"So have you told them yet?" Jessica asked that Friday when she and Elizabeth were alone in her kitchen making dinner.
"What is with everyone? It's like you are obsessed." Elizabeth exclaimed ripping lettuce for a salad. "Even your mom when I stopped by to see her today asked me if I told them yet."
"We are just worried about you Liz. We want what's best for you, that's all."
"I know Jess. I just don't know how to tell them, they would feel betrayed. And Lucky had felt that to many times, I never wanted to have to push that emotion on him. And everything is so perfect right now." Elizabeth sighed.
"It's not perfect though." Jess pointed out, "It's never going to be perfect until you tell them the truth."
"Why do you always have to be so full of good advice Jess?"
"How are you and Will doing?"
"We are doing so well. I'm so happy. I have something to tell you though."
"What's up?" Liz asked worriedly. "You aren't sick are you?
"No the exact opposite. I'm going to have a baby in about 7 months."
"Jess that's great! Have you told the kids yet?"
"Of course. But I swore them to secrecy, I wanted to be the one to tell you."
"That's great Jess. I am so happy for you and Will."
"We've been through a lot, just like you and Lucky but it always works out for the best. You'll see. So are they all really coming for the show Friday?"
"Yeah, they are all driving up, with the kids and everything."
"Well I am glad I can't wait to meet them. Especially Lucky."
"Are you sure you are feeling OK Liz?" Jess asked when Elizabeth walked downstairs in a gorgeous dress for the fashion show.
"I feel fine, I think I'm just nervous about everyone coming and you guys meeting and everything. You area all the most important people in my life and I just want everything to go perfectly."
"Everything will be perfect. We are all going to get along…"
"Wait until you meet Gia before you say that." Liz replied sarcastically.
"We are going to get along fine because we all love you. And the show is going to go off without a problem, because that's the way they all go. Or at least so long as the baby sitter is on time this time. I swear I don't know why I call that girl…"
"Because as snobby as Starr can be she is maturing and is actually a responsible girl, and she loves Holly and Holly adores her in return."
Jessica nodded, "Right, who would have though a child of Blair and Todd's coming out relatively unharmed."
Elizabeth laughed at her friends comment, "Just go get dressed Jess."
"Right, I need to get dressed. Is everyone meeting us at the show?"
"Yes, Llanview friends and Port Charles friends alike."
"Elizabeth!" Elizabeth saw Emily and everyone else heading her way.
"Hey guys, good I'm glad you found it. Where are the kids?"
"Georgie convinced us to bring her, she offered to baby-sit." Lucky replied.
"She didn't come to see the show?" Liz asked while looking wildly around, trying to make sure all the models were where they should be.
"No, she just wanted to get out of the house, she's on Christmas break and bored out of her mind." Emily replied.
Elizabeth nodded just as Jessica, Will, Christian, Lanie and Colin walked. Elizabeth took a deep breath, "Jessica, Will, Christian, Lanie, Colin this is Emily and Zander Smith, Nicholas and Gia Cassidine and Lucky Spencer. Em, Zander, Gia, Lucky this is Jessica and Will Rappoport, Lanie and Colin McIver, and Christian Vega."
Everyone exchanged nice to meet you's, and Colin asked, "Elizabeth are you feeling OK? You look like hell."
Elizabeth show a glare at Colin, "Thank you Dr. McIver, but I am fine. I would be even better if I knew where your children, and the Rappoport children are, and have you tell me that they are ready to walk down that catwalk for the first time." Elizabeth turned to her Port Charles friends, "Jessica and Will have a 6-year-old daughter, Christian has 11-year-old twin girls, Colin and Lanie have a 6-year-old daughter also and a 4-year-old son and they are our models for the children's wear."
Gia opened her mouth and Nicholas spoke, "No."
"But Nicky…" Gia whined.
"Our kids have beautiful clothing."
