Jim drifts over too, and for once tonight, he's watching his friend and not the baby. He wonders if the doctor feels the same sort of attachment to and responsibility for this particular little girl that he does already. He wonders what thoughts and feelings this brings up about his own little girl back home.

And he can't deny there's a small but very vocal part of him wondering if there's some way to make this work. It surprises him how much he wants it, but even more, how much he wants McCoy to be part of it.

He smiles, nodding. "I'll call if anything comes up. I promise."