Ok I am so very sorry that it took me MONTHS to get this out but I was very
disappointed at my reviews. I felt that my story shouldnt be told anymore
because you guys obviously werent reading it so I figured I'd just stop writing
it. I REALLY think that you should review the stories you have read I know
that I try to review everything I read. I know that there are a few people who
ACTUALLY DID REVIEW and I want to thank all of you. You are the reasons I
decided to finish this story and thats exactly what Im doing. This is going to
be many chapters combined into one last posting. After this I dont know
where my stories will go. I got NO reviews for the sequal (chapter 15) for
"Sometimes Secrets Kill" and to be honest the reviews for the rest of it as well
as those for this story SUCK!!! There are a lot of stories that I have read that
no offense to their authors are just plain stupid. They try to tell the same
story as someone else only doing a worse job, have terrible grammar and
language like the use of noone (thats one word that annoys me to NO end),
and poor spelling. I mean absolutley no disrespect for those people who wrote
them because theyre writing and thats the main thing here (SO DONT EVEN
FLAME ME BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN THEM BEFORE FOR YELLING AT THE
READERS AND I'LL JUST START TO DELETE THEM) I just think its time you
guys actually gave authorssome respect for all the hard work they do.
~Last Time~
A mystery person showed up at Peter and Sophies house and found a very
pregnant Daisy.
"Ezra...Oh my god I cant believe this. what are you doing here?" Daisy asked
excited to see her friend but also scared that her secret was out. "I needed to
see Peter and Sophie. Do you mind if I come in?" He asked stepping forward.
"No of course not here sit down" she said motioning to a chair. After sitting in
a shocked silence for a few minutes Ezra began a conversation. "So
your..umm.. pregnant" he said looking at her ever growing belly. "Uh yeah."
she replied. "that must be exciting. Have you decided on a name or
anything?" he asked happy for his friend. "actually Ez Peter and Sophie are
adopting my baby" she said quietly. "What do you mean?" he asked confused.
"what does the father think?" he asked. "Ezra I cant keep this baby. I dont
want to talk about it." she said getting mad. "Daisy I dont mean to upset you."
he said hearing the anger in her voice "But have you really though this over?"
"Of course I have Ezra! You know Peter and Sophie cant have children. They
want this baby and I dont know if I do." she said finishing the sentance softly
"Daiz I dont understand what your telling me. Please let me help you." he
pleaded. "Ezra I was raped at a party 8 months ago. I didnt know what to do
so I came back to Horizon. I figured theyd know what to do better than I
would." "Oh god Daisy I'm so sorry. Im such a jerk, yelling at you about
adoption when I didnt even know your reasons" He said apologeticlly as he
embraced her in a hug. "Its ok Ezra but since your asking can I really talk to
you about this?" "Of course you can. I wish you wouldve come to me sooner
after all I was given up for adoption. I couldve told you so much more than
Peter, Sophie, or any pamphlet could." He said letting go of her so she could
sit down but still keeping his arm around her shoulders. "Where should we
start?" Daisy asked weakly "how about the begining." and thats how they
stayed for an hour Ezra sat and listened to Daisy tell him the horror of
the last 8 months of her life. " Daisy you shouldnt have experienced this on
your own you know that right? Im here for you all of the cliffhangers could've
helped you." He said pleadingly. " I know I guess I was just ashamed. Ezra?"
"Yeah Daiz?" "I just told you all of my secrets but you still havent said why
you came back here..will you let me help you too?" she said sincerley.
"I....I.umm..Oh god where to start.." he said nervously "how about the
begining?" "I guess thats a good place....I need Peters help again Daisy. I
started to use drugs again." "Ohh Ezra why? you were doing so good" she
said sounding truly disappointed in the young man sitting infront of her.
"It was all of the pressure I guess, and I know even that isnt a good exscuse.
