Chapter 36, enjoy! It took me 12 hours to get back home, I was beat, sorry about not posting this past weekend and yesterday, the holidays are a bear, anyways, enjoy!

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A Mommy For Papi And Me

Chapter 36

Stephanie could finally see why Carlos freaked out whenever Diesel was around Heidi. Now that she had a parental obligation to the child, she could see what Carlos saw; a little, grabby, touchy, feeling boy! Two weeks after Heidi was admitted into the ICU, she was allowed to leave, when her temperature fell under 103 degrees. She was still treading on dangerous grounds, but she was off of oxygen, eating some solid foods again and getting up to go to the bathroom. Her immune system was still shot, and she was extremely susceptible to falling ill. The medicines and supplements the doctors put her on were barely working, and it would seem that Heidi would be stuck on medicines to protect her from falling dangerously ill for the rest of her life. It wasn't nothing major, just an IV bag full of dark red liquid for two hours once a month. Heidi didn't like needles, but she wouldn't have to worry about the first two sessions since she already had an IV in her.

Dr. Carol thought it would be wise if Heidi stayed in the hospital for two months, because she wasn't losing her temperature and the other was to let the medicine work its way into her system. The temperature was the biggest problem, since her raised body heat cook damage fragile organs. They were especially paying attention to her brain and lungs. Carlos would sit with her, when she got her MRI, or Stephanie would, if he had to go to meetings or do some work. Heidi was a trooper, she took to her extended stay in the hospital with stride. It was her little boyfriend, however, who didn't take it with stride.

"I wanna kiss my Heidi!" Diesel demanded stomping her foot and glaring at Heidi's doctor, "Why can't I kiss my Heidi, lady?!"

Carol looked down at Diesel and gave him a pretty smile, "You can't kiss Heidi because she can get very sick and you don't want that right?"

Diesel looked thoughtfully over to Heidi, who was sitting in the children's area of the waiting room, with a mask on, coloring with Sakura and Stephanie. Diesel took in the long metal stand beside Heidi that had tubes connected to her arm, "Why does she have tubes going to her?"

"That's where she gets her medicine, Diesel," Maxim said, crouching down to talk to his son, "She's very sick now, so there's medicine in the tubes that are helping her fight her illness."

"Oh," Diesel said, looking at the doctor and then over to Heidi, "Well then, I really shouldn't be kissing Heidi on the lips, but I'll kiss her on her cheek!"

"Oh goodness…" Maxim said, as Diesel ran off to kiss Heidi, "They'll have their hands full with that one."

"Now you can't kiss Heidi," Stephanie said, holding out her arm so that Diesel couldn't kiss Heidi like he wanted to do, "You could get her sick on accident."

"No I wouldn't, in fact, my kisses would make her all better!" Diesel argued, crossing his arms and pouting, "It's not fair!"

"My Mommy and Papi can't kiss me, so it's not only you," Heidi said, looking up from her coloring, "Besides, Diesel, you don't want me to stay in the hospital for any longer, right?"

Diesel looked over to Stephanie and asked, "You can't kiss Heidi either Miss. Stephanie?"

"No, I can't, darling," Stephanie said, sitting down beside Heidi and Diesel, "I can barely touch her, she used to be in another room, in a room for very ill patients, you don't want her to back there, do you?"

"No," Diesel said, shaking his head and looking over to Heidi, "I don't want Heidi to be in there again! I couldn't see her or anything! I'll wait to kiss her, promise!"

"Good," Stephanie said with a smile, leaning forward and ruffling Diesel's hair, "Now, let's color some pictures for Heidi's room, the walls are kind of bare, and she's going to be here for a super long time."

"Can she trick or treat with us?" Diesel asked, looking over to Heidi, "She can still dress up and stuff, right?"

"Well, no, she can't sweetie, she can't go outside, but, they do have trick or treating for the children in the hospital, maybe you could join her, you might not get a lot of candy but, there is a big party for all the children, I know, with all the right protective gear on, Heidi's going to go and have a good time."

"Well, if she's going, then….I'm going to go too," Diesel said with a smile, earning a smile from Stephanie, "I'll have to ask my Deda, but I'm sure he'll say it's okay for me to go to the party too."

"Okay," Stephanie said, with a smile, "You know, not kissing Heidi is almost as good as kissing her, you're not getting her ill or exposing her to things that could kill her."

"Oh, well then, I'll only kiss her when she's better!" Diesel said, turning to Heidi, "You need to get better, Heidi, so I can kiss you!"

"'Kay!" Heidi said, looking up from her picture, "I'll get better soon, I have to take a lot of medicine once a month and then I'll be good."

Stephanie smiled at the three children and got up as Maxim walked over to the three of them. She shook her head at him and said, "He's persistent, I'll give him that much, so, how is he taking the fact that Heidi's going to be out of school for a while?"

"Oh, like any other boyfriend would, tears, tantrums and pouting," Maxim chuckled, sitting down in one of the chairs that resided in the waiting room, "He'll be fine with t, with the promise to visit Heidi everyday. So…you and Carlos, eh?"

