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May 23rd 2010
Since he had started designing for Forrester Creations, Peter Jaks had sent them five packages and the staff started feeling a little overwhelmed, it seemed like he had done three different collections all by himself and having Lillie walk in all of the designs just wasn't going to work. Therefore, the CEO and President of the company had decided to spread out all of Peters designs within all the lines that the company currently had, to do this they had to ask Peter if they may alter some of the designs to fit within the Bedroom-line and the Junior line. As they were talking to him, they explained that the only changes would be the materials used and maybe a seam here or there. Peter listened closely and understood exactly what they meant. Like one of the dresses he had designed to have a floor length hemline would have the hemline a little bit above the knees and the fabric of it would not be the deep red silk satin, but a floral patterned jersey with a white base, the dress still looked beautiful, but instead of a red carpet dress, it turned into a summer dress for a girl in her teens, another one that had been chosen to be changed was a black silk dress that had a little bit of lace added to the hemline and up the slit, the straps also changed from the silk fabric and they used lace to hold the cups. Yes, you might think that it would be strange for Lillie to be modeling lingerie, and it totally was, but she and Peter had talked and had decided that that particular clause in Peters contract would exclude the Bedroom-line.
Lillie had also walked a show for Forrester Creations, the line had been a totally new line and had some of Peters sketches as well as some of Thomas and Abby also had one in there. This had also been the last show to have a Eric Forrester and a Ridge Forrester original in it. At the end of the press conference both Eric and Ridge announced that they would be putting the pencils on the shelf to focus on the business part of the company and then they introduced Forrester Creations newest design team.
The collaboration in the PR-department had gone so smoothly that no one actually thought that they were doing anything at all and then all of a sudden a campaign had appeared. After the show billboards had appeared almost out of nowhere with Lillie as the head spokes model. The lines catchphrase was New blood brings new beginnings. The numbers were still going up and the company was the biggest it had ever been. Eric and Ridges decision had been the best one they could have made and the company was flourishing with them at the helm of the company and Peter, Abby and Thomas as their designers. It also happened to be so that they had the next four seasons designs already done and therefore PAT, as they were generally called, had gotten some time off and Peter focused his time solely on graduating early from High School and taking a trip out to Los Angeles to visit with his sisters. Thomas and Abby had decided to go visit her mother, while there they found out that Ashley and Brad had reconnected and were taking it slow.
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2010 was the year when Thomas turned 22, Steffy and Phoebe turned 20, Rick turns 29, Bridget turned 26, Hope celebrated her 18th birthday with a big bash, Aly and RJ made a mark with their fifteenth birthday, Dino entered his teen years, Jack entered his terrible twos and the youngest additions to the family made a milestone with their first birthday. Bridget had her and husbands first children, Rick got engaged, started law school and Katie and Bill had their first child in December. The company was blooming, Phoebe got engaged to Kimberly and everyone else was healthy, happy and content. All of the kids were growing like weed and their parents were all so happy. It was also the year Thomas and Abby found out they were having a baby, Steffy first heard someone tell her that they loved her and her knowing that the person meant it.
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It happened on New Years Eve almost as the clock struck midnight, she was standing outside on the patio and could feel someone snake their arms around her waist, as she traced her fingers down the persons arm she could feel where his arm had been broken in the accident. She leans into his embrace and feels his lips on her neck, then he tells her "I love you, no, I mean I'm in love with you. The way you feel in my arms, it's like you were made to be in them." Steffy turns around, looks into Liams eyes, puts her hands around his neck and says. "I love you too Liam". The clock striking midnight just as she said the words. They could hear people saying "Happy New Year!" inside the house and they kissed passionately.
Their romance hadn't begun in the 'Love at first sight'-fashion that Steffy had pictured it to begin, but nothing ever started the way that Steffy pictured it, it was more like a friendship that turned into more. She was a little concerned though because of her dream from a few months ago, but she had talked to Liam about it and he reassured her that there was only her in his life, sure, Lillie was a beautiful girl, but she didn't make him feel like Steffy did.
Steffy looked inside and saw her brother and his wife standing by the fireplace of their grandparents house with him having a hand on her expanding baby bump, they were six months along and were having a baby boy. Steffy thought back to when they had revealed they were pregnant and laughed to herself.
