Chapter 51:

Luckily the girly kitty scrubs fit Dante. He tossed his pink ballerina costume in the trash in the bathroom. He still had the pink tennis shoes on. He looked in the mirror above the sinks. His face was bruised, battered, and bloodied. He looked forward to the day that he explained to Luka Angelo and Lauren Lesley why he looked like he gotten into a bar fight in the pictures. He had to work on the story why he was wearing something with kitties on it.

After a quick once over in the mirror, Dante left the bathroom to return to his wife. Matt was at the nurses' station, he whistled at Dante. "Looking good Falconari, I love the pink kitties they match your shoes!"

"Bite me," Dante snapped as he passed Matt on his way back to Lulu.

"They are just about to give Lulu some drugs. You better hold her hand while they stick her with that giant needle in her spine," Matt warned. "She might even blame you for putting her in all that pain."

"Trust me; it's all worth it considering a few months ago she wouldn't give me the time of day. She even tried to climb out of the emergency hatch in an elevator to get away from me. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for that woman."

Dante returned to the curtained area. Lulu looked at his scrubs and laughed. "Aww you look cute," she smiled.

"This is a hell of a lot better than the tutu." Dante sat on the stool next to her. "I heard you are about to get the drugs."

"Oh good, Daddy is back," Dr. Lee said. "Ready for the epidural now, Lulu?"

Lulu nodded. "Give me the drugs!"

"Okay Dante, help me roll Lulu on her side so I can inject her?" Dr. Lee asked.

"Sure."

Dante helped Lulu roll on her side so Dr. Lee could do her thing. He squeezed Lulu's hand. "Don't think about the pain, baby. Just think of what our babies are going to look like. Laura Lesley is going to be blond and have your eyes. I am not going to let her out of her room until she is thirty."

Dr. Lee readied the needle. "Okay Lulu, you are going to feel a little pain then nothing, okay?"

Lulu clutched Dante's hand. "Okay."

"As for Luka Angelo, I can't wait to take him to his first Yankee game. I even got a little jersey for him to wear and a matching baseball hat," Dante said. "I can't wait to play catch with him in the backyard."

Dr. Lee pulled out the needle. "Okay, Lulu you should feel the effects of the drugs soon."

Dante helped Lulu turn on her back. "You will do fine, baby."

Dr. Lee studied the machines. "I'll be back in a few minutes. The babies still have a little bit before they make their debut into the world."

Dante watched as the doctor left. He kissed Lulu on the forehead. "Alone at last, baby. I thought that it was a smooth move to fake labor to get me out of Tracy's task."

"Too bad, that my water actually broke," Lulu smiled. "Tracy knew I was faking."

"I am glad it really did. Who knows how many broken bones I would have had when Alice was done with me. I cannot wait until I see the babies. I guess that they didn't like that Alice was kicking my ass." Dante placed his hand on Lulu's belly. "They better hurry up so I can thank them."

"Any idea what you are going to tell them when they see the pictures when they are old enough to ask why are you wearing that?" Lulu gestured to the scrubs.

Dante chuckled. "I think that I have plenty of time to think up something that they will believe."

"So wrestling Alice in a tutu is unbelievable?" Lulu asked.

"Let me ask you this, baby would you have believed it if you didn't see it for yourself?" Dante asked.

"I guess not," Lulu admitted.


The curtain opened, Tracy came in. "The doctors told me that I could some in here. I wanted to be the first to see you."

Dante stood up. "Mrs. Spencer, if you want to have a rematch as soon as Lulu gives birth, I will do it. I will even wear a princess dress if you want me to. Just let me know the day and time and I will be there."

Tracy waved off Dante's offer. "That won't be necessary. I humiliated you in front of the entire town. I even have it on video. Spinelli uploaded it on YouTube. It already has two million hits. Cook is saying that there are calls from all over the world on people wanting to interview us."

"It's only been like twenty minutes!" Dante exclaimed. "Now the entire world saw me getting my ass kicked while I was wearing a tutu? I am never going to live this down am I?"

"I can call Spinelli in here and he can show you on his laptop." Tracy smiled. "Lulu might be in labor for awhile. The comments might…." She trailed off as she began to laugh evilly.

She left the curtained area.

"She uploaded it on YouTube?" Dante exclaimed. "That is just plain wrong! Imagine if Lucky taped us camping and uploaded it."

"You wrestling Alice still would have gotten more hits," Lulu kidded.

Dante kissed her cheek. "At least I can show that to the kids and have them laugh at my misfortune."

Spinelli came in with his trusty laptop. "Greetings Blond One, Dante. I have something that might make the wait more entertaining."

"I want to read the comments!" Lulu exclaimed.

Spinelli set the computer on the table next to Lulu. "Some are great. I'll see you soon." He left the area.

"Let's see the comments!" Lulu said. "You have more hits than Antoine Dodson!"

"That Hide Your Wife guy?" Dante cleared his throat. "I don't know if I really want to know any of those comments now…"

" 'Funny to see a grown man getting his ass kicked by a girl while wearing a tutu,'" Lulu read.

" 'WOW" I wish I could do that to my boyfriend or husband, so I can get some loving!"

" 'He must really love her to put his dignity on line like that'…"

" 'He's going to get something-something tonight!'"

" 'WOW he must really love the girl to embarrasses himself in front of a whole town!'"

Dante covered his face with his hand in embarrassment as Lulu played the video. She began to giggle.

"I am glad to see I am amusing," he groaned. "Now I am an Internet sensation."

"This is even funnier to see on the computer…"

"Do you think it's too late for Spinelli to take it down?" Dante whined. "It was bad enough that it was in front of the entire town now the whole world gets to see me dressed like a ballerina."

