One Life to Live
Sierra Rose and Izzy were having lunch after they went shopping for her Sierra Rose's wedding dress with GiGi.
"You are going to look so gorgeous on your wedding day. I love the gown you chose." Izzy said.
"Thank you! I am so happy! Sam is such a wonderful guy. I am so lucky to have him." Sierra Rose said.
"And he's lucky to have you. How does your family feel about you marrying him?"
"They still hate the idea because I'm young and because of whom Sam's family is. My dad isn't that upset about his family anymore because Sam has actually been growing on him since he saved his life, however, he still thinks I'm throwing my life away because I'm young."
"I agree, you should probably wait but if you have love now you might as well make it official."
"Since we're talking about dads, have you heard from yours or has he been keeping his distance?"
"Boy, do I have a story you. My dad, my abusive, angry dad isn't even my dad."
"What?"
"He's not my dad. You know who is my dad?"
"Who?"
"Sam's brother."
"Jack? That doesn't make any sense."
"No, not Jack. Brendan."
"The new weird one, that's been locked up all his life?"
"Yeah!"
"How'd that happen?"
"My grandmother was like his nanny and she used to take my mom with her to work so they grew up together. She was his only friend and they were in love."
"Wow."
"Oh yeah… I have my mom back!"
"What?"
"Yeah! She's back and she's here to stay! Oh and I have twin little brothers!"
"A lot has been going on. We had a lot to catch up on. How did we go this long without talking?"
"You've had a lot to focus on. I'm going to move in with her too, once she finds a place! Brendan actually just get a computer job with the police department. You know he's a certified genius."
"It seems like you really like him."
"I guess. It's a big change from having a father that hurts me all the time. He's really sweet. He's weird but I'm getting pass that. I understand. He's around all the time. When he and my mom said they loved each other, they really meant it."
"Are they together?"
"Not really but I'm sure they will be really soon. I don't mind. I'm happy and so are they. It's good, after what we've all been through."
"I'm happy for you, all of you!"
"This is a good time for the both of us. You're marrying the love of your life and I have a family, even more than I asked for. You know Roxy is totally attached to me now."
"Yeah I know and you know something cool?"
"What?"
"Now you're a Cramer woman and you're related to Dorian Lord. That is awesome. No more struggles for you."
"I don't know about all that."
"I do, now you definitely won't have to worry about college."
"I don't think so but my mom and I are going to meet his mom later today."
"You mean your grandmother."
"Whatever."
"Well, we only have one life to live, let's live it up."
-v-
Later, Izzy and Rayan met up with Brendan at La Beulé so that they could meet Blair. They were able to get James to baby-sit Rayan's twins.
Izzy, Brendan, Blair and Rayan were gathered in the living room. Brendan was especially happy to introduce the people that he loved. In the few weeks that Rayan had been back in his life he had been able to open up to everyone a lot more and he was a lot happier. Meanwhile, Izzy and Rayan were nervous and they had a reason to be because Blair was not at all excited to meet Rayan.
"So you're Rayan…" Blair said.
"Yes… it's nice to finally meet the mother of this lovely man." Rayan said.
"I have a question. How could you and your mother know that Brendan was kidnapped and not report it to someone?" Blair asked and it became awkward immediately.
"Wow… Um… Ms. Cramer, I understand what it's like to have your child taken from you. My mother and I loved Brendan and we wanted to take him out of there. We really did, especially my mother. Brendan and I are close in age so I was really young at first. We just couldn't, it wasn't safe. If we said anything they would kill us, all we could do was take care of Brendan and give him love." Rayan said.
"A boy was taken away from his mother and all you two could think about was yourselves?"
"Ms. Cramer, there's nothing else that I can say."
"Not only did you not help him but you kept his little girl away from him."
"I was protecting all of us. Do you know how hurt Brendan would have been if he couldn't be apart of his daughter's life? What if the agency found out and took Izzy too? What if they hurt me because of this? I couldn't risk all that!"
