Hey guys, sorry for the wait just getting settled into sophmoore year of high school. Its going pretty good, no depression symptoms since July and just keeping myself busy. :) And Happy Rosh Hashanah and L'Shana Tova. Hope you enjoy, and there's a surprise in this one.

Oh! And I must say something about what an amazing Lante week this past week has been, and how beautiful and talented Ms. Julie Marie Berman (a.k.a soon-to-be Mrs. Falconieri-Spencer ;) ) and Mr. Dominic Zamprogna are. Love them both. :)

XChapter 14X

The next morning Dante tried to shift in bed but he found his arm was pinned to the bed, he opened his eyes slowly and realized where he was. His ears were met with the beep of the machines and the steady thump of his baby's heartbeat pulsing through the hospital room. He realized the weight on his arm was Lulu sleeping next to him. Her back was against his chest, and his arms were still wrapped around her swollen stomach. He smiled and kissed the back of her head. He closed his eyes again, and moved over onto his back, she followed and flipped over, laying her head on his chest. He lovingly moved the hair from her face and kissed her forehead.
Then when he opened his eyes again a couple minutes later, he heard a content sigh from somewhere in the room. He looked down thinking maybe Lulu had woken up, but she was still asleep. He looked to their right,
"Ma!" Dante exclaimed, shocked, he jumped in the bed, causing Lulu to stir. To his surprise he saw his mother sitting in the chair he had left empty hours earlier, "What the hell are you doing?"
"What a woman can't come visit her son and soon-to-be daughter-in-law when she and my grandbaby are in the hospital?" Olivia said.
"You could've woken us up! And I caught that, Lulu and I aren't getting married right now." Dante said.
"I didn't want to, you two are so cute. And you will get married before the baby is born, right?"
"Maybe. Ask Lulu. Can we get off this topic?" Dante asked.
"Fine. But we will come back to this." she said pointing at him, he rolled his eyes.
"Okay. So how long exactly were you sitting here watching us sleep?" Lulu asked as she slowly opened her eyes and re-set her head on Dante's chest.
"Only about a half an hour." Olivia said.
"Good morning, beautiful." he smiled and bent down to kiss her on the lips.
"Good morning, love." Lulu smiled looking into his eyes for a few seconds.
"See! You guys are just too cute." Olivia interrupted the sweet moment, clasping her hands gleefully under her chin.
"Ma!" Dante exclaimed again glaring at her.
"Fine, fine. So what happened to my grandbaby? Is everything okay?"
"Everything is fine for right now. The placenta tore away from my uterus a bit, because of stress." she said and Dante pulled her closer, "And from the stress of that happening, I started having contractions."
"Oh my goodness!" Olivia gasped, "And everything is okay?"
"Yes, I just need to take it easy. Kelly wants to keep me in here until tomorrow for observation, in case anything else happens." Lulu said, but she still looked worried, "Olivia. Your grandbaby is fine."
"Thank goodness. Well, I was hoping to talk more, but I have to get to work. I'll come check in tonight." she smiled and bent down to kiss Lulu on the cheek and Dante on the forehead before leaving the room.
"How did you sleep?" Dante asked kissing Lulu on her temple.
"As well as I could being in a hospital." she said crossing her arms over her chest.
"Oh come on. Only one more day." he smiled pulling her closer.
"I just want to go home." she said sadly burying her face in his neck.
"I know. Me too. They just want make sure everything is alright." he said rocking her, he knew this was all just the hormones.
"Why can't we ever have it easy? Why does something always have to go wrong? Why can't I just have a healthy pregnancy?" she cried.
"Because we live in Port Charles." he laughed, but she didn't and cried harder, "Shh, I'm sorry. Stupid joke, stupid joke. I don't know babe, but we always make it through right?" he said.
"Except-" Lulu started between sobs.
"-Shh... I know, but we'll be fine this time." he said placing his hand on her stomach. She nodded and her tears began to slow, "We'll be okay this time... I love you." he smiled as he heard her tears stop. But when she didn't respond he looked down, and she had fallen back to sleep, "I'll be right back. Have a nice nap babe." he said and gave her a kiss on the forehead before walking out the door.

When he walked back a half an hour later after getting coffee from the cafeteria, he saw Dr. Kelly Lee walking out from Lulu's room.
"Kelly is there anything wrong?" he asked beginning to get worried.
"No, no. I just was checking on Lulu and the baby. They both look good." she smiled.
"The baby's doing okay?" he asked.
"Yes, she's doing fine. The heartbeat is steady, same with Lulu's." she said.
"That's great...-Wait, she?" he said catching her mistake.
"What?"
"You said 'she'."
"Oh! Dante I'm so sorry! I've never slipped up before! I'm so sorry." Kelly apologized.
"It's a girl." he said to himself, a smile creeping onto his face.
"I'm sorry if you didn't want to know. I never do this. It's just I just looked at the chart, I checked the sex the other day, and I-"
"Kelly. It's fine, really." he said smiling, "A girl." he laughed, and wiped at his eye.
"And your daughter is doing great. Both of your girls are." she smiled, and patted his shoulder, "And tell Lulu she's cleared now to walk around." she said and walked away. Dante nodded and leaned his back against the wall.

