A week later as Courtney layed on the couch watching TV she decided to get up and go get some ice cream. Nikolas had just walked inside after being at a meeting. Courtney stood up and looked down. "Uh oh...woah boy...Nikolas!" she didn't know what to do. It was time. "Nikolas!" Nikolas came bolting in the living room like someone had lit his pants on fire or something. "What? What is it?" He looked down to where she was looking. "Woah--o--ok...I-I-I'm gonna grab your bags.." He ran upstairs got her things then came back for her. "Come on Honey easy does it." he instructed. As they were making their way to GH Courtney was nervous. "Oh Gosh Nikolas...this is it...we're about to welcome Ariana...No more quiet time...we're about to be parents..." she was trying not to freak out at the over whelming feeling. "I'm here every step of the way sweetheart...every step..."
After 6 hours of Nikolas and Sonny and Reese, Carly and Mike, and Ric and Alexis pacing nervously the Doctor finally came out. "Dr.Cantrell is she ok...is my daughter ok?" "Now before you get worried everything is fine now we just had a complication where the baby was in a breech position but everything is fine now...the baby is fine and you're wife is resting peacefully." Nikolas sighed relieved that his wife and daughter were ok as Alexis hugged him. "Everything is fine..." she repeated. "Can I see my baby?" Nikolas asked. "Sure...right this way shes in the nursery." The 7 of them followed Dr.Cantrell to see Ariana. "Right there." Dr.Cantrell pointed out smiling. "Hi beautiful...I'm your Daddy." Nikolas said with tears in his eyes. Then he noticed Emily was the nurse who was appointed to the nursery that night. Why was he always running into her? Emily walked over to Ariana's crib and looked on the name of the ID Bracelet. "Cassadine?" She looked up at the window and seen Nikolas.
Courtney woke up as Emily brought Ariana into the room Nikolas not too far behind them. "Hey..." he said softly as he kissed her forehead. "How are you feeling?" "Sore." she replied with a weak smile. Courtney looked a little pale but the doctor said she was fine. "Ariana...Meet Mommy." Emily said as she handed the baby to Courtney with tears in her eyes and turned away quickly as she ran out. Courtney looked confused. "What was all-" "Shhhh..." he said as he looked down at the two most important women in his life. "She's got the headfull of dark hair just like her Daddy." Courtney smiled as she held her daughter. "My little miracle baby." she said softly kissing her daughters forehead then kissing her husband. "I love you Nikolas Cassadine and I always will...No one will ever change the way I feel about you." she said as she smiled. Sonny and Reese followed in shortly. "Hey baby sister..." Sonny smiled as Reese held his hand smiling too. "She's beautiful." Reese complimented.
Courtney was finally a mom, something she had wanted for the longest time. Nikolas smiled at the happiness that was radiating from Courtney. Emily had walked back in to hand Courtney the bottle to feed Ariana. Emily locked eyes with Nikolas for a brief moment. "Nikolas can I talk to you alone?" Emily asked. Nikolas looked at Courtney. "Sure...go ahead me and Ariana are fine..." she smiled as he kissed her forehead and walked outside of the room closing the door behind him. He cleared his throat and as she began to speak her voice became low. "You weren't the only one who snuck around..." she admitted almost silently. Nikolas didn't know if he had misunderstood her or to believe what she had just said. "Excuse me can you repeat that..." "You weren't the only one who snuck around..." she said her voice becoming a decibal louder. "What?" he was dumbfounded. All the hours at the hospital were a hoax? Did Monica lie for Emily? "Nikolas I'm Sorry..." "No I don't want to hear it...The past is the past what's done is done and I have a beautiful daughter and wife in that room right there and you drop this on me 2 years After we split! This is crazy." he walked off back into the hospital room clearly unhappy. "Nikolas what is it? What happened?" he shook his head. "I'm fine."
A few days later Courtney and Ariana were released. Over the following weeks Nikolas and Courtney had gotten very little if any sleep at all. They'd do different shifts. Nikolas would watch Ariana as Courtney slept and vice versa. The thought of Emily cheating on him still in the back of his mind. He had been honest with her...for the most part of their marriage anyways. He really did love her but when she pushed him away, if that was really what she was doing, Courtney was there. Did she still love him now? Was that the real reason behind her return? He wasn't sure but now all his focus was on his daughter and her mother. He couldn't focus on the past that was over and done with and it couldn't be revisited. "Nikolas? Ariana's finally asleep." Courtney said as she sat on the couch beside him. "Ok." was all he said. "What's up with you lately you've been so distant and as much as I hate to say it I think it has to do with Emily." "She cheated on me...before anything between us ever happened." he admitted.