Title: She's my baby, where's your baby?
Rating- PG-13
Summary: Babe finds the courage to tell Bianca about Miranda. After Bianca has Miranda, Babe, Kendall, JR, Adam, David, and the whole town bands together to find baby boy Chandler.
Disclaimer: I do not own All My Children nor it's characters.
AN: Takes place after the week of June 28th-July 2nd. Babe has fully recovered from her drug overdose. I don't know what else to call it, besides JR trying to hurt her.
Bianca looked at Babe who was watching her hold Miranda. Bianca carefully handed Miranda over to her mother and walked over to Babe.
"Kendall, is it okay if we can talk in your room?"
"Of course." She moved away and let them go. She walked over and sat beside her mother. "Wow. I guess this means we better start buying baby things."
Erica looked at her, panicked. "Oh! Dear, you're right. But we don't have time."
"We have all the time in the world, mother. Just let me call Doctor David Hayward." She got up and went to the phone and dialed his number.
"Hayward."
"David, it's Kendall. Safe from the storm?"
"Yes, managed to get out of it in time. Is something wrong?"
"No but there is something you should know."
"What?"
"Miranda is back in our arms."
Silence. "Did Babe tell you?"
Kendall frowned. "Don't tell me you knew."
He sighed. "I swear Kendall I tried to tell Bianca but..."
"Don't explain it to me, explain it to her when you get here. By the way, we need help getting baby things together."
"All right. Does JR know?"
"I doubt it. Babe just came over here a while ago looking like she was scared out of her mind."
"I'll be right over. Don't call anyone else." He hung up.
Kendall hung up and looked at her mother. "He better have a good explanation for knowing."
Erica sighed. "Kendall, come here and look at your niece. It'll calm you down."
Kendall sat down and the minute she saw those big eyes, her heart melted. "How do babies do that?"
"They have their own manipulative way."
Miranda spit up and Kendall shook her head. "Good one, Mimo."
In the other room, Babe sat on the bed and Bianca was on the other side.
"Remember at the wedding, I stopped and said you were her mama?"
Bianca nodded, not saying a word.
"I wanted to tell you then. Kendall had her suspicions and...she was so mad I didn't say anything. David did a DNA test on her and he found out."
"The first person he told was your mother."
"Yes. Then she dropped the bombshell that he was my daddy."
"To get him to be quiet."
"Right. I told him that night, before I went out, that I knew about Be...Miranda. He wanted to tell you, he kept trying to but something always happened to keep it from happening."
"How did Kendall figure it out?"
"She heard me call Bess Miranda. She confronted me but she didn't believe me when I told her why I called her that." Babe looked at her. Bianca was looking out the window.
"How could so many people lie to me? What...what were they trying to prove?"
Babe licked her lips. "It was all my mother's doing. She made everyone keep it a secret. She didn't want me to go through what you went through."
Bianca looked at her. "We don't have all of the facts. There is still hope your baby is out there somewhere."
"Yeah lying at the bottom of a river."
"Don't say that. Cramer lied and I don't care if it's because JR and Adam ganged up on him. He told you one thing and he told them another. He's hiding something and you can't deny that. You need to think about this right now."
"I have thought about it. I don't know what he could possibly want with my baby."
Bianca took her hand and squeezed it. "Me neither...but something fishy is going on. We need to find out."
Babe smiled. They heard a knock on the door and turned. "I hope that's not JR."
Bianca stood up and they went out into the living room to see David. Kendall let him in and he looked straight at Babe. She gulped and looked down.
"You did the right thing, Babe."
She looked up at him. "My mama's going to be so mad at me. JR will hate me."
"This isn't about them, sweetheart. It was never about them."
Babe nodded. David looked at Bianca. She was looking down at first but she looked at him angrily.
"Bianca, I wanted to tell you. I really did. I am so sorry I kept this from you."
Bianca looked at Babe and then over at her daughter, who was sleeping peacefully. She looked at David. "I forgive you."
