Finding

Staring into the eyes of the only woman he could ever imagine himself loving, Ethan slowly steps into the hospital room.

"May I come in?"

"I guess so." Theresa responds, as she cuddles her twins closer to her. Dear God, please don't let Ethan take away these babies. She thinks to herself.

As Ethan sits on the hospital bed, his gaze wanders from Theresa's face to his children. My family. My true family. He thinks to himself as he looks back at Theresa. "Hi."

"What do you want, Ethan?"

"To talk."

"I have nothing to say to you. If you've come here for the babies, I hate to say you've made a wasted trip. I'm not going to give back these babies. You can take me to court for all I care, I'm not doing it!"

Ethan smiles softly as he watches Theresa get fired up. "You know, I always loved your hot temper. You turn all different shades of red. It's too adorable."

Stunned, Theresa looks at Ethan. "What the hell are you talking about?"

Taking a deep breath, Ethan tentatively runs his hand along the twins. Smiling slowly, Ethan feels a huge burden release from his heart as he now is right where he belongs. "There are a lot of things we need to talk about, Theresa. But first, let me just say one thing. I love you. I love you, and I have always loved you."

Staring at Ethan, Theresa becomes speechless. "I'm sorry...what did you just tell me?"

Caressing her cheek, Ethan smiles. "I love you. 100 truly, madly, head over heels, in love with you."

"What about Gwen?"

Looking down at the babies again, Ethan sighs. "We need to talk about a lot of things, Theresa. Let me take the twins and put them down in their bassinets, and we can talk." Reaching out, Ethan takes his son into his arms. "What did you name them, Theresa?"

"Nicholas Luis and Audrey Nicole."

Ethan smiles as he looks from one twin to the other. "Beautiful names. Fox must be honored to have our son named after him."

"Yeah, I think he was."

"What if I told you that I was honored, as well?"

"What are you talking about, Ethan?"

Taking her hand in his own, Ethan looks into Theresa's eyes. "Well, I'm very honored that you named our first born son after me."

Digesting what Ethan just said, Theresa has a perplexed look on her face. "Ethan Martin...?"

"Yes, Ethan Martin Winthrop. Our son."

"Ours...but how...?"

"Well, I was doing some thinking. I realized that the night we made love on the beach that is it possible he was conceived."

Looking from Nicholas to Ethan, Theresa says slowly, "I thought that too, you know. When this little guy was born, I realized how much he looked like Ethan Martin. I thought I was losing my mind. I didn't know what to think."

As he looks at his son, Ethan smiles. "You're right. He does look a lot like our Ethan."

Slowly looking at Ethan, Theresa asks, "I never knew...I never knew that little Ethan was ours all along...you have to believe me."

Placing a finger over her lips, Ethan smiles slowly. "I believe you, Theresa. We all thought Julian was little Ethan's father. As soon as we go back to Harmony, I'll have a test done to see if our feelings that we have now are correct."

"Back up, Ethan. We can't be this happy family you're implying. You're married, remember? You and Gwen have custody of my son."

"Actually, I'm in the process of divorce, and gaining custody away from Gwen in terms of Little Ethan. I learned the truth, Theresa. Gwen and her mother were responsible for blabbing to the tabloid about my paternity. You have to know how truly sorry I am for ever thinking you were the one who sent the information. I never realized how cold and calculating Gwen and Rebecca could be. After I learned the truth, I moved my stuff out of the mansion, along with Little Ethan's. I then filed immediate annulment of my marriage to Gwen. I never want to remember being married to her, because our marriage was a lie from the start."

"God, Ethan. I am so sorry."

"Don't be, my love. We're together now, that's all that matters to me. Speaking of together, I have a surprise for you."

"Oh?"

Taking both babies from Theresa, Ethan puts them down in the bassinet, and then goes to open her hospital room door.

"Mommy!"

"Little Ethan!" Theresa becomes overwhelmed with emotion as she sees her firstborn son run into her arms. Kissing him all over, Theresa mutters, "my baby. My sweet little baby." Turning to look at Ethan, she smiles and mouths, "thank you."

Watching as mother and son reconnect, Ethan stands off on the side, and smiles. "Now, this is the family I'm meant to be a part of." He thinks to himself.

Making his way to the bed after picking up the twins, Ethan says, "is there room for us?"

"Always, daddy!" Little Ethan says, as Theresa watches the man of her heart beam at being called "daddy."

Once everyone is on the bed, Theresa looks up into Ethan's smiling blue eyes. "I love you, Ethan."

"And I love you, Theresa." He says as he kisses her forehead.

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