update of the day. i know i havent started on my new story yet, but im getting there. im trying to decide how to do it all. i got a pretty good idea thanks to Lauren and Becca is gonna help me write it. once i start it, this story might slow down, so please forgive me! love to all!

Two Hearts. One Dream Ch. 25

I was really expecting something to go wrong in the next couple of days, but to my suprise, everything was fine. The Jackson men never left the house after that horrible night with my...uh...mother's sperm donor. Orianthi came back the next day and she was filled in by Jackie. I walked in as they were talking and she slapped her hand over my mouth and ran to me hugging me tightly.

"Oh Lola! I'm so sorry! I should've stayed with you last night!" she gasped. I hugged her back and glared at Jackie over her shoulder. He shrugged and walked into the kitchen.

"Come on it wasn't your fault. No one knew this would happen so please don't blame yourself," I patted her back and she clung to me.

"But it is, Lola! You asked me to stay and..."

"Shut up!" she jumped and looked at me and I furrowed my eyebrows. Damn these hormones. "Geeze, I told you already it wasn't your fault. Ugh...you're just as bad as my husband."

She giggled and made me smile. Her phone started to ring and her eyes widened when she looked at the caller I.D. "Oh! This is about my audition. I'll be back!" she jumped up and walked out of the room.

"She's overly dramatic, isn't she sis?" Jackie pranced back into the room and I spun around and glared at him. He froze before he popped a cheetoh in his mouth and looked at me. "What?"

I slid my shoe off slowly and walked towards him and he jumped up. "Come here Jackie..."

"No wait! Don't! Come on I'm not a roach!"

"You sure act like one..." I snarled. "So I'm gonna treat you like one!"

Jermaine walked in and then ran to me and held me back, trying not to laugh. "Easy killer...what's it gonna prove to beat him with a little shoe like that?" he pointed at the shoe in my hand.

"I don't know but it will make me feel better."

Jermaine laughed and Jackie got up and slid around us while I was being held back and then he ran for the door. I looked at Jermaine and he winked and handed me his shoe which was alot bigger. I smiled and threw it and hit Jackie in the ass.

"Damn! I'm telling my brother when he gets here!" he whined.

"Oh right, what's he gonna do?" I taunted. "He won't hurt me."

"Not in the bad sense..." Jermaine mumbled with a grin. I rolled my eyes and then looked away as Orianthi jumped back into the room.

"I got the lead guitarist!" she beamed.

"That's wonderful girl! Who are you playing for?" I asked and hugged her tightly.

"A number of artists at the VMA's. Can you believe it?" I shook my head and laughed as she jumped up and down. "We have to go practice! Oh hey that reminds me...I called Jonathan and told him about what you taught me. He wants to meet us at the Staples Center tonight and play with us. I could use the practice too."

I thought about it for a minute. "Sure, I need something to keep me distracted."

"Aw," Orianthi cooed. "You miss Mikey don't you?" I nodded and looked away. "It's okay, I hear he will be home soon enough and then you get to tour with us!"

"Us? You're going?" I smiled and she nodded. "What about the VMA's?"

"Oh, that won't be for a while. Michael already knows. I'm playing for him at the VMA's too," she smiled. "I think I'm playing with another female guitarist as well, but I'm not sure."

I shrugged it off and waited for the night to come. I went to my room to shower and get dressed before we headed to the Staples Center. I sat at my mirror to do my makeup and Neveah kicked me in the rib.

"You're in a strange mood tonight, aren't you little one? It's okay, I know you miss daddy. He will be with us soon, I promise." Just then, my phone beeped and I had a text message. "That's funny. No one ever texts me." I opened it and it read new message from Mike. I grinned and opened it.

"I miss you mi amor. I have a suprise for you...but I won't say when you're getting it. I love you more than life itself. Give our daughter love for me. Love, Mike."

I smiled and started to text back, but I couldnt figure out what to say. I knew there was really no point to arguing. I could easily win him over by doing the sad face I learned from him a long time ago, but he wasn't here to see it. I sighed and looked at myself in the mirror. I jumped when I saw another person standing behnd me.

"Oh my god!" I yelled and spun around really fast.

"You can call me Janet," she grinned. "Or Tink...whichever you prefer."

"How about sneaky little biatch?" she eyed me and I laughed and hugged her. "Geeze, I missed you."

"I missed you too. How've you been?" she asked and rubbed my belly. Neveah kicked happily and I grinned at her when her eyes lit up at the feel of Neveah's little feet.

"I've been okay," I said quietly.

She shook her head. "Okay isn't enough. I heard what happened here last night. I'm glad you're...okay," she mocked the way I had said that word and I raised a brow at her and she giggled. "I'm glad you and daddy are finally getting along."

"Yea...he is something else..." I smiled and Janet watched me for a minute and then put her arm around me.

"You really made his day last night, you know. Calling him father really perked him up. He's been so much sweeter to everyone. Even to mother..." she grinned and I was shocked.

"Really? Wow..."

