"Wake up sleepy head. Breakfast is ready." Baby said as she knelt down to Josie as she still lay in Baby's bed.
Josie wiggled a little before she opened her eyes.
"Good morning momma's angel." Baby said as Josie's big brown eyes looked at her. "Better get up and eat breakfast."
"What is it?" Josie asked wiping the sleep from her eyes.
"Cinnamon rolls. Isn't that your favorite?" Baby asked her knowing the answer.
"Yeah!" Josie squealed as she jumped out of the bed at Baby's remark. "I bet Mr. Johnny likes them too."
Josie ran into the living room and noticed the sofa bed wasn't laid out. "Where is he?"
"He will be back this afternoon." Baby told her as she motioned for her to head to the kitchen.
"I hope he hurries. I like playing with him." Josie said as she took her seat at the kitchen table.
"How do you feel this morning?" Baby asked her little girl.
"I feel okay. I don't feel bad. So will Mr. Johnny give me his marrow?" Josie asked.
Josie was smart. They never told Josie Johnny could be her match.
"Yes honey he is. I need to talk to you about that." Baby said as she placed a plate in front of Josie.
"What is it mommy?"
"Tomorrow you will have to go to the hospital so you can get Mr. Johnny's bone marrow." Baby tried to make her understand. "I don't want you to be afraid. That means you will have to be in the hospital for awhile. This is a serious thing."
"I know mommy. Dr. Fleming told me what to expect last time I saw him. I am not afraid mommy. I just want to feel better all the time." Josie said biting into her cinnamon roll.
"I know you do honey, I know you do." Baby said playing with Josie's hair as she watched her eat.
Baby couldn't wait for Josie to be back on her feet and enjoying the life of being little. Josie had too much to live for. She would marry one day, have a family, and even grandkids. That thrilled Baby knowing Josie would now have that chance.
"Mr. Johnny is my daddy isn't he?" Josie asked quietly.
"What?" Baby asked not believing what she thought she just heard.
"Is Mr. Johnny my daddy?" Josie asked again.
"What makes you think that?" She asked Josie wishing Johnny was here to help her out with this conversation.
"I heard you and grandma talking about it the other day." Josie said looking right at Baby. "You said he was my daddy and he would make me better.
Baby was dumbfounded. "That is complicated Josie."
"Is he?" Her brown eyes asked again.
"Let's wait for Mr. Johnny to get here before we finish this conversation alright." Baby told her. "Now eat up."
Josie quietly nodded her head as she finished her cinnamon roll as Baby took a deep sigh of relief. The time had come and they had to tell Josie. Baby hoped she would be so thrilled.
Johnny on the other hand was a having his own sigh of relief as lunch time rolled around. He had just met with his boss James and of coursehe didn't have a problem with Johnny taking sometime off. James knew it was a miraculous thing Johnny was doing and he was in no place to stand in front of that.
As Johnny hurried to pack his bags he happened to glance over on his nightstand and paused as he seen the picture of Becky looking back at him. He hated hurting her. Becky was truly an amazing woman. But somehow Baby would always interfere with his thoughts.
"Have you had many women? "
"What?"
"Have you HAD many women?"
"No, No! Look, you've gotta understand what its like Baby, you come from the streets and suddenly your up here, and these women are throwing themselves at ya, and they smell so good, and they really take care of themselves. I mean I never knew women could be like that, you know? And their so rich, they're so goddam rich, you think they must know about everything. And they're slipping their room keys in my pockets, two and three times day, different women. So here I think I'm scoring big and for a while you think hey they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't care about me, right.
"That's alright, I understand you were just using them, that's all"
"No, no that's not it that's the thing see Baby it wasn't like that, they were using me."
How could someone from a well to do family fall in love with a poor boy? Johnny never could imagine someone like Baby would have ever walked into his life. He also never would have imagined she would still have this hold on him after six years.
Well, she did and there was no denying that. Why wasn't he able to just put Baby out of his mind? He would admit that he had tried several times but Baby still found a way to linger in his heart.
He could just remember that summer at Kellerman's over and over. It all seemed too vivid. He did have women throwing themselves at him but once Baby come along that all came to a halt. He could never allow himself to be put in that situation again.
The kiss, there was something still there between him and Baby. It felt so good to have her in his arms again and press his lips against hers. But, he pulled away from the kiss. He was a fool for doing that. It would have been wrong of him to do that to Becky.
As Johnny drove back to New York he knew he had never been so confused in his life. Feelings for Baby overwhelmed him. That was the woman whom no other had or could compare. That naive girl he met was no longer there. The more he got to know Baby the more feisty he seen she was and Johnny liked that.
"This your idea of fun?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact it is. You won't show me lifts, I'm not sure about turns, and I'm doing all this to save your ass! What I really wanna do is drop you on it!"
Johnny couldn't help but chuckle at that thought. His mind raced back to that afternoon they practiced the lift. He held her tight as they waded in the water. He remembered the first time he had ever felt nervous around her.. Baby's strap to her shirt had fell off her shoulder and Johnny couldn't help but notice her beautiful curves that swooped down her neck to her shoulder. He instinctively tried to replace it but Baby beat him to the punch. Johnny remembered feeling embarrassed as he motioned to help her as she subconsciously fixed it.
She was a woman, a mother, and the one who still had Johnny's heart. He knew that all too well now and he just had to admit that to Baby. Where would it lead them? What would happen? Are their feelings strong enough to adventure in love together? Was he sure it wasn't just memories pulling these emotions out? Surely they had to be real.