It had been time for the weekly Sunday-dinner at their grandparents and Thomas had held Abbys hand and looked at her mischievously, Steffy of course had noticed the move and blurted out "Are you gonna tell us what I think you're going to tell us?" Thomas nodded and Steffy squealed and said "I'm gonna be an aunt?" This time Abby was the one who nodded, Steffy rushed out of the chair making it fall back behind her and went to hug both Abby and Thomas. Taylor was really happy and Ridge to. "Have you told your parents yet Abby?" "Yeah, we have actually, we talked via skype and showed them the sonogram picture." Phoebe had actually been there when Abby had put the sonogram up to the web cam so that that was the first thing that Ashley and Brad saw and their reaction had been priceless. Ashley had gotten so exited that she jumped up off the chair, stumbled backwards and then fallen over her chair. Brad on the other hand had raised his arms up and wanted to high five his son in law, although it would have to wait a bit.
Eric, Stephanie and the rest of the people at the table had congratulated them and then dessert was being served.
As Steffy came back to reality she felt Liam's hands caressing her back and heard him ask what she was thinking about. "Oh, you know, I was just watching my brother and Abby, I mean, look at them. Married with a baby on the way and they're so happy together and I've realized that I want that. The security in a loving relationship with a man that I adore and feel safe with." Liam looks at her and states that he's gonna do everything he can to make that happen. "Will you be my Valentine?" Steffy looks at Liam and nods her head. "I'd love to be your Valentine Liam!" Although Valentines were a month and a half away, you could never make plans for Valentines to early.
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Valentines day came, went and before you knew it, it was time for Abby and Thomas to have their baby, it had been a easy pregnancy, no morning sickness and since there had been so many pregnancies in the family, when Abby started having irregular contractions off and on, both her and Thomas were sure that there were just Braxton-Hicks contractions. But the moment she made the turn from 38 weeks to 39 weeks, the contractions hit her, and they hit her hard. She was currently laying on a hospital bed on the maternity ward doing her breathing and about 5 cm open, they had checked in half an hour ago and during that half hour she had gone from 2 cm to 5 cm. An epidural had been ordered, but apparently the newest Forrester son had other ideas, when the anesthesiologist came about half an hour later, Abby was already pushing and about fifteen minutes after that, little Christopher Ridge Davis Forrester saw the first light of day. It took just over two hours from the first contraction to when he slid out of her and she could hold him for the first time. And when his two sets of grandparents entered the room a little later, he was sleeping soundly on his mothers chest and Abby smiling big from ear to ear with a matching smile on his father lips.
The parents to be had made a huge blunder though, the nursery wasn't finished nor did they have anywhere for their baby boy to sleep for the first few nights as they both knew they'd want him close. Luckily for them, there was a whole bunch of people that pitched in and made the nursery just the way they had pictured it. It was beautiful. Since Taylor and Nicks twins were sleeping in their cribs now, one of the bassinets they'd been sleeping in now stood by Abby's side of the bed.
Two days after they had their son, Thomas and Abby walked through their apartment door and was amazed at the transformation of their home, there was a blanket on the floor in the living room, packs of diapers and baby wipes in every room, baskets with onesies and little toed pants to the side of the diaper and baby wipes, just to make life easier, there were burp cloths everywhere, there was a bottle warmer on the kitchen counter, one of the cupboards had been filled with all things a baby could need when hungry, bottles, spoons, plates, formula and a baby blender for when he started eating solids. There were also little pieces of papers with advise placed on the fridge, the freezer and all over the walls, just to make the transition easier and help make a schedule for the baby.
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The month of May rolled around and life had somewhat returned to normal, everyone was happy and it was just four months left to the wedding of Eric Forrester Jr. and Lannie Jaks. Everything was running smoothly, until Lannie had a few tufts with a cold, then another cold and then a third one in rapid succession, she even had an incident where she didn't get to the toilet fast enough and threw up all over the floor just outside the bathroom. Turns out there's another baby Forrester on the way and Lannie would be just under 7 months pregnant at the time of the wedding, which would turn out to be a problem since the dress they had been working on for the last few months had a corset and it wouldn't fit her bump at 7 months. As Peter had designed the dress, he was the one who made the changes to it. Going from a dropped waistline princess cut, they made it a modified empire waistline with a A-line skirt. It turned out to be a beautiful dress. Everything had been decided, the bouquet had been ordered, center pieces were on the way and the band had been signed. Unfortunately, it wouldn't stay this blissful for long.
