AUTHOR'S NOTE: This section was written by Melissa (T & M Fan) & AngelsInstead.

Second Chances : Chapter Two

"I really must be going now," Marty stated.

"It's late Marty...why don't you spend the night here at my place and I will take you to General Hospital in the morning."

"I don't know if that's such a good idea," Marty stated. What if she had an episode and became confused? Could she really trust herself not to hurt Todd, the way that she had hurt Patrick.

"Please Marty, I want to take care of you...I promise I'm not going to hurt you," Todd pleaded, hating the fact that after all this time she didn't trust him not to hurt her.

"You're not the one I'm afraid of," Marty muttered under her breath.

"What?"

"Okay, I'll stay the night," Marty whispered, hoping that she wouldn't regret her decision.

"Okay, you can take the bed, and I'll spend the night out here in the living room."

"You don't have to give up your bed for me."

"Yes I do, I'd give up anything for you."

"Thanks Todd," Marty said as she followed him into the bedroom.

He walked over to his dresser and handed her a pair of sweats and his t-shirt to sleep in.

"Goodnight Marty," Todd said as he walked out.

"Goodnight Todd."

Marty locked the door and changed into her pajamas. She climbed into her bed, hoping that tonight she wouldn't have any episodes.

An hour later...Todd was almost asleep when Marty appeared at his side.

XOXOXO

"Yes, I have proof," A.J. said as he handed Michael a picture of Faison.

"You're telling the truth."

"Of course I am, I would never lie to you. I know that you don't know me very well, but I would do anything to protect you."

"A.J.?" Carly said as she walked around the corner and saw the man that she hated most...the man that she thought she was finally free of when he died.

XOXOXO

Victor ran from the compound as far as he could before the guards realized that he had escaped.

He jumped in the water that surrounded the mainland and swam to shore. He walked into a diner and picked up the pay phone and called the only person that he knew would help him.

"John, I need your help," he said into the phone.

XOXOXO

Todd stared at Marty in disbelief as she knelt at the edge of the sofa and lightly touched his arm. "Marty, what- what are you doing?" Todd gasped as every muscle in his body stiffened.

"Todd, I can't sleep with you again because I want to make things work with Suede," Marty informed him.

"It's not that I don't want to... because I want you again, so much... but you're bad for me. VERY bad... and I don't think we should be together..." she told him.

"What the hell?" Todd grumbled as he heard her words. Marty was having some sort of hallucination ... and she obviously thought she was in the past. She was lost in the memories of their college days and their complicated relationship from years ago. This strange episode must be a result of her brain tumor, Todd concluded. He wasn't sure how to handle the situation. He didn't want to upset her by jolting her back to the present. He feared that would make everything worse.

Todd quickly considered all his options, but then he decided he should 'play along.' He would do his best to soothe Marty, then put her back to bed. "It's okay, Marty. I understand. I think you should know that I still want to be with you. I don't think Suede is right for you, and I think it's best you don't make any hasty decisions," Todd stated.

"I think you should sleep on it, and we will discuss it in the morning," Todd said. He gently helped Marty back into the bedroom and tucked her into bed. "Good night, Marty."

He knelt over the bed and almost kissed her. He hesitated, wanting to feel his lips against hers, but he didn't dare. If she left the "memory" of their past, she'd totally lose it if she "awakened" to find him kissing her.

"Don't leave, Todd. Stay with me. Hold me..." she began to plead.

XOXOXO

Carly was so shocked upon seeing AJ and Michael talking that she fainted at their feet. Sweeping her into his arms, AJ carried Carly to a nearby bench and lay her down gently upon it. "Is my mom alright?" Michael asked with concern as he rushed over to his mother's side.

"She's fine, Son. Seeing me alive must have come as a terrible shock to her," AJ said as he stared down at the beautiful woman who had given birth to his son. "I better leave before she wakes up."

"Wait! What are we going to do about Faison and Irene Manning?" Michael asked his father.

XOXOXO

John was pumping his hips, thrusting into Tea DelGado's beautiful body when his cell phone rang. He reached for it on the nearby nightstand as he took the call. "Sam?" he said hopefully into the phone. He had been fucking grief-stricken Tea the past 3 weeks ever since Sam McCall had rejected him.

"No, this isn't Sam," Victor said with a frown. "This is his father, Victor Lord Junior."

"What?!" John gasped as his throbbing erection suddenly faded. He had been thrusting his dick into the wife of the "dead" guy on the phone!

"Yeah, I am alive... and I need your help," Victor stated.

"Uhhh, I can't help at the moment..." John said as he looked down at the beautiful woman who was lying in his embrace. "I'm sort of... ummm... busy."

"Busy? Doing what?!" Victor demanded.

"Your wife," John replied.

XOXOXO

"Don't leave Todd. Stay with me. Hold me," Marty pleaded.

Marty's pleas hit a fractured piece of his heart and he couldn't bring himself to walk away from her. He had walked away from her once when she was pleading with him not to go and that decision had destroyed both of their lives.

"I'll stay and hold you Marty for as long as you want me to," Todd replied as he climbed into bed beside her and wrapped his arms around her.

He breathed in her scent as she placed her head on his chest and he was overcome with intense feelings of lust and need as she snuggled against him. She was like a drug to him and he didn't know if he would be strong enough not to give in to his raging desires for her.

"Todd, I know that I said that I couldn't sleep with you anymore because of Suede, but I need to be with you one last time before we say goodbye," Marty whispered as she brought her head up and kissed him.

XOXOXO

Starr was on the docks looking for Michael when she overheard him talking to somebody about some guy named Faison and her evil grandmother Irene.

"What are you going to do to Irene?" Starr asked A.J. as she walked up to them.

"Starr, what are you doing here?" Michael asked.

"While I was waiting for you, I got a phone call from Cole. He survived the accident with my daughter. My grandma Irene faked their deaths and I have to find her so that I can get my family back...what happened to Carly?" Starr asked as she looked around and noticed that she was passed out.

"Cole and Starr are alive?" He didn't know how to react to the news. He was happy that Starr would get her little girl back, but he was scared of losing her to Cole. He had already lost Abbey, could he really lose Starr as well.

"My mom fainted when she saw my biological father A.J. Starr this is A.J."

"It's nice to meet you. I've heard so much about you. Do you have a plan for stopping my grandmother?" Starr asked.

XOXOXO

"That's okay you can have Tea. I've decided that I want somebody else," Victor responded.

In the past he would have been furious with John and would have killed him for touching her when she belonged to him, but being locked up for so long had forced him to think about his life, and he realized that he had never really loved Tea. He was in love with somebody else and he would not rest until they were reunited.

"What?" John asked. He was shocked that Victor wasn't cursing him out for fucking his wife.

"I'm not in love with Tea, so I don't care what you do with her. I'm still in love with-"