(Author's Notes- Glad everyone liked the last chapter. Here's the next one. Please Read & Review! Thanks! --Am)

Chapter #6- Part #2- Results, Curiosity, and Tears-

Previously on SFH-

Soon a doctor came in ready to find out why Jasmine Cane was sick. Stavros and Emily were both extremely shocked to find out that her doctor was none other than...

...Elizabeth Webber.

"Hi Jasmine. My name's Elizabeth Webber. I'll be doing some tests to see why you're not feeling so good."

"Hi, nice to meet you." 'Jasmine' replied.

It took Emily everything she had, every fiber, ever muscle, every instinct not to hug her best friend and not let her go. She knew she had to hold it together - she couldn't cry now...

"Not to be rude, but where is your husband Jasmine?" Liz asked.

"I can answer that one. Unfortunately he couldn't make it, he had business to attend to and asked me to take her." Stavros said.

"Thank you Mr. Cane. Would you please step outside? I need to ask your daughter some questions." Elizabeth asked.

After a few short moments, Stavros quietly exited the room although wanting to stay very much.

"So Jasmine, where are you from originally?"

"I'm from the Mid-West – Idaho in the States, you?"

"Originally from Colorado, and I currently reside in upstate NY. I'm here in Greece for an abroad internship." Liz replied with a soft smile.

"That's wonderful." 'Jasmine replied.

"And we have no accents." Liz said with a small laugh.

'Jasmine' joined in with her. "Nope! What'd I'd give to be back in the States sometimes. But I like it here, and I'm hoping to visit the States again."

"Well now, what seems to be bothering you?"

"I've been sick, throwing up for about a week now, and I'm not exactly sure why."

"Any other symptoms?"

"Just along with being sick, I really feel drained. Always tired, not wanting to move...lethargic almost." Jasmine said.

"I'm just going to ask you a few more, rather personal questions ok?"

"Ok."

"I see that you're married, when was the last time you've had sex?"

At this, Emily quickly opened her mouth to reply however she had to think a bit, furrowing her brows as she did so.

"Actually, I'm not sure...maybe not for a little while...We've been having a lot of stress lately. We love each other greatly; we've only been married less than a year. It's just environmental stress. We also don't get a lot of privacy where we're living..."

"Ok, understandable. Well, I'm going to run some blood tests...I'll be back in a few minutes." Elizabeth replied.

"Thanks" Jasmine responded.

(Author's Notes- As I said in ES- blood tests usually take about 3 days but for the sake of fiction...)

15 Minutes Later-

Stavros has joined 'Jasmine' and Elizabeth back in the room, as he and 'Jasmine' are waiting for the results to come back.

"Well, Jasmine, I'm happy to report that you and your husband are about to be parents. You're 5 months pregnant." Elizabeth said with a smile.

"5 months? But how come I didn't get morning sickness like 2 months ago?" 'Jasmine' said baffled.

"Well, some expectant mothers are lucky. Most get morning sickness between 3-4 months and some get morning sickness in the 5th month. You are one of those women." Elizabeth said.

"Thank you."

"You're very welcome, and congratulations. Please avoid stress. It's not healthy for you or your baby. I'd like you to come back in a few days with your husband if possible (no offense Mr. Cane) for an ultrasound. The only reason I recommend your husband is because its usually better for both parents to understand what's going on." Liz said.

"Thank you doctor. Come Jasmine, let's go home. You're only 22 and you're pregnant again. At least this time you're married, not 16 years old, and for the moment not having twins." Stavros said as he shook his head.

Emily stopped cold. She knew Elizabeth was watching her from a side angle, and Emily just narrowed her eyes, snapping her head to the other side, away from Liz's gaze, trying not to cry.

"I hate you..." She muttered, crying as she quickly walked passed Stavros, who followed without another word to Liz.

Castle-

As Emily and Stavros returned, he forcefully grabbed Em's arm.

"You do realize that the only thing saving you from being severely punished is you being pregnant correct?" Stavros growled.

"Yes." Emily said quietly as tears continued to trickle down her eyes.

"Get out of my sight." Stavros barked as Em quickly walked away.

Nik & Em's Bedroom-

It was very late when Emily went into her bedroom. Stavros had worked her hard tonight, giving the servants a day off. It's almost as if he wanted to harm Em's baby, putting Em under a good amount of pressure in addition to what she's already dealing with.

Emily continually asked where Nikolas was, but every question about Nikolas was ignored. As Em shut her door, sliding down it as she did so, she didn't notice Nikolas already lying in bed.

She sobbed for a good hour before she looked up and realized that Nikolas was in the room.

Emily walked over to the end of her bed and crawled in, completely exhausted. Kneeling next to her husband, she thought he was sleeping.

"Nik?" She said lightly shaking him with no response, "Nikolas, wake up." Now shaking him a little harder, still crying and beginning to panic.

"Nikky? Please wake up. What's wrong with you? Why aren't you responding?" Em asked in the voice of a hurt little child.

