Chapter 29…

Around lunchtime chad was waiting for his wife to come home for lunch when his oldest daughter came in through the backdoor;"Hi,dad."

"Hi,sweetie."said he looking up;"You're home early."

"I felt like going home,dad,I was tired."started alex slowly;"Have you and mom decided on letting me go to new York yet?"

"No,not really."answered her father;"It's not the kind of decision that we can make just like that and we're still not sure it's the right choice for you,alex,because it looks more like running away from your problems instead of solving them."

"I'm not trying to run away from my problems,dad,I just need to get away from here because I'm being reminded of what happened every single day and how can I solve anything if I keep being confronted with that?"asked she;"Please,this is really important for me and I love music,so it's a good thing."

"What about Darren and your relationship with him?"said chad;"Do you think that this is a good thing for the two of you as well or don't you think that maybe this will drive you guys further apart?"

"If Darren really loves me he will understand why I need to do this right now and our relationship will survive this."answered his daughter irritated and walked away;"What would you all rather have,dad,me sitting here feeling miserable or me being happy in new York?"

Devon was on her way back to class on the campus with ginny when she saw shawn coming up to them and wanted to turn around;"I'm not in the mood for him!"

"Devon!"called shawn on after her and caught up with his ex as he grabbed her;"Please,listen to me."

"Just leave me alone!"answered she tired as she pulled away from shawn;"You've said more then enough yesterday."

"I'm sorry about lastnight."said her ex hesitating;"I was being a jerk and I had too much to drink!"

"That's no excuse!"started devon a bit angry;"Besides,where do you get off calling parker a criminal when you don't even know the guy,shawn!"

"Why are you defending a guy that you don't even know either!"began he annoyed;"You used to believe me at my word!"

"That was before…"answered his ex;"Before you became such a jerk!"

"Hey,guys,cool it!"warned ginny them and got in between them as she turned towards shawn;"This isn't the time or place for this,shawn,don't you think that devon has got enough on her mind right now?"

"I'm just trying to look out for her!"said he;"This guy is trouble and he's gonna hurt her!"

"How can you be so sure of that?"asked his friend curious;"Parker seems like a nice enough guy."

"It's not your job to look out for me anymore and I'm a big girl,so stay out of my business!"answered devon angry as she walked away;"Besides,he can't hurt me anymore then you already have,shawn Cassidy!"

"That was a cheap shot!"yelled he on after her furious and turned towards ginny;"Why do I even try anymore?"

"Maybe because you still love her and it's driving you crazy that you guys are apart and that she might be moving on to somebody else,shawn,so maybe you should stop acting like such a jealous jerk and give devon some space."suggested ginny and went on after devon;"You'll only drive her further away with this!"

At the hospital adam was sitting next to his wife;"Sage said that your bloodpressure still isn't down,so she's worried about that and she's thinking about giving you some new medication."

"No,not more medication,adam,I already have enough medicine as it is!"answered m.j. irritated and wanted to get out of bed;"I have had it with this hospital and everything here,so I'm going home!"

"No,you're not!"said he,stopping her and gently pushing her back down on the bed;"You're staying right here and doing what the doctors tell you to do!"

"Stop telling me what to do damn it!"started his wife angry;"I want to go home!"

"And I want you to stay alive!"answered adam frustrated as he got up;"Damn it,why can't you just listen for once instead of being so stubborn,m.j.!"

"Why don't you just get the hell out of here and leave me alone!"yelled she furious;"Get out!"

"Fine!"said her husband angry too and walked out of the room;"Whatever you want!"

As adam left m.j.'s room he went on his way to the elevator,where he ran into aaron;"What the hell are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see how m.j.'s doing."answered aaron;"Is she okay?"

"No,ofcourse she isn't okay!"began his ex's husband full of anger as he suddenly grabbed aaron's jacket;"This is all your fault and if you hadn't pressured her into testifying about her life in Chicago then she wouldn't be laying in that room right now,aaron,I warned you that the stress would be too much for her!"