"Yea...they were gonna get a divorce, I think, but momma says lately he has been so sweet. Almost like he's gone back to the way he was when they first met."

I smiled. We talked like that for a while and she brushed my hair for me and helped me finish getting ready. Orianthi knocked on the door. "Ready?" she asked. I nodded.

"Yea, but do you mind if we take my car? It hasn't been driven in a while and I think she's lonely."

She nodded and I got up and hugged Janet. "I'm so glad you're back."

"Hey don't be saying bye to me, little sis. I'm going with you," she winked.

"You are?" I asked.

"Well yea, I've never heard you get down on the guitar before, I wouldn't miss this for the world!" I rolled my eyes and then heard Jackie from the other room.

"Count me in!"

"Oh geeze," I grumbled and the girls laughed. We walked out into the living room and I froze when I saw all the Jackson men standing with their coats on waiting by the door. "What the...?"

"You don't think any of us would miss this, do you? We all wanna see what you can do sweetie," Joe smiled. I just sighed and walked out to my car. It really wasn't too bad, but I wasn't expecting an audience either. Only one person was missing from this moment. I sighed again and crawled into the car and started it.

"I love your family, Lola. They're all just as sweet as Michael," Orianthi smiled at me as we drove off. When we got there, she introduced me to Jonathan and I shrugged off my coat and pulled my hair back into a ponytail. I tuned the guitar and then looked out into the seats to see my family sitting in the front row.

"So, Lola...what are we doing tonight?" Jonathan asked me.

"Huh?" I asked...I think I got the wrong idea. Jonathan chuckled and held up his hands.

"No no, I mean the music. Come on...I wouldn't hit on Michael Jackson's wife. I value my body parts and I'd like to keep them," he grinned. I laughed and rolled my eyes.

"I don't think he'd hurt you too bad..." I heard some of my brothers laugh in the audience and I grinned. "Anyway, Orianthi and I worked on some harmony from some games I remixed."

"Sounds good to me," he smiled and held up his drum sticks. "Whenever you're ready, I'll just join in."

I looked at Orianthi with a confused look and she shrugged. "He follows along pretty easily. Doesn't really take much to get him on track."

"Alrighty then, let's start with Carol of the Bells, then we'll play around with the Megaman Medley," she nodded and I looked back at Jonathan. He nodded and counted us in and we began. Another man I didn't notice was on the far right of the stage playing with a giant keyboard. He played along as well and I went with it and continued to play.

The stage lights lit up and flickered and I realized the entire crew was here, just playing with us. I smiled and my adrenaline pumped. We rocked out and I almost forgot I had an audience. I got so lost in the music. After it ended, we got a standing obation from my family and I blushed.

"Okay, let's rest a minute and then go into the next one," I panted and Orianthi threw me a water bottle. I drank most of it and wiped my face.

"Lola...come here," Janet giggled from the bottom of the stage. I walked over and she rubbed my face with a cold wash cloth, taking off what little makeup I hadn't sweated off already. "There you go...gotta keep you cool now. Mike would kill me if I didn't have you taken care of."

"Mike wouldn't be the only one..." Joe grumbled from his chair and then winked at me. I grinned and thanked my family for coming.

"You're thanking us now?" Tito asked.

"Mike would be correctng you by now," Marlon laughed. Jackie nodded and I quirked a brow.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

Jermaine folded his arms and looked at me like Mike would. "He'd say you shouldn't thank the crowd until the end of your performance," I rolled my eyes and he grinned.

"Yea...whatever. Ready for round two?" I asked the crew and they all nodded. I jumped up and Jonathan counted us back in. We started the medley and once again, I lost myself in the music. Little did I know, a certain someone had snuck into the Staples Center and slid into the seat beside mother.

"Look at her go," mother beamed. "You have a talented wife, you know."

"Yes, I knew that from the beginning, but I never knew she could play like this..." Michael whispered and watched me in extreme fascination.

"She's never played for you before?" Janet asked.

Michael shook his head. "The only time she played for me was on September 11th, but that was the acoustic guitar."

He watched me get lost in the music and he grinned when he watched me smiling at Orianthi. She looked over and saw Mike sitting there and he waved. She grinned widely and looked at me and then back at him. He held his finger to his lips and she looked away and continued playing.

Right before the last part of the song, I looked out and saw a familiar smile. Instantly, Neveah kicked me hard in the side and I dropped my guitar and grabbed my belly. Michael jumped up onto the stage and slid right next to me, literally. The stage was quite slippery tonight.

"Honey, what's wrong?" he asked. He moved his hands over my face and then over my belly and Neveah felt like she did a flip in my belly.

"Nothing..." I gasped. "We're just happy to see you." He smiled and hugged me and kissed me.

"I am too sweetheart. I never knew you could play like that. Why didn't you tell me?" he asked. I crossed my arms and looked at him.

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming tonight?" I asked. He shrugged.

"I wanted to suprise you," he smiled.

"Well, I wanted to suprise you too," I grinned back and he hugged me.

