What the hell could possibly be so damn important that he would want me to meet him at this hour? Never mind the fact that it's pouring rain! Where the hell is he?? She thought to herself.

Just then, she saw him walking towards her. What is he carrying? she thought.

As he got closer, she realized what he was carrying…

"Sonny!! Are you crazy?? Why do you have her out in this rain? She could get sick!!" she scolded him.

"Olivia, please, not now. I really need you to do me a big favor right now."

Olivia was well aware that he had just lost his mom, but she didn't understand what help he needed from her.

"Ok Sonny, what do you need from me?" she asked, giving in.

"I'm leaving town. I can't stay here anymore," he simply stated.

"And you need me to help you pack?" she asked sarcastically

"What did I tell you? Can you be serious?"

"I AM being serious Sonny!! Like seriously wet and PISSED OFF that you have me and that baby out in this pouring rain in the middle of the night!!!" she yelled.

Sonny handed the child over to Olivia.

She looked at him surprised, "What?"

"I need you to take her to Sacred Heart Orphanage," he choked out.

Olivia's eyes filled with tears, "You want me to what?"

"My life will only put her in harm's way Liv, she deserves more than that," he professed.

"She deserves YOU!! Sonny, you're all she has left!" Olivia pleaded with him.

"I know! But I will only cause her pain! Don't you understand that?"

"NO!! What I understand is that you are abandoning your little sister for the mob Sonny, that's what the hell I understand!"

Olivia was shaking, and it wasn't because she was wet and cold. How could he ask me to do this? she thought. She looked down at the toddler sleeping in her arms, and the tears were unstoppable by this point.

She looked up at Sonny, "I can't do it Sonny, please don't do this to her, she's an innocent child."

Tears formed in Sonny's eyes now, "I know Liv, that's exactly WHY I'm doing this, to spare her any harm. She'll be taken care of." He handed her an envelope stuffed with money."I'll send a check to you to bring to the orphanage every month in her name."

Olivia shook her head, "I can't do it Sonny, I can't please…"

"She knows you Liv, since the day she was born. That's why I'm trusting you with this."

Sonny kissed the toddler on her head and then Olivia and started to walk away.

"SONNY!! DON'T WALK AWAY FROM HER!!" Olivia yelled. The child stirred in her sleep.

A limo pulled around the corner just then and Sonny got in and was gone.

Olivia was too surprised to react and just watched the limo drive off.

What do I do now? Vito! I have to call Vito!

She walked until she found a working payphone, just my damn luck that every damn phone I try is out of order!!

"Finally!" she marked her house number, "Please pick up Vito, please pick up!"

The phone rang three times and then someone picked up…Olivia was silently praying…"Hello!" an angry voice answered.

"Vito!! Its Olivia, I need your help, can you meet me around the corner?"

"Liv? What the hell?" he glanced over at the clock, 3:38, "Where are you? Are you ok?" Vito was worried.

"I'm ok, but I need your help, please hurry!" and with that she hung up.

Vito hung up the phone and rushed out the house, Lil sis, what did you get yourself into now?

Olivia rushed to get to her block before Vito came charging around the corner ready to kill someone.

Vito turned the corner and there his little sister was carrying a child quickly coming towards him.

"What the hell? Liv? What's going on?" He looked down at the toddler, "Is that Corinthos' little sister?"

Olivia looked up at her big brother, "Yea. Sonny wants me to take her to Sacred Heart Orphanage."

"So you need me to drive you? Jeez Liv, that's what you woke me up for? You had me worried! Come on." Vito turned and started to walk towards his car.

Olivia didn't move.

Vito noticed this and turned back, "Liv? Come on."

"No. I can't Vito. Please."

"What are you saying Liv? She's not yours. You're only 16 for God's sake! Have you lost your mind?"

"Vito please don't make me. She's just a child. How am I just supposed to drop her off with a bunch of strangers?" Olivia could feel the tears coming.

Vito looked at his sister, saw the pain in her eyes, "Ok, look, let's get you two upstairs and into some dry clothes before you end up in the hospital with pneumonia or something. We'll talk in the morning when our heads are clearer."

Olivia could not stop the tears and just simply nodded.

Vito reached for the child, "Let me carry her."

Olivia tightened her grip on her, "No, it's ok, I've got her."

"You sure?" she nodded, "Ok lets go."

As they walked to their house, Vito whispered, "Mom and Dad are gonna have a conniption, Liv."

"I'll handle it, don't worry."

Vito put his finger to his lips, "Shhhh….try to be quiet."

They entered the house as quietly as possible. They walked quickly to Olivia's bedroom and locked the door behind them.

"Hurry up and get out of those clothes Liv, I'll take care of her."

"No! If she wakes you'll scare her. I'll do it."

"Ok, where's her stuff?"

Olivia looked at Vito, just realizing that Sonny didn't give her any of her personal belongings, "Shit."

Vito rolled his eyes, "Liv! Jesus!"

"Its ok it's ok, I have some of her clothes here from the times she stayed here. I'll go shopping for her tomorrow."

