2 months later-December
Lexa had sat with Chance almost every waking hour she had. After about two months, it had gotten old, she wasn't giving up, but with basketball getting ready to start up, she didn't really have much time. They had all been in and out pretty frequently. The doctors wouldn't take him off life support because he had brain activity, but still wasn't awake, and Ned had begged Alan and Monica not to.
Aubrey was about 7 months pregnant, she found out she was having a girl, which she was ecstatic about, and Kaden was also happy, but he really wanted a boy.
"What are we going to name her?" Aubrey asked as they sat in the living room.
"I don't know what do you want to name her?" Kaden asked, "It doesn't really matter as long as it's not like Margaret Louise or something."
"Well, I'm sure I want her middle name to be Kaley. What do you think about Erin?"
"No, sounds kind of boyish."
"But it's a girl's name too." Aubrey pointed out.
"Jocelyn?"
"No, I've never really liked that name." Aubrey said, "Megan?"
"No, because then her name would be Megan Morgan."
"Kayla?"
"No, not Kayla Kaley."
"Yeah, that's right." Aubrey said as she made a funny face.
"Jordan."
"Jordan Morgan, nah, don't like that either." Aubrey said
"Isabelle."
"Isabella." Aubrey said
"Isabella Kaley Morgan. I like that name."
"I really like that name." Aubrey added, "We could call her Isa or Bella or Belle."
"Yeah."
"Hey what are you guys talking about?" Kaley asked as she walked down the stairs.
"Baby names." Aubrey replied
"Oh cool, I want to help." Kaley said
"Sorry sis, we've already got one picked out." Kaden replied
"What is it?" She asked
"Isabella Kaley."
"That is so cute, but the name Kaley is just cute be itself. I bet you guys make pretty babies." Kaley said
Later that day
Aubrey had been spending a lot of time at Kaden's, because her parents hadn't been able to be home a lot. Jason and Courtney had also been spending more time together, much to the delight of Kaley and Kaden.
Kaley and Aubrey were sitting in the living room talking, the phone rang, "Hello?"
"Mom?" BJ said with terror in his voice
"No, it's Kaley, Mom's not here, BJ what's wrong?" Kaley asked
"Kaley, it's Jaydah, we were walking down the street, and she was shot, I didn't know what to do." BJ replied
"Okay, call 911, and Aubrey and I will be there in a few minutes." Kaley replied before hanging up.
"What is it?" Aubrey asked as they jumped up, and headed for the door.
"It's your sister, she was shot." Kaley replied as they pulled their shoes on and their jackets out of the closet.
"What about Courbria?" Aubrey asked
"Crap." Kaley said as she ran up the stairs and grabbed her sister, and the diaper bag, pulling a blanket over Courbria, she ran back down the stairs, and they headed out the door.
"So what happened?" Aubrey asked as they rode the elevator to the parking garage.
"I don't know, he just said they were walking down the street and she was shot." Kaley replied as they got off and ran to the Expedition, luckily they had Courbria's carseat in the car.
5 minutes later
"Kaley, I can't ride to GH with her will you take me?" BJ asked
"Yeah, get in the backseat, and talk to Cori, she's been crying almost all the way here." Kaley replied as he got in and started cooing at his sister.
"Hurry Kaley." BJ said
"I'm trying, I don't want to get us killed on the way there." Kaley replied
"So what happened BJ?" Aubrey asked, she was crying.
"I don't know, we were walking down the street, and we heard gunshots, we jumped to the ground, I covered her, but it was too late, she had been shot."
"Where at?" Aubrey asked
"In the arm." BJ replied
"Does Dad and Gia know?" Aubrey asked
"No, I don't think so." BJ replied
"God, I have to call them." Aubrey said as she dialed the phone.
"Hello?"
"Gia. Where's my dad?"
"He's right here, what's wrong?"
"It's Jaydah, she and BJ were walking down the street, and they we shot at. Jaydah was hit." Aubrey explained
"Oh my god."
"We're on our way to the hospital, we're following the ambulance." Aubrey said
"We're on our way." Gia said
"Okay bye."
By the time they had got to the hospital, they had prepped Jaydah for emergency and were trying to get a hold of Gia and Zander, "Aubrey." Jaydah cried
"Sshh, don't talk." Aubrey replied as she rubbed her sister's forehead.
"Where's Mom and Dad?"
"They're on their way."