"I don't like you." Blair said.
"Mom! Don't speak to Rayan that way. Rayan and her mother were all I had growing up. If it weren't for them I wouldn't know anything at all about the real world. It was because of them that I'm as intelligent as I am and it's because of them that I know what love is. You weren't there; those cruel people would have hurt them. Rayan did the right thing when she kept Izzy away and she's right it does hurt that I didn't get to watch her grow but she did what she needed to do to keep her safe. You can't tell me you wouldn't have done the same thing in her predicament. Rayan is the love of my life and if you don't accept her you don't accept me." Brendan said.
"…Fine." Blair responded.
"Izzy is your granddaughter; it would be nice if you two could get to know each other." Brendan said.
"I would like that." Blair said.
"Mom, I would like to talk to you alone." Brendan said and he and Blair stepped out of the room into the hallway.
"She's a word that sounds like itch and begins with the letter b." Izzy said to Rayan.
"Izzy, don't say that. She's your grandmother and now she's the only one you have since mom died all those years ago. She's just upset." Rayan said.
Meanwhile, outside the room with Brendan and Blair…
"I want Izzy, Rayan and her boys to live with us." Brendan said.
"Are you crazy?" Blair asked.
"No. I love them, they need a place to stay and one day I plan on marrying that woman."
"You're being ridiculous. There is no way they are moving in here."
"Fine, then I'll move out and get my own place. I have a job now and money from you and my father."
"You can't do that."
"I can do what I want. I'm a grown man, remember? I'll leave."
"No. Don't do that. I just got you back."
"Then let my family stay here, that's all I'm asking for. They are good people."
"I don't think I have a choice."
-v-
At Destiny and Darren's, Miracle and Leon were asleep on the couch. They were exhausted from taking care of their newborn son. Miracle was especially tired since she's the one who has to take care of him when he wakes up in the middle of the night. They both suddenly woke up when they heard Evan crying.
"You stay here, I'll get him." Leon insisted and then ran upstairs to the nursery.
Destiny walked into the room.
"Mom, do I have to go to this dinner tonight?" Miracle asked.
"Yes." Destiny said.
"But I'm tired and I don't feel like being bothered with dad and the rest of the family."
"For whatever reason, your father wants us to attend this dinner so we're going."
"It's a waste of time. It doesn't even make sense. He invited you and Aunt Dani too. What's up with that?"
"I don't know but we're going to find out."
A couple of hours later they headed over to the Buchanan mansion with Dani who's now eight months pregnant. Leon stayed at Darren and Destiny's to take care of Evan.
Miracle, Destiny and Dani walked into the Buchanan mansion and into the living room. There was Drew and Nicole, their mothers, Asa, David, Rachel, Nora and Bo.
"What is this, the baby mama convention?" Dani asked, sarcastically.
"Asa's mom isn't here." Miracle said.
"She'll be here in a little while." Asa said.
"Who is Asa's mom, anyway?" Destiny asked.
"You don't even know?" Dani asked.
"No, do you know?" Destiny asked Miracle.
"I have no clue." Miracle said.
"That's strange." Dani said.
Matthew walked into the room.
"I'm glad you three finally showed up!" Matthew said and then walked over and gave them a hug.
"Why do you want us here?" Miracle asked.
"We're all family. We need to act like it."
"Whatever." Miracle said and then went to have a seat.
"This better be good." Destiny said before she and Dani went to have a seat.
"I don't think you've all been formally introduced." Matthew said before introducing all of the mothers of his children.
There was Lilo who was Drew's mother. She was a beautiful Hawaiian woman with brown hair in a short cut like Kris Jenner, beautiful skin and high cheek bones.
Then there was Farah, who was Nicole's mother. She was also very beautiful. Farah was Arabian with long black hair and lips like Angelina Jolie.
Everyone sat around in the living room in silence.
