Saving Ma
Summary: After Frank proposed to Natalia, Rafe Ave and Emma team up to help their moms.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and I do not make any profit from this.
Chapter 58
The Spencer clan and company pulled into the drive and just stared at the house. The entire side was gone and covered in plastic. The new foundation was poured and the frame worked seemed to be complete or almost there. The saw pipes running through what they assumed was the new bathroom.
Mateo gasped from the back. "Oh no Ma, they broke our house."
Natalia turned to him with a smile while the others tried not to laugh. "No mijo. They are just making it bigger. It will be ok when it's done I promise. It's supposed to look this way right now." He just looked skeptical but nodded.
They got out and Natalia turned to the others, "Mateo, Emma, stay with your brother and sister. Do not go near the house. It's not safe. Mommy and I are going to find Josh so he can get us the stroller."
They nodded and Olivia and Natalia walked toward the house. Josh came out and waved. "Hey guys, I didn't expect you here anytime soon."
Olivia smiled. "We just needed the baby's stroller. Would you mind getting it? It's in the closet under the stairs."
Josh chuckled. "Sure, just a sec." He went in and came back a few minutes later with the stroller and a bag.
Olivia watched as he came closer. "Thank you Josh. What's in the bag?"
He laughed, "Well, we were digging at the side of the house where the old flower bed was and unearthed this. I thought you might want it."
He handed the bag and she pulled out a something fabric that was red, black and white. "What the hell?"
She opened it up and realized it was a jacket, a blazer in fact. She heard laughter behind her and Doris gasped. "Hey that's my blazer. I've been looking everywhere for it. How in the world did it end up in your flower bed?"
Olivia shrugged, "I honestly have no idea." Behind her Ava, Rafe and Ashley were losing it. She turned around to them. "Did you guys bury Doris's blazer?" She asked sternly. Which caused them to laugh more.
Ava recovered first. "No mom. You two did."
Doris and Olivia looked at each other then back to the kids. "I think I would remember burying her blazer guys."
Rafe finally calmed enough to talk. "No, seriously. You two buried it in April."
Ashley looked at her mom. "It was the night before Easter. You and Olivia had been drinking and she convinced you that the Easter bunny would mistake it for a really big egg and hide it from you so, you hide it yourselves."
Doris just looked shocked. "And you're just telling us now?"
Rafe laughed some more. "You wouldn't tell us where you hid it and we forgot until now."
Natalia was laughing now. "Oh my god, I thought Emma and her friends had torn up the flower bed looking for eggs. You two should really drink less."
They all laughed except Doris. "It's ruined. Dry cleaning won't even fix this, there's little holes in it. It was my favorite."
This caused them all to lose it again Ashley came up and put an arm around her, "Mom, that thing was horrible. You're better off."
Doris slapped her playfully in the stomach and laughed herself. "I guess that's what I get for drinking with and listening to her." She said pointing at Olivia.
Olivia held up a hand, "Hey don't blame me because you're a gullible drunk. I don't even remember tell you that."
Natalia slapped her playfully, "That's why I always say you two drink too much."
Olivia just smiled. "Hey, if you remember that's the last time I had more than one or two drinks at a time. I don't drink like that anymore. I have more important things to keep me occupied."
Natalia moved in and kissed her. "Yes you do, and we need you for a really long time to come."
Olivia nodded and turned back to Josh. She and Natalia spoke with him for a few more minutes while Blake consoled Doris about her blazer promising to look for a new one similar. They loaded up the stroller and headed off to the zoo.
They had been at the zoo for hours. They saw the monkey's first and made their way around all the exhibits. Mateo and Natalio were wide eyed they whole day. They took them to the petting zoo and Natalio laughed every time he touched the animals. When they sat him on the llama he went into hysterics patting its back where he sat, causing them all to laugh uproariously.
It was coming on 1:00 and Rafe came up to them. "Ma, can we eat? I need food."
They looked at their watches then back up to his pale face. Natalia reached into her purse for glucose tablets. "Mijo, why didn't you say something sooner?"
Olivia guided him to a bench and looked trying to find Ava, "AVA! Find juice now!" Ava was off like a shot to the nearest concession stand.
Rafe leaned his head back chewing the tablet. "I didn't realize what time it was and it just hit me."
Olivia poured a bottle of cold water onto one of the baby's small blankets and pressed it to his face. Ava ran back with a bottle of orange juice and a hot dog. Everyone was gathered around him as he drank and ate, Natalia checked his sugar and gave him insulin from the cooler.