"There is not a single negative comment on here. There is not even a thumbs down." Lulu scrolled down the page. "They all pretty much say how much loving you are going to get from me. I am using the PC term for it."


Robin was on the hospital computer. She clicked on a link that someone sent her. "Oh dear God!" she giggled.

"What?" Patrick demanded, he was looking over a chart.

"Please tell me that someone posted what Dante was doing with Alice on Youtube," Matt prayed. "I would love to see that."

Robin laughed. "Then you are in luck. Someone sent me the link."

"I want to see!" Matt cried.

"You three must be ashamed of yourself!" Epiphany snapped. "That poor man, he was beaten to a pulp, he got stitches, someone posted it on the Internet, and you want to see it?"

Patrick watched as Alice drove a helpless Dante to the ground on the computer screen. "It's pretty darn funny," he laughed.

"Try and be professional Dr. Drake, JR," Epiphany growled.

"I'm trying but this is too funny!" Patrick exclaimed. "Come on you laughed when he came in!"

Epiphany smiled. "You are right. It's funny, and I am intrigued to see how he got his injuries."


"Will you stop replaying it? How many times can you watch Alice throw me down?" Dante whined. "Can you guys be born now?"

"Stop pitting the babies against me," Lulu said. "You got the rest of their lives to do that."

Dr. Lee came back in. "How is mommy doing?" she asked.

Dante closed the computer. "I am going to give this back to Spinelli. I'll be right back."

"I'm going to check on how much you have been dilated since the last time I checked on you, okay?" Dr. Lee asked.

She peeked under the thin blanket that covered Lulu's leg. "Okay Lulu, we need to get Dante back in here because you are farther along than we thought. One of the babies is crowning."

"What?" Lulu demanded. "They are not waiting until I get to the delivery room?"

"I guess they want people to stop watching their Daddy get his butt kicked on YouTube. I hear it has like ten million hits now."

"You've seen it?" Lulu asked.

"The entire hospital has seen it," Dr. Lee said. "Poor guy, I don't know how he is going to show his face in this town again."

Dante returned back to Lulu. "What is going on?" he asked as Epiphany came in behind him.

"The babies are coming, better hold her hand," Dr. Lee advised. "They don't want to wait any longer to come into the world."

Dante squeezed Lulu's hand and brought it to his lips. "I cannot wait!"

Dr. Lee crouched by Lulu's legs. "Okay Lulu, I need you to give me one really big push and you will be able to meet your son or daughter for the first time."

Dante kissed the top of her head. "You can do this, baby. You are a Spencer, you can do anything. That means our kids are going to be a handful."

Lulu began to push. Dr. Lee smiled as she caught the baby in her arms. "You have a beautiful baby boy."

She held up the squirming baby. He had a head-full of dark hair and his skin had a darker tinge to it. "I'll have Epiphany clean him up."

Dr. Lee passed Luka Angelo over to Epiphany who immediately began cleaning him up.

"Luka is going to be a great older brother." Dante wiped a tear from his eyes.

Epiphany handed the little bundle of joy wrapped in a blue blanket, handing him over to Lulu. "He looks like you," Lulu commented, she kissed Luka's tiny hand. "He already needs a haircut."

Dante took his son from Lulu. "Hi there, little guy. I am your Daddy. Don't blame me for what your mother ate while you where hanging out inside her. I tried to get her to eat some normal food."

Lulu smacked him on his arm. "You liked some of the stuff I ate, you just won't admit it."

"I love you little man." Dante kissed his son on the forehead. "But I am going to hand you off to Nurse Johnson so we can get ready to meet your little sister."

Epiphany took Luka from Dante.

"Okay, Lulu, the other baby is now crowning," Dr. Lee announced after quickly examining Lulu.

Dante took his wife's hand again, kissing it. "Ready, baby? We are going to meet our little daughter and Luka's little sister."

"I just need you to give me one big push, Lulu."

Lulu grunted as she pushed. "I am so glad I got the drugs. If not I would be cursing you out and blaming you."

Dante laughed. "I would have disserved it too."

"One more push, Lu," Dr. Lee ordered. "I need to get the shoulders out."

Lulu pushed. Dr. Lee smiled as the baby began to cry. "Now you got your little girl!"

She held up Lauren Lesley. She was a light blond hair on her head and had a skin tone similar to Lulu.

"She's beautiful!" Dante exclaimed. "I am locking her in her room until she is old enough to get married."

Epiphany quickly cleaned Lauren Lesley off, wrapped her in a pink blanket and handed her to Lulu. "Here's your daughter."

"She has your eyes," Dante commented, leaning in to get a better look at his daughter.

"All babies' eyes are blue when they are first born. We won't know for a while."

Epiphany handed Luka Angelo back to Dante. "Someone wants to meet his little sister. He was watching her."

"Someone is going to be an over-protective brother," Dante said as he looked down at his son, whose gaze was transfixed on Lauren Lesley. "I think he misses his little sister. They were in close quarters in the womb."

Dante set Luka Angelo down on Lulu's chest next to his little sister. The babies reached out for each other.

"See they miss each other!" Dante said.

"Knock, knock!" Lucky came into the area, "Are my niece and nephew here yet?" he asked. "Everyone wants to meet them."

Dante looked down at the babies. "There is one of your uncles. He is dying to meet you."

"And a room full of people out there." Lucky grinned. "Oh my god, they are finally here. I am going to get Dad, Tracy, and Olivia. They would love to meet their grandchildren."


Across the waiting area, a person sat unseen pretending to read the paper as three older people went into the curtained area. There was a collective 'awe'. They must have seen their grandchildren for the first time. He heard camera clicking as well. He picked up his phone.

"I will make my move as soon as I able to."