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"How is it that your wedding is in three weeks and you didn't think of getting a dress?" Maxie asked as she paced around her office. "Sam, three weeks to get a wedding dress is impossible!"

"I didn't know how big I would be, and things have been a little busy for me," Sam said.

"We can't let out your wedding dress from the last wedding? Not like any of us got to see it since you two eloped," Maxie said, rolling her eyes.

"Please, Maxie. What good is it having a best friend in fashion if she can't pull off the impossible for a wedding."

"I'll see what I can do. I'm good, but I don't know if I'm a miracle worker," Maxie huffed.

"Don't we have samples left from the summer wedding photo shoot we did that we keep forgetting to send back?" Nina offered. "You can try some of those on and see if you like anything."

"Those aren't loaners though, and the designer is like two steps away from sending me hate mail because we haven't sent them back."

"I'll deal with the designer," Julian said, overhearing the conversation as he walked in. "Whatever dress Sam likes I'll pay for."

"Dad, you don't have to do that," Sam said, fully planning on paying for whatever dress Maxie could find.

"I want to. I missed out on your entire life and obviously buying a wedding dress isn't going to fix that, but you're my little girl," he said, wrapping his arm around her shoulders. "Go see if there's anything you like."

"That's beautiful," Nina said. "A father buying his daughter's love."

"Nina!" Maxie said. "Just because you hate Julian and he's potentially on my shit list at the moment, doesn't mean he needs to buy Sam's love."

"They think I'm trying to get rid of Crimson," Julian whispered in Sam's ear.

"Well, are you?" she said, not putting it past him to do that.

"Not anymore," he muttered. Sam rolled her eyes, but chose not to address it. "I have some phone calls to make, have fun shopping."

"Thanks, Dad," she said as she looked at the racks of wedding dresses that were in the back. "No wonder the designer is pissed."

"Yeah, he wanted these back ASAP," Maxie said as she walked in. "A lot of these are high-fashion. I'm not saying you can't pull it off, I'm just saying I don't see you in them."

"I want something traditional looking."

"But you have to look hot. I got roped into helping Elizabeth with her dress and she wanted traditional too," Maxie rolled her eyes. "I could have found her a nicer dress, but I hate her so I didn't really care. Now, your boobs always looked fantastic but being pregnant has made them look more amazing so I say we showcase the girls, I don't think Jason would be opposed."

"I don't want to look bigger than I am either."

"You're barely showing and your like five months pregnant."

"How about this?" Sam said, pulling a dress from the rack.

"No, you'll be swimming in all that tulle. Put that back," Maxie shook her head.

"Don't pick anything without me!" Kristina yelled as she ran into the back room.

"What are you doing here?" Sam asked, smiling as Alexis and Molly walked in behind Kristina.

"Julian called and knew we wouldn't want to miss this," Alexis said, hugging Sam. "Find anything yet?"

"No," Sam shook her head.

"No offense, but I need you two to sit down," Maxie said, pointing to chairs in the corner. "Kristina, you get two picks. If they're both awful, you sit too."

"Score," Kristina said excitedly as she headed to look around.

"Start trying these on," Maxie said, hanging up a few dresses behind the curtain.

"Okay, I feel like I'm like a cake topper in this one," Sam said as she stepped out. "It's too poofy, I'm too short."

"You look like a princess, but I'm not a fan," Maxie shook her head. "Next!"

"I thought she looked beautiful," Alexis said and Molly nodded.

"She looked like a white ball of fluff," Kristina said, scrunching her nose at the dress.

"This is why you two are sitting," Maxie said.

And I feel like Mother Earth in this one," Sam said, stepping out in an empire waist dress. "All I need is a flower crown."

"That's so symbolic," Molly swooned.

"Try on another dress, sweetheart," Alexis said, shaking her head at her youngest daughter. Sam tried on a few more dresses, all beautiful but not for her.

"Crap, I have a doctor's appointment today," Sam said, completely forgetting about it until her phone sent her a reminder. She slipped into the next dress and paused as she stared at herself in the mirror. She stepped out from the curtain with a huge smile on her face. "I think this is the one."

"You look beautiful," Alexis said, trying not to cry. "That dress is stunning."

"Wow, I knew I had good taste, but damn," Kristina said. "You look fantastic."

