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The Loser's Club Ch.31

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It was gone, really gone, she had given up everything except for that small piece of heaven, and now it was all gone.

The area that once housed her small but quaint hotel was now rumble. The insurance adjuster had said that it would take weeks to properly evaluate the damage and rebuilding possibilities, and then it would be up to her. She already knew the answer, she wouldn't rebuild.

It had been her safe haven ever since her dreams had been shattered, but it was time to enter into the real world again. Kay had been her wake-up call, she had assumed that Brian would realize that they belonged together and that they would live happily ever after, but Kay was his future, and she accepted it now. All she had to do now was find hers. "Well Liz, what now?"

She had been on this island for what seemed like forever, and she had to admit that she had stayed to protect her from the outside world, but the world demanded her attention. Turning from the rumble she began walking back toward her car when the sight at the stop sign caused her heart to stop.

It couldn't be him, but she knew that profile from anywhere, it was Julian Crane. Shock and disbelief were prominent features on Liz's face, after all this years she was still one hundred percent sure that it was him, it was the way he glared at the light that did it. Julian had never been a patience man and whenever he had to, he made it a point to give a confident and annoyed glare, that ' said I'm Julian Crane' and he was still doing it.

The man turned as if he knew he was being stared at and met her startled gaze with one of his own confirming her belief that it was him. They both quickly turned away breaking the stare, as his drove past ignoring the stubborn red light, and she continued toward her car eager to see her recovering friends.

The moment was gone, but not forgotten.

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Doc had steeped back a soon as he saw Kay, he had the feeling that she would be able to bring him out of it, he turned to Sheridan who smiles as she watched the scene " I'm going to go update his chart, call me if you need me."

"Okay." She turned back to the lover's reunion and felt like an intruder, she looked, and at Grace and Luis who had a similar expression. "Maybe we should give them a minute." Grace nodded and had to pull a reluctant Sam out of the room, while Pilar and the rest followed them out side.

He couldn't really remember the dream he had, but he was extremely glad to see Kay until he noticed his surroundings and tensed up. "Where am I?"

"St. Lisa's hospital, we had an uninvited guest on our vacation."

"Who?"

"Hurricane Nicole, which remind me there's good news and bad news, which do you want first?" Kay hoped up onto the edge of the bed.

"Bad news."

"Do you remember your boat?"

He straightened their was something about the way she asked, that made him apprehensive. "Yeah."

"It ah…" She giggled, "It's just gone, blow to pieces, lots of pieces that are literally spread all over the ocean."

"What's the good news?"

"We survived."

He laughed pulled her into a hug." That's great news." He kisses her forehead, and sees a small bruise. "Are you okay?" he falls back against the bed and examines her, she still looks gorgeous, but she looked tired. " Shouldn't you be in bed?"

"Boy do you know how to flatter a girl." She ran a hand through her hair and groan when she felt tangles, and couldn't even imagine how she looked to a Brian.

" Stop, you look breathtaking." To emphasize his point he brushed her hand away from her hair, and pulled her into a sweet gentle kiss, that could have lasted forever if not for someone's persistent cough. A little more then annoyed he glared at the person in the door, his mother. "Mama when did you get here?"

Pilar smiled and walked further into the room. " A couple of hours ago, but you and Kay were a preoccupied."

"Mama…" He wasn't strong enough to fight his mother on this so soon.

"No, I need to say this, I'm sorry." She had talked to Theresa and Grace, they had been adamant in their support of Brian and Kay, Theresa's talk of fate had been less persuasive then Grace's assurance of their love, but she had still been hesitant. But the moment that Kay's mere presence calmed her son she had been compelled to agree with her daughter's belief that they were made for each other. "I should have supported you, the both of you, and I'm sorry." Pilar rush to her son to hug him, and motioned for Kay to join her, closing her arms around them both she almost felt full. Sheridan and the group backed away from the door and moved toward the lobby.

Sam had watched the scene with annoyance, it seemed as if he was now the only one opposing that relationship. Even Luis was smiling at the picture. "This changes nothing." The words brought an anxious frown to Grace's.

"Sam, we've been given a miracle." She took her husband hand." Kay and Brian survived a hurricane, and you're going to waste all that just because you disapprove."

"I'd like to remind you that had he not seduced our daughter she wouldn't have been out in the middle of hurricane."

"Now hold on Sam." Luis confronted his friend. " My brother had no knowledge of the hurricane coming, if he did he wouldn't have had Kay anywhere near it, and I resent your insinuation that he was the aggressor in this situation."

"You resent it." Sam gave a bitter laugh. "Three days ago you said it, how Kay was manipulated by your con man brother, who was probably just using her."

Luis looked away, yeah he had said it, that and a lot of other things about his brother that he wasn't proud of, but that didn't make any of it true. " I said those things when I was being irrational like you are now."

