Chapter 21:
Nikolas entered the PCPD, Lucky was at his desk doing some paperwork. "Hey little brother, I just left our little sister."
Lucky put the paperwork down. "Really how is she doing?"
"She had her doctor appointment today. Lulu went there with Dante. She found out what she and Dante are having. They even picked out names." Nikolas sat down on the chair next to Lucky' desk as he spoke.
"Please don't tell me that she is actually naming the kid, Lunetta. I mean that is one of the worst names I ever heard," Lucky said. "If she is we have to have an intervention. That kid is going to be eaten alive on the playground."
"Says the man with the name 'Lucky'," Nikolas kidded. "And named his sister 'Lu' what were you a Johnny Cash fan or something?"
"I was born Lucas Lorenzo Spencer, JR. My nickname is Lucky. That kid is going to be named after the moon?" Lucky said. "She is considering legally naming her kid Lunetta. That is just plain cruel. What are her other choices?"
"Relax, on second thought, remain seated. When I said that they picked out names, I meant that there is more than baby."
Lucky arched an eye. "What? Lulu is having twins? Did I miss something? What names did they come up with? Please don't tell me the other names are Apollo, Ra, Sol or Sunny so the kids could be named after the sun and moon? "
"Apparently, it came as a surprise for Lulu as well. She and Dante picked Luka Angelo for the boy and Lauren Lesley for the girl. No Lunetta thank god or the other names you just said." Nikolas announced. "We are having a nephew and a niece. I think the girl's name is lovely she will be named after Lulu, Mom, and Grandma Lesley."
"Wow, finally a little Spencer girl. With her brother, three Uncles, and four older boy cousins she would be lucky to get a date before she turns eighteen," Lucky asked. "And Lulu thought that she had it bad with us."
Dante looked at the sonogram on the elevator ride up. He couldn't help but smile. He was going to be a daddy. On the plus side that extra baby will mean that the contraction workers would have added a second bedroom; that means more time. More time meant that she would have to spend more time in the loft with him. He had more time to win her over. He even told her over dinner that Sonny was his long-lost father and he had found out only when Olivia told him.
"You have been quiet the entire way home," Lulu said. "What is wrong?"
"Wrong? Nothing is wrong. Finding out that Sonny was my long-lost father was something to think about. But we are having twins. Or course when they get old enough we have to take them to see the Yankees play. I need to show them how to play baseball. They need to meet all of my family….heck you have to meet the rest of my family."
"You are rambling," Lulu observed. "Have you even called your mother yet? She would be so upset that you didn't tell her the moment that you found out that we are having two babies instead of one."
The doors opened and the smell of lasagna wafting from the kitchen. "Ma?" Dante called as he exited the elevator.
"Who else will come by and make you lasagna?" Olivia as came out from behind the counter. "Someone that was going to rob the place?"
"Hi Olivia," Lulu said. "Good to see you."
Olivia for the first time noticed that Lulu was pregnant. "Forget to mention something, Dante? You told me that Lulu was back in town not expecting my grandchild."
"Children, grandchildren," Dante corrected. "We are having twins."
Olivia took the picture of the of the sonogram from her son. "Two? Have you two picked out any names yet?"
"Lunetta is the name for the girl." Lulu winked at Dante.
Olivia's face fell. "Please tell me she is kidding. You are not going to name your baby girl after something that obits the Earth. Maybe that is why you didn't tell me that you got Lulu pregnant because you are trying to talk her out of naming her baby something god-awful."
"It's a pretty name!" Lulu exclaimed.
"Oh please name her anything but that," Olivia begged.
"Relax Olivia. We are not going to name the girl Lunetta. It's going to be Lauren Lesley and for the boy Luka Angelo." Lulu announced.
"Those are great names, so much better than Lunetta. And where are you going to live with the babies? This place is not big enough for the four you."
"Nikolas hired some people to put on an addition to my house. They are adding two new bedrooms. I am staying here until the work is complete. Hopefully the work will be done before the babies come," Lulu explained.
"And when the babies come? What are you going to do? Are you going to let Dante move in there too? Or is he going to be staying at the loft alone?"
Olivia's question struck a nerve. Lulu looked uncomfortable. Dante really wanted to hear Lulu's response as much as his mother did. Lulu took a deep breath before she responded. "I don't know yet; well have to see how things go in the next few months."
That was a political answer. It was neither a yes or no. It was more than he could have hoped for a few days ago when she was ready to climb out of the elevator to get away from him.
"Okay then. I made you some food it is in the oven. I'll see you later. I need to tell Sonny that he is going to be a grandfather." Olivia said.
"I want to be there to see the look on his face!" Lulu stated. "The man has known me since I was in the womb. His look on his face will be priceless."
Dante chuckled. "He is going to be surprised to say the least. I would like to be the one who tells the man-whore of Port Charles is going to be a grandfather. I mean the man has who singularly populated Port Charles' next generation. I mean ma how many kids does he have?"
"Enough to have his own softball team," Lulu kidded.
"Good night sweetie. Don't be too hard on Dante. Alice gave him a black eye when he wouldn't leave the Quartermains alone," Olivia said as she stepped on the elevator.
"Alice punched you?" Lulu asked when the doors closed. "Why didn't you mention that before?"
"You would have thought I would use it for some sympathy points," Dante said truthfully. "Alice was trying out a new wrestling move and I got a black eye."
"I'm sorry; Alice is just really overprotective of me." Lulu yawned. "I'm going to bed. Have fun sleeping on the lumpy sofa; you really should have bought a more comfortable one when you had the chance because that is where you are going to sleep until the additions are finished. Goodnight, Dante."
