A/N- If you want to relive or see for the first time when Lulu got sick when she was little. Go to YT and type in: "Return of the Cassadines" someone was kind enough to upload the entire storyline!

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Chapter 7:

"When Lulu was little, she got very sick," Lucky began.

"How old was she?" Ethan asked.

"She was not even two years old. She had the same symptoms that she has now. I was out on a date with a girl. When I got home, my Uncle Tony was waiting on the stoop. He says that he didn't know the details but Mom and Aunt Bobbie rushed Lulu to the ER. By the time we got there, my Dad and Bobbie were in the hallway talking… they were bantering around the word leukemia around like it meant nothing."

"Leukemia?" Ethan exclaimed. "Are you telling me that our little sister had cancer when she was barely a toddler? You are telling me this now? Don't you think that is something that you should have told me?"

"Leukemia was ruled out. She had something else," Nikolas said.

"As bad as cancer?" Ethan asked. "By the looks on your faces I can see that the answer is yes. What did she have?"

"She had Aplastic Anemia. It's when the bone marrow fails to perform," Lucky stated. "She needed a bone marrow transplant in order to survive."

"I take it that you were not a match Lucky," Ethan said.

Lucky shook his head. "No, I wasn't a match. Sonny and Dad went to look for the child that Aunt Bobbie gave up. It's was Carly. She was already in town, not that she told anyone who she really was. She got herself tested but she wasn't a match either. Lulu was then placed on top of the International Donor Network. A match was found in Switzerland."

"I was the match," Nikolas admitted. "As soon as I found out who got the transplant I came to town and stayed."

"Well then what are you doing here?" Ethan said. "You are the head of the hospital board! Tell them you want to donate your bone marrow to save our baby sister! I am sure that there is a surgeon will do it."

"We need to find out what is wrong with her first," Lucky said. "Then we will proceed from there."


"What are my other options, Monica?" Lulu asked. "There has to be some."

"Lulu the only option is having a bone marrow transplant, as soon as possible. Nikolas is out there. I can tell him and he can get tested again to make sure he is still a match," Monica protested.

"I want to have this baby. What you are suggesting is not going to make that happen. There has to be some more options."

"I will need to confer with Dr. Scorpio-Drake. That is her field of expertise," Monica said.

"Okay," Lulu nodded. "You do that and come back to me."

"I really need to inform your family on your condition," Monica said. "What do you want me to tell them?"

"Tell them I have Aplastic Anemia not that I am pregnant," Lulu instructed. "You can't tell them anything due to doctor/patient confidentially."

Monica sighed. "Lulu they have the right to know. They are going to find out, you know they are. They are not going to be happy. They need to know."

"No they don't! It's my life! It's my choice!" Lulu cried. "You better tell them, they are probably driving Epiphany crazy."


The door to the interrogation room opened. Dante stood in the doorway. "Are you ready to talk?"

"Not without my lawyer present," Johnny advised.

Dante sat down in front of him. "Stay away from her," he said in a low voice, looking Johnny in the eyes. "She doesn't need you in her life. She doesn't need you using her to be your alibi among other things."

"Shouldn't Lulu be the judge of that?" Johnny asked. "She is a big girl. She is a Spencer."

"She doesn't know what she wants. Stay away from her," Dante repeated.

"She doesn't want you," Johnny corrected. "Isn't that the problem? She sent your flowers to sick patients at GH. That would have given any guy a hint, but not you."

Dante's eyes narrowed. "How do you know that, Johnny?"

"My people are very good on what they do," Johnny smiled. "They even knew where she was staying at. That is something that even you couldn't figure out. I think I know her better than you do."

Dante grabbed a hold of Johnny's shirt, roughly pulling him to his feet, shoving him up against the wall.

"What is with the PCPD and wanting to kick my ass?" Johnny asked. "I should sue the department. I could retire and live the good life from the money that the city is going to pay me."

"Stay away from her," Dante growled then he let go of him.

"Why? Are you worried, Detective?" Johnny taunted. "Worried that I am right? I know her in ways that you will never know."

"His lawyer is here," Ronnie said at the door.

"By all means let him have his civil rights," Dante said.

"I need to speak to my lawyer alone," Johnny said. "Unless you want me to tell him about the hospitality that you two detectives showed me while I waited."

Dante and Ronnie left the room.

Johnny's lawyer, Carson Williams sighed. "Do I really want to know what that exchange was about?"

"You have to get me out of here, Carson. There is somewhere else I need to be," Johnny pleaded.

"Would that to do with the person that you were with when you were picked up, Lesley Lu Spencer? Why was she rushed to GH?"

"That is what I am trying to figure out."

"Why were you in the hospital with her in the first place? The detectives were thinking about charging you with assault charges."

"How can you think that I would hurt her? You are my lawyer!" Johnny exclaimed.

"Why was she with you in the first place?" Carson asked.

"She took one of those home pregnancies test it came out positive. We were there to confirm it with a doctor," Johnny explained. "I have no idea how she got those bruises."

"How long have you been seeing her?" Carson asked.

"A couple of weeks," Johnny said. "Just get me out of here. Her brother really freaked out when she was rushed to the ER. Whatever it is…it's not good."

"Good news they have nothing to hold you on. They can hold you up to forty-eight hours without pressing charges."

Johnny shook his head. "Not good enough. I need to get out of here. I just need to make sure that she is going to be okay."


