Author Notes: Hey! I'm back! This is chapter two, as you already know. I hope you guys are enjoying this new fic, whoever's out there reading it of course.

Dedication: To Janine Turner even though I don't like her that much.

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Hidden Secrets: Chapter 2

"Dr. Dana Stowe.....is our mother." They said together.

There were pauses and shocked looks from everybody around them. "What?" Lu said quietly with her eyes widened and her jaw dropped.

"Did you say mother?" Andy asked. She hadn't actually met Dana in person but she knew that the only children she had were the ones she adopted before she left.

"That's impossible." Nick stated and stared at them along with the others.

Kayla and Krystal looked around guilty and awkwardly.

"Is she here?" Kayla finally asked.

"Dana Stowe doesn't run her practice here anymore no." Lu responded. "She moved to Virginia."

It was the twin's turn to be shocked now.

"We traveled all the way from Maine to find out that she's not here!" Krystal said. "Ugh!"

"Why don't we go into my office and talk." Lu suggested and led the girls to her office. Everybody followed them and they all sat down except for Andy who stood by the door. "You two must have something mixed up. It's not possible that Dana Stowe is your mother."

"She's our biological mother. We were adopted when we were a few months old." Kayla explained.

"But, Dana would never-"Nick started but then looked into the girls eyes. "Oh my god."

"What?" Lana asked and stared at the girls to.

"They have her big blue eyes...and her dark brown hair...and her slender nose...." He trailed off.

Everybody stared at them and the girls smiled.

"They have her smile to."

"So we get our looks from our mother?" Krystal asked with hope.

"No, you didn't because it's not possible that Dana Stowe is your mom!" Lu said.

"Look, we have papers to prove it. Dana Stowe gave birth to two twin girls' eighteen years ago yesterday. She abandon us when we were just a few weeks old. The orphanage took us in until we were adopted. There's proof." Krystal responded in argument.

"Dana wouldn't...she couldn't have...abandon you." Nick said. "That's not the kind of person she is."

"Well, obviously it was the kind of person she was. She might have changed, we don't know because we've never met her. Three years ago we found out we were adopted and ever since we've been searching for our biological parents only to find that our mother was here and our father was dead." Kayla stated.

"Who was your father?" Andy asked, butting into the conversation. Everybody had forgotten she was there until now.

"Sean Thomas Black." They said together.

"Sean Black." Nick said and continued to stare at the girls.

"Did you know him?" Kayla asked.

"No, but I've heard of him....." He responded and looked around at everybody. "From Dana."

"What did she say about him?" Lu asked.

"Only that he was a high school flame."

"Well, obviously he was a little more than that." Lana stated.

Nick looked at her in aggravation and Lana shrugged back. Lu shook her head and looked back at the girls.

"This is so unbelievable." She said in awe.

"Are you ready to believe us now?" Krystal asked patiently.

They all took deep breaths and looked around at each other. Andy shrugged from the doorway.

"I don't think I need to be here for anymore of this conversation. I didn't even know the women. I'll just be getting back to my patients." Andy said and started heading out the door.

"Wait, Dr. C. Will you get Dr. Jackson down here for us?" Nick said. Andy nodded and left the room.

Nick turned back to the girls. "What do you know about Dana Stowe?" He asked slowly.

"Well..." Krystal started and looked at her twin, then back at Nick. "We know she's a doctor. All her medical background information. We never got a picture of her though. We don't know what she looks like."

"Look in the mirror." Lu said quietly.

The girls smiled again at her words.

"Was she nice?" They asked together.

"Psshh....." Lu started but stopped when Nick looked at her in disbelief.

"Yes." He corrected Lu. "She was. A bit stubborn but nice overall." He stated reasonably. "Dana and I had a pretty close relationship."

"How close?" Kayla asked with a smile.

"Really close." He responded. "But that was a long time ago."

"How can we find her?" Krystal asked impatiently. "Last thing we found out about her was that she was at Rittenhouse Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."

"I believe Dr. Jackson has her files of transfer still. Her address and everything in Virginia." Nick assured them. "That's why I want him to come down here and meet you."

They nodded in unison and kept asking more questions about Dana until Dr. Jackson entered the room. When Nick told him who they were, he didn't believe it at first but the twins looked so much like her that he was just completely shocked in the end.

After awhile of explaining the story to Dr. Jackson, they all went out to the cafeteria to talk more. Lu asked Andy to take over the one patient she had in the mean time and Lana got a nurse to cover her desk. Nick also got another doctor in the ER to handle things so they could all find out what was going on. Lu ran into Peter on the way to the cafeteria and thought he should know what was going on. He was also shocked and didn't believe it at first. He also got somebody to cover his shift.

The twins were excited with all the attention they were getting from the hospital. They all sat down outside with coffee.

"We want to meet her." Krystal started. "We traveled all this way to finally see our biological mother and we found that she wasn't here. It's disappointing but we're not giving up. We're going to go to Virginia if we have to. We're going to meet Dr. Dana Stowe no matter what."

Lu, Lana, Nick, Peter, and Dr. Jackson looked at the two shocked but then they all nodded.

"That's completely understandable." Lana stated.

"We also want to know more about her...." Kayla stated.

Nick nodded. "I think we can tell you some things. What do you want to know?"

"Is she married?"

Nick paused. "Not the last time I saw her no."

"What about other children?"

"Other children?" Lu asked. They all hesitated not knowing how the twins would feel about siblings, biological or not. "Dana adopted two girls awhile ago." She said.

The twins looked at her surprised. "Adopted?" They asked together.

"Yes. One of them was just an infant...she named her after me Louisa Lee." Lu said. "The other one was around 5. Her name was Annie."