"You don't need to be so stressed out, it's not good for the baby. Don't worry about me, I'll be okay." Jaydah said as she started to close her eyes.
"No, Jaydah, you have to keep talking, they said you went unconscious in the ambulance. Tell me about everything, about the new puppy Dad got you. Don't close your eyes Jaydah." Aubrey said
"Girls, here you are." Zander said as he and Gia walked in and kissed their foreheads, then Jaydah went unconscious.
"We signed the papers, they're taking her into emergency surgery. The bullet is still inside her arm. They're hoping it didn't hit anything really important." Gia said
"I was trying to keep her awake." Aubrey said
"It's okay now though, she's going into surgery." Zander said as they walked back out into the waiting room.
"Aubrey, you don't need to be so stressed out, she's going to be okay." Gia said, "It's not good for the baby or for you."
"You could go into premature labor, that's what happened when your mom had you." Zander said
"I know, I know, I've heard the speech a million times, I'm going to be-" she was stopped by a pain in her stomach as she clenched it.
"Aubrey, what's wrong?" Kaley asked as she jumped up to help her friend.
"Ow." Was all she could say.
"We have to get her to the Maternity Ward." Gia said, "Zander, you and Kaley take her, I'm sure BJ will want to stay here, I'll stay here with him."
"Okay."
Zander picked up Aubrey, and they headed for the Maternity Ward, on the way Kaley tried to get a hold of Kaden, and then she called Liz.
"I can't get Kaden to answer his phone, and your mom is on her way." Kaley told Aubrey as they got off the elevator.
"Where's Kaden?"
"I don't know, I called his cell and home, I don't know where he is." Kaley replied
"He can't miss this." Aubrey said
They brought a wheelchair over and took her to a room, Zander and Kaley followed.
"I know this sounds really childish, but I want my mommy." Aubrey said through pants.
"How close are her contractions?" a nurse asked
"We don't know, her water broke, and we were in the ER." Kaley replied
"So it probably won't be long now." She said before walking out.
"Aubrey." Liz said as she walked in.
"Mom." Aubrey replied before she hugged her, "I'm glad you're here."
"Where's Kaden?"
"We can't get a hold of him." Kaley replied
"Try calling again." Aubrey ordered
Kaley walked out, a few minutes later she walked back in, "He went to Grove, he's on his way back now, he's trying to get here as fast as he can." She said
"How long is it going to be?" Aubrey asked
"He said he had just hit the city limits, so probably about 10 or 15 minutes." Kaley replied
"The crib."
"What?"
"A crib, we don't have a crib yet." Aubrey said
"We'll get one don't worry, you won't want her that far away from you for at least the first couple of weeks." Liz said
15 minute later
"Aubrey, I am so sorry about this." Kaden said as he came in and kissed her forehead.
"It's okay. Ow!" she squealed as a contraction hit, he grabbed her hand, and she squeezed as hard as she could.
After the contraction was over, Aubrey took a deep breath and Kaden's hand was blue, "Sorry." She said
"It's okay." He replied as he kissed her cheek, "I need to talk to your mom and my sister out in the hall for a minute."
"Okay."
They walked out into the hall, "What is it Kade?"
"Well, you remember that day we had gone to Grove, and Aubrey came back talking about this crib she had fallen in love with?" Kaden asked
"Yeah, I remember, you didn't have enough money to get it because you had got everything else she wanted." Liz replied
"Well, that's why I went to Grove, I saved up enough money to get it." He replied, "And it says Isabella Kaley on the head of it."
"Aww, Kaden, that's so sweet." Kaley said
"So, sometime between the time she has the baby and the time they go home, I need to take it to your house and set it up." Kaden replied to Liz.
"Okay, probably sometime tomorrow." Liz said, "She was saying something about not having a crib."
"So you did good." Kaley added
They walked back in and Aubrey was having another contraction, this time she was sitting up in the bed, and Liz began to rub her back, "Kade, you should be over there rubbing her back." Kaley said
"Oh, he's fine, at least he's here, unlike some father's are for their children's birth." Liz said, Zander glared at her.
"Can we not fight right here and now, my baby doesn't need to be brought into the world with her grandparents fighting, please, let's just try to get along." Aubrey said, "Daddy, I'm not trying to chase you out, but Gia probably needs you. She's probably scared to death right now. You need to go see how my little sister is. Tell her how much I love her, and that she has to fight for her niece."
