Disclaimers: I do not own these characters; I believe P & G or Telenex or someone besides me does. I am only writing this for fun and because TPTB have messed up the storyline.

Fandom: Guiding Light

Pairing: Olivia and Natalia

Rating: T/PG for the first few chapters but others may be M/PG-15

Overall Summary: This multi-part story is my attempt to get the story back on track and the ladies together where they belong.

Chapter Summary: Rafe confronts Olivia and she tells him off. No way she wouldn't!

Spoilers/Rumors: Rafe confronts Olivia at the wedding; Olivia in handcuffs; Ashlee and Rafe confide in each other; Natalia comes back knowing what she wants, and unfortunately she comes back pregnant.

Notes: Please ask before archiving. Thanks to Erin Bree for being my beta reader, and to my girl Krazy, who inspires me.

Love is a Battlefield

By Shesheinhouston

2009

Chapter 1 - Maneater

"You gonna break up this wedding, too??"

Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath Olivia thought, just ignore him. He's just a boy missing him mom and trying to act like a man. But it had been a hard couple of days and quite frankly, she was tired of his shit. Maybe if she answered his question he'd just go away.

Turning to face him, she answered. "That's what you think; that I broke up the wedding? What… where you not there??"

"Yeah I-"

"No, you don't get to talk now. I get to talk! You want to be a man? Then act like one. You asked me a question; now face my answer. Or, are you still a little scared boy?" It was more like a statement than a question.

"Don't push me." His face close to hers.

"What? You'll hit me? Is that the way you still deal with your problems, with violence? Did you learn nothing the last year or so?" She could see the tightening of his jaw as he fought for control. "Good to see that you learned something after all."

She was in his face now, but she had to give him credit, he wasn't backing down. "I stood there…. at that altar, with tears in my eyes, and watched the person I loved the most in the world say vows to someone else, knowing that she would never say them to me." Now she could feel tears forming again as she fought for control of her emotions. "I was prepared to let her go, Rafe. But she decided not to go through with it. It was her decision; not mine."

Olivia could tell by the look in his eyes that he didn't quite believe her. Well, the more she thought about it, what did it really matter, since she wasn't sure that she and Natalia were still together. "You know what? I don't give a damn whether you believe me or not. I'm tired of feeling like I have to handle you with kid gloves. This discussion is over." With that, she turned to go, determined not to be the floor show and ruin the wedding, only to be roughly turned around.

"You think ya can just screw up people's lives and not pay for that?"

"What about my life? Emma's? She left us!! We were supposed to be a family. You, me, your mother, Ava, and Emma… God, we were going to finally tell her about us." She couldn't help it the tears started to flow.

The last part had come out so softly that he almost didn't hear it. "Finally?? Stop lying, Emma knows; she told me!"

At the auburn haired woman's incredulous look, Rafe continued. "I saw the Two Mommies' thing. Emma said that everybody knew you two loved each other and stuff."

"As friends. We didn't tell each other how we felt until the day of the wedding. Months after Family Day when Emma had showed everyone how she thought of us all as a family."

"No... she said… I mean she sounded so sure." He was running his hand through his dark hair and staring at the ground. He looked so much like his father.

No wonder he was mad, she thought. He thinks that he was the last one to know. "Look, if you want to go somewhere and talk about this, we can."

"No… I gotta think... about stuff. I… I gotta go."

"Rafe!" He never looked back. Now he reminded her of his mother; when things get tough, just up and run.