Author's Note: Sorry for the lack of updates lately, work's been busy lately. I don't know that I'll have another update until the end of the month when work slows down again. But I will try.
Kellie made her way to Lorenzo's room and found Sam and Sage outside the room.
"Hey," Sam said, hugging Kellie "I was going to come see you later."
"Well, I wanted to see Uncle Lo," Kellie said, "And I had an appointment."
Sam and Kellie stepped apart and Sage stepped into hug Kellie.
"Did Jason tell you what kind of shape Uncle Lo's in?" Sage asked.
"He did," Kellie said, "I am so sorry. He was going after Garrett with me and…."
"This isn't your fault," Sam said, "If you hadn't gone, Dad still would have gone anyway. He wouldn't have had it any other way."
"She's right," Sage said, "Garrett was out for blood if anyone got in his way. And you, I'm just glad you're back and in one piece. Maybe, we could grab drinks and lunch at the Floating Rib after we're done here. They're not moving Uncle Lo until this afternoon."
"I can't stay long," Kellie said, "I have an appointment with the psychologist that admitted Alyssa the other night. Olivia and Lulu want me to stop by some welcome home party for Dante. But we will do lunch another day and I will take a rain check on drinks for later this year after the baby's born."
"Wait, baby?" Sage asked, looking confused and noting Sam did not seem surprised.
"Believe me, no one's more surprised than I am," Kellie said.
"You knew," Sage asked looking at Sam.
"I ran into Jason when I went to see Sonny about Kristina yesterday," Sam said, "Speaking of which I am going to grab the clothes I was going to bring to you. I'll give them to Johnny. Then I have to go to the Quartermaines and check on Danny since Jason's telling him and Jake about the baby."
"I'm sorry that Danny is struggling with all the changes with Jason and I," Kellie said.
"We'll get him through it," Sam said.
"We all will," Sage said.
"I'm going to go," Sam said, "I will see you two later. Sage, if they move Dad before I get back."
"I got it handled," Sage said, "Now go.
Sam left and Kellie turned to go into Lorenzo's room.
"Are you ready for this?" Sage asked.
"As I can be," Kellie said, entering the room.
Lorenzo saw Kellie enter the room and tried to sit up with no luck.
"Don't push yourself unless the doctor's say it's okay," Kellie said, sitting next to the bed, "I know it's the pot calling the kettle black."
"Di—ancer?" Lorenzo said.
"Diancer?" Kellie replied puzzled, "Wait….are you asking about the cancer?"
Lorenzo nodded.
"I don't have cancer," Kellie said as Lorenzo looked relieved, "Ummm… Jason and I are having a baby."
Kellie watched the confused look play out across Lorenzo's face.
"Long story short, apparently my tubes were never tied," Kellie said, "Probably Helena's doing."
Lorenzo tried to form another sentence but struggled.
"Let me see what questions I think you might want answered," Kellie said, "I'm fine, the baby's fine. I'm due at the end of September. Garrett did not do anything to me aside from keep imprisoned in a cabin with Liesl Obrecht. Which reminds me I need to thank her when I see her. She made sure I was healthy enough to escape. We used the cabin as a smoke signal and distraction. Jason worked with Agent Gibbs to find me. They got to the cabin as they were escaping. Garrett's in custody. The school still hasn't opened up since….well you know. The kids seem to be okay after all of it. Alyssa is meeting with a child psychologist this week…Does that cover most of your questions?"
Lorenzo nodded.
"I am so sorry that Garrett shot you," Kellie said, "And that you're going thought this.
Lorenzo shook his head and tried to speak again.
"Hold on," Kellie said, "Can you write?"
Lorenzo shook his head, frustrated.
"Have you tried typing with your good side?" Kellie asked. She was met with another head shake.
Kellie pulled her phone out and pulled up the notes app. She held the phone so Lorenzo could type what he wanted to say.
Lorenzo slowly hen pecked out on the phone with this finger, "Not your fault."
"It still doesn't mean I don't feel responsible," Kellie said.
"How's it going in here?" Sage asked, entering.
"Good," Kellie said, "Where' s Uncle Lo's phone or a tablet. He can type to communicate with us."
"Look at you, Uncle Lo," Sage said.
"Shoot," Kellie said, "I have to go. I have an appointment with Dr. Byrne to discuss Alyssa. I'm glad you'll recover Uncle Lo. Let me know when you're up for visitor's at the rehab center."
