Set Fire to the Rain 11/?

Kings County Center Hospital, Brooklyn NY

Bianca followed the little brunette silently down an empty corridor of the hospital. Her body hummed with anxiousness, her mind scattered with a litter of questions. The story she got from Reggie painted a tale she couldn't even fathom. Yet it would explain the reaction she was currently getting from her former lover. Her former lover, she sighed as she watched Maggie walking ahead of her. She always did look good in her scrubs.

Maggie stopped abruptly, turning to lean against a solid oak door. "Here we are" she said lifting her hand towards the door. Bianca glanced up reading the sign, "Chief resident?"

"Maggie opened the door and stood against it as the brunette moved past her, her Enchantment perfume wafting past the smaller woman. She closed her eyes willing her body not to react. Closing and locking the door behind her she offered Bianca a seat in front her desk, where she then walked around and sat.

They stared at each other wordlessly, Bianca glancing around the office.

"You've done well for yourself Mags" Bianca said softly. "I knew you would"

Maggie swallowed at the lump in her throat. "Thank you, it was hard work but I managed" she played with her fingers in nervous way, her gaze suddenly fixed anywhere but Bianca's.

Bianca opened her mouth to say something else but then closed it helplessly. She didn't know how to start the damn conversation. What do you say to what might have been and could still be the love or your life after not seeing them for nearly 8 years. Not to mention said love of your life presently hates you and has kept your love child secret all this time. Add on to the fact that your scheming bitch of an ex wife might have had something to do with all this!

"Bianca you said you wanted to talk" Maggie asked again, seeing the brunette lost in thought.

Bianca's eyes caught and held the dark hazel orbs staring back at her. "How could you not tell me Maggie" she said with a sad sigh, there was no anger in her voice only sadness.

Maggie sat silently, her gaze falling on the picture frame settled on her desk. Bianca followed her line of sight and gently lifted the frame. "He's so beautiful" she said her voice thick with emotion, "You should have told me Maggie, God!" her voice faltered.

She watched as the little brunette closed her eyes momentarily at the words and slumped back into her leather chair her hands gripping the edge of the desk.

"Maggie please don't shut down on me now. We need to talk about this" Bianca said quietly.

"Bianca I don't know what you want me to say" Maggie whispered in response.

"Let's start from the beginning, when did you find out you pregnant?" Bianca blinked at her, her gaze determined yet soft. "And why didn't you tell me"

Maggie swiveled her chair around so that she was facing the window of her office, she stared out into the bright sunshiny day thinking how she never thought she would have this conversation with the brunette.

"Maggie?" Bianca said a bit more forcefully, knowing full well how the woman could get in this type of situation, if she couldn't physically run from it she would lock herself off from everyone. But the brunette was not having that today; today she wanted and needed to get answers, for all their sakes.

Maggie turned around watching Bianca watch her patiently, even though she could tell it was talking all she had to remain so. "I found out about three weeks after you left me"

Bianca watched her as she processed, Maggie sat across from her, her face impassive and eyes growing harder by the second. She pressed her fingers to the bridge of her nose, getting aggravated. "You act as if I had no reason to leave you Maggie" she said lowly, knowing this conversation would bring up bad memories.

Maggie's hands shook from anger building in her. "I'm so sick and tired of protecting you, do know that" She ground out, shaking her head.

"Protecting me! Bianca laughed bitterly. "You were protecting me from your affair, is that it?"

Maggie sat watching her contemptuously not saying a word.

"I was in the middle of a terrible depression Maggie and you were what? Off fucking that bitch . So what? You kept quiet to protect me or you fucked her to protect me, which is it? She spat.

Maggie said nothing, her mind recalling that night, the night she went to Cecelia, the night that changed everything. She watched Bianca's face. It was Michael Cambias all over again. She just didn't remember what happened and she was not going to be the one to bring it all to the surface"

Bianca's voice cut her to core.

"What? Nothing to say. I mean you were keeping it a secret until you could find a way to leave me isn't that right. I mean that's what you're little bitch said" Bianca said standing quickly to pace. "That slut CC" she spat as she stared pointedly back at the little brunette.

"That was never true!" Maggie said raising her voice. She looked up at the pacing figure.

"Oh really, because I remember her showing up at our home…OUR HOME! Announcing that you and she were seeing each other" Bianca said angrily as her eyes began to water. She swiped furiously at them, hating that she still felt the sting of that pain even after all these years. "After everything we went through how could you" she said tearfully, turning her back to the brunette.