Stephanie blushed and nodded her head, "Yes, we're official together, as a family, I guess Heidi calling me her mother clued you in on it, yes?"

"Yeah, but saw it coming, boy, you two moved quickly," Maxim said with a smile, making Stephanie blush harder, "You all look good together, and you're proving to be a good mother to Heidi, should I expect a wedding invitation from the happy couple soon?"

Stephanie let out a squeak and glared at Maxim, who was laughing hard at her, "No! We're taking it slow, remember!? Besides….I don't think I'm wife material now, I got out a relationship and it left a sour taste in my mouth, what if it really was my fault that the Dick cheated on me…?"

"It wasn't your fault, it was the Dick's fault," Maxim said to Stephanie, making her look over to him, "He was the one tempted by another person, not you, did you gve him any reason to stray? No, you didn't, none of this is your fault, Stephanie, it's called self control and your ex-husband didn't have any of it. Now, don't blame yourself for all of this, okay?"

"I won't, Maxim," Stephanie said with a sigh, looking over to the man, "Geez, what are you, a shrink or something?"

"Haha, you have jokes," Maxim said, as Stephanie stood up and stretched, "How long have you and Carlos been camping at the hospital?"

"Since Heidi was admitted, the hospital was nice enough to offer us the large suite room for Heidi, since we didn't want to leave her alone, but I have to admit, I miss a soft bed," Stephanie said, rubbing her back.

"Ah, so what about your home, Stephanie, what are you going to do about it?" Maxim asked, making Stephanie and tap her chin.

"Oh, I haven't thought about it, really, maybe I'll sell it, or rent it out, Carlos and I have yet to discuss these things, we really ought to…."

"Mhmm," Maxim said, making Stephanie turn her head to the side, "I mean, whatever you do, you do it together, good bonding and communication."

"Oh, you're right," Stephanie said, turning to Maxim, "Maxim, thank you for the talk, so, in exchange for the words of wisdom, you can watch the children, while I go and get some snacks from the hospital eatery!"

"I like ice cream." Maxim said as Stephanie walked off to the elevator, "Oh, and cookies!"

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"Oh, Brittany!" Stephanie said running up to Brittany, who sat at a table, surrounded by food, "Uh…what are you doing?"

"Eating, then I'm coming up to visit Heidi and to bring her my gift for her to get well," Brittany said, holding up the box to a brand new laptop, "Tada! It's a gamer's laptop, equipped with all the newest processors and graphic cards, I had it special made for her and it's pink!"

Stephanie shook her head and said, "She won't be able to use that, she can barely use my tablet!" watching Brittany shake the box in the air.

Brittany shook her head and said, "Well, thank goodness Auntie Brittany is so thoughtful! I'll hold on to this bad boy until she can get to the task manager! I'll play all the games on it and level them all up!"

Stephanie sighed and ace palmed herself, "You are a piece of work Brittany…"as Brittany laughed herself silly

"Oh, am I?" Brittany said, with a smile, getting up and walking over to Stephanie, "Oi! Lester hasn't shown his face has he? He doesn't know I'm here, he thinks I'm downstairs in his basement playing his games…."

"Brittany!" Stephanie gasped as she followed Brittany back to her table, "That's dangerous, you know the POS are still out for your blood!"

"It's been almost a month," Brittany said with a giggle, waving her hand and placing her food in a plastic bag, "They're not out to get me anymore! Not since their target fell off the face of the earth, I don't see why I have to be locked up, when my friend's child is sick in the hospital! Oh, don't think I don't know about you accepting your new role, tee-hee, my friend, a new mother!"

"Mhmm," Stephanie said walking over to the the freezer and pulling several small cups of ice cream and then heading to the little bakery, "I like the role, Brittany, it fits me to a tee, and Maxim and I had a chat about my worries….I'll get over them."

"Oh! Get the Hello Kitty cupcake, I know Heidi would love that!" Brittany said pointing to the try of pink frosted cakes, "Well good, I know you will get over your worries, you're a strong independent woman! You got this!"

Stephanie yelped as Brittany ran by her and grabbed the last chocolate éclair from the display case, "I now, I would never get over my worries if I had missed this little bad boy, oh…where have you been yummy éclair?"

Stephanie shook her head again and said, "You eat like a cow, where does it all go?"

"I don't know, but it's not on me!" Brittany said, nuzzling the pastry, "Now, let's go get more food and go pump sugar inside the children's stomachs!"

The two women bundled up their foods and made their way to the elevators. They were chatting about something off the wall when two pairs of strong arms grabbed both women, hands clamping around their mouths so their screams were muffled.

Stephanie let out a gasp as they were tossed into a large storage room. There were two burly men holding them captive, each with a snake tattooed on their arms. It didn't take long for Stephanie to put two and two together to see that they were the POS terrorist group. Brittany was stumbling beside Stephanie, holding up the bags of food in one hand and the laptop box in the other hand. She rounded on the two men and exclaimed, "Hey, what's the big idea, you were going to make me lose my éclair!"

