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Chapter 7

" Hey, Nat it's me and I'm at Rodi's and was wondering if you.. you.. wanted to have lunch with me and Michael and his family, call me." John said as he left Nat a voice mail. He looked across the room and watched Lauren and Chris eating their lunch. He saw the way she looked at him like he was the most important thing in the world to her. He became envious, envious again of something Chris had, something that he now knew Chris didn't deserve. Michael and Marcie and their six-month-old son walked in and came over towards John. John greeted them and they all talked and was having a good time but John didn't take his eye's off of Lauren for to long when he noticed Chris got a phone call and walked away from the table to take it. He noticed, Lauren looked upset with him taking the call and then she put her head down on the table and closed her eye's. Chris' back was to her and he didn't even turn around to check on her. John excused himself for a minute and went over to check on her.

"Lauren, are you alright? " John asked as he bent down to talk next to her ear.

" I'm tired, I wanna go home, I want mommy," She said as John looked at her and she looked like she couldn't keep her eye's open. John looked across the room again at Chris who was still talking on his phone with his back to Lauren.

John didn't care about Chris' early threats so he picked her up in his arms and she laid her head on his shoulder. She didn't seem right he thought, so he walked her over to the table where Michael was.

" Mikey, can you look at her, she.. she doesn't seem right " John asked of Michael as Michael got up and looked at her while John continued to hold her. As Michael was feeling her head and looking at her, Chris turned to see John holding her and he stormed over to them.

" I said don't touch my child Mcbain!" Chris said angrily as he was so angry he forgot to tone it down in front of Lauren. John shook his head and didn't say a word, nor did Michael as he continued to look over Lauren.

" Hand her to me now, she's not your child! " again Chris demanded losing his temper.

John was having a very hard time controlling his own anger at this point when Natalie walked into Rodi's. She saw the confrontation and Lauren almost sleeping in John's arms and she went right over to them.

" What's going on? " she said as she took Lauren out of John's arms.

"Nat, has Lauren been feeling sick lately? " Michael asked as Nat took a look at Lauren who seemed to be almost asleep. Nat too noticed she didn't look good.

" Michael, she doesn't look good, she hasn't been sick just a little tired lately." Nat said as she was trying not to panic. John and Chris just stood there staring at each other not saying a word.

" Don't jump to conclusions Nat she just might have a virus, why don't we take her to the hospital for some tests." Michael suggested not wanting to alarm Natty

" Why would she need tests if it could just be a virus?" Nat asked

" Natalie, a few tests to make sure it isn't anything serious which I'm sure it's not but also to make sure it's not something as simple as her being anemic. Michael said reassuring Natalie as she nodded her head and they turned to go to the hospital. Natalie turned to John ignoring Chris standing there.

"John, can... can you come with us? If you're not busy? " Natalie asked softly as John gave her a look telling her of course he would. He would do anything for Natalie and at this moment he realized he would do anything for her daughter also. John walked out with Natalie, Lauren, and Michael and left Chris standing there with Marcie and her baby.

" Who the hell does Natalie think she is? Asking John to come with them to the hospital when I'm Lauren's father." Chris said out loud not speaking to anyone.

" Nat's her mom that's who she is and you're just Lauren's dead beat dad" Marcie said as she took her son and left Rodi's. Chris was left there alone for a few minutes when he decided to go meet them at the hospital.

At the hospital John waited out in the lobby as Michael took Nat and Lauren in one of the rooms to take blood. John could hear Lauren crying from outside the office doors and it bothered him. Really bothered him, to a point where he wanted to rush right in there and take away her pain.

"This is the last one sweetheart, I promise" Michael said as he took the last tube of blood to be sent to the lab. He took a smear of blood and put it under the microscope for a quick look and came back over towards Nat and Lauren on the other side of the office.

" She's anemic Nat, that's probably why she's so tried, she just needs more iron. Don't worry this happens to a lot of kids." Michael said as he looked over Lauren's files that he had the nurse get from Lauren's pediatrician.

" Nat, it says here in her files her blood type is suppose to be O+." Michael says

" Yeah, so?" Natalie asked

" It's wrong, my tests show she's A+" Mike said

" It can't be wrong Michael, that's what the doctor told me when she was born and Chris and I are both O so she couldn't be A, Right?" Natalie asked getting confused. Nat knew Michael was good at this stuff and she never doubted anything he would tell her. Michael motioned for Nat to sit while she was still holding Lauren.

" Nat, are you sure Chris is type O? Cause if you are it's...it's not possible for him to be Lauren's dad." Michael said