A/N: See Part I for disclaimers, dedications etc.

Part II – The Birth and Beginning

Jason and Alexis had fallen into an easy companionship as the last couple of weeks until the birth of their child came about, their friendship was created and at times rivaled that with his with Carly. He at times, was shocked by how much venom Carly actually spewed at Alexis on a daily basis that no one called her on, well it wasn’t happening on his watch which caused dissention between him and Carly. And that wasn’t even to mention his slowly deteriorating friendship with Sonny, the man at one time he had considered like a brother to him was now the cause of his greatest pain. He was jealous, Jason knew but it didn’t matter to him because he was happy. Elizabeth had established herself away from Lucky and was moving on with her life, co-parenting their son together and the friendship was stronger between the two everyday. It was another thing he attributed to his friendship with Alexis, her easy ways made it easy for him to open up to Alexis and admit that even though Elizabeth had declared her love for him, he couldn’t return her feelings fully and wouldn’t feel right leading her on. Alexis had convinced him to be honest with Elizabeth before things rolled down a path where there was no turning back; he had taken her advice and even though Elizabeth had been upset at first realized that they truly did work better as friends instead of lovers.

However, he was still concerned about his friendship with Sonny, who never stopped criticizing his every move since moving in with Alexis.

Flashback

Sonny glared at him from across the room and said, “Kristina told me she saw the two of you sleeping together, what’s that about?”

Jason rolled his eyes at his angry tone, “We were watching a movie on television and Alexis fell asleep in my arms. I was too tired to move her so we slept on the couch, fully clothed.”

Sonny scowled, “I really wish you would concern yourselves about how you are acting in front of Kristina she’s a bright child. She picks up on things.”

Jason mumbled under his breath, ‘She’s not the only one.’ The night that Kristina was referring to was the night that he admitted to himself that he was more than just attracted to Alexis Davis, he more than just wanted to be by her side, he was falling in love with the strong, wonderful, loving woman by his side. She who had turned a tragedy into a chance for rebirth and renewal had strengthened his belief in love and in her. He had hoped to cheer her up after the end of a particularly difficult case she won and had rented a movie that he hoped would put a smile on her face but unfortunately she had been so exhausted from pushing herself, which was another point of contention between the two, that she had fallen asleep ten minutes into the movies.

“Jason?”

Jason met his friend’s eyes and said, “Why aren’t you honest with me Sonny? What is you real problem with my friendship with Alexis? You were friends with her at one time too, best friends if I recall. What is your problem if I’m her friend?”

Sonny threw himself into the chair and said, “She’s the mother of my daughter, Jason.”

Jason leaned back as he could happily say for once, he could counter that argument with his own, “She’s the mother of my child as well, and so what’s the problem?”

Sonny grimaced, “I don’t like you are friends with her there I said it.”

Jason stood up as he decided to call an end to this jealousy once and for all by bringing it to the open, “Why would you have a problem if I’m friends with the mother of my child? I don’t have a problem with you being friends with Carly, you don’t have a problem with me being friends with Elizabeth so what’s so different about Alexis?”

Sonny scowled as he jumped up enraged but refusing to acknowledge the true source of his discomfort, “It’s just different, just accept that it is different Jason, you moved out of the penthouse and into Alexis’s. Spinelli who was once your closest confidante, is now living with me and I’m about to kill him because he keeps calling me the Godfather and Alexis is, Alexis is….”

Jason paused as he waited for his friend to make the connection to the real reason for his discomfort but Sonny shook his head and Jason walked away in disgust. He knew that Sonny would fight with his last breath to acknowledge that he had never fallen out of love with his best friend and that he was frightened with the realization that he could have a real rival for her affection and friendship, but he was determined not to make the same mistakes his best friend had. He was going to give Alexis, everything he had and hoped it was enough to win her heart.

End of Flashback

“Hello?”

Jason jumped back as he turned around and was graced with Alexis’s pleased smile, “I didn’t think it was possible but I made the great Jason Morgan flinch, I think there should be a prize for that or something.”

Jason rolled his eyes as he cut off a slice of apple and handed it her way, “Here you go, enjoy your prize.”

Alexis took the fruit graciously biting into it happily as she looked over his shoulder in question, “What you making?”

Jason leaned against the counter as his eyes slowly perused her face and then her body, she was dressed in her maternity lawyer wear and they fitted her like a second skin and he couldn’t help but feel a stirring of male pride at the pronouncement of the baby from her stomach, his child, the child he created that lay nestled there. He still wished at times the child had been conceived the old-fashioned way but he was content for now with the way their relationship was progressing and he was hoping that one day, one day soon he could convince her that their futures were meant to be together, hopefully forever.

“Jason! I can’t wait to tell you about what I did at school today!”

Jason backed away from the counter as he caught the chattering Kristina into his arms and carried her out of the kitchen and into the living room on the couch as he listened attentively to her describe in vivid detail her day starting from the moment the first bell rang to the moment she was picked up by Viola at the curb. It was times at these he cherished the most, when Alexis allowed him the opportunity to share her daughters with him, allowing him the simple joy of being included in their lives.

Alexis walked out to the couch slowly massaging her lower back under Kristina’s watchful eyes, ever since she had been told that this baby was her brother or sister or not her niece and nephew she had been extra-protective of both Alexis and the new baby.

Flashback

Jason sighed as he dropped the last of his bags inside the door and walked over to the couch and plopped down as he stared at Alexis through tired eyes, watching as she reviewed a brief with her glasses perched on the tip of her nose and her mind working a mile a minute. She must’ve noticed the lapse in silence because she stopped and looked up with a guilty smile, “Did you say something?”

