Chapter 34….

Just before three that day devon was about to go down to the hospital to see her mother when ryan came in through the backdoor;"Hi,I'm on way to the hospital,so are you coming with me to see mom?"

"No,I have to be somewhere else in a little while."said her brother and walked right past devon,towards the stairs;"Maybe next time,devon."

"Wait a minute."started she surprised as she followed him upstairs;"You've hardly been to see mom at all since she's been in the hospital,so don't you think that it's about time that you went overthere?"

"Why?"asked ryan irritated;"You guys go overthere enough and dad's there all the time,so why should I go too?"

"Because mom needs to see you as well and not just us!"answered his sister;"Why don't you go to the hospital to see mom,ryan,are you scared or something?"

"I'm not scared of anything!"yelled he angry and walked into his room,slamming the door shut;"Just go away and leave me alone!"

"Ryan…"started devon tired as she stood there for a few seconds untill she realized that he wasn't going to change his mind and went back down the stairs;"Fine,I'll go alone."

Amanda had just returned from another trip to bathroom and walked back into the livingroom when she saw mandy standing there;"Hi,I didn't hear you coming in,honey,what are you doing here?"

"Ali wasn't lying,mom,you really aren't fell that well and you don't look so hot either."started mandy worried;"What's going on?"

"Nothing's going on,honey,I'm fine."answered she surprised;"When did Alison talk to you about me?"

"Lastnight,but don't change the subject!"said her daughter;"Have you been to see a doctor yet?"

"What for?"asked Amanda;"I'm happy to see that you came all this way overhere just to see me,but I'm fine and there's nothing wrong with me!"

"I don't believe you!"started she hesitating;"I heard you being sick as I came in and ali told me that she'd heard it too,mom,so are you pregnant or something?"

"No,ofcourse not."answered her mother;"Just because I've been sick a few times now that doesn't mean that I'm pregnant."

"Have you taken a home pregnancy-test yet?"asked mandy;"Have you talked to greg about it yet,mom?"

"Look,honey,it's sweet of you and your sister to worry so much about me,but I'm fine and I'm not pregnant."said she quickly;"There's nothing to worry about!"

At the hudson's shane was talking to jake when his son came up to them;"Would you mind if I left now,dad,I want to stop by devon's to see how her mother is doing."

'No,shawn,it's okay and say hi to them for me."said he and turned back towards jake after his son had left;"Are you guys going to stay long?"
"Just for a little while untill things settle down again downhere,because we have to get back to our son."started jake slowly;"How is Nicole holding up?"

"Not well,jake,she's really taking michael's death pretty hard and that's not so strange since they were really good friends as well as him being donna's husband before she died."answered his uncle-in-law;"What about Vicky?"

"Vicky is like Vicky always is and she's trying to act all tough,but I know her well enough to see through all of that to know that she's reall devasted by michael's death."said he;"Who was that guy that showed up earlier?"

"I have no idea and this didn't seem the time or place to ask kristy about it either,so I'll ask her that another time."started shane with a faint smile;"I do know that he sure knows how to get to kristy,because she was already upset about the whole funeral today and Michael's accident,with him dying and carol ending up in a coma while she's pregnant with michael's child,but I have never seen her that angry before and if looks could kill that guy would have been dead on the spot."

That night lisa had been working in her office at tops for a while when her nieces came in;"Can we talk to you for a minute,aunt lisa,it's about mom."

"What about her?"asked she surprised;"Is everything okay?""

"We don't know."started Alison hesitating;"Mom's been acting really weird lately and the last few days she's been sick,but for some reason she's been trying to hide it from us and that has us worried."

"At first I didn't believe it when ali told me that there was something going on with mom and that it wasn't good,but then I went to see her this afternoon and I heard her being sick after I got there."said her sister;"When I asked mom about it she said that she was fine and that there was nothing wrong with her,so I asked her if she pregnant and mom told me that she wasn't,but there must be a reason why she's sick all the time."

"I can understand that you girls are worried about your mother,mandy,but I'm not sure what you want me to do?"answered lisa;"Do you want me to talk to your mother about it or something?"

"Would you?"asked she;"At first mom was just using this as a way to get me back home again,but now I'm as convinced as ali is that there is something not right with mom."

"I can try to talk to your mother,but I can't promise you anything."began her aunt slowly;"But I'll see what I can do and if there is something to worry about."

At the hospital adam was talking to his mother-in-law in m.j.'s room when she woke up;"What time is it?"

"Almost nine."answered her husband;"You fell asleep right after justin had left with devon and you were out like a light for hours."

"How are you feeling?"asked mary;"Jamie says that your fever will probably be gone in less then a week,so that's a good sign,m.j."

"Why can't I remember anything of what happened on my birthday or of the days after that before I ended up in the hospital,except for that morning?"said she;"What happened and how did I end up here?"

"We already told you that,honey,you got really sick and had to be brought to the hospital."started adam slowly and tried to change the subject;"Are you happy about justin moving back home again?"

"That's great news,isn't it?"answered his mother-in-law quickly when she realized what adam was trying to do;"He belongs at home with his family instead of all the way over in new York."

"Why are you two trying to change the subject instead of just answering my question?"asked m.j. irritated;"What are you guys trying to hide from me,adam,is there something that I'm not suppose to know about or something?"

"It's nothing like that,honey,it's just that Jamie told us not to tell you anything and that it was important that you were able to remember on your own instead of us telling you."said he lying;"It'll all come back to you again,but you've just got to give it some time,m.j."

"That's easy for you to say!"started his wife angry as a sudden coughing-fit struck her and she began to wheeze.

"Please try to calm down,honey,take it easy!"answered adam worried while he saw that his wife was gasping for air and turned towards mary;"Get help!"

"I'll get a nurse."said she and rushed off as adam tried his best to help his wife;"I'll be right back."

On the beach alex had been having a good time with her cousins and was sitting in the sand with ginny when Darren show up;"Hi,guys."

"Hi,darren,what are you doing here?"asked steve surprised;"Aren't you suppose to be at the club?"

"I was,but the boss told me to take the night off."answered he with a quickly look at alex;"So here I am."

"Why did he do that?"started alex,who had noticed the quick look,curious;"Did something happen."

"Not really."said her friend as he took off his shirt and wanted to run into the water with the others when alex stopped him;"Don't you believe me or something,alex?"

"What happened?"asked she irritated while she pulled Darren away from the rest;"I know that Kevin went nuts lastnight,so did he do something again tonight and did you get into trouble with your boss or something because of it?"

"It doesn't matter,alex,it's nothing that I can't handle and I don't want you to worry about it!"started Darren with a faint smile and walked into the water;"It's a good thing that I got the night off,because now I can be here with you guys instead of in the steaming hot club."

To be continued….