David smiled weakly and Bianca walked over to hug him. After she hugged him, David went over and hugged Babe.
"It's all right. It'll be all right."
Babe smiled. "I hope so. Bianca...she thinks my baby might be alive but...I don't know what to think."
David looked at Bianca, who had gone over to sit beside her daughter. "Well when Bianca's right, she's right."
Babe nodded. David went over and looked at the little angel. Erica looked at him.
"I'm not sure whether I am mad at you or...I don't know."
"I really am sorry."
Kendall looked at him. "You finally did the DNA test."
He nodded. Bianca took Miranda and handed him to David. "Here she is. My little Miranda."
David chuckled. "She looks just like her mommy."
Bianca blushed. They heard a knock on the door and Kendall went over to the window and looked through the peephole. She looked at everyone.
"It's JR."
Babe gulped. Bianca turned.
"If he sees Miranda here, he'll freak."
"Bianca, take your daughter and go into the other room."
Bianca carefully took her baby, grabbed the diaper bag and rushed into Kendall's room. Babe went over and stood beside David.
"I need to tell him the truth."
"I'm here for you."
"So am I." Erica said.
Kendall nodded and opened the door. JR looked inside and walked in.
"Babe, you left so suddenly, is something wrong? Where's Bess?"
Babe gulped. "Something is wrong but everything...will be okay, I hope. Bess...she's fine. She's sleeping. JR, I have to tell you something and...you're going to hate me."
"What is it? Where's my daughter?"
Babe sighed. "JR, I remember everything about that night. I gave birth to a little boy I didn't have a girl. Paul lied to you. That baby he pointed to was Miranda."
JR shook his head. "You're lying. I know we had a girl."
Babe nodded. "It's true. I had a boy I remember everything. I'm so sorry. Tad did a DNA test but mama switched the labels on the tubes of blood. David did another test...that sweet baby girl is Miranda."
JR looked at her with disgust. "How could you keep this from me?"
"I'm so sorry. I didn't want you to leave me. I should have told you as soon as I figured it out but mama said..."
"Who cares what your mother says? Where's our baby, Babe? What happened to...our son?"
Babe shook her head. "I don't know. But Bianca thinks if he lied to you about Bess...then he lied to me about my baby being dead. He told me my baby was dead and I wake up to the hospital to find out I have a baby girl and that Miranda is dead."
"Bianca knows?"
"I just told her tonight. She's in the other room with her daughter."
"I have to see her." JR started to walk towards the bedroom. David stopped him.
"JR, she just found out her daughter is alive. She needs time to herself."
"You don't have the right to tell me what to do!" He said loudly, causing a cry to erupt from the other room.
Erica and Kendall stood up.
"You just woke Miranda up, JR. Let Bianca be. She needs this time alone with her baby girl." Erica said.
JR shook his head and sat down. "I can't believe this."
Kendall went over and bent down to take his hand. "I know it's hard to believe. But it's true."
JR looked at everyone. "How long have you guys known?"
Kendall gulped. "I suspected it the day of the wedding."
"Same. I found out the day Babe went into the hospital."
"A couple of months." Babe whispered.
"I just found out." Erica said.
JR stood up and walked around until he ended up at the kitchen counter.
"I'm going to kill him."
"Who?" Kendall asked.
"Cramer! He told me, he specifically told me it was my baby in that incubator! He told me that Bianca's baby died. Why...why would he lie?"
"JR, you and Adam were being kind of hard on him."
Erica put a hand on Kendall's arm. "JR, he was probably just disoriented."
"Disoriented my ass. I'm going to find out exactly what happened that night. I won't rest until I get the answer."
"JR, I..."
"Babe, please don't talk to me right now. I...I need to think."
Babe nodded and sat down weakly.
Kendall walked over to Erica. "Mom, would you mind if I had Bianca and Miranda stay with you at the penthouse for the night? I'm going to get things ready for Miranda."