"Which one is the dumb, lawyer bitch?" One of the men asked the other, looking at both Stephanie and Brittany, "The leader wants only the lawyer, we'll get rid of the extra and then make the lawyer singe about the where abouts of the three merchandise."

"We're not lawyers," Stephanie said, turning to Brittany who was glaring at the men, "Right, Brittany? You're a underwear model, she gets pictures of men from all over the world, so she's not-"

"HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A BITCH!" Brittany snarled, placing the laptop box on the ground and pointing to the men, "I'll sue you for slander! I'll take all of your fucking money, you pieces of shit!"

"Oh boy…." Stephanie groaned as the men rounded on Brittany, "Brittany, you're so dumb…."

"How am I dumb?!" Brittany asked, rounding on Stephanie, her glare now on her, "I'll karate chop you and sue you too! I'll take you for-EEP!"

Stephanie let out a cry as Brittany was grabbed by her waist by a strong arm. Stephanie cried ou as she was pushed away and into a corner of the storage room. The man holding Brittany said, "Alright, let's kill the spare and get this one to the car."

"No-no-no-no-no-no!" Brittany cried out struggling in the man's grip, "I'm not going with you! I'm not going to tell you anything! Let me go! I'm too pretty to be tortured by you brutes!"

"Oh goodness," Stephanie sighed, looking over to the men, "You know…tongue torture is pretty effective, pull out her tongue first."

"Stephanie! You're so cruel! How could give them advice!" Brittany squealed, waving her bag full of food around, "You're such a mean friend!"

"Snap her neck and let's hurry up, I didn't bring duck tape and this one is fucking annoying," The man holding a struggling Brittany growled, "Shut up, bitch!"

"Oh no," Stephanie said, as the man grabbed her by the shoulders and moved to grab her neck, "No! Stop, HELP! SOMEONE PLESE HELP US!"

Stephanie leaned forward and stepped on the man's foot, causing him to jerk back into the other man, who clipped Brittany in the arm, making her drop her bag of food. Stephanie heard Brittany scream in horror and both Stephanie and the man turned to see the bag full of food all over the floor, the treasured éclair facing icing side down. Stephanie turned to look up at Brittany and then she muttered, "Oh boy, you guys are in for it now…"

Brittany's milk chocolate colored face was flushed with rage, and her hands were balled up into fists. She had a fire in her eyes and her body was trembling. Brittany looked at the men holding both her and Stephanie and said, "You all made me drop my éclair….an unforgivable act! I shall destroy you all!"

Stephanie yelped as Brittany stomped down on her captive's foot, leaned head forward and head butted him in the face, causing him to let go of her. Brittany turned around and screamed, "TURBO GUCCI IN THE BALLS!" kicking her captive in the groin, causing him to fall on the ground, screaming.

Stephanie watched as Brittany grabbed the laptop box, turned to her captive and screamed, "TOSHIBA LAPTOP BOX ATTACK!" swinging her arm back and hitting Stephanie's captor in the face with the laptop box. Stephanie squirmed out the man's grip as he went crashing down, she had to get out the way of Brittany, who jumped on the man's back and began to hit over the head with the laptop box.

"No one makes me drop my food! I spent 3 bucks on that pastry! I could have bought so many things at the dollar store!" Brittany growled, hitting the man over and over again, "Stephanie! Get the rope, we're tying them up!"

"Yes ma'am!" Stephanie said, grabbing the rope hanging from the wall and helping Brittany tie up their captors, "I always used to hate it when you got angry over dropping your food, now I like that trait of yours! We make a good-BRITTANY WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

Brittany waved Stephanie off as she ate the éclair that fell on the floor, "It's still good, five minute rule, remember? And most of the icing is still on the floor! Besides, this is a hospital, they have some of the cleanest floors for their patients right?"

"Uh…." Stephanie said, pulling out her phone to call Carlos, "I think you've been misled Brittany."

"Babe," Carlos said to Stephanie in her phone, "What's up?"

"Brittany and I almost got kidnapped in the hospital by the POS…but they're down and out right now, we kicked their butts…come meet us near the eatery?"

"Be there soon…." Carlos said, "Glad you're safe and sound…."

Stephanie hung the phone up and turned to Brittany, who finished her pastry and was rooting through the fallen food, "So, why did you name your attacks?"

"Oh, well, I've gotten into Japanese animation, since I don't work or anything, and so, it seems better to call out my attacks, you know…cause that's what they do in the shows!" Brittany said with a smile, "Besides, it's so kawaii!"

"You don't even know what that means!" Stephanie sighed as Brittany gave her a peace sign, "Why are you doing that?!"

"Cause, I'm a magical girl who fights crime and that's what they do!" Brittany said with a smile, making Stephanie roll her eyes.

"Oh bother…."

TBC…

Whoo, that Brittany is a trips! now, that chapter is done, please review, they make me write faster!