"Matthew, I don't know what your plan is but whatever it is, it sucks." David said.
"Hey! Let's play charades!" Matthew exclaimed.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me." Miracle said.
"It will be fun." Matthew said.
"No. It won't. I'm going to call Leon and check on Evan." Miracle said and then left the room.
"Matthew, can we talk to you?" Bo asked and then Bo, Nora, Rachel and Matthew left the room.
"So, we've finally met the Queen B after all these years." Lilo said.
Destiny and Dani looked at each other confused.
"I'm talking about you, Ms. Destiny." Lilo said.
"I'm the Queen B of what?" Destiny asked.
"Matthew's heart." Lilo said.
"Oh gosh." Destiny said, annoyed.
"You're the reason why no one else can have it." Farah said.
"I don't believe that." Destiny said.
"We do. We can't have him because you do." Farah said.
"I don't have Matthew. I have a husband and if you could win Matthew's heart, maybe you would have." Destiny said.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Lilo asked.
"It means, gold digging, one night stands don't usually win the heart of the man." Dani said.
"Excuse me!" Lilo exclaimed.
"Ooh, Dani, you went there."
"Uh oh! I knew this was a bad idea!" David said.
"Ok! She's eight months pregnant; the hormones are all out of whack. You know how that goes." Destiny said.
"She meant it!" Lilo said.
"Well… this isn't a good time, with the kids around." Destiny said.
"Kids, leave the room!" Lilo and Farah said.
"Oh no. I am going to kill Matthew." Destiny said.
Drew, Nicole and Asa left the room, left Destiny, Dani, Lilo, Farah and David in the living room.
"Bottom line is, Matthew was never going to take you two seriously." Dani said.
"Says the first, girl to ever throw herself at Matthew." Lilo said.
Dani gasped in disbelief.
"Ooh, Matthew always had a big mouth." Dani said.
"It doesn't matter. Dani was fifteen, you two are grown women. You're beautiful but you're desperate and no man likes that. You two also have bad attitudes and they don't like that either. Frankly, Matthew likes jumping from woman to woman, that's what he does. Snoop Dogg has him thinking he's a pimp and David over there, has him thinking he's Asa the first. That being said, can we act like mature women here and stop all this nonsense. A good example needs to be set for the children." Destiny said.
Everyone else came back into the room.
"Are you ladies playing nice?" Matthew asked.
"Dad, I know you can be totally oblivious but look at the company you have right now, of course everything isn't going well." Miracle said.
"As soon as Asa's mom gets here, we can eat." Matthew said.
"Matthew, I'm here! This better be good!" Everyone heard a woman say with a southern accent before they actually saw her.
When the woman was revealed everyone was shocked.
"Mom!" Asa exclaimed before giving her a hug.
"Miley Cyrus is Asa's mother?" Destiny asked rhetorically.
Destiny and Dani looked at each other and had a flashback to auditioning for the high school musical and singing, 'The Climb' for the audition.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know everyone was here. Hi. Matthew, what's going on?" Miley said.
"I'm having a family dinner."
"Oh. You could have warned me." Miley said.
"How did you two meet?" Miracle asked.
"David and Miley did a movie together and I met her on the set. We're good friends." Matthew said.
"I think we're at the bottom of the list of women that Matthew will make his girlfriend, let alone his wife." Farah said to Lilo.
"Time for dinner!" Matthew announced.
Everyone headed to the dining room but Matthew pulled Miracle aside.
"What?" Miracle asked.
"I just want to tell you that I love you and I'm sorry I haven't been there for you but that's going to change." Matthew said.
"That's easier said than done." Miracle said.
"Have I really lost all of your trust?" Matthew asked.
"Yes." Miracle replied.
"Wow." Matthew said shaking his head. "We're going to fix our relationship, I promise. Remember, I love you no matter what." Matthew said and then hugged her.
"…Could you leave everyone else alone too? Every time you hurt someone I love or start some drama with them it affects me too."
