D'oh! What was supposed to be three parts and the final part got BIG, it's being stopped at um 7 thousand (really no idea where they came from) and there will now be a fourth part, which will hopefully be MUCH smaller.

This story is very Brenda centric compared to most of my stories, Jason does get his own little bit in though. I totally write Jason focused because it's the ONLY way to get more out of Jason when you can be involved in all he doesn't say! :-P Interesting switch moving it over to Brenda, gotta make sure to keep her kinda crazy. :-P

Thanks for the reviews guys. I feel like we should be in group therapy together because we're never going to get Brazen babies. Okay I don't even care about the babies, I'm upset that we're never going to get the baby making part! :( You guys are awesome though, you make up for the poopy writers.

Hindsight: Part 3

-o-o-o-Jason and Brenda's bedroom later that night-o-o-o-

She awoke feeling rested, but she was confused by the light or more exactly the lack there of.

She noticed Jason was awake because as always if they weren't sleeping skin to skin, she was always oriented towards him as if he'd disappear as she slept if she didn't keep a watchful eye. His gaze was focused down though.

"There's a baby in there," her ever observant husband would notice her waking even if he wasn't looking directly at her face.

There was. She remembered Kevin's phone call, she remembered her denials. She remembered Jason directing her towards the bathroom, there had been a bubble bath created as she sat on the toilet stunned. He didn't leave her alone though once it filled, he climbed in with her, letting her rest against him in the giant tub, he had spoken a few reassuring words, but mostly they had laid there listening to the music. She was half asleep and pruney when Jason finally led her out, he didn't pause at the sink for them to brush their teeth as her ever health conscious husband normally would. He dried her off and slid a tee shirt over her head; she was asleep within minutes of him joining her in bed.

"I'm sorry," she whispered.

He smirked and looked up, "I wasn't looking for an apology."

"Jase-"

"We're having a baby Bren, that's something you celebrate not apologize for."

"But-"

"Do you love me?" He cut her off.

She was silent for a moment, "With all my heart." He was it, he was everything.

"Were we going to have kids?"

"Eventually."

"So what does it matter if we have kids sooner rather than later-"

"You wanted to go to Europe this summer, we were going to backpack for a couple weeks, we already have the tickets."

"You were never going to backpack," he smiled at her.

"I-"

He laughed, "I already booked the hotels and Emily promised to ship your clothes."

She smiled at him, she really hadn't been looking forward to backpacking, it was eerily similar to what she had done prior to Port Charles while trying to gain her father's attention.

"Maybe we'll just stay in Italy."

"Two weeks in Italy sounds nice."

"Maybe a few days in Lake Cuomo."

Her eyebrows lifted.

"Grandfather knows people."

"So you're not angry with me?" Brenda couldn't help, but ask.

He laughed again at her and pulled her close, "You are my wife, Brenda, you are my best friend and you are having our baby, I'm the opposite of angry. I love you even more, you've made all of my dreams come true."

"I love you," she whispered.

"Love you too," he said before kissing her.

"Did you get up in the middle of the night to brush your teeth?" she asked in annoyance as she pulled away.

He tried to look innocent.

She continued to fume.

"They've been linking dental issues with heart problems recently."

She shook her head at him and rolled over.

"Where are you going," he laughed at her.

"I'm going to pee and brush my teeth," she shook her head still annoyed.

"Bren-" he laughed.

"No," she adamantly refused to acknowledge him.

"I don't-"

"I'll be back in five minutes," she shook her head once more still annoyed. "Perfect jackass," she muttered under her breath as she walked out their door.

He had her in his embrace seconds later.

"No Jason," she half screamed, half giggled, "let me go."

"Nope you're mine, I want you exactly the way you are."

"Yea yea sweet Jason, but I still need to pee so let me go," she squirmed.

"Br-"

"Pee!"

He laughed and let her go, "You have one minute."

She quickly escaped into the bathroom.

He leaned against the hallway's wall and then frowned at the sounds emerging. "Are you brushing your teeth while you're peeing?"