Jason shook his head and said, “Just watching you, do you need help with anything?”

Alexis smiled, as she took off her glasses and said, “I need for you not to look at me like you are a guest in this house, and start looking like you belong here, because you do belong here Jason. I know Sam would’ve wanted it this way, you close to your child and her sisters protecting them like she always did. You belong here with the girls and this baby.”

Jason couldn’t help but notice how she conveniently left herself out of the equation and he couldn’t let it pass, “And you Alexis? Do I belong here with you too?”

Alexis looked at him shocked because he had voiced her opinions, her thoughts, her desires that she struggled to keep hidden whenever she was in his presence, “Yes you belong here with me too; you belong here with all of us.”

Jason beamed at her and she felt a flush of happiness run through her that she was able to elicit such a joyful reaction from the normal stoic man, as she reached for her glasses, fumbling in her nervousness to place them back on her nose and return her focus onto the briefs in her hands. Jason leaned back content to know that he wasn’t the only one affected by their attraction as Kristina came running down the stairs, storybook in hand and stopped in front of the two of them in question as she eyed his luggage at the front door, “Are you staying here now Jason?”

Jason looked at Alexis, he had naturally assumed that she had cleared his arrival with Kristina but from the confused look on her face it appeared she hadn’t. Alexis nodded as she saw Jason wanted to answer her but didn’t want to step on any toes as he said, “Yes Kristina, I’m going to be living here from now on with you, your Mommy and Molly what do you think about that?”

Kristina walked over to him and stopped right in front of him staring deeply into his eyes as she tried read his thoughts something which unnerved him, “Does that mean you’ll be staying here with my new brother or sister too?”

Alexis sighed as she removed her glasses once again, and started to explain, “Kristina, I told you…,” Jason cut her off and said, “Yes Kristina, I’ll be staying here with your new little brother or sister when they are born.”

Kristina smiled as she looked at her mother with a triumphant smirk, “I told you the baby was my new brother or sister!” She turned to Jason with a grin as she handed him her book as a prize and said, “You can read me my story now, come on Molly’s waiting.”

Kristina stepped away from him and stared at him expectantly while Jason was looking to Alexis for guidance that was stifling a laugh as she watched her regal daughter direct the person who would read her story tonight. Kristina started tapping her foot impatiently and then Jason saw Sonny in this girl and couldn’t help but laughing as he rose slowly from his spot on the chair and followed the small princess up the stairs, to do her bidding.

End of Flashback

Jason maneuvered the pregnant woman back into the living room after his conversation with Kristina when she wanted to be nosy again about dinner. He always had trouble keeping her calm, she seemed to have an excess of energy, so as he moved her back in the room he instructed her to sit down, “Dinner is almost ready, take a load off….Talk to Kristina about her day. I just got the list of everything that happened and I don’t want you to miss the opportunity of a life time.”

Alexis rolled her eyes as she laughed at his tone, he had become overwhelmed with the mile a minute words that fell out of Kristina’s mouth once he was in close contact with her daughter, “What’s for dinner?”

Jason called out as he disappeared into the kitchen, “Spaghetti?”

Alexis smiled as she said aloud, “Spaghetti?”

“I hasten to correct, the Goddess Mother, but my name actually happens to be Spinelli, Goddess Mother, Spinelli or you can refer to me as The Jackal if you prefer.”

Alexis looked towards her open front door in shock at the man who was shuffling his feet hastening to step over the threshold, she laughed and said, “Spaghetti is what Jason is making for dinner, I know your name Spinelli please come in. Have a seat is something wrong?”

Spinelli walked forward as he sat down, “I appreciate your kindness Goddess Mother, but I’m in desperate need of a caucus with Stone Cold, I need his guidance as I perilously travel through this world alone and uncertain of my next step.”

Alexis opened her mouth and then closed it, “So I wasn’t just stoned? You really talk like this all of the time?”

Spinelli leaned back as he motioned towards her belly and said, “Goddess Mother, I don’t recommend you inhaling of these substances while you are carrying the child of the Courageous One who is no longer with us, I refer to the dearly departed Samantha Goddess Mother. But if you are still if need of such an item….”

Alexis laughed as she listened to the young man ramble on, similar to her when she became nervous and said, “No that won’t be necessary, I’m sorry Spinelli, SC is currently making dinner but you are more than welcome to stay for dinner and then you can have your discussion with SC in private.”

Spinelli looked at her in confusion, “SC? I apologize Goddess Mother for my bruteness but I’m unaware of the meaning behind SC, can you please explain this term to me and I promise you on the grave of The Bodacious One who is no longer that I will no longer ask this question of you ever again.”

Alexis leaned forward and said, “Don’t you ever get tired of rolling off Stone Cold? Besides, I’ll let you in on something, I used to be a fan of wrestling and Stone Cold Steve Austin so I kinda like to keep my guys separated, so I shortened Stone Cold, into something that I think falls trippingly off the tongue, SC. It keeps all the intrigue of Stone Cold without it becoming a tongue twister.”

Spinelli bent down and said, “Oh Goddess Mother, you have made me the most blissful Jackal on this earth, by you taking the time to use one of the names that I have dubbed Big Daddy to use as your own. And to find that you are my soulmate in enjoying the finer points of wrestling just warms the cockles of my heart.”

Jason came out of the kitchen at that moment, startled by the sound of Alexis’s laughter. Something he hadn’t been privy to in awhile and was grateful for, he stopped upon seeing the visitor.

