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Chapter 46

"Where is she?" Carly didn't even bother with a greeting when Jason opened the front door.

"Couch." He said pointing to the living room. Elizabeth had given him a very smug grin when the guards called to announce the arrival of Jax and Carly. So he was planning there next date night around her request.

"Twins." Jax said closing the door and grinning. "Congrats." He slipped off his jacket hung it up. Carly never stopped to take off her coat.

"Thanks. You could have brought the kids." Jason said as they walked further into the house.

"They love you, but they love Minecraft more." Jax laughed. "You will see them at church, depending on which service you attend." AJ had Michael this weekend, and it was rare for Morgan not to go as well. So the boys would be at the later service.

"Thrown over for a video game." Jason shook his head. "Cameron has been asking. I've played with him and told him he could play with Michael and Morgan, but not on the open server."

"I'll let them know." Jax followed Jason into the kitchen for coffee.

"Twins?" Carly was standing at the end of the couch looking at her best friend. "Did you find out today?"

"No, we've known for a few weeks now." Elizabeth grinned. She knew Carly would be first because they had been through this before. The blonde woman had actually showed up at the appointment where Elizabeth learned her second child was a boy. "We just didn't feel like sharing our news."

"Bitch." Carly said with absolutely no heat. "That ultrasound is incredible, isn't it?" She had a 4d ultrasound with Joss.

"It is." Elizabeth looked over at her friend. "You've been here three minutes and haven't asked about genders."

"I'm trying to be more mature." Carly said laughing. "I figure you won't say anything until the rest of the crew arrives."

The phone buzzed and Jason walked by to let the next person in. Emily quickly appeared in the doorway. "Twins? I thought you were just having a big baby." The young doctor came in and plopped down on the coffee table. "We are going to need to move up the shower." Emily said to Carly. "Will that work?" They had a large private meeting room at the Metro Court booked for August.

"June and July are booked solid. Wedding season." Carly handled those events and she knew the schedule backwards and forwards. The grounds at the hotel boasted the Lila Quartermaine gardens and were a premiere wedding destination.

"We can move it to one of the houses." Emily suggested. They all had enough room.

"I'll be six or seven months pregnant by then." Elizabeth interjected. "Have it here."

"It's supposed to be surprise." Emily pointed out.

"Yeah, because jumping out at someone the doctor wants to keep their blood pressure low is a good idea." Elizabeth said laughing at them. "Have it here." She repeated. "Also the guys get to come."

"Baby showers are girls only." Carly said being stubborn.

"Jason and the guys come or there won't be a shower." Elizabeth didn't want a shower anyway, but her friends were insisting. "Bridal showers are girls only."

"You just want more gifts." Emily said sticking out her tongue. Actually she didn't care either way. Besides if Elizabeth had Jason, when it came time for her shower no one would give her grief about Matt attending.

"I do, yes." Elizabeth laughed as the phone rang again. This time Cameron ran by to open the door. He was carried in by Johnny.

"Two huh." He said dropping a kiss on her cheek. "What are they?"

"Babies." Elizabeth said being cheeky.

"Cute, Morgan." Johnny said shaking his head. "Where is your dad Cam?"

"In the den, it's downstairs now." He told Johnny.

"Come on we'll see if your da won't tell us what we want to know." Johnny said moving off.

"He picked Maya up from work yesterday." Emily leaned forward and whispered.

"They had dinner at the Metro Court last week." Carly added. "Lots of smiling and touching."

"Good." Elizabeth hadn't talked to her cousin in a while. Everyone's life was busy. Elizabeth had been spending all her time recently meeting with the interior designers to pick a firm, because ground was going to break on the project next month. Despite not wanting to admit it Melissa had been a huge help. Elizabeth still wasn't going out of her way to make a new friend, but she was no longer snarky either. "Johnny needs a woman with her own career, because he gives a lot to his job. Maya gets that because she is in the same situation."

"He needs a woman that isn't Gia." Emily said with an evil grin. "How is she?"

