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Skye turned around to face Stefan. She smiled, she was truly happy to see him. Then she remembered how things had soured between them the last night. And how she just up and left without telling him face to face. Her smile fell into a frown.
"What's wrong?"
Skye was trying to hold back her emotions, trying to prove to him that she didn't care, but she did, she really did and she wasn't sure why. She loves Jax. "Nothing's wrong." She assured him.
Stefan just looked at her, concern in his eyes, "Are you sure?"
Skye just nodded.
"When I couldn't find you last night, it frightened me. Then I found your letter and I knew that I couldn't have changed your mind if I tried, that you would have left anyway." Stefan explained.
"You're right, I did what I had to do. Things weren't working out." Skye admitted.
Stefan stepped closer to her, "But, Skye they were, they were working out."
Skye sniffled as her emotions were getting the best of her. "Really Stefan, were they? Because it didn't seem that way last night."
"This is because I pulled away from you when we were on the sofa, isn't it?" Stefan asked.
She looked at him in disbelief, "You're damn right. We were about to make love and you pulled away from me. I mean, I know that I have put on some weight with the pregnancy, but I thought I was still desirable to you, I thought you wanted me. The only thing I did was make a fool out of myself."
Stefan placed his hands firmly on her shoulders, looking her in the eye, "No, Skye, I did want you, I still want you. I pulled away from you because I didn't want you to make the same mistake twice."
"Mistake?"
"Yes, you would still be with Jax if I wouldn't have ran into you on the docks that night."
"Stefan, don't say that. Don't ever say that. I may be pregnant because of that night, if I had it to do all over again from this moment back, I would." Her eyes began to water.
Stefan wrapped his arms around her, "I'm just sorry that we met under these circumstances."
Skye relaxed against his chest, "Me too."
"Skye, I want you to know, that rather this little boy belongs to me or not, I want to be a part of his life and a part of yours, if you'll let me."
"You will be." She assured him. "How did you know how to find me?"
"Tracy called me."
Skye was confused about Tracy's actions, but then when wasn't she. "Tracy? Why would she call you about me?"
"Because she's your Aunt and she loves you and as much as you hate to admit it, you love her too. You love all the Quartermaine's, even Edward and Monica."
"Well, I guess I could deny it, but it really wouldn't do any good." Skye admitted.
"So, why don't we finish shopping." Stefan suggested.
"Okay."
Skye and Stefan continued to browse around the clothing section.
Stefan ran his hand over various clothing items, "So, what exactly are we shopping for?"
"Anything and everything."
Stefan laughed, "That certainly narrows it down." He continued to browse through the clothing as Skye looked through the bedding selection.
Stefan heard a voice behind him, "Yellow is a nice neutral color."
He turned around, "Alexis, what are you doing here?"
She gestured at her stomach, "Um, hello. The better question is what are you doing here?"
Stefan smiled, "I'm shopping for some things for the nursery."
Alexis was confused, "What nursery?"
"Well, Alexis, I don't know where you've been for the past two months, but I may be a father."
"You may be a father? What? You are making absolutely no sense." She said laughing.
"Well, we don't know who the baby belongs to yet." He explained.
"Oh." Alexis nodded, "Is she from Port Charles? Because the only other pregnant person that I know of around here is Skye Quartermaine." Then it hit her. Stefan didn't say a word, "Skye? You may have fathered Skye Quartermaine's baby?"
"It's a possibility."
Skye came walking around the corner, "Stefan, isn't this the cutest thing?" She was holding a soft brown teddy bear in her hand.
He took it from her, "It's very cute, I think it would look good sitting in that crib that I picked out."
Skye then noticed Alexis, "Alexis, it's been a long time since I last seen you. How are you?" She asked, "And the baby."
Alexis was silent for several seconds taking in everything she had just learned in the past two minutes. "I'm great, the baby's great. I'm due in January, what about you?"
"Everythings fine so far, I'm not due until March, but I'm pretty excited."