"You'll what? Liv, I don't think keeping this kid is a good idea."

"This kid? This kid, Vito? She has a flippin name ok? And it's my decision whether or not I keep her…Just go Vito, I will take it from here."

"Fine! So damn stubborn! You're welcome by the way!" and he started to leave her room.

Olivia got in between him and the door, "I'm sorry. I'm just a little anxious and tired right now. Thank you Vito." She got up on her toes and kissed her big brother on his cheek and hugged him, "I love you."

Vito hugged her back, "I love you too, sis. Good night."

She locked the door again behind him. Ok baby girl, I need to get you out of those clothes and warm you up. Olivia got her changed and into her pajamas. Once she was done, she changed her own clothes. She got an extra quilt out of her closet, turned out the lights, got in bed and put her arms around the little girl, "I'm so sorry Nikki, I'm so sorry he did this to you," she said through her tears, "I promise you, even if my parents throw me out, I'm not giving either of you away." She kissed her cheek, snuggled her closer and tried to go to sleep.

The Next Morning

She opened her eyes to see the most beautiful little smile greeting her, "Hi Livia!" Nikki said.

"Oh hi sweetie", she looked at the clock, 10:32 am.

She looked at Nikki, "Uh-oh, that means the whole house is awake."

Nikki just innocently looked at her and smiled again.

"Are you hungry?" she asked her.

Nikki nodded her little head causing her dark curls to bounce, "Eat?"

Just then there was a knock at her door, "Liv, open up, it's me Vito."

She jumped up and went to open the door, Vito rushed in with a plate of food and a cup of milk.

"I figured she might be hungry."

Tears came to Olivia's eyes, "Aww, Vito…that's so sweet of you!"

"Oh come on! What's wrong with you crying all the time lately? It's just some eggs and milk."

Olivia looked at the food then and was overcome by a wave of nausea.

"Whoa sis…you ok?" Vito grabbed her to steady her.

"Yea, yea I'm fine." She caught a whiff of the eggs and ran to the bathroom to throw up.

"Ewww, Liv…you catch a bug from that rain last night?"

Olivia was brushing her teeth and washing her face, "Something like that," she muttered.

He looked over at Nikki; she had a look on her face as she watched his sister, of concern for her and fear of him.

"Ummm…Liv, she looks like she's about to start screaming…can you get back in here please?"

"I'm coming.", she came back in and went straight to Nikki.

"You k?" Nikki asked.

"Yes sweetie I'm ok" Olivia said as she stroked her hair, "This is my brother Vito, you remember him?" Nikki shook her head no.

"Ok well he's ok, he's my brother and he won't hurt you ok? I promise." Nikki nodded.

"Give me the eggs so I can feed her," Olivia said as she reached for the plate.

But once she looked down at the eggs again…she gave it right back and rushed back to the bathroom to throw up again!

"Liv…seriously, are you ok?" Vito asked, growing concerned.

"I'm fine, but I can't feed her, can you try? Please?" Olivia begged.

Vito looked at Nikki and she met his stare with her own.

"Wanna eat?" he asked her.

Nikki looked at Olivia, "It's ok sweetie, Vito's gonna feed you, I don't feel good, but I'm right here ok?"

Her eyes went from Olivia to Vito "I eat…" she decided. Vito proceeded to feed her as Olivia continued to throw up.

When she was finally all done with the eggs and milk, he quickly left the room to rid it of the smell of eggs.

In Vito's haste to leave, he forgot to close her door all the way.

Their mom and dad were sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee and reading the paper when he came back in with the dishes. They both looked up and eyed him suspiciously.

"Since when do you make your sister breakfast?" their dad asked.

"Liv's not feeling too well so I thought I would try to help, what's wrong with that?"

Nikki's laughter escaped through Olivia's open bedroom door.

"What was that?" their mom asked.

Vito started to panic, "What ma?"

"Don't what ma me" she said as they both rised from the table to go to Olivia's room

They swung open Olivia's door to see her tickling Nikki and laughing with her.

Olivia noticed her parents and brother in her doorway and abruptly stopped and scooped Nikki up into her arms.

"What's going on here?" her dad asked.

"Isn't that little Nikki Corinthos?" asked her mom.

"Yea. It is." She said.

Her mom walked into her room, "What's she doing here?"

"Sonny asked me to do him a favor." Olivia noticed her voice was shaky, as was she.

"Olivia Marie Falconeri! I want to know what is going on, RIGHT NOW!!" her dad demanded.

Frightened, Nikki jumped and put her head on Olivia's shoulder.

"Daddy please, you're scaring her. It's ok sweetie." She soothed Nikki.

"Olivia, honey, what's going on? Where's Sonny and why do you have his sister?" her mom spoke now.

Olivia looked pleadingly at Vito.

Vito sighed "What's going on is that our family grew by one more overnight"

This surprised Olivia and it showed on her face when she looked at Vito again.

"I can't let you do it either sis," Vito said and with that Olivia started crying.

"Oh my God! Again with the hysterics Liv? What the hell is your problem lately?" Vito asked.

