A/N: Hey everybody! I hope the jumping around in this story isn't getting too confusing for anyone... the flashbacks get tricky to convey at times but I feel like they are too important to rush.

Thank you all, again, for your reviews and continued interest. I hope you all enjoy the next chapter... It's double-decker Davis girls. ;) and I really enjoyed writing it.

Chapter Eleven

They had been driving for a half hour in what felt like circles around Port Charles. The rain was pouring against the windshield as the wipers quickly swiped back and forth trying to keep up. Alexis continued to try and call Sam's phone, getting the voicemail after a series of rings every time. Garrett glanced over to her in the passenger seat and watched as she held the phone to her ear again and then quickly back in her lap.

"Went right to voicemail…" Alexis sighed, running her hand through her hair, "Her phone's off now."

"Lex, I'm sure she's fine."

"No, she isn't."She stared out the window, her voice eerily calm, "I just have this horrible feeling."

Garrett looked over to her again and watched her body tense as she looked out the window, "What?"

"Pull over!" Alexis screamed, "Oh my god, that's Sam's car…"

"Oh, no…" Garrett felt his stomach in his throat and barely had the car stopped before Alexis jumped out and ran over to Sam's car that was wrapped around a tree with smoke pouring from the engine.

"Sam! Baby!" She pounded on the window and Sam didn't respond. She frantically turned to Garrett who was running towards her and the car, "She's unconscious, Garrett! We have to get her out!"

"We'll get her out, Lex… We will." He reassured as he worked to find the best possible solution, "Call 911."

Alexis quickly did as she was told, praying that her daughter would be all right, as tears rolled to her cheeks.

"Mom… Mom?" Alexis opened her eyes to find Sam standing in her doorway with Danny on her hip dressed in just his diaper, as his head rested on her shoulder.

"Sam?" Alexis sat up quickly and glanced at the clock, 12:03am, "What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry I woke you up… I just…" Sam stopped talking by the time her mother reached her and was looking Danny over, "He got sick in his crib… I think he's okay but I he won't let me put him down."

"Oh, poor baby…" Alexis frowned as she ran her hand along his forehead, "He's a little clammy… does he have a fever?"

"About 99…" Sam's face was full of uneasiness, "Should I give him something? I don't want him to get sick again… but what if his fever gets worse? I know he should have fluids…I don't know what to do…"

"Yes you do," Alexis smiled as she reassured her daughter, "You're doing it."

Sam watched as Danny stirred in her arms, rubbing his eyes before wrapping his arms around her neck with a quiet, "Momma."

"Come on… let's at least get some pajamas on him and hopefully he won't be sick again." Alexis snuck past her daughter and headed into Danny's room to retrieve his pajamas from the dresser, "Did you clean everything up in here already?"

"Yeah…" Sam swayed back and forth, rubbing Danny's back as she watched her mother. "It wasn't that bad. I guess now I know what those mattress pads are for."

"Mommy lesson learned," Alexis chuckles as they head out of the room and into Sam's where she begins to dress the sleepy little boy.

"I'm worried, mom…" Sam spoke softly as she maneuvered Danny's arms into his shirt, "Look at him… he's so pale. I'm afraid he's going to get too dehydrated…"

"He'll be fine for right now…" Alexis came up behind her daughter, placing a hand on her back, "Let his stomach settle a little. I'll go get some pedialyte for later…"

Sam watched as her mother turned to leave, "Mom… wait."

"Yeah?" She turned to face her daughter, watching as she picked Danny up and he rested his sleepy head back on her shoulder.

"Can you just… can you stay here for a minute?" Sam asked.

"Of course, honey…" Alexis couldn't help but smile. She knew how Sam hated to admit with she needed her mother.

"Thanks. I just… I'm worried that his fever is going to go up and I won't be able to tell or something… and I don't…"

"Honey…" Alexis placed a hand on her daughter's back. "It's okay. I'm here. Come on, get into bed…"

Sam did as she was told, situating Danny in the crook of her arm as her mother approached the side of the bed with a small trash can in her hand, laying down a towel and setting the garbage can on top of it.

"Just in case…"

"Thanks, mom…" Sam smiled as her mother leaned over to place a kiss on her forehead before walking around to the other side of the bed and taking a seat beside them.

"You know…" Alexis started as she brushed Danny's hair away from his forehead, "The first time Kristina was sick like this… I was a mess. I was all by myself and all I could do was sit with her and pray that I was doing the right thing because I really had no idea."

"Well, you're an amazing mother. You didn't have to worry," Sam spoke with a smile, prompting one from her mother.

