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When Alex arrived home she got herself together and redid her make up before she got out of the car. She noticed that Dave still wasn't home yet so she headed into the house. "I'm home," she said as she got through the front door.

"MOMMY!" yelled Jordyn as she ran over to her to hug her.

"Hey," she said hugging her back and laying her keys down on the counter. "Where's Miss Lindsey?"

"I'm right here," she said as she came from the living room. "We were just watching a movie."

"Oh," she said. "Did Dave call or anything?"

"No," said Lindsey. "Your mom called though. She said she's stopping by later tonight."

"She would stop by today wouldn't she?" asked Alex shaking her head. "Of all times when my husband is gone."

"I told her it might not be a good night but she said she wanted to come visit the kids."

"So she's still coming?"

"Yeah, Alex, sorry."

"It's okay," she said walking into the living room. She saw Shawn and Chelsea sitting on the couch watching the movie while Ben and Kaylee were sitting on the floor watching it. "So guys what do you want to do for dinner tonight? I am not in the mood to cook."

"Are you upset, Mama?" asked Chelsea.

"I'm exhausted," she said.

"Can we have McDonalds?" asked Ben.

"No. No McDonalds," said Alex.

"Pizza!" said Kaylee.

"Maybe," said Alex.

"How about Taco Bell?" asked Chelsea.

"You know, Chelsea, it's like you know my cravings. I would LOVE Taco Bell."

"So we're getting Taco Bell?" asked Ben.

"Yes," said Alex.

"That works too," he said with a smile. "I love Taco Bell."

"Good," said Alex. "Lindsey, after I take orders would you mind going to get it?"

"No. Not at all," she said.

"Thanks," said Alex.

"Where's my dad?" asked Shawn.

"He went out for a little bit," said Alex.

"Oh," he said, "is he coming home?"

"I think so," said Alex. The truth was she wasn't sure if he was coming back or not. She wanted him to but the way it looked it wasn't promising. She wished she could go back to when she told him to get out and change it but it was too late. She started taking orders for Taco Bell so that Lindsey could go and get back as fast as possible. The entire day had flown by faster than Alex expected. It was already 5:30 in the afternoon. With everything that happened the fight, the crying, talking to Tony and going to visit Ron's grave the day just flew. Alex didn't get anything done that she planned to do but she figured it could all wait until tomorrow.

She had just finished taking down the orders and Lindsey was about to leave when the doorbell rang. She opened the door to see her mother standing there. She felt her heart start to pound because Alex was never the one to tell her mom when her and Dave were having problems. It was just something she felt she didn't need to know. She felt bad the day of Ben's party when she fought with Dave right in front of them. Alex tried to be secretive about anything that happened between her and Dave and lately they had been having their fair share of problems. Her mom just picked a bad time to show up. "Mom," said Alex.

"Hey, Alex," she said reading the nervous expression of her daughter's face. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Come in," she said. "Lindsey was just about to go to Taco Bell for dinner. Here's the money," she said handing it to Lindsey.

"All right. I will be right back," said Lindsey as she headed to Taco Bell.

"Taco Bell? Alex? That's not a healthy dinner. I thought you liked to cook healthy for them?"

"Mom, I do but I've had a bad day. It's just easier this way. Besides the baby wants Taco Bell."

"I see," said Sylvia. "And where is Dave?"

Alex bit her bottom lip which was a sign that something was wrong. She had done it since she was little when she got nervous. "He's not here."

"And where is he?"

"Mom, I don't know. We had a fight and I told him to get out."

"Oh my! I'm sorry, Alex," she said hugging her. "What happened?"

"He lied to me about something and went behind my back to take Chelsea to a movie audition. She got the part but still."

"Wow," said Sylvia. "He shouldn't have lied to you."

"I know and the thing about it is.. He couldn't be nice about it. He acted like it was no big deal. He said I was unreasonable and that's why he did it. He said if I didn't have rules that he wouldn't have done it. The fact is.. Chelsea isn't ready for that life and as her mother I have a right to say if I want her in a movie or not. We agreed we'd wait a couple years but he couldn't wait. He just had to do it and said since it wasn't something I wanted then I made a big deal about it."

"Well, Chelsea is your daughter too. You do have the right to say if you want her in the movie or not. Parenting is a team effort."

"Exactly," said Alex, "but he wasn't understanding that. I told him to get out and now I don't know if he's coming back."

"He'll be back, Alex, don't worry yourself. He'll be back."

"I hope so," she said. "I really hope so."