The Quartermaine Mansion
Jason had played a video game with the boys when he arrived at the Quartermaine mansion. Cook had prepared lunch and cookies for Jason to share with Danny and Jake.
Before anyone could take a bite, Danny said, "Okay, what bomb are you planning to drop on both of us. This isn't the normal time you see us. Mom insisted I had to see you today instead of join my friends.
"Aren't you grounded?" Jake asked.
"That's the besides the point," Danny said.
"You're right, there is something I need to tell both of you," Jason said, "But I hope you don't think of this as a bomb, but more like good news."
Danny groaned.
"It can't be that bad," Jake said, "Plus we got to spend extra time with Dad both of us together."
"Excuse me if I don't like it that I get time with Dad only because he has to tell us something," Danny said.
"That's your fault, Danny," Jake said, "I heard you skip your times with Dad."
Danny rolled his eyes, "Can we get this over with?"
"I'll just come out and say it," Jason said, "Kellie's pregnant."
"I don't see what that has to do with me," Danny said, standing up from his chair, "I don't live with you or go to your house so."
"Danny, I know you may not be happy with the situation," Jason said, "But I still expect you to be respectful…."
"I will respectfully keep my distance," Danny said, grabbing cookies and storming off. "I'll just keep my mouth shut about the whole affair. Since what I think doesn't matter."
"That's not what I meant," Jason said.
"Why is he so angry?" Jake asked.
"I wish I knew," Jason said, "I know a lot of the changes that have happened have been hard on him and you."
"Do you think he would do art with me?" Jake asked, "It helped me."
"I don't know, buddy," Jason said, "But that's for his Mom and I to figure out. How do you feel about having another sibling?"
"It's okay, I guess," Jake said, "I guess it'll be like a tinier version of Aidan or Scout. Our family is just getting bigger and that's a good thing, I think. It might be cool to share a sibling with Jamie and Jared."
"I know it's a big change," Jason said, "If you need to talk about it or need to time to be okay with it, I hope you'll tell me and we can have conversations about this."
"Hey, how's it going in here?" Sam asked.
"Danny's mad about being a big brother again," Jake replied.
"I'm sure eventually he'll feel better about it," Sam said.
"He just needs to think about it," Jake said.
"Exactly," Sam said, "I'm going to go see how that's going."
"Dad and I are going to finish lunch then," Jake said, "You should tell Danny he should probably eat more than cookies for lunch."
"I will make note of that," Sam said, heading up stairs.
Danny had found Oscar upstairs in his room.
"It can't be that bad, Danny," Oscar said.
"Yes it can," Danny said, "Like my family really needs another kid running around. Uncle Sonny has a bazillion kids running around. And my stepmom is apparently following in her father's footsteps. This will be number four for her. I already have Jake and Scout for siblings."
"Jake and Scout are pretty awesome," Oscar said, "What's to say the new baby won't be just as awesome."
"I don't get they why they decided to have another kid," Danny said, "The marriage was supposed be some kind of protection for Kellie from Uncle Sonny's people."
"So the marriage with your Dad is probably the real deal then," Oscar said, "Don't you want your Dad to be happy like your mom and my dad are happy. If Kellie make's your Dad happy, isn't that a good thing."
"I guess," Danny said, "I just thought that my parents would at least try to get back together. No offense to your dad."
"I get it," Oscar said, "Part of me hoped my dad and mom would get back together when things were dicey with Sam last year. I had to figure out how to accept that wasn't going to happen."
"Hey kiddo," Sam said, entering the room.
"I assume you know Dad's having another kid," Danny said.
"I do know that," Sam said, "I thought I'd stop by and see if you wanted to stay here or go home or."
"What about Cody's birthday party this afternoon?" Danny asked with laser tag.
"Still grounded," Sam said, "Nice try."
"Can Danny stay and keep me company?" Oscar asked, "I'm not going anywhere today. Joss is coming over but I think that's it."
"Please mom," Danny asked.
"It's not really being grounded staying at your grandma's," Oscar said.
"Okay," Sam said, "But you stay here, deal."
"Deal," Danny said.
"I will be by to pick you and Scout up later," Sam said.
"Maybe I could spend the night," Danny said.
Sam shook her head.
"I wouldn't press my luck if I were you," Sam said leaving as Alice brought food up to Oscar's room for both boys.
The boys were eating sandwiches when Josslyn showed up.
"I'm surprised to see you here, Danny," Josslyn said, "I thought for sure you'd be on house arrest when we found you in the trunk at Niagara Falls."
