"Ah the freedom of university life....." Miriam Lockhart sighed as she and her friends walked the halls of Salem University on one of their first days there. "So many boys, so little time...." she said with a tiny smile, though inside she was dying. She couldn't quite explain why she was so upset over this thing with Kevin - it wasn't like she'd thought that they were going to be together forever, but it seemed like he wouldn't hurt her; wouldn't do the things that other guys would do, he'd been different. But what she had recently found out was very contrary to that. Sure she hadn't been involved with Kevin when he'd had sex with Jan Spears, but it had hurt enough to know that the guy who'd been so sweet to her, so loving for the past two months was now going to be a father with a girl she could barely stand.
It was thanks to Jan's scheming that she hadn't been able to attend the Senior Prom and now Jan was pregnant with Kevin's child. Kevin had begged her to understand that he had to be there for the baby, had to make sure that it was okay, it was his responsibility - and then he'd dumped her saying it was for the best that she didn't want to be tied down to somebody who had a child. Those words had hurt her more than she could have though possible because they'd only been together for a while - but it hurt to know that the guy who proclaimed he wanted to be with you and only you, would leave her with the excuse of responsibility to his child. If he had truly wanted to be with only her, wouldn't he have accepted the fact he was going to be a father and then keep her in his life - but no that hadn't happened, and she'd ended up broken hearted and alone. The only way she could keep her friends of her back was to act like she normally would, but it was beginning to tire her out all the pretending she did. Her friends had their own problems and she wasn't going to add to them, even if they said it was okay.
"I don't need to find one. I've got my man right here." Isabella Black said as she clung tightly to her boyfriend's arm.
Shawn Brady groaned a little as she tightened her grip and saw her send a glare towards a girl who'd just smiled there way. She was starting to become clingy in every sense, and it wasn't that he didn't still care about her, it was just getting hard to contend with the mixture of emotions that he had built up inside of him. He'd known Belle since childhood and he'd never known her to be clingy towards anybody in her life - he actually remembered her complaining about how clingy Philip Kiriakis had become when he'd dated Chloe Lane. Yet she didn't seem to see that she was doing the very same thing, only in his mind it was getting worse than Philip had been. Sometimes he felt like just leaving everything and forget all the conflicts in his life. But it seemed that God chose to pile more on his family as each day went by.
First JT had been diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome, then after all the troubles they'd gone through with JT's health, it had been found that he was not the child his mother had given birth to. The fear that the birth parents would come to take him away still scared him; ever since Glen Riber had shown up in Salem and claimed he was JT's biological father, though that hadn't been a founded claim and thankful JT was still with them. Shawn loved him more than life itself and to think that he'd been put through so much torture in his young life made Shawn sad, he knew what it was like to live in a family that was ripped apart time after time and he'd thought maybe that things would different for JT, but that wasn't the case. On top of knowing that JT was not his mother's biological son, they had also found out that the child his mother's best friend, Lexie Carver, was raising was in actual fact his mother's child.
It had been hell since the revelation had been leaked to the tabloids and he could no longer stand the constant delving the reporters did into his family's life. It was bad enough that his parents were in the middle of trying to get custody of his little brother, Isaac, but to have it publicized all over the country was a bit much. The authorities still feared that Lexie would run with Isaac and had her under twenty four hour surveillance. Still his parents were going to rest easy until Isaac was a part of their family. And how was he supposed to act towards this kid he barely knew. He was his biological brother but he knew nothing about him, hadn't been there through his first two years and he knew it was going to be hard to accept Isaac into the family. He feared the affect it would have on JT and knew that in the end there could only be a semi-happy out come, their family would be complete but it would not happen without sacrifices.
Shawn shook his head and sighed. He wished he could just leave university behind for now and be by himself, no problems, no distractions, just by himself. He looked around the hall ignoring the chatter of his friends and was startled when his eyes locked with a pair of piercing emerald eyes that shone with a sadness he knew well, he closed his eyes thinking he'd imagined it and found when he opened them that the eyes were still there and still staring at him. The raven haired girl looked around the hall confusion clouding her face as he saw her look at her watch and rushed off in the other direction.
"Shawn you oka...." Belle's voice was interrupted when his cell phone rang and he smiled apologetically and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Shawn, it's Roman we need you to get down to the police station." Roman Brady said through the phone as he took in the couple sitting in the corner their eyes full of dread.
"What's wrong Uncle Roman?"
"It's happened." Roman said panic unknowingly creeping into his voice. "Lexie's running."
