Chapter 21

"Twins! My cupcake is having a baby," Luke said as he slid to the floor.

"Dad," Lulu screamed as Dante caught her father and laid him on the floor.

Dr. Webber rushed around the bed grabbing some smelling salts from a drawer. "Luke, can you hear me," Steve asked as passed the salts under his nose.

"What happened," Luke asked, as Steve helped him sit up.

"Dad, you fainted when I told you Dante and I are having twins. Are you alright," Lulu asked?

"Twins, well," Luke said looking up at Dante, "you kind of put the cart before the horse didn't you.

"Lulu and I are planning on get married. I mean, with your permission Mr. Spencer," Dante said sheepishly.

"I think it's a little late to be asking permission now, don't you think," Luke said as he got up off the floor. "Question is when is the wedding?

"That question can be answered later, we need to get Lulu up to X ray," Dr. Niles said.

"I'm coming too," Dante stated.

"We are just going upstairs, Mr. Falconari," Dr. Niles stated.

"I'm not letting Lulu out of my sight, she was just kidnapped Dr. Niles. I will stay in the hallway, but I'm coming," Dante argued.

"Then let's go. The sooner we get Lulu's hand x rayed, the sooner we will know a treatment," Dr. Niles said.

"We will see you when you get back. I'm so happy for you," Laura said as she hugged her daughter.

"Lulu, you know I only want the best for you," Tracy said as she hugged Lulu also.

Laura, Luke and Tracy were waiting by the nurse's desk when Kristina, Sonny and Alexis came back from x-ray.

"How is Kristina," Luke asked Sonny as his daughter was wheeled back into her cubicle.

"She is dehydrated, frostbitten and hungry. Luckily her ankle is only badly sprained, torn ligaments, nothing broken," Sonny said. "It could have been so much worse. How is Lulu?"

"The same, my friend, they are taking her up to X ray now for her hand," Luke said. "And you are right, it could have been much worse."

"I'm glad Lulu is alright. I will have round the clock protection for both of them. No one with get to Lulu again," Sonny assured them as he turned toward Kristina's cubicle.

"Sonny," Luke quietly said, "There is one other thing you need to know."

Confused Sonny said, "What, I thought you said Lulu was alright?"

"Lulu is fine." Luke said just Olivia was walking up. "I just thought you might want to know that you are going to be a grandfather. Lulu just told us that she and Dante are having twins."

"Grandfather," Sonny said as a grin spread across his face. "Wow that is going to take some getting used to. It's just now sinking in that Dante is my son." Seeing Olivia, Sonny asked, "Did you know about this? You don't seem surprised. "

"Dante let is slip before the memorial," Olivia said, "He never wavered on his conviction that Lulu was still alive. He said that Lulu found out she was pregnant before he went into hiding. He had just found out. They had just left a doctor's appointment when Lulu was kidnapped. They were waiting on things to settle down before they told everyone. My son really loves your daughter Mr. Spencer. "

"It's Luke," he told Olivia.

"Well here they come," Laura said as Lulu and her entourage got off the elevator.

"How is Lulu's hand", a concerned Tracy asked.

"Lulu's hand is crushed. There is not a lot you can do with this type of injury," Dr. Niles told the group. "I've set the fingers as much as possible and Lulu's hand will be in a brace, but with extensive physical therapy, Lulu should regain full motion of her hand. Now, we need to let my patient get some rest," Dr. Niles said as she motioned to the orderly to take Lulu into her cubicle.

"Ma, where did you run off to earlier," Dante asked Olivia as he watched the orderly settled Lulu in the cubicle.

"I thought you might want to get out of that suit. I brought you some clothes," Olivia said holding up the sack she had in her hand.

"Thanks Ma," Dante said as he took the sack from Olivia. "I appreciate it."

"Dante, Luke told me about Lulu's pregnancy, I can't tell you how happy that makes me," Sonny told his son. "I'm looking forward to getting to know my son and grand children. If there is anything either of you need, please let me know."

"The only thing you can help me with is finding Rivera. If you find him before the police, I would like to be there. Other than that, I want nothing from you," Dante told Sonny as he walked off.

"It will take time Sonny, this is still new for everyone," Luke told his longtime friend.

"Lulu, I think we can get you into a room now, your body temperature is almost normal and your vitals are looking a lot better," Dr. Webber told her as he walked in behind Dante. "We are going to keep the fetal monitors in place and monitor it through out the night and also the warming blankets. I have you on a safe dose of pain medication. I want you to let me know if it's not controlling your pain, especially now that your body temperature in coming up. Hopefully now that you are in the brace, the pain will lessen somewhat. Do either of you have any questions?"

"When I can eat and when can I have a shower," Lulu asked laughingly. "Seriously, are our babies going to be alright?"

"You can have something to eat as soon as you get in your room and the shower, maybe tomorrow. As far as your babies, everything looks good at this time. We will know more tomorrow," Steve assured the couple as he turned to leave.

"Dr. Webber, could you put Kristina in the same room. I really need to see for myself that she is going to be alright. Just for tonight," Lulu asked the Doctor.

"You both have been through a terrible ordeal and you both need your rest, but I will allow it just for tonight," Steve told her. "I'll tell Epiphany."

Lulu had only been in her room as few minutes before Ethan stuck his head in the door saying, "I'm making a Kelly's run. What would you like?"

"I want a cheeseburger, fries and a chocolate shake, extra large," Lulu told her brother.

"I'll take the same," Dante said.

"Make that three," Krissy said as Epiphany wheeled her into the room.

"I'll be back in a little while, are you sure that's it," Ethan asked the trio.

"We're sure, thanks man," Dante said as he shook Ethan's hand.

"Krissy are you sure you are ok," a concerned Lulu asked.

"I have some torn ligaments in my ankle and have to wear a brace for a couple of months but they said I would make a full recovery. Looking at her new found brother, Krissy said, "You know if it wasn't for Lulu I would probably be dead. She was awesome getting us away form there. She could probably teach you a thing or two about hotwiring a car."

"Hot wiring a car," Dante said with eyebrows raised, "I can't wait to hear this" as he leaned in to kiss her.

"Well you are going to have to wait until Ethan gets back. I'm starving and our children need nourishment," Lulu told him.