Ch. 3

Jamie's help

Bianca was at the mall, shopping and thinking about Babe and JR. How can Babe love him again? And it was obvious that JR had feelings for Babe too! How could this have happened?

Bianca paid for her purchases and sighed, not knowing what to do. She could not let Babe fall into that deadly trap again. No matter what Babe has done to her, Bianca would not let her get back together with JR. Not Adam Chandler's clone.

But how? How could Bianca get Babe to change her mind? She had to figure something out. Maybe she could go to Jamie for help... yeah that's what she would do!

Bianca had left Miranda at Zach's, knowing full well he would be the perfect baby-sitter. Man, between getting Zach and Kendall together, and keeping Babe and JR apart, Bianca was going to have her hands full.

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Bianca was knocking on Jamie's door waiting for him to answer. A woman, wearing nothing other than a man's long sleeved button down shirt, answered the door.

"Oh, Hi." Bianca asked, averting her gaze.

"Hello," The woman said in an Italian accent, "Can I help you?"

"Is Jamie here?" Bianca asked.

"Yes, he is." Amanda walked to the door and looked at the woman, "Hey Francesca, why don't you go and put some clothes on so the rest of us can feel better, and so I can actually eat."

Francesca gave Amanda an evil glare, and then walked to Jamie's bedroom and shut the door.

"Um, you're Bianca, right?" Amanda asked.

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"I saw you the other night, when Little A went missing."

"Oh yeah... Amanda Dillon, isn't it?"

Amanda nodded, and then said, "Oh, um, do you wanna come inside?"

"Yeah sure..." Bianca said.

Bianca walked in the apartment and Amanda shut the door.

"So Jamie is here?" Bianca asked.

Amanda nodded, "Yeah, he should be out any moment. Would you like something to eat?"

"No, thanks." Bianca said, and stood there and looked around the apartment.

Finally, after a few minutes, Jamie emerged.

"Bianca, Hi! What are you doing here?" Jamie asked, walking up to her.

"I actually needed your help." Bianca said.

"Sure, whatever you need I'll do what I can." Jamie told her, "So, what is it?"

"It's about Babe." Bianca heard the snort come from Amanda and both Jamie and Bianca turned and looked at Amanda.

"I got to go to work. Nice meeting you Bianca." Amanda said, walking out of Jamie's apartment.

"What was that about?" Bianca asked.

"Amanda doesn't really like Babe." Jamie explained.

"Why?"

"Well, Babe stopped Amanda from trying to drug me into marriage."

"What?" Bianca asked, "And you're letting her live here?"

"It's a long story." Jamie told her.

"Well, I have time. So you better get to telling me." Bianca told him.

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A little while later, Jamie had told Bianca almost everything that had happened with them since she had been gone.

"Your Aunt Phoebe would give you lots of money only if you broke up with Babe, so she slept with Josh Madden to get you to break up with her?" Bianca questioned.

"No, she didn't sleep with him. She staged it. Remember how you two got in bed and made it look like you had slept together, that's what Babe did." Jamie explained.

"So why did you break up with her?" Bianca asked.

"Because she didn't trust me. She didn't trust me when I told her I didn't want the money more than I wanted her." Jamie said.

Bianca nodded, and then said, "So Babe took the rap for JR when he hit Amanda with his car while he was drunk?"

"Amanda knows it was JR who hit her, but she blames Babe because it gives her another reason to hate Babe."

"So why is she living here?" Bianca asked.

"We all know her mother is Janet from another Planet, so she is staying her so I can keep an eye on her. Lately she has been having these blackouts, and strange things happen when she does."

"Like Little A going missing." Bianca said, and Jamie nodded, "So you're protecting Babe by letting Amanda live here."

"Yeah, that's it." Jamie told her.

Bianca stood up and walked around a little bit, "I only leave for a couple of months and look what happens." Bianca said, not only talking about Amanda but Babe and JR.

Bianca then sat back down, "What I still don't get is why Babe didn't let JR go to prison for hitting Amanda while drunk. I know she cares for him, but..." Jamie cut Bianca off.

"No, she doesn't care for him. It's this plan she has. She is trying to get JR to fall in love with her, they marry, and then they divorce and Babe gets her child."

"Well, if that was her plan before, it's not it anymore." Bianca told him.

"What do you mean?" Jamie asked.

"Her new plan is the reason I came over here."

"What 'new plan'?" Jamie asked.

"It still involves getting JR to fall in love with her and marry her, but there won't be any divorce." Bianca said.

Jamie thought about what she said, and then it dawned on him, "You mean..."

"Yes, Babe and JR are falling back in love, and we can't let it happen."