Eddie rushed down the hall and made a turn at the corridor in the main lobby of the hospital, shocked to see a familiar face...

S2-CHAPTER 2 –"SURPRISE! SURPRISE!"

Eddie: "What the…Lia?!…seriously?..how in the…HOW COULD YOU?!"

A Blond woman dressed in plaid shirt with black jeans came running towards Eddie happy to see him.

Sh attempted to give him a hug but Eddie took a side step and lightly pushed her away.

Eddie: Lia?!..how could you?!..why did you take my son away from me and Loren?!"

Lia taken aback, in shock. "Eddie, what are you talking about?!..you have a son?"

Eddie: "stop lying to me and tell me, WHERE IS MY SON?!"

Lia: "seriously Eddie! I have no idea where your so—"

Eddie had a feeling she was lying to him when they were interrupted by deep voice.

"BUT I DO!"

Eddie and Lia turned to face a man in a business suit.

Eddie: "Oh my go-! …what the heck are you doing here?"

MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE IN THE VALLEY….

Melissa came home to a living room of rose petals and candle lights and a note that was left on the side table by the front door: it read: open ME!

She smiled to herself as she opened the card: follow the path of rose petals to the kitchen for a surprise…. ;)

Melissa did as instructed and followed the rose petals to the kitchen to find….

Melissa: (squealing with excitement), "OMG! IAN!"

Ian: "Welcome home baby!…dam! I miss you!…"

She ran to him and jumped into arms and they attacked one another in a deep passionate kiss.

Melissa: "geez. Just when you thought I was going to feel some "Molly Ringwald*" up in here…"

Ian: (confused), "Molly Ringwald*?"

Melissa: "ahhh…invisible high school girl, family forgets her on her birthday…popular guy asks her to the Prom?…..Pretty in Pink?"

Ian:…

Melissa: "nevermind babe. I still love you.."

Ian: (suddenly alert,he's been waiting for her to finally say it),"Can you say again for me?…"

Melissa: "I…love…you Ian.."

That's when he dropped on one knee with a dopey smile on his face,popping open a little black box.

Ian: "Make me the happiest man on earth, will you marry me?"

BACK TO THE HOSPITAL, IN LOREN'S ROOM…

Loren and family, gathered around Melodie, in adoration as Melodie comfortably sat on Loren's lap, mumbling sounds like she was singing and playing her toy keyboard.

Nora: "She looks exactly like you when you were 10 months old, Loren, except you were loud and crying most of the time."

Loren: "yeah. but she has the most precious smile like you Mom and she has Eddie's eagle shaped eyes….its so piercing..so brown….kinda reminds me of…."

Loren shyly looked up at Max with a smile in reflection of the dream she had about her. "like her grandmother, Katy."

Max could not help but to agree with Loren because it is true that Melodie has features of Katy. Some times, it was hard for him to look at Melodie because he can feel this indescribable loving spirit growing inside of her.

Melodie has already inherited the gift of music and not afraid to show off her rock star talent. Suddenly, she stopped playing with her keyboard at the same time, searching the room for her dad, moving her mouth slowly as she were trying to speak out the word…

"Da-da?" she squeaked.

Everyone looked at her and at each other in surprise,even Penelope heard her say it as she looked over at Melodie. Penelope whispered something in Adriana's ear and they left the room to go the restroom. While Phil took the stroller with a sleeping PJ and decided to take a walk around the Hospital.

Loren: "Oh my gosh!… Did she just say Dada?"

Nora: "I believe so!…where is your husband by the way?"

Max: "that is an excellent question, where is my son?"

Loren turned Melodie's entire body to face her. The little girl giggled and hugged her mom. "baby girl, did you just say 'da-da?' ?"

Melodie repeated herself. "daddadadadadada!"

Loren was so happy, she gave her daughter a huge bear hug and kissed her forehead. "Good question little one, where is dada?"

Just then, Eddie came entering the room, huffing and puffing, trying to catch his breath.

Eddie: "I got good news and bad news."

He was about to explain himself when Melodie turned around in recognition of him and smiled, reaching out for him. "DADA!'" she squeaked. "dadadadadaada!"

Eddie happily walked over to her and picked her up.

Eddie: "awwww..did my baby girl just speak her first word?"

Melodie slipped into his arms,leaning her head on his shoulder and grabbing hold on his ear and rubbing on it.

Loren nodded happily. "yes she did. That's all she's been saying for like the past 10 minutes or so. Now where is my Noah? And what is this good news/bad news you were about to tell us?"

Eddie: (taking a deep breath), "Loren,there's something you need to know about our son…."

Eddie took another deep breath as he started to explain himself when….

"NO! Let me tell her the truth!" echoed a voice that entered the room behind him. Eddie turned around to to see…

Loren: (surprised mixed with confusion), "Tyler Rorke?…what the….." she then turned to face Eddie, "Eddie what the heck is going on here?!…and what about our son?!.."

Eddie shot a glare at Tyler as if he was to pounce him, but Max held me back.

There was a dead silence filled the room until Loren finally spoke up.

Loren: (her blood and heart rate rising as the machine began to beep), "CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE?!…I WANT TO KNOW NOW!…"

Tyler: "Loren, please forgive me for what I am about to tell you but…"

Loren: "but what?!…"

Tyler: " I am your brother through our father….Trent Mic..Mic.."

Nora and Loren exchanged a look of shock, (Tate girls in unison)

"Trent McCall?"

Eddie and Max were just a surprised too.

Tyler: (turning to Nora), "Look. Ms. Tate. I apologize for dropping this bomb on the both of you but..its true. Trent McCall came to my apartment earlier this morning asking me about you and when I asked why..he told me that Loren Tate…"

Eddie: "ahem…"

Tyler: (rolled his eyes at Eddie and corrected himself), "I'm sorry..let me start over again, that Loren Duran is my sister."

Loren: (blood and heart rate rising up again,), "OK. Hold up. Wait a minute. So You and I have the same father but from another mother, but what does this got to do with our son?.."

Eddie started to open his mouth to speak, but once again, he was interrupted by another voice who entered the room.

"I KNOW WHO HAS YOUR SON!…"

Everyone in the room faced the man in the business suit who had this evil, sinister smile on his face. He was followed by a middle aged woman who look as she stepped out those Make over shows. The woman was carrying a 10 month old baby boy who was peacefully sleeping on her shoulder, grabbing onto her ear. But there was something about this woman's face that was so familiar, even Tyler Rorke was shocked speechless.

Tyler: "Jackie?!…Jackie Kowalski?!.."

*that's all for now friends, THANK YOU so much for the positive feedback. What an inspiration to keep writing. ^_^ I know this Chapter is probably may not live up to any one's expectations of it. But if ya want to know Trent and Jackie's explanation, its coming on Chapter 3...*