"He will," said Sylvia. "You know your husband has a hot headed temper. Just give him some time to calm down. He'll be back."

"Okay," said Alex.

"GRANDMA!" said Jordyn.

"Hey, Jordyn," she said picking her up.

"Mom," said Alex. "You shouldn't do that."

"I'm okay, Alex. Today is one of my good days."

"All right," said Alex. "Have a seat."

"Thanks," said Sylvia as she took a seat on the couch after Shawn and Chelsea got up for her. "I see Shawn is here. How are you?"

"Good," he said.

"Shawn is going to be staying with us for a while. His mom is undergoing treatment for cancer again."

"That's a shame. I hope she gets better."

"Thank-you," said Shawn. "She'll get better. My mom is a strong woman. She'll fight it."

"Yes she is," said Alex with a smile. Shawn's optimism impressed her. She felt bad for him though because he was pretty much forced to grow up fast. He dealt with bone cancer when he was younger and now his mom had cancer. It was just sad for Alex to see a child grow up so fast and have to deal with grown up things. She could barely deal with her mom being sick and she was 35 years old. She couldn't imagine how hard it must have been for Shawn at 13. "Shawn, I'm sorry. This isn't exactly the homecoming we were planning on giving you."

"Alex, it's okay. I have plenty more days here. I'm still having fun. Chelsea and me have been hanging out so it's okay."

"I know but I just feel bad," she said.

"Don't. I'm fine. My mom and her fiance fight all the time. It's nothing new."

"Okay," said Alex.

"So Shawn, what grade are you going into now?"

"7th," he said.

"I thought you were the year ahead of me?" asked Chelsea.

"I was but I got held back in 2nd grade because of being out with cancer."

"Oh," said Chelsea. "I'm going to be in 7th grade too! This is going to be so cool! We're going to be in the same grade and the same school. That's going to be fun."

"Yeah it is!" said Shawn with a smile.

"I am amazed at how close they are," said Sylvia.

"Me too," said Alex. "They get along great. I'm glad."

"That is good considering the way she treats poor Kaylee," said Sylvia.

"She's getting better with her. She hasn't called her Fed Ex lately.. We're taking it one step at a time."

"At least we're past that point," said Sylvia. "And Ben seems to be doing better with his behavior."

"Oh did I tell you the school told me not to send him back unless we get him tested for behavioral issues."

"That's not surprising," said Sylvia. "So are you going to?"

"Yeah in a couple weeks. OH that's another thing Dave feels we're spending too much money sending the kids to private school."

"Then your father and me will pay for it. I will not let my grandchildren be destroyed by the public school system. I never went to public school, you kids never went to public school and my grandchildren will not either."

"I know. I love my kids going to private school although Ben is on the edge of getting kicked out."

"That's bad because he's only going into 1st grade. Was Dave a bad child?"

"Mom, you have NO idea. According to Donna Dave was a quite the hellion. He wreaked havoc on EVERY teacher he ever had. He was the class clown and then when he got older he just stopped going to school his senior year. He never graduated."

"Well, it's a good thing he's good looking, a wrestler and has good acting skills because you two would be shit out of luck."

"I know," she said, "I know. He is good looking huh?" asked Alex with a smile.

"Yes, Alex," said Sylvia. "And you two together make some of the cutest kids."

"Yeah we do," she said with a smile as Lindsey walked in with their food. "Mom, did you want anything to eat because I will share."

"Oh. No Thank-you," she said. "I'll sit in the living room till the kids are done and then I'll hang out with them."

"Okay," said Alex as she had the kids file into the dining room to eat. She gave them each what they ordered and their drink before she took her own meal and put tons of hot sauce on it. The joys of being pregnant again. Nothing was ever hot and spicy enough for her. She covered her entire meal in hot sauce before she ate it. Once they were finished eating the kids went into the living room to play with their grandma while Alex and Lindsey were cleaning up. "So anything about Kevin?"

"He's out of jail," said Lindsey. "He got out on bail. He is ordered to stay away from Reagan and me. I have a PFA on him and I don't have to face him until we go to court."

"Good. I hope he gets everything he deserves," said Alex.

"Me too," she said. "I can't believe they let him out."

"I can. This justice system just doesn't care enough for victims of domestic violence. If they did they wouldn't let them back out on the streets. The fact is once an abuser always an abuser."

"Does that go for Tony too?"

"I don't know. I don't think he's brave enough to put his hands on Athena because Dave would bury him. Okay let me rephrase that.. In MOST cases the abuser will abuse again but some of them can change I guess."