"Of course. But are you going to do this all by yourself?"
"I'll help her, Miss. Kane." Babe said.
"Me too." David said.
Erica nodded. Bianca walked out of the bedroom. She stopped when she saw JR. She looked at Babe and then at Kendall. Kendall nodded. JR turned and looked at Bianca.
"Bianca..."
Bianca licked her lips. "JR I am so sorry. You don't know how sorry I am."
JR shook his head. "Don't...don't say anything. I don't blame you. I'm sorry for trying to keep Be...keep her from you."
Bianca nodded. "There's nothing to forgive."
"H...how is she?"
"She's fine, she's asleep."
Kendall walked over to Bianca. "Hey, mom is going to take you and Miranda back to the penthouse while David, Babe and I get Miranda some clothes and all the baby stuff she needs."
"Oh no you guys don't have to do that."
"We want to." David said. "You deserve this time with your daughter and it would be wrong for us not to help."
Bianca gave him a soft smile. "Thank you so much, David. This almost makes up for everything."
David gave her a hug.
Bianca went back into the bedroom and gently scooped Miranda into her arms. She walked back out into the living room and noticed JR turned away.
"JR? You can say good bye." She said softly.
He shook his head. "It's...it's too hard."
Bianca nodded and looked at Babe. "Babe?"
Babe looked at her and slowly got up. She went over and kissed the baby's forehead.
"You're home now, little one. You're in the right person's arms."
Bianca smiled softly and looked at Erica. "You ready?"
"As always."
Bianca smiled and carefully gave Kendall a hug. "Again, thank you."
"You just take care. I'll make sure everything is perfect for you and our little angel." She said looking down at the sleeping child.
"You are the best."
"I know." She chuckled and Bianca went to the door. Erica grabbed her coat and put it on.
"Kendall, call me in the morning. David, we'll talk later. Babe, everything is going to be all right. I know it is."
Babe nodded.
Erica gave JR a smile before leaving the condo and shading Bianca and Miranda from the rain.
Rating- PG-13
Summary: Babe finds the courage to tell Bianca about Miranda. After Bianca has Miranda, Babe, Kendall, JR, Adam, David, and the whole town bands together to find baby boy Chandler.
Disclaimer: I do not own All My Children nor it's characters.
AN: Takes place after the week of June 28th-July 2nd. Babe has fully recovered from her drug overdose. I don't know what else to call it, besides JR trying to hurt her.
Bianca looked at Babe who was watching her hold Miranda. Bianca carefully handed Miranda over to her mother and walked over to Babe.
"Kendall, is it okay if we can talk in your room?"
"Of course." She moved away and let them go. She walked over and sat beside her mother. "Wow. I guess this means we better start buying baby things."
Erica looked at her, panicked. "Oh! Dear, you're right. But we don't have time."
"We have all the time in the world, mother. Just let me call Doctor David Hayward." She got up and went to the phone and dialed his number.
"Hayward."
"David, it's Kendall. Safe from the storm?"
"Yes, managed to get out of it in time. Is something wrong?"
"No but there is something you should know."
"What?"
"Miranda is back in our arms."
Silence. "Did Babe tell you?"
Kendall frowned. "Don't tell me you knew."
He sighed. "I swear Kendall I tried to tell Bianca but..."
"Don't explain it to me, explain it to her when you get here. By the way, we need help getting baby things together."
"All right. Does JR know?"
"I doubt it. Babe just came over here a while ago looking like she was scared out of her mind."
"I'll be right over. Don't call anyone else." He hung up.
Kendall hung up and looked at her mother. "He better have a good explanation for knowing."
Erica sighed. "Kendall, come here and look at your niece. It'll calm you down."
Kendall sat down and the minute she saw those big eyes, her heart melted. "How do babies do that?"
"They have their own manipulative way."
Miranda spit up and Kendall shook her head. "Good one, Mimo."
In the other room, Babe sat on the bed and Bianca was on the other side.
