Note- Well this is it, the last chapter. I had to divide the epilogue because it was too long for one chapter. Thank you for reading all of A Time of Crisis. Its been wonderful to see that some of you made it all the way to the end with me. Thank you!

Part Two of the Epilogue

December 21st, 2008

18 months after the wedding

In Julia's country estate outside of Rome, Italy, the Barrett, Scorpio and Ashton families were gathered for Christmas.

It was well known to all of them that Logan was waiting at the Eiffel Tower for Georgie, something that pissed Mac off to no end. In order to take his mind off of it, Maxie decided to organize a fashion show to show off some of the dresses she made while in the design institute she attended.

Sitting on the sofa was Cooper, Julia, and Ned. On a stool by the breakfast bar was Mac. Standing by the balcony door, rocking his baby daughter, was Patrick. Anna and Robert were off on an adventure but promised to parachute in by Christmas Day. Felicia had left a message that she would do all she could to make it there...but no one was sure if this would be the first Christmas in years that she didn't have better things to do.

The only other person in the living room was Brenda's boyfriend of a year, Blackie Parrish. They would fly back to Port Charles by Christmas night to spend it with his teenage son Jeremy and his daughter Sam.

Lois, on the other hand, would fly into Rome because she couldn't miss spending the holiday with her daughter, even if her touring schedule did keep her busy most of the year she would cancel everything to be able to see her only child on Christmas.

It would prove to be one wild day, Cooper was sure, in his mother's mansion.

Maxie called out from the bedroom. "Start the music, Coop!"

With a smile he turned it on.

Brenda, Robin, Brooklyn and Maxie, all wearing Maxie Barrett originals, came strutting out into the living room.

( You better work

Work it, girl.

Do your thing

on the runway.

Work.

Cover girl.

Lick your lips and make love to the camera)( RuPaul)

Cooper could only smile as he watched Maxie light up as she posed for them. She was blossoming in Europe, completely coming into her own, and it looked amazing on her.

He spent everyday thanking God that Maxie was his wife, and that there love was only growing stronger as time went on. Not everyone was so lucky.

He couldn't help but think about Logan. If Georgie didn't show up tonight, it would break Cooper's best friend's heart.

And Logan could be mean when he was broken.

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Nikolas came walking into the ICU, carrying blankets and a pillow. Behind him two orderlies carried a recliner. "Right there. You can leave it. Thank you."

Lulu and Lucky stood up. She said "You didn't have to. I'm sure this is breaking all kinds of hospital rules."

"If the largest benefactor General Hospital has," Nikolas said "can not break a few rules for the sake of his sister....then something is not right in this world."

Lulu looked over at Milo, who lay unconscious in the bed. "Yeah, something is off somewhere."

Lucky touched her back. "Why don't you try and get some sleep? You look exhausted."

"I can't sleep. He's going to wake up. Any minute he'll wake up and need me," she walked over and took his hand "and I'll be right here."

Lucky and Nikolas shared a concerned look.

Just then Lucas poked his head in the door, and held up a paper bag. "I brought Kelly's take out."

"I can't eat," Lulu said. "Thanks anyway."

Her brothers started to insist that she leave for a few minutes and eat but she said "I'm staying right here." She squeezed Milo's hand. "He wouldn't leave me so I can't leave him."

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Jason walked into the darkened church, past his gaurd Niko, and found Carly sitting in the first pew. A candle was lit at the alter.

Their eyes met. He nodded. The man who shot Milo, and then escaped with the jewels out of The Metro Court vault, was now dead.

Jason sat down next to her. He took her hand. She rested her head on his shoulder, as fresh tears fell. He turned to her and brushed her hair away from her eyes. Their foreheads rested against each other.

A long minute passed, and Jason said "Lets go home to our daughter."

He stood up and reached out his hand to her. Carly took his hand and he helped her up. Her lips went to his. They shared a soft, soulful kiss. Even in the worst times of crisis, they could always pull each other through.

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Georgie was growing frantic. She stood by the doors of the train, that was stuck in the tunnel, and anxiously jostled from foot to foot. It had been hours since the train stopped and every minute felt like a year to her.

Surely Logan would be gone by the time she got there.

Why hadn't she called him the day she got the postcard and said Yes! I'll be there! I miss you like crazy.....I was wrong for every leaving you.

But on that day, when she pulled the card from her mailbox and felt her heart leap at the familiar handwriting that was scrawled across it, she hadn't been completely sure she could meet him tonight. There was not a day she didn't miss Logan but she refused to stand idly by as he worked in the mob and ruined his life. It had been pure torture to see him choose that over her.

Could he finally be ready to put her before his need for power?

