Title: Child of Love 24/?
Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.com) if you want to email me during the week email me at (23405@sjamail.net)
Disclaimer: this is a fanfic about Passions
Distribution: Take it, but let me know. If you have any of my other fics, go ahead.
Comments: please send me all you comments. Please! This story is the sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM
"Travis?" Ivy asked as she walked down the hall. She didn't get a response but when she heard music coming out of one of the rooms, she knew where he was. She opened the door and was shocked to see Travis sitting on the bed planning the guitar.
When she heard the door open, he got up quickly and put the guitar away.
"Don't stop. That was actually pretty good." Ivy said as she walked in.
"Thank, I think." Travis said nervously.
"Relax, I'm not here to hurt you. Actually I'm here to make sure you're ok."
"I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?"
"Well I'm guessing you heard the fight going on downstairs with my son and his fiancée."
"Yeah, it was all about me."
"No, it may seem that way but it wasn't. The fight was more about their relationship with each other and less about you."
"So your son doesn't hate me?"
"No, he doesn't hate you. He doesn't trust you that's for sure but he doesn't hate you."
"I don't expect him to trust but do you think he may at some point warm up to the idea of me?"
"Probably not but we can hope."
"Are you ok?" Reese asked Jessica as she came out of the bathroom.
"I don't know yet." She said as she got into their bed.
"Tonight was pretty hard on you wasn't it?"
"Yeah, I mean my parents, one of the most stable relationships in Harmony…." Jessica started to say.
"Was one of the most stable but that was a long time ago."
"Well that's true, I guess. But I mean if they couldn't make it and they used to be the perfect couple, how much of a chance do the rest of us have?" Jessica said worried.
"Jessie, don't ever think like that. You know we're going to make it."
"How do you know that?"
"Because I love you and you love me and I'm not going to give up on you ever."
"You really mean that?"
"Of course I do."
"I'm so happy to hear that because that makes what I'm about to say a lot easier to say."
"Makes what easier to say?" Reese asked worried.
"To tell you the good news I have."
"What good news?"
"That we're having a baby." Jessica said smiling.
"You're pregnant?" Reese asked shocked.
"Yeah, I mean you're happy about this right?" Jessica asked worried.
"Of course, I am. I'm just… a little shocked that's all. I mean, can you believe we're going to have a baby?" Reese asked happily.
Jessica just laughed.
Ethan looked at Sam and then at his watch. "Um… no offense dad but are you going to start giving me advice any time soon? Because I do have a wife and daughter out side and the longer I wait, the worse my chances get of finding them."
"Right, it just… well I'm not so sure I'm fit to give advice any more." Sam said sadly.
"Because of what? Because your marriage failed?" Ethan asked shocked.
"Well yes. I mean if I don't know how to keep my marriage going then how can I advice you on how to with yours?"
"First off you've always been really bad at giving advice…" Ethan started to say.
"Hey! My advice has never been that bad!" Sam said offended.
"Fine, then prove it to me by giving me some great advice."
"Fine, first I know you're used to being there for Gabi, being the only one there for her but Theresa's back and she is her mother. I know you're glad that Theresa's back and all and you want things to be the same but they can't. When Theresa left both of you didn't have a daughter, you didn't really have a life that didn't involve her. You hadn't spent thirteen years with out each other. I mean there has to be big gabs in both of your lives that neither of you know anything about. You have no clue what Theresa went through when she wasn't with you. You don't know the pain she went through. But in the same way, she doesn't know what you went through raising Gabi alone. She doesn't know how you feel about certain things when it comes to your daughter but you don't how she feels either. Before either one of you get married or even think that you can move in together and raise Gabi, you need to have a serious talk about what you've both been through and what you both want for your daughter."
"Wow, well you really did prove it to me." Ethan said shocked.
"But the question is are you going to use it?"
"Well I know what I'm not going to do and that's sit here any longer while my daughter and wife get any further away from me." Ethan said getting up.
"Glad I could help." Sam said sarcastically to himself as he got up.
"And thanks dad for the advice." Ethan said as he left the mansion.
"Mom? Can you slow down, please?" Gabi said as she ran after her mother.
"Gabi, go back home please." Theresa begged.
"No, not unless you come back with me."
"I can't."
"No, you have to you promised me you would never leave me again and I believed you." Gabi said as tears started to come down. "Please don't make me regret believing in you."
Theresa stopped and turned around and faced her. "I'm not leaving you Gabi, I'm leaving your father."
"You're leaving because of me and that's just as bad."
"No, I'm not. Oh honey, why would you think that?"
"Because you and dad were arguing about me before you left."
"We were arguing about my parenting skills not you. We would never argue about you. We love you too much to do that."
"Then why are you leaving?"
"Because I have to because your father has a life and I had no right interfering in it."
"But you're not. You're becoming a part of it."
"But I don't belong in it."
"How would you know? You haven't been here long enough to know if you do."
"I think I have."
"No, you don't. You're just giving up before this every gets started."
"That's not true."
"Yes it is. Let me guess you thought you'd come in here make us all think that you really wanted to stay when all along you were just waiting for an excuse to leave?"
"No, I never would do that!"
"Why should I believe you? You've spent your whole life lying to me so why would you start telling the truth now?"
"Gabriela!" Ethan screamed as he came up. "Don't you ever speak to your mother that way!"
Gabi let out a dry laugh. "Why not? You do."
"That's it, go back home now! We'll talk to you when we get back."
"We?" Theresa asked shocked.
"But she's not coming back." Gabi said.
"Yes she is and when she does you're going to apologize for the way you talked to her and to me. Now go! And I don't want to hear any complaints from your grandparents." Ethan said sternly.
"Fine, I'll go but… I'm not sorry." She said as she walked off mad.
"Did you say we'd both talk to her? I thought you were the only parent here." Theresa asked.
"Yeah well that's one of many mistakes I made. Look we really need to talk before we head back." Ethan said.