Chapter Eighty-Two
Elizabeth gave birth to healthy quadruplets, no complications this time around and surprisingly it went quickly, and while there was pain, the look on Jason's face as he watched each child born, was enough to dispel the pain.
Friends didn't even get a chance to see the babies first, Monica, Edward, Tracy and even Alice were the first people to push through the private room.
Edward positively glowed with pride, declaring that Jason's family would be the ones who took over ELQ when the time came. Of course he had come to realize that it was up to his grandchildren, and while he might use a few methods of persuasion, he wouldn't hound them, of course that all hung on the fact that he was still alive and in possession of his faculties.
Kelly Imogene Morgan was twenty-one inches long and weighed in at five pounds, five ounces.
Kyra Emily Morgan was twenty inches long and weighed in at five pounds, two ounces.
Kia Eve Morgan was nineteen and a half inches long and weighed in at five pounds even.
Jake Michael Morgan was twenty-three inches long and weighed the most out of all of the, and a healthy six pounds, one ounce.
Jason had suggested Jake's middle name be Martin in honor of Elizabeth's grandfather, one of the few people she had gotten along with, but Elizabeth knew how much Sonny meant to Jason, and it was only right that Jake get his middle name, seeing as how Sonny had named his last son after Jason.
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Carly gave birth to a healthy baby as well, John was twenty-seven inches long and weighed in at a hardy nine pounds, eight ounces.
The only problem Carly had with her pregnancy was the fact that the Kelly had to induce labor, because Carly had gone over her due date, and while at first Kelly wasn't overly worried, eleven days later, Kelly felt it was best to bring forth the labor.
John Jasper Jax was the epitome of Carly and Jax. He had fine blonde hair and blue eyes, just like his father, but his smile and attitude was all Carly. And while all baby's are born with blue eyes, both Carly and Jax believed that John would be keeping his baby blues.
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Nikolas and Emily had married in a very low-key ceremony, in front of those that mattered the most to them. They wrote their own vows and had an Irish theme to the nuptials, they exchanged rings, but they also did the ritual hand fastening.
Elizabeth remarked to Jason that they should have done the hand fastening, but his remark was true in its simplicity, they didn't have to bother with such a thing, because they were already bonded, and by more than a simple string. Their souls were connected, their minds, hearts, bodies, they were connected as much as two people ever could be, without of course becoming one single entity.
Emily had complications with her delivery and while Nikolas was present, throughout it all, his presence was the defining moment that decided whether Emily would have more children, perhaps if he hadn't been there, the choice would not have been made, but he was and he made the best decision he could with the information that he had.
An emergency c-section was performed, but before the second girl was born, Emily began to hemorrhage, loss of blood caused her to faint, unaware of anything that was going on. They couldn't stop the bleeding, so they completed the delivery and quickly rushed into a hysterectomy as soon as Nikolas agreed that it was the only way to save her life.
Emily remained out of it for some time, it took almost three days for her to awaken, and while the doctors deemed her condition as stable, Nikolas worried about her seemingly inability to awaken.
Never had he been so happy to see those mahogany orbs open and look almost as if into his very soul. It took nearly a month for her to get back to her old self, but a light had seemed to disappear with her inability to have anymore children.
Sierra Rose Cassadine was twenty-three inches long and weighed six pounds even, while Alisha Grace Cassadine was twenty-six inches long and weighed five pounds eight ounces.
Both Emily and Nikolas agreed easily on the names, but a melancholy forever weighed on Emily now. She had truly hoped that they could have a large family, it wasn't something she had thought about at first, but as the months moved swiftly by and the twins grew, Emily had thought long and hard on the meaning of family, and before the twins had arrived, she had known that a large family was exactly what they needed, but of course, Nikolas had made a decision, and while she didn't readily hold it against him, her bitterness was sometime very evident.
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Robin's delivery was long and drawn out, she had spent thirty-eight hours in labor all the while cursing at Patrick, switching from English to French when the urge so took her.
For a man who had overcome much in his lifetime, hearing the love of his life, cursing him and his existence, was something he had not be prepared for. Of course once the baby arrived, Robin turned back into the loving girlfriend.
Donovan Noah Drake was born with a rich head of dark hair and piercing blue eyes. He weighed eight pounds, nine ounces and was twenty-seven inches long.
Patrick was teary-eyed for almost a full twenty-four hours, every time he held his son, he was over come with emotion, which in turn caused Robin to cry, because her emotions were still a little wonky.