Whitney stood behind him worriedly running her hand through his hair watching all they were doing for him. "How much of that does he take?" She asked Natalia as she gave him a shot.
Natalia looked up after the shot was complete. "They are preset injections. Each syringe is already filled and you just throw them away after each use. You just inject it into his thigh or stomach." Whitney nodded and continued to keep her vigil.
Rafe finally started feeling better and sat up fully, "I'm sorry, it just came on so quick."
Olivia smile, "You don't apologize for this. We all should have been keeping a better eye on the time. We need to get you a watch with a timer on it. I can't believe no one else has said anything about being hungry. You ok now?"
Rafe sighed and leaned back on Whitney. "Yes, let's go eat lunch then I should be good to go to finish the rest."
Olivia just looked concerned, "Are you sure? Everyone would understand if we need to leave."
Rafe shook his head. "I'm sure mom. If I start feeling bad I promise to say something."
Olivia looked to Natalia for the final verdict. Natalia smiled, "Well, if he says he's ok I think we should listen to him. You told me before to listen to him because he knows his own body."
Olivia just smiled shaking her head. "Fine, throw my words back at me. Ok, let's go eat."
They all headed to the little cafe in the middle of the zoo and ordered their food and found some tables outside. They had been eating for a few minutes when a crash behind them caused them all to look up. There just outside the door stood a pale Reva who had dropped her tray and was just staring at them.
Olivia and Ava stood going to her. "Hey, you ok?" Ava asked, but she didn't answer, Reva just stared at Olivia.
Olivia rubbed her arm. "Hey, what's wrong Reva?"
Olivia's voice snapped her out of her trance. "You're alive." She whispered. "I thought you were dead, I saw the news when they told Natalia and the kids. I came by the Beacon but they wouldn't let me in to see Ava or Natalia. OH god you're alive." She threw her arms around Olivia.
Olivia just held on. "I'm sorry, I forgot about all that for a minute."
Reva pulled back from the hug and stepped back hitting Olivia on the arm. "Why are you not dead?"
Olivia chuckled, "It's a long story. Why don't you come eat lunch with us and we will explain it?"
Reva looked down. "Um, I don't have lunch anymore. Let me run in and grab some more food and I'll be out in a sec."
Ava grabbed her hand. "Go on with mom and I'll grab your food. This is going to take a bit to explain."
Reva nodded and went with Olivia back to the table pushing Collin up next to Natalio both babies were sleeping. Olivia and Natalia proceeded to tell her everything about Allan and how they he had been working with Frank and everything between then and them setting him up.
Reva just sat there stunned. "I knew you guys had problems with Frank but I had no idea Allan was involved."
Olivia smile slightly, "I know, nobody did. We kept it all pretty close to the vest. We didn't want to let him know that we knew. We had to have the element of surprise no matter what the plan would have been."
Reva nodded, "I get that." she looked to Natalia, "I have to say, that was some acting you did. The news report that was on WSPR was heart breaking."
Natalia smiled sadly, "It wasn't all acting. I was terrified and the rest of the family kind of feed off me I think. I knew I wouldn't see her again until it was all over and just the thought of her being in the same place as that man was enough to push me to hysterics. The scene in the hall, when they rolled her away, was all me. It ripped my heart out to watch her go not knowing how the next day would turn out. I didn't even know the cameras were still there."
Reva looked to Ava, "They did tell you that I came? I was there for you, it broke my heart to think of you losing your mother."
Ava took her hand, "Yes, they told me. They gave us a list of people that came by, you were on it three times."
Reva shrugged, "I needed to see you were ok." Reva took a breath and stood. She walked over and threw her trash away then went to Collin. "Well, now that I know that you're alive, I'll cancel my order of black roses with little skull dolls casket topper. Or maybe I'll just have them delivered to your office for a nice center piece for your desk. Either way, have a good day and don't forget to visit your relatives in the reptile house. I hear they have an amazing snake exhibit. Call me for lunch next week Ava." With that she was off.
Olivia chuckled yelling over her shoulder. "Don't forget to go by the Hippo exhibit, it hasn't been the same since you broke free." Reva waved her off and kept walking.
Natalia shook her head. "I'll never understand the relationship you two have."
Olivia laughed out right. "You know, I may not either, but she keeps things lively."
They all laughed and cleaned up their lunch mess and headed off to finish the animal exhibits. Rafe was feeling much better after he ate and his meds kicked in and they enjoyed the rest of the zoo not leaving until it closed. They decided after leaving to have dinner at Company then headed home for a movie night. All in all it was a wonderful day.