"I think we have a winner!" Maxie said as she clapped her hands. "I will have Julian call the designer and smooth things over as he offers to pay for a dress we were supposed to return a month ago."

"Thank you for this," Sam said, hugging Maxie. "Promise me you won't let anything happen to this dress."

"I promise. I will guard this dress with my life because it is so perfect. Jason isn't going to know what hit him when you walk down the aisle," Maxie said as she wrapped the dress up. "Because you look so amazing and because you didn't even wear your wedding dress last time."

"He saw me in it," Sam said as she got dressed. "His reaction was everything."

"Do we have a winner?" Julian asked as he walked in back.

"She looks beautiful," Alexis said as she kissed Julian's cheek. "Thank you for this."

"Anything for my girls," he said sincerely.

"It means a lot that you offered to do this," Sam said, giving him a hug. "I hate to run, but I have a doctor's appointment."

"Oh, can I come?" Kristina asked.

"Yeah, sure," Sam nodded. "I think Jason is meeting me at the hospital, unless he forgot which I wouldn't blame him because I forgot too."

"Cool, let's go," Kristina said, linking arms with Sam as they walked out of Crimson.

"Maxie," Nina said, walking over to her and noticing the dress that Sam had picked out. "Isn't that the most expensive dress in the collection?"

"Yup," Maxie nodded.

"Does Julian know?"

"Nope."

"I'm sticking around for this phone call," Nina said with a smirk, laughing as she walked away. "Those Davis girls have good taste."

"Any particular reason you wanted to come with me?" Sam asked as they stepped off the elevator.

"I am the baby's godmother," Kristina said and Sam gave her a look. "I also went on a date last night and Molly won't stop being annoying about it."

"How was your date?"

"Great, he was sweet," Kristina said and smiled when Sam didn't say anything about her date being a guy, especially since she thought she had feelings for a woman not too long ago. "This is why I came with you."

"You're trying to figure yourself out. You can date whoever you want to do that," Sam said. "Just promise me if he makes you uncomfortable or you decide boys aren't your thing, you don't stick it out because you think that's what you're supposed to do."

"I won't," she said.

"Good morning," Robin said cheerfully as they approached the check-in desk. "Seeing Dr. Westbourne today?"

"Yeah," Sam nodded. "Jason should be on his way, I texted him before but I don't know if he was busy or not. We kind of forgot about the appointment."

"Can't blame you, things have been crazy," Robin said. "Emma was really happy to see Danny last night."

"They got really close," Sam said with a smile, following Robin to the exam room.

"You getting ready for the ceremony?"

"She just picked out her dress this morning, it's amazing," Kristina said. "Jason isn't going to know what hit him."

"I'm glad you guys decided to do this. After everything you two have been through, it's pretty wonderful."

"Sorry I'm late, I just dropped Danny off in Monica's office," Jason said as he walked in. "Hey Robin, Kristina."

"Britt should be on her way," Robin said just as the door opened. "Like I said."

"I apologize, but I was checking to see if Dr. Lee was available," Britt said, looking a little frazzled.

"Why? Are you busy? We did have an appointment, right?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, I just figured after what my mother did, I would step down as your doctor," she said. "I'm so sorry."

"I want you to be my doctor," Sam said and looked at Jason, who nodded in agreement.

"Really?"

"It's not your fault she tried to take Danny," Jason said. "I mean, it isn't, right?"

"No! I swear, if I had known what she was planning, I would have called the cops right away," Britt said quickly. "I haven't seen her since she messed with your bike, which I'm sorry about too."

"They're her mistakes, not yours. She's going to prison. Can't say I'm sorry about that, though," Sam said.

"She's caused a lot of people pain, I just hope she stays away this time," Britt said. "You're really sure you want me to still be your doctor."

"Absolutely," Sam nodded.

"Let's get this appointment on the road, I want to know if I'm having a niece or a nephew," Kristina said excitedly.

"Maybe we want it to be a surprise," Sam said as she laid down on the table.

"I just want the baby," Jason said, not wanting to piss off either Davis woman.

"How about this," Kristina said. "We do a gender reveal when you renew your vows. I'll go have a cake made with either pink or blue inside and you two can cut into it to find out."

"You can't keep a secret to save your life," Sam said and Kristina gave her a look. "Where'd you plan on getting the cake made?"

"The Metro Court."

"Where Carly would see what was going on, freak out and probably overnight a ton of baby clothes."