“I apologize for interrupting your humble abode, Stone Cold but I have a problem, I have a serious problem that I need your guidance on.”

Jason nodded as he looked over at Alexis ready to apologize for this intrusion but as he saw the twinkle in her eye, he knew that he had one more thing that he was grateful to Spinelli for, he made Alexis smile, and for that he would be forever grateful.

Alexis looked at the pair and said, “Don’t take the Jackal away just yet SC, we were about to eat dinner.”

Jason sighed in exasperation at her name for him, “Listen, Spinelli and I can go somewhere else, and you and the girls can eat the spaghetti in peace.”

Kristina came running down the stairs at this moment with a grin stretched across her face as she caught sight of him ran into Spinelli’s arms and then looked at her mother after he picked her up and smiled at her enthusiasm at his arrival, “Mom is The Ace of Cyberspace eating dinner with us?”

Alexis shrugged as Jason moaned, it was obvious Spinelli had affected all of the women in this household as she said, “Ask Jason, it’s his guest and maybe he doesn’t want to share.”

He was outnumbered.

Hours Later

“So as you can see, the Pacino-esque one isn’t too pleased with me currently and has requested that I obtain other living arrangements and even though I respect the Godfather second to you of course, I can’t help but agree with his view of our current living arrangements, I need your help Stone Cold. I need lodging and preferably a wireless Ethernet connection.”

Jason sighed as he rubbed his face over his hands, he knew it wouldn’t be long before Sonny got tired of Spinelli, he could only take him in small doses, but he knew that Spinelli had saved him more than once and he couldn’t turn his back on his friend.

Jason opened his mouth to say, that he would put him up in a hotel tonight and then find other living arrangements for him in the morning but was halted as Alexis came out of the kitchen with a popcorn bowl in her hand as she was popping kernels in her mouth, “You can stay here Spinelli, I don’t have Ethernet but I do have a wireless hi-speed connection if you’re interested. There’s plenty of room.”

Spinelli gasped in shock as he rose quickly from his chair and ran over to her and bent down on bended knee even while Jason and Alexis shared a glance of amusement as he took her hand and said, “Goddess Mother, I mean Supreme Goddess Mother how do I thank you for bestowing me with such an generous act of kindness on your part?”

Alexis was tickled at his response, “First of all, Spinelli get off the floor no one is royalty here, well unless you count Kristina but that’s only on her bossy days. You need a place to stay and at one time you helped Sam and Jason so the least I can do is return the favor. My only stipulation is that my daughter doesn’t become the Half Pint Hacker, she can be an apprentice for everything legal you want to teach her though about computers.”

Spinelli rose as he embraced the heavily pregnant Alexis in a hug and turned to Jason and said, “I’m so full with an emotion that I can’t describe Stone Cold, I can see how you fell in love with the Fair Samantha if the Supreme Goddess Mother is so, so…”

He turned to Alexis who shrugged as she stared at Jason and said with eyes full of mirth, “Supreme?”

He was in love, Jason Morgan was in love, and he was in love with the mother of his dead girlfriend who also happened to be the mother of his second child. He couldn’t be happier or more devastated.

At three in the morning, his second child decided to make their debut.

“Jason!”

The sound of his name being screamed so urgently had him running out of bed and into Alexis’s room at warp speed. He saw her hanging over the side of the bed breathing deep cleansing breaths while saying, “I think my water just broke.”

Jason nodded and said, “I’ll get dressed.”

Alexis exhaled softly and stood up as she shuffled towards her closet looking for some clothes even as Jason gaped at her in disbelief, “Alexis, what are you doing?”

Alexis raised a regal eyebrow at him one that rivaled Kristina’s facial expression when she was issuing a commandment and said, “You don’t think I’m going to give birth in my pajamas do you?”

Jason scowled as he took her by the arm and moved her back to the bed and said, “Sit down, you haven’t had an easy birth yet, this one is going to be the exception. I’ll get Spinelli in here to get you some clothes, you can even talk in that weird code you two seem to love so much.”

Alexis blushed as she looked down even as a contraction passed and her face screwed up in pain, Jason walked over and grabbed her hand and pulled into his own, hoping to send her some of his strength. As the contraction passed the pressure on his hand ease even as Alexis felt the tears well in her eyes as she said, “You know it’s funny, my first two daughters were arguably created in love, well at least love on my part and neither one of them stayed with me, but this child the one I’m having with you, is the one I feel like it was created in love….Please ignore the ramblings of a pregnant woman who is in labor, I don’t know what I’m saying.”

Jason leaned forward as he cradled her face in his hands and pressed a firm, gentle kiss to her lips. One of many more to come, he promised himself as he said, “This child was created in love Alexis, don’t ever forget that.”

He pulled back even as she stared after him in shock, caressing her lips where his had just been and shaking her head trying to rid her mind of the illusions her foolish heart had made at his statement.

After they had assured themselves that Spinelli would be okay babysitting the girls, Jason and Alexis had gone to the hospital to welcome their child into the world even though he had to admit that he was just as hesitant as Alexis about leaving Spinelli with the girls.

Flashback

Jason stared at Alexis hoping that she would impart her acceptance of the situation as it now was, Viola unfortunately had left the night before on a family emergency and they were fresh out of options, he hadn’t even wanted to voice the name of Sonny Corinthos and especially since Spinelli was now inhabiting the home, “Okay Spinelli, I’m going to trust you Spinelli, don’t let me down. These girls are very important to me and not to mention Alexis.”

