Christina-
I was putting a load of laundry in the dryer when Joe's truck pulled up. I heard the front door open and heavy footsteps walking around in the living room. I was nervous and afraid to see him. A small knock on the wall behind me made me turn, Jon stood there.
"Hey, we're home", he said.
I nodded and bit my lip.
"Is he still mad at me?", I asked, my voice low.
"He's not mad, if anything he's hungover", he said chuckling.
I looked down.
"You didn't do anything wrong and I told him that. Well I more like yelled it at him", he said.
"I don't think I should see him now", I said.
"But I want to see you", I looked up to see Joe standing by Jon.
I looked down again.
"Please", he said.
"I'll give you both a moment", Jon said.
He left and I tried to pass Joe, but he blocked my way.
"I'm sorry for what I said. I don't blame you and I know that if you could you would have gotten your memory back a long time ago", he said.
"I don't blame you for being mad at me, hell I'm mad at me", I said.
"I love you, I just had too much to drink babe", he said.
"I know", I said, looking down.
He placed a finger under my chin and lifted my head to look at him.
"I know you love me too. Forgive me?", he asked.
I stood on my tippy toes to reach his lips.
"I get it you know, I'm frustrated too. I want all of this to just go away and let us be happy again because we were happy right?", I said.
He nodded.
"Very happy", he smiled.
I smiled.
"About Ella, you letting her go without asking me", I said.
"I'm sorry about that too, I should have called you and asked you. You're the parent at home and you should make those calls", he said.
"I just want to be included in those decisions", I said.
He nodded.
Jason-
I was pacing the living room, my mom watched me from the couch.
"When those results come back and show that he is the father, they are going to want to question me. What am I going to do?", I asked my mom.
"There is nothing you can do, just relax. Besides you killed the only other person who knew what we did. She's dead and can't talk, the judge will just say it was a mistake the hospital made. All you have to do is stay calm", she said.
"How is this going to help me get Chris back?", I asked.
"Would you stop with that. There is nothing you can do, this is over", she said loud.
I shook my head no.
"If he's out of the way", I said.
"You tried that already, except you made the stupid mistake of not checking who was in the truck when you hit it", she said.
"I thought it was him", I shouted.
"But it wasn't, now she doesn't remember a thing and she still doesn't want you", my mom yelled.
"She will when he's out of the way", I growled.
I walked out of the room, I paced the hotel hall. I went to my room and went to my bathroom to splash water in my face.
Roman-
Two weeks later-
We had gotten a call from the judge, the results were in. They said we didn't have to bring the twins in, just us and our lawyer. I held onto Christina's hand. I looked at her and she was chewing on her bottom lip.
"Hey", I said.
She turned to look at me.
"Everything is gonna be okay and if by some chance those results say I'm not their dad, we will find a way to be happy. Even if Jason is in our lives for the rest of our lives, that won't stop me from loving you and those kids", I said.
She smiled.
"Promise?", she asked.
I nodded and rested my forehead against hers.
"Promise babe", I whispered.
"I love you", she whispered.
I pressed my lips softly to hers.
"I love you too baby", I said.
Danny came over to us.
"Sorry to interrupt, but they want us now", he said.
We stood and walked into the judge's chamber. Jason walked in a few minutes later, his mom and lawyer with him. The judge walked in and sat down. He sighed and looked at all of us.
"I'm sure you've all heard about what happened. It was devastating and yet, I can't help but think that the person who killed her had something to hide", the judge said.
We knew he was talking about Lacy, the nurse who was killed. The judge held up an envelope.
"Results, but before I open them, I would like to say that there will be a trial", he said.
"Why the trial your honor?", Jason's lawyer asked.
"The results in this test match one of the paternity tests", he said.
He looked over at us and smiled.
"Mr. Anoa'i, congratulations, your twins are yours", he said.
I felt this weight lift off my shoulders. Danny patted my back and I turned to Christina and hugged her.
"Now for your client", I pulled away from Chris when I heard the judge speak.
Jason's lawyer looked at him and then back at the judge.
"I'm trying to figure out how your test came back saying your client was the father, then by some weird twist of fate the nurse who did the test is dead. We will be getting down to the bottom of this", the judge said.