I'm weak Daisy. I just couldnt handle it. Any of it. Horizon was so safe and
sheltered. When I got into college I found dozens of kids who were into drugs
more than I was. I tried to stay away...for months I told them no...but things
started to go downhill I failed a major film project. My parents had told me
they were getting divorced again. I just needed to get away from it all so I did
the only thing I knew how to do..I found a few of those guys and I got messed
up. At first it made everything better but after a few weeks I couldnt function
without it again. I got put on academic probation and I realized this wasnt
what Peter would want of me so I came to get his help in finding the old Ezra
who as cliche as it sounds could "just say no"..." He said said laughing at the
last part. "Ezra you know what I think we should do?" "what Daiz" " I think we
should help each other... and I know exactly where to start. Would you like to
come with me to my doctors appointment?" " Yeah I think I would Daisy..I
think I would"
The two entered the doctors office talking about the old times at Horizon and
although Daisy could see that Ezra was sweating and in an obvious withdrawl
he never let up on the conversation. After waiting for a few minutes they were
brought into a room where a new doctor was waiting. "Hello..Daisy I'm Dr
Leads. I'm filling in for your regular doctor while shes away at a conference"
she said in a friendly tone. "Why dont you get settled on the table and we'll
get started." Ezra carefully helped Daisy up onto the table and after she
pulled her shirt up the doctor placed the special jell on her stomach and
began to move the special sonogram (sorry if thats spelled wrong, or if I
named the wrong machine) around until she found the baby. "Ok listen
closely now do you hear that?" she said softly "yeah what is it?" Ezra asked.
"its the babies heart beat!" she said smiling. After listening for a few minutes
the doctor announced that eveything with the baby was going good and that
Daisy could get dressed again while she went and printed out a copy of the
picture in her office. Ezra helped Daisy sit up and they began to talk while
she pulled her shirt back to its regular position. "That was increadible Daisy"
Ezra said sounding like a little kid on christmas. "yeah it was" she said as she
started to laugh. "whats so funny?" he asked with a grin. "Nothing just that
you sound really excited about this. its cute thats all." she said "Oh it's cute
hmm" he said as he began to lean in. "yeah it is" she said softly before their
lips made contact. They shared a kiss full of all the feeling they hadnt felt
since they were at Horizon and when they broke apart neither one
was sorry for what had just taken place. "we should be getting back" Daisy
said she she stood up with Ezras help. "yeah I guess so" he said picking up
the picture that the doctor had brought in while they were kissing along with
a note on a seperate piece of paper. It said "Since I probally wont see you
again congratulations on your baby. You 3 will be a very happy family." Even
though the words on that paper were false Daisy couldnt help but smile at
the thought of raising her baby with Ezra and really being a family. "Come on
Ezra" she said as she grabbed his hand and entwined their fingers as they
walked to the parking lot.
When they got back to the house both Peter and Sophie were home and they
were very pleased as well as surprised to see Ezra. After a dinner spent filling
Peter and Sophie in on the doctors news the four headed in to the living
room where Ezra explained his real reasons for returning to Horizon.
Although Peter and Sophie were shocked to hear that Ezra had fallen they
were more than willing to help him get back on track. It was decided that
Ezra would stay at their house too, and after more explenations and
searching his things (which were all free of drugs) he was brought into their
second guest room.
That night Daisy awoke to a nightmare. She had been back at that party and
this time she saw the face of the boy who slipped something into her drink.
She didnt know what to do but she was definatley freaked out. She got up
and headed towards the bathroom to wash the sweat off of her face. After she
finished she headed back down the hall and passed by Ezra's room. For some
odd reason something came over her and she went in. She quietly sat down
next to him and after looking at him toss and turn for a few minutes she
began to rise to leave however her sudden rise caused the matress to move
and Ezra awoke. "Daisy?" he mumbled "yeah Ez?" she said softly "whats
wrong?" he said begining to sit up "I had a nightmare.." "come here" he said
pulling his sheets back. Daisy cautsiously climbed in next to him and
snuggled up close to him. By instinct Ezra wrapped his arms around her waist
as far as he could (she is 8 months pregnant) and they soon driffted off into
the first night of peaceful sleep they had both had in months.
The next morning Sophie awoke with an odd feeling. She quietly crept to
Daisys room like she had been doing everyday since she had asked them to
adopt her baby. What she saw made her heart leap into her throat.
Daisy wasnt there. Sophie immediatley began to panic and as she started
back down the hall something made her stop and look in on Ezra. What she
found was both a relief and a shock...Daisy was asleep in Ezras arms. She
carefully closed the door and went back into her own room. Once safe inside
she woke Peter and told him what she saw. "Soph theyre grown now and
besides that theyre good kids I dont think anything happened. Daisy's
nowhere near ready to let that happen so soon after the rape and Ezra..well
he's just.. well he's just Ezra." Peter said smiling. "I guess your right Peter
but I'm really afraid Daisy is going to change her mind. Maybe we shouldnt
let them see each other. Ezra might be putting ideas into her head I mean he
is a product of adoption. What if he scares her into saying no? Then what
Peter?" Sophie said getting histerical. "Sophie you cant just tell them not to
see each other it just wont work. Now get rid of all your crazy ideas before
you get them upset theyre already in enough pain they dont need you to
watch them every second of the day." Peter said as he stormed out of the
room. "Just great" Sophie muttered as she got ready for the day to come.