Spinelli’s face fell and Jason felt a jab of regret at his tone but he needed to let Spinelli know the seriousness of the situation even as he walked forward hesitant to touch Jason and said, “You wound me Stone Cold. I will care for these girls as if they were the Innocent One himself, and that is a promise.”

Jason nodded as he helped Alexis to the car and then walked towards the door even as Spinelli called him back one last time, “What is it Spinelli? We need to be going to the hospital.”

Spinelli clapped him on the shoulder “Congratulations, Dad.”

Jason pulled back and smiled as he realized, that for the second time in two years he was about to become a father, and he couldn’t be more terrified.

End of Flashback

Jason looked up from pacing the waiting area floor at Robin and smiled in relief, whenever he was in crisis, she always managed to come through for him. Her quiet, emotional support had been invaluable to him.

He stood up and said, “What’s going on Robin? I wanted to be in there with her but they shut the door, I don’t get it.”

Robin sighed as she stared at the man who she had at one time considered her life as she told him the news that could change his life, “Jason, how much did you and Sam discuss about this invitro-fertilization procedure?”

Jason crossed his arms as he stared at Robin in confusion, “Not much….We were going through a rough time, I told her I didn’t want a child and she kept demanding we have a child otherwise our relationship wouldn’t survive. I finally broke down and told her if she wanted a child, she was going to have to handle it on her own, I didn’t even pay for it.”

Robin nodded as she grimaced as she looked into the chart, “Yea, I wondered about that.”

Jason flinched at the tone in her voice and said, “What does that mean? What’s going on is something wrong with Alexis? The baby?”

Robin sat on the edge of the chair and exhaled through her teeth, “At the time of the insemination, after Alexis was already unconscious, the doctor and Sam discussed inseminating Alexis with more than one fertilized embryos, it’s something that is commonly done and especially in families who were in financial strains. They inseminated Alexis with two embryos, her lungs were already compromised because of the cancer, and it just wasn’t a recommended move…. What we are doing now is we are monitoring her and the babies.”

Jason scowled as he fell back against the chair and said, “Robin, I know I’m not supposed to speak ill of the dead but….damn it. Why did Sam have to be this selfish?”

Robin stood up as she placed a calming arm on his shoulder, “Jason, don’t waste your time on cursing Sam or being upset at her for her decision. Sometimes when the need is really great to become a parent, then they don’t think rationally.”

Jason shook his head, “This was her mother Robin…her mother! My god, we aren’t just talking about any healthy surrogate off the street, we are talking about the woman who gave her life, is now in there fighting for her own because her daughter was too selfish to hope for the best with their shot at one….What do we do now?”

Robin could see that whatever she said even if it was in defense of the deceased Sam wouldn’t change the rage currently coursing through Jason, “We wait. Alexis is stable and both of the babies appear to be healthy, the boy is slightly bigger than the girl but they appear to be fine. Both of their heartbeats are steady.”

Jason nodded as he exhaled a deep breath and covered his mouth with his hands and blew out quick breaths in succession and said, “How did the doctors miss the second baby?”

Robin shrugged, “In pregnancies of women this age, they always assume instead of investigate. They assumed there was an echo on the machine and didn’t pay it too much mind although her increased weight which differed from her previous pregnancies should’ve been an indication.”

Jason nodded and said, “Can I see her?”

Robin checked her watch and said, “Yes, you can…I’ll walk you to her room but Jason I need you to know that I didn’t tell her about the second baby. I thought that was something you should do.”

“Jason, what’s going on?”

Jason walked into the room and closed the door behind him as he focused on the woman in the room, the one who without knowing it had made the death of Sam McCall not overshadow his life, and now who he couldn’t imagine spending the rest of his life without.

He pulled a chair up to the side of the bed and pulled her hand into his as he rested his forehead on their joined hands and breathed slowly, allowing himself the joy of being in her presence.

Alexis gripped his hand and he looked up with a faint smile, “There are two babies.”

Alexis looked at him in confusion, “How are there two babies Jason? I don’t understand.”

Jason scowled under his breath as he looked down again, “I don’t understand too much at this point either, but it appears that the doctor who performed the procedure inseminated you with two fertilized embryos both of which have been growing in your body for these months.”

Alexis’s other hand fell down the sheet and spread across her stomach as she turned to Jason in disbelief and said, “Twins? I don’t believe this, are they okay Jason? Tell me they are okay.”

Jason stroked her hair with his other hand, not willing to be apart from her for a moment as he smiled even while wiping the tears that were falling from his cheeks, “They are doing just fine, I just talked to Robin, and she said they heartbeats are strong and they are doing just good.”

Alexis closed her eyes as the tears leaked out, “Then it’s me isn’t it? It’s because of my lungs right? They are worried that I’m not going to be able to survive, is that it?”

She rolled her head to the side as she met his eyes as the tears started to fall, “Jason, is that what it is?”

Jason shook his head as he heard the fear that was resident in her voice and said, “I don’t want you to think like that….They are just taking every precaution to insure that you and our babies are brought in this world with no problems.”

Alexis nodded as she rolled her head to the side even though she didn’t believe him and then turned back to him, “I’m scared Jason.”

Jason knew what it must’ve taken for her to admit her fear to him and knew he couldn’t respond with anything less than complete honesty, “So am I Alexis, so am I.”

Jason looked up as Elizabeth entered the room and motioned for him to follow her out.

He closed the door behind him as he lay against the wall and exhaled in exhaustion.