Maggie stood making a slow approach to the taller woman. "Bianca" she began softly. "Do you remember what we went through, do you remember how hard it was during that time" she sighed, her hands gently turning the brunette to face her.

Bianca's face was drawn and wet with tears, her eyes wounded. "Of course I do" she whispered. "The baby, the depression" she bit her bottom lip

Maggie nodded sadly.

"Is that why you went to h-her" she said in a chocked voice. "Because I was too much to handle, to screwed up" her chin trembled

"Oh Binks?" Maggie breathed out, her walls crumbling apart, before she" had a chance to register what she was doing, she pulled the brunette against her enveloping her into hug. "I loved you so much don't you know that"

Bianca pulled back after a moment of comfort. "How'd we end up here then?" she sniffed.

Maggie stepped back , her eyes filled with confusion, at war with herself. "I came to tell you Bianca after the New Year. I came to tell you about our son but you couldn't see me. You wouldn't give me a chance to make it up to you, to do anything" Maggie said her own voice faltering.

"So you punished me?"

"The same way you punished me with Miranda"

"He was our son Maggie, Ours!" Bianca put in stubbornly

"Miranda was mine too!" she paced around stopping to stuffed her hands into her lab coat pockets. "You see this!" she said pushing out what looked like a key chain into the taller brunettes face.

Bianca took into her delicate hands , it was picture of Miranda, faded and old , in small broken frame attached to her house keys. She looked up into pain filled hazel eyes. "I'm sorry" she whispered. "You have no idea how sorry I am for keeping you two apart"

"You said I was her mother Bianca, I got attached to that little girl and I don't deny I fucked up but we were supposed to work it out!" Maggie said tearfully unable to stop herself from getting emotional. "For once in my damn life I didn't run! I came and tried to fix us!"

"I was hurt ok!" Bianca shouted back wiping her eyes with the back of her hand. "I trusted you more than anyone. We were going to start a family! A family Maggie!" Bianca said before she sat down hard on the couch in the corner of the room. "I just couldn't bear to see you after I loss the baby and then I find out while I'm going through hell, you're out there seeking comfort in another woman's arms" she said

"Bianca"

"No, don't. This doesn't matter" she said determinedly. "we have a son and I want to know how the hell you could keep him from me and what does my ex wife have to do with it"

Maggie watched with brunette with wide eyes, not expecting that.

"Like you don't know" she said coldly

Bianca stood abruptly. "I'm so sick and tired of people thinking I'm in on this big secret! I don't know shit!" she swore angrily. "Two weeks ago my life was fine! Just fucking fine ok. I had finally put the bad things behind me, the disappointments the hurts, they were behind me!" she shouted

"Bianca what-"

"No! Don't Bianca me. Two weeks ago a bomb went off in the middle of my life Margaret. I find out I have son. Yes that's right! Two weeks ago Maggie!" she said seeing the wide eyes narrow at her words.

"No way! I don't what you're trying to prove here but I know for a fact" Maggie started, she now stood toe to toe with her ex.

"Know what!" Bianca shouted looking down at her former lover. "Did you EVER see me, EVER speak to me!"

Maggie shook her head disbelievingly.. "I saw your wife! Nice catch by the way" Maggie muttered. "She saw our son! She told you-"

"She didn't tell me shit! Reese, God! I don't know what the hell she did or didn't do but I KNOW that I have not nor never would turn my back on our child!" Bianca said angrily, her jaw set, chocolate eyes blazing, her statue defiant as she crossed her arms across her chest. "How could u think I would?" she whispered the last part sadly.

"I could think it because you told me I was one of the most important people in your life Bianca, your best friend and then you ran off and NEVER spoke to me again" Maggie said as tear welled up in her eyes.

"Bianca, you wouldn't give me the time of day in Pine Valley. I was nothing. Nothing to you, not important enough to even return my emails, do you know how much I wanted to tell you about Chris?" She walked over to her desk grabbing the picture.. "I didn't want to tell you over a damn email!"

