes--she had only seen those eyes on one other person. “He’s got your eyes, Joe.” Kayley raised her head and smiled up at Joe.

“He’s got your skin colour,” whereas Joe was pale and tanned easily, Kayley had a natural tanned look, which had faded as she had gotten older.

“He’s gorgeous.” Kayley murmured, awe in her voice. “Hey little guy, I’m your mommy.”

“Excuse me, I don’t mean to interrupt,” said the doctor, smiling. “I was just wondering if you had a name for the little guy yet.”

Nodding, Joe said, “Todd Fenton Knight-Hardy.”

Kayley who had been cuddling with Todd looked up and said, “No… just Hardy, Todd Fenton Hardy…No Knight.”

Kayley smiled at Joe’s shocked look. “Told you I’d get my way!” she said with a grin.

“That you did,” Joe agreed.

Kayley smiled at Joe, if someone had told her earlier that Joe would be in the delivery room, smiling at her, she’d have laughed in disbelief.

Earlier, Joe had panicked…he’d suffered what the nurse had called an anxiety attack because he was stressed. Joe had eventually calmed down and been the rock Kayley needed for the twenty-nine excruciating hours of labor.

Kayley smiled and nodded at their baby, “You want to hold him?” she asked.

“What if I break him?” Joe asked nervously.

Kayley smiled reassuringly. “You won’t, come and sit here and then I’ll make sure you don’t, okay?” Kayley said.

“Okay.” Joe said as he sat on the bed, he took Todd in his arms and smiled at the baby, knowing that Kayley was watching had eased his nerves at first but now, well, he just smiled at her and then at Todd, kissing Todd’s head he murmured, “Hey baby, I’m your daddy” and with those words Todd’s eyes opened and he seemed to smile at his daddy, before he snuggled down and fell asleep.

It wasn’t until three hours later that Todd decided to test his lungs. And by God what a set of lungs he had. Joe and Kayley had been dozing together on the narrow hospital bed only to be awakened by what Joe had been sure was not a human cry…more like the banshees he’d read in Irish legends.

Joe had leaped of the bed, picked his son from the ‘crib’ and had rocked him until Kayley had decided that Todd was hungry.

After Kayley had nursed the baby, Joe held Todd, while Kayley went to shower and sort herself out. He took a walk down to the cafeteria and as he glanced down the hallway, he saw two men watching him. They smiled at him and nodded in greeting. Joe returned the greeting, and then turned back to his child, feeling the sudden enormity of it. He was a dad now, there was no going back.

As Joe watched Kayley fall asleep later that night, he had no idea what lay ahead of them, what was to come, or what the cause might be, all he knew was that the next few week maybe even months were going to be hectic. He wanted to know that everything would be simple, but he knew it wouldn’t, he had a child now. His last thought as he drifted off to sleep himself, was had Callie and Frank had their children yet?

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The Hardy Boys belong to Simon and Schuster and the Stratemeyer Foundation. The Hardy Boys Fan Fiction authors of the Hardy Detective Agency have just borrowed them for an adventure or two. The authors promise to put the boys back when they are done with them. The authors do claim copyright to the original characters in this story. Please do not borrow original characters without express permission of the authors.