"Are you sure?" he asked
"Certain, go be with Gia and Jaydah." Aubrey ordered, "You're not going to be able to be in here when the baby's born anyway, Mom and Kaden are going to be here."
"Okay, but I'll be back later." Zander said
"Okay, I love you."
"I love you too, take care." Zander said as he kissed her cheek, and then left.
"What's wrong with Jaydah?" Liz asked
"She and BJ were walking down the street, and they heard gun shots, next thing BJ knew Jaydah was on the ground, with blood coming out of her arm." Kaley replied
"Is she okay?"
"Well, they took her into emergency surgery." Kaley replied
"Oh my gosh, I hope she's okay." Liz said
"What about BJ?"
"BJ's, fine, a little scared, we picked him up from the scene." Kaley replied
"Why do you have Courbria?" Liz asked
"Because Brian is at work, and so is Mom." Kaley replied
"So what's going on with your parents? Are they going to get back together?" Liz asked
"I think so, Dad's been spending quite a bit of time over at the house, and he spends the night."
"What does Brian think about that?"
"He's pissed because ya know the whole 'another man is sleeping in my bed with my wife' thing."
"So do you still talk to him?" Liz asked
"Yeah, he and Mom won't talk unless it's about the divorce. If he wants to see Cori or BJ, Kaden or I have to take them to his suite at the Port Charles hotel." Kaley replied
"That's awful, they were so happy together, and then this just tore them apart." Liz said
"Yeah, but we wanted them to split up after that too, when we had just an inkling it was over." Kaden replied
"Hey I got the message you left for Kaden, but he's here. I thought I'd come by see how it was going." Courtney said as she walked in, "Kaley, you brought Cori up here. Why didn't you just leave her with Carly?"
"She wasn't home. And Aubrey and I had to go pick up BJ, because he had been shot at, and Jaydah was hit, so we brought him here, and Aubrey went into labor, and that's only the short version."
"So you guys have been in total chaos?"
"Pretty much." Kaley replied
The doctor walked in to check Aubrey, "Okay Aubrey, the baby is about to be crowning. So I'm going to have a few extra specialists in here that deal with premature babies, just in case." She said
"Okay."
Lexa had sat with Chance almost every waking hour she had. After about two months, it had gotten old, she wasn't giving up, but with basketball getting ready to start up, she didn't really have much time. They had all been in and out pretty frequently. The doctors wouldn't take him off life support because he had brain activity, but still wasn't awake, and Ned had begged Alan and Monica not to.
Aubrey was about 7 months pregnant, she found out she was having a girl, which she was ecstatic about, and Kaden was also happy, but he really wanted a boy.
"What are we going to name her?" Aubrey asked as they sat in the living room.
"I don't know what do you want to name her?" Kaden asked, "It doesn't really matter as long as it's not like Margaret Louise or something."
"Well, I'm sure I want her middle name to be Kaley. What do you think about Erin?"
"No, sounds kind of boyish."
"But it's a girl's name too." Aubrey pointed out.
"Jocelyn?"
"No, I've never really liked that name." Aubrey said, "Megan?"
"No, because then her name would be Megan Morgan."
"Kayla?"
"No, not Kayla Kaley."
"Yeah, that's right." Aubrey said as she made a funny face.
"Jordan."
"Jordan Morgan, nah, don't like that either." Aubrey said
"Isabelle."
"Isabella." Aubrey said
"Isabella Kaley Morgan. I like that name."
"I really like that name." Aubrey added, "We could call her Isa or Bella or Belle."
"Yeah."
"Hey what are you guys talking about?" Kaley asked as she walked down the stairs.
"Baby names." Aubrey replied
"Oh cool, I want to help." Kaley said
"Sorry sis, we've already got one picked out." Kaden replied
"What is it?" She asked
"Isabella Kaley."
"That is so cute, but the name Kaley is just cute be itself. I bet you guys make pretty babies." Kaley said
Later that day
Aubrey had been spending a lot of time at Kaden's, because her parents hadn't been able to be home a lot. Jason and Courtney had also been spending more time together, much to the delight of Kaley and Kaden.
Kaley and Aubrey were sitting in the living room talking, the phone rang, "Hello?"
