Chapter Six
Here They Are!
"Emily, any word?" Liz asked as she rushed into the waiting room of the maternity ward of GH.
"Nope. She's still in there. The twins aren't here yet," Emily told her good friend.
"I know it can take a while. But she's been in labor for hours already!" Liz exclaimed.
"It varies with every woman, Liz. Theresa will give birth when her body says she's ready," Nikolas said, surrounded by two large plush bears. Nikolas was every bit excited about being an uncle.
Liz laughed. "Starting to spoil the twins already, Nik?"
"Yeah. I've got eight months to spoil the twins before I get to spoil my own child," Nikolas said.
Liz's eyes widened at that. "Do you mean…?"
"I'm a month pregnant Liz. Nik and I are going to have a baby!" Emily explained.
"Oh my god! That's great! How has everyone else reacted?" Liz asked.
"Alexis couldn't be happier. And Helena and Mary, well…" Emily trailed off.
"Mary is pissed, and Helena had a heart attack and she's a floor up. We're hoping that she goes ahead and dies," Nikolas said.
"I hope so. She needs to leave this world and go to hell," Liz said.
"Are you ready, Theresa?" Dr. Meadows asked the young woman.
Theresa huffed and puffed before she could answer. "Yes, get these babies out of me!"
Lucky chuckled. A moment later, his hand felt like it was being crushed by Theresa. "It's not funny. It hurts!"
"I know, Resa. But you don't literally have to break my hand, you know," Lucky said soothingly.
"I know, honey, I do. You ready to do this?" Theresa asked her husband.
"Yeah. Let's get our children out of you," Lucky said, holding her hand and preparing for a possible broken finger.
"OK, Theresa, on the next contraction, push as hard as you can and we'll get the first twin out," Dr. Meadows said.
Theresa nodded and then the contraction came upon her and she pushed immediately, squeezing Lucky's hand as hard as she could.
The baby's cry soon was heard and Lucky gazed at the child as Dr. Meadows handed the first twin to a nurse and turned back to the proud parents. "It's a girl!"
"Lily Elisia is here!" Theresa exclaimed as she gazed at the child as the nurse came forward and placed the little girl in her father's arms.
A moment later, another contraction went through Theresa and Dr. Meadows turned back to Theresa. "Push, Theresa, push!"
A moment later, another cry pierced the room. Theresa leaned back on the pillow as Dr. Meadows handed the second twin to the nurse. She then turned back to Theresa and Lucky. "Another beautiful baby girl."
"Laurel Pilar. Named for both her grandmothers," Lucky said in a quiet voice, not wanting to disturb the little girl in his arms. Little Lily was peacefully sleeping in his arms.
The nurse placed little Laurel in Theresa's arms and she gazed at her little girl. "She's so perfect!"
"Both of them are perfect. Lily and Laurel, welcome to the world," Lucky said.
The nurse took both babies at that moment to take their first measurements and Lucky leaves Theresa for a moment and goes down the hall to the waiting room where their family and friends await the news.
Lucky enters the room and Emily notices him immediately. "Well?" Emily impatiently asks.
"Two girls, Lily Elisia and Laurel Pilar Spencer," Lucky announces.
"Yuck!" comes the reaction from Michael. "I don't like girls!"
"Wait until you get older, Michael, then you'll like girls," Nikolas said from the chair where he was sitting.
"Uh-uh," Michael shook his head and everyone laughed.
"They just took the twins for their measurements, so you can all come down to the room and then you can see the twins," Lucky said.
Everyone followed him down the hall to Theresa's room. Everyone hugged her, congratulating her and Lucky and then the nurse brought the twins back into the room.
Lucky lifted one little girl wrapped in a pink blanket and with a pink cap on her head. He handed her to Theresa before picking up the second little girl swaddled in a yellow blanket and wearing a yellow cap.
"Everyone, this is Lily Elisia Spencer," Lucky said, showing off his little girl.
"And this is Laurel Pilar Spencer," Theresa said, having members of their family gathering around her.
"Oh, they are so beautiful! Just absolutely adorable!" Carly exclaimed as she looked at both little girls.
"Yes, they are. They are both the cutest little girls I have ever seen," Sonny said, cooing at Laurel.
"Yes, even cuter than Lulu was," Nikolas said, looking at Lily.
"Don't let Lulu hear you say that, Nik. She won't be very happy with you," Lucky said before he turned to Emily. "Do you want to hold your niece?"
Emily nodded eagerly and Lucky transferred Lily into Emily's waiting arms. "She is so beautiful. You are going to be a heartbreaker, little one."
"Yes, she will, just like her mother," Sonny said, knowing exactly how many boys Theresa had dated in high school and had promptly broken their hearts.
"Both twins will. Lily and Laurel are going to be attracting a lot of boys when they grow older," Ric said with a smile as Theresa gave him Laurel.
"If only mom and dad were here to see the twins. They would love their grandchildren," Lucky said.
"And I know that mama will love them," Theresa said as she picked up the phone to call her mother.
The phone rang in Sheridan and Luis's house and Luis rushed to answer it, being the only one home right now. Pilar was with Sheridan at the hospital for a checkup.
"Hello?" Luis answered breathlessly.
"Luis! Sounds like you just ran a marathon," came Theresa's voice across the line.
"Theresa! How are you? Did you have the twins yet?" her brother inquired.
"That's why I'm calling, Luis. I had twin girls, Lily and Laurel," Theresa informed him.
"I have nieces! That's wonderful! Martin has two new cousins now!" Luis exclaimed joyfully.
"Well, Michael is not too happy that I had girls. He wanted boys," Theresa related to him.
"I bet you have a room full of family and friends right now, just adoring those two," Luis said.
"Yes, but there are several people missing and the most glaring ones are you, mama, Sheridan, Miguel, papa, Luke and Laura. Luke may pop up, we don't know, but the only way Laura will see them is if we find who took her from the institution," Theresa said.
"We'll be there soon, Theresa. We'll be there tomorrow," Luis said.
"I'll see you then. I'm in room 450 at GH," Theresa said.
Luis acknowledged her before they both hung up the phones.