Chapter 5

Sean returned the next day to Salem with Lisa in tow. They were laughing and joking around and enjoying being in each other's company. Sean got Lisa settled into his loft and headed to court shortly after. It was a quick visit and everything passed fine. That was...until he got home.

"Who are you?" Mimi asked Lisa. "Is Sean back?"

"I am Lisa, Sean's new girlfriend. Yes he is back and...there he is!" She saw him come through the door and ran to greet him.

"Hey Mimi! I see you have met my new girlfriend Lisa. We met in Germany." He smiled as he introduced the two to each other.

"Yea...that's wonderful." Mimi suddenly felt she needed to join Nicole and Sami in the 'I'm desperate for a man' club.

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Nicole had waited and waited to see if she was pregnant, and surely enough she was. The smile on her face after the test came back positive was priceless. She was going to get her Brady!

She had heard about everyone meeting at the new restaurant for the vow renewal so she showed up there. Unexpected however was the fact that Chloe and Brady were there too...Together! But just the thought of breaking them up made it all worth it!

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John, Marlena, Roman, and Kate all headed to the new restaurant. John told the priest that no one was renewing any kind of vows that day except for Mickey and Maggie.

After Chloe sang and Brady asked her to marry him, Brady tried to get her to get married that night. Reluctantly she got up on stage and they prepared to get married.

But as the priest got around to askingif anyone knew why they should not be joined, Nicole spoke up. "I do!" She shouted. As all eyes turned to her, she told the them about her being pregnant. "Well, I am pregnant and I have been with no man other than Brady Black in the past six months."

Chloe fainted and Brady was left speechless.

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Chloe woke up in the hospital thinking everything that had happened was all a nightmare. However, when Brady walked in all was confirmed. "No, no, no!" She buried her face in her pillow and cried.

"I'm sorry about everything." Brady sat down and tried to comfort her.

"There is one thing I can never give you because I had cancer at one point and that is children. I know you have always wanted them Brady, maybe you are better off with Nicole."

"Don't say that Chloe. She and I will have joint custody." He told her. "I want to be with you." He told her.

"I can't do this anymore...I won't do this anymore! We're done Brady!" Chloe told him. "I can't be with you any longer. Do you not see the scars on my face? And whatsmore the scars all over my heart. I don't want to live here in Salem any more and I don't want to be with anyone from here either. I want to start fresh and finally be happy. And that is what you need too! Be with Nicole. Tomorrow, I go back to Europe and I will get the plastic surgery, only I will get it so I look completely different from the woman you know."

"You don't mean that!" Brady protested.

"I do Brady...I do!" Chloe was shutting him out all together.

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Nicole followed every one to the hospital, but not to check on Chloe.

"You are pregnant, and so far everything seems to be going well." Lexie told her.

"Good." Nicole replied. "I hope everything stays that way." She smiled as she listened to what was going on across the hall. Brady and Chloe screaming at each other. She was going to get him afterall.

Brady spotted her and walked up to her. "Are you really pregnant?" He asked.

"Yep. Lexie can confirm it." She told him.

"But I thought after you got shot you couldn't have kids anymore?"

"Not necessarily. If I had unprotected sex long enough anything could have happened, and we were together a great many times during the six months we were together." She told him. "Besides, I still have one good overie."

"Which is currently occupied by your baby." Lexie told them both. "Congrats." She then left to go check on other patients.

"Did you plan this?" Brady asked.

"Of course not." Nicole replied. "It just happened. I wish you and Chloe the best." She turned to leave but Brady stopped her.

"Oh no you don't." He firmly turned around. "You planned all of this to get me away from Chloe forever."

"No, I didn't." Nicole replied. "I am pregnant with your child, probably the only child I will ever have and I am keeping it no matter what. Now, it is your choice to be a part of both of our lives or just the baby's, but I am having your child weather you like it or not."

Brady looked very sternly at Nicole and crossed his arms, this was becoming very hard.

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Roman and Marlena and John and Kate all spoke frankly. "So, your pregnant." Kate began. "How wonderful."

"Yes, except for the fact that the baby is Roman's not John's." Marlena replied.

"What?" Kate was stunned.

"Yep." Marlena told her. "Roman's child."

"No!" Kate was shocked. "But you can't be serious..."

"She is." Roman told her. "And I think that after seeing the video of you and John we had every right to do what we did."

"But we thought you two were dead." John chimed in.

"And what I saw between you two was two very in - love people." Roman told John. "You love Kate, I love Marlena, we both love both women and no matter what we do, someone gets hurt. But it's time you faced the music, I am meant to be with Marlena."

"So be it." John replied. "But is it what the women wants as well?"

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TBC...