The "Maybe," was distorted by the electric toothbrush.

He laughed.

-o-o-o-The Q's: A few days in the future-o-o-o-

"Pregnant," Monica's eyes went blank.

Brenda watched the older woman struggling to compose herself as the news settled in. She chose to turn away from the resentment beginning to show on her mother in law's face to the joyful ones near her.

Lila thought the news was 'delightful.'

Edward called for champagne.

Emily became flabbergasted by the word 'aunt' as AJ had said the word uncle.

Alan was repeating the word 'Grandfather' as his smile grew wider and wider.

"Career, wife and now a baby first," AJ said approaching his brother, "are you ever going to let me do anything first?"

Jason laughed and the two men settled in for a quick brotherly hug.

"I didn't know you were trying," Monica finally calmly questioned.

"Life happens Mom," Jason's eyes returned to being wary just as they had when they had first shared the news.

"Of course, it's just with school-"

"Plenty of people have children when they're still in school-"

"Yes, but you-"

"Jason will handle it fine," Alan said still smiling. "They can move back-"

Brenda choked on her water.

"Yea, I feel you. I forgot how much I liked freedom," AJ smiled and took a sip of his juice, having moved out shortly after his brother and Brenda to a house near Ward House.

Edward glared at his grandson, "Of course they're going to move back in, where would they put a nanny and a nursery in that miniscule-"

"It's s two bedrooms," Brenda automatically defended her apartment, granted it did feel smaller than a shoebox when they all came to visit.

"For the immediate future we don't need to worry about the size, the baby can stay in our room."

Brenda turned with a frown to her husband, "Our room?"

"What about the nanny?" Edward shook his head in confusion.

"We're not going to have one," Brenda shook her head, but remained looking at her husband, "repeat this baby in the room with us."

"You're going to be breastfeeding for at least the first six months-"

Her arms protectively crossed her chest, "Excuse me?"

AJ snorted.

"I assumed-"

"You know what they say when you assume-" AJ smirked.

Jason shot a death glare at his brother, "We can talk about this later."

"Brenda studies have been finding-" his mother finally chimed in with something sounding positively baby related, but stopped at she felt her husband pinching her hand.

"So let me see if I've got this straight-"

"Edward," Lila tried to silence her spouse.

"Will you let me speak. I for one am overjoyed this family will have new blood. Lord knows Emily and Brenda were the best additions this family has seen in a long time."

Emily smiled.

Brenda warily looked at her grandfather-in-law.

"You're going to live in a 1200 square foot-"

"1225," AJ and Emily chimed in together as they had heard that figured repeated a great deal when Brenda and Jason had moved out.

"Sorry," Edward nodded, "1225 square foot, two bedroom, walk up with no help, with Jason still in school."

Jason turned to see his wife's horrified face. "We're not moving back in," he quickly argued.

"I'm just saying, the space, the servants, surrounded by family-"

"Surrounded by family," Jason locked eyes with his grandfather.

"A new mother…" Edward coaxed.

Jason saw Brenda swallow hard.

"Surrounded by family," Jason repeated to his wife.

"Right," she swallowed hard again, "right. I can totally do this."

"I'll babysit," Emily offered with a smile.

-o-o-o-PCHS 5 Year Reunion-o-o-o-

"I can't believe you," Karen said as they walked towards the drink bar and away from the petty girls that had practically ruled their school.

"What?"

"You practically shoved your ring in their faces. That was the third time, someone was looking at my ring and you had to show them yours."

"That's what women do. We scope out the jewelry, if you have issues with your ring being seen near mine."

"My ring is amazing."

"Of course it is," Brenda nodded.

"It is."

"Then why do you have issues with people seeing our rings together."

The two women were facing off, the smoke practically pouring out of their ears.

"You have got to be kidding me," Jagger exclaimed quickly approaching them. "We've been out of school for half a decade. This has to stop."

"What's going on?" Jason questioned as he arrived.