"I'm a changed man. I want to be a better man and father."
Everyone gathered around the dining room table. It was awfully awkward but David talked up a conversation about himself then his son Rick Powers interrupted the dinner and ended up joining in. David and Rick broke the ice though, everyone began to join into the conversation but Lilo and Farah always had something shady to say without being outright about it. Matthew got a phone call as soon everyone started to enjoy themselves.
"Matthew, do you have to take that right now?" Nora asked.
"I'm sorry, just this once." Matthew said.
Everyone was thinking that was typical Matthew but Matthew left the table for a few minutes and everyone continued to mingle.
A few minutes later Matthew came back and his happy demeanor was long gone.
"What happened?" Bo asked.
Matthew looked at Dani.
"What?" Dani asked.
"Your husband stole from our company!"
"Uh oh." Destiny and Dani said.
"Uh oh?" Matthew asked. "You two knew about this? Destiny?"
"Matthew calm down." Destiny said.
"Calm down? Are you kidding me?" Matthew asked yelling.
"It's about to hit the fan." Drew said.
-v-
At Llanfair, Ryder, Jaime, Jessica and Antonio were in the living room trying get through to Bree. Jessica and Antonio were finally back together. After Antonio ran into Ford in the elevator he realized that Ford was absolutely right, he and Jessica were meant to be so he went back to her.
"I don't understand you. What happened to the girl that was so willing to put everything on the line to save Ryder and the rest of the kids in that hostage situation?" Antonio asked.
Everyone was jumping on Bree and she couldn't take it any longer. The look on her face changed and she appeared to have a headache.
"Bree?" Jessica questioned.
"It's Brennan." Bree who was now Brennan said.
"What caused you to reappear?" Antonio asked.
"As bad as Bree may be, she can't take being jumped on by the people she loves and she does love you. Why do you think I existed for so long? I am the person you all want Bree to be, not the person Bree really wants to be and apart of her resents that she can't really be herself around you all. That's a big part of why she's treats you all the way she does." Brennan's expression changed and she looked as if she was having a headache and got into a ball on the couch.
"Bree?" Jessica questioned again.
"Bree" shook her head.
"Who are you?" Jessica asked.
"Brea." She replied as if she was a little girl.
"Uh oh." They all said.
Bree changed to another persona not long after that. This time it was a man named after her father, Nash.
Eventually before the day was over she was Bree again and suddenly she felt a lot better and wasn't as angry as she usually was. She looked up at Jessica and Antonio and hugged them. Then she looked at her siblings and walked away.
"What does all this mean?" Jaime asked.
"I think it means she had a break through." Jessica said.
-v-
Hope and Gabe were at La Beule` babysitting Bel but Bel was up in the nursery taking a nap so Hope and Gabe were in the living room enjoying each other's company.
"You know, I'll be leaving town after Sam's wedding." Hope said.
"I know… about that-" Gabe started before he was cut off by Bel's crying.
"Hold that thought. I'll be right back." Hope said and then went to check on Bel.
Gabe got a call from Millicent while Hope was away. He was enjoying the conversation with his little sister until he heard a loud thump outside the room. He hung up with Millicent and then ran out to see what happened.
Hope was lying at the bottom of the stairs, unconscious. He ran to her side.
"Hope!" Gabe exclaimed.
Hope looked around, confused as to where she was.
"What happened? What's going on? Where am I?" Hope wondered.
"Hope." A voice called.
Hope turned around to match the face with the voice.
"Hello Hope."
"Dad?"
"Yes, it's me." Cole said.
"Am I dead?"
"No, not yet and it's not your time but you hit your very badly. This is the in between. It's not your time but you can choose to walk through the white gates if you want to."
"I can't believe it's you." Hope hugged him. "I never thought I'd see you again."
"We'll all meet again. I'm proud of you. I've been watching and keeping an eye on you."
"That's really nice to hear."