“Jason, I just got on call and Robin told me what happened, how are you?”

Jason shook his head as he slid down the wall and said, “It’s not good Elizabeth. Sam had Alexis impregnated with two embryos and now they are worried if she will be able to survive the birth with her compromised lungs.”

Elizabeth gasped as the tears sprung from her eyes, Alexis had been nothing but generous with her home and her family as she opened her house to both Cameron and Jake so not only Jason but Kristina and Molly could spend time together. Elizabeth had grown to admire the woman immensely after she got over her jealousy at seeing how much Jason loved the woman; she only wished for the best for all of them, “Jason, she’s strong. She’s survived some of the worst things a woman and a mother can handle; she’ll survive this as well.”

Jason exhaled as he nodded and opened his mouth to speak when Sonny came up and he knew that this had just turned ugly.

“Sonny, what are you doing here?”

Elizabeth looked at the visible tension between the two of them and decided her best bet was to make a hasty exit, “I’ll check in on you guys later Jason.”

Jason smiled softly and said, “Thanks for coming by, I’ll let Alexis know, it’ll mean a lot to her.”

Elizabeth nodded, “The boys really love her, and they were worried so I’ll go now.”

Elizabeth walked off even though she would admit that she didn’t feel comfortable leaving the two of them alone together considering the death glances that Sonny was shooting Jason but she knew that she had a job to do and she couldn’t referee this fight.

Sonny stared at the closed door and then back at Jason, “Why didn’t you call me?”

Jason stared at his best friend searching his motives and said, “Why would I call you? This is a pregnancy, happens everyday there was no reason to alert you until the baby arrived.”

Sonny scowled, “It’s Alexis, she’s not normal. I mean, things don’t ever happen easy for her. I want to be here, I need to be here.”

Jason shoved himself away from the wall as he walked towards her room door guarding it, and even though he knew it was wrong he didn’t want him anywhere near Alexis, “This baby, these babies are mine, you are her friend and the father of her daughter but she needs me now. I’ll call you if anything changes.”

Sonny walked towards the door and Jason shook his head as he crossed his arms and said, “She’s sleeping. I just got her to let her mind go enough so she could get some rest, you can come back later.”

Sonny flinched and stepped back and as Jason looked at his best friend with his wounded face he couldn’t help the question that fell from his lips, “When did you know? When did you know you made a mistake?”

Sonny looked at him in disbelief that he had been reading his mind, “The first time she wouldn’t let me into her apartment like she used too. You were gone for along time Jason and she became more than my lawyer, more than my confidante, she was my best friend. I couldn’t take two steps without her, and it was shocking when she started shutting herself off from me, I didn’t know what to do so I pushed. I still pushed to be in her life even as she was struggling to assert her independence from me. It was wrong but I didn’t want to lose her but it was already too late, I still don’t want to lose her.”

Jason closed his eyes as his head hit the hospital room door, “I told her I loved her.”

Sonny flinched visibly as he heard Jason’s words, “What did she say?”

Jason shrugged as a small smile parted his otherwise serious face, “She didn’t get to say much of anything we were interrupted by a contraction. I love her Sonny.”

Sonny nodded as he sighed and started forward, “I love her too but I know that I can’t give her what she needs, you can. Be everything for her, she deserves nothing less.”

Jason nodded, “She hasn’t even said she loves me too.”

Sonny laughed, “Spinelli is living in your home, what does that tell you?” Sonny walked away as Jason turned towards the closed door and spoke the words to the wood that he wasn’t able to ask the sleeping beauty inside, “Is Sonny right Alexis? Do you love me like I love you?”

Robin pulled off her scrub mask, and walked towards Jason who had been pacing in fear the last thirty minutes ever since she told him that they were going to conduct an emergency caesarean.

She smiled as she let the fear fall from her face, “The babies and Alexis came through the surgery just fine. They are all resting comfortably and you can see them just as soon as they get settled. Congratulations Daddy, you are now the proud father of another boy and daughter to add to your family…Can you believe it Jason? You go from no children to three in a matter of months.”

Jason smiled as he pulled Robin into his arms happy for the first time in awhile, “Hey get your own woman.”

Robin rolled her eyes as she pulled back and saw Patrick coming up the rear with a playful tone in his voice as he laid a possessive hand on her shoulder; one that Jason could care less about, not when his world consisted of Alexis, and their children, all of their children.

“Can I see her?” Jason threw the question out even as he was heading towards her room and Robin called after him, “I told you that you had to wait, Jason. Go call Sonny and the girls and tell them the good news.”

Jason grinned and turned towards the elevators when he saw Carly exiting and felt his smile falter slightly, not even his best friend could ruin this day.

Carly walked forward smiling softly and said, “Hey Jase, what’s going on?”

Jason shrugged as his mind started to wander about what this wonderful news meant for his future, and for his quickly expanding family, “The babies are born, I’m a father again.”

Carly squealed excitedly as she took her best friend into her arms and squeezed him tightly but then pulled back as she hit him on the arm, “What’s this about babies?”

Jason motioned to a sit on the couch as Carly and then he sat down and then said, “At the time of the procedure Sam had Alexis inseminated with two embryos instead of one and both survived….I now have a new daughter and son, Alexis is doing great. I’m going to see all of them in a little bit.”

Carly nodded and looked down, “Sonny told me that you might need a friend. I know that Alexis isn’t my favorite person but I’m glad she’s okay…Now you can move out of her house sometime soon and find a nice little penthouse for you and the twins…..”