"I don't get it." Kayla said. "How can she abandon us and then adopt two other girls later on in life."

Lu shrugged and semi-smiled at the girls.

Nick looked at his hands. "I don't get it either. She wanted children more than anything towards her last several months here. When she lost the baby, she adopted."

"Lost the baby?" Krystal responded.

"She got pregnant with my sperm but she lost the baby. And she never even once mentioned you two. Not even in her medical files. She lied about the whole thing." Peter noted.

"She didn't lie. She just didn't say anything." Nick responded.

"I almost gave her a child and I had no idea that she abandon two other ones eighteen years ago man. How was I suppose to know she wouldn't do it again?"

"Because Dana isn't like that now...she wasn't like that when I dated her and she wasn't like that when you got her pregnant." Nick said defensively.

"She dated you but got pregnant by him?" Kayla asked confused.

"It's a long story." Nick and Peter said together.

"I think Dr. Stowe has some explaining to do." Lana noted and looked around at them all.

"This shouldn't be any of our business though." Lu responded.

"Two teenage twins show up at your clinic looking for her and saying she's their mother is none of our business?"

"Yes."

"Speak for yourself."

"Listen." Nick said, ignoring Lu and Lana. "I want to take you to Virginia to see her. I want explanations just as much as you do."

"Why you?" Krystal asked.

"Because......I loved her. And I still do." Nick answered.

The girls nodded with a smile. "Ok. Let's go." They responded in unison.

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The next day, Nick took the day off and said that he probably wouldn't be back for a few days. It all depended on what would happen in Virginia and he said that he would call Dr. Jackson with updates. Everybody was curious to hear what was going to happen. To see if Dana would confess to abandoning Kayla and Krystal or not.

They headed out around mid-afternoon by plane. Nick bought their tickets but it wasn't cheap. He didn't want to spend all day in a car driving though. They arrived at the destination a little late but it didn't matter. Nick looked at the piece of paper that had all Dana's information on it: number, cell number, house address, and clinic address. He decided to call her before heading over to her home.

When he called her house he got the answering machine. Before leaving a message he hung up and then dialed her cell phone.

"Hello?" The once familiar and sweet voice said from the other side of the payphone in the airport lobby.

"Hi, Dana. It's Nick....Biancavilla."

"Nick?!" She asked surprised. She was inside the grocery store shopping with Annie and Louisa. "How are you?!" She asked glad to speak with him after so long.

"I'm good. I'm in Virginia."

"Oh my god. What for?"

"Came to see you. Brought you two lovely surprises." He responded and looked at Kayla and Krystal next to him. They smiled back knowing that he was talking about them.

"Nick." She said his name in concern. "I wasn't expecting you to ever-"

"I wasn't expecting me to ever come down here either Dana but I have and I think you need to know why."

"Why?" She asked curiously.

"I don't want you to find out over the phone. Is there some place I can meet you with the surprises so we can all talk?"

"I'll be home shortly after I'm finished shopping." She said. "Do you have my address?"

"Yes." He answered.

"Well as long as your visiting why don't you stay for dinner."

"I'd like that." He said. "What time?"

"Umm....around six thirty if that's ok.."

"That's great. Will your girls be there?"

Kayla and Krystal looked at him confused but then realized he was talking about Annie and Louisa.

"Yes."

"Ok, well I'll see you then..."

"Ok." She said and was about to hang up her cell phone.

"Oh, and Dana."

"Yeah."

"Cook for six." He said including Louisa in the dinner plans and hung up the phone.

Dana paused and looked awkwardly at the phone after he hung up. She hung up herself and then placed her cell phone back in her purse. Annie looked at her strangely from the side of the shopping cart.

"Who was that Mom?" The little girl asked.

"Just....an old friend. He's stopping by for dinner. You met him awhile ago back in Philadelphia."

"Oh." Annie responded and continued walking along the cart.

Dana placed things into the cart hardly paying any attention to what she was grabbing off the shelves. She wondered what Nick was talking about. 'Cook for six?' She thought to herself. 'Is he bringing guests?' After a minute she shrugged it off and thought she just better do what he said.

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Six thirty rolled around before Dana knew it. She had put on a nice outfit and looked at herself in the mirror. Annie smiled at her from the kitchen and Dana smiled back. She had been letting her hair grow out since she moved back to Virginia. It was now shoulder length and still the same dark brown it used to be. It was also straight with a slight curl at the bottom. She checked her make up in the mirror and looked at her big blue eyes. She always thought her eyes were too big but with the right eye shadow they looked fine to her. The doorbell rang and a big smile formed on her face. She hadn't seen Nick in so long and she was actually nervous about it.

When she answered the door she saw him first and greeted him with that same big smile and a big hug.

"It's so good to see you again." She whispered. Before he could responded Dana noticed Kayla and Krystal standing behind him. They were wearing nice out fits as well and were staring at her with big smiles and big blue eyes just like hers. She pulled away from Nick and stared at them in wonder. Her wonder turned to shock when they spoke.

"Hi." Kayla said.

"Hey." Krystal followed.

Dana's jaw dropped. She knew who they were and couldn't believe it. Nick smiled in response to her look. She swallowed hard pass the lump in her throat and the twins did the same. Her mouth stayed open slightly in shock and she could hardly breath. Her babies from so long ago were there...standing in front of her..in front of her home...in front of their real mother.

End Hidden Secrets: Chapter 2

Hehehehe!! I like how this story is playing out. It's fun to write because all the people that I've talked to since I posted Chapter one are like 'Wow...This is interesting." And everything so...yeah. I love the reviews I'm getting so far. Keep em coming. And I'll see you in the next chapter.