"I was fine, she was-"

"I'm not the one still trying to buy class," Karen cocked her head.

Brenda shook her head slowly, "Good thing since your family's tried for years and never gotten anywhere."

"Karen," Jagger ordered his wife as he saw her ready to attack.

"Come on," Jason said turning his wife away, "you two can kill each other in seven months."

-o-o-o-Summertime: The Lake-o-o-o-

Robin and Brenda's bright floral towels graced the trucked in sand as they hid at the local public lake from the Quartermaines and their never ending opinions. Brenda was propped up on her elbows and they were both looking down at her slightly curved stomach. "It's weird isn't it?"

"Kinda is," Robin nodded, "it's bigger when you sit like that."

"Yea, he's crunched a little."

"He? You want a boy or a girl?"

"Doesn't matter," Brenda laughed, "not like I'll know what to do with either of them."

"Have you held a baby beside from Georgie?"

"Do you really want to know the answer to that?" Brenda looked seriously over.

"The hospital has parenting classes," Robin offered.

"Ugh no more classes," Brenda let her elbows go loose and dropped back to the towel.

Robin snorted, "I feel you."

"Robin, Brenda," Sonny approached with a smile.

"Sonny," Robin looked up confused.

"Didn't you have like a ten year sentence?"

"Brenda," Robin snapped at her friend.

"Another jailbreak?"

"Brenda-"

"Still as charming as ever Miss Barrett."

"Quartermaine," Brenda smiled, as always pleased hearing that name instead of Barrett, she resisted the urge to flash her ring.

"That's right, you and Richie Rich, how's that working out-"

"It's working out great Sonny," Stone said approaching his friend.

"Are you serious Stone?" Brenda looked at Robin's ex in annoyance. "He almost killed your brother."

"Actually that was never-" Sonny tried to intercede.

"Just because they couldn't take on another-"

"The charges against Sonny were overturned," Stone interjected. "But enough about that. How are you feeling? You're looking less," he tilted his head, "dead."

Brenda half rolled her eyes.

"Have you been sick?" Sonny quickly questioned with a concerned frown.

"Pregnant," she smiled.

He almost frowned again, but didn't. "Aren't you a little young to be tying yourself down with a kid?"

"I'm 23."

"Only 23?" He smiled at her, "At 23, I would have expected you to be taking over Europe modeling."

"Not my thing."

"It was your thing," his head tilted looking at her.

"Money, fame, power," she directed at him, "those things aren't a life."

"But they're certainly fun," the dimples came out.

"I had enough fun then, I like having a life. I like knowing that I'm surrounded by people that care whether-"

"Okay," Stone's eyes went large, "this has been fun, but I see a sunny spot right over there that we should really go claim Sonny."

"Pleasure as always talking to you, Brenda. Great seeing you, Robin," Sonny nodded.

-o-o-o-Robin's Apartment in CT-o-o-o-

"It's nice, but it's still New Haven," Brenda said surveying their work decorating Robin's new studio apartment.

"Sorry Bren, I really did try talking them into moving the school of medicine to Port Charles, but-"

Brenda scoffed at her friend.

Robin laughed.

"Port Charles is good enough for Jason," she argued yet again.

"Jason had boarding school, this is my boarding school."

"Boarding school is highly overrated," Brenda rolled her eyes.

"So is staying in the same town your ENTIRE life. I barely even remember my life before Port Charles."

"Wish I could say the same," she flopped down on to her old couch that she and Jason had donated to Robin's move, it was white and fabulous and obviously very not practical for a family. Jason having already left in the rental truck that had transported Robin's many donated furnishings with Jagger, leaving her alone to face the ride back with Karen so they could have a slumber party. Luckily Karen had gone out for food leaving them alone for a bit.

"Do you want to put your feet up?" Robin said leaning to go clear off the decorative tray from the coffee table, "Or take a nap?"

Brenda silenced her friend with a glare.

"Or give me a death glare that makes me regret being nice to you?"

Brenda laughed. "If you were nice you'd come home."