Two months later Lannie was leaving Forrester Creations after one of her last fittings, she was turning out on the free way to get to her and Ricks place when her car was hit from behind by an SUV, making her car skid over the road, hit the railing and then flip itself over it, landing upside down right in the middle of the lanes with cars driving on either side. The woman that had been driving the SUV had trouble making her car stop, but eventually it did over to the side closest to Lannies car, opened her door, rushed out of her car and went to check on the people in the flipped over car. When she got to the drivers side she saw that the woman driving was pregnant and she reached inside her pocket, pulled her phone out and called 911, described what happened, where they were and how many were hurt and then she waited for the ambulance.
When it came they had difficulties getting Lannie out of the car, she was unconscious, strapped with her seat belt and on top of it all she was pregnant, making it a difficult release, somehow they got her out though and loaded her up in the ambulance. The woman who hit her stayed behind to talk to the police when they arrived and she gave them the most unbelievable story ever as to why she'd hit Lannies car. She was taken into custody and questioned while the police checked her car over and saw that what she had said actually had some truth to it. Someone had poked a little hole in the tubes holding the breakfluids to the breaks of her car making it harder for her to stop the car.
Meanwhile at the hospital Lannie had been through a series of tests to check her breathing, heart, head and having found nothing wrong with any of it, they had decided to check her baby. Lannie had regained consciousness and decided that she wanted to wait until Rick arrived.
As Rick rushed through the entrance of the hospital he almost tripped over his own feet on his way towards the front desk. "Hey, I'm Rick Forrester, I got a call saying you've got my fiance here after a car accident, do you know where she is?" The nurse looked up and asked for the name and then told Rick how to get to Lannies room and then stated that she'd get the ultrasound technician to go prepare for the ultrasound.
When he entered Lannies hospitalroom she was sleeping and so he walked towards the chair that stood next to her bed and took her hand. As he did she slowly opened her eyes and squeezed Ricks hand a little. Rick had tears in his eyes and they spilled over when Lannie spoke.
"I love you so much" He stood up, kissed her on the forehead and then they heard someone knock on the door.
"So I hear you're in need of a ultrasound so should we take a look at that little one inside you, check so that everything is okey?" Both of the parents to be nodded their heads and the machine was rolled up along side of the bed. "Now, you've probably done this before so you know it's gonna be cold" He then put some gel on Lannies belly and put the wand against her skin and started to search for a heartbeat, when he couldn't find one, both Rick and Lannie started getting a little bit nervous.
Meanwhile back at the police station, the officers questioning the woman had just heard back from the people checking her car and they were baffled. "Okey Miss Ericsson, we've just got word from the technicians checking over your car and it seems like it was actually sabotaged, they have found holes on the tubes that holds the break fluid that helps the breaks stop the car. So now we've got one question for you and I think you know what that is right?" She nodded and said
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I know what you want to ask me and I only know two people who could potentially do something like this. My fathers ex girlfriend Carole Singh and my ex boyfriend Christian Clarks, neither relationship ended on a good note and both of them has restraining orders against them."
"Do you know where we can find them?" She nodded and told them the current addresses and phone numbers. "Okey, we'll be in touch when we hear something. You're free to go now." She stood up and made a move to shake their hands. "I really hope you find out what and why that happened, I think we're quite a few people who would be very glad if the culprit were taken off the streets." The officers nodded and helped her find her way out. They then went to the hospital to talk to the pregnant lady in the car that flipped over the railing.
To be continued!
AN:
Tadaaa, another chapter and a cliffhanger at that. Will Ricnies baby survive, will there be a wedding? And who is that woman, do we know her from before or is she completely new? Will she stick around or is she just a passer through? Oh, and we got some Steam too. Valentines day will be a flash back in a chapter to come.
We've come to the month of July of 2011 and within the next few chapters someone is going to meet their ever after, maybe more than one someone. Who knows...
I am working on a new story that I have stolen the concept for from one of my favorite stories on the One Tree Hill section of Fanfiction that has been written by ReeseHolden called Little moments, not entirely sure if I should post it since I haven't heard back from the author if I could use the concept.. I think it might be a good story to tell though!
Anyway, have a nice weekend and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!