"Mom?" BJ said with terror in his voice
"No, it's Kaley, Mom's not here, BJ what's wrong?" Kaley asked
"Kaley, it's Jaydah, we were walking down the street, and she was shot, I didn't know what to do." BJ replied
"Okay, call 911, and Aubrey and I will be there in a few minutes." Kaley replied before hanging up.
"What is it?" Aubrey asked as they jumped up, and headed for the door.
"It's your sister, she was shot." Kaley replied as they pulled their shoes on and their jackets out of the closet.
"What about Courbria?" Aubrey asked
"Crap." Kaley said as she ran up the stairs and grabbed her sister, and the diaper bag, pulling a blanket over Courbria, she ran back down the stairs, and they headed out the door.
"So what happened?" Aubrey asked as they rode the elevator to the parking garage.
"I don't know, he just said they were walking down the street and she was shot." Kaley replied as they got off and ran to the Expedition, luckily they had Courbria's carseat in the car.
5 minutes later
"Kaley, I can't ride to GH with her will you take me?" BJ asked
"Yeah, get in the backseat, and talk to Cori, she's been crying almost all the way here." Kaley replied as he got in and started cooing at his sister.
"Hurry Kaley." BJ said
"I'm trying, I don't want to get us killed on the way there." Kaley replied
"So what happened BJ?" Aubrey asked, she was crying.
"I don't know, we were walking down the street, and we heard gunshots, we jumped to the ground, I covered her, but it was too late, she had been shot."
"Where at?" Aubrey asked
"In the arm." BJ replied
"Does Dad and Gia know?" Aubrey asked
"No, I don't think so." BJ replied
"God, I have to call them." Aubrey said as she dialed the phone.
"Hello?"
"Gia. Where's my dad?"
"He's right here, what's wrong?"
"It's Jaydah, she and BJ were walking down the street, and they we shot at. Jaydah was hit." Aubrey explained
"Oh my god."
"We're on our way to the hospital, we're following the ambulance." Aubrey said
"We're on our way." Gia said
"Okay bye."
By the time they had got to the hospital, they had prepped Jaydah for emergency and were trying to get a hold of Gia and Zander, "Aubrey." Jaydah cried
"Sshh, don't talk." Aubrey replied as she rubbed her sister's forehead.
"Where's Mom and Dad?"
"They're on their way."
"You don't need to be so stressed out, it's not good for the baby. Don't worry about me, I'll be okay." Jaydah said as she started to close her eyes.
"No, Jaydah, you have to keep talking, they said you went unconscious in the ambulance. Tell me about everything, about the new puppy Dad got you. Don't close your eyes Jaydah." Aubrey said
"Girls, here you are." Zander said as he and Gia walked in and kissed their foreheads, then Jaydah went unconscious.
"We signed the papers, they're taking her into emergency surgery. The bullet is still inside her arm. They're hoping it didn't hit anything really important." Gia said
"I was trying to keep her awake." Aubrey said
"It's okay now though, she's going into surgery." Zander said as they walked back out into the waiting room.
"Aubrey, you don't need to be so stressed out, she's going to be okay." Gia said, "It's not good for the baby or for you."
"You could go into premature labor, that's what happened when your mom had you." Zander said
"I know, I know, I've heard the speech a million times, I'm going to be-" she was stopped by a pain in her stomach as she clenched it.
"Aubrey, what's wrong?" Kaley asked as she jumped up to help her friend.
"Ow." Was all she could say.
"We have to get her to the Maternity Ward." Gia said, "Zander, you and Kaley take her, I'm sure BJ will want to stay here, I'll stay here with him."
"Okay."
Zander picked up Aubrey, and they headed for the Maternity Ward, on the way Kaley tried to get a hold of Kaden, and then she called Liz.
"I can't get Kaden to answer his phone, and your mom is on her way." Kaley told Aubrey as they got off the elevator.
"Where's Kaden?"
"I don't know, I called his cell and home, I don't know where he is." Kaley replied
"He can't miss this." Aubrey said
They brought a wheelchair over and took her to a room, Zander and Kaley followed.
"I know this sounds really childish, but I want my mommy." Aubrey said through pants.
"How close are her contractions?" a nurse asked
"We don't know, her water broke, and we were in the ER." Kaley replied
"So it probably won't be long now." She said before walking out.
"Aubrey." Liz said as she walked in.
"Mom." Aubrey replied before she hugged her, "I'm glad you're here."
"Where's Kaden?"