"I love you. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you growing up but you turned out great and at least you did have James since you couldn't have me."
"Daddy, I love you so much. I don't want to leave you."
"I know but I'll always be with you. You can't see me but you can feel me. You have to go back. It's not your time. You have so much more to accomplish."
"I guess if it's not my time to go, I should enjoy living… and keep making you proud but I'm sure there have been a lot of moments where you weren't so proud so I need to make up for those times. Sometimes I'm a little more like my grandparents than I should be."
"You're a good person, remember, that and Gabe, he's good for you."
"I'm glad you think so. It's nice to know he has your approval."
"Now, go back and live your life. I love you."
"I love you too, daddy."
Hope woke up in Llanview's Hospital with Gabe by her side.
"Hey, my love." Hope said.
"Hope! You're awake!" He kissed all over her face.
"Yeah I am!" She smiled at him.
"What?" Gabe asked.
"My dad likes you."
"Huh?"
"I saw him and I talked to him and he said he likes you and that you're good for me."
"I have your daddy's stamp of approval that means a lot."
"You were going to tell me something before I had to run off."
"I was going to say, where ever you go, I will follow. I'm going with you when you leave."
"Oh Gabe! That makes me so happy but what are you going to do about school?"
"I'm going to take online courses for a few semesters."
"Gabe, I love you. You're the best."
"I love you too. Don't scare me like that again."
"I promise, I won't."
-v-
A few weeks passed and it was time for Sierra Rose and Sam's wedding.
Sam was alone with his best man, Leon and his groomsmen Jack and James.
"I can't believe you're getting married." Jack said.
"I only plan on doing it once, unlike you." Sam said.
"I didn't plan on getting married more than once and I'm sure everyone else in our family didn't plan on it either." Jack said.
"Starr and Dani have only been married once and they've been married for a long time." Sam said.
"Don't hold your horses for Dani." Jack said.
"Do you always have to be so negative?" Leon asked.
"Sam started it." Jack said.
"It's weird not seeing Téa and Shaun together. Téa's with dad and Shaun is with Evangeline. I guess it's cool that they're back together but I guess I just got used to Téa and Shaun being so happy together." Sam said.
"Tell me about it." Leon said. "You don't have to worry about that though because you and Sierra are meant to be."
Sierra Rose was in a room with her bridesmaids; Hope and Starr, her maid of honor; Izzy and her aunt GiGi.
"SiSi, are you sure you want to do this?" GiGi asked.
"Yes, Aunt GiGi, I'm sure."
"Ok…you look beautiful." GiGi said, admiring Sierra Rose in her white mermaid wedding gown and her hair in an elegant up-do.
"Well SiSi, it's your day. Are you ready?" Izzy asked.
"I've never been more ready in my life." Sierra Rose replied.
-v-
Everyone was in the church waiting for the ceremony to begin. Millicent was sitting in between Ryder and Liam. She just couldn't understand their relationship. She looked at both of them, rolled her eyes then got up and walked away.
"I'm sorry." Liam said.
"What?" Ryder asked confused.
"I'm sorry. I started this conflict between us when we were kids and I just kept it going as we got older. What's funny is, no matter how much we seemed to hate each other you always had my back no matter what."
"It's not all your fault. We were born on the same day and we come from twins. We were bound to clash. Besides, we grew up together and we had to share everything but we're eighteen now and we'll be graduating in a couple months. We should put everything behind us. You know, we're a good team. We were faced with a crisis in that hostage situation and the both of us together, saved the day."
"Yeah we did." Liam put his hand out for a hand shake.
"Come on! We're family!" Ryder hugged him.
"If you hurt Millicent again, I'll still come after you."
"Man! I'm not going to hurt Millicent! Just enjoy the moment."
Millicent approached Miracle so that they could talk.
"I know I messed up our friendship and I know you can't trust me but-" Millicent started.
"Don't worry about it."" Miracle said cutting her off. "All is forgotten."
