Things begin to work out in Salem, and a new girl comes and shakes things up!

Chapter 1

Marlena stood in her office with roman by her side. "What is it Doc? What did you want to tell me?"

She let out a deep breath. "You may want to sit for this Roman."

"Don't scare me Doc, I was scared enough at Tony's castle." He replied.

"Yea, about that." Marlena began. "Well, do you remember the one night that we were alone together?" She asked him.

"Yes I do." He replied. "Where is this heading?" He asked.

Marlena walked over and took his hand and placed it on her stomach. "We are going to have a baby."

Roman looked at her like she was crazy. "Doc, we are old."

"Exactly my first thought. But I am too far along to end it. I have to end things with John as soon as possible. I want us to be a family again. You and me Roman."

"But that's just nonsense, I am married to Kate." Roman replied.

"I know Roman, but we can't take this back. We shared a love in that castle and formed a bond that I don't want to let go of." Marlena told him. "Tonight, I will leave my house and move in with Sammy for awhile, at least until the divorce is finalized."

"Don't do that Doc. Raise the child with John." Roman encouraged her.

"Roman, I don't love John anymore." Marlena told him. "I only love you."

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In the German hospital Belle stood in the waiting room with a cup of tea. Of course I care about Sean, but Philip is the man that I said I would love, honor, and cherish forever...And I meant it. There is no turning back. I will stand by him no matter what. Belle thought to herself.

Sean came up behind her. "Belle." She dreaded hearing that voice.

She slowly turned to face him. "Sean."

"You know you love me." He told her with such certainty.

"Sean, you are my friend, and yes, once upon a time I did love you, but not anymore. I am a married woman now, and I will not leave my husband for you." Belle said firmly to him.

"But what we had -"

"Had Sean, had." Belle told him. "Not have, had. It's over, we are over. There is no more us. Good - bye Sean."

She walked back to Philip's room to find him awake. "Hey soldier." She smiled at him and took his hand in both of hers'.

"Hey beautiful." He smiled and looked up at her. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"For standing by me."

"I love you." Belle told him. "Not Sean." She pulled up a chair next to his bed and kissed him sweetly. "I will never leave you Philip." She told him once the kiss was over. "Till death do us part."

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Kate and John sat together. He had just given her the talk about Sammy. ( From July 5, 2005 )

"John, what if I told you I no longer had feelings for Roman but I had feelings for you?"

"I would tell you I am still married to Doc and you are still married to Roman and that the situation might be a bit of a problem. But I have felt the spark between us. We were engaged for about fifteen minutes after all."

Kate smiled and nodded. "Yes, well, my feelings for Roman have disappeared, and I was wondering if you and I could ever be together."

John looked at the ground suddenly uncomfortable. "I'm not sure. Let's see how everything pans out."

"Okay." They both agreed to that and headed into Philip's room to check on him and Belle.

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Sean walked outside of the hospital. Well that went well. He thought. Everything is over with Belle and I.

A blonde woman of about 20 walked up to him. "Excuse me," she began. "Do you speak English?" She asked.

"Yes I do." Sean smiled at her. "Sean Brady at your service." She is more beautiful than Belle! He thought.

"Well, I am looking for the Berlin wall." She began with a British accent. "And I can't find it."

"Well, I would love to see that too. I think I know how we can get there. That is, if you don't mind me joining you."

"I would love the company." She smiled. "I am Lisa by the way. Lisa Kellan." She introduced herself.

"Nice to meet you." They shook hands and the smiles never left their faces.

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"What's wrong Jack?" Jennifer asked him.

"Nothing." He began. "Actually, I am dying." He blurted out.

"What?" She gasped. "No, we just got you back!" She protested. "How long?"

"Maybe two months, at the very most." He replied.

"How do you know?" She asked.

"Lexie told me." He answered promptly. "Oh Jen, I am so sorry."

She was so confused at that moment, her emotions were going off like a bomb. She laughed, then she cried, then she went as far away from Jack as she could because just the sight of him made her cry again. God why? She prayed silently. What should I do?

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Lisa and Sean sat on the train on their way to Berlin to see the wall. "So, where are you from?" Sean asked.

"London." She replied. "And your self."

"Salem, it's in Massachusetts."

"Oh how lovely. I always wanted to go to the US, but I never had the time. I was always at school, that is until now. Now I am done with all that and taking some time to travel."

"Maybe you can come back to salem with me." Sean hinted.

"Maybe." She replied. "Why are you here?" She asked.

"Well, one of my friends is a Marine and he is in the hospital. I was visiting."

"Oh that is so sweet of you." Lisa commented. "I hope he gets all better."

"Well, he lost his left leg, but he will be fine after a few months."

"Oh how horrible."

"Yea, it is." Sean took a moment and thought about how he would have felt if he was in Philip's place and Philip was in his place. What he did was wrong, and he probably ruined his chances of even being friends with Belle or Philip again.

"Are you alright love?" Lisa asked.

Sean came back to reality right then. "Huh? Oh yea, I'm fine."

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TBC...