As her mom moved forward to comfort her sobbing daughter, her dad said, in a much calmer voice, as he was always weakened by his only daughters tears, "Ok you two, start from the beginning."

They told them everything.

"Olivia, Olivia, Olivia…." Her dad sighed. "Do you realize the huge responsibility you're taking on? Do you realize how much trouble you can find yourself in?"

"I know Daddy, but how can I do that to her?" Olivia asked through her tears.

Just then Nikki reached up to wipe away Olivia's tears, "No cry Livia…its k…no cry"

"She knows you well honey," her mom stated.

"I've spent a lot of time with her ma; she would squeal with delight whenever I came over to take her away from that hell, even if it was just for a little while."

Her parents looked at each other…."Well", started her dad "she can't keep Corinthos."

Olivia smiled through her tears, "Thank you Daddy!"

"I know where we can get documents with a new name, Dad" said Vito.

"Look, we'll take care of it, let's go Vito" Her dad said.

Olivia's Mom stood looking at her and Nikki….something was different with her daughter.

"Are you ok Olivia?" her mom asked "Vito said you weren't feeling good."

Olivia ignored her mother's question, "Um, I need to go shopping. Sonny didn't send anything with her."

"Olivia.." her mother gave her that don't you even try to lie to me look.

"What? I'm just telling you what I have to do, didn't say you had to go with me," Olivia lied.

Her mother just sat there and continued to stare at her.

Olivia sighed "Could you stop? You're freaking me out." She wasn't moving. "Ok ma, no, I don't feel good. Happy?"

"Get dressed; I'm taking you to the clinic." She told her.

Later that afternoon

The guys returned home to find Olivia and her mom sitting at the table. They could tell they had been crying and Olivia looked scared.

"Where's the baby?" asked her Dad.

"Taking a nap" said her Mom.

"Alright sis, she's now Nicolette Bianca Falconeri," Vito said as he handed her the birth certificate that officially named her as Nikki's mom.

Olivia stood quiet. Her mom just stared at her.

"Ok, one of you better tell me what the hell is going on," her Dad said.

Her mom took a deep breath "Our family is not growing by just one," she stated still staring at Olivia.

Both men looked from Olivia to her mom and then each other, "What are you talking about?" asked her dad .

Her mom sighed, "Olivia is pregnant"

Olivia looked up to see her dads eyes open wide and his face turn 5 different shades of red.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU???" he yelled at the top of his lungs.

Startled, Olivia jumped up from the table and went to hide behind Vito. Vito grabbed her hand and took her to her room.

They closed the door and locked it. All they could hear was their parents arguing.

Vito looked at his little sister. "Are you really having a baby?" he asked.

Olivia looked at him and laughed "Oh no, I just thought I would play this joke on Mom and Dad just to see how mad they would get."

Vito sucked his teeth, "You don't have to be such a smart ass you know?"

"You're the one asking the stupid question Vito. Of course I'm really pregnant!" yelled Olivia, which woke Nikki.

Olivia went to her and sat down next to her on the bed, Nikki laid her head in her lap.

Vito stood watching them, "How are you gonna do it? What if she starts to call you mommy?" he asked her.

Olivia looked up and for the first time today, saw genuine concern and fear in his eyes. "Honestly? I don't know. I'm scared and I don't know what to expect. But, I can't give either one of them up."

He sat down next to them, "No matter what, I will always be here for you and the kids. I promise you that."

Then they grew quiet and at the same time noticed that they didn't hear their parents fighting anymore. By this time Nikki was wide awake.

Vito left the room to go make sure all was ok. He came back in, "They aren't here," he said.

Olivia's head snapped up, "What? Where did they go?" she asked.

Vito shook his head, "I don't know sis, but I think we should just start dinner just in case."

Later that evening

While Vito and the boys taught Nikki how to set the table, which she couldn't help but laugh at, Olivia finished up dinner. The door opened and in walked her mom with bags and then her dad with a big box. He opened up the box and removed a high chair, rolled it towards the table and looked at Nikki.

"This is for you," he said

She looked up at him with wide eyes, "Me?" she asked.

He then bent to pick her up and sit her in the chair, "Yes, for you. We even got you your own dishes and some clothes and toys too." Before he could put her down in the chair she kissed him on the cheek and hugged him.

Olivia was trying hard not to cry and walked out of the kitchen. Her dad saw this and followed her.

She turned around and saw him and could not hold back her tears any longer. "I'm sorry. I know how disappointed you are in me," she said through her tears

"Honey, I am not happy about any of this. If it comes out that Nikki is really Corinthos' sister, we will have major problems. You getting yourself knocked up doesn't help either." She couldn't look at him. "Olivia, is the baby Sonny's?"

Now she looked up. "No. I don't know who the father is." Do not even try looking him in the eye. He will see you're lying right away. "We should go start dinner." She tried to walk past him.

"Wait," he stopped her. "No matter what, you are still my little girl and I love you. You, Nikki and my grandchild will be taken care of."

With that he kissed her on her forehead and walked away.

Is he crying? No way! This is one for the record books! Olivia thought to herself.