This is set about eight months in the future.
Between the present and when this story occurs, Liz and Ric get remarried and Ric is the DA. Carly falls in love with Sonny all over again. After several rebuffs on Carly's part, Lorenzo goes half-crazy and keeps trying to kidnap Carly, reasoning that she was happy when it was just the two of them together on his yacht. During one such attempt, Lorenzo accidentally kills Courtney. A few days later Lorenzo makes another attempt to get Carly, thinking he will catch everyone off guard in their grief. During this attempt, Jason kills Lorenzo.
It's been about a week since Jason killed Lorenzo. Everyone knows that the DA intends to try Jason for murder as soon as Ric feels he has enough evidence to guarantee a win.
Elizabeth, who is awaiting the birth of her first child, witnessed the kidnapping attempt and killing. She is afraid to say anything because she knows she will have to testify that it was Jason acting to protect Carly and that will embarrass Ric professionally. Elizabeth knows that she has to do something but it never seems like the right time to bring it up with Ric.
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Sonny got on the elevator at General Hospital. Carly had a check-up with Tony that day and Sonny wanted to hear from Dr. Jones what was going on. Sonny pushed the button when he heard a woman call out.
"Hold the elevator, please!" the woman called.
Sonny automatically stuck his hand in front of the door so it wouldn't close. A minute later an out of breath and very pregnant Elizabeth got on the elevator.
"Thanks," Elizabeth said turning to smile at him as the door slid shut. "Oh, uh, hi, Sonny."
"Hi," he said with a smile. "How are you feeling? You look beautiful."
"Well, I don't feel beautiful," she said. "I feel huge."
Sonny laughed and said, "Your feet hurt and your back aches, too, I bet. But you're glowing."
"Thanks," Elizabeth said and then gasped as the elevator lurched to a sudden grinding halt.
Elizabeth stumbled and almost fell but Sonny caught her. When he was sure she was stable, he let her go and started to push buttons. Nothing happened.
"Great," Sonny muttered, beginning to panic.
"Do you have your cell?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes," Sonny said relieved.
He pulled it out and dialed Max who was in the parking lot.
"Max, I'm stuck in the elevator. Get inside and get us out of here," Sonny ordered and hung up.
Sonny unbuttoned his collar and took off his jacket. He would have paced but Elizabeth was looking at him strangely.
"Sonny?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yeah," he replied distractedly.
"Look, I know I haven't been your best friend but I need you to do me a really big favor right now," Elizabeth said.
"What?" Sonny asked.
"I need you to hold my hand because I think I just had a contraction," she told him.
"You mean you're....oh," Sonny said giving her a startled look. "Okay. Okay, why don't you sit down?"
Sonny helped her as she slid to the floor. Another contraction hit and Elizabeth squeezed Sonny's arm.
"Easy. Just breathe through it," Sonny said.
Once the contraction ended, Sonny folded his jacket and put it behind Liz's head. He sat beside her but facing her and held her hand.
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news but these things usually take a while," Sonny said. "Talk to me. It'll help."
"About what?" Elizabeth asked.
"Well, do you know if it's a boy or a girl?" Sonny asked.
"No, I wanted to be surprised. Although I would have been happy to be surprised in a bed with doctors and nurses around me," she said.
Sonny smiled and asked, "Do you have names picked out?"
"Um, Steven Richard for a boy, after my grandfather," Elizabeth said and had another contraction.
When it subsided, Sonny asked, "And if it's a girl?"
"Um, if it's a girl," Elizabeth stopped, looking at Sonny.
"What?" he asked.
"If it's a girl, we're naming her after your mother," Elizabeth said. "We're naming her Adella Audrey."
Sonny just stared at her for a minute and then said, "Audrey for your grandmother."
Elizabeth nodded, watching him uncertainly.
"Sometimes," Sonny said quietly looking her in the eye, "I forget that's my neice or nephew. I need you to know that, no matter what, that is important to me."
"I know," Elizabeth said. "I know how important family is to you. I forget about the connection sometimes too but I'd like for our kids to get to know each other."
"They will," Sonny said.
"Carly won't like it," Elizabeth said.
"She'll deal," Sonny said with a chuckle.
