The employee's of General Hospital quickly rushed to Carly's side once Carly, Jason, Courtney, and Sonny had arrived. Carly's arm hung lifelessly over the shoulder of Sonny, and Sonny held Carly steady as she continuously attempted to take a fall weakly to the ground.



"What's going on," asked one of the nurses as she placed a comforting hand over Carly's shoulder.



Carly looked joyously and painfully at the concerned nurse, "My husband and I are having a baby." A bright smile spread largely over Carly's discolored face.



The nurse flashed a quick smile of congratulants and before replying "wait here," and rushing off to the counter.



"Carly!" Carly turned slowly to find Bobby.



"Mommy," Carly sighed with relief and she raised her arms to welcome her mother's tight, comforting hug.



"Ma'am?" Carly detached herself from her mother and turned to find that there was a wheel chair waiting for her company.



"This is it Grandma," Carly whispered as she comfortably sat into the wheel chair and gave her husband one last hug before leaving into her hospital bed.



Once Carly had entered the room and was out of sight one of the woman approached Sonny with a warm smile.



"Hello Mr. Corithos. Would you like to be an assistant throughout your wife's pregnancy?"



Sonny starred blankly into the doctor's eyes and nodded his head defiantly, "Yes."



"Alright then; let's go get you changed," the doctor addressed and walked off towards Carly's room, and Sonny was right behind her.



"Isn't this exciting?" Courtney yelped excitedly as she rubbed her hands eagerly together. "I mean, they have been waiting for so long, and finally…they got what they both wanted more than anything-a family." Courtney's smile grew even larger as she rubbed her stomach gently and said slowly, "and we will have it soon, too."



Jason gazed lovingly into Courtney's eyes before leaning in and kissing her on her forehead. "Let's go," Jason whispered as he nodded his head towards Carly's room wrapped his arm lightly around Courtney's shoulder.



Once Jason and Courtney had arrived Carly was resting in the hospital bed rubbing her stomach.



"Hey guys," Carly welcomed as a large smile. "They said it may be a while before my contractions are less distant. Right now they're…" Carly's words painfully trailed off as she took in a large breath of air and tightly held onto her stomach. Carly began to whimper in pain as she grabbed hold of Jason's hand and held it tightly in her grasp.



"Where's Sonny?" Carly screamed between her continuous squirms and whimpers.



"He's coming; don't worry," Courtney explained softly as she eyed a pained Jason. Courtney could tell that Jason was fighting to hide the pain he was feeling in his right hand, although the sour expression settled across his red face told Courtney he was anticipating Sonny's presence.



Finally Carly released her grip from Jason's hand and eased, once again, comfortably into her hospital bed. "I think the contractions are getting closer to one another," Carly informed Jason and Courtney, who both took a seat next to Carly.



"I'm so happy for you, Carly." Courtney smiled as she gave Carly a tight hug, being careful not to lean on too hard on the baby.



"How is everything?" Courtney turned behind her to see the Sonny and the nurse enter into Carly's room.



"Sonny! Don 't leave me. Please?" Carly pleaded as she tightly grabbed Sonny's jacket and held it stubbornly in her shaken hand.



"I'm not going anywhere, sweetheart. I'm staying right here at your side." Sonny softly whispered as he took hold of Carly's hand and kissed it lightly as he replaced it back onto her mattress.



"We'll be right here with you, too, Carly." Jason added; Courtney nodded.



"Well, you dilation looks good. I think we're ready to deliver this baby." The nurse said as she slipped on her safety gloves and three other doctors prepared for the delivery as well.



"This is it." Carly whispered as she held Sonny's hand tightly in hers and revealed a contagious grin that caused everyone else present to smile as well, and a single tear slid down Carly's face.



"This is it." Sonny repeated softly as he kissed Carly lightly on the forehead.



Carly began to scream and whimper in pain again as she held Sonny's hand more aggressively in hers. Sonny revealed slight discomfort, but the pain appeared to be no concern.

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"You're doing great, Carly," The doctor continued to say in encouragement hours after they began. It was clear to everyone in the room that Carly was terribly uncomfortable, and the pain was beginning to become unbearable.



"Come one Carly; keep going. You have to push." Sonny eagerly encouraged Carly, as he still held on tightly to her shaken and sweaty hand.



"I can't…" Carly whimpered with exhaustion. "You're just going to have to tell this baby to stay in there for a while because I…." Carly began but stopped mid-sentence from the pain that arose in her stomach.



"One more push, Carly and that should do it." The doctor informed Carly. The room lit up with the smiling faces that appeared on each person's face at that moment, but the loud screams of a baby's cry was all that anyone could hear.