"Please! I won't look at the results then, and I'll get somewhere else to make the cake," Kristina begged.

"Fine," Sam sighed, looking over at Jason who shrugged. "You can't look at it."

"I swear," Kristina said excitedly.

"I'll tell Carly she can't know, maybe she'll listen," Jason said and Sam laughed.

"The three of us will go to the Metro Court after this," Sam said.

"You guys are funny," Britt said as she shook her head. "The baby is doing fine, looks healthy. I'll go put the gender in an envelope for you and I'm very happy for the both of you."

"Thank you."

"No, thank you," Britt said. "Not many people here have given me a second chance, and I'm trying to be a better person. I can't thank you enough for seeing that."

"I'll come out so I can get the envelope," Kristina said, following Britt into the hallway.

"You know she's going to look to see if it's a boy or a girl, right," Jason said as he helped Sam off the table.

"I know."

"And you know Carly is going to find out and buy more baby clothes than we can probably fit."

"I know."

"You're amazing, you know that," Jason said, bringing her close for a kiss. She would do anything to make her family happy, even putting up with their crazy antics.

"It doesn't matter to us what we have, as long as the baby is healthy. Let them have their fun," Sam said, taking his hand as they walked out. "Let's go get Danny so we can go to the Metro Court and eat."

"You ate like three waffles this morning."

"But the baby's hungry," Sam pouted.

"I guess since its for the baby," he smirked, but that smirk disappeared when he saw Franco and Elizabeth talking with his son. "Sam."

"Breathe," Sam said, knowing she had to be the calm one in this situation. "Danny, sweetheart, it's time to go."

"Mommy, look what I colored," he said happily.

"That's great, baby. Where's Grandma?"

"Danny!" Monica said as she ran over and noticed Franco was standing there in shock and Liz looked smug. "I'm sorry, I stopped to speak to one of the doctors and he ran off."

"It's fine," Sam said, holding Danny's hand as she rubbed Jason's arm, trying to get him to calm down.

"Don't you want to thank Franco for keeping an eye on Danny?" Elizabeth said.

"I will never thank Franco for anything," Sam said calmly, but Jason growled behind her. "He knows why. He doesn't deserve anything from me or my family, and he's lucky I decided to stay calm because if I didn't, Jason here probably would have thrown him out the window by now. I can't say he'll be so lucky the next time."

"I apologize, I didn't realize that was Danny," he said and Jason scoffed in disbelief. "What? I haven't seen him since I kidnapped him that one time."

"That's enough," Monica said. "Nurse Webber, you have some bedpans to change. Franco, go color something."

"Yes, ma'am," Franco said, quickly walking away from the scene.

"Sam and Jason were really rude to you," Elizabeth said as she followed him.

"Rightfully so," Franco mumbled. "I'm trying to do better, I really didn't know that was Danny. Why wouldn't you tell me?"

"I didn't see the problem," she shrugged. "I'm fine with you around my boys and you kidnapped my youngest."

"Which I'm sorry for," he said, pausing for a moment at how nonchalantly she brought that up. "I tormented them in the worst possible way, and Danny is the child I allowed them to believe was mine."

"Sam's no saint herself," Elizabeth rolled her eyes.

"Regardless, it would have been nice to have a heads up who the kid playing with my crayons was," Franco said.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think it would be a problem," she said, not meaning a word of her apology. "I'm going to get started on those bedpans."

"If you ever get bored, I have some paint to color coordinate," he said with a smile.

"Your blood pressure back to normal yet?" Sam asked as they pulled into the Metro Court garage.

"Almost," he sighed. "Seeing him with our son. That wasn't okay."

"I agree," she said, getting out of the car.

"Did Britt give you pregnancy happy pills? I'm surprised you didn't stab him in the neck with a used syringe," Kristina said as they walked into the hotel.

"It crossed my mind. I didn't need Jason to actually kill him, and the stress isn't good for the baby," Sam said. "He goes near Danny again, all bets are off."

"Diane is the best in the business, I'm sure she'd get the charges dropped," Kristina said with a smirk. "Carly! I'm ordering a cake, you can't know about it, my dad is paying for it. I'll be in the kitchen!"

"What was that about?" Carly asked as she hugged Sam and Jason hello before taking Danny from Jason.

"You'll find out," Sam said. "Is there an open table? I really want pasta. Oh, and grilled asparagus, and maybe some french fries."

