Something Unexpected

This piece was meant to kill two birds with one stone as it was done both in response to IlovetowriteSMP for the 'Write My Couple' Challenge Soap Fan Fiction as well as the latest 1,000 word prompt of 'Birth of a Child' over Only In My Fantasies (this was 974 words before the Author Note) All standard disclaimers apply as I don't own GH just my creative muses...some dialogue comes from the October 3rd episode of GH

He never thought his life would be this way, becoming a father at the ripe old age of twenty three to a woman he had barely known but that was just the case.

Sitting down on the couch of the small loft they now shared watching her flipping through a baby name book he couldn't help but think about the time that they first got to know each other.

Nine Months Ago...

He watched as Spinelli headed out of the office of the coffee house and looked at him.

"Milo," he said in a rushed tone, "The Jackal has a favor to ask."

"And this favor would entail."

"I need you to meet up with the Nobel Nurse Nadine at the Elm Street Pier like pronto."

He nodded wondering why his acquaintance didn't want to help out a friend in need. He figured Jason must need him for something of utter importance.

In heading to the docks he spotted the Blonde Nurse in all her glory. He never knew how beautiful she was but he knew he couldn't have her and unlike with Lulu he wasn't going to even pursue it. He knew she loved Nikolas Cassadine and how could he compete with an honest to goodness Prince Charming.

"Where is Spinelli," she said in seeing him.

"He had business so he sent me."

She let out a sigh.

"Maybe I shouldn't have called; I mean it's not something dire well I guess it's dire to me..."

He placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Breathe Nadine."

She took a deep breath and looked at him.

"The launch has already left Spoon Island," She said pausing and taking another breath.

"Guy Trouble."

Nadine nodded.

"It's just after last night; I thought we had an understanding. And we do, it's just that what Nikolas understood is very different from what I understood. And I need to make him understand on a different level, that even though he has a butler and breakfast in bed and even after last night I've been -- you have no idea, you really don't. Still, he needs to know that he is not the only game in town..."

He simply nodded as she leaned over to give him a kiss. A kiss that was clearly intended to make the prince jealous but carried such promise that things were never the same again.

"How about Ophelia," She said smiling, "Ophelia Giambetti."

Milo smiled.

"You want to give her my name."

She smiled and nodded thinking back to the day when the news was discovered.

It was a few weeks after the time on the docks when Nikolas caught the staged make out session between her and the bodyguard. She had been pulling a double at GH and was feeling a bit woozy and chalking it up to exhaustion. A few days of this wooziness passed as her friend and colleague Leyla Mir cornered her in the break room.

"Nadine, that night with Nikolas did you use..."

"Oh my god Leyla no...Do you think it's possible?"

Nadine nodded as she promised to take the test.

Once the results were in she headed to Harberview Towers and began to bang on the door to penthouse one where he lived with his brother.

"Nadine, what are you doing here," he said as he looked at her teary face."

"Milo, remember that day on the docks."

"When we kissed."

She nodded.

"Well the night before I...well...I did something."

"Come in...Do I need to call Diane before you tell me."

"Having sex isn't a felony so no."

Milo nodded as she cut right to the chase.

"I'm pregnant."

"And it's Nickolas's."

"Who else's would it be...Matt Hunter's?"

Milo let out a chuckle as he had known she had stalked the resident on many occasion and they recently had both been victims in the fire that took place at the Emily Bowen Quartermaine Free Clinic.

"So what are you going to do?"

Nadine shrugged.

"I don't know...well I do know I plan to keep it. I mean Aunt Raylene would roll over in her grave if she knew I got rid of it."

"So then are you going to tell Nikolas?"

"I don't know...I was thinking of going back to Ohio...give it up for adoption."

"Is that what you really want?"

Nadine looked through her tears into his soothing brown eyes.

"No, it's not...I mean my sister Jolene was the only family I have left and if she wasn't comatose she'd be in the clink."

Milo nodded.

"Oh my gosh...Milo I had a great idea...say the baby is yours."

"What," he asked confused.

"Yes, I mean I know we don't know each other but..."

She looked at him and he couldn't say no.

"Milo," she said in a panicked tone.

"What, do you need some peppermint ice-cream or pickle juice or..."

"No, my water broke."

Milo then went into full out action mode as he grabbed the duffle bag that he had pre packed for this very occasion and ushered her to the car making sure to dial Dr. Lee on the way.

He sat there watching her, the one who in these nine months time he'd grown to love in more ways then one go through all the motions of giving birth squeezing her hand all the way.

"It's a girl," Kelly said smiling as she looked at the happy couple getting the child ready for mother to hold.

"So, are we sticking with Ophelia?"

The blonde shook her head.

"I'm torn between that still or Cornelia."

They looked at each other.

"Cornelia."

Later in the day as Nadine rested he stood looking through the glass into the nursery at a little bundle wrapped in a pink blanket.

Cornelia Rose Giambetti was defiantly something unexpected but like falling in love with her mother he wouldn't have had it any other way.

THE END