Bianca's face softens her eyes sad. "I wasn't myself Maggie. I just, I wanted to lose myself so I wouldn't feel the loss of our baby, or my family"

"Family?" the little brunette questioned bitterly. "You had the family you wanted"

"What the hell is that supposed to mean" Bianca said exasperatedly. "All I ever wanted was you"

"It means you ran off with guy with a woman's soul, you kept my daughter from me and never looked back!" she said slamming the picture frame on the desk harshly. "It means you ran off with that bitch! That bitch and married her after you snuck around and had a baby with your sister's husband for god sake!"

Bianca flinched at picture of herself being thrown back at her . She had to admit she didn't exactly seem like a good person when faced with all her own mistakes.

"I was just a fill in and you know it" Maggie said as she struggled to get her breathing under control.

The brunette shook her head sadly, her hands reaching out to cup the smaller woman's face. "That was never true" she said gently, her thumb padding over wet cheeks.

Maggie sniffed. "You married that evil woman, had a family with her. You didn't need us, me, our son."

"I always needed you, I needed you so much I ran off and married a woman I didn't even really know. " Bianca shook her head, her dark hair swaying softly. "You don't realize how much I regret that decision, many decisions. She took the brunette's face into both her hands, gently. "I didn't know about our baby. Please believe. Please" she said in a hushed voice.

Maggie stared up into endless chocolate waves, her breath catching, she wanted to believe so badly. So badly it hurt her physically. She closed her eyes to the emotions mirroring back at her.

Bianca could hear the voice in her head, screaming, begging her to step back away from the smaller woman. But something about the desperate look Maggie's eyes shook her to her core. It was the same look she had when she told her she thought she wasn't lovable.

"I would never hurt you like that" she whispered as she found herself releasing the brunette momentarily only to lightly hold her by the waist. She pulled her closer, her fingers feathering through her bangs.

Maggie looked up into darkening eyes and knew, she just knew she needed to get the hell out of the room before it was too late. Yet she could barely breathe as she felt delicate fingers brush lightly over her forehead. Bianca's eyes looking at her intently she felt those fingers caress the small of her neck and pull her slowly towards her

"I wouldn't do that Maggie, I wouldn't, please " Bianca whispered as she lost conscious thought of her actions and pulled the smaller woman until her lips hovered dangerously close to those of the petite woman. "Believe me, please bear" she breathed out as she felt Maggie pulled her against her mouth.

Maggie sank into impossibly soft lips as she felt Bianca respond to her instantly. She lost all track of thought as a heated tongue licked the bottom of lip, asking for entrance. In that moment it all came back to her, endless night of exploring each other, her heart beat widely in her chest as her hands grabbed at Bianca's waist. Bianca for her part, moaned at the contact of brunette's tongue sucking and pulling her deeper as she sank into the kiss. Her spine tingled; her hands shook as she pulled the smaller woman closer into her until there was no space between them. Her mind thinking quietly..this is what I've been missing…this feeling right here

Beep beep beep

The sound of Maggie's beeper startling them apart, the two woman stared into each other's eyes. Bianca bit her bottom lip as she took in Maggie's heaving chest. Maggie watched as Bianca's pressed her hand to her chest.

"I I have to get this" Maggie stammered, backing up from her ex. Her hands reached behind her to find the knob. "I- I didn't – that wasn't supposed to happen"

Bianca nodded quietly, trying to gather herself. "I- we- I have a girlfriend" she added quietly…her eyes darting around.

The smaller woman smirked… "Well good for you, I have to go" she turning to walk briskly out the door.

Bianca closed her eyes, did she really just throw her girlfriend out their like that. Hell, Marissa didn't even register during that moment awhile ago and she felt guilty as hell for it. She followed Maggie quickly. "We aren't don't Maggie"

Maggie paused with a weak smile… "It would seem that way"

Emergency Room,

"Reggie! Reggie!" Kendall shouted as she pushed through the double door of the hospital. "Is she ok, what's happened to Bianca?"

He stood holding his step sister by the elbows. "Relax K, she's here seeing Maggie"

"What! No! where are they! I need to see both of them" Kendall said anxiously.

"Oh well they went this…oh hey isn't that them coming this way?" Reggie said pointing behind the double doors"

Kendall waved and shouted Bianca's name getting her sister's attention.

Maggie stopped looking towards the direction of the disturbance. "Kendall's here" she asked.

"She is?" Bianca turned quickly, seeing her sister waving at her frantically, behind double doors.

"Look Bianca I have to deal with my patients family" Maggie said as she stopped to see where they were seated. I'm going to go over there and answer their questions ok, you and I can continue after I'm done, if that's ok" Maggie said speaking softer now.