"Let's go satisfy the baby mama's cravings," Carly laughed. "How about we get this one some ice cream to start?"

"Yeah!" Danny yelled excitedly.

"Healthy," Jason rolled his eyes.

"What? I heard Kristina is his favorite aunt. I need to fix that," Carly said as she sat Danny down at the table. "I'll go get Kiki."

"Rafe has been doing well at Kelly's," Sam said as she scanned the menu. "He's saved up a lot of money."

"I know, he tried to pay me rent the other day," Jason said. "I'm pretty sure I laughed in his face and told him he needed to keep the pink room pink for that one."

"He's trying," Sam smiled.

"I never took a dime from Spinelli, no way am I taking money from a kid who needs help," Jason said, smiling when he saw the way Sam was looking at him. "What?"

"I love how kind-hearted you are," she said with a shrug. "Not many people expect it."

"Not many people deserve it," he grumbled, thinking back to earlier.

"Hey guys, Carly said to come right over here because Sam was starving," Kiki said with a smile. "What can I get you all?"

"Ice cream!" Danny said.

"How about I promise to bring out ice cream once you finish real food, like chicken fingers, or pasta, or whatever you want that isn't 95% sugar."

"Fine," he sighed. "I'll have some mac and cheese, please."

"Anything for you," Kiki said, ruffling his hair. "And for mom and dad?"

"Just a burger," Jason said.

"The pasta that's always on the special's menu, and the grilled asparagus, and I'll eat Jason's fries," Sam said, handing the menu to Kiki. "How's everything?"

"Really good," she beamed. "Things have been great with Dillon, and I love having Rafe around."

"We were just talking about how well he's been doing," Sam said. "Have you seen Morgan?"

"I have," she nodded, sitting down in Carly's empty seat. "It was hard, he told me that he had hoped we could try things again once he got better. I just couldn't do it. I love him, but we turn into the worst versions of ourselves. We're better off as friends."

"He needs friends," Jason said. "He's been through a lot."

"I know, and I would never not want him in my life. But romantically, we just can't make it work. Anyway, let me go get this order in."

"Yeah, I might order the rest of the menu," Sam smirked.

"Okay," Carly said loudly, placing her hands on her hips as she walked over to the table. "First thing, why wasn't I called for wedding dress shopping?"

"Take that up with my dad. I just planned on having Maxie pick something for me," Sam said. "Next."

"Why does Kristina know the baby's gender and I don't?"

"I told you," Jason said with a smirk as Sam groaned. "Kristina was just supposed to hand the envelope to the baker and tell them if it's a girl to make the inside pink and if it's a boy to make it blue. She wasn't supposed to actually know what we're having. It's supposed to be a surprise."

"I would like to keep it a surprise," Sam said as she looked up at Carly. "I know you, and I know you're going to find out. Just please keep it between the two of you. I want to be surprised when I cut into the cake at the ceremony."

"You're going to do a reveal too?" Carly asked and they nodded. "Oh, I'm so excited! I promise I'll keep it a secret."

"Notice how she didn't promise not to look," Jason said as Carly walked away. Sam nodded as she pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Everyone is going to know what we're having before us," she sighed.

"Only three more weeks to go," Jason said, holding Sam's hand on the table. "When I dropped Danny off, I ran into Emily."

"Oh," Sam said, taking a piece of bread from the basket on the table. "She mention me?"

"Well, yeah, kind of," he shrugged. "She's just confused."

"I know I should just leave it in the past with everything else and move forward," Sam said with a sigh. "I just can't stop myself from thinking that if she never said anything to Elizabeth and didn't dismiss what we had so easily, maybe none of this would have happened. Maybe we would have been married longer, been on our third kid by now."

"Or we would have broken up anyway because you didn't know how to love yourself on your own and I didn't fully appreciate it what we had enough to really fight for you," Jason said. "You used to tell me things happened for a reason."

"I hate it when you make sense," Sam said, tossing a piece of her bread at him. "I'll think things over, how's that? I can't keep it all bottled in anymore."

"Thank you," Jason said, knowing how conflicted she felt not getting along with Emily after all these years. "So, when do you think someone's going to send us a gender-specific baby gift?"

"I give it a week."

Let me know what you thought of this chapter! Kind of uneventful, but I'm trying to move things along, so we'll see how that goes.