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Tad stared at Darian slack jawed. His heart was pounding, his palms were sweaty, but mostly his mind was racing.
"Rose was pregnant?" He stood up. "With my child?"
"With me."
"You mean you're my.I'm your."
"I'm your daughter."
"Oh boy," Tad said sitting back down. "I have a daughter?"
Darian crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm so sure you didn't know. She probably told you and you took the first plane back to Pine Valley."
"It didn't happen like that! She never told me she was pregnant!"
"I don't believe you!"
"Hey my father wouldn't lie about something like that!" Jamie said to his defense.
"I don't remember asking you."
"Where's Rose?" Tad stood up between the two before they engaged in hand to hand combat.
"Like you care!" Darian spat. "You haven't bothered to get in contact with her for almost twenty years and now that she was pregnant with your kid you want to know where she is?"
Tad stared into Darian's blue eyes. "I didn't know she was pregnant with you! She never told me!"
"It was a mistake coming here," Darian turned and ran out the door.
Tad chased after her, but the girl was quicker than he had anticipated. It would have been easier to follow her if it wasn't raining cats and dogs outside.
"DARIAN!" He really didn't expect her to come back, but he still had to try. He called out to her a few more times before going back into the house, soaking wet.
"You don't really think she's telling the truth?" Jamie asked.
Tad looked up at his son. "It's very possible she is telling the truth James."
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J.R. was staring out into the night sky. It had only stopped raining about fifteen minutes ago, but the storm hadn't stopped him from going to the beach. He'd never tell anyone but it was his favorite place to be. He would go there to clear his head, think things through, or just to be alone. Whatever suited him.
The waves crashed on the shore and J.R. found himself longing to be on a boat in some secluded area. This whole thing with Jamie and Babe was driving him crazy. He loved his wife and he loved his brother, but something wasn't right. He just wasn't sure what it was.
The only thing he knew for sure was that Babe was pregnant; he was going to be a father. Then again if Jamie was telling the truth that meant that the baby could be his.
J.R. shook his head. It wasn't something he wanted to be thinking about right now.
That's when he heard it. It wasn't very loud, but he heard it just the same. A soft sobbing was coming from somewhere near the rocks.
"Hello?"
The crying ceased.
"Hello who's there?" He walked over towards the sound. J.R. came around a large rock that came about waist high. A woman with dark hair was crouched there. He kneeled down beside her and she hugged herself. "Are you okay?"
"Peachy," She replied with sarcasm in her voice.
J.R. took off his jacket and placed it over her shivering frame. "That a little better?"
"Thanks," She nodded.
"I'm J.R."
"Darian."
"Nice to meet you."
"I wouldn't say that just yet." She told him.
J.R. stared at this woman. Her blue eyes and delicate features made her pretty, perhaps not as beautiful as Babe, but beautiful in simpler way. Upon closer inspection he noticed a cut on her forehead.
"You're hurt."
"I'm fine." Darian assured him.
"Why don't you come back to my house? I'm sure we can find you some dry clothes and something hot to eat."
Darian raised an eyebrow. She didn't trust people, especially people just met, but she was so cold. Besides that she hadn't eaten in days. Still she didn't want to risk it. "I'd better not."
"Come on, I don't bite."
Darian smiled. "I could say different about most of the men I've met."
"Well it's nice to know you can smile."
She sobered. "Look you're really nice and all, but I really don't want to be a burden." Darian stood up and turned to face the ocean. "I sort of don't want anyone to know where I am."
J.R. stood up next to her. "Now why would a beautiful woman such as yourself not want anyone to know where you are?"
"It's better that way."
J.R. noticed her eyes fluttering. "Are you okay?"
"Look, no matter what happens, no hospitals okay?"
"But you're.."
"Promise me!"
J.R. didn't know what was going on, but he wasn't about to let her run off. He nodded. "I promise."
She looked over at him. "Good." Darian smiled.
Then, J.R. caught her as she passed out. He picked her up in his arms and gazed upon her pale face. She was soaked to the bone and probably running a fever. He promised no hospitals, but he wasn't sure he could keep that promise. Darian was hurt, but for now he'd wait. He'd take her back to the house and take things from there.