Her voice trailed off as she saw Jason shaking his head and standing up, “Carly let’s not fight about this, it’s a happy occasion and I want to keep it that way…Please let’s not fight.”

Carly looked at him in shock and said, “What would we fight about Jase? You are a father; you don’t need to stay with Alexis anymore. You can move on with your life, and give Alexis supervised custody visits or something.”

Jason snorted even as he turned away, and started walking away refusing to let Carly’s statement hit him in the heart where he was currently afraid even as Carly ran behind him desperate to catch up, “Jason, what did I say? Did I not apologize enough for springing the contract on Alexis? She’s not holding it against me so why are you?”

Jason stopped in the middle of the hall as he turned back to Carly and said, “This isn’t about the contract you tried to spring on Alexis, she forgave you for that and so did I…My problem is your assuming that I’m walking away from Alexis, I’m staying in the house with the babies Carly, we are going to be a family.”

Carly stepped back in disgust, as she crossed her arms and glared at him, “Is this your sick idea of a joke? She’s the grandmother of your children not the mother and you don’t need to be living with her, it’ll give that warped mind of her ideas she shouldn’t have.”

Jason struggled to keep his temper in check as he looked at Carly, “What kind of warped ideas? That I want my children to grow up with Alexis’s influence in their life? That I want them to be a part of a family? A complete family, one that includes Kristina, Molly, Jake, Cameron and hell even Spinelli?”

Carly closed her eyes as she exhaled two deep breaths before saying, “What the hell is wrong with you Jason? You loathe Alexis almost as much as I do, I’ll give her credit. She was generous with Sam, she allowed herself to become a human incubator but your responsibility, your loyalty stops there. You don’t have to do anything else! Is she pushing you for this connection?”

Jason sighed in exasperation, “I’m pushing for this Carly, I’m the one that wants it all, and I want it with her.”

Carly fell against the wall, “What kind of sick, bizarre world did I walk into? Did I get off on the wrong elevator? You and Alexis can’t be together, it won’t work. Jason, believe me it won’t work any better with you than it did with Sonny.”

Jason looked away, “There’s a big difference between her relationship with Sonny and our relationship she will always be first in my heart. There are no exceptions, Carly I need you to understand this as my best friend….Please, I can’t fight with you on this I love her.”

After he let the words fall from his lips he looked over to Carly who was gaping at him in disbelief and knew that his life and his friendship with this woman would never be the same again.

Elizabeth opened the door to Alexis’s room slowly as she peered into the room and saw Alexis sitting up in bed, swiping away her tears.

Elizabeth pushed the door open more fully as she crossed the entrance and closed the door behind her and walked to the edge of the bed in concern, “Alexis, what’s wrong? What happened? Are you in pain? Do I need to get a doctor?”

Alexis nodded but stopped Elizabeth as she reached for the call button by her bedside, “I need a neurosurgeon. I need someone to check my brain because I think I’m losing my mind.”

Elizabeth laughed as she exhaled a sigh of relief, she couldn’t imagine having to tell Jason that something had gone wrong with Alexis, not after everything. Elizabeth didn’t know if she could help the woman in front of her, but she was going to try.

“It sometimes helps to talk about it; maybe it’ll do you some good.”

Alexis snorted as she shook her head, blew her nose and started on another fresh set of tears, “I tried, I logically tried everyway I knew how to tell myself that it was the hormones of the pregnancy. I mean it’s obvious, I was pregnant with twins and my hormones were out of alignment with the stars, possibly Pluto if my sister Kristina was here, but that’s not the case. It’s still here and the babies are born and I’m more confused than ever.”

Elizabeth’s mouth fell open as she said, “Nikolas told me that when you get nervous your mouth opens and never closes, how do you do that without passing out?”

Alexis shrugged, “It’s a gift. What am I going to do Elizabeth?”

Elizabeth smiled to herself, she knew what her problem is, and the only issue was getting her to admit to it, “What is your problem Alexis? The only thing you’ve said up until know is you have hormones from the pregnancy.”

Alexis scowled, “Haven’t you been listening to a word I said? I’m in love with my dead daughter’s boyfriend! I love him, for everything he is and everything he will be. I want to be by his side raising our children together, growing old together although I might be one up on him in that area I just want him.”

Alexis finished her spiel with a pout and Elizabeth grin as she clapped and said, “Well it’s about damn time, and Jason has been in love with you forever.”

Alexis was the one who fell open mouthed this time as she looked at the young girl in disbelief, “Please tell me I’m dreaming….He’s not in love with me Elizabeth. He loves young, willowy girls like you, Courtney, Robin and heaven forbid Carly. Me, I’m like a mother figure to him. I have to get over this.”

Elizabeth took the tissue out of Alexis’s hand as she dabbed at the tears falling down her cheeks and said, “Alexis, age is only a number but age doesn’t come into play when love does. Your personality fall into synch, you make him laugh, and he makes you calm. You make him happy and he makes you talk, you help each other in so many ways that love was the natural progression of things. There isn’t anything wrong with the two of you loving each other.”

Alexis bit her lip as she looked at Elizabeth, “And you? You loved Jason, I know you do. You still do, and you are so much better for him than I am. You are the mother of his child too Elizabeth.”

Elizabeth sighed as she leaned forward, “I won’t deny that you’re telling the truth. I do love Jason, I probably always will. But we had our shot, we had a lot of shots but something always didn’t work with the two of us, it was either timing my defects, his lifestyle. Something always kept us apart, and I had to come to realize that there was a reason that we didn’t work out. There is someone out there for me Alexis, and I will still look and try to find him but in the meantime, I’ll be a mother to my sons and work. I will find my happiness it’s just not with Lucky or Jason, but yours is…Don’t let your foolish misgivings stop you from your happiness.”