Dante watched her go towards where their bed was. He sat down on the sofa, thinking that it only took Lulu a few nights to let him share the bed with her and a few nights more to give into his charm. He just hoped that it will work the same way again.
Dante looked at the LCD screen on his cell phone. It was a little after one in the morning. The sofa was as lumpy as he remembered. He looked over at where the bed was. Lulu was sleeping peacefully. He finally got her back in his bed but not the way he wanted. He could tell that he was wearing her down.
He heard some rustling of the sheets and the sound of bare feet on the hardwood floor. He sat up on the sofa. He saw Lulu making her way to the kitchen from the moonlight that was coming through the floor to ceiling windows.
"What are you doing up?" he asked her.
Lulu jumped. "Oh you scared me! I am going to get something to eat, the babies are hungry."
She went to the refrigerator looked inside and closed the door. "What is wrong?" Dante asked when he got to the kitchen.
"You don't have what I am craving for. I think I need to go to the store and buy it." Lulu said. "I am going to put on a pair of sweatpants and head out to the store to get some."
"What did you do when you had cravings when you were on the island?" Dante asked.
"Nothing, all I had to do was pick up the phone and the chef made me whatever I wanted." Lulu said she rooted through her bag for a pair of yoga pants.
Dante caught her wrist stopping her. "Consider me the chef. I will make whatever you want. What are you having a hankering for?"
"A really big garlic and dill pickle, a corned beef sandwich on rye, and some mint chocolate chip ice cream." Lulu rubbed her hands together. "Ooh and a bacon double cheese burger, onion rings, and a root beer float."
Dante fought off the sense of nausea that swept through him. "Okay, there is a twenty-four hour place that just opened up not too far from here. They have everything. I will be back soon."
Lulu smiled. "Thank you!" She gave a quick hug and realized what she just did and back away from Dante to sit on the edge of the sofa.
Dante pulled on a pair on pants that were draped over a chair. "I will be back soon. Don't answer the door to anyone okay?"
Dante headed to the elevator and got in. Lulu picked up the remote to find something to watch while she waited for Dante to return.
Dante adjusted the packages on hip as he pressed the button to call the elevator. One bag contained the food that Lulu had a craving for. In the other was a small bag that he bought something from a twenty-four drug store that he saw in the window and had to buy something that he knew that Lulu was going to love. In the other hand was a drink carrier that had Lulu's root beer float. He was lucky that the place had opened up because he had no idea where he would have gotten what Lulu requested because Kelly's was closed for the night.
When he reached the loft, Lulu was sitting in the dark watching a movie. She was sniffling. "Hey what is wrong?" he asked, setting the things on the coffee table and sitting next to her on the sofa.
"Oh nothing it's this movie. It's so sad." Lulu pointed to the screen.
"I brought you the food you requested plus a large order of French fries." Dante handed her the root beer float and began to dig through the bag. He pulled out first the large order of Onion ring. "What do you want to…want are you doing?"
Lulu was dipping the onion ring in her root beer float and popped it in her mouth. "What it's good." She picked up another onion ring and did the same thing but she held it out to Dante to try.
Instead of taking it from her with his hand, Dante leaned over and took a bite, his tongue brushed against her fingertips he felt Lulu shiver when he touched her. "That was…" he began with his mouthful. "Actually it's pretty good."
"See?" Lulu beamed as she dunked another onion ring in her root beer float. "Don't knock it until you try it." She nodded towards the other bag. "What else did you get?"
Dante took the bag that he got from the drug store from the table and placed it on the floor. "That my dear is going to be a surprise for you. You have to wait and see."
"But…"
"But I had to go out at one I the morning to get what you were craving," Dante pointed out.
"If that is going to be a problem, I can always go to Nikolas' his cook won't mind making me what I am craving at any hour." Lulu dipped another onion ring in her root beer again.
She was bluffing; if she had any intention to leave she would have done so already. "So am I going to a lot of the midnight runs to the restaurant?" he asked.
Lulu nodded. "Pretty much, you better get used to it pal. So if I get a hankering for something in the middle of the night or anytime will you go to the store for me, are you ready for my every whim Dante?"
Dante wanted to yell out the answer but his neighbors would not approve of such racket at such an early hour. He watched as she polished off the onion rings and unwrapped the massive dill pickle from the tin foil and dipped it in her root beer float. Dante almost gagged. "Eww, seriously a dill pickle in your root beer float?"
Lulu took a bite and dipped it back in the cup. "It's really good. I think that they babies want you to try some. They seem to like it; they want their daddy to try some too."
"Um…" Dante began. Lulu held out the pickle further. Dante took a deep breath. "You had to pull the baby card, didn't you?" He leaned over and took a bite.
It was the most rancid, putrid thing that he ever tasted or smelled. He thought that a decomposing body in the middle of August would have smelt better. He didn't want to hurt her feelings by spitting it out so he swallowed it.
"Like it?" she asked.
"Ask me again in the morning." Dante had a feeling that he was going to see that pickle again.
Lulu shifted uncomfortably on the sofa. "Good thing you went, my feet are so swollen they hurt. I doubt I would have made the walk there."
"Come here." Dante pulled her feet to his lap and began to rub them. "So what are you watching?"
"The Notebook, It is about two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks fall in love during one summer together, but they are tragically forced apart. When they reunite sometime later, their passionate romance is rekindled. But the ending is what gets me every time. It is so sad that I cry every time I watch it. Maxie and I used to watch this all the time and ball our eyes out."
Dante rubbed her feet he couldn't help but think that the movie that they were watching mimicked their lives right now. He just hoped that she will let him back in her life permanently.