Love Jones

A few weeks later...

Matthew was making some business calls. He had just bought Capricorn and was very excited about the new business venture.

After his last phone call the doorbell rung. The butler announced Dani.

"I'm surprised to see you here." Matthew said.

"Why? We share a daughter." Dani replied.

"You seem to have been forgetting."

"Never!" Dani laughed then unsteadily walked over to the couch and flopped on it.

"Are you high?" Matthew asked, a bit surprised. It was one thing to see her getting wild in the club drunk but it's another thing to see her on a different kind of high and in the middle of the day. Plus she's been acting very strange lately and has hardly kept in touch with Destiny. No one has really spoken to her as much as usual.

"No!" Dani replied like it was ridiculous. "If I'm high off anything, I'm high off life... You know I was thinking, it'd be fun to take a trip down memory lane, you know?" Dani caressed Matthew's chest.

"... No, I don't know. Are you losing it?"

"Of course not! It'd just be fun to take a good roll in the hay."

"Roll in the hay? Follow my finger."

"I'm not high! I told you that. What could I possibly be high on? I just want to feel you inside of me."

"Wow. Listen Dani, I love Destiny and I'm not about to mess that up for you or anybody else. I refuse to make the same mistake twice so whatever your problem is you need to handle it without me."

"Destiny doesn't have to know. It'll be our little secret."

"Is that right?" Destiny walked into the living room. She had been listening every since she came into the mansion and she heard enough to know what was going on.

"Destiny! It's not what it looked like."

"So you're going to lie to my face? Here I thought you were my best friend. It's good to know the truth though. Get the hell out. This friendship is o-v-e-r, over! Don't ever talk to me again and keep your contact with Matthew to a minimum. Goodbye!"

"I'm sorry!"

"Out!"

Dani headed toward the door.

"Wait, did you drive here?" Matthew asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Dani replied.

"No, you're not. Shane!" Matthew called him from upstairs and asked him to take her home. "I did not touch her!" Matthew exclaimed when Dani and Shane left.

"Matthew, you don't have to explain. I heard everything but I can't believe her! We've been friends for twenty-three years, twenty-three freaking years and she betrays me like it's nothing. I am a great person, an amazing friend and this is what I get? Do I have a sign on my back saying, 'Stab me?' We called each other, sisters and it meant nothing." Destiny was heated but most of all, she was extremely hurt.

"I don't think she really meant it. She was high. I could tell. I don't know what she was high on but I know she was. I'm getting even more concerned about Del and Vida."

"High? Really?" Destiny was surprised. She didn't pay attention to what she looked like, she just heard what she said. "Well I don't care, being high doesn't get her off the hook. I'm tired of people using drugs and alcohol to justify their actions. Let's be honest, the difference from being high and sober is that when you're high you do what you only think about doing when you're sober. Like they say, a drunk man tells no lies."

"Do you really believe that?"

"Here's an example. Do you remember years ago when you were completely wasted and I helped you, took you to rehab? You kissed me but you wouldn't have done that if you were sober. When you were sober you would only think about it."

"You have a point but I was sober when I bragged about it to Darren."

"Lucky for you he didn't knock you out." Destiny wished he didn't remind her of that. "... Anyway, thank you."

"For what?"

"For loving me and respecting me enough to turn down free cookies from the cookie jar, cheap cookies." Destiny sat on his lap facing toward him and kissed him.

"Destiny, I will always choose you. I love you. I'm not going to lose you again. I spent decades wishing I could be with you and regretting letting you go in the first place. I'd be a fool to do it again. I don't long to be with another woman because I know there's no one else for me. All I need is you."

Destiny smiled then kissed him again.

"I love you... And the kids are in school so I think I have plenty of time to show you how much." Destiny got up and put her hand out for Matthew to take.

"Oh I like the sound of that." They ran up to Matthew's room like two teenagers.

-v-

Miry was on her first date with Irvin. They were at Angel Square Park having a wonderful picnic.

"Did you prepare this delightful picnic yourself?" Miracle asked.

"Yes I did." Irvin replied.

"I'm impressed! So tell me more about you. What do you do?"

"I'm a computer hardware engineer."

"Interesting!"

"What about you?"

"I'm a manager and writer for a band I put together and I'm working on new clothing line."

"Well aren't you diverse! Tell me about this band."

"It consists of my little brothers, my little cousin and my little aunt."

"Little aunt?"

Miracle laughed. "Yeah. She's fourteen... That seems to be a common thing in my family for some reason... The group is called Infinity. It's kind of pop, R&B, punk, they have a unique sound. They are so good! I think it's the best idea I ever had."

"I'm glad you let me take you out. The first thing I noticed was that you are gorgeous then it was obvious that you're a good mom so I had to know more about you."

"You seemed like a really nice guy and the first thing I noticed was that you were gorgeous too. Obviously, the physical attraction was there."

Across the park was Leon and his new girl, Flora. They were just taking a walk through when Leon spotted Miracle on her date with Irvin. He was surprised and caught off guard.

"I see an old friend, let's go say hi." Leon said and walked over to Miracle and Leon. "What's up? Fancy, running into you here."

"Dido." Miracle replied feeling awkward about the current situation. "Irvin, this is Leon and?"

"This is Flora." Leon introduced, filling in the blank. "Flora, this is Miracle."

"So is Flora your girlfriend?" Miracle asked.

"Yes. Irvin your boyfriend?"

"It's our first date but it looks promising." Miracle replied.

"Oh... This was nice. We're going to go now." Leon and Flora walked away.

"I'm so sorry about that! That was all very awkward. Sorry if you were uncomfortable." Miracle said.

"... It's ok. Let me guess, that was your ex-boyfriend."

"Yeah and my son's father. We've been friends since we were babies and that's all we are now. Our situation is not full of drama. I promise."

-v-

Meanwhile, Matthew and Destiny were cuddled in Matthew's bed after their steamy love session in the middle of the afternoon.

"Have you had any problems with your head since the fight?" Destiny asked.

"No..." Matthew replied unconvincingly.

"You're not lying to me, are you?"

"I'm fine. What about you? How are you and our baby doing?"

"Morning sickness has kicked in but we're good. While we're