"Oh no." he said his heart dropping to his stomach. Not this. His parents could go through this - hell nobody should go through this.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, she's trying to leave the country with Isaac." Roman said his heart going out to his brother's family. They'd been through so much in the past few years and now all they needed was this. He vowed to himself that he would bring his little nephew home safely, no matter what actions had to be taken.
"I'm on my way." Shawn said as he hung up. "Guys I have to go......Lexie's running."
"Shawn....." he heard her voice call after him as he disappeared down the hall.
It was thanks to Jan's scheming that she hadn't been able to attend the Senior Prom and now Jan was pregnant with Kevin's child. Kevin had begged her to understand that he had to be there for the baby, had to make sure that it was okay, it was his responsibility - and then he'd dumped her saying it was for the best that she didn't want to be tied down to somebody who had a child. Those words had hurt her more than she could have though possible because they'd only been together for a while - but it hurt to know that the guy who proclaimed he wanted to be with you and only you, would leave her with the excuse of responsibility to his child. If he had truly wanted to be with only her, wouldn't he have accepted the fact he was going to be a father and then keep her in his life - but no that hadn't happened, and she'd ended up broken hearted and alone. The only way she could keep her friends of her back was to act like she normally would, but it was beginning to tire her out all the pretending she did. Her friends had their own problems and she wasn't going to add to them, even if they said it was okay.
"I don't need to find one. I've got my man right here." Isabella Black said as she clung tightly to her boyfriend's arm.
Shawn Brady groaned a little as she tightened her grip and saw her send a glare towards a girl who'd just smiled there way. She was starting to become clingy in every sense, and it wasn't that he didn't still care about her, it was just getting hard to contend with the mixture of emotions that he had built up inside of him. He'd known Belle since childhood and he'd never known her to be clingy towards anybody in her life - he actually remembered her complaining about how clingy Philip Kiriakis had become when he'd dated Chloe Lane. Yet she didn't seem to see that she was doing the very same thing, only in his mind it was getting worse than Philip had been. Sometimes he felt like just leaving everything and forget all the conflicts in his life. But it seemed that God chose to pile more on his family as each day went by.
First JT had been diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome, then after all the troubles they'd gone through with JT's health, it had been found that he was not the child his mother had given birth to. The fear that the birth parents would come to take him away still scared him; ever since Glen Riber had shown up in Salem and claimed he was JT's biological father, though that hadn't been a founded claim and thankful JT was still with them. Shawn loved him more than life itself and to think that he'd been put through so much torture in his young life made Shawn sad, he knew what it was like to live in a family that was ripped apart time after time and he'd thought maybe that things would different for JT, but that wasn't the case. On top of knowing that JT was not his mother's biological son, they had also found out that the child his mother's best friend, Lexie Carver, was raising was in actual fact his mother's child.
It had been hell since the revelation had been leaked to the tabloids and he could no longer stand the constant delving the reporters did into his family's life. It was bad enough that his parents were in the middle of trying to get custody of his little brother, Isaac, but to have it publicized all over the country was a bit much. The authorities still feared that Lexie would run with Isaac and had her under twenty four hour surveillance. Still his parents were going to rest easy until Isaac was a part of their family. And how was he supposed to act towards this kid he barely knew. He was his biological brother but he knew nothing about him, hadn't been there through his first two years and he knew it was going to be hard to accept Isaac into the family. He feared the affect it would have on JT and knew that in the end there could only be a semi-happy out come, their family would be complete but it would not happen without sacrifices.
Shawn shook his head and sighed. He wished he could just leave university behind for now and be by himself, no problems, no distractions, just by himself. He looked around the hall ignoring the chatter of his friends and was startled when his eyes locked with a pair of piercing emerald eyes that shone with a sadness he knew well, he closed his eyes thinking he'd imagined it and found when he opened them that the eyes were still there and still staring at him. The raven haired girl looked around the hall confusion clouding her face as he saw her look at her watch and rushed off in the other direction.
"Shawn you oka...." Belle's voice was interrupted when his cell phone rang and he smiled apologetically and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Shawn, it's Roman we need you to get down to the police station." Roman Brady said through the phone as he took in the couple sitting in the corner their eyes full of dread.
"What's wrong Uncle Roman?"
"It's happened." Roman said panic unknowingly creeping into his voice. "Lexie's running."
"Oh no." he said his heart dropping to his stomach. Not this. His parents could go through this - hell nobody should go through this.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, she's trying to leave the country with Isaac." Roman said his heart going out to his brother's family. They'd been through so much in the past few years and now all they needed was this. He vowed to himself that he would bring his little nephew home safely, no matter what actions had to be taken.
"I'm on my way." Shawn said as he hung up. "Guys I have to go......Lexie's running."
"Shawn....." he heard her voice call after him as he disappeared down the hall.