"But Nicky…"
Everyone laughed as Gia and Nicholas continued their good-natured banter, "As much as I love you all, if you don't own Rose's or have a child in the show you need to please sit down."
"Yes, mam." Lucky mock saluted and the group walked away.
Elizabeth took a deep clearing breath, she knew she looked like hell but she had managed to make it through the show and now she and Jess, Will and Christian were going out and were going to say a piece thanking everyone for coming, blah, blah, blah. She just had to get through that and then she would let Colin check her into the hospital like she knew he was going to want to.
"And finally we would just like to thank everyone for coming…." Elizabeth was the last to speak, but the words were lost on her lips as darkness closed in around her.
Lucky, Emily, Zander, Gia and Nicholas watched in horror as Elizabeth collapsed into Christian's waiting arms. When Jessica stepped up to the podium Elizabeth was in Christian's arms, Jessica waited patiently for the crowd to quiet enough to hear her over the mic, "Well thank you all for coming folks. I think this is it. Please pick up our order forms on the way out."
"I told her she looked like hell." Colin said when Christian made his way backstage with Elizabeth. "Lie here there on the couch. Has she taken her medicine today?"
Everyone turned to look at Jessica, "Yes, he beeper went off right when we were about to leave, so she took her pills quick before she left."
"Do you think she is rejecting?" Will asked just as Lucky, Emily, Zander, Gia and Nicholas appeared.
"Rejecting what?" Lucky asked.
Jessica massaged her temple as she murmured, "Oh boy."
"What's wrong with Elizabeth?" Emily asked.
"The ambulance is on its way. And no Will I don't think she is rejecting." Colin replied.
"Could someone please tell us what is going on?" Gia demanded.
"Christian please?" Jessica asked turning towards.
"No way I'm staying here."
"Will?"
Jessica got the same response from all the adults, "We will tell him." Caleigh said appearing along side her father with Christina next to her.
"Come with us please." Christina said leading the group away.
Even from the distance Christina and Caleigh had put between them they could still here Lucky exclaimed, "She had what?" The other's exclaimed something much the same.
"What is with everyone? It's like you are obsessed." Elizabeth exclaimed ripping lettuce for a salad. "Even your mom when I stopped by to see her today asked me if I told them yet."
"We are just worried about you Liz. We want what's best for you, that's all."
"I know Jess. I just don't know how to tell them, they would feel betrayed. And Lucky had felt that to many times, I never wanted to have to push that emotion on him. And everything is so perfect right now." Elizabeth sighed.
"It's not perfect though." Jess pointed out, "It's never going to be perfect until you tell them the truth."
"Why do you always have to be so full of good advice Jess?"
"How are you and Will doing?"
"We are doing so well. I'm so happy. I have something to tell you though."
"What's up?" Liz asked worriedly. "You aren't sick are you?
"No the exact opposite. I'm going to have a baby in about 7 months."
"Jess that's great! Have you told the kids yet?"
"Of course. But I swore them to secrecy, I wanted to be the one to tell you."
"That's great Jess. I am so happy for you and Will."
"We've been through a lot, just like you and Lucky but it always works out for the best. You'll see. So are they all really coming for the show Friday?"
"Yeah, they are all driving up, with the kids and everything."
"Well I am glad I can't wait to meet them. Especially Lucky."
"Are you sure you are feeling OK Liz?" Jess asked when Elizabeth walked downstairs in a gorgeous dress for the fashion show.
"I feel fine, I think I'm just nervous about everyone coming and you guys meeting and everything. You area all the most important people in my life and I just want everything to go perfectly."
"Everything will be perfect. We are all going to get along…"
"Wait until you meet Gia before you say that." Liz replied sarcastically.
"We are going to get along fine because we all love you. And the show is going to go off without a problem, because that's the way they all go. Or at least so long as the baby sitter is on time this time. I swear I don't know why I call that girl…"
"Because as snobby as Starr can be she is maturing and is actually a responsible girl, and she loves Holly and Holly adores her in return."