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Tad walked into the hospital and over to the reception desk, asking the nurse behind the counter to page his father. Then he walked over and took a seat in the waiting area. He dropped his head in his hands. He suddenly felt very old and for Tad, that was unusual.
Tad thought back to Rose, thought of her brown eyes, and black hair; the dimples in her cheeks that he loved so much and the figure to die for. Rose's impeccable smile and her sweet, sweet laugh that always lit up a room.
~Flashback, 1983~
Tad and Rose were lying in bed in a small motel room. She was lying in the crook of his arm, her tan face on his chest. She made small circles in the dark curly hair that grew there. She closed her eyes and took in every feel of his body. His arms wrapped around her, his breath on top of her head. She never wanted this moment to end.
The smile that had been playing on her lips a moment ago disappeared. Rose knew that this had to end. Tad had a family that he needed to go home to. She knew he wanted to and all he needed was a little push. As much as she wanted to, she wasn't going to keep him from that.
Rose sat up, pulling away from him in the process.
"What's wrong?" Tad asked.
She wrapped the sheets around herself and turned to face him.
"You need to go home."
"What?" Tad laughed. "No way. I'm happy here, with you!"
She shook her head. "No you're not. Not completely anyways."
"Rose.."
"Tad no, let me finish."
He repositioned himself so he was sitting up, facing her.
She sighed. "I see the way you stare off into space; how you sneak looks of the picture of your family in your wallet. You want to go home."
"Rose, I can't go home."
She smiled at him and he felt his heart melt.
"Of course you can." She ran her fingers through his hair. "They're your family. They love you. Whatever happened they will forgive you."
Tad glanced at her with misty eyes. "How can you be so sure?"
"The same way I'm sure about everything else. I just am." She leaned in and kissed him.
~End Flashback~
"Tad?"
Tad jumped up and saw his father standing there. Before he said anything he silently thanked Rose for making him come home.
"What's wrong?" Joe asked.
"Dad I think my life has just changed."
Joe crossed his arms. "For better or for worse?"
"I'm not sure yet."
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Tad stared at Darian slack jawed. His heart was pounding, his palms were sweaty, but mostly his mind was racing.
"Rose was pregnant?" He stood up. "With my child?"
"With me."
"You mean you're my.I'm your."
"I'm your daughter."
"Oh boy," Tad said sitting back down. "I have a daughter?"
Darian crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm so sure you didn't know. She probably told you and you took the first plane back to Pine Valley."
"It didn't happen like that! She never told me she was pregnant!"
"I don't believe you!"
"Hey my father wouldn't lie about something like that!" Jamie said to his defense.
"I don't remember asking you."
"Where's Rose?" Tad stood up between the two before they engaged in hand to hand combat.
"Like you care!" Darian spat. "You haven't bothered to get in contact with her for almost twenty years and now that she was pregnant with your kid you want to know where she is?"
Tad stared into Darian's blue eyes. "I didn't know she was pregnant with you! She never told me!"
"It was a mistake coming here," Darian turned and ran out the door.
Tad chased after her, but the girl was quicker than he had anticipated. It would have been easier to follow her if it wasn't raining cats and dogs outside.
"DARIAN!" He really didn't expect her to come back, but he still had to try. He called out to her a few more times before going back into the house, soaking wet.
"You don't really think she's telling the truth?" Jamie asked.
Tad looked up at his son. "It's very possible she is telling the truth James."
~~~~~~~~~
J.R. was staring out into the night sky. It had only stopped raining about fifteen minutes ago, but the storm hadn't stopped him from going to the beach. He'd never tell anyone but it was his favorite place to be. He would go there to clear his head, think things through, or just to be alone. Whatever suited him.
The waves crashed on the shore and J.R. found himself longing to be on a boat in some secluded area. This whole thing with Jamie and Babe was driving him crazy. He loved his wife and he loved his brother, but something wasn't right. He just wasn't sure what it was.
The only thing he knew for sure was that Babe was pregnant; he was going to be a father. Then again if Jamie was telling the truth that meant that the baby could be his.
J.R. shook his head. It wasn't something he wanted to be thinking about right now.