"Unemployed. She made a very big mistake at the California office and got sacked." Carly gleefully reported.

"Let it go Carly." Elizabeth didn't like Gia true, but there was no need to keep attacking her. The blonde gave a look that said it wasn't happening. "She paid for what she did, so let it go." Elizabeth tried again.

"Not going to happen." Carly said to her friend. A lot of her going after Gia was guilt for her own part in what had happened. The rest was revenge for just how far she had taken things. Over drinks Carly got the entire Tom Baker story from Emily, the man was sick and obsessed. What Gia did could have ended very badly. So the former model needed to pay. "Drop the subject before you get upset."

Elizabeth gave Emily a talk to her please look. The young doctor just nodding, not intending to do so. Gia should pay, and Carly was going to make that happen. "Who else is coming over?"

"No clue. Where are mom and Howie?" Elizabeth wanted to know.

"At their place." They had moved into the loft. Keesha and AJ had moved into the mansion, and in a few weeks Emily and Matt were moving into the farmhouse. "If their phones are on they will be over." Emily was happy for her mom, she was glowing with happiness.

"Since we are updating, Milo and Sabrina are doing great. They have lunch together almost every day unless work interferes." Elizabeth passed along.

"How does that work, are you their chaperone?" Emily wanted to know.

"Milo has to call for relief, which Jason doesn't mind." Her hubby was doing his part to encourage the relationship. "I usually eat in the boardroom anyway. It's a shorter walk to the bathroom." Elizabeth laughed.

"I know that seeing Sabrina with Milo has made Robin back off." Emily told them. Carly just rolled her eyes. She and Robin still didn't get along.

Elizabeth kept quiet, while she didn't agree with Robin's behavior she saw uncomfortable parallels between that situations and how she was treating Melissa. Before she could speak on what anyone else was doing she needed to do better. The doorbell rang and Keesha walked in followed by AJ.

"Twins?" Keesha said grinning.

"That makes you really happy." Elizabeth noted.

"AJ and I had a bet, I won and now get to pick where we go to vacation this year." Keesha said doing a happy dance as she came over.

"Where are you going?" Emily wanted to know.

"Disneyworld." Keesha said sitting in one of the armchairs. "AJ's been resisting, but I've wanted to go my whole life. We'll have to go again because Meg won't remember this visit, but honestly this trip is about me."

"You are welcome to have Meg stay with us, if you want some time with just your hubby." Carly told Keesha.

"Thanks, I'll think about it." Keesha replied.

It took another hour but eventually everyone was accounted for. Tracy had swung by the mansion to pick up Edward, as he wasn't in when Keesha and AJ left the house. "So what are they?" Tracy wanted to know. Patience wasn't her strong suit.

"One of each." Jason announced while sitting on the arm of the sofa behind his wife.

"You're going to have a daughter?" Johnny said shaking his head. "The poor little angel won't ever leave the house."

"I'll let her out." Jason said hoping he could keep his word.

"Not if she's anything like Liz was as a teenager." Emily said laughing. "Lizzie was definitely a wild one." Emily was the only one in the room who knew Elizabeth at that age.

"You know what they say about karma." Carly joked wondering what Joss was going to put her through.

"Oh lord." Elizabeth was laughing hard enough to bring tears. "Can you imagine my daughter and yours together?"

Jax paled slightly at the thought of Joss being anything like the version of his wife that came to Port Charles.

"Meg will be there to calm them down. If Em has a daughter then Meg will have back up." Keesha commented.

That made Monica snort. "Because yeah Em was a complete angel."

All eyes swung to the young doctor, who just shrugged her shoulders. She had not been the best behaved. Drugs had been her biggest problem, and she'd been clean for years now. But those wild tendencies had gotten them in trouble and almost let Tom Baker hurt Liz for a second time. "I will make sure my daughter never hears about those years."

"How are you going to do that?" Tracy wanted to know.

"I'm open to bribery." Emily smiled wide. "Our daughters will have to know some skills as they will need them to break Jason's daughter out of whatever tower he locks her in." Her niece probably wouldn't date until college. "Names?"