Two hours later they were still stuck in the elevator and Elizabeth's contractions seemed non-stop.
"Okay," Sonny said rolling up his sleeves, "I realize this is going to be extremely embarrassing for both of us but I need to see what's going on. I remember some stuff from when Morgan was born so...."
"Okay," Elizabeth said. "But you'll understand if I can never look you in the face again."
Sonny flashed his dimples at her before checking her progress.
"I think you can push if you want to," Sonny said.
After that it seemed to be over pretty quickly. Sonny held the baby and cut the umbilical cord with a knife.
"It's a girl," Sonny said to Liz. To the baby he said, "Hello, Adella. I'm your Uncle Sonny. Here's your mom."
Sonny handed the baby to Elizabeth.
"Your daddy is going to be so upset that he missed this," Elizabeth said. "He'll be happy you're here though, Adella."
Elizabeth closed her eyes and leaned her head back.
"You okay?" Sonny asked concerned.
"Really tired," Elizabeth said.
"Why don't you try and sleep. I'll take care of her," Sonny said.
"Thanks," she said as Sonny took the baby.
As Elizabeth drifted off to sleep, she could hear Sonny talking to her daughter.
Sonny spent the next hour telling the baby about himself, his mother, Audrey, Michael, and Morgan. He stopped talking when the elevator lurched and began to move. The jolt woke Elizabeth.
Holding the baby carefully, Sonny stood up. When the doors slid open, he yelled for a doctor. A passing nurse saw the situation and grabbed a wheelchair. She wheeled Elizabeth into a room and paged a doctor. Sonny followed Elizabeth into the room.
"Adella should get checked out in neonatal," Sonny said.
"Will you do me a favor?" Elizabeth asked.
"What do you need?" Sonny asked.
"Will you stay with her while they check her and then bring her back to me?" she asked.
"Of course," Sonny said. "Get some rest."
Sonny took the stairs to neonatal just to be safe. He stood there, watching closely as a doctor checked the baby over and a nurse dressed her. When the nurse tried to put the baby in the nursery, Sonny took Adella from her. The nurse looked at him startled.
"She's going to stay in her mother's room," he said.
Between the present and when this story occurs, Liz and Ric get remarried and Ric is the DA. Carly falls in love with Sonny all over again. After several rebuffs on Carly's part, Lorenzo goes half-crazy and keeps trying to kidnap Carly, reasoning that she was happy when it was just the two of them together on his yacht. During one such attempt, Lorenzo accidentally kills Courtney. A few days later Lorenzo makes another attempt to get Carly, thinking he will catch everyone off guard in their grief. During this attempt, Jason kills Lorenzo.
It's been about a week since Jason killed Lorenzo. Everyone knows that the DA intends to try Jason for murder as soon as Ric feels he has enough evidence to guarantee a win.
Elizabeth, who is awaiting the birth of her first child, witnessed the kidnapping attempt and killing. She is afraid to say anything because she knows she will have to testify that it was Jason acting to protect Carly and that will embarrass Ric professionally. Elizabeth knows that she has to do something but it never seems like the right time to bring it up with Ric.
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Sonny got on the elevator at General Hospital. Carly had a check-up with Tony that day and Sonny wanted to hear from Dr. Jones what was going on. Sonny pushed the button when he heard a woman call out.
"Hold the elevator, please!" the woman called.
Sonny automatically stuck his hand in front of the door so it wouldn't close. A minute later an out of breath and very pregnant Elizabeth got on the elevator.
"Thanks," Elizabeth said turning to smile at him as the door slid shut. "Oh, uh, hi, Sonny."
"Hi," he said with a smile. "How are you feeling? You look beautiful."
"Well, I don't feel beautiful," she said. "I feel huge."
Sonny laughed and said, "Your feet hurt and your back aches, too, I bet. But you're glowing."
"Thanks," Elizabeth said and then gasped as the elevator lurched to a sudden grinding halt.
Elizabeth stumbled and almost fell but Sonny caught her. When he was sure she was stable, he let her go and started to push buttons. Nothing happened.
"Great," Sonny muttered, beginning to panic.
"Do you have your cell?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes," Sonny said relieved.
He pulled it out and dialed Max who was in the parking lot.