Noah had her private room decorated to the nines, teddy bears and balloons and flowers were placed on every available surface, and when those spaces ran out, the floor began to look crowded. Of course all of their friends had brought balloon's and things as well. So her room, looked like theirs had, it was an amazing feeling, knowing so many people cared and were willing to be there anytime, no matter what.
Before Robin left the hospital, she was affianced, so to speak. Patrick had rushed out the day she was to be released and bought a beautifully set, princess cut diamond ring, but sadly only one carat, he didn't want her jewelry hindering her delicate hands, with either work or their son.
They set a date, they would be married on Donovan's first birthday, and while it was just under a year away, it gave them the time to plan it properly. No longer was Patrick so concerned with his playboy alter ego or his space, if he had had his way, they would have been married as soon as possible, but seeing as how he hadn't done much right by Robin all along, he allowed her to plan this pinnacle moment in their life, because it meant so much to her.
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Lily Adella Corinthos was welcomed into this world in a most unique way. Brenda's water broke during a massive storm, in the middle of the night and before Sonny could even hope to get to the hospital, he was delivering his daughter.
It was Brenda's first pregnancy, and as with Carly and all the other women in his life, he had been told that the first delivery normally took hours, so as her due date approached, Sonny kept a level head, repeating the mantra over and over again. But sadly it did no good, Lily had other plans and rushed into the world.
When mother and child had been checked out by late arriving paramedics, they deemed them to be of good health and without a sense of urgency delivered them to the hospital, where Kelly could look over both mother and baby.
Kelly harassed Sonny for weeks, ribbing him about trying to steal business from her and whatnot. The older man knew he was being teased and took it in a good natured fashion.
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Kelly and Stan were still dating, however, neither of them were talking marriage, even though Kelly herself was two months pregnant.
And while Epiphany didn't like the fact that she was going to be a grandmother without a daughter-in-law, she was ecstatic about the impending arrival.
She took every opportunity she could to try and convince both of them to change their minds, but had thus far hit a brick wall. Nevertheless, he joy at becoming a grandmother was something that stilled her rambunctious nature to push, she settled for showing sonogram pictures of her grandchild, because she didn't know whether they were having a boy or a girl, both Stan and Kelly agreed they wanted to be surprised.
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Lainey had fallen head over heels in love with Max and vice versa, the two could not be separated and while friends were concerned to begin with, knowing that Lainey didn't care for the work that Max did, they soon discovered that love was a mountain that both were willing to climb to beat the cumbersome problems.
Of course, Sonny being the soft touch that he was, with some special prodding by all his female friends, had placed Max in a job that would keep him mostly away from harm, but Lainey knew that if ever his service was needed, Max would be there for Sonny. ''
They were a large extended family to say the least and each and every one of them would go out of their way for the other.
Lainey was just happy that she had found love and happiness, and decided that questioning the how's and why's was of no consequence, happiness doesn't follow a direct course, it leads you to where you were always meant to be and it was with those words of hope she looked towards the future and what it held.
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Spinelli moved into Jason and Elizabeth's house after a particularly nasty little run in with Scott Baldwin. For reason's unbeknownst to them, he had something against the younger man.
Of course they later discovered why Baldwin disliked him so much, Spinelli was his son. And for some reason he thought taking out his anger on the son, because of the mother's actions was justifiable.
So once he had moved in with the large family, he and Lulu reconnected and were soon dating. And while they made an interesting couple, neither Elizabeth nor Jason had ever seen the young woman so happy.
It took a lot to ruffle Lulu, but the death of her brother, the disappearance of her father and the annoyances of the Quartermaine's had put her into a tale spin. Of course, Scotty didn't help matters when his loose lips spilled the fact that Luke had raped her mother, he had said it, out of spite and a twisted sense of justification, trying to hurt both her and Spinelli.
However, Spinelli surprised everyone when he stood up for not only himself but for Lulu as well, knocking Baldwin down with a hard left hook, leaving the man with a well deserved black eye for weeks.
And while at the start, Jason and Elizabeth were leery of leaving the two alone, they soon understood that neither was in a rush to take their relationship to the next level. Lulu was still bothered by her choices of having an abortion and couldn't bring herself to jump into another sexually infused relationship. But that was fine with Spinelli, he was happy to love her and allow things to take a natural course, when the time was right, when they were both ready, then they could discuss a more intimate relationship.
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A.N. One more chapter to go, and then I must say farewell to my tale. Sadly though, because I have truly enjoyed this story and writing it, and hope you have enjoyed it too. As always, would love to know what you think and hope you enjoyed this latest chapter. Perhaps another story will demand that I write it, and then I can try once again to entertain you all.