Bianca and another dream

I do not own the characters they are the property of All My Children, I just like to borrow them.

Out of the mouths of babes - Bianca has very odd dream.

Well she had done it. She had followed her heart and told Marissa her true feelings. Things hadn't exactly turned out quite as she'd expected, but all things considered it could have been worse. Marissa had insisted she was fine with it but she still freaked out slightly. Bianca could have kicked herself when she heard herself offer to put sun lotion on Marissa's back (but damn it that bikini was hot and she was only human). No, Bianca realised Marissa would be cool with it given time. So she was happy to let her straight best friend run back to her man, while she babysat AJ. Both women needed time now to get their thoughts in order.

It had felt great getting her feelings for Marissa off her chest and she had spent a wonderful afternoon with the kids in the hotel pool. Her good mood was such that she gave AJ and Miranda permission to share the adjoining room booked by Marissa; she was regretting it now. Gabby was fast asleep in her cot but she could still hear AJ and Miranda chatting away in the next room and it was almost midnight. She had hushed them four times but they were both so over-exited; the massive chocolate sundae for dessert had probably also been a mistake just before bedtime.

Bianca got up and went to the door to give her fifth and final warning but paused when she realised they were talking about her.

"Your mum is so cool." whispered AJ, "I can't believe she let us all jump into the pool like that!"

"I have the best mummy in the world." agreed Miranda, "Your mummy's nice too, she's funny, and she makes my mummy happy."

"Do you think we could go on vacation together always?"

"I don't know." said Miranda, thinking for a moment "Maybe if our mummies get married – then we could really be twins!"

"Can ladies get married?"

"My mummy married Mommy Reese until she made her sad because she wouldn't come and see us, and then they got a divorce."

"Daddy made mom sad too." said AJ, "But I think they like each other again now. I want mom and daddy together again. Not that your mum isn't awesome."

"That would be nice too." agreed Miranda. "But I think my mummy likes your mummy too."

"What if my mom married daddy and your mum, then we could be one big family! You can have a daddy and I can have two moms – I think that would be brilliant!"

"I don't think my mummy would marry your daddy – she doesn't like boys like that." said Miranda, "And I think it's against the law… called 'bio- gram-y'."

Bianca still hiding in the doorway was now feeling very embarrassed. How had Miranda picked up on her feelings for Marissa? Still those kids were so cute… but it was now past midnight.

"If I have to come in one more time tonight, I will separate you." she barked through the open doorway in full mummy mode.

There were muffled apologies from the room and then quiet.

Bianca collapsed gratefully into her bed…

…

Bianca took a seat at the breakfast table and placed a napkin on her lap before surveying the spread on offer, there were pancakes, toast, cereal, juice and a steaming pot of coffee. She didn't really recognise the kitchen; it looked a bit like a farmhouse kitchen from a magazine and a bit like the one at Wildwind. JR sat the head of the table hidden behind his newspaper. The oddest part of the dream was that it didn't feel weird that he was there. Her children were there too, Miranda was sat on her left munching on a slice of toast and jam. Gabby was spooning cereal into her mouth but getting most of it down her chin. Bianca leant forward to clean her up, when Marissa came in with AJ. She shooed AJ to a seat beside Miranda and then greeted everyone with a beautiful smile.

"Good morning."

JR put down his paper and smiled in response.

"Good morning, sweetheart." Marissa came and kissed him briefly on the lips. Then with a playful pout she turned to Bianca.

"Don't I get a good morning?"

"I'm sorry I was miles away – good morning."

Marissa smiled and kissed Bianca just as she'd kissed JR. This surprised Bianca, but then she stopped, why would it be weird, they were a family, right?

Marissa then took it in turns to kiss all the children busy with their breakfast.

"So sport," said JR, turning to his son, "Are you excited by soccer try outs today?"

AJ's response was muffled by a spoonful of cereal, but Bianca was sure he said 'You bet.'

"And my little angel," said JR turning to Miranda. "Is your assignment ready to hand in?"

"I wanted to show you before I packed it in my school bag." said Miranda. She gave Bianca a look, asking to leave the table.

"Go on." said Bianca encouragingly. "I've been dying to see this myself."

Miranda disappeared and then came back with a drawing clutched in her hands. Written across the top was the title, my family.

"It is wonderful." said Marissa, giving the child a supportive hug.

Bianca nodded but an eerie feeling of genuine wrongness crept over her. The picture showed their smiling family, Marissa in the middle, obvious with her red hair and red dress, JR was on her left with AJ and Bianca on the right with Miranda and little Gabby.

Bianca had a sudden urge to tear it up, tear JR out of the picture. It must have shown on her face because Miranda suddenly looked very sad.

"Don't you like it mummy?" Miranda asked.

"No!" exclaimed Bianca trying to drag herself out of her weird reverie of the picture. "I think it's beautiful. Your so clever." She pulled her eldest girl into a hug and planted a big kiss on her cheek. "My little genius."

"Mummy." groaned Miranda struggling from the embrace. "Don't be silly."

Miranda was smiling now. But Marissa was still watching Bianca, concern in her eyes.

"You're sure you're okay?"

"I'm just a little tired," said Bianca, "The kids were up all night"

Bianca paused that was right wasn't it, the kids had kept her up last night, both AJ and Miranda had a guilty look on their faces so it must have been last night. Once again it felt like something was wrong with this perfect little family unit.

"Poor you." said Marissa with a gleam in her eyes and leant in to kiss Bianca's lips.

"Moms." cried AJ in despair, "Why are adults so yucky."

Marissa pulled out of the kiss to smile at her son. Then she noticed the clock.

"Oh my god, there is only five minutes to get you to school."

The next few moments were a blur of school bags, hats, gloves, coats and pack lunches. A very harassed Marissa then gave JR and Bianca a goodbye kiss and herded the children out the door.

That left Bianca alone with JR and the feeling of wrongness returned. JR touched her shoulder and there was a clear look of lust in his eyes.

"Alone at last," he sighed suggestively.

…

"Well that's enough of that!" exclaimed Bianca, dragging herself out of the dream, and shivering slightly at the thought of JRs touch.

"Sorry mummy." came a plaintive cry from the next room. AJ and Miranda were obviously still awake.

Bianca picked up her phone to glance at the time, it was 00.30. The dream had taken moments and was probably the most disturbing dream Bianca had had in a long time. The Marissa parts, and the sense of family had been wonderful, it was just a shame JR had to be there to ruin it.

Looking at her phone Bianca noticed a text from Griffin. He wanted an urgent breakfast meeting at the yacht club about the new Miranda centre. Bianca groaned, that would mean having to cut the vacation short and the kids were having such a great time, plus Bianca still hadn't had a chance to experience the hotel's world class spa. Still maybe getting her head back into Miranda Centre business would take her mind off of Marissa; her lips still burned from their last dream kiss.