"Have not been picked yet, and we are not taking suggestions." Elizabeth made that clear. Otherwise she'd be getting calls at all hours with suggestions. Carly had been the biggest offender when it came to naming Jake. So Elizabeth gave the blonde woman a look.

"Fine." Carly acknowledged "But Caroline really is a nice name. Or Carl."

"Look at the time." Jason said standing up. "Cameron needs his bath, so everyone get out."

"I guess those memories you got back don't include the manners grandmother taught us." AJ said laughing at his brother.

"I remember, just don't feel the need to use them." Jason said walking into the hall to grab everyone's coats.

In typical fashion it took another thirty minutes to get everyone out. Jason walked back into the living room to find Cameron leaning against his mother asleep. Jake had fallen asleep an hour ago, and was already upstairs. "I guess bath time will have to wait until tomorrow." He picked up the little guy and helped Elizabeth to her feet. "You coming up too?"

"May as well." Elizabeth commented heading to the stairs. "It's just easier to go to bed now before I'm too exhausted and you have to carry me." She had her binder for the project in her hands.

"I like carrying you." Jason was behind her on the steps in case she fell. Carly's fall down the mansion steps was never too far from his mind when Elizabeth went up or down the steps of the house. She was careful and always used the railing, but he still worried.

"I'll remind you of that." Elizabeth laughed. "You want help with the monster?"

"No, you go get comfortable." Jason watched her go into their room while he continued on to Cameron's.

In their suite Elizabeth got into her nightshirt and slipper socks. She couldn't put on her thick socks without performing a contortionists act so Jason had gotten her these to keep her feet warm. Dressed for relaxation, she went over to the sitting area turning on the fireplace before sitting on the sofa. Tomorrow she was meeting with her top design pick and hopefully they would be able to take the job. With that choice made it would be time to bring Matt on board so they could start getting equipment. Patrick only pouted a little about the fact that his brother was chosen to help. To keep them from killing one another Epiphany had pulled the name from a hat.

It was exciting to be helping to build a center that would keep General Hospital at the forefront of medicine. Also moving into this stage of the project meant that Melissa was no longer needed. Elizabeth was trying to be tolerant, and see what everyone else saw, but so far it wasn't working. Maybe when she went to working for Jason full time the space would help in that area. In the meantime Elizabeth just repeated to herself that Melissa couldn't help it if she was perfect.

"Cameron is in bed, I checked on Jake too." Jason came over and put his wife's feet in his lap. He started a gentle rub, not a full on massage because too much pressure could cause contractions.

"What are you reading to the boys right now?" Elizabeth closed her binder what Jason was doing felt too good for her to concentrate.

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Cameron wants to know if we can visit the Oompha Loomphas. Jake just wants chocolate." Jason said laughing. "I'm reading the same story to the babies."

"You're such a good dad." Elizabeth said giving him a sleepy smile.

"It's not something I ever thought I would have the chance to be." Jason said rubbing her lower legs. "I was jealous that Sonny had Michael and Morgan in his life. Now I have you, Cameron, Jake, and our two little ones. It seems strange to be grateful for a plane crash, but I am. It gave me the chance to get my head on straight and be ready for this when I came home."

"That was one of the best days of my life. When you came home and said you wanted us. Wanted to be a family." Elizabeth couldn't stop the tears. "I still worry that this is all a dream and I'm going to wake up without you beside me."

Jason let go of her leg and came up to lie beside her. "Me too." He admitted. "But then I wake up and you are right there, my boys are down the hall, and I smile because I got a second chance." They relaxed into one another. "Are the babies moving?"

Elizabeth nodded. "They almost always move when you are talking. You should be able to feel it soon."

"I already feel it inside." He tapped to his chest over his heart. "But I can't wait to feel it under my hand." He gently kissed her forehead and pulled the blanket on the back of the sofa over them. "Rest." Sleeping all night here wouldn't work, but for a quick nap it was fine. In a bit he would carry her over to the bed, but for now this was perfect.

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