She quickly checked his pulse, only to realize that he is breathing, and having a good steady heart beat, Emily figured he was probably unconscious for some other reason.

Quietly, she stretched out next to her husband, and laid her head on his chest sobbing, wishing he would wake up and wrap his arms around, kiss her, and tell her everything was going to be alright.

"Nikolas, we can't leave yet. We can't. There's no way I'll be able to do this. I found out why I'm sick...I'm 5 months pregnant. We're going to have a baby. And to think we conceived this little one more than likely on our wedding night." Em gave a watery smile.

"But this is supposed to be a happy moment, so why am I so conflicted? Why do I feel this isn't the right time for a baby? We're SO close to getting out and now we may have to wait at least a year? I can't put you and our sons through that..." Em trailed as she continued to cry as she continued to speak to an unconscious Nik in a soft, very quiet voice.

"I know you'll never leave me, so saying this won't make a difference, but I need to say it – I want you and the boys to get out of here, and I'll stay behind..."

Crying for a few moments more, voice going hoarse, Emily continued.

"I don't know what to do anymore...I want to go home, just as much as you do, and I don't know if we'll be able to do that. There's no way I'll be able to go through the stress of running, especially when I'm going have this baby in only a few months...there's no way..."

Unbeknownst to Emily, yet another hour had passed but she didn't care. While trying to control her crying and her stress level, she finally had the courage to speak about who she saw today.

"I saw Elizabeth today. She was my doctor. God Nik...it took me everything I had not to hug her and not let my best friend go. I knew I would have gotten it big time from Stavros if I had done that. I probably wouldn't ever see the light of day again..."

Emily paused, but spoke again...

"She looks good Nik. She seems happy from what I can tell. Stavros tried to tarnish my 'alter ego' because he said right in front of her that I had gotten pregnant at 16 with twins. I couldn't look at her. I just felt so dirty...so ashamed...I couldn't look her in the eyes. I had to look away...If, if Lucky is here, I don't think I'll be able to handle lying to him or Elizabeth anymore. I'll break..." Em ended up speaking at a semi-normal volume to barley a whisper.

A quiet knock soon came from Nik and Em's door, she found out that it was her sons, and quickly wiped her tears away to let them in.

She found them on the other side of the door, sleeping bags in hand, wanting to stay with their parents because of a bad dream.

Em smiled and told the boys that they'll need to stay quiet because their dad was asleep. She set them up on her side of the bed, on the floor and gave them her comforter blanket.

She decided to give her sons a little bit of happiness.

"Hey boys, guess what?" Em whispered.

"What?"

"I have a surprise for you and your dad."

"What is it Mama?" Anthony asked first.
"Well if I told you it wouldn't be a suprise now would it?" Em smiled.

"Aw Mama. That's not fair..." Darien said, lower lips sticking out (much like his mother) in mock sadness.

"Aww...well I'm going to tell you tomorrow because I want to tell your dad first ok? But I promise, as soon as he knows, I'll tell you guys."

The boys beamed, and fell asleep thinking of the possible surprises their mom could conjure up.

Emily watched her sons fall asleep with smiles on their faces, as a small one graced her own face.

She slowly turned back around and laid her head back on top of her husband.

Emily didn't get a wink of sleep, crying softly and silently for the entire night.

Greece Apartment-

(At the same time as Emily's mini-breakdown)

Elizabeth came 'home' (or what was considered home for the moment) to find her fiancée Lucky at the computer. He came with her to remind her of home.

"Hey Lucky."
"Hey Liz. How was work?"

"Good. Did you eat yet?"

"Nope, waited for you. Anything interesting happen at work?"

"Lucky, you know I can't tell you anything specific...and I won't. But there was this one patient. It wasn't her, but her father that gave me the chills. I don't know what it was about him, but it just didn't seem right. And it looked to me that the daughter was scared of him. She tried to hide it, but I saw it in her eyes. Clear as day."

"What's his name?"

Liz considered this but answered him anyway.

"Lucien Cane."

"Want me to look him up?" Lucky offered.

"Well against my better judgment....no." Liz said.

"No?" Lucky asked, sure that she was going to say 'yes'.

"Well I don't want to make a big deal out of nothing, if it is nothing."

"And if it's not nothing? Then what?" Lucky countered.

"We'll deal with it when it comes."

"What if by then it's too late?"

"Look Lucky, I really want to wait on this. Besides I asked Jasmine to come back in a few days and bring her husband with her." Liz said.

"Okay, okay, you win." Lucky said, as he and Liz settled in for the night.

Morning-

Nikolas started to awake with a blistering headache. As he was about to stretch, he felt a weight upon his right side, only to open his eyes and realize that it was his wife. He quickly looked over her head to find his sons on the floor sleeping soundly.

He smiled at the scene before him and soon turned his attention back to his wife.

However his smile didn't last when he saw her eyes: open, red, puffy, tears still coming down her face, while taking shaky breaths – trying to control her crying.

When Emily realized her husband was awake, her eyes darted to his face. She was worn out but not about to sleep until her husband made her or due to pure emotional drain.