"Max, I'm stuck in the elevator. Get inside and get us out of here," Sonny ordered and hung up.
Sonny unbuttoned his collar and took off his jacket. He would have paced but Elizabeth was looking at him strangely.
"Sonny?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yeah," he replied distractedly.
"Look, I know I haven't been your best friend but I need you to do me a really big favor right now," Elizabeth said.
"What?" Sonny asked.
"I need you to hold my hand because I think I just had a contraction," she told him.
"You mean you're....oh," Sonny said giving her a startled look. "Okay. Okay, why don't you sit down?"
Sonny helped her as she slid to the floor. Another contraction hit and Elizabeth squeezed Sonny's arm.
"Easy. Just breathe through it," Sonny said.
Once the contraction ended, Sonny folded his jacket and put it behind Liz's head. He sat beside her but facing her and held her hand.
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news but these things usually take a while," Sonny said. "Talk to me. It'll help."
"About what?" Elizabeth asked.
"Well, do you know if it's a boy or a girl?" Sonny asked.
"No, I wanted to be surprised. Although I would have been happy to be surprised in a bed with doctors and nurses around me," she said.
Sonny smiled and asked, "Do you have names picked out?"
"Um, Steven Richard for a boy, after my grandfather," Elizabeth said and had another contraction.
When it subsided, Sonny asked, "And if it's a girl?"
"Um, if it's a girl," Elizabeth stopped, looking at Sonny.
"What?" he asked.
"If it's a girl, we're naming her after your mother," Elizabeth said. "We're naming her Adella Audrey."
Sonny just stared at her for a minute and then said, "Audrey for your grandmother."
Elizabeth nodded, watching him uncertainly.
"Sometimes," Sonny said quietly looking her in the eye, "I forget that's my neice or nephew. I need you to know that, no matter what, that is important to me."
"I know," Elizabeth said. "I know how important family is to you. I forget about the connection sometimes too but I'd like for our kids to get to know each other."
"They will," Sonny said.
"Carly won't like it," Elizabeth said.
"She'll deal," Sonny said with a chuckle.
Two hours later they were still stuck in the elevator and Elizabeth's contractions seemed non-stop.
"Okay," Sonny said rolling up his sleeves, "I realize this is going to be extremely embarrassing for both of us but I need to see what's going on. I remember some stuff from when Morgan was born so...."
"Okay," Elizabeth said. "But you'll understand if I can never look you in the face again."
Sonny flashed his dimples at her before checking her progress.
"I think you can push if you want to," Sonny said.
After that it seemed to be over pretty quickly. Sonny held the baby and cut the umbilical cord with a knife.
"It's a girl," Sonny said to Liz. To the baby he said, "Hello, Adella. I'm your Uncle Sonny. Here's your mom."
Sonny handed the baby to Elizabeth.
"Your daddy is going to be so upset that he missed this," Elizabeth said. "He'll be happy you're here though, Adella."
Elizabeth closed her eyes and leaned her head back.
"You okay?" Sonny asked concerned.
"Really tired," Elizabeth said.
"Why don't you try and sleep. I'll take care of her," Sonny said.
"Thanks," she said as Sonny took the baby.
As Elizabeth drifted off to sleep, she could hear Sonny talking to her daughter.
Sonny spent the next hour telling the baby about himself, his mother, Audrey, Michael, and Morgan. He stopped talking when the elevator lurched and began to move. The jolt woke Elizabeth.
Holding the baby carefully, Sonny stood up. When the doors slid open, he yelled for a doctor. A passing nurse saw the situation and grabbed a wheelchair. She wheeled Elizabeth into a room and paged a doctor. Sonny followed Elizabeth into the room.
"Adella should get checked out in neonatal," Sonny said.
"Will you do me a favor?" Elizabeth asked.
"What do you need?" Sonny asked.
"Will you stay with her while they check her and then bring her back to me?" she asked.
"Of course," Sonny said. "Get some rest."
Sonny took the stairs to neonatal just to be safe. He stood there, watching closely as a doctor checked the baby over and a nurse dressed her. When the nurse tried to put the baby in the nursery, Sonny took Adella from her. The nurse looked at him startled.
"She's going to stay in her mother's room," he said.