"I'll be home in a few years, provided Alan offers me-"

"He'll offer you an internship if he ever wants to see his grandchild," she pointed down at her stomach.

"Awww you're using the baby as a pawn before she's even born, I think you finally earned your last name."

The girls both laughed.

Brenda turned serious, "Are you still staying away because of Stone?"

"I was nev-"

Brenda rolled her eyes.

"It hurts sometimes." Robin shook her head slowly. "He's healthy and he's adjusted and he still doesn't want me in his life."

"He wants you in his life."

"As a friend," Robin quickly countered. "How am I supposed to watch him date others-"

"You dated Mario for two years," Brenda pointed out Robin's longest relationship in college.

"Because I have to move on and I can't do that in Port Charles."

"It's been-"

"I know how long it's been Brenda and I'm doing the best I can. I just can't be there every day with him and not be with him."

"Maybe if you were just around more-"

"I came back every break that first year and begged him to give us another chance."

"He was sc-"

"He knows what I feel. He's educated about his disease now and he still doesn't want me back. I need to get over it."

The buzzer rang.

"That's Karen, can we drop this?"

"As long as you promise to come home for your internship."

Robin laughed as she stood, "You know I could have gone abroad for medical school, Paris has a-"

"Paris really? As in I could have shopped and flown home with Jason and slept instead of a five hour drive with Karen and awkward small talk?"

"Why didn't I go to Paris?" Robin turned as she pressed the buzzer.

"Parisians are snooty, you'd have killed them in a week," Brenda smiled.

-o-o-o-Brenda and Jason's living room-o-o-o-

She turned as the door opened and Jason came in the front door.

"Hey."

"You look vaguely familiar, do I know you?"

"Ugh," he groaned and then dropped onto the sofa next to her.

"You look like this guy I have a lot of pictures with, I'm wearing white, he's wearing a tux, there were tons of people around."

He laughed with closed eyes as his head was already back on the sofa.

"That sound familiar to you?"

"Vaguely."

"You're home before I'm in bed, what's up?"

"There's a storm coming, we figured we should head home and pray for a snow day."

"We? Meaning you and Karen?"

"And Travis and Jeff," he finished as his head rolled to face her.

"Does Jeff have a girlfriend?"

"Karen already tried when Robin was home for Christmas."

Brenda frowned.

"Are you frowning because it didn't work or because Karen tried?"

"Does it matter?"

"Considering I'm home for the first time all week before you're asleep? No." He went to kiss her.

"Seriously dude, I'm like nineteen hundred months pregnant. It's so not happening."

"I had to try," he rolled away and stood. "We have anything good to eat?"

-o-o-o-Brenda's Hospital Room-o-o-o-

"Look at those lips."

Brenda frowned slightly hearing AJ's voice.

"They're like a bow."

Brenda smirked at Jason's.

"Should your daughter's mouth look like a gift?"

She burst out laughing, opened her eyes and rolled her head towards them.

"Don't startle the guy holding the baby," AJ snapped, the panic was evident across his face and his attention snapped back down to the baby he had pulled closer in his haste.

"Whatever, just don't drop her."

AJ scowled at his sister in law.

"Someone needs to remember that line when she starts dating," Brenda said with her eyes half closing.

"Like I can ever forget it," the woe was evident in Jason's voice.

"Yea we're sending her off to a convent when she turns 15," Brenda announced.

"15?" Jason snapped.

"She is-" both AJ and Brenda began.

"Her kid."

"My kid."

"Ugh," Jason groaned.

-o-o-o-Brenda and Jason's house: 8 days in-o-o-o-

He rubbed the spot on his head that had just connected with the doorway, he still wasn't used to the house Lila had gifted to them at Brenda's baby shower. Bianca was screaming and Brenda was crying, so Jason didn't pause for long to comfort his aching head, instead hoping the bottle in his hand would provide him some relief or at least it would calm one of the two Bs down.

