Disclaimer: I don't own All My Children.
Note: There's been a slight change in the story line. Greenlee never lost her baby. When Kendall becomes pregnant, it is her child, not Greenlee's. Also, this takes place in the future.
"Dad, was this my mom?" a brunette girl of about sixteen asked, she was holding a picture of woman. Her hair matched the girl's and her eyes were the same bright green as the girl's.
"Yeah Melissa. She was. Why do you ask?" a man of the name Zach Slater asked.
"No reason. I…I just forgot what she looked like. Not that I ever knew what she looked like…I just…. forgot," the girl mumbled.
"You are so much like your mother," Zach said, lightly kissing his daughter on the forehead, "You're just as pretty as she was."
"My birthday's coming up," Melissa said quietly.
"I know. I haven't forgotten. You'll be seventeen," her father replied.
"Five days after my birthday she disappeared. And it was three months before she was due," the girl tentatively said.
"Yeah. I know."
"Why was she even gone?"
"She had business in Europe with Fusion. How was she to know that her car would go over a cliff?" her father said.
"But she was six months pregnant!" Melissa cried.
"That wasn't going to stop her. Your mother never let anything stop her," Zach quietly commented.
"Was she at least there for my birthday?" she asked.
"Yeah. She left two days after."
"Do you miss her?"
"Everyday."
"How'd you meet?" Melissa asked.
"Well…she was looking for her mother."
"Oh. When did you start going out?"
"Well…we…never actually dated. We got married after she broke off her engagement…"
"To whom?"
"Well…you're…brother…"
"Ethan?" Melissa shrieked.
"Yeah they used to live together…"
"Ew! Gross! To much info!" Melissa shrieked, covering her ears.
"You asked."
"So why did they break up?"
"He lied to her."
"Oh. Why'd you ask her to marry you?"
"It started out as business. It ended up growing into love for each other," Zach commented with a half smile.
"That's romantic and gross at the same time!" Melissa gave her father a hug. "You realize how old you are? How much older than my mother you are?"
"Thanks Mel," Zach said dryly.