"I don't think Kevin will ever change. I'm not even holding hope out for that. I think I'm fine with just Reagan and me for a while. I have learned that I deserved WAY more than what he was giving to me. I know one day that special someone is going to come into my life but I'm only 20. I have plenty of time to find a guy. Right now I need to focus on getting my life together and giving Reagan the life she deserves."

"You're right," said Alex with a smile, "you have plenty of time. Maybe after I broke up with Tony I should have stayed single to get my life together instead of getting involved with Dave right away and my life wouldn't be so f**ked up."

"How old were you when you finally broke up with Tony?"

"21," said Alex as Dave walked into the dining room.

"Hey," he said.

"Hi," said Alex looking at him.

"Well," said Lindsey. "Your man is here. Go talk to him. Make things right. Then go have wild sex."

"Lindsey, shut up," said Alex with a smile.

"You know it's going to happen," said Lindsey with a smile. "You two have a wild sex life.. I get your whole talking innuendo. I know that it means you're going to have sex but seriously go talk for real and then talk again."

"I should help you clean up."

"No. You should go talk to your husband."

"All right," said Alex.

"She's right, Alex, we should talk," he said.

"Okay. Let's go upstairs and talk," she said.

"Wherever," he said as they headed up the back set of stairs to their bedroom.

Once they were in their room Alex shut the door behind them and made sure it was locked. "So?" she said.

"Look, Alex, I know what I did was wrong. I should have talked to you first about taking Chelsea on that audition but I knew you would say no. I really wanted this for her. I think she is more than ready to handle this and do this movie. If you could have seen her and all the passion she had you would have been speechless. It was like it was real. She's a talented little girl and I know we had an agreement but I had to do it just this once to see if she had what it took."

"So why didn't you just say that the day you came home with her?"

"I knew you would be upset," said Dave. "I shouldn't have lied to you about it either. That was wrong on my part and I'm sorry. I know I should have just told you the truth and I am sorry."

"It's okay," she said. "I'm sorry if I blew everything out of proportion. I'm sorry for telling you to get out. I didn't want you to get out."

"It's okay. We both needed time to cool down before anything escalated. I just wish that you would understand that Chelsea is ready to do movies. I know we have an agreement but she's ready. Why can't you just let her do this?"

"Dave," said Alex, "Chelsea doesn't want to do the movie. She told me earlier. She said she's only doing it to make you happy."

"I didn't force her to do this, Alex."

"I know," said Alex, "but she doesn't want to do it. I don't know if you want to pull her out or let her work on it and then see if she likes it or not."

"I would like for her to do it. I want her to at least try it. If she doesn't like it then she can stop. Alex, I'm telling you. She is good at this. She's got it. She's going to go far."

"I don't care as long as she finishes school," said Alex. "I am happy she got the part but I don't agree with it but since she already has the part I guess she's going to do it UNLESS she really objects to doing it."

"All right," he said. "And I am sorry for attacking you about putting her through dance. I know she loves dance and that you're not forcing her to do anything she doesn't want to do. What is going on with us lately? All we ever want to do is fight. I can't live like this, Alex, I went through this before I can't go through it again. We need to get our shit together."

"I know, Baby," she said. "I hate fighting. And with all this shit going on we need to stick together more and stop the fighting. We can't let the small things get to us or we'll never be able to make it through the big stuff. I can't keep getting stressed about this."

"Yeah. I'm supposed to keep you from getting stressed out but yet I'm part of the stress. I'm sorry," he said. "I am really sorry about the way things have been lately. It's just like everything with Sasha and Kyra has been bothering me and then that phone call stuff. The sex tape. I don't know. I'm sorry," he said hugging her.

"I'm sorry too. I love you and I don't want to fight anymore. I want us to get along. And I agree everything with Sasha and Kyra has been bothering me too and then all the phone calls. I just want it to stop. I just want our lives to go back to the way they were. I want us to be able to talk without getting into a fight. And as parents we also need to work together because if we don't we're going to lose control of our own kids. Our marriage is bigger than this, Dave. We're bigger than this. We shouldn't be letting the small things get to us."

"I know," he said. "I love you," he said.

"I love you too," she said with a smile.

"So we're all right?"

"I think so," she said. "As long as you stop lying to me and doing things behind my back."

"All right," he said. "That's good to hear because I was about to start begging you on my knees for you to forgive me."

"Hmm," said Alex with a smile, "maybe I don't' forgive you yet."