That's when he heard it. It wasn't very loud, but he heard it just the same. A soft sobbing was coming from somewhere near the rocks.
"Hello?"
The crying ceased.
"Hello who's there?" He walked over towards the sound. J.R. came around a large rock that came about waist high. A woman with dark hair was crouched there. He kneeled down beside her and she hugged herself. "Are you okay?"
"Peachy," She replied with sarcasm in her voice.
J.R. took off his jacket and placed it over her shivering frame. "That a little better?"
"Thanks," She nodded.
"I'm J.R."
"Darian."
"Nice to meet you."
"I wouldn't say that just yet." She told him.
J.R. stared at this woman. Her blue eyes and delicate features made her pretty, perhaps not as beautiful as Babe, but beautiful in simpler way. Upon closer inspection he noticed a cut on her forehead.
"You're hurt."
"I'm fine." Darian assured him.
"Why don't you come back to my house? I'm sure we can find you some dry clothes and something hot to eat."
Darian raised an eyebrow. She didn't trust people, especially people just met, but she was so cold. Besides that she hadn't eaten in days. Still she didn't want to risk it. "I'd better not."
"Come on, I don't bite."
Darian smiled. "I could say different about most of the men I've met."
"Well it's nice to know you can smile."
She sobered. "Look you're really nice and all, but I really don't want to be a burden." Darian stood up and turned to face the ocean. "I sort of don't want anyone to know where I am."
J.R. stood up next to her. "Now why would a beautiful woman such as yourself not want anyone to know where you are?"
"It's better that way."
J.R. noticed her eyes fluttering. "Are you okay?"
"Look, no matter what happens, no hospitals okay?"
"But you're.."
"Promise me!"
J.R. didn't know what was going on, but he wasn't about to let her run off. He nodded. "I promise."
She looked over at him. "Good." Darian smiled.
Then, J.R. caught her as she passed out. He picked her up in his arms and gazed upon her pale face. She was soaked to the bone and probably running a fever. He promised no hospitals, but he wasn't sure he could keep that promise. Darian was hurt, but for now he'd wait. He'd take her back to the house and take things from there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tad walked into the hospital and over to the reception desk, asking the nurse behind the counter to page his father. Then he walked over and took a seat in the waiting area. He dropped his head in his hands. He suddenly felt very old and for Tad, that was unusual.
Tad thought back to Rose, thought of her brown eyes, and black hair; the dimples in her cheeks that he loved so much and the figure to die for. Rose's impeccable smile and her sweet, sweet laugh that always lit up a room.
~Flashback, 1983~
Tad and Rose were lying in bed in a small motel room. She was lying in the crook of his arm, her tan face on his chest. She made small circles in the dark curly hair that grew there. She closed her eyes and took in every feel of his body. His arms wrapped around her, his breath on top of her head. She never wanted this moment to end.
The smile that had been playing on her lips a moment ago disappeared. Rose knew that this had to end. Tad had a family that he needed to go home to. She knew he wanted to and all he needed was a little push. As much as she wanted to, she wasn't going to keep him from that.
Rose sat up, pulling away from him in the process.
"What's wrong?" Tad asked.
She wrapped the sheets around herself and turned to face him.
"You need to go home."
"What?" Tad laughed. "No way. I'm happy here, with you!"
She shook her head. "No you're not. Not completely anyways."
"Rose.."
"Tad no, let me finish."
He repositioned himself so he was sitting up, facing her.
She sighed. "I see the way you stare off into space; how you sneak looks of the picture of your family in your wallet. You want to go home."
"Rose, I can't go home."
She smiled at him and he felt his heart melt.
"Of course you can." She ran her fingers through his hair. "They're your family. They love you. Whatever happened they will forgive you."
Tad glanced at her with misty eyes. "How can you be so sure?"
"The same way I'm sure about everything else. I just am." She leaned in and kissed him.
~End Flashback~
"Tad?"
Tad jumped up and saw his father standing there. Before he said anything he silently thanked Rose for making him come home.
"What's wrong?" Joe asked.
"Dad I think my life has just changed."
Joe crossed his arms. "For better or for worse?"
"I'm not sure yet."
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