Sure enough the littlest B quieted down as soon as the nipple found her mouth despite the fact that it wasn't her mother's.

"I can't even feed her," the big B continued to be distraught despite Bianca now being calm and in the process of being nourished.

"You're just stressed." They both were after days of little sleep. Jason no longer had any idea what was going on in school just that Karen was pointing him in the right direction and poking him when he started to doze off. She had informed him yesterday that Jagger and Stone had worked out their schedules to help Brenda on the weekend and he was going to her place because they had a test on Monday. He wasn't even sure what class the test was in. He had thrived for the first few days, feeling like superman, but he had crashed quickly and like always Brenda was crashing even more spectacularly than he. He would have to cave and suggest she go over the house when he was at school tomorrow. Brenda needed sleep and the only way she was going to get it was if she was in a different wing than Bianca.

"I'm a failure at this!"

"It's just because we're new," his eyes were already closing, he was thinking about moving back fully onto their bed and trying out the whole family bed sleeping arrangement just so he wouldn't drop his daughter.

"I destroyed our lives!"

His eyes half closed, he loved his wife, he would comfort her in a minute.

"I get stressed and I do the stupidest things."

He frowned slightly wondering what his wife was saying, he needed to go into research and cure crazy hormones, yea that was what he needed to do.

"Three stupid pills," the despair spilled out of every word.

His eyes opened.

"I lost my mind for 3 days! 3 days! And now we're miserable for the rest of our lives? How is that fair?"

Brenda's repeated claims that first night that she couldn't be pregnant made a lot more sense. "You what?" He asked turning to his wife, his voice sounded angry, he hadn't meant for it to sound angry, but he was tired, so very tired.

"I hate marketing," her voice crumbled.

"So you stopped taking the pill?" Again with the angry voice.

"I was desperate."

"Then you talk to me," his voice was just as desperate as hers, "we had this discussion."

"After I already started taking the pill again. It was temporary insanity."

"Why are you just telling me this now?"

"Because I thought we'd be fine and then we weren't. Kevin told you and you were happy and-"

"How did you just stop taking the pill without telling me?" He couldn't understand it, he couldn't fathom it, they were married. Deciding what kind of car he was going to lease for his own use was a two week discussion.

"You sent me to Kevin because you thought I was crazy."

"You were already pregnant."

"Well you should have started paying attention sooner."

"How is this my fault?"

"Because you're angry at me and that's what I do!"

"I'm not angry at you," he forced himself to calm down, it's not like they were yelling, but the tension was definitely thick. Brenda at least had finally stopped crying, of course now his head pounded even further.

"Yes, you are because I ruined our lives and perfect future," her hands went up and the tears started again.

"Brenda, our lives are never going to be perfect. They're going to suck at times."

"You hate me and you're going to come to your senses and leave me because I'm going to keep screwing up like this because I can't be better Jason," she toppled sideways onto her pillow.

He laughed.

"You're laughing at me," her miserable and shocked declaration was slightly muffled by the pillow she had been attempting to drown herself in.

"Where am I going to go? I walked into a wall and I don't even have the energy to get a Tylenol," he laughed.

"Are you okay?" her voice softened with honest concern.

"My head is pounding," he admitted still laughing.

"Are you okay?" she quickly shifted up and crossed the bed to him, her fingers searching for an injury.

"I think I'll live," he continued to chuckle.

"You keep laughing, isn't that a sign of a concussion or brain damage," her fingers continued their search.

"I'm so exhausted I can't even think straight, let alone walk straight," he still laughed.

"Because of me," her head dropped to his shoulder.

"Yea well I'd say don't do it again, but-"

She snorted.

"Yea well you owe me now. I don't want a single complaint when I decide we're having another."

She snorted again.

He laughed.

"Not gonna happen.."

"So no more sex?"

"I'm gonna be so awesome with the pill, even your mother will be proud of me."

"Nah," he smiled and looked down, "she likes Bianca too much."

"Too bad she can get more from Keesha and Emily."

He laughed again, "So do you really think I couldn't switch your pills?"

