One Man, Two Lives Destroyed
Summary: AU She can think of many reasons to explain to her daughter why her fathers not around – just none of them are the truth. MCxMJ MMxRD JJxOC ADSxTC
Note: Thanks to all who reviewed! xI'll Cover Youx is here because A Handful of Rain had to go to the doctors xX So everybody, how are you? This chapter will explain mostly everything and I don't think we're going to make Mark dead, but I guess – he might… I don't know, you have to figure it out for you own xD So I hope you like it and no flames please!
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Chapter 5
Normal POV
Natasha yawned and slipped under the covers of her bed. Maureen sat down at the bottom of the bed and smiled. She ran her fingers through Natasha's light brown hair. It was wavy like her own. "Mommy… Do you think that Daddy's ever going to come back?"
"You don't have to worry about that Nati, he's going to come back." Maureen lied and Natasha smiled.
"I'm glad… I miss him Mommy."
"I know you do honey, I do too."
"Tell me the rest of the story today Mommy?"
"Okay, this is the finale of the story."
"Right!" Natasha turned on her side and smiled.
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Maureen's POV
"Uh-huh, purple flowers please… Roses would be nice…! Yes, I'm serious that I want purple roses. Okay, thank you." I hung up the phone and smiled. Mark was sitting on the couch reading. I sat down next to him and rested my head on his shoulder.
"This is going to be so great." I said and he smiled. He kept reading and we sat in silence. The wedding was four months away and we had just started planning. I looked around as the phone started to ring. He started to get up.
"Don't worry babe, I'll get it." I stood up and picked up the phone.
"Hello? Maureen Johnson speaking." I smiled at this because soon I would be Maureen Cohen… That would be a nice name.
"Hey Maureen, its Dr. Letch."
"Oh, uh yeah…"
"I have results of your test back."
In the last month, I had been feeling kinda of sick and I was worried that I was… Pregnant, I didn't tell Mark because he had always said that he wasn't ready for kids. I fiddled with the phone-cord and glanced over at Mark. He was looking up at me.
"I'm happy to say that you're pregnant."
I dropped the phone.
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Normal POV
"You were… What?"
"Pregnant honey, I was pregnant."
"What's pregnant?" Maureen laughed and brushed some hair out of her daughters face.
"Don't worry about what it really means, it just means that you were inside of me."
"Okay." Natasha said and relaxed against her pillow. Maureen sat against the wall and smiled at her daughter. She thought for a second – how did this all happen? She looked over at Natasha and knew that she had made the right decision to keep her.
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Maureen's POV
"Reen! What's wrong?" Mark ran over to me and hugged me as I cried. I had picked up the phone and hung it up and now I was crying. I looked up at him and shook my head. This was going to wreck everything. Now he wouldn't want me.
"Oh my god Mark, the worst thing happened."
"What could it be?"
"Mark… You have to promise not to be mad." He nodded.
"I'm… I'm pregnant Mark." His arms gripped me tighter and I looked up at him, he was smiling.
"That's the bad news? That's not bad news Reen." I smiled weakly. "That's the best news I've ever heard."
"Really? Really Mark."
"Yes Mo, I've always wanted a family."
"But you said you didn't want kids."
"I didn't want kids if we weren't married."
"We're not married…"
"But we're going to be married." I kissed him and then rested my head on his shoulder.
"We're going to be parents."
"We need to tell everybody." He kissed my cheek and grabbed our coats. He held mine open for me and I slipped into it. I pulled part of my hair back and clipped it. Mark wrapped his scarf around his neck and reached down to hold my hand. We walked through the streets with his arm around my shoulders tightly. We got to the loft and walked inside. Mark got out his keys and opened the door.
"Mark! Mo! We weren't expecting you… So soon…" Mimi was holding a cake while Angel, Roger, Collins, Joanne, and Sara were setting up decorations.
"What are you doing?" Mark questioned and Mimi giggled nervously and held the cake behind her back.
"Okay, we're busted." Joanne said and everybody groaned. "We were setting up a party for your engagement."
"Oh my god! Really?" I said and ran over to hug everybody. Once I was done, I retreated back to Mark's side. I smiled and nodded to him – to say its okay and that we should tell them now.
"We have news."
"News?" Angel questioned.
"Oh my god, it's so exciting." I commented and squeezed Mark's hand. He nodded. "I'm pregnant!"
Everybody stayed silent. Mimi finally spoke up.
"Maureen! Mark! That's amazing, congratulations!" She ran over and hugged me and that day, we celebrated two things – Mark and I getting married and us having our first child.
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Normal POV
"So then what happened Mommy?"