Jessica nodded, "Right, who would have though a child of Blair and Todd's coming out relatively unharmed."
Elizabeth laughed at her friends comment, "Just go get dressed Jess."
"Right, I need to get dressed. Is everyone meeting us at the show?"
"Yes, Llanview friends and Port Charles friends alike."
"Elizabeth!" Elizabeth saw Emily and everyone else heading her way.
"Hey guys, good I'm glad you found it. Where are the kids?"
"Georgie convinced us to bring her, she offered to baby-sit." Lucky replied.
"She didn't come to see the show?" Liz asked while looking wildly around, trying to make sure all the models were where they should be.
"No, she just wanted to get out of the house, she's on Christmas break and bored out of her mind." Emily replied.
Elizabeth nodded just as Jessica, Will, Christian, Lanie and Colin walked. Elizabeth took a deep breath, "Jessica, Will, Christian, Lanie, Colin this is Emily and Zander Smith, Nicholas and Gia Cassidine and Lucky Spencer. Em, Zander, Gia, Lucky this is Jessica and Will Rappoport, Lanie and Colin McIver, and Christian Vega."
Everyone exchanged nice to meet you's, and Colin asked, "Elizabeth are you feeling OK? You look like hell."
Elizabeth show a glare at Colin, "Thank you Dr. McIver, but I am fine. I would be even better if I knew where your children, and the Rappoport children are, and have you tell me that they are ready to walk down that catwalk for the first time." Elizabeth turned to her Port Charles friends, "Jessica and Will have a 6-year-old daughter, Christian has 11-year-old twin girls, Colin and Lanie have a 6-year-old daughter also and a 4-year-old son and they are our models for the children's wear."
Gia opened her mouth and Nicholas spoke, "No."
"But Nicky…" Gia whined.
"Our kids have beautiful clothing."
"But Nicky…"
Everyone laughed as Gia and Nicholas continued their good-natured banter, "As much as I love you all, if you don't own Rose's or have a child in the show you need to please sit down."
"Yes, mam." Lucky mock saluted and the group walked away.
Elizabeth took a deep clearing breath, she knew she looked like hell but she had managed to make it through the show and now she and Jess, Will and Christian were going out and were going to say a piece thanking everyone for coming, blah, blah, blah. She just had to get through that and then she would let Colin check her into the hospital like she knew he was going to want to.
"And finally we would just like to thank everyone for coming…." Elizabeth was the last to speak, but the words were lost on her lips as darkness closed in around her.
Lucky, Emily, Zander, Gia and Nicholas watched in horror as Elizabeth collapsed into Christian's waiting arms. When Jessica stepped up to the podium Elizabeth was in Christian's arms, Jessica waited patiently for the crowd to quiet enough to hear her over the mic, "Well thank you all for coming folks. I think this is it. Please pick up our order forms on the way out."
"I told her she looked like hell." Colin said when Christian made his way backstage with Elizabeth. "Lie here there on the couch. Has she taken her medicine today?"
Everyone turned to look at Jessica, "Yes, he beeper went off right when we were about to leave, so she took her pills quick before she left."
"Do you think she is rejecting?" Will asked just as Lucky, Emily, Zander, Gia and Nicholas appeared.
"Rejecting what?" Lucky asked.
Jessica massaged her temple as she murmured, "Oh boy."
"What's wrong with Elizabeth?" Emily asked.
"The ambulance is on its way. And no Will I don't think she is rejecting." Colin replied.
"Could someone please tell us what is going on?" Gia demanded.
"Christian please?" Jessica asked turning towards.
"No way I'm staying here."
"Will?"
Jessica got the same response from all the adults, "We will tell him." Caleigh said appearing along side her father with Christina next to her.
"Come with us please." Christina said leading the group away.
Even from the distance Christina and Caleigh had put between them they could still here Lucky exclaimed, "She had what?" The other's exclaimed something much the same.