Alexis smiled as she gripped Elizabeth’s hand in her own and said, “Thank you for listening to me, thank you for allowing me to vent. I know that I have some work to do, and thank you for telling me that Jason loved me…I don’t know if I would’ve believed it otherwise.”

Elizabeth smiled, “Thank you Alexis. Even with the sordid past behind Jake’s birth, you never discriminated against him, Cameron or me when you invited us into your home. You let us be apart of a family and it felt good, it felt wonderful actually.”

Alexis smiled and said, “I never had that feeling so thank you for telling me but don’t think that just because I said this, anything will change, I still want you to feel that way when you come by. Please don’t forget that you are apart of my family now, too.”

Elizabeth felt the tears well in her eyes as she pressed a gentle kiss to her cheek and said, “I need to go before you have me sobbing in here right along with you.”

Alexis smiled and watched as Elizabeth walked to the door while emotionally making a decision, “Elizabeth? Can you tell Jason, I want to see him?”

Elizabeth turned around as her eyes twinkled and said, “I’ll send him right in.”

“No, you’re just mistaken. This isn’t real.”

Jason looked at his best friend as she paced back and forth stopping in front of him momentarily to glare at him in disbelief, “Tell me come on tell that this isn’t real. That you didn’t just tell me that you are in love with my worst enemy.”

Jason sighed as he rolled his eyes and looked down the hall towards where Alexis lay sleeping and knew that he couldn’t hide his feelings, not from her, not from anyone, “I want to grow old with her Carly. I’m done; there is no other woman in my heart or my mind. She’s the one; I know it just like I know that I love her with every breath of my body. I want to curl up with her every night and raise our children together, I love her Carly.”

Carly reached for Jason as she jerked him to her side and said, “What love? What family? Where did this come from? You moved into her house during her pregnancy and what happened? What was there that made you change your feelings for her into this thing you call love now? Jason, you feel gratitude to her for carrying the children to term, you even feel sympathy because she lost her eldest daughter Sam but that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your happiness to be with that neurotic bitch!”

Jason flinched at the venomous tone and started to walk away shaking his head, “I’m not doing this with you Carly. I’m not fighting you about Alexis, I told you how I felt. I stand behind what I say now you can either be my friend, or you can walk away and let me be with the woman I love.”

Carly started to run after Jason, “The woman you love? What about your best friend? What about me Jason? I need you, I need to know that you are always going to be there for me and she’ll take you away from me.”

Jason prayed for strength as Carly’s selfish nature came to the forefront, “Did I say that you and I couldn’t be friends? I’m telling you this now, you won’t insult Alexis anymore. If you try I’ll cut you out of my life and it’ll be for good.”

Carly fell against the wall as she watched him walk away, “You are going to throw years of friendship away for her? Why Jason?”

Jason turned back to his friend and spoke from his heart, “I love her Carly. I love her, this isn’t a game to me, this is my life. I don’t want to lose you but if you force me to chose between the woman I love, the mother of my children who will hopefully be my wife someday and the woman that I consider my best friend? You won’t like how you end up.”

Carly nodded as she swiped away the tears, “So that’s it? I walk away now and its forever, she just wins.”

Jason walked back to her and touched her face before pressing a gentle kiss to her cheek, “This doesn’t have to be goodbye, not unless you make it goodbye Carly. Just accept who I love, like I accepted who you love, do it and we can go on.”

He dropped his hand and walked away leaving Carly shaken as she stared after the man that she considered her constant, and knew that if she didn’t support him now she would lose him forever. The tears rolled down her cheeks as she stumbled into the bathroom and sobbed her heart out.

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“Hey.”

Jason looked at her as she rubbed her eyes softly looking to him all the innocence of an teenager as she spared him a gracious smile and said, “Have you seen the babies?”

Jason shook his head as he walked over to the bed slowly and sat down pulling her hand into his, “No, I wanted to make sure you were okay first.”

Alexis smiled, “Spinelli and the girls are okay right?”

Jason nodded as he pressed a kiss to her knuckles, “I just called and checked. Spinelli is running around searching for the internet connection so he can hack into GH mainframe and steal the camera feed going into the nursery.”

Alexis felt a laugh bubble out of her lips and then reached for her stomach, “Don’t make me laugh, these stitches still hurt. Besides, don’t tell me too much about what Spinelli is doing, he may become my client one day, but you know we gotta keep it in the family.”

Jason shook his head, “You amaze me you know that?”

Alexis looked down and said, “I talked with Elizabeth. She’s going to check on the girls for me and bring them by the hospital to see the babies.”

Jason nodded, “That’s really sweet of her.”

Alexis agreed with a verbal, “Yes, she’s wonderful. She’s caring, she loves kids and I think she still loves you.”

Jason flinched as he heard the resigned tone in her voice and knew what she was doing, too many months of cohabitating with her, let him know when she was trying to backpedal, “Yes Elizabeth is a wonderful woman and I’m just fortunate she’s the mother of my son, but I’m not in love with her.”

Alexis turned her head his way as she stared into his blue eyes, seemingly getting lost in their depths and said, “You’re not?”

Jason shook his head as he said, “I’m in love with the mother of my twins.”