"I was getting there Nati."
"Okay, I'll be patient." Maureen leaned forward and kissed Natasha's forehead.
"It gets kinda of sad honey."
"It's okay… I'll be okay."
"Good."
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Maureen's POV
It had been two months since we had found out that I was pregnant and we were going to post-pone the wedding until I had the baby. We had set up a nursery for the baby and it was green because we didn't want to pick a specific color. We didn't want to find out the gender of the baby either. It was October and it was freezing. I had always like the idea of a winter wedding – but that didn't seem like it was going to happen. Seven more months and I would have a baby… We would have a baby. I smiled at that thought and flipped the page of my book as Mark entered the nursery that I was sitting in. Everybody else was outside, I looked up and he took my hand. He looked sad – he led me into the living room and sat me down next to Mimi who looked like she was going to cry. I looked around – confused. Mimi wrapped her arm tightly around my shoulders.
"What's going on?"
"Maureen… I – I can't do this anymore." Mark said and looked down at his feet. I saw that his bags and boxes were at the door… He was leaving me.
"Can't do what?" I questioned and felt tears coming to my eyes.
"I can't be with you anymore… It's just too much. I can't handle it, I'm not ready to be a father, I can barely take care of myself… I'm just not ready. I know that we have a child coming, but I need to go and find myself."
"What are you talking about?"
"I still want to get married and have a family – but not now… Maybe in a couple of years."
"How can you do this to me?"
"I'm so sorry Maureen."
I choked on my tears, "But I'm pregnant! What am I suppose to tell our child?"
"Tell them that I'm sorry."
"No! No you're not sorry, you just want to leave me to take care of everything while you go find yourself. You're leaving me! I can't believe I even loved you! Screw you!" I stood up and slapped him. "Your child will hear nothing of you." I walked back towards the nursery.
"Maureen… Maureen, I'll be back."
"Don't bother coming back Mark Cohen!"
He looked at everybody else, "I'll be back soon."
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Normal POV
"Oh… You didn't tell me that." Natasha crawled out of bed and onto her mothers' lap. She noticed that she was crying. Natasha was also crying. "Why did he leave Mommy?"
"I don't know, he just said that he wasn't ready."
"And he never came back."
"He didn't deserve you Nati."
"But… How could he just leave you?"
"I guess he had been thinking about it a long time and he just never mentioned it too me… Don't worry thought Natasha, we're great just together."
"What happened then?" Natasha rested her head on her mothers' chest.
"I had you, the best thing that had ever happened in my life."
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Maureen's POV
After a long labor – it wasn't that hard, it was just long – I had my little baby girl with Mimi, Roger, Angel, Collins, and even Joanne and Sara standing by. I named her Natasha and in two days I was allowed to take her home.
"She's so beautiful." Mimi remarked as she held Natasha in her arms. It was Natasha's first day at home… I smiled as she rocked her gently.
"Thanks, I think she looks like me more then… Him."
"Yeah, I agree." Mimi had come over everyday – and sometimes slept over – to help me with Natasha. Roger was getting along with Natasha very well and everybody else loved her. She was so tiny and she had pale-ish skin like Marks'. Mimi held out Natasha and I took her. I kissed her forehead as she slept.
She was everything I had… She was my life and I lived for her. I didn't destroy myself during my pregnancy because I knew that I would love her too much to do anything to harm her. It was my last reminder of Mark and I knew I couldn't destroy that… In seven months, he hadn't come back and I knew that he probably wasn't going to come back. I rocked back and forth in the rocking chair and kissed her cheek. I would live for her.
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Normal POV
"That's what happened." Maureen concluded and Natasha started crying.
"He left us Mommy."
"Yes Nati, he left us." She wiped her daughters' tears away, "But that doesn't mean he's not here with us in sprit, he's inside of you honey."
"I never knew him."
"You wouldn't want too."
"That's not true Mommy, I would have liked to know him."
"I would have liked that too." Maureen picked up her daughter and pushed back the covers. She placed Natasha under them and kissed her forehead. She smiled and then walked towards the door. "Go to sleep, I love you with all my heart Nati."
"I love you too Mommy."
Maureen flipped off the light and closed the door. She leaned down against the wall and started crying. She buried her head in her hands and cried… Sobbing, she heard a voice… A voice entered her head and it wouldn't go away.
Reen! What's wrong?
End of Chapter 5
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Note: Okay, so I don't know if this is going to be the last chapter… It's probably not going to be because I think we're doing nine chapters... We might add on a couple more so I don't know. I'll post a note later when we've made a decision! So please review and I hope you liked this chapter! YAY!