"You wouldn't."

"Fair's fair."

"That's so not funny," she said shifting up to look at her husband. "You used to be nice."

He laughed again, "And then I married you."

"You're an ass," she hit Jason on the shoulder.

"Hey language," he said looking down to see the baby had dropped off with the nipple still in her mouth.

"How is she so perfect when she's asleep?" Brenda looked down as well to see the fair haired child in her husband's arms.

"I don't know, but it would probably more enjoyable if you'd stop checking her with a mirror to make sure she's still breathing."

"That's your mother's fault," she was quick to inform her husband.

"I know, just try to put it out of your head, you can't watch her every second."

"Mmm," she didn't completely believe him. "So you don't hate me?"

His head tilted to rest against hers, "Really think I could hate you because of her?"

"You walked into a wall," amusement started to tinge her voice.

"And I'm probably going to jail for killing the first boy that looks at her."

She let out a soft laugh.

He looked down with a smile at his sleeping daughter, "I was in love with her before you even admitted you were pregnant." He looked down at the little girl everyone swore was the spitting image of him as a baby, "Before that moment kids were just a requirement of growing up, a chance to do all the stuff I didn't get to do with my dad. Then the moment I knew about her, she just became…"

"Everything," Brenda filled in.

"Exactly."

"I really hope she starts to pick up your temperament soon."

"Don't take this the wrong way, but so do I."

She laughed softly once more.

"I hate to admit this, but I think Grandfather was right."

"We need a nanny," she finished.

"I didn't know it was possible to feel like this and not be in the hospital."

"A night nurse at least," she continued. Then paused with a frown, "Why is she asleep and we aren't?"

"Because in a moment not befitting the Quartermaine name, you were honest."

"Oh right," she tapped his shoulder and leaned back onto the bed, "sometimes you rub off on me. Maybe we could be the black sheep of the family, all moral and crap," she said as she fell back into her pillow.

"I don't think we have to worry about that," he said struggling to lift himself to his feet.

-o-o-o-Bianca's Christening: The Q's-o-o-o-

Her hand clamped over her husband's mouth as he tried to inform Robin and Stone that they were outside as well, hiding in Lila's garden from the crowd inside, already asking about the next one. Robin and Stone had both arrived with dates and Brenda had been waiting for something to occur, the fact that she tried to initiate some type of action between them by making them both godparents, failed before it got off the ground because Jason refused to even budge on AJ being Bianca's godfather. His joking suggestion of they could have another baby immediately for the two exes to godparent had gotten a box of wipes thrown at him.

"You think this is how I wanted it?" Brenda's heart broke at the desperation in Stone's voice. "That I want to watch our friends and our family have the kind of life, we were supposed to have."

"You're the one that stopped our lives before they even began!" Anger and resentment dripped off of every one of Robin's heartbroken words.

"What else could I do?"

"You could have cared more about us than the virus."

"Cared about us? Are you serious? Do you not think that every single, miserable, god damn moment since I was diagnosed hasn't been about us?"

"How has it been about us?" Robin's eyes were large with tears, that redhead that arrived on his arm, certainly wasn't her.

"Because I need to know that you're out there and that you're safe and you can still have a real life."

"All I hear are a lot of Is. Our relationship had two people in it Stone."

"I would die if I ever made you sick. They aren't curing this Robin. I thought they would for awhile, hell before I found out I had it, I was sure they would, but they aren't. Let's face it."

"There are people who have been living with this for almost two decades now. I could die of cancer before then."

"Or you could get cancer from AIDS Robin," Stone yelled even louder.

"There are a million what ifs in life Stone. This is one of those risks that I got to decide, not you."

His voice dropped and started to quiver, "It might make you sick, but it would kill me." His hand trembled against his chest, "I couldn't live with that."

"But you can live with watching me sleep with other men, marry one of them, men I don't love and I never will."

"You just think that now."

"Now Stone?" She shook her head at him, "Now was my first year in college when my roommate thought I was suicidal because I was crying all the time. I made it through college without you and I hated you every single second of it."