Alexis' eyes wandered down to Skye's left hand, there was no wedding band or the engagement ring that Jax had given her, "So, I take it you're having a boy?"
Skye smiled, "Yes, Stefan and I found out a few days ago and Ned told me that your baby was a girl."
"Yes." Alexis answered and then Ned came up behind her, "Ned, look who I ran into." Alexis told him, motioning to Skye and Stefan.
"Skye, Stefan." Ned acknowledged, "Shopping for baby things?"
"Yes." Stefan answered.
"Skye, darling, look what I've found, it will look absolutely adorable in the nursery." Tracy told her holding up a framed portrait, "We can have it customized to say Avery, then hang it over the crib."
Skye looked at it, "That's a novel idea Aunt Tracy."
"Ned, what are you doing here?" Tracy asked her son.
"Alexis and I are going to have a baby." He answered.
Tracy looked at Ned and then at Alexis, "That's wonderful, congratulations." She smiled, "Anyway, Skye how about we pay for all this stuff, find Mother and Father and then head to Basante's for lunch."
Skye looked over at Ned, "Would you care to join us?"
"No thank you, I have to get back to ELQ and Alexis has to get back to court.
As Ned and Alexis walked away, Tracy trotted off. Skye began laughing, "That was amusing."
"Tracy had no concern for her own son." Stefan pointed out.
"That's my Aunt Tracy for you."
Stefan took her hand, "Skye, I must be going, I have an important business meeting."
"Oh. I thought maybe you could join us for lunch."
"As much as I'd love to argue with Edward, I'm going to have to take a rain check." He kissed her on the cheek, "Why don't you meet me at the PC Grille around seven."
"I'd love to." Skye said with a smile.
Tracy and Skye joined Edward and Lila and then went to Basante's for lunch. A few hours later they arrived at home, Edward was the first one through the door, "Reginald, Reginald." He called.
Reginald appeared from the living room, "Yes?"
Edward pointed towards the door, "There's a whole load of things in the car I want you to unload and I truck should be coming soon with the furniture for the nursery. I want it all placed in the room beside Skye's."
"The room beside Skye's is Tracy's." Reginald told him.
"The one on the other side, you idiot." Edward yelled, "Come on, we have to get this nursery together."
Tracy came in behind him, carrying a few bags, "Honestly Father, you need to calm down before you have another heart attack."
"I want everything ready before the baby gets here."
She placed her bags on the floor, "Skye's not due until March, it's only November. You're acting like it's your child and not hers."
"I never said that, but my Great Grandson will someday take over ELQ."
"You know Father, it doesn't matter how hard you try to suck up, Skye's not going to name the baby after you."
A few hours later Skye walked through the door of the Port Charles Grille, she was wearing a very form fitting sage green dress that hit just below her knee and the neck line plunged down into a 'V'. Her red locks laid gently on her shoulders, in loose curls. She spotted Stefan and quickly made her way over to the table.
Stefan rose upon her arrival, he greeted her with a kiss on the check, "You look absolutely breathtaking."
She smiled, "Thank you."
He pulled out her chair, allowing her to sit down before he returned to his seat. Stefan reached across the took Skye's left hand between his. "Skye, I know that right now is an extremely difficult time, with the pregnancy and the paternity and everything but, I need to ask you something and I want you to answer me honestly."
She leaned in closer to the table, "You can ask me anything, you know that." Skye told him, "Honestly."
Stefan nodded, he opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out, he took a deep breath and tried again, this time succeeding, "When we met on the docks, I knew that you were upset and that you loved Jax, with all your heart, the two of you got back to together shortly after wards because of that love."
Skye felt her emotions taking over as Stefan continued, "Then you came to me on your wedding day and it was still vividly clear that you loved Jax with all your heart, but you couldn't lie to him any longer. And after you moved into Wyndemere and we started getting closer, I noticed that your love for Jax wasn't as apparent as it had been."
His words became whispered, "We were on the couch the other night and I looked down at you and it wasn't about anger like it was the first time, it was about something more. So my question to you is what. What do you feel for me Skye? I need to know."
