Love Endures
by Susanne

Chapter 13 - Jason Michael George & Alexander Nikolas Ryan

An hour later Alexis had been admitted, and was lying in a room where Dr. Meadows and Bobbie were about to start helping Alexis deliver the twins. Alexis had been changed into an ordinary hospital gown, and Sonny had discarded his suit jacket, and was sitting next to the bed in which Alexis was lying holding her hand wearing a white shirt, which was unbuttoned due to the fact that he was extremely nervous, and was sweating. They were both waiting for the next couple of contractions to hit. Jax, Skye, Mike, Jason, Elizabeth, Michael, Kristina, Zander, Courtney, Grace, Johnny and Max were all in the waiting room wanting to share the joy with Sonny and Alexis as soon as the twins had been born.

Sonny: "Everything will be OK, Lex! Just remember to breathe like we were taught in Lamaze class!" He replied, as he knew that Alexis was scared of giving birth to full term twins.

Alexis: "That's easy for you to say…You're not the one, who has to push two small babies out of your uterus! Not that you even have one - it's a good thing that you don't because you'd probably start to bribe someone into surgically removing it if you were in my place right now!!" She hyperventilated, which Sonny knew she couldn't do so he replied

Sonny: "Sweetheart…You need to relax, and let this take its course. Now if I could I'd take this task away from you but that's however not how God intended it, so…"

Alexis: "Let it take its course? Do you have any idea of how much this hurts? You can't even begin to imagine, and besides…This is all your fault!!"

Sonny: "How do you figure that?"

Alexis: "Weren't you the one, who got me into this situation in the first place? Or was I merely making love to your identical twin brother?" She asked out of breath, as Dr. Meadows said

Dr. Meadows: "Alright Alexis…On this next contraction I want you to push, as hard as you humanly possible can, OK? Do you understand Alexis?"

Alexis: "Yes, I understand!" She complied, as Sonny helped her in sitting up straight in the bed, while taking a hold of Sonny's hand, which she squeezed extremely tight.

Sonny: "Remember baby: just breathe! That's all you've got to concentrate on: just breathe!" He replied, kissing her on her sweaty forehead.

Bobbie: "Alright! Here it comes…" She replied looking at a device, which showed radio waves of the contractions going through Alexis' body.

Alexis: "Oh God! I can feel the babies coming - this hurts so much!!" She screamed extremely loudly.

Dr. Meadows: "OK Alexis…PUSH!" She exclaimed, as Alexis did what she'd been asked to do, and pushed as hard as she possibly could along with squeezing Sonny's hand into numbness.

Dr. Meadows: "OK - I can see a head, I've got the baby's neck, back, and legs…" Just then a baby cry could be heard in the room, which made Sonny and Alexis more calm knowing that one of their babies were OK. Dr. Meadows cut the umbilical cord, and passed the baby on to Bobbie, who showed it to the proud parents, as Alexis still had some work to do.

Bobbie: "Sonny, Alexis…You have a handsome little boy!" She smiled, as she showed the baby to Sonny and Alexis until some new contractions hit Alexis, and Bobbie went to weigh, and wash the baby.

Dr. Meadows: "OK Alexis. The same procedure one more time!" She exclaimed, as Alexis sat up straight in the bed again with Sonny's help.

Alexis: "OK!" She complied, as another wave of contractions hit her, and she pushed all she could while squeezing Sonny's hand tightly.

Dr. Meadows: "There we are…A little more! OK! I can see the head, neck, back, and finally the legs!" She exclaimed happily, as another cry could be heard in the delivery room. Dr. Meadows cut the umbilical cord once more, and passed the baby onto Bobbie, who told Sonny and Alexis

Bobbie: "Congratulations again: you've got another handsome boy. Here you go!" She replied, as she first placed the 2nd born baby on Alexis' stomach, and then placed the 1st born there too.

Dr. Meadows: "You can lie with them for a little while, and then we have to weigh and wash the latest born, and you still have some work to do Alexis!" She replied, as she and Bobbie let Sonny and Alexis have some quality time with their newborn babies.

Alexis: "Aren't they beautiful?" She asked with teary eyes, touching her twin boys' soft heads.

Sonny: "Absolutely…But could you expect anything else?" He asked displaying his dimples happier than he'd ever been other than when he'd discovered that Kristina was his daughter, and when he'd married Alexis, and then when he'd been told that he was going to be a father.