"Your honor, do my clients have to go to this trial?", Danny asked.
The judge sighed and nodded.
"I'm afraid so, seeing as this involves them", he said.
I nodded and looked at Chris. After the judge let us leave, we let Jason go first and stayed behind to talk to Danny.
"Do either of you think that maybe there is a chance Jason hurt Lacy?", Danny asked.
I looked down at Chris.
"I know you think he's not capable of doing something like that, but I do. He's not the same person you remember, he's changed", I said.
"I believe you but in my mind, I guess I still see the Jason I first met and", she sighed and sat down.
"I know babe", I said, rubbing her arms.
Danny cleared his throat.
"Also, the father of Tiffany's baby has called. He wants to set up a meeting with you both", he said.
"Set it up", I said.
"Okay", he nodded.
Christina-
Joe had gone for a Saturday morning run. Usually he didn't get to do them because he was working, but they had given him this weekend off. I went to Ella's room and knocked on her door.
"Come in", she said.
I walked in, she was in bed on her laptop. She smiled at me and sat up better, I went and sat beside her.
"Is this talk about Tiffany?", she asked.
"I'm afraid so", I said.
"I don't understand how you could be so friendly towards her. It's like you two are best friends or something", she said.
"I don't know about how I felt about her before but the only reason I'm friendly towards her now is because she gave me you. She didn't try and stop me from adopting you. She knew I was thinking about what is best for you and by her giving up here rights she was thinking about what's best for you as well", I said.
She shrugged.
"I can't force you to like her or even talk to her, but knowing your dad and the way he and I were raised, I'm sure we taught you manners", I said.
She nodded.
"No more rolling your eyes at her or ignoring her when she says hello. You don't have to sit and talk with us, just a simple hello back would be enough", I said.
"I know, I'm sorry", she said.
"Also, about you calling your dad and asking him if you could go out, when I'm the parent at home", she sat back up.
"I know, dad told me and I'm sorry, I should have asked you", she said.
I nodded.
"Anything you want to talk about? School? Boys?", I asked.
"What's gonna happen with the twins? You and dad didn't say much and I'm worried that something happened with the twins", she said.
"Everything is okay", I smiled.
"So dad is their dad?", she asked.
I nodded with a smile. She sighed. She looked down and then back up at me.
"Yes?", I asked.
"Have you and dad decided on a name for the baby?", she asked.
I sighed.
"About that", I started.
"You don't plan on adopting her anymore?", she asked, sad.
"We do, but her birth father wants to meet us before giving up his rights. If he even plans on it", I said.
"Can he stop you and dad from adopting her?", she asked.
"I'm afraid so. A father has just as much of a right as the mother and if he does plan on keeping her, I hope he does right by her", I said.
"You think he would let me visit her?", she asked.
I smiled.
"If his decision is to keep her, I can ask", I said.
She nodded.
"I hope she gets to come home with us", she said.
"Me too", I said.
"Where would you put her? This house is getting too small", she said.
I laughed.
"I was thinking of rooming her with Thea. That way you keep your room all to yourself", I said.
"Do you plan on having more kids?", she asked.
"I don't know, with me losing my memory I don't think it's a good idea and also the probability of me getting pregnant again isn't so high. Carter was a big surprise", I said.
She nodded.
"Yeah, we talked about this", she said.
"I told you about my time with cancer?", I asked.
She nodded.
"Daddy and you. Once I was old enough to understand. We had a scare, that's what dad called it and well that's when you told me", she said.
I was surprised with myself. I didn't like talking about it. I heard the front door shut and loud footsteps coming upstairs.
"Christina?", Joe called out in the hall.
Ella and I stood and went towards the hall quickly. He looked at us and smiled, his shirt was drenched in sweat and his hair was messy. He was holding a white paper in his hand.
"What's wrong?", I asked.
"I think I found us a new home", he said.
Ella sent me a look.
"Wait, you bought a house without me?", I asked.
"No, no, I found a house that would fit us. Get dressed we are all going to check it out", he said.
I looked at Ella and she shrugged.