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Skye turned around to face Stefan. She smiled, she was truly happy to see him. Then she remembered how things had soured between them the last night. And how she just up and left without telling him face to face. Her smile fell into a frown.
"What's wrong?"
Skye was trying to hold back her emotions, trying to prove to him that she didn't care, but she did, she really did and she wasn't sure why. She loves Jax. "Nothing's wrong." She assured him.
Stefan just looked at her, concern in his eyes, "Are you sure?"
Skye just nodded.
"When I couldn't find you last night, it frightened me. Then I found your letter and I knew that I couldn't have changed your mind if I tried, that you would have left anyway." Stefan explained.
"You're right, I did what I had to do. Things weren't working out." Skye admitted.
Stefan stepped closer to her, "But, Skye they were, they were working out."
Skye sniffled as her emotions were getting the best of her. "Really Stefan, were they? Because it didn't seem that way last night."
"This is because I pulled away from you when we were on the sofa, isn't it?" Stefan asked.
She looked at him in disbelief, "You're damn right. We were about to make love and you pulled away from me. I mean, I know that I have put on some weight with the pregnancy, but I thought I was still desirable to you, I thought you wanted me. The only thing I did was make a fool out of myself."
Stefan placed his hands firmly on her shoulders, looking her in the eye, "No, Skye, I did want you, I still want you. I pulled away from you because I didn't want you to make the same mistake twice."
"Mistake?"
"Yes, you would still be with Jax if I wouldn't have ran into you on the docks that night."
"Stefan, don't say that. Don't ever say that. I may be pregnant because of that night, if I had it to do all over again from this moment back, I would." Her eyes began to water.
Stefan wrapped his arms around her, "I'm just sorry that we met under these circumstances."
Skye relaxed against his chest, "Me too."
"Skye, I want you to know, that rather this little boy belongs to me or not, I want to be a part of his life and a part of yours, if you'll let me."
"You will be." She assured him. "How did you know how to find me?"
"Tracy called me."
Skye was confused about Tracy's actions, but then when wasn't she. "Tracy? Why would she call you about me?"
"Because she's your Aunt and she loves you and as much as you hate to admit it, you love her too. You love all the Quartermaine's, even Edward and Monica."
"Well, I guess I could deny it, but it really wouldn't do any good." Skye admitted.
"So, why don't we finish shopping." Stefan suggested.
"Okay."
Skye and Stefan continued to browse around the clothing section.
Stefan ran his hand over various clothing items, "So, what exactly are we shopping for?"
"Anything and everything."
Stefan laughed, "That certainly narrows it down." He continued to browse through the clothing as Skye looked through the bedding selection.
Stefan heard a voice behind him, "Yellow is a nice neutral color."
He turned around, "Alexis, what are you doing here?"
She gestured at her stomach, "Um, hello. The better question is what are you doing here?"
Stefan smiled, "I'm shopping for some things for the nursery."
Alexis was confused, "What nursery?"
"Well, Alexis, I don't know where you've been for the past two months, but I may be a father."
"You may be a father? What? You are making absolutely no sense." She said laughing.
"Well, we don't know who the baby belongs to yet." He explained.
"Oh." Alexis nodded, "Is she from Port Charles? Because the only other pregnant person that I know of around here is Skye Quartermaine." Then it hit her. Stefan didn't say a word, "Skye? You may have fathered Skye Quartermaine's baby?"
"It's a possibility."
Skye came walking around the corner, "Stefan, isn't this the cutest thing?" She was holding a soft brown teddy bear in her hand.
He took it from her, "It's very cute, I think it would look good sitting in that crib that I picked out."
Skye then noticed Alexis, "Alexis, it's been a long time since I last seen you. How are you?" She asked, "And the baby."
Alexis was silent for several seconds taking in everything she had just learned in the past two minutes. "I'm great, the baby's great. I'm due in January, what about you?"
"Everythings fine so far, I'm not due until March, but I'm pretty excited."