"How are you feeling?" Came the quiet raspy voice of Nikolas' wife.

"Well aside from the pounding headache, not too bad. As for you, what happened? Did you even get an ounce of sleep last night?" Nikolas asked, seriously concerned.

"Doubt it." Came the simple reply.

"Why? Did you find out why you're sick?"

"Yes, but I'm ore concerned about you. Why were you unconscious last night? Literally you were. I couldn't wake you up. I got really scared until I realized you were breathing normally. But still..." Emily said.

"Well, Stavros really didn't want me taking you to the doctor, so he tased me." Nik said.

"What!?" Em exclaimed, but quietly as not to disturb her sleeping sons while bolting into a sitting position. "Nikolas, we have to get you to a doctor, who knows what kind of damage that shock could have caused."

"Sweetheart, I'll be ok. I think the fact that I was unconscious from mid-afternoon all the way through now was the full extent of it." Nikolas said as he kissed her forehead.

"Now it's your turn. Why did you look so bad this morning?"

"Thanks Nik..." Came Em's reply. "You know what I mean...."

Too tired, and not wanting to bicker, Emily told him what was on her mind. "I saw Elizabeth yesterday, she was my doctor. I'm sick because...well, because we're going to have a baby...I'm pregnant."

Nikolas eyes went wide, and it took him a minute to let that news sink in.

He then enveloped his wife into a hug and kissed her temple, as Em rested her head on his shoulder.

"Really? We're going to have a baby. That's wonderful." Nikolas said extremely happy.

Em then took her head off his shoulder, and looked her husband in the eyes. "But – as happy as I am, our timing sucks...We're stuck here for at least another year. I don't want to hold you and our sons here—"

"Don't even think about it. I'm not leaving you back here while our sons and I go home. No way, no how. We're a team. We're not splitting up. We either leave (all 4 of us) together or not at all. So we have to wait a little while longer, we can make it. I know we can." Nik said sternly.

"Have you been taking 'Lucky Lessons?' How are you optimistic when all I can think of is 'what ifs?" Em asked.

"We just have to believe that we can do this. We believe that, and we can do anything." Nik said.

"Okay." Em said as she rested her head on Nik's shoulder once again.

They sat there for a little while, Emily just about dozing off when a quiet voice interrupted her silent freefall of sleep.

"Mama?" Darien asked awake, and his brother soon waking up too.

"Hey boys. Did you sleep well?" Emily asked her sons.

"Yes. Hi dad." Anthony said.

"Hi Anthony, Darien." Nikolas said.

"Mama, what's your surprise?" Darien asked.

"Did you tell Dad what it was yet?" Anthony asked at the same time of his brother's question.

Nik smiled, slightly shook his head – 'So much like their mother.' He thought.

"Why don't I answer this one? Boys, you may have a new brother or sister soon. You're Mama is going to have a baby." Nikoas said.

Neither parent thought their sons' eyes could ever go so wide. They weren't sure if it was a good reaction or bad reaction.

"COOL!!" Both boys said in unison.

Emily laughed for the first time a while.

Soon Emily and Nikolas were bombarded with questions from their 6 year old sons.

A Little While Later-

After about an hour of answering questions in ways the boys would understand, they got called for breakfast. The boys had already scampered away to go eat and Emily was taking her time getting up, still very, very tired.

As she was about to move away from the bed when 2 warm arms belonging to her husband, lightly wrapped around her slowly protruding stomach, making her sit on the bed.

"Hey, hey. Where do you think you're going huh?" Nik said in a gentle voice.

"To eat?" Em replied.

"Not right now you're not." Nik said – eyes worried.

"And why not?" Em asked.

"Because I want you to get some sleep and I promise I'll bring you something later. And now that we've got the baby to consider, I don't want you walking around like a zombie with no rest. You didn't get any last night. Therefore, I want you to go to sleep now. No 'buts', no protests. Just get some sleep and that will make all 3 of us – you, me, and the baby – feel better."

"Nik..." Em got cut short by Nikolas soft kiss to her lips.

"You will only ever hear me say this (hopefully this'll be the only time) because I love you: that's an order." Nikolas said softly, no harsh voice forcing her to obey, no harsh control, no severe punishments behind his words is she didn't comply.

Just a soft command, wanting his wife to stay healthy and be ok. Emily knew that, and knew she wasn't going to win looking at the determination in his eyes to get her to sleep.

However, the idea of falling into a sleep-filled oblivion greatly appealed to her.

Nodding in her submission, Emily hugged her husband and settled down into the pillows. Nikolas smiled as he walked to her side of the bed to pick up the comforter that the boys used and tucked his wife in. Within seconds of the blanket wrapped around her, Emily was out like a light. Exactly what Nikolas hoped for. As he kissed her forehead, he quietly slipped out of the room and went downstairs to eat with his sons.

(Author's Notes- I hope you enjoyed that chapter! Next chapter...not sure when that'll be. Please Read nad Review!! Thanks! --Am)