Georgie would give up anything- NYU, her job in the city as an intern at a publishing company, her friends at school, her future plans to move into an apartment with two of them, anything and everything- just to have Logan back. But she wouldn't be with him if he wanted to wreck himself by being a mobster. She loved him way too much to help him do that. And she wouldn't lie and say he could have both...her and his gun. He had to choose.

It was a long year of loneliness but it seemed like Logan had finally decided to leave that dangerous life behind. Though it hurt her that he didn't come to see her in the city...and it baffled her how he could go so long not aching for her like she did him...in the end Georgie loved him way too much to not take the train from Rome into Paris, leaving her family behind at Julia's home, and praying this would be the night she got the love of her life back.

But fate was standing in her way, it seemed. She tried to use her cell to make a call but there was no signal. Logan would think she never even showed up.

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After stopping by the Penthouse Liz Webber shared with her fiancee Jasper Jacks, and picking up Sophie, Jason and Carly went home to their own mansion.

Leticia came down the stairs carrying eleventh month old Melinda Leigh Morgan. The baby reached out for Jason, smiling widely, as she did every time her Daddy came into the room.

He ended up holding both his daughters. One had dark hair and big blue eyes, her skin tanned and her personality as serene as her Aunt Emily. While the tiniest one was a spit fire with blonde hair and a tendency to throw her food at people who ticked her off by turning off her favorite cartoons.

Carly smiled, for the first time all day, at the sight of Jason holding their daughters. She grabbed her camera out of the desk drawer and passed it to Leticia. "Could you take a quick shot? But hold on one second..." Carly walked over to the Christmas tree where Morgan had left a Santa hat that Spinelli gave him. She plopped it on Jason's head. "There. So cute."

He shook his head at her silliness but didn't complain. Leticia snapped the photo. Later Carly would write on the back of it, Sophie and Melinda's first Christmas together. As sisters they would be sure to go through rough times but their parents would teach them that family, no matter what they do to you, can always be forgiven in the end.

The relationship the sisters would share would be a beautiful messy perfect bond that could never die.

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Logan walked into the train station in Paris. He bought a ticket for Rome on the overnight train and headed outside to wait for it. His cell rang. "What?" he asked angerily.

"Hey."

"Not now, Coop. Seriously. Just....not now, okay?"

"I take it she didn't show up. I was afraid that might happen. You know its been a rough year for her since you two ended."

"Right now is not the time to make me feel like shit, okay?"

"I'm not trying to do that. I'm just saying that I know she really did consider meeting you there and if she didn't show up, it has to be nearly killing her too."

Logan shook his head, miserably. "I shouldn't have ever started this up again. She's over me. Its done."

"I'm sorry-"

Hearing the pity in Cooper's voice, Logan snapped "I can't do this with you right now," and hung up.

A train came roaring into the station. Soon a huge crowd of people were surrounding him. Snow fell out of the sky, blanketing all of them. He shouldered his way through the crowd, toward the train, not caring who he was running into until he heard a female voice saying "Excuse me, could you please, I really have to hurry....excuse me... MOVE IT, PEOPLE! This is life and death!"

"Georgie?" he asked softly as his head whipped around to look for her in the mass of people around him. "Georgie!"

"Logan? Logan! Over here!"

He fought his way through the crowd to her, with his heart beating a mile a minute. When he finally reached her he stood there in stunned silence for a moment and then said "Hi. You're here."

"I'm here. Sorry I'm late. The train broke down and I tried to call but I had no service and I was sure you would give up on me. I don't blame you for leaving. Its been hours."

"I should have waited anyway. I should have.....I should have never let you go, girl."

Her lips quivered as tears filled her eyes. She ran her hands through her snow covered hair and he saw the charm bracelet he gave her still on her wrist. Logan stepped closer to her. He whispered "I know sorry ain't enough."

"Why now? I just have to know why it took you so long to finally miss me.

"I've been missing you ever second, Angel."

"But you never called. You never came to find me. I waited....I've been waiting so long on you, Logan."

"I did come to your school once. But.....I could see you were happy without me."

"I could never be happy without you. Don't you know you have my heart....you have my whole heart, Logan. Then, now and always. I want the life we talked about....are you ready for all that?"

He swept her off her feet, spinning her around, and then brought his mouth to hers. Their kiss was filled with pent up desires, love and longing. He set her back down. Looking into her dark eyes, he asked "What do you think? Hell yeah, I'm ready."

She smiled. "Don't you ever pull anything like this on me again. You tell Jason you're done with his world. Because if you're not.... we will never last."

"I'm done, I swear to God, Georgie. And I will earn back your trust."