Alexis' eyes wandered down to Skye's left hand, there was no wedding band or the engagement ring that Jax had given her, "So, I take it you're having a boy?"
Skye smiled, "Yes, Stefan and I found out a few days ago and Ned told me that your baby was a girl."
"Yes." Alexis answered and then Ned came up behind her, "Ned, look who I ran into." Alexis told him, motioning to Skye and Stefan.
"Skye, Stefan." Ned acknowledged, "Shopping for baby things?"
"Yes." Stefan answered.
"Skye, darling, look what I've found, it will look absolutely adorable in the nursery." Tracy told her holding up a framed portrait, "We can have it customized to say Avery, then hang it over the crib."
Skye looked at it, "That's a novel idea Aunt Tracy."
"Ned, what are you doing here?" Tracy asked her son.
"Alexis and I are going to have a baby." He answered.
Tracy looked at Ned and then at Alexis, "That's wonderful, congratulations." She smiled, "Anyway, Skye how about we pay for all this stuff, find Mother and Father and then head to Basante's for lunch."
Skye looked over at Ned, "Would you care to join us?"
"No thank you, I have to get back to ELQ and Alexis has to get back to court.
As Ned and Alexis walked away, Tracy trotted off. Skye began laughing, "That was amusing."
"Tracy had no concern for her own son." Stefan pointed out.
"That's my Aunt Tracy for you."
Stefan took her hand, "Skye, I must be going, I have an important business meeting."
"Oh. I thought maybe you could join us for lunch."
"As much as I'd love to argue with Edward, I'm going to have to take a rain check." He kissed her on the cheek, "Why don't you meet me at the PC Grille around seven."
"I'd love to." Skye said with a smile.
Tracy and Skye joined Edward and Lila and then went to Basante's for lunch. A few hours later they arrived at home, Edward was the first one through the door, "Reginald, Reginald." He called.
Reginald appeared from the living room, "Yes?"
Edward pointed towards the door, "There's a whole load of things in the car I want you to unload and I truck should be coming soon with the furniture for the nursery. I want it all placed in the room beside Skye's."
"The room beside Skye's is Tracy's." Reginald told him.
"The one on the other side, you idiot." Edward yelled, "Come on, we have to get this nursery together."
Tracy came in behind him, carrying a few bags, "Honestly Father, you need to calm down before you have another heart attack."
"I want everything ready before the baby gets here."
She placed her bags on the floor, "Skye's not due until March, it's only November. You're acting like it's your child and not hers."
"I never said that, but my Great Grandson will someday take over ELQ."
"You know Father, it doesn't matter how hard you try to suck up, Skye's not going to name the baby after you."
A few hours later Skye walked through the door of the Port Charles Grille, she was wearing a very form fitting sage green dress that hit just below her knee and the neck line plunged down into a 'V'. Her red locks laid gently on her shoulders, in loose curls. She spotted Stefan and quickly made her way over to the table.
Stefan rose upon her arrival, he greeted her with a kiss on the check, "You look absolutely breathtaking."
She smiled, "Thank you."
He pulled out her chair, allowing her to sit down before he returned to his seat. Stefan reached across the took Skye's left hand between his. "Skye, I know that right now is an extremely difficult time, with the pregnancy and the paternity and everything but, I need to ask you something and I want you to answer me honestly."
She leaned in closer to the table, "You can ask me anything, you know that." Skye told him, "Honestly."
Stefan nodded, he opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out, he took a deep breath and tried again, this time succeeding, "When we met on the docks, I knew that you were upset and that you loved Jax, with all your heart, the two of you got back to together shortly after wards because of that love."
Skye felt her emotions taking over as Stefan continued, "Then you came to me on your wedding day and it was still vividly clear that you loved Jax with all your heart, but you couldn't lie to him any longer. And after you moved into Wyndemere and we started getting closer, I noticed that your love for Jax wasn't as apparent as it had been."
His words became whispered, "We were on the couch the other night and I looked down at you and it wasn't about anger like it was the first time, it was about something more. So my question to you is what. What do you feel for me Skye? I need to know."
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