"IRRATIONAL." "Irrational would have been having your brother arrested for statutory rape."

"That's ridiculous Kay's eighteen, Sam" Grace reentered the fray, this was getting really ugly, and on it's current course they would arrive at a fist fight." She has been eighteen during their whole relationship."

"How do we know that?" The irate man spared a glance to everyone in the room with a questioning gaze." He's had her lying to us, how do I know he hasn't been seeing her since he got back five months ago when she was still a minor?" The question was meant with silence as the room occupants digested the information.

"He hasn't now, SHUT UP." Everyone turned to see an angry Kay poised by the entry. "Brian needs to rest, and frankly Dad, if you're not here to help then I'd rather you left." Kay was leaned against the doorframe looking pale, and her mother rushed to her side.

"Kay you should rest too." She turned back to glare at her husband who had the good sense to look away. "We'll talk when we get home, right now you both need to rest."

"I'm going to call home." Sam walked out the room ignoring Luis's hard stares.

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Back In Harmony

Ethan stared nervously at the door to the Lopez-Fitzgerald house, he was coming over to give them the news he heard about Kay and Brain, but he had another reason for delivering the message in person.  He knocked on the door and breathed a sigh of relief when Theresa answered the door; he had been getting the strangest looks from Miguel lately and didn't feel like dealing with him. " Hi Theresa."

"Oh god something's wrong." Theresa pulled him into the housed and pushed him into the family room." Is it Kay, oh no it's Brain."

"Theresa calm down, they're fine." Ethan began to wonder if this was the best time to talk to her, about this, she seemed to be having major mood swings. " I just got a call from Liz, and she said they were both fine, a little banged up but other wise fine."

"Oh thank god, I was so worried when I heard that story about that couple on the boat in the middle of the storm, I started imagining all kinds of horrible scenarios." She was about to laugh when she saw Ethan's face." What was that look?"

"It's funny that you brought that up, because they were the couple on the boat." He nodded at her shocked expression. "Yeah that's what I thought too, but they're safe and that's all that matters."

"This is just so scary, one minute they're going off on a romantic getaway, then their missing."

Ethan ran a hand through his hair, and jumped up to start pacing. "Yeah, that was an eye opener." "In fact it got me thinking, about how short life is, and how much I still loved you."

"Ethan…" Not only his statement, but also the feelings she was getting surprised Theresa. She didn't think this was the time to go over tings like they're past love affair.

" No wait, I'm not saying that I think it was right of you to lie to me, because I still think you should have trusted me, but I…"

"Ethan."  

"I can't stop thinking about how I would feel if something happened to you, like I had blown all my chances at happiness away."

"ETHAN!!"

He stopped pacing and looked at her noticing for the first time that she was grabbing her stomach and sweating. "Theresa what's wrong?"

"I'm think I just stared having contractions." The pain hits her again, and she screams out." Now I'm sure of it."

"Oh god." Ethan grabbed her hand and started leading her out the door, he had just sat down in the driver seat when he cell phone rang. "Please god be help."

"Son, what's wrong?"

'Dad, Theresa's in labor." He glances sideways at the women turning white form pain. " We're on are way to the hospital." Ethan zoomed out of the driveway and start speeding toward the hospital.

"Oh, I just called to see how thing we're going at home, but I just call there."

"Okay, could you tell Pilar and everyone."

"Sure, tell Theresa were praying for her." "Bye Son."

"Bye Dad." "Hold on Theresa."

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"Miguel have you heard from your mother yet?" Charity asked as she sat down on the couch in the Bennet Family living room. She was anxious to hear news and couldn't seem to find any.

"No, Dammit I wish Luis had let me come." Kay needed him, and he was stuck in Harmony while Brian was there still endangering her life. "I don't see why i had to stay here."

"He asked you to stay, because someone had to stay with Theresa, she's in her final weeks you know."

"But Kay's could be in danger, if Brian had just left her alone she would be here right now." Miguel hit his fist against the end table.

"Miguel, your brother and Kay are in love, and right now yes they could be in danger but we have to pray that they get though this together."

"Together, no that's the last thing she needs, and for all I care Antonio or Brian can die on that island."

"MIGUEL PATRICK LOPEZ-FITZGERALD." Charity stared in shock at once caring and sensitive boyfriend. "I can't believe you just said that what were you thinking, you know what I don't care, you have changed Miguel." She walks over to the door. "This engagement is off until you are same man I fell in love with." She yanks off her engagement ring and open the door motioning for him to leave.

Miguel walks out of the house dazed by what just happened he opens his mouth to talk when Charity slams the door in his face.    


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Coming Soon:

The Exodus from St. Lisa's begins.

Another Lopez-Fitzgerald enters the world.