"Remember at the wedding, I stopped and said you were her mama?"
Bianca nodded, not saying a word.
"I wanted to tell you then. Kendall had her suspicions and...she was so mad I didn't say anything. David did a DNA test on her and he found out."
"The first person he told was your mother."
"Yes. Then she dropped the bombshell that he was my daddy."
"To get him to be quiet."
"Right. I told him that night, before I went out, that I knew about Be...Miranda. He wanted to tell you, he kept trying to but something always happened to keep it from happening."
"How did Kendall figure it out?"
"She heard me call Bess Miranda. She confronted me but she didn't believe me when I told her why I called her that." Babe looked at her. Bianca was looking out the window.
"How could so many people lie to me? What...what were they trying to prove?"
Babe licked her lips. "It was all my mother's doing. She made everyone keep it a secret. She didn't want me to go through what you went through."
Bianca looked at her. "We don't have all of the facts. There is still hope your baby is out there somewhere."
"Yeah lying at the bottom of a river."
"Don't say that. Cramer lied and I don't care if it's because JR and Adam ganged up on him. He told you one thing and he told them another. He's hiding something and you can't deny that. You need to think about this right now."
"I have thought about it. I don't know what he could possibly want with my baby."
Bianca took her hand and squeezed it. "Me neither...but something fishy is going on. We need to find out."
Babe smiled. They heard a knock on the door and turned. "I hope that's not JR."
Bianca stood up and they went out into the living room to see David. Kendall let him in and he looked straight at Babe. She gulped and looked down.
"You did the right thing, Babe."
She looked up at him. "My mama's going to be so mad at me. JR will hate me."
"This isn't about them, sweetheart. It was never about them."
Babe nodded. David looked at Bianca. She was looking down at first but she looked at him angrily.
"Bianca, I wanted to tell you. I really did. I am so sorry I kept this from you."
Bianca looked at Babe and then over at her daughter, who was sleeping peacefully. She looked at David. "I forgive you."
David smiled weakly and Bianca walked over to hug him. After she hugged him, David went over and hugged Babe.
"It's all right. It'll be all right."
Babe smiled. "I hope so. Bianca...she thinks my baby might be alive but...I don't know what to think."
David looked at Bianca, who had gone over to sit beside her daughter. "Well when Bianca's right, she's right."
Babe nodded. David went over and looked at the little angel. Erica looked at him.
"I'm not sure whether I am mad at you or...I don't know."
"I really am sorry."
Kendall looked at him. "You finally did the DNA test."
He nodded. Bianca took Miranda and handed him to David. "Here she is. My little Miranda."
David chuckled. "She looks just like her mommy."
Bianca blushed. They heard a knock on the door and Kendall went over to the window and looked through the peephole. She looked at everyone.
"It's JR."
Babe gulped. Bianca turned.
"If he sees Miranda here, he'll freak."
"Bianca, take your daughter and go into the other room."
Bianca carefully took her baby, grabbed the diaper bag and rushed into Kendall's room. Babe went over and stood beside David.
"I need to tell him the truth."
"I'm here for you."
"So am I." Erica said.
Kendall nodded and opened the door. JR looked inside and walked in.
"Babe, you left so suddenly, is something wrong? Where's Bess?"
Babe gulped. "Something is wrong but everything...will be okay, I hope. Bess...she's fine. She's sleeping. JR, I have to tell you something and...you're going to hate me."
"What is it? Where's my daughter?"
Babe sighed. "JR, I remember everything about that night. I gave birth to a little boy I didn't have a girl. Paul lied to you. That baby he pointed to was Miranda."
JR shook his head. "You're lying. I know we had a girl."
Babe nodded. "It's true. I had a boy I remember everything. I'm so sorry. Tad did a DNA test but mama switched the labels on the tubes of blood. David did another test...that sweet baby girl is Miranda."
JR looked at her with disgust. "How could you keep this from me?"