"Really? We can be friends again?" Millicent asked.
"I didn't say that but we aren't enemies anymore. I just don't trust you around my man. That being said, if you need me you can call me but no, we won't be having lattes together."
"I understand. Thanks for talking to me."
Miracle spotted Matthew walk in the church with Miley Cyrus and Asa.
"OMG!" Miracle exclaimed.
"What?" Millicent asked.
"Oh, nice talking to you, girl, I have to go."
Millicent walked back over to Ryder and Liam and Miracle went back to where she was sitting with Destiny, Darren, Dani, Jason, DJ and Vida.
"Dad, just walked in here with Miley Cyrus as his date. Dad never has a real date to anything. Asa told me they were spending more time together and not just as friends like they were before."
"Good, he'll finally leave me alone although, he hasn't bothered me at all since he found out I knew about Jason and now I'm representing him." Destiny said.
"It's about time he found his own woman." Darren said.
"I'm happy for him." Destiny said.
"Me too." Miracle said.
"Now we just need to keep Matthew away from Jason so he doesn't ruin Sam's wedding." Dani said.
"Ooh, he actually kissed her in public! It's serious." Miracle said after she saw Matthew and Miley kiss.
It was time for the wedding to begin. Everyone was ready to see the glorious ceremony take place. Even though both Sam and Sierra Rose's parents wanted to stop the wedding, none of them did and they let them do what made them happy. It was obvious that Sam and Sierra Rose were deeply in love and before they knew it, they were husband and wife. Sam kissed his beautiful bride.
"Ohhh!" Everyone heard a scream in agonizing pain. It was Dani having her first contraction… A lot of people won't be making it to the reception.
"My water just broke." Dani said.
"Let's get you to the hospital." Destiny said.
Matthew ran over and it was huge chaos about who was going to drive Dani to the hospital before Dani even got out of the church.
"Hey! Would one of you take my sister to the hospital and act like adults? What the hell is wrong with you two?" Sam yelled.
Jason drove Dani to the hospital and the close family members met them there.
Matthew kept starting drama with Jason and David was actually the one who made Matthew realize that the day was not about Jason but about his daughter who would be entering the world soon.
Dani eventually decided that she just wanted Téa to be in the room while she was in labor.
Before the day was over, Dani gave birth to a beautiful eight pound, five ounce baby girl with brown hair and brown eyes who she named Del Zulimar Buchanan.
Del was Matthew's fifth child and he was determined to do it all right this time.
Destiny was able to get Jason the shortest sentence he could possibly get for his crime. Needless to say, Matthew wasn't too happy about that.
Miracle and Leon continued to raise Evan together. It was difficult at times but they managed and it made them closer than ever.
Izzy, Rayan and her brothers soon moved into La Beule`. Brendan insisted that they moved in. All he wanted was to be close to them and finally have a real family and that's what they were and he loved it. He was finally happy. Brendan and Rayan eventually got married and made it official.
Izzy graduated along with Ryder and Liam. She decided to go to LU because she finally had a family and she did not want to let it go.
After graduation Ryder dove into his acting career. He stayed in Llanview for a while but then he went to L.A. to take Hollywood by storm but that was after he and Millicent broke up.
Millicent eventually got together with Zane. She apparently has a thing for what she feels is a bad boy but she doesn't even notice it.
Liam went to L.A as well but attended USC. Liam and Izzy broke up after the summer but remained close friends while he was away.
Jaime continued to be happy with Jay and they decided to start a family but Jaime also opened an art gallery displaying all of her art and it did really well.
Bree was finally better and officially intergraded. She fell in love and finally launched her fashion magazine but as a bonus, got her own reality show.
Hope went off to study psychology all over the world and Gabe followed her wherever she went. Who would have thought they would be so close after the way their relationship started?
Sam and Sierra Rose lived happily ever after… even with the drama surrounding their families.
The End