Chapter 6:
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A/N: Last Chapter! Let me know if you like and thanks for all your support! See! I told you short!
"Okay let's get you to the hospital." Sam said helping her best friend off the floor.
Courtney was having really bad pains.
Between the divorce, Nikolas's last words to her and the pain she couldn't stop crying.
"Want me to call Nikolas?" Sam asked her as she reached the hospital.
"No." Courtney answered as they came to a complete stop.
"The doctor will be right with you Mrs. Cassadine. Would you like us to call your husband?" the nurse asked her.
"No ma'am." Courtney answered back before she left the room.
"You okay?" Sam asked her.
"No! I want her born just not today!" she replied as she looked at Sam.
"Everything will be okay I promise!" Sam responded back to her.
"Yeah I guess so." Courtney said looking down at her big belly.
"Hello Miss. Courtney. I didn't think I would be seeing you in here for at least another two weeks." her doctor said when he entered the room.
"Yeah surprise!" she said with as much enthusiasm as she could.
"Well lets see how you and the baby are doing. Dont worry about any of the monitors they are just here to make sure everything is going smoothly and as of right now its perfect." he said before placing cold jelly on her belly.
"Okay." she said taking a deep breath.
"How badly do the contractions hurt?" he asked her.
"Really bad." she said almost crying as she had another one.
"Well they seem to me that they are getting closer which is normal." He began to say.
"You may not think this but it looks like we are going to have an easy birth compare to most first time mothers." he said looking at her.
"I guess thats something to look forward to huh?" she said looking at Sam as she just shrugged.
"Okay you are dilated five. I'll be back in a few. If you need anything just buzz." he said before walking out.
"You sure you" Sam began to say.
"Yes." Courtney said cutting her off.
Two hours later the pain grew worse.
She was almost dilated the full ten but was still only at nine.
"You want me to call him?" Sam asked her one last time.
Courtney was crying and at this point she no longer cared.
She just nodded her head yes.
"I'll be back." Sam said before walking out of the room to call Nikolas.
"Hello?" he said into the phone.
"Hey. Listen I need you to come down to the hospital now! Courtney really needs you." Sam said into the phone.
"Everything okay?" Nikolas asked her.
"She went into labor early." Sam replied.
After saying that she wasnt sure if he was going to show or not.
He hung up before she could say anything else.
It took Sam a moment to go back into the room to tell her best friend she wasnt sure if he was going to show or not.
"Did you call him?" Courtney asked as she walked back in.
She just nodded her head yes.
Courtney tell from the look in her eyes that he probably wasnt coming which hurt the most of all.
She had her last contraction while the doctor was in there checking up on her.
"Okay we are about to deliver Courtney. You ready?" he asked her.
Before she could say yes the door opened.
"Sorry." Nikolas said as he walked in and the room got silent.
"I got here as fast as I could baby and then they wanted me to look like big bird. Thats what took me so long." he said walking over to her.
"Im going to be outside." Sam said as Courtney just nodded her head.
"Im sorry." he said looking down at her.
She just began to cry.
"You're right. My dad was right. Im just scared and deep down I really want a family with you and our little girl." he said as he got all teary eye on her.
"I love you Courtney." he said before kissing her on the forehead.
"I love you too." she said.
"Okay now that we had a special moment time for you's to welcome the latest member of your family." the doctor said.
"Okay Courtney when I say push I need you to push. But dont push unless I tell you too." he said.
Twenty minutes of pushing and they could finally see the head.
"One more push baby!" Nikolas said as he held her hand.
"Go!" The doctor said.
The baby came out with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck.
"Hurry and cut!" the doctor said as Nikolas cut the cord.
They unwrapped the cord from the baby's neck as the doctor past her off.
"Get her hook up to a machine!" the doctor yelled at the nurses.
The baby came out not breathing.
"Is my baby okay?" Courtney began to say as she breathed heavy.
"She'll be okay I promise." Nikolas said as he turned his head to face the doctors before hearing the heartbeat line go dead.
"Nikolas Cassadine!" she yelled as they sat on the ground and she just looked at him.
"Courtney Cassadine! Whats with the full names?" he asked her.
"Im trying to be serious here and you are making fun of me!" she simply responded back.
The leaves had fallen and winter was almost here.
"Okay I promise Im going to be serious." he said before kissing her forehead.
"Okay." she replied.
"Go ahead baby and make your wish." he whisper in her ear as his arms were wrapped around her.
She closed her eyes tightly before opening them back up.
"Done?" he asked her.
She just nodded her head and he could tell she wanted to cry.
"Tell me what you wished for." he said softly.
"I cant. It may not come true then." she said looking at him.
"I promise it will!" he said looking at her.
She stood up and looked down at him.
"I wished that mommy is proud of me and loves me." she said as she began crying.
He shed a tear along side of his daughter.
Nikolas pulled her into a hug and held her close.
"Trust me baby. Mommy is very proud of you and loves you more than anything else in this world!" Nikolas answered back.
"How do you know?" she asked him sadly.
"Because I know your mommy. You are the one thing she always wanted and if she could go back in time she wouldnt change a thing." he said looking at her as she just smiled.
"Happy Birthday baby." he said softly.
"I love you daddy!" she said giving him a hug.
"I love you too baby." he said back to her as he hugged her tightly.
The one thing he didn't want was a baby. Little did he know that was really the one thing he did want and the thing he didnt want was losing the love of his life.