John sighed as he sat in Ashley's bedroom he had thought about the last two months and it nearly brought him to tears. Kelly was a nice person but she couldn't compare to the love of his life. Talon was napping he walked into the guest room and just watched him sleep.

"Daddy screwed up little man and if your mother ever figures out she'll never speak to me again" he whispered and then leaned down and kissed the sleeping baby on the forehead.

He had told Laney everything about how he felt so lonely that he started seeing Kelly and that she didn't know he was engaged and that this had been going on for 2 months. Laney listened but didn't say anything he would be surprised if she ever talked to him or even looked at him again.

"You are not a bad person John you are only human a stupid one but human all the same" Laney said.

"How can you still talk to me after everything I did to Ashley?" he asked

"Because I can tell that you are truly sorry" she said

"You said that sorry wasn't good enough" he said

"That was when I just thought you were saying it to try to get me off your case but I really do think you should tell her" she said

"I can't I won't be the one to push her over the edge" he replied

"Well it's up to you but she is going to be home soon so at least pull yourself together" Laney advised him

"Thank you Laney in a way I'm glad you caught me it was eating me up inside" John said

"One question how could you cheat on her and then turn around and have sex with Ashley?" she asked

"I don't know maybe because I had never had sex with Ashley so after Kelly I needed to know" he replied

"Wait you guys never had sex before?" Laney asked shocked

"Up until 3 days ago no we didn't" he answered

"Man home girl has will power" Laney said with a laugh.

"I'm not going to reply" John said

"Hey were home" Ashley yelled from the hall.

John and Shannon left the guest room to meet up with Shannon and Ashley.

"Hey how were classes?" Laney asked

"Horrible I need to write a 100 page paper on whether I believe that this one case the professor showed in class represented ethics that is mandatory in a court room" Ashley replied plopping down on the couch.

"Sounds like fun" John said sitting beside her.

"Hey baby" she said giving John a kiss "so what did you and Laney do today?"

"Nothing really we stayed here and went swimming" John replied

"Yeah that can always be fun" Ashley said wishing she could have joined them.

"Baby are you ok?" John asked her

"I'm just having my doubts maybe I should just quit and go back home with you and Talon" she said looking at the floor.

"Don't you even think about it because I will change the locks I am so incredibly proud of you, you could have just stayed at home and never worked or you could of got a job working with me that you would have hated because it did nothing for your talents but here you are working towards a career that you really want and you aren't going to stop because of me and Talon you are the smartest person I know and you can do this I know you can" John said

"That was so sweet" Ashley said near tears

John looked over at Laney who was pretending to stick her finger down her throat. He just shook his head and bared it. There was really nothing he could do she knew his secret and probably would have no trouble telling Ashley. But he didn't think that she would do that anymore then she would blackmail him but hey you never know.

"Umm so what do you want to do tonight?" John asked

"I don't know whatever you want is fine but I should really spend half of this afternoon trying to get some of my paper done" she replied

"Ok well how about we go out tonight you know like on a date I can't remember the last time we went out" he suggested

"I remember we went to Frank's steakhouse in Boston that was a few months before you met Kasey" she said "and yes I would like to go out with you if the girls don't mind keeping an eye on Talon"

"Sure no problem we'd love to" Shannon said

"Ok well it is settled then now I saw a store a few blocks down the sells comic books and you know how Marc loves comics so I think I'm going to go check it out" he said

"Ok have fun" Ashley said pulling her lap top out of her bag.

"Ash you aren't going on the Internet are you?" Laney asked trying to hide the panic in her voice

"Nope just using Microsoft Word" she replied looking at Laney "why"

"Umm...because the Internet had been down all day" Laney lied 'Oh God I hope she didn't see through that lie'

"Ok I'll keep that in mind" Ashley said returning to her blank screen.

After about 5 hours she managed to get 25 pages done but John still hadn't come back from wherever he went to. She got up and stretched she needed to take a shower then bathe Talon and feed him and get him ready for bed. She knocked on the door to Shannon's room. Laney and Shannon were sitting on Shannon's bed playing with Talon.

"Are you guys ok with him?" she asked

"Yeah don't worry" Shannon said

"Well I'm going to shower then I'll bathe and feed him before I leave with John" she said before leaving the room.

"Ashley and John are so cute together don't you think?" Shannon asked Laney.

"Yeah I guess but I'm just worried about her getting hurt" Laney replied

"Why would John hurt her?" Shannon asked

"Because he doesn't know any better" Laney said in a whisper.

End of chapter. Where did John go? Where is he taking Ashley? Will Laney tell Ash the truth? Will I ever stop talking... maybe. Anyways review and if anyone has some ideas about what you'd like to see happen in the future with this story please tell me because writer's block has taken me over... RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS... NEED HELP...