"Good," Stone swallowed hard and nodded his head at her. "Hate me, put me out of your mind, forget I ever existed."

"No," her head shook again, "I hated you because I knew how happy I could be, but I wasn't because you wouldn't let me."

"You'd hate me more one day if I got you sick. When you keep watching our friends have children, but we can't."

"There are dozens of ways to have children Stone. We could have a baby, Stone, our own baby. You know the research as well as I do."

"No, I would never risk you like that."

"You are so scared of me dying that you won't let me live. What is the point of it Stone?"

"I can't Robin," he shook his head, "I just can't." He walked back into the house.

Robin crumpled to the ground seconds later and Brenda's arms were around her soon after.

-o-o-o-Brenda and Jason's Living Room-o-o-o-

"She's never coming home," Brenda said as she ended her phone call with Robin as Jason had listened to Brenda's half of the conversation trying to calm his wife as best he could.

"It's a good opportunity Brenda," he tried to reason with her.

"She was already in Yale, Jason!" Robin was going to Paris. Robin was leaving everything and going to finish school in Paris.

His hands lifted and then fell; he didn't have an answer for her. They had all tried reasoning with both sides of the former couple and they had all failed.

"I don't understand how she can just walk away from her life," Brenda sat on the edge of the sofa.

"I think she's trying to figure out how to have a life without Stone," he sat on the coffee table in front of her.

"How does she think Paris is going to be any different than Connecticut?"

"I don't know."

"She's doing it, so she won't have to visit," Brenda nodded slowly. "She's doing it so she never has to come home."

"Br-"

She shook her head at him. "I try to understand her. Understand what she's going through, but I can't. I can't imagine ever giving up on us."

"I know," he nodded.

"They're throwing away their lives. She is never going to be happy without him Jason. She's-"

"I know Brenda," he took his wife's hands.

"I'm horrible and selfish because I miss her."

He laughed softly at her, "I don't think that makes you selfish."

"Yes it does," she laughed down at him, "because honestly I wish they'd get their head's out of their asses so I could get my best friend back."

"What I'm not your best friend?" He feigned pain as he pulled back.

"No," she laughed at him, "because you get to talk about sex with your best friend."

"You can't talk about sex with me?" He smirked and took her hands again as he leaned forward.

"Your ego is bad enough without me adding to it," she laughed.

"My ego?" He repeated in true shock.

"You know you're amazing and perfect in 973 ways."

"973?" He smiled.

"Might be more, I got sick of counting."

He laughed and pulled her towards him.

-o-o-o-The airport-o-o-o-

"I don't want you to go," Brenda clung to Robin as she had been since they got to the airport to say goodbye.

"Think of all the great shopping-"

"I don't want to shop, I want you here."

"I'll pay you to stay," Jason offered quickly from behind Bianca's stroller.

Mac snorted.

"Stop going to school, I'll just sign over my paychecks."

Robin laughed.

"I'm not kidding if you can get her to stop shopping-"

"I totally will," Brenda promised her best friend. "Of course I'd help you spend your earnings."

"Tempting, but I'm still going."

"Had to try," Jason shrugged.

Mac laughed.

"You'll visit right?" Brenda hugged her once more.

"Whenever I can."

"I'll make Edward send the jet if you try to bail."

Robin laughed.

"Can I hug her goodbye yet?" Mac questioned with a smile.

Brenda groaned, but reluctantly separated, forlornly looking on.

Robin was passed around the small group and lingered over Bianca, who was all smiles for her aunt, unaware that her playmate would be gone for many months.

She was backing away slowly when she stopped in shock.

"Stone?" She questioned seeing the love of her life approaching her. Everyone remained silent as Robin eventually noticed the suitcase and bag in his hands, "What are you-"

"Vive la France?" he lifted the bags in a shrug.

She shook her head slowly at him.

"Paris is for lovers right? I can't let you go alone."