Alexis: "To think that we've made these two miracles? Can you believe that 9 months of swelling feet, stomach cramps and morning sickness has resulted in the two most precious babies I've ever seen other than Michael and Kristina of course?"

Sonny: "You're right sweetheart: it's truly amazing. But that's how you are too!" He replied smiling, before kissing Alexis on top of her head.

Bobbie: "Are you ready to do some more work Alexis? I can take these two miracles to the nursery to get washed up, and weighed!"

Alexis: "OK - just take extra good care of them, OK?"

Bobbie: "I will!" She promised, as she placed the two babies in some basinets, and rolling them out of the delivery room, as Dr. Meadows began to work some more with Alexis.

A couple of hours later Alexis had been moved to a private room where she was currently sleeping due to the fact that she'd used up a lot of her strength giving birth to twin boys. Sonny was sitting next to her watching her sleep peacefully.

Bobbie: "Sonny…" She whispered from the doorway, which made Sonny turn around.

Sonny: "Yeah…"

Bobbie: "I've got some babies, who'd like to be with their mother." She replied wheeling the boys inside the room.

Sonny: "Thanks Bobbie!"
Bobbie: "No problem!" She replied leaving the room.

Alexis: "Hey…Who was that?" She asked waking up.

Sonny: "Bobbie…She brought in the twins. Do you want to hold one of them?" He asked kissing her on the top of her head.

Alexis: "Yeah…" She replied smiling, as Sonny picked up one of the babies, and handed him over to Alexis. He then went back to the other baby, and picked him up, and sat down next to Alexis again with the baby in his arms.

Sonny: "We have to name these two. We can't go on and call them 'this' and 'that'!"

Alexis: "I know! How about you name the one you're holding, and I'll name this one. And like with Kristina let's name them after some important people in our lives?"

Sonny: "OK! I'll go first. The people who have had the biggest importance in my life are as follows Jason, Michael and George."

Alexis: "George? Who's that?"

Sonny: "That was an old friend from Brooklyn, who was pretty much the only one I could talk about concerning what was happening at home with Deke and my mom. So I'm naming you after 3 caring, responsible and heroic men. I name you Jason Michael George Davis Corinthos!"

Alexis: "OK! And like you I've also had 3 people in my life, who's made a great difference in the person I've become. So fitting you'll be named after these 3 people. They are as follows Alexander, Nikolas and Ryan."

Sonny: "Alexander for Zander, and Nikolas as in your nephew but who's Ryan?"

Alexis: "He was a great friend I had in law school after I'd finally escaped from Helena's clutches, and he made me see the world for what it was. So little one you're the official namesake of 3 strong, independent and selfless men. I name you Alexander Nikolas Ryan Davis Corinthos!"

Sonny: "Do you guys approve?" He asked, and got some grunts as a positive response from the babies concerning their new names.

Alexis: "I think so!" She smiled, as Jason popped his head inside the room asking

Jason: "Are you up for some company?"

Sonny: "Sure! Do you have our rug rats out there with you?"

Jason: "I sure have!" He exclaimed, as Jax, Skye, Mike, Elizabeth, Michael, Kristina, Zander, Courtney, Grace, Johnny and Max followed Jason into the room.

Elizabeth: "Oh…They're so adorable!"

Alexis: "They are aren't they?" She smiled happily, as Courtney, Elizabeth, Grace and Skye took a closer look at the babies.

Sonny: "And how do you two like your new brothers?" He asked Michael and Kristina as they were peeping down at the babies from the arms of Zander and Mike.

Michael: "They look weird!"

Alexis: "Michael!"

Michael: "They do!"

Kristina: "I think they're cute!"

Alexis: "Thank you precious - at least someone thinks that those 9 months were worth something!" She laughed.

Mike: "Have you named them yet?"

Alexis: "Yeah…This one is named Alexander Nikolas Ryan, and will probably be called Alex for short." She replied smiling at Zander, as he knew that the baby had been called after him.

Sonny: "And this little rascal has been named Jason Michael George, and will be called George!"

Grace: "They're great names - congratulations you two!" She exclaimed hugging both Sonny and Alexis. The rest of the day passed, as Sonny and Alexis spent it with Michael, Kristina, Alex and George as a proper family.

chapter 14