"Oh. You forgive me. Too late you already said you did."

"No.. I said we were all right. I didn't say I forgave you," she said.

"Damn," he said with a smile. "Do you forgive me?"

"Hmm. Do I forgive you? Let me see," she said with a smile.

"Maybe you need some convincing," he said as he pressed his lips against hers and kissed her passionately. As the passion built from the kiss Dave picked Alex up and carried her over to the bed. He laid her down gently as he removed her shirt. He laid soft kisses on her neck before he slowly trailed his way down her body. He softly kissed her stomach before he reached her hip bone. He gently kissed it.

With it being Alex's weak spot she said, "Okay. Okay. I forgive you!"

"I figured you would," he said with a smile before he quickly slipped out of his clothes as she quickly removed the rest of her clothes.

"And as of right now. I want you more than anything, Baby." He gave her a smile before he laid her down again and covered her with his body. He entered her softly as she let out a moan of pleasure from feeling his hardness deep inside her. Dave leaned down and kissed her passionately as he made love to his wife. With each movement he moved faster and harder as Alex matched his rhythm. As their passion built from their movements they could no longer control it anymore as they climaxed together each letting out a groan of pleasure as they did. Dave softly kissed Alex's lips before he removed his body from hers. "I love you," she said.

"So.. I'm forgiven?" he asked with a smile as he pulled Alex's body closer to his and wrapped his arm around her as she rested her head on his chest listening to the beating of his heart while using her hand to trace over her name that he had tattooed on his ribcage.

"I think so," she said. "I mean. yeah," she said.

"Good because I would hate to have to do some more convincing," he said as he kissed the top of her head.

"I'm sure," she said.

"You know what they say, make up sex is the best sex," he said as his fingertips trailed up and down her arm.

"It certainly is," she said with a smile. "I am so sorry. Do you forgive me for being a bitch?"

"I don't know, Alex, maybe you have some convincing to do," he said with a smile as he pulled her on top of his body so she was straddling him.

"I can do my own convincing," she said with a sly smile as she leaned down and kissed his lips softly. Dave rolled Alex onto her back as he softly began kissing her neck again and massaging her breasts gently as her cell phone began to go off. "Are you kidding me?" she asked.

"Leave it," said Dave. "Your mom is downstairs. Lindsey is downstairs. The kids are downstairs. It's not important. Leave it," he said before kissing her again. Her phone stopped ringing for a minute and as Dave rolled back over onto his back so Alex was straddling him again. She leaned down and laid soft kisses on his neck before her cell phone started going off again. "Leave it," he said as she stopped kissing him.

"I am going to take it," she said as she removed herself from Dave and grabbed it from her jeans pocket. Dave let out a deep breath and sat up as she answered the phone. "Hello?"

"It's good to see everything is good between you and Dave," said the voice on the phone. "I bet he doesn't know you're planning on going to visit Dr. Ciccone does he? I'm sure he wouldn't be happy about that. How about knowing that you're so against him lying to you but you have some lies of your own but that's okay right? Alexandra Brooks always the hypocrite. I'm going to give you some time to tell your own secrets and reveal your own lies before I do it for you…. And when I do it….it will be big."

"I think you have the wrong number," said Alex before she hung up the phone on them.

"Who was it?"

"The wrong number," she said. "Where were we?" she asked climbing back into bed with him.

"We were right about here," said Dave with a smile as he laid her down and covered her body with his as they made love once more.

Everything was good between Dave and Alex but she knew he wouldn't let her go see Tony's dad so she opted not to tell him. She knew it was hypocritical because they had just fought about him doing the same thing but she really hoped going to visit him would make the phone calls stop. And make all the threats go away. She was hoping for the best it was a long shot but it was worth a shot. Alex just hoped she wasn't making the wrong decision but only time would tell.

*A/N: Lindsey seems to be adjusting well in the BAutista house. She seems like a good friend for Alex... she will play a VERY crucial part later in the story.. And everything is good between Alex and Dave again which is awesome. They're right. They can't let the small things get to them or they'll never be able to handle the big things.. and trust me.. big things are coming. Apparently Alex might have some secrets and lies that they're giving her time to reveal before they do it BIG.. which could publicly destroy Alex if they do.. if she has lies and secrets though. She should tell Dave about going to see Tony's dad especially AFTER she just fought about DAve doing something behind her back.. double standard.. I think she's playing with fire by doing this.. but it could help them out in the long one or make things worse. So what did you think? Please Review and thank-you for taking the time to read.