"So you're…"

"Ticket's waiting for me at the counter," he nodded nervously.

"But-" her head shook some more.

"C'est la vie?" Stone shrugged.

"That's it? C'est la vie?" She asked in continued shock.

"Let's go to Paris," he nodded at her.

She let out a quick laugh. "Okay," she nodded.

"Okay," he nodded back with a bright smile, relief flooding through him. Stone shifted his duffle to his shoulder before digging around his pocket, pulling out his keys, "My car's totally in the drop off area," he said to Jason.

Jason took the keys with a smile, "I'll take care of it."

"Can you tell Jagger and Karen where I went also?"

"You got it," Jason nodded.

"See ya," he nodded at them before going to take Robin's hand.

"Bye," they called out in unison.

"So you know the only French I know is from Pepe la Pew right?"

She laughed up at him and he used the opportunity to steal a quick kiss.

-o-o-o-AJ and Keesha's Wedding Reception-o-o-o-

"So I'm totally awesome, you can barely see the bump," Brenda said sitting next to Lila, looking at AJ and Keesha during their first dance.

"Brenda," Lila quietly snapped.

"Everyone knows," Brenda rolled her eyes.

"It is not polite talk for their wedding."

"Please at the rate they were going planning the wedding," she rolled her eyes again.

"I was beginning to doubt it was ever going to happen," Lila conceded.

"I can't believe AJ actually grew up."

"For that, we're all grateful."

"Where are our husbands," Brenda suddenly asked realizing they would soon be calling for married couples to join in.

"Most likely mine is up to no good as yours is trying to stop him," Lila smiled.

"Doesn't he know aggravating Jason is my job," she smiled back.

-o-o-o-Lila's sitting room-o-o-o-

"Are you bored my dear?" Lila questioned her granddaughter as she stared out of a window.

"No, of course not," Brenda quickly snapped back to reality.

"You don't have to help me with this," she referred to the charity event she was organizing.

"What?" Brenda shook her head, "No. I love helping you. I'd lose my mind otherwise."

"You have been out of school for a year and a half my dear."

"I'm raising a child," she pointed at the door, her child was out there somewhere.

Lila raised her eyebrows, currently Reginald was caring for Bianca, just as he did most days Brenda was at the house. The staff was always quick to steal away the little angel as soon as she arrived.

"Okay I don't know how people are with their kids 24 hours a day, I need a break so I still like her at the end of the day."

"Trust me my dear, I know. I raised Tracey."

Brenda laughed.

"There is nothing wrong with you having a career or going back to school."

"No," she shook her head, "Jason and I decided that-"

"You don't want Bianca raised by nannies, but it's hardly the same thing when she'll be in a house with her family."

"No," Brenda shook her head some more, "I want to be her mother full time. This is enough for me."

"As long as you're sure my dear. I know with Jason at the hospital so much-"

"I'm fine," Brenda nodded.

-o-o-o-The Park-o-o-o-

"Hey," Brenda smiled seeing Jagger as she pushed Bianca in her stroller as they headed towards the swings on a beautiful spring day waiting for Jason to get a break at work so they could get lunch with him.

"Hey yourself," he smiled and put a hand on the shoulder of the young boy with him.

"You must be James," Brenda smiled. The foster child Jagger had talked Karen into taking in after he kept running away from the group home and Jagger had been the officer to find him. He was ten and had been in the system since he was 6 when his mother had gone into jail on drug charges.

The boy remained mute.

"Come on Jimmy, say hi to Brenda and this is Bianca," Jagger squatted next to the 16 month old blonde. "Jason's daughter."

"Jason told me all about you," she smiled, "he said you're totally awesome at basketball and you used to play at your old school."

"Till they got rid of me," the little boy muttered still angry at his old foster parents that had moved, and left him behind.

"Does your new school have a basketball team?"

"We signed him up at St. Timothy's."

"That'll be great. I can't wait to see you play."

He frowned at her. "You like sports?"

Jagger laughed.

"I'm learning to," she conceded.

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