Her hand came up to caress his cheek. "I have missed this face so much......can we please get out of this cold?"

"I'll buy you a hot chocolate. How does that sound?"

"That sounds like heaven to me."

Hand in hand, they left the station to explore Paris together and start rebuilding the trust they lost when life got in the way of their love story.

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Sam walked down the stairs at Greystone. Alexis saw how pale she looked and asked "Oh no....did you just hear something about Milo?"

The kids were all upstairs in bed by this time. Sonny was in his home office, on the phone with his father who still ran their restaurant in North Caroline. Mike had finally reunited with his ex-girlfriend Tammy, and she moved down there to work with him.

"No," Sam said.

"Then what's the matter? Something with the kids?" Alexis headed toward the stairs.

Sam stopped her. "No, everyone's fine. Can we just sit down for a moment? I feel a little lightheaded."

"You're sick? Should I call someone? I'll call Robin. No, she's out of town. Okay, I'll call Alan Quatermaine. He's the chief of staff. He'll know what to do. I'll have him meet us at the hospital." She felt Sam's head. "You aren't warm."

"I'm not sick. Trust me."

"But you just said-"

"I'm pregnant. I just took the test. I had it in my purse. I was going to wait but I just couldn't stand not knowing another second."

"Pregnant," Alexis repeated the word in a shocked tone. "I thought you couldn't..."

"I've been undergoing fertility treatments. Even though the doctors swore my chances were slim to none, Lucky had all the faith in the world it would take, and I guess.....it did."

Alexis hugged Sam tightly. "I'm so thrilled for you, sweetie."

"Oh, Mom," Sam started to cry. "I just never thought....I didn't believe....I'm having a baby."

Smiling Alexis pulled back slightly. "I hope these are happy tears."

"They are."

"Now I know why you didn't have any wine earlier."

Diane walked into the room, from where she had been making a cell phone call to Max in the foyer, and said "No news yet."

Alexis and Sam looked at each other and then announced "We're having a baby!"

Diane's mouth dropped. "Both of you? Is something in the water around here? Thank God, I stick to wine."

"No, just Sam is having a baby," Alexis said. "I think my baby making days are over."

Sonny walked down the stairs at that moment and said "Don't be so sure about that, counselor."

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Lulu was standing in the ICU, holding Milo's hand, as Bobbie ushered Lucky, Nikolas and Lucas out, saying she needed to change Milo's IV. Lulu begged to stay.

As Bobbie worked, she said "His vitals are strong."

"So he'll wake up soon right?"

"We'll just have to wait and see. I've called your father and left a message. Hopefully he'll find his way home soon."

Lulu wouldn't be holding her breath on that one. She loved her father but she had long ago learned to never count on him.

Bobbie gave Lulu's shoulder a squeeze before leaving the room, while saying "If you need anything, you have me paged."

"Thank you, Aunt Bobbie."

When they were alone, Lulu leaned close to Milo and whispered "When I was almost dead, you didn't give up on me and so I won't give up on you. You fought for me. You took on Dr. Ford, Mac, and Cooper all to try and protect me and keep me safe and happy. You've changed your whole life for me and you changed my whole life by loving me. What we share is real. We have a legendary love like my parents." Tears fell from her eyes. " We don't have to go on adventures and save the world to make our love one for the records books....me and you have something amazing in our little apartment where I burn your dinner and you play way too many video games with Spinelli and watch too much sports with Max but I promise, if you wake up, I won't ever bug you about that stuff again. Just wake up, Milo. I love you. I need you. Its you.......you're the one."

He moaned softly.

"Milo!"

He moaned again.

She kissed his cheek. His eyes fluttered open. Their eyes met.

She whispered "You came back to me."

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An hour later, Lucky Spencer pulled up in front of Greystone. He got out of his car and headed towards the door, nodding at the gaurds. The doors flew open and Sam came rushing out.

She jumped into his arms, kissing his face over and over, while smiling brightly.

Lucky chuckled. "You're really happy Milo made it, huh? Me too. My sister is bananas over that kid."

"Yes, I'm happy about that. But...." her eyes sparkled as she looked up at him "how many kids do you want again?"

"You know...."

"Just tell me one more time."

"Four," he said, as his eyes searched hers.

"Three down...one to go."

"You're.....really?"

"I just found out. In eight months, you're gonna be a daddy all over again."

"Oh my God."

"Happy?"

He pulled her close and kissed her deeply. "I couldn't be happier."

On that freezing cold winter night in Port Charles and in Rome, love was found and love was saved and love was cherished. For that night at least, all their fears and worries dissolved away. It was a moment of hope, and a promise that no matter how many times of crises they faced they would survive....because love survives everything.

THE END.