"When your Dad and stepmom decide to have a baby," Danny said, "You get free pass for the day anyway to get the news broken to you."
"You are at your grandmother's so that free pass probably didn't get you as far as you would like" Josslyn said.
Unfortunately, no," Danny said, "But I'm not at the penthouse at least. Thanks, Oscar for asking my mom if I could stay."
"No problem," Oscar said.
"You're not the only one getting a new sibling by the way," Josslyn said, "I found out my parents are having another baby too."
"Aren't your parents like too old to have kids?" Danny asked.
"I guess not," Josslyn said, "It's still weird to think of my parents having a baby at their age."
"Especially when you figure Uncle Sonny has a whole bunch of adult children," Danny groaned "including my step mom."
"She'll be a sister to my mom's new baby," Josslyn said.
"What kind of twisted family are we growing up in?" Danny asked.
"I think the two of you should just not think about all the crazy family ties you have," Oscar said.
"That's easy for you to say," Danny said, "Your dad didn't decide to marry and have a baby with your mom's cousin."
"Wait, Sam and Kellie are cousins?" Oscar asked.
"Yeah, my stepsister's an Alcazar and so is Sam," Josslyn said, "And Danny, I'm pretty sure based on a conversation I overhead my Mom and Sonny having, Jason and Kellie didn't plan on having any kids together."
"Yeah, right," Danny said.
"No, I'm serious," Josslyn said, "When Kellie went to see the doctor's they seriously thought she had cancer and was dying. She apparently thought she had some type of procedure so she couldn't have any more kids. They found out after she escaped her kidnapper, she was actually pregnant and that the procedure was never done."
"That's insane," Oscar said. "I'm glad Kellie isn't dying of cancer."
"I shouldn't have brought that up," Josslyn said, "considering that…"
"He's dying of cancer," Danny said, "Nice move, Joss."
"Joss, it's fine," Oscar said, "I want to hear all about your family and all the crazy stuff that happens. Besides maybe Danny here could think about cutting his Dad and stepmom some slack for contributing to the world's population now that he knows his new sibling was the surprise of the year to both of them."
"I'll think about it," Danny said, "Do you happen to why my stepmom's procedure wasn't done?"
"I don't know for sure," Josslyn said, "I don't think anyone else does, but it sounds like Helena Cassadine may have had something to do with it."
"Isn't the dingbat dead already?" Danny asked, "Did she haunt Kellie from the grave to do that?"
"It is Helena Cassadine," Josslyn said, "Who knows?"
"Who is this Helena Cassadine?" Oscar asked.
"You have a lot to learn," Trina said, entering the room with Cameron in tow.
"I've got time," Oscar said.
"Don't say we didn't warn you," Cameron said, stealing the bag of chips.
"You asked for it." Josslyn said as they proceeded to tell Oscar what they knew of the Cassadine history.
General Hospital
Outside Lorenzo's room, Kellie ran into Shiloh.
"Kellie, It's good to see that you're looking well," Shiloh said, "Especially after what you and your daughter went through. How is Alyssa?"
"She's fine," Kellie said, considering brushing Shiloh off, but she decided to let him think he was chatting her up.
"I ran into your father-in-law a few nights ago," Shiloh said, "when Alyssa was brought in. I thought maybe Dawn of Day might be able to help Alyssa. He didn't seem too interested. But I'm sure you've heard plenty from Kristina and Sam. It might benefit you as well."
"I have the world's leading specialists in this type of trauma at my disposal," Kellie said, "Now if you'll excuse me I have an appointment with one of those specialists."
"Well Alyssa might find traditional methods stifling to her healing," Shiloh said, "Perhaps we might discuss this over lunch or dinner."
"I already told you no once," Kellie said as Johnny moved closer to her, "And that I need to leave."
"I just thought you would be open to anything that could help your daughter," Shiloh said.
"Back off, Shank," Johnny said, standing next to Kellie. Johnny touched her shoulder as if to hold her back.
"Is this really necessary?" Shiloh said.
"Yes," Johnny said, "Kellie told you her wishes. I expect you'll respect them as of now. Oh and I better not ever see you within 20 feet of her or her children ever again."
"That seems extreme," Shiloh said, "I'm just trying to help."
"I don't need your help," Kellie said.
"Kellie, what are you doing?" Kristina asked, "Why does your guard look like he's about to attack Shiloh?"