A/N: Hope everyone is enjoying this. Not complaining, but the reviews have been quiet with the first two chapters which isn't like ya'll. LOL. Hope everyone enjoys! Until next time-PCGirl.


Natalie was surprised when the door opened a few seconds after John had left. At first she thought he'd come back for something or tell her something, but instead standing in front of her was a man with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She put down the phone and smiled as he finished coming into the room, "Aidan—you're back already. I thought you wouldn't be back in town for a few more days."

"Hello, sweetheart," he said as he sat the flowers down on the table and leaned down to kiss her cheek. "I wrapped everything up earlier than planned and then I come back to hear you are in the hospital. I told you that you and Gigi needed to lay off the shopping excursions," he joked.

She smiled, "Yeah yeah. I'm getting released tomorrow. Just have to be on bed rest for a few weeks. So no more excursions for awhile."

"Guess that holiday I've been begging you for to go on with me is going to have to wait as well."

"Begging?" she asked with a raised eyebrow. He'd mentioned it maybe twice—and she didn't remember any begging involved.

"You haven't seen anything yet," he said as he sat down in the chair and ran his hands through his hair. "So—was that Liam's sperm donor I passed in the hallway?"

Natalie laughed loudly, "John—yes, that was him."

"I should have knocked him silly," he said sneering at the door.

"Aidan," she warned.

"No, I should have. He knocks you up, cheats on you, and then doesn't even try to win back your affections. Maybe I could have knocked the sense back into his arrogant ass."

"You Irish sure have a way with words," she laughed.

"You know there are other things we have a way with too," he grinned and leaned over to steal a kiss.

Natalie melted into the kiss—they'd only been casually dating but she was enjoying it. It was different than her and John—slow and easy, a step they always seemed to miss. Someone who could put work away at 5 and not think about it again until the morning—something that was definitely not John.

Ending the kiss and watching him pull back she smiled, "You do realize I'm in here for high blood pressure, right?"

"Sorry," he blushed. "I'll keep the kisses simple until the baby comes. How is the little one doing?"

"She's fine," she smiled at his reaction, "Yes—she."

"And she'll be as beautiful as her mother," he said, pushing a lock of hair behind her ear and leaning back in for a soft kiss.


John walked into the room and watched Natalie for a second before making his presence known—she was sitting on the couch reading what he guessed was one of her trashy romance novels. He'd avoided coming by yesterday—he'd needed to take a step back after walking back to the room and seeing her in a lip lock with another man.

And what pissed him off even more was that he had no right to even ask or admit he'd seen it. Giving a slight cough he watched her jump as she left whatever world the book held her in and brought her back to reality, "Hey."

"Hey," she said, surprised he was still in town. He hadn't come by yesterday—which made her wonder had he just decided to leave London without a goodbye and head back to whatever was waiting for him in Port Charles. "I didn't hear the door or Neville."

"I was coming up the walk when Joey and Kelly were leaving. They let me back in."

"Well, I don't see a shiner so I guess Joey didn't deck you yet."

John gave a half grin and found a chair to sit in, "Why didn't you tell me you started seeing someone?"

Natalie was surprised at his bluntness, "It's none of your business."

"The hell it is—he's going to be around my children I want to know."

"His name is Aidan—he works here in BE's London office."

She was going to leave it at that, but then the past five months of anger came to the surface and there was no way to stop it, "You know—I've never asked or cared who you've been locking lips with for the past five months. But obviously you seem to care. Why John? You think I'm so heartbroken over you that I'm going to find another Paul Cramer type to fall for? Well, you're wrong—leaving your ass was the best thing ever. I should have sent Sam McCall a damn bouquet of flowers for doing me a favor."

"A favor?"

"Yes—that's always been the problem with us John. Trust. You don't trust me enough to put our children first. What you think I'm just going to let anyone into my life and not care about their past? That's not me John—that's you. You were the one who chose a mob princess over your own children."

Before John could speak he heard footsteps fast approaching and then Kevin came into the room, "What the hell? Get out, McBain. She's on bed rest for high blood pressure and you are not helping matters. When you want to see Liam call me or Rex and we'll bring him to you—Natalie is off limits until the baby is here."

He was surprised when John actually got up and walked out without a fight. After Kevin made sure he had left the house he walked back in to check on Natalie who had now lain back on the couch and was covering her face with her hands, "You ok? Do we need to take you to the hospital?"

"No," she shook her head and finished wiping away any tears that may have betrayed her and shown. "I know better than to let him get under my skin like that. Liam didn't hear any of that, did he?"

"I don't think so—he was asleep a few minutes ago."

"Good," she said as she stood up. The last thing she wanted right now was to have her son hear his parents yelling at each other like that. But this conversation was obviously going to have to be revisited if John was truly going to be a part of their lives again he was going to have to understand that she was moving on this time. She hadn't waited around these past five months waiting for him to realize how much of a mistake he'd made of his life.