It seemed as if her baby bump had grown overnight, and one month after the talk they went in to get the paternity test. They had only told certain people about the situation...but if Liz grew any faster the whole town would know.
Patrick held her hand while the procedure took place. Kelly had promised anonymity and a rush on the results. So one week later they sat at the Metro Court hotel room waiting. The pregnancy had made her tired, and right now she was laying on the couch her feet in Patrick's lap while he massaged them.
When the phone rang they both jumped.
"Patrick Drake...yeah we will be right over" he said before hanging up.
He turned to her slowly, "they are in" and she nodded.
In record time they made it in and were sitting in the waiting room of the obstetrics department.
The nurse let them in as Kelly rushed in the door with a sealed manila envelope.
She didn't sit down, but turned to them, "I haven't read it...I figured I would give it to you guys to read yourself...so let me get out of your way"
When she left Patrick sat the paper in his lap and turned to Liz taking her small hands in his, "this is just a piece of paper...no matter what it says, I am here...I want to be with you, okay?"
She couldn't speak but nodded with tears in her eyes. He took the envelope and pulled it apart. As she watched him read she couldn't read his expression. And then he handed it to her.
"Well mommy, it looks like we are going to have a baby in six in a half months"
She barely squeaked out a "we" before glancing at the paper through tear encased eyes. There right in front of her...
Father: Patrick Drake 99.999999999
He grabbed her and kissed her hard almost getting lost in the moment until he heard a knock on the door and Kelly peak her head in. When she saw the two beaming faces she smiled, "congratulations on your guys' little bundle" she said hugging Liz and winking at Patrick.
They walked out hand and hand knowing exactly where they needed to go. Unfortunately they walked right in to an embraced Robin and Nikolas.
"Hey" Robin said turning to them red faced.
Nikolas nodded and then turned to smile at Liz, "how are you both doing?" he asked looking at her tummy. He had been one of the first she told...hoping he would not judge her, but instead Nikolas took her into his arms and told her he loved her, she wasn't just his sister in law...she was one of his best friends.
Liz smiled, "actually all three of us are doing good...we got the results of the DNA test, and in six and half months Patrick and I will be bring our baby home"
Nikolas smiled knowing how much Lucky had put Liz through and hugged her and shook Patrick's hand. Robin hugged Patrick.
"Congratulations Daddy" she said smiling and then hugged Liz.
When they walked away they felt positive.
"That went well" he stated opening the door for her.
"Oddly well" she said laughing.
They came to the house that Liz remembered well...she and Cameron were staying with Grams until they got on their feet. When they walked in the house they were greeted by the little boy running from the backyard.
"MOMMY!" he said throwing himself into her arms.
"Cammy" she said peppering his face with kisses.
"Hi Patrick" he said waving over his mom's shoulder.
"Hey buddy" he said tussling his hair.
Audrey walked in a moment later, "Elizabeth, Patrick, how are you doing" she asked warmly.
Elizabeth smiled at her Grandmother, "actually really well...why don't we all sit down; we have something to tell Cameron and you" she said as everyone sat on the couches.
Liz grabbed Patrick's hand...they had already told Audrey about the baby and the sordid paternity; so this portion was relieving...
"Cammy...guess what?" she asked excited.
"What?" he asked back his interests peaked.
"Well Patrick and I have news...we are going to have a baby soon...which means you are going to be a big brother"
She watched his eyes get wide, "really?"
When she nodded he started to clap and then turned to tell Grams, "I gonna be big brother" he exaggerated.
When Cam went off to watch a video Audrey sat with the young couple, "I am so very happy for you Elizabeth" she said hugging her granddaughter. And then she turned to Patrick, "welcome to the family"
It seemed as if things were finally moving in a positive direction. Liz seemed to be growing by the day, and at five months they were due for their first ultrasound. Although first they stopped by Kelly's to get something to eat. The first months Liz had developed horrible morning sickness, but now she was hungry all the time. So after their round of cheeseburgers, fries and shakes they were on their way. They decided it would be nice to just walk to the hospital instead.
"When the hell were you going to tell me about my baby" they heard practically growl from around the corner.
Patrick pushed Liz behind him in a protective stance and looked at Lucky Spencer. The glassy eyes gave him away, but he pushed towards the couple.
"I did the math El-iz-a-beth" he said elongating her name as her sneered, "and that baby is mine...and I will raise it a Spencer"
Patrick rolled his eyes and got in front of the man, "one, obviously if Liz wanted to talk to you; she would have come and found you...Second, Elizabeth is carrying my child...end of story" he said taking Liz's hand in an attempt to keep walking.
Lucky practically lunged towards them, "I knew it, you attacked me for Maxie and you were being some who-"
He didn't get to even finish the last word before Patrick's fist was at his jaw. He didn't know what had come over him, but soon he and Lucky were full fledged fist fighting in front of Kelly's. It would have lasted a lot longer if Nikolas and Robin wouldn't have interrupted.
Nikolas grabbed Lucky, "what the hell are you doing?" he questioned angrily.
Lucky shook him off, "oh go take her side when the whole time I needed her she was screwing the good doctor"
Liz had started to cry; not sure if it was because of emotions, or because seeing Lucky like this ripped out her heart. Robin put a comforting arm around her shoulder and walked away from the situation.
Lucky kept spouting his filth when Patrick looked at Nikolas, "shut him up, or I will" he said walking away.
He saw Liz there crying and he felt like an ass. He hadn't meant for things to happen that way with Lucky...but to hear him call her names like that made him sick to his stomach.
He nodded to Robin as they traded places.
"I'm sorry" he whispered.
She smiled sadly, "don't be...I'm sorry I dragged you into this whole mess that is my life" she said before turning on her heel.
He grabbed her arm gently and spun her back to him, "there is no where else I would rather be than with you, Cam, and our baby" he said kissing her forehead.
She touched his split lip, "good thing we are going to the hospital anyway, huh?"
When they walked in Noah greeted them...he had been out of the country for months, but Patrick had been keeping him apprised through email and phone calls.
"Patrick, what happened to your lip" he asked to which his son shot him the look, so instead he turned to Liz.
He smiled softly, "how are you, and my little grandbaby?"
"We are doing good now that the baby is accepting food again, huh peanut" she said directed to her belly.
Noah looked at her, "how far along are you?" he asked.
"Five months...and I know I look farther, but maybe I need to cut back on the cheeseburgers" she said joking.
When they finally made it into the examination room Patrick had his lip and hand treated and Liz lay with the warm jelly on her naked tummy.
"Okay, let's listen to the heartbeat" Kelly said putting the machine one.
They all heard the noise and looked at each other. Patrick spoke first.
"Kelly, that is awfully fast" he said nervous to which Liz picked up on.
Dr. Lee hooked up the ultrasound machine and began to look at the screen.
"It's what I thought" she said looking to them.
Liz's face fell, "what is it...is my baby okay" she asked her voice caught in her throat.
Kelly smiled, "well yes the heartbeat is normal and it looks like all three of your babies are growing fine" she said smiling at them.
Suddenly the brevity of her words hit them...not one baby, not two...triplets.
A/N: Triplets! How exciting; it was one of the conditions of the challenge, and I think it can only make things more exciting! Hope you liked, thanks for all the wonderful reviews…you all are awesome!