"I'm so sorry. I didn't want you to leave me. I should have told you as soon as I figured it out but mama said..."
"Who cares what your mother says? Where's our baby, Babe? What happened to...our son?"
Babe shook her head. "I don't know. But Bianca thinks if he lied to you about Bess...then he lied to me about my baby being dead. He told me my baby was dead and I wake up to the hospital to find out I have a baby girl and that Miranda is dead."
"Bianca knows?"
"I just told her tonight. She's in the other room with her daughter."
"I have to see her." JR started to walk towards the bedroom. David stopped him.
"JR, she just found out her daughter is alive. She needs time to herself."
"You don't have the right to tell me what to do!" He said loudly, causing a cry to erupt from the other room.
Erica and Kendall stood up.
"You just woke Miranda up, JR. Let Bianca be. She needs this time alone with her baby girl." Erica said.
JR shook his head and sat down. "I can't believe this."
Kendall went over and bent down to take his hand. "I know it's hard to believe. But it's true."
JR looked at everyone. "How long have you guys known?"
Kendall gulped. "I suspected it the day of the wedding."
"Same. I found out the day Babe went into the hospital."
"A couple of months." Babe whispered.
"I just found out." Erica said.
JR stood up and walked around until he ended up at the kitchen counter.
"I'm going to kill him."
"Who?" Kendall asked.
"Cramer! He told me, he specifically told me it was my baby in that incubator! He told me that Bianca's baby died. Why...why would he lie?"
"JR, you and Adam were being kind of hard on him."
Erica put a hand on Kendall's arm. "JR, he was probably just disoriented."
"Disoriented my ass. I'm going to find out exactly what happened that night. I won't rest until I get the answer."
"JR, I..."
"Babe, please don't talk to me right now. I...I need to think."
Babe nodded and sat down weakly.
Kendall walked over to Erica. "Mom, would you mind if I had Bianca and Miranda stay with you at the penthouse for the night? I'm going to get things ready for Miranda."
"Of course. But are you going to do this all by yourself?"
"I'll help her, Miss. Kane." Babe said.
"Me too." David said.
Erica nodded. Bianca walked out of the bedroom. She stopped when she saw JR. She looked at Babe and then at Kendall. Kendall nodded. JR turned and looked at Bianca.
"Bianca..."
Bianca licked her lips. "JR I am so sorry. You don't know how sorry I am."
JR shook his head. "Don't...don't say anything. I don't blame you. I'm sorry for trying to keep Be...keep her from you."
Bianca nodded. "There's nothing to forgive."
"H...how is she?"
"She's fine, she's asleep."
Kendall walked over to Bianca. "Hey, mom is going to take you and Miranda back to the penthouse while David, Babe and I get Miranda some clothes and all the baby stuff she needs."
"Oh no you guys don't have to do that."
"We want to." David said. "You deserve this time with your daughter and it would be wrong for us not to help."
Bianca gave him a soft smile. "Thank you so much, David. This almost makes up for everything."
David gave her a hug.
Bianca went back into the bedroom and gently scooped Miranda into her arms. She walked back out into the living room and noticed JR turned away.
"JR? You can say good bye." She said softly.
He shook his head. "It's...it's too hard."
Bianca nodded and looked at Babe. "Babe?"
Babe looked at her and slowly got up. She went over and kissed the baby's forehead.
"You're home now, little one. You're in the right person's arms."
Bianca smiled softly and looked at Erica. "You ready?"
"As always."
Bianca smiled and carefully gave Kendall a hug. "Again, thank you."
"You just take care. I'll make sure everything is perfect for you and our little angel." She said looking down at the sleeping child.
"You are the best."
"I know." She chuckled and Bianca went to the door. Erica grabbed her coat and put it on.
"Kendall, call me in the morning. David, we'll talk later. Babe, everything is going to be all right. I know it is."
Babe nodded.
Erica gave JR a smile before leaving the condo and shading Bianca and Miranda from the rain.