"We can't get a hold of him." Kaley replied
"Try calling again." Aubrey ordered
Kaley walked out, a few minutes later she walked back in, "He went to Grove, he's on his way back now, he's trying to get here as fast as he can." She said
"How long is it going to be?" Aubrey asked
"He said he had just hit the city limits, so probably about 10 or 15 minutes." Kaley replied
"The crib."
"What?"
"A crib, we don't have a crib yet." Aubrey said
"We'll get one don't worry, you won't want her that far away from you for at least the first couple of weeks." Liz said
15 minute later
"Aubrey, I am so sorry about this." Kaden said as he came in and kissed her forehead.
"It's okay. Ow!" she squealed as a contraction hit, he grabbed her hand, and she squeezed as hard as she could.
After the contraction was over, Aubrey took a deep breath and Kaden's hand was blue, "Sorry." She said
"It's okay." He replied as he kissed her cheek, "I need to talk to your mom and my sister out in the hall for a minute."
"Okay."
They walked out into the hall, "What is it Kade?"
"Well, you remember that day we had gone to Grove, and Aubrey came back talking about this crib she had fallen in love with?" Kaden asked
"Yeah, I remember, you didn't have enough money to get it because you had got everything else she wanted." Liz replied
"Well, that's why I went to Grove, I saved up enough money to get it." He replied, "And it says Isabella Kaley on the head of it."
"Aww, Kaden, that's so sweet." Kaley said
"So, sometime between the time she has the baby and the time they go home, I need to take it to your house and set it up." Kaden replied to Liz.
"Okay, probably sometime tomorrow." Liz said, "She was saying something about not having a crib."
"So you did good." Kaley added
They walked back in and Aubrey was having another contraction, this time she was sitting up in the bed, and Liz began to rub her back, "Kade, you should be over there rubbing her back." Kaley said
"Oh, he's fine, at least he's here, unlike some father's are for their children's birth." Liz said, Zander glared at her.
"Can we not fight right here and now, my baby doesn't need to be brought into the world with her grandparents fighting, please, let's just try to get along." Aubrey said, "Daddy, I'm not trying to chase you out, but Gia probably needs you. She's probably scared to death right now. You need to go see how my little sister is. Tell her how much I love her, and that she has to fight for her niece."
"Are you sure?" he asked
"Certain, go be with Gia and Jaydah." Aubrey ordered, "You're not going to be able to be in here when the baby's born anyway, Mom and Kaden are going to be here."
"Okay, but I'll be back later." Zander said
"Okay, I love you."
"I love you too, take care." Zander said as he kissed her cheek, and then left.
"What's wrong with Jaydah?" Liz asked
"She and BJ were walking down the street, and they heard gun shots, next thing BJ knew Jaydah was on the ground, with blood coming out of her arm." Kaley replied
"Is she okay?"
"Well, they took her into emergency surgery." Kaley replied
"Oh my gosh, I hope she's okay." Liz said
"What about BJ?"
"BJ's, fine, a little scared, we picked him up from the scene." Kaley replied
"Why do you have Courbria?" Liz asked
"Because Brian is at work, and so is Mom." Kaley replied
"So what's going on with your parents? Are they going to get back together?" Liz asked
"I think so, Dad's been spending quite a bit of time over at the house, and he spends the night."
"What does Brian think about that?"
"He's pissed because ya know the whole 'another man is sleeping in my bed with my wife' thing."
"So do you still talk to him?" Liz asked
"Yeah, he and Mom won't talk unless it's about the divorce. If he wants to see Cori or BJ, Kaden or I have to take them to his suite at the Port Charles hotel." Kaley replied
"That's awful, they were so happy together, and then this just tore them apart." Liz said
"Yeah, but we wanted them to split up after that too, when we had just an inkling it was over." Kaden replied
"Hey I got the message you left for Kaden, but he's here. I thought I'd come by see how it was going." Courtney said as she walked in, "Kaley, you brought Cori up here. Why didn't you just leave her with Carly?"
"She wasn't home. And Aubrey and I had to go pick up BJ, because he had been shot at, and Jaydah was hit, so we brought him here, and Aubrey went into labor, and that's only the short version."
"So you guys have been in total chaos?"
"Pretty much." Kaley replied
The doctor walked in to check Aubrey, "Okay Aubrey, the baby is about to be crowning. So I'm going to have a few extra specialists in here that deal with premature babies, just in case." She said
"Okay."