"What a wonderful suprise."

"Same to you, love," I kissed him and he grinned like a dork which made me laugh.

"Ahem, sorry to interrupt, but I think we should try that song again," Orianthi smiled. I looked at her and back at Mike and bit my lip. I just wanted to go home and have my alone time with him. He smiled and picked up my guitar and pulled the strap over my shoulder.

"I wanna hear what you sound like now that you know I'm here," he winked and for some reason, I blushed. "You look good in red, buddy," he mocked me from the first day we met and I giggled and rolled my eyes. He smiled and walked back off stage and sat down, smiling widely. I shook my head and looked back at Jonathan who grinned and counted us back in.

We played it again and got another standing obation from the little audience that was my family. Michael being the loudest of course. After we played the final song, Castlevania, we all called it a night and went home. I was quite tired so Michael took the keys from me and drove for me. I rested my head on his shoulder on the way home.

When we got there, Kai was standing in the kitchen putting a bunch of roses in vases and placing them around the kitchen.

"Kai!" everyone greeted her and I hugged her tightly. "I'm so glad you're back. You look so much better than you did the last time I saw you," I grinned. She lightly pushed my shoulder.

"Thanks alot," she muttered with a smile. "And thanks for all the flowers, Lola. You are too sweet for words."

Michael raised a brow and then took in all the flowers she had set in the kitchen. "Wow...you really go all out, don't you?" he asked.

"Don't worry I didn't use your card," I giggled. He rolled his eyes.

"My money is your money sweetheart. Everything of mine is yours now. How many times must I explain that to you?"

"How many times has it been?" I asked.

He thought for a minute and then groaned. "More than I can count."

"Then you aren't done explaining it yet, are you?" I asked and grinned when he rolled his eyes. He was so much like me it was insane.

The next couple of days went by and I went into the "nesting phase" of pregnancy. I ended up cleaning the entire house. I would say I cleaned it from ceiling to floor, but with my husband being overly protective, he wouldn't allow me to even touch a ladder.

"Come on, those fans have to be filthy Michael," I whined.

"No," he said plainly and sipped on his juice. He sat in the recliner and I paced the floor. "And stop pacing so much. Your feet are gonna be so sore tomorrow."

I groaned. "I don't care...I need to clean those fans," I kept pushing.

"I said no," he argued in a quiet tone. I stomped my foot on the ground. I knew I was acting childish, but those damned fans were driving me nuts. Besides, he needed to get used to dealing with children throwing fits like I was. He looked up from his book and brushed his hair behind his ear. "Lola, I'm not trying to be the bad guy, okay? I'll have the fans cleaned if that will make you happy, but I won't allow you to climb onto a ladder. Especially not as clumsy as you are," he smiled and I frowned.

"Fine," I snorted and walked out to the shed. Michael eyed me and followed me. He watched me try to drag the lawn mower out of the shed and he pushed me away and closed the shed door. "What?" I asked, annoyed.

"You're just never gonna quit, are you?" he grinned. "Tell you what, I'll call Janet and she will take you shopping. That should keep you busy for a while." I lightened up a little and he smiled and kissed me. "That's my girl. Be right back."

He walked in and called Janet and soon, she arrived, ready to go shopping. I eyed her as she pranced around the room. "Why are you in such a good mood?" I asked.

"How can I not be? This is the first time in like...forever that you've actually had the energy to go all out with me. Finally, we can go shopping without having to stop early!" she beamed and I couldn't help but laugh. I got my things together and Janet kissed Michael on the cheek. "We'll see you soon."

Michael nodded and she pranced to the car. I turned back to kiss him and he hugged me tightly. When he let go, he slid his hand into my hair and just stared deeply into my eyes. He hadn't done this with me since the day of our wedding. A sharp pain hit my belly and I winced and Mike smiled and put his hand on my belly.

"Don't get so worried, Lola. I'm not going anywhere. You go have fun and I'll be here when you get back," he smiled and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and held him as if I were falling and he was my only hope.

I hesitated and then released him. He kissed me with such passion that it almost knocked me off my feet. "Geeze, the way you make me feel..." I breathed and he giggled. I hadn't realized I had, yet again, quoted one of his songs. He kissed me again and I sighed. "I love you so much, Mike."

"Love you more," he breathed against my neck and sent chills down my spine. Finally, I walked out the door and to Janet's car. I put my hand on the door handle and then froze. When I looked back at Michael, he smiled from the doorway and leaned against the frame and blew me a kiss. I watched him for a minute. I didn't like the way my heart felt. It was almost like it screamed at me to stay with him.

"Come on girl...the mall waits!" Janet called from the driver seat and pulled me out of my thoughts. I blew a kiss back to Michael and he smiled and disappeared inside. I stared at the door as we pulled away from the house and I bit my lip.

'Something isn't right...'

yes muahaha i left u all with a cliffy! how bad am i?

"hee hee! you know im smooth! im bad! shamon!!" sorry i had to :D