Bianca nodded with a small smile, at the least they weren't shouting at each other anymore. Of course the kissing each other would be a problem, a big problem. She reminded herself she was here on behalf of her children not to get back with her ex. "I'll just go see what Kendall wants" she gave Maggie's shoulder a squeeze.

Maggie watched her go, her eyes raking over the woman's ass. NO, don't even go there

With a sigh she pushed through the double doors moments after Bianca taking a left and moving towards the opposite end of the waiting room.

There she found a group of people young men and women waiting for her. "Yes, are you the family of Amanda Bell?" Maggie asked .

"That's my sister" a young boy said quickly. Maggie reflected as she looked toward him. He was tall and upon further inspection was not as young as she thought. He had to be at least 18 years old, with Reggie's complexion and grey eyes. He had the same look of the little girl whose life she had saved earlier in the day.

"well I spoke with your mom and dad earlier, were there some other questions you had about her care?" Maggie asked as she flipped through the little girls chart.

"Yes Ma'am I just got in, I was out of town and I just wanted to hear for myself how she was doing" he said quietly as the six other people crowded around the small brunette.

"You sure she's ok over there? Kendall said

"She's fine, she's a doctor Kendall, its her job to talk to people" Reggie commented as Bianca sat down next to them.

"What are you doing here; I thought I left you in charge of the rug rats while I handle the Maggie issue?" Bianca said

"Binks! Im sorry but you can't handle the Maggie situation without all the information" Kendall said unlocking her briefcase.

"Since when did you get a briefcase" Bianca laughed as Reggie smiled

"This is serious Bianca, here." Kendall said looking back towards where Maggie stood huddled with a group teenagers.

"What is this?"

"Yea K, whats up?" Reggie said flipping through papers.

"Bianca put the earphones in and just listen" Kendall pushed as she turned the ipod on. Selecting R confession and pressing play.

"You came all this way to give Binks a new iPod?" Reggie smirked

"Hush you!" Kendall snapped…"Listen to it Binks"

A series of events took place all in the span of three minutes. Maggie had just finished assuring the group of Amanda Bell's family member's that she would make a full recovering than another group of teenagers entered the Emergency Room.

Maggie glanced quickly across the waiting room where she saw Bianca's had snap up, her hand clutching an iPod and tears in her eyes. Their eyes caught and held, with the smaller woman asking what's wrong silently. She watched as Bianca mouthed I'm so sorry

"Bianca" Maggie said softly as all hell broke loose.

"That's the motherfuckers right there!" someone had shouted out

Maggie's head spun around quickly as she heard screams fill the waiting room, she glanced across the room desperately searching for Bianca.

Gunshots rang out, echoing in the small room. People dove under chairs, women screamed, children were crying. The air was thick with smell of fear and blood and the echoes of screams bouncing off the walls.

Maggie was aware of hitting the floor hard and thought she would be in danger of being trampled on as she saw feet pass dangerously close to her fallen body, her eyes darted around until she found the chocolate eyes she'd been so desperate to find. Reggie had literally body checked Bianca and Kendall to the ground his large frame covering them both.

Bianca eyes were wide with fear as she caught and held dark hazel ones.

She's ok, she's ok Maggie thought as her head slumped back onto the cold tile.

"Maggie NO!" Bianca screamed using all her strength to push out from underneath Reggie's frame.

"Bianca!" Kendall screamed after her as she watched her sister sprint across the room towards the fallen dr.

The security guards were in the process of pinning down the shooter as Bianca sprinted past nearly them, towards Maggie's prone body…"Maggie!" she screamed. It couldn't end like this, not know when she finally knew the truth.

She fell at her knees gently turning the small body over….Her hands flew to her mouth in a gasp, tears falling furiously now…"HELP, HELP ME, SHE'S BEEN SHOT!"

"Bianca?" Reggie said falling down next to his sister taking in Maggie's state. His sister's frame was shaking as she held the smaller woman closer whispering no over and over.

It was chaos

Bianca couldn't hear or see anyone other than her Maggie, who was now cradled in her lap, her hand pressed hard against the little brunettes chest, blood flowing freely . "Please baby, please. I'm so sorry. I. You can't leave now. You …Maggie, Maggie please" She cried….."SOMEBODY HELP ME!" She screamed hysterically.