"Like you're not doing anything to cause her more stress!"said he and pushed adam away from him;"Tell m.j. that I said hello and that I'll be back some other time,adam,when you're not around."
"Stay the hell away from my wife!"warned adam him as aaron walked away again;"Go back to new York and don't come back!"

Kristy was laying in jake's arms in her bedroom;"I almost feel guilty for skipping out on work all afternoon and leaving jon to handle things at the office,jake,you're turning me into a bad girl."

"I love bad girls."smiled he and kissed her;"Come on,kris,you were working way too much anyway."

"Today was the last day of the trail against garrison."started kristy hesitating;"How soon do you think they will have the verdict?"

"I have no idea and I don't care as long as they convict that son of a bitch!"answered her boyfriend as he rolled down on top of kristy;"Why are we talking about that when we could be doing other things,kris?"

"Like what?"asked she teasing and put her arms around his neck as she kissed him;"Something like this?"

"That's a good start."smiled jake as he kissed her back when they heard devlin coming up the stairs;"My son has got bad timing."

"Get off me and get dressed!"said his girlfriend while she quickly pushed jake off of her when he pulled her back into his arms;"What are you doing,jake,this is no time for games!"

"Relax,gorgeous,it's not like he's gonna walk in on us or anything because we're in your bedroom and he isn't going to come in here."laughed he and started kissing her again as they heard devlin walking up to his own room and closing the door;"See?"

Just before three ryan was laying on the bed,up in danny's guestroom,when Kelly came in,with a guitar;"Hey,ryan,I brought you a little present."

"Do you call that a little present?"laughed he and looked happy at the guitar;"This is awesome,Kelly,thanks,but you didn't have to do this."

"I know that,but I wanted to."smiled his friend as she sat down next to him on the bed;"Would you play me something?"

"Sure,kelly."answered ryan while he began to play the guitar and sing a song.

"That was awesome."said she when danny walked in;"Hi,danny,isn't ryan awesome."

"Yeah,great."started her friend with a grumpy look;"I thought you were only gonna say hi to him and give him the guitar and not stay up here forever."

"I wasn't up here forever,danny,don't be silly."laughed Kelly;"Besides,I asked ryan to play a song."

"Oh."said he,trying to hide the fact that he was irritated;"I'm going to go to the store to pick up some things for the party tonight,Kelly,do you wanna come with me."

"I'm gonna stay here with ryan."answered his friend;"If you don't mind."

"No,I don't mind"said Danny lying as he turned around and walked away;"I'll right back."

Kristy was sitting in her office when evan walked in,without knocking;"Hi."

"Hi."said his ex-girlfriend surprised to see him;"What are you doing here?"

"I came to talk to you."started evan hesitating as he walked up to her desk;"I still can't believe that things are over between us,kristy,I think that we should talk about this."

"What's there to talk about?"asked she;"I'm sorry that this is so hard on you,evan,but what's the point in staying together if I just don't feel the same anymore and it would only be a lie."

"Did you ever love me?"answered her ex-boyfriend;"Or was that all a lie too?"

"Ofcourse that wasn't a lie,evan,i did love you or atleast I really thought that I did."began kristy tired;"I never meant to hurt you."

"Why don't we go away for a few days or something to really sort things out without anybody else being around."begged he and grabbed her hand;"You can't just love me one minute and feel different the next,kristy,it probably just was all too much for you with me pushing you to move in together and other people getting into our business."

"Going away with you for a few days won't make a difference and it won't make me love you again."said his ex-girlfriend as she pulled her hand back;"How I feel has got nothing to do with anything that you did or with anything that anybody else did either,evan,it's just the way I feel and that isn't gonna change."

"So,you're not even gonna try?"asked evan angry and walked away;"Thanks a lot for nothing."

To be continued….