"You are an amazing mother, my dear one. No matter how helpless you might feel at the moment, you are doing all of the right things. That's one thing I've learned… All that your baby needs when they're sick is you… their momma. And you will know when they need something else, that's where your instinct comes in. It took me a long time to trust that."

"When were you finally able to?" Sam asked.

"I think it was when Kristina was in the hospital. I was put in a situation where all I could do was be there for her and love her. I couldn't fix it… and it really tested my patience." She sighed, "But I think it helped me to finally start to let go of the deep seeded fear I had."

"What do you mean?"

"I was afraid… from the moment I found out I was pregnant for Kristina, I was afraid that I was going to do something that would cause me to lose her." She looked up at Sam, as sting of hot tears hit her eyes, "Like I lost you…"

"Mom…" Sam shook her head. She hated how talking about the past made her mother feel.

"I think that's why I made all of the choices that I did… I know that was why I was so protective over Kristina when she was born. I had this nagging guilt in the forefront of my mind that if I had done something more… if I had fought harder for you, to keep you." Alexis wiped her tears away, "Even before I knew what a horrible childhood you had…"

"Mom, none of that was your fault. You do know that now, don't you?"

"Yeah," She nodded, smiling through her tear stained face, "But I'll be honest with you… I don't think I'll ever truly be able to let it go."

"I know… But I wish you would. You know, everything happens for a reason." Sam smiles adoringly to her mother, "I wouldn't change a thing about my life. It made me who I am. And most importantly, put me in a place where I can really appreciate you and the family that I have now."

"Aren't I supposed to be the one with the words of wisdom, here?" Alexis gently brushed Sam's hair back behind her ear.

"It doesn't hurt to hear it sometimes, too."

"You're right. And I love hearing it. I just hope that you know…" She swallows her tears as she rests her open hand on Sam's cheek, "I hope that you never doubt how much I love you."

"Mom, come on… of course I don't. How could I?" Sam smiles, "You never go a day without telling me." She watches as her mother smiles, but her tears told a different story, "Mom… where is this coming from?"

"Nothing," She waves her off and wipes away her tears, "Nothing, honey. I guess I'm just a little weepy tonight for some reason."

Sam knew exactly why her emotions her running high but she wasn't going to push it, not when she was this sensitive. Instead, she simply grasped her mother's hand, "I love you too… and I hope you never doubt that either."

"I don't." Alexis smiles before kissing her daughter's hand in hers.

"Mom… I want you to know something else."

"What, baby?"

"I want you to know that whatever you decide to do about Garrett… I'm behind you, 100%. I trust your judgment more than anyone else's and I just hope you know that whatever it is… whatever you decide… If it's the right decision for you, than I am happy."

"Sam… honey… I don't expect you to be behind me 100%. It's okay for you to worry about Garrett, too."

"Yeah, I know." Sam shrugs as she plays with Danny's hand in hers, "It's just that… I'm a little protective of you. I've watched you go through some horrible things and I know what all of this has done to you. More than anything, I just want you to be happy. You deserve to be happy."

"Thank you… I want to be happy, too. I'm just not sure how to do that."

Sam observes her mother as she looked away from her and down at the hand that rested in her grasp, "He thinks you've shut the door on all possibilities of you two being together…"

"I know," Alexis nods before running a hand through her hair, "I haven't exactly given him reason to think otherwise."

"You're pushing him away."

"I know that too." She chuckles ironically, "I tend to do that…"

"You're really not sure, though, are you?" Sam watches as tears fall to her mother's cheeks as she shakes her head.

"I'm not, no…" She draws a deep breath, "I guess part of me is hoping that if I push hard enough… Garrett will make the decision and I won't have to deal with it anymore."

"He loves you, mom." Sam smiles as she meets her mother's glistening brown eyes, "He wants to fight for you… he doesn't want to lose you again. But, people can only take so much, you know?"

"I know…" Alexis agrees as she attempts to wipe away the tears that have taken over her face.

"What I'm trying to say is that if you do push him to make the decision for you… it's not going to be because he doesn't love you. And it's not going to be because he didn't want to fight for you. It's going to be because he respects you, and your feelings… and your judgment."

"Yeah…" Alexis pauses for a moment, staring into the face of her beautiful daughter, before leaning forward and placing a kiss to her forehead, "I'm going to go and get Danny some Pedialyte and then you should try and get some rest. It's getting late."

"Okay." Sam nods and snuggles in closer to her son as her mother gets up and heads out of the door, "Mom?"

"Yeah?" She turns back over her shoulder to find her daughter's tired but bright face.

"Thank you for being my mom…" Sam smiles as she watches her mother tilt her head adoringly.

"Thank you for being my baby."

Alexis sat at her kitchen table, bobbing her tea bag up and down in the steaming mug in front of her. After tucking Sam and Danny back securely in bed beside each other, it was clear that she wasn't going to be able to get back to sleep any time soon. She had barely been asleep before Sam had awakened her.

Looking down at her phone, she scrolled through her call log as her thumb rested on Kristina's name. She looked up at the clock and noted it being 1:26am meant that it was 8:26am in Greece. Not wanting to worry her middle baby or wake her up, a text message would suffice. Hi baby girl. Just wanted to tell you I miss you and I love you… Call me if you're up… I am.

Alexis no sooner set her phone down and took a sip of her tea when the phone began buzzing from the table, her beautiful Kristina's smiling face lighting up the screen. She quickly picked it up.

"Hi, sweetheart…" Alexis smiled as she sat back in her chair.

"Mom? Is everything okay?" Kristina had heard from Sam and Molly that her mother had been a little stressed out, but she hadn't actually heard it from her mother herself… or got a message from her in what was basically the middle of the night.

"Yes, honey. Everything's fine. I didn't wake you, did I?"

"No," Kristina couldn't help but smile just from hearing the soothing sound of her mother's voice on the other end, "I'm just having some coffee before work."

"Oh! Are you in a rush? We don't have to…"

"Mom! It's fine! I wouldn't have called you if I was in a rush… but are you sure that everything is okay?"

"Yeah," Alexis sighed. She almost felt guilty for lying to her daughter… but this wasn't her problem and all that she needed was another daughter to be worried.

"Mom…?"

"Kristina…?" Alexis raised a brow as she teased her daughter and smiled when she heard a small laugh from the other end of the phone, "How are you, baby?"

"I'm good. I already told you about the show I'm having this weekend," The joy was radiating from her voice, "and I'm doing some presentations at a local school today with one of my colleagues."

"Oh that's wonderful," Alexis beamed proudly, "So Spencer was a good test subject, then?"

"Yes, he was great." Kristina had been trying out her art therapy techniques on her young cousin in preparation for the interview for the project and the hard work had paid off, "He said that drawing made him feel "'Content and at peace with himself.'" She chuckled.

"Sounds like Spencer," Alexis laughs, "I'm so glad you're getting a chance to spend time with him and Nikolas."

"Me too. I love it here, mom. Sometimes I just think it's where I fit, you know?"

"Yeah…" Alexis' voice faded when she thought of the prospect of her middle baby never coming back to Port Charles to live. She was so happy for her, but it didn't make her miss her any less.

"But… then I think about you, Molly, Sam, and Danny… and I miss you guys too much to stay here in Greece forever." Kristina could hear the relief wash over her mother. A big part of her couldn't wait for the day she could show up at her mother's door step and surprise her with a big 'I'm Home!'

"Well, we miss you too much for you to stay in Greece forever, too." Alexis wiped a lone tear that escaped her tired eye, "Your little nephew asks about you every day."

"He does?" Now it was Kristina's turn to tear up. As much as she missed her mom and sisters, what broke her heart the most was missing out on watching little Danny grow and learn.

"Of course he does." Alexis smiled as she reassured her daughter, "He loves his aunt Tissy."

"I love him. Maybe later tonight we can skype with him and Molly and Sam?"

"That sounds like a great idea." She glanced back at the clock, "Listen, sweetheart, I don't' want to keep you too long…"

"Mom… I already told you…"

"Okay, got it." Alexis chuckled and sniffed back a few stray tears, "But, before I go… I wanted to tell you that I've been thinking… I think that it's time I planned a little trip to come and see my precious daughter's little Greek life, what do you say?"

"Really?" Kristina could barely contain her excitement, "I would love that!"

"Would you?" She couldn't help but be a little surprised, but pleasantly… her baby was growing up.

"Of course I would! I would love to see Greece through your eyes… and I can show you Greece through mine." Kristina smiled, her own emotions getting the best of her. She really did miss her mom.

"Okay… well. I will get on planning that. And you email me your schedule so that we can set it up at a time that isn't too busy for you, okay?"

"That's sounds perfect… Now go get some sleep, mommy. I love you."

"I love you too… Have a good day, angel." Alexis smiled at her daughter's reception before hanging up the phone and rising from her seat at the table. Yes… a little trip to Greece might be exactly what she needs.