"My girls." he breathed, "All three of my girls..."

After a few minutes Dante walked into Lulu's room. He felt a sense of Dejavu, standing there by the door, from all the times they had been in the hospital the past few years. But this time, he didn't feel the terror, he didn't hear their families bickering down the hall about what to do, he didn't feel the guilt about feeling a small piece of his hope diminish when he saw her pale, and unconcious laying there. Because this time, she looked beautiful. She was radiant. She was glowing. Even the corners of her mouth seemed to turn up in her sleep. Her hand rested on her stomach where their daughter lived. He couldn't believe this was his life. He had a beautiful girlfriend and daughter on the way who he loved, and a beautiful baby girl up in heaven who he loved just as much.

He walked up to the bed and resumed his seat next to the bed and kissed her hand. He was glad she was finally getting some good, peaceful rest. It had been a rough past few months. He smiled looking at her belly, and lovingly rubbed it.
"Hey baby girl." he whispered, "It's your daddy, and I love you so much... I haven't gotten to talk to you in the past few months, but mommy's getting better and I'll always be here for you from now on." he bent down and kissed Lulu's skin, "And sorry for calling you a boy the past few days." he laughed. Lulu's eyes started to open slowly.
"Hi babe." she smiled holding his hand.
"Hi, how was your nap?" he said standing up and kissing her forehead.
"It was nice. More good dreams." she smiled and made room for him in the bed. He climbed in with her and wrapped his arms around her again.
"So, how long was I asleep?" she asked.
"Less than an hour." he said.
"And what did you do?"
"I went to get coffee and talked with Kelly a little."
"About what?" she asked.
"You and the baby. She had just walked out when I was coming back from the cafeteria. She says you're both doing great." he said touching her stomach, "She also told me something else..."
"What?" Lulu asked.
"She accidentally slipped up and told me the... the sex of the baby..." he said, and her eyes shot open, "...Do you want to know?"
"Yes!" she smiled, sitting up, excitedly.
"Okay!" he laughed, "... It's a...girl." he smiled as her face moved from anxiousness, to shock, to the biggest smile he thought he had ever seen. Ever.
"A girl..." she smiled, "A baby girl..."
"Yeah. Another baby girl." he smiled.
"Another beautiful baby girl." she said and laid back down, her head on his chest.
"I have never loved you more than I do right now." he said and kissed her.
"I love you too... Thank you." she said.
"Thank me for what?" he asked.
"For giving me my life I have now, and for saving it so many times."
"You're giving me my life," he said placing his hand on her stomach again, "My family is my life. You, this baby, me, and our other beautiful baby girl in heaven."
"Olivia-Maria Arella Falconeri." she smiled.
"Arella. Messenger from God." He smiled, seeing her smile, and kissed her head, "We should tell my mom about that. She'll be thrilled to know that one of her grandchildren was named after her."
"Yeah. I can imagine her reaction." she laughed.
"How about Laura for this baby?" he asked, she just smiled.
"That's a nice thought but I don't think so... Your mom has been here for me more now, than my mom ever was my entire life..."

"What about for a middle name?" he asked.
"I'll think about it." she smiled.
"Okay." he said and pulled her closer, "I like Abigail."
"You've thought about it?" she smiled, a little shocked.
"Yeah. I've had some time to do my research." he said, she frowned, "It means 'Joy of her father.'" he smiled rubbing her stomach. Then he felt a pounding under his hand, "Woah! Was that?"
"Yeah," she laughed, "she's been at it for a couple minutes, but that was a hard one. That's what I was talking about before, that hurt."
"Wow. Oh my god. Hi baby girl, it's daddy again." he said as he slid down the bed, talking to her stomach, "Wow! She did it again." Dante smiled, his eyes were sparkling.

"Yeah, I know. Oooh" Lulu laughed as she winced in pain again as the baby kicked her again, and she rubbed her stomach, "Hey, Abigail, you're hurting mommy." but she kicked again, hard. He looked up at her his eyes asking, and she nodded.
"Abigail..." he said to her stomach, "She did it again. I think she likes her name."
"I think so too." she smiled and winced.
"Abigail, baby girl, don't hurt your mommy." he said and the kicks softened.
"Whew, woah... That was the hardest so far." Lulu said, "Ah, that's better." she smiled moving Dante's hand over a little to where the baby was kicking now, and smiled, "She likes to flip around."

"She's strong." he said, now serious, as he came back up to the head of the bed and kissed her, "She'll be beautiful just like you and her sister." he said moving the hair from her face,

"Marry me."

:O Ahhh! And I wrote this before we knew he was going to propose, I must be psychic ;)

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