Monica stepped out into the hallway. She discarded her protective clothing in a hamper that was outside. She took a deep breath, Lulu wanted to keep the baby even though that her health was at risk. She wasn't able to tell her family about the baby per Lulu's wishes. She had no other choice but to tell her family about her illness but not about the baby.

She rounded the corner and headed to the waiting area to speak with them.

"About damn time!" Tracy shouted. "You took your sweet time finding out what was wrong with Lulu."

"Tests take time, Tracy," Monica stated.

"What is wrong with my sister?" Lucky asked.

"We need to run some more tests," Monica explained. "To know for sure what is wrong with her."

"What kind of tests, Monica?" Tracy demanded.

"A bone marrow biopsy and aspiration," Monica said. "It looks like that she is rejecting the transplant. We need to do that test to find out for sure."

"Okay then, book an OR I am willing to donate again," Nikolas announced. "I want my sister to get the best treatment possible."

"You need to have your blood tested first," Monica said.

"Why? I was an exact match to her last time. Why do I need a blood test?" Nikolas demanded. "It's just going to say what we already know. We are just wasting time."

"It's procedure," Monica said. "I'll go to the nurses' station to set a blood test appointment for you."

Monica walked to the nurses' station. "Nurse Johnson please page Dr. Scorpio-Drake and have her meet me in the doctors' lounge. And as soon as possible set up a blood test for Nikolas Cassadine."

"Of course, Dr. Quatermaine, right away." Epiphany said as she picked up the phone.

Ten minutes later, Robin met with Monica in the doctors' lounge. "You wanted to see me, Monica?"

Monica nodded to a chair. "Have a seat, it's a long story."

"Wow," Robin said when Monica was finished. "That is bad. I mean we can give her blood transfusions and some IV antibiotics. She really needs to have the transplant in order to live. What she has is serious. It's almost certain death without the transplant. She has to remain here at GH; she cannot go home. Does she know that it's unlikely that she can carry the baby to term?"

"What do you mean by that?" Monica asked, not even thinking about that.

"I mean the transfusion buys her some time, not a whole lot of time. Without treatment she has six months at the most."

"That is when a fetus has reasonable chance to survive outside of the uterus," Monica said.

"With the chemo the chances of her to conceive again is remote. This baby she is pregnant with maybe the only baby is could be able to have," Robin said.

Monica stood up. "She should inform her about the course of treatments that we'll be doing."

"Her family is going to wonder why she is not doing the chemo and having the transplant as soon as the donor is ready," Robin stated. "Do you have any idea what you are going to tell the family when they ask?"

"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it."


Lulu patted her still flat stomach. "Hey there baby, it's going to get rough for a little while. I am not going to let anything happen to you."

There was a knock at her door. Lucky was wearing his protective gear. "Hey sister, want a visitor?"

Lulu dropped her hand from her stomach and nodded. "Sorry that I frightened you."

"There is nothing to be sorry for, Lulu. It's not your fault that you are rejecting the transplant. There is a room full of people out there that care about you. Nikolas is getting his blood tested again in case you need it after all," Lucky said. "You are going to beat this again."

"I hope so," Lulu said quietly.

There was another knock, Nikolas came in. Like Lucky he was also wearing the protective gear. "Hey, I just got my blood tested. It's only a matter of time that I am in the OR for them to harvest the bone marrow from my pelvis. It's going to be okay baby sister.

Lulu took a deep breath, she wanted to tell them the truth but she needed to tell Johnny the truth about the baby first.

It pained her brothers that they couldn't give Lulu a reassuring hug. They didn't want to give her another bruise.

The door opened again, Ethan came in dressed like the rest of her brothers. "Hey is this where the party is?" he kidded. "Lulu you are going to be okay, you know that right?"

It killed Lulu to keep her family out of the loop. She really needed to tell Johnny that she was pregnant and very sick at the same time.


At last Johnny was released from lock up. Considering that the PCPD had nothing to hold him. He was collecting his belongings when Dante came up to him.

"Remember what I said, Johnny. Stay away from Lulu," Dante said.

"That is going to be hard considering I am on my way to the hospital to make sure that Lulu is alright," Johnny asked. "Why are you here? If you cared about her you would have followed Lucky to the hospital with lights and sirens?"

"I had work to do," Dante said.

"And it's done, since I am leaving." Johnny said. "What are you going to do now? Are you going to see her?"

"Of course I am going to see her," Dante said. "What makes you say that?"

Johnny shrugged. "No reason. I guess I will see you at the hospital."

After her brothers left her room waiting to get the results of Nikolas' blood test, Lulu was once again in her private room. The door opened, it was Johnny dressed in the protective gear. "Epiphany told me that I had to wear this when I came to see you and I am not supposed to touch you at all" he said. "What is going on? Do they know what is wrong with you?"

"Did I ever tell you that I got really sick when I was little?" Lulu asked.

"How sick is sick?" Johnny asked as he sat down on the stool in front of her hospital bed.

"Sick enough for my mother to contact a sibling that no one knew about," Lulu said. "I had something called Aplastic Anemia. I needed new bone marrow. Nikolas was the only match for me."

"Wow," Johnny breathed. "Well it's a good thing that Nikolas stayed in town right?"

Lulu shook her head. "If only it were that simple, Johnny."

"What do you mean, Lulu? I mean you just need to have Nikolas to donate again."

"Remember the real reason why we came here earlier?" Lulu asked.

"The home pregnancy test," Johnny breathed.

"Yes, I am pregnant. They… they," she trailed off as she began to sob. "They want me to terminate the pregnancy and seek treatment."


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