Daisy awoke that morning to find themselves in Ezra's arms. Memories of the
night before soon filled their senses and Daisy rolled over and gently kissed
Ezra to wake him. He stirred and continued to keep his eyes closed. Daisy
gave into his game and kissed him a second time this time a smile spread
across his lips. "Ah huh your awake! I knew it" she said triumphtly.
"I'm only up becuase of you." he said playfully "How'd you sleep last night?"
he asked becoming serious. "The best I have in a very long time" she replied
thankfully. "what are we going to do today?" Ezra asked as he began to get
up. "I dont know...Peter and Sophie are at Horizon.... maybe we could just
spend the day talking." she said shyly "that sounds good to me" he replied in
an equally soft tone.
After they had gotten up they decided they would go to Rustie's for
breakfast. They both got dressed and headed there in the car that Ezra had
rented. They were seated right away and after ordering they began to talk.
Neither one had spoke much about what had gone on between them in the
past 24 hours and Daisy knew that she had to. She carefully reached across
the table and took Ezra's hand into her own. "Ez..." she began gently. "I know
Daisy we need to talk about what happened last night." he said with
confidence "You always did know what was on my mind." Daisy stated with a
smile. "Yeah well I've been thinking about this since we woke up....What did
last night mean to you?" he asked looking at there hands. "I honestly dont
know Ezra. When we were at Horizon and became a couple for that short time
after the morp things were confusing to me. I didnt have feelings for you like
"that" but last night was so different. All I could think of was how much things
had changed between us. When I saw you at the door my heart almost
jumped out of my chest. I couldnt stop thinking about you the entire time
and then as I passed your door something just came over me and I knew that I
needed you." she said letting all of her feelings out. "I'm tired of lying about
what I feel. I need things to be different for me now." she said finishing her
explenation. "Wow Daiz that was really deep. I need to tell you exactly how I
feel too." he said taking a deep breath in." I havent stopped thinking about
you since the last itme we saw each other. I hated not seeing your face
everyday. When we were seeing each other in secret I hated not being able to
show my affection the way Scott and Shelby did but it was better that way we
got to really be together without anyone suspecting anything. After
graduation when we spent the summer together it was the best time of my
life. I was free with you I could be Ezra, and even though we werent together
at that time I think it was all setting things up for this..for right now. I want
you Daisy.I need you" he said looking her right in the eyes. "I love you too
Ezra" Daisy said allowing a few free tears to slip out of her eyes. "So now
what?" Ezra asked after they had finished eating and left Rustie's. "I dont
know what do you want to do?" Daisy said in response "No I mean what now
for us? do we just go on pretending like everything back there didnt happen?
I cant go on like that. I want you in my life Daisy...you and your baby! we
could be family. I know that you dont want Peter and Sophie to adopt it. I can
see it in your eyes and in the way you act when your alone with it. You
pretend like you dont want it but its all such and act. Your just scared of
being a bad parent, but thats not going to happen. Please Daisy let me be a
part of your life." he said pleadingly. "Ohh god Ezra!!" she said shakily
"shh..it'll be ok. we'll make it ok." he said assuringly. "No I think I just went
into labor." she siad close to hysterics " Ok..what do we do?" he asked
nervously. "How about go to the hospital" she said sarcasticly. "yeah the
hospital that sounds good." he said as he opened the door to the car and
helped her in. The two drove to the nearest hospital a few towns over in
silence. When they arrived at the hospital and were put into a room the
reality of what was happening finally hit them and Daisy knew what she
had to do. "Ezra I need you to call someone for me." she said inbetween
breathing technics. "Sure I think I have Peter and Sophies number around
here somewhere." he said as he began to pick through his pockets. " No thats
ok I'd actually like it for you to call my lawyer. I have his number in my
purse." she said as she reached for the small bag on the nightstand. After
retriving the small piece of paper she had Ezra dial the number and hand her
the phone. She allowed it to ring a few times before there was an answer. A
perky secratary answered and connected Daisy to her lawyers office. After
explaing what she wanted and learing all of her options Daisy thanked the
man on the other side of the phone line and hung up. "Well?" Ezra asked
hopefully. "Now we wait."
"What a day" Sophie said as she entered Peters office at Horizon and sat down
on the small couch that he kept. The couple shared small talk about the
events of their day when there was a knock on the door. Peter opened it and
found a counselor there holding a very official looking envelope. "Whats up
Nicole?" Peter asked eying the envelope. "A messanger just dropped this off
for you and Sophie." She replied as she turned and walked back down the
hall. Peter went back into his office and handed Sophie the envelope. "Whats
this?" she asked curiously. "I dont know it was just delivered for us." he
replied equally as curious "Well then lets open it" she said as she began to rip
the paper. When she had it opened enough she pulled out a very thick pile of
stappled white papers. She turned it over to the first page and after reading a
few lines let out a loud shocked noise. "Soph..whats wrong?" Peter asked
concerned for his wife. "You said it couldnt happen again. You promised me
that this time would be different." she yelled. "What are you talking about?"
he asked confused. "Here see for yourself." she answered as she threw the
documents at him and stormed out of his office. Peter began to read the
papers and immediatly saw what had gotten his wife so upset. "Oh god Daisy
how could you." he asked himself as he broke down and began to cry for what
could have been.
Sophie didnt know what she was going to do but she knew where she was
going. She drove to the hospital wildly. Her tears were blurring her vision and
she began to weave in and out of the lanes. She regained control of her car
and continued on towards the hospital. She knew from the papers that Daisy
was there and soon enough the baby would be there too. That didnt give
Sophie much time if she wanted to watch the birth of her child. HER child
she thought as she pushed her foot down harder on the gas pedal.
At the hospital Daisy and Ezra were in a rush of their own."Come on Daisy
give me one big push." the doctor demanded. "If you think this is so easy
then you do it!" she yelled. Ezra sat beside her allowing her to squeeze his
hand and to yell at him wen contractions came but to him it was all worth it.
A few hours after Daisy had gone into labor a nurse came into the room and
quietly told Ezra that there was a woman in the waiting room who seemed
very upset and was requesting to see either him or Daisy. They knew that it
would be a few more hours before the baby came so Era kissed Daisy on her
cheek and told her that he was going to get himself some coffee and her
some ice chips he'd be back shortly. Ezra decided there was no need to get
Daisy upset about Sophie actually coming to the hospital. He left the room
and followed the nurse to the waiting area where he found Sophie sitting
with her back towards him. "Sophie?" Ezra said loudly. She turned around at
the call of her name and Ezra could see tha she had been crying heavily.
"How could you?" she asked as she got up. "Sophie now isnt the time. If you'd
just go home and read the papers that our lawyer sent you'll know, but
honestly you already knew that Daisy wasnt 100 percent sure that adoption
was right. You knew that she trusted you and your opinions so you used her
trust to your advantage. We're going to be a family. Now please go home!" he
said as he turned away and began to walk back towards Daisy's room. "It isnt
that easy Ezra. You cant just walk away from us." Sophie yelled after him as
she picked up a vase of flowers and threw it. It shattered into a million peices
a few feet behind Ezra, but he jsut kept going. "You cant walk away from me."
she sobbed as she collapsed onto the floor. She stayed in a heap on the
maternity ward's waiting room floor until Peter found her. He carefully picked
her up and carried her to the truck. He drove his sleeping wife home and carried her into their house. As he passed by the room that would have held their baby he couldnt help but let a few tears slip out. He brushed them away and brought Sophie into their room. He changed her into a nightgown and tucked her into bed. "Things will get better Sophie I promise." he said quietly as he closed the door.
Back in the delivery room Daisy was still hard at work pushing. "Ok Daisy you
can do this. One more big push and the baby will be all the way out." Dr.
Leads said excitedly. Daisy gathered all of her strength and let out one more
big push. 9 hours and 37 minutes after arriving at the hospital Daisy had her
baby. "Its a girl Daisy." Ezra said as he embraced her. "A girl?" she asked
tiredly. "yeah Daisy and she's beautiful. What are you going to name her?"
Ezra asked. "Hope". It was a simple enough answer but Ezra knew how much
meaning was in it. Daisy's entire future was held in that little girl and Ezra's
was too.
A few weekes later Ezra sat beside his sleeping wife in their new house in
San Francisco. He held their daughter lovingly and thought back over the
past year. Both he and Daisy had been through so much. The little girl in
Ezras arms gurggled softly and he looked down at her affectionatly. When
Daisy and Ezra had asked each other for help neither one could have
dreamed that this was the help that they both needed. That they truly could
help each other heal. Daisy stirred and woke up. "Ezra?" "yeah" he asked
quietly. "what are you thinking about?" she asked curiously.
"HOPE"
disappointed at my reviews. I felt that my story shouldnt be told anymore
because you guys obviously werent reading it so I figured I'd just stop writing
it. I REALLY think that you should review the stories you have read I know
that I try to review everything I read. I know that there are a few people who
ACTUALLY DID REVIEW and I want to thank all of you. You are the reasons I
decided to finish this story and thats exactly what Im doing. This is going to
be many chapters combined into one last posting. After this I dont know
where my stories will go. I got NO reviews for the sequal (chapter 15) for
"Sometimes Secrets Kill" and to be honest the reviews for the rest of it as well
as those for this story SUCK!!! There are a lot of stories that I have read that
no offense to their authors are just plain stupid. They try to tell the same
story as someone else only doing a worse job, have terrible grammar and
language like the use of noone (thats one word that annoys me to NO end),
and poor spelling. I mean absolutley no disrespect for those people who wrote
them because theyre writing and thats the main thing here (SO DONT EVEN
FLAME ME BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN THEM BEFORE FOR YELLING AT THE
READERS AND I'LL JUST START TO DELETE THEM) I just think its time you
guys actually gave authorssome respect for all the hard work they do.
~Last Time~
A mystery person showed up at Peter and Sophies house and found a very
pregnant Daisy.
"Ezra...Oh my god I cant believe this. what are you doing here?" Daisy asked
excited to see her friend but also scared that her secret was out. "I needed to
see Peter and Sophie. Do you mind if I come in?" He asked stepping forward.
"No of course not here sit down" she said motioning to a chair. After sitting in
a shocked silence for a few minutes Ezra began a conversation. "So
your..umm.. pregnant" he said looking at her ever growing belly. "Uh yeah."
she replied. "that must be exciting. Have you decided on a name or
anything?" he asked happy for his friend. "actually Ez Peter and Sophie are
adopting my baby" she said quietly. "What do you mean?" he asked confused.
"what does the father think?" he asked. "Ezra I cant keep this baby. I dont
want to talk about it." she said getting mad. "Daisy I dont mean to upset you."
he said hearing the anger in her voice "But have you really though this over?"
"Of course I have Ezra! You know Peter and Sophie cant have children. They
want this baby and I dont know if I do." she said finishing the sentance softly
"Daiz I dont understand what your telling me. Please let me help you." he
pleaded. "Ezra I was raped at a party 8 months ago. I didnt know what to do
so I came back to Horizon. I figured theyd know what to do better than I
would." "Oh god Daisy I'm so sorry. Im such a jerk, yelling at you about
adoption when I didnt even know your reasons" He said apologeticlly as he
embraced her in a hug. "Its ok Ezra but since your asking can I really talk to
you about this?" "Of course you can. I wish you wouldve come to me sooner
after all I was given up for adoption. I couldve told you so much more than
Peter, Sophie, or any pamphlet could." He said letting go of her so she could
sit down but still keeping his arm around her shoulders. "Where should we
start?" Daisy asked weakly "how about the begining." and thats how they
stayed for an hour Ezra sat and listened to Daisy tell him the horror of
the last 8 months of her life. " Daisy you shouldnt have experienced this on
your own you know that right? Im here for you all of the cliffhangers could've
helped you." He said pleadingly. " I know I guess I was just ashamed. Ezra?"
"Yeah Daiz?" "I just told you all of my secrets but you still havent said why
you came back here..will you let me help you too?" she said sincerley.
"I....I.umm..Oh god where to start.." he said nervously "how about the
begining?" "I guess thats a good place....I need Peters help again Daisy. I
started to use drugs again." "Ohh Ezra why? you were doing so good" she
said sounding truly disappointed in the young man sitting infront of her.
"It was all of the pressure I guess, and I know even that isnt a good exscuse.
I'm weak Daisy. I just couldnt handle it. Any of it. Horizon was so safe and
sheltered. When I got into college I found dozens of kids who were into drugs
more than I was. I tried to stay away...for months I told them no...but things
started to go downhill I failed a major film project. My parents had told me
they were getting divorced again. I just needed to get away from it all so I did
the only thing I knew how to do..I found a few of those guys and I got messed
up. At first it made everything better but after a few weeks I couldnt function
without it again. I got put on academic probation and I realized this wasnt
what Peter would want of me so I came to get his help in finding the old Ezra
who as cliche as it sounds could "just say no"..." He said said laughing at the
last part. "Ezra you know what I think we should do?" "what Daiz" " I think we
should help each other... and I know exactly where to start. Would you like to
come with me to my doctors appointment?" " Yeah I think I would Daisy..I
think I would"
The two entered the doctors office talking about the old times at Horizon and
although Daisy could see that Ezra was sweating and in an obvious withdrawl
he never let up on the conversation. After waiting for a few minutes they were
brought into a room where a new doctor was waiting. "Hello..Daisy I'm Dr
Leads. I'm filling in for your regular doctor while shes away at a conference"
she said in a friendly tone. "Why dont you get settled on the table and we'll
get started." Ezra carefully helped Daisy up onto the table and after she
pulled her shirt up the doctor placed the special jell on her stomach and
began to move the special sonogram (sorry if thats spelled wrong, or if I
named the wrong machine) around until she found the baby. "Ok listen
closely now do you hear that?" she said softly "yeah what is it?" Ezra asked.
"its the babies heart beat!" she said smiling. After listening for a few minutes
the doctor announced that eveything with the baby was going good and that
Daisy could get dressed again while she went and printed out a copy of the
picture in her office. Ezra helped Daisy sit up and they began to talk while
she pulled her shirt back to its regular position. "That was increadible Daisy"
Ezra said sounding like a little kid on christmas. "yeah it was" she said as she
started to laugh. "whats so funny?" he asked with a grin. "Nothing just that
you sound really excited about this. its cute thats all." she said "Oh it's cute
hmm" he said as he began to lean in. "yeah it is" she said softly before their
lips made contact. They shared a kiss full of all the feeling they hadnt felt
since they were at Horizon and when they broke apart neither one
was sorry for what had just taken place. "we should be getting back" Daisy
said she she stood up with Ezras help. "yeah I guess so" he said picking up
the picture that the doctor had brought in while they were kissing along with
a note on a seperate piece of paper. It said "Since I probally wont see you
again congratulations on your baby. You 3 will be a very happy family." Even
though the words on that paper were false Daisy couldnt help but smile at
the thought of raising her baby with Ezra and really being a family. "Come on
Ezra" she said as she grabbed his hand and entwined their fingers as they
walked to the parking lot.
When they got back to the house both Peter and Sophie were home and they
were very pleased as well as surprised to see Ezra. After a dinner spent filling
Peter and Sophie in on the doctors news the four headed in to the living
room where Ezra explained his real reasons for returning to Horizon.
Although Peter and Sophie were shocked to hear that Ezra had fallen they
were more than willing to help him get back on track. It was decided that
Ezra would stay at their house too, and after more explenations and
searching his things (which were all free of drugs) he was brought into their
second guest room.
That night Daisy awoke to a nightmare. She had been back at that party and
this time she saw the face of the boy who slipped something into her drink.
She didnt know what to do but she was definatley freaked out. She got up
and headed towards the bathroom to wash the sweat off of her face. After she
finished she headed back down the hall and passed by Ezra's room. For some
odd reason something came over her and she went in. She quietly sat down
next to him and after looking at him toss and turn for a few minutes she
began to rise to leave however her sudden rise caused the matress to move
and Ezra awoke. "Daisy?" he mumbled "yeah Ez?" she said softly "whats
wrong?" he said begining to sit up "I had a nightmare.." "come here" he said
pulling his sheets back. Daisy cautsiously climbed in next to him and
snuggled up close to him. By instinct Ezra wrapped his arms around her waist
as far as he could (she is 8 months pregnant) and they soon driffted off into
the first night of peaceful sleep they had both had in months.
The next morning Sophie awoke with an odd feeling. She quietly crept to
Daisys room like she had been doing everyday since she had asked them to
adopt her baby. What she saw made her heart leap into her throat.
Daisy wasnt there. Sophie immediatley began to panic and as she started
back down the hall something made her stop and look in on Ezra. What she
found was both a relief and a shock...Daisy was asleep in Ezras arms. She
carefully closed the door and went back into her own room. Once safe inside
she woke Peter and told him what she saw. "Soph theyre grown now and
besides that theyre good kids I dont think anything happened. Daisy's
nowhere near ready to let that happen so soon after the rape and Ezra..well
he's just.. well he's just Ezra." Peter said smiling. "I guess your right Peter
but I'm really afraid Daisy is going to change her mind. Maybe we shouldnt
let them see each other. Ezra might be putting ideas into her head I mean he
is a product of adoption. What if he scares her into saying no? Then what
Peter?" Sophie said getting histerical. "Sophie you cant just tell them not to
see each other it just wont work. Now get rid of all your crazy ideas before
you get them upset theyre already in enough pain they dont need you to
watch them every second of the day." Peter said as he stormed out of the
room. "Just great" Sophie muttered as she got ready for the day to come.
Daisy awoke that morning to find themselves in Ezra's arms. Memories of the
night before soon filled their senses and Daisy rolled over and gently kissed
Ezra to wake him. He stirred and continued to keep his eyes closed. Daisy
gave into his game and kissed him a second time this time a smile spread
across his lips. "Ah huh your awake! I knew it" she said triumphtly.
"I'm only up becuase of you." he said playfully "How'd you sleep last night?"
he asked becoming serious. "The best I have in a very long time" she replied
thankfully. "what are we going to do today?" Ezra asked as he began to get
up. "I dont know...Peter and Sophie are at Horizon.... maybe we could just
spend the day talking." she said shyly "that sounds good to me" he replied in
an equally soft tone.
After they had gotten up they decided they would go to Rustie's for
breakfast. They both got dressed and headed there in the car that Ezra had
rented. They were seated right away and after ordering they began to talk.
Neither one had spoke much about what had gone on between them in the
past 24 hours and Daisy knew that she had to. She carefully reached across
the table and took Ezra's hand into her own. "Ez..." she began gently. "I know
Daisy we need to talk about what happened last night." he said with
confidence "You always did know what was on my mind." Daisy stated with a
smile. "Yeah well I've been thinking about this since we woke up....What did
last night mean to you?" he asked looking at there hands. "I honestly dont
know Ezra. When we were at Horizon and became a couple for that short time
after the morp things were confusing to me. I didnt have feelings for you like
"that" but last night was so different. All I could think of was how much things
had changed between us. When I saw you at the door my heart almost
jumped out of my chest. I couldnt stop thinking about you the entire time
and then as I passed your door something just came over me and I knew that I
needed you." she said letting all of her feelings out. "I'm tired of lying about
what I feel. I need things to be different for me now." she said finishing her
explenation. "Wow Daiz that was really deep. I need to tell you exactly how I
feel too." he said taking a deep breath in." I havent stopped thinking about
you since the last itme we saw each other. I hated not seeing your face
everyday. When we were seeing each other in secret I hated not being able to
show my affection the way Scott and Shelby did but it was better that way we
got to really be together without anyone suspecting anything. After
graduation when we spent the summer together it was the best time of my
life. I was free with you I could be Ezra, and even though we werent together
at that time I think it was all setting things up for this..for right now. I want
you Daisy.I need you" he said looking her right in the eyes. "I love you too
Ezra" Daisy said allowing a few free tears to slip out of her eyes. "So now
what?" Ezra asked after they had finished eating and left Rustie's. "I dont
know what do you want to do?" Daisy said in response "No I mean what now
for us? do we just go on pretending like everything back there didnt happen?
I cant go on like that. I want you in my life Daisy...you and your baby! we
could be family. I know that you dont want Peter and Sophie to adopt it. I can
see it in your eyes and in the way you act when your alone with it. You
pretend like you dont want it but its all such and act. Your just scared of
being a bad parent, but thats not going to happen. Please Daisy let me be a
part of your life." he said pleadingly. "Ohh god Ezra!!" she said shakily
"shh..it'll be ok. we'll make it ok." he said assuringly. "No I think I just went
into labor." she siad close to hysterics " Ok..what do we do?" he asked
nervously. "How about go to the hospital" she said sarcasticly. "yeah the
hospital that sounds good." he said as he opened the door to the car and
helped her in. The two drove to the nearest hospital a few towns over in
silence. When they arrived at the hospital and were put into a room the
reality of what was happening finally hit them and Daisy knew what she
had to do. "Ezra I need you to call someone for me." she said inbetween
breathing technics. "Sure I think I have Peter and Sophies number around
here somewhere." he said as he began to pick through his pockets. " No thats
ok I'd actually like it for you to call my lawyer. I have his number in my
purse." she said as she reached for the small bag on the nightstand. After
retriving the small piece of paper she had Ezra dial the number and hand her
the phone. She allowed it to ring a few times before there was an answer. A
perky secratary answered and connected Daisy to her lawyers office. After
explaing what she wanted and learing all of her options Daisy thanked the
man on the other side of the phone line and hung up. "Well?" Ezra asked
hopefully. "Now we wait."
"What a day" Sophie said as she entered Peters office at Horizon and sat down
on the small couch that he kept. The couple shared small talk about the
events of their day when there was a knock on the door. Peter opened it and
found a counselor there holding a very official looking envelope. "Whats up
Nicole?" Peter asked eying the envelope. "A messanger just dropped this off
for you and Sophie." She replied as she turned and walked back down the
hall. Peter went back into his office and handed Sophie the envelope. "Whats
this?" she asked curiously. "I dont know it was just delivered for us." he
replied equally as curious "Well then lets open it" she said as she began to rip
the paper. When she had it opened enough she pulled out a very thick pile of
stappled white papers. She turned it over to the first page and after reading a
few lines let out a loud shocked noise. "Soph..whats wrong?" Peter asked
concerned for his wife. "You said it couldnt happen again. You promised me
that this time would be different." she yelled. "What are you talking about?"
he asked confused. "Here see for yourself." she answered as she threw the
documents at him and stormed out of his office. Peter began to read the
papers and immediatly saw what had gotten his wife so upset. "Oh god Daisy
how could you." he asked himself as he broke down and began to cry for what
could have been.
Sophie didnt know what she was going to do but she knew where she was
going. She drove to the hospital wildly. Her tears were blurring her vision and
she began to weave in and out of the lanes. She regained control of her car
and continued on towards the hospital. She knew from the papers that Daisy
was there and soon enough the baby would be there too. That didnt give
Sophie much time if she wanted to watch the birth of her child. HER child
she thought as she pushed her foot down harder on the gas pedal.
At the hospital Daisy and Ezra were in a rush of their own."Come on Daisy
give me one big push." the doctor demanded. "If you think this is so easy
then you do it!" she yelled. Ezra sat beside her allowing her to squeeze his
hand and to yell at him wen contractions came but to him it was all worth it.
A few hours after Daisy had gone into labor a nurse came into the room and
quietly told Ezra that there was a woman in the waiting room who seemed
very upset and was requesting to see either him or Daisy. They knew that it
would be a few more hours before the baby came so Era kissed Daisy on her
cheek and told her that he was going to get himself some coffee and her
some ice chips he'd be back shortly. Ezra decided there was no need to get
Daisy upset about Sophie actually coming to the hospital. He left the room
and followed the nurse to the waiting area where he found Sophie sitting
with her back towards him. "Sophie?" Ezra said loudly. She turned around at
the call of her name and Ezra could see tha she had been crying heavily.
"How could you?" she asked as she got up. "Sophie now isnt the time. If you'd
just go home and read the papers that our lawyer sent you'll know, but
honestly you already knew that Daisy wasnt 100 percent sure that adoption
was right. You knew that she trusted you and your opinions so you used her
trust to your advantage. We're going to be a family. Now please go home!" he
said as he turned away and began to walk back towards Daisy's room. "It isnt
that easy Ezra. You cant just walk away from us." Sophie yelled after him as
she picked up a vase of flowers and threw it. It shattered into a million peices
a few feet behind Ezra, but he jsut kept going. "You cant walk away from me."
she sobbed as she collapsed onto the floor. She stayed in a heap on the
maternity ward's waiting room floor until Peter found her. He carefully picked
her up and carried her to the truck. He drove his sleeping wife home and carried her into their house. As he passed by the room that would have held their baby he couldnt help but let a few tears slip out. He brushed them away and brought Sophie into their room. He changed her into a nightgown and tucked her into bed. "Things will get better Sophie I promise." he said quietly as he closed the door.
Back in the delivery room Daisy was still hard at work pushing. "Ok Daisy you
can do this. One more big push and the baby will be all the way out." Dr.
Leads said excitedly. Daisy gathered all of her strength and let out one more
big push. 9 hours and 37 minutes after arriving at the hospital Daisy had her
baby. "Its a girl Daisy." Ezra said as he embraced her. "A girl?" she asked
tiredly. "yeah Daisy and she's beautiful. What are you going to name her?"
Ezra asked. "Hope". It was a simple enough answer but Ezra knew how much
meaning was in it. Daisy's entire future was held in that little girl and Ezra's
was too.
A few weekes later Ezra sat beside his sleeping wife in their new house in
San Francisco. He held their daughter lovingly and thought back over the
past year. Both he and Daisy had been through so much. The little girl in
Ezras arms gurggled softly and he looked down at her affectionatly. When
Daisy and Ezra had asked each other for help neither one could have
dreamed that this was the help that they both needed. That they truly could
help each other heal. Daisy stirred and woke up. "Ezra?" "yeah" he asked
quietly. "what are you thinking about?" she asked curiously.
"HOPE"