Alexis gasped in shock as she said, “Jason, please…you can’t love me…We are too different, I just don’t,” Jason stopped her tirade with a finger on her lip, a finger he quickly removed as he replaced it with his lips, “You love me. I see it in everything you do, everything you say and how you are. I love you; don’t let your fear stop you from accepting what’s right. We’ve just been blessed with the miracle of twins, we have been blessed with our love and there is nothing in this world that will ever make me love you anymore than I do at this moment, don’t deny us.”

Alexis grabbed his finger as she leaned her head towards him, “I was terrified of my feelings for you, but I know now that loving you comes easy to me as breathing, I love you Jason. I’m in love with you and I want everything with you.”

Jason kissed her fiercely as he exhaled in relief that his feelings were reciprocated and laid his forehead on hers and whispered, “Good, just so there are no misunderstandings.”

Epilogue

“Supreme Goddess Mother, they are adorable.” Alexis smiled as Jason and her walked into their home each cradling a sleeping infant in their arms.

Kristina and Molly greeted them with grins, “Hey Jason.” Molly looked at her sister in confusion before tugging on Jason’s legs, “Daddy!”

Alexis laughed as she turned to Jason as they were walking down the steps, “Well you don’t have to wonder if you are accepted by the girls as well.”

Jason smiled as he leaned in to meet her lips, “I guess not.”

Spinelli cleared his throat as he scrambled to cover the eyes of the girls in the room, “Stone Cold, Supreme Goddess Mother? Please recall that there are currently impressionable ones that reside in this household and that is just not myself but,” he cleared his throat as he motioned to the two little girls and Alexis pulled back with a sigh while Jason shot his friend a look filled with faux contempt.

Alexis walked to the sofa and sat down so she could allow Molly and Kristina a better look at the newest additions to the family, “Kristina, Molly, Spinelli I would like to formally introduce you to Samantha Ayshen Davis-Morgan and Alan Richard Davis-Morgan, you new brother and sister.”

Spinelli sat down in shock as he looked at Alexis and then Jason, “I’m just overwhelmed Stone Cold by the bestowal of such righteous names on these wonderful new additions to the family.”

Jason eyed Alexis who motioned to Spinelli with a nod of her head, “Additions to our family Spinelli.”

Spinelli nodded, “Yes Stone Cold that is what I said. Are you feeling okay?”

Jason laughed and said, “You need to include yourself in that you’re part of this family Spinelli. Alexis and I decided at the hospital that you don’t have to leave, ever. You are part of our family as well, and as long as you want you will always have a place here with us.”

Alexis nodded and picked up where Spinelli left off, “Spinelli, we would be honored if you stayed with us. The girls love you and your niece and nephew are going to need you to help train them all that they can learn from the Ace of Cyberspace.”

Spinelli felt the tears well in his eyes as he choked out a sentiment, that sounded normal but coming from him meant the world, “Thank you Jason. Thank you Alexis, thank you. You don’t know what this means.”

Kristina who had been watching the whole exchange in quiet fascination turned to her mother, “Does this mean I have to call him Uncle Jackal now Mommy?”

Jason bit his lip as he looked into Alexis’s eyes which were brimming with laughter and said, “No sweetheart, I think Spinelli will be just fine.”

After they rounded up all of their children, the rest of the evening flowed normally. After taking three hour to ensure all went to bed, Jason and Alexis retired to their bedroom for the first time together.

Jason sat on the edge of the bed as he watched her undress but then stop as she looked at him shyly, “You’ve seen so many other women prettier than me, I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed.”

Jason walked over to her and grabbed her in his arms as he kissed her breathless, “There are no other women Alexis and there will never be again. You are the only one that I want.”

Alexis smiled as she wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into a hug, “I love you.”

Jason squeezed her against him, “I love you too. I love our family. Now, let’s go to bed, you know that the doctor said that you can’t be active for a couple more weeks.”

Alexis looked at him with a hint of humor in her eye, “I think we have enough in our family don’t you?”

Jason nodded even as he pulled the bedspread back and situated Alexis under the covers before crossing to the other side of the bed and getting in. He leaned against the headboard while Alexis turned to him and traced her fingers on his chest leaning over to press soft kisses along his biceps. Jason groaned as he pulled her into his arms to halt her movements, “Go to sleep Alexis.”

Alexis smiled as she was cradled in the arms of the man she loved, “What if I say I’m not sleepy?”

Jason groaned as she wiggled her backside against him making him grow hard instantly, “Then I say I need to sleep on the couch because the woman I love is trying to give me a heart attack.”

Alexis laughed, “Hey I’m the cradle robber in this relationship! I’ll be the one dropping dead before you.”

Jason felt the smile fall from his face as he squeezed her against him tightly, “Don’t ever say that again, you are not too old for me and I wish you would stop saying that.”

Alexis started to gently stroke his arms as she said, “I won’t say it anymore, and it’s just my insecurity coming though….”

Jason pressed a kiss to her cheek and said, “Go to sleep Alexis, you process everything too much. Just embrace me, embrace our love and embrace our family, that’s all you need to process.”

Alexis nodded as she curled up into his arms and started stroking his arms again and said, “Jason….”

Jason moaned as her hands started doing magical things on his arms, and he spoke through gritted teeth, “Yes my love?”

Alexis giggled and said, “Is it just me or is going to be a long two weeks?”

Jason laughed at the realization that she was right, this was going to be torture, “It’s going to be hell on earth, but just think of the payoff.”

Alexis snuggled down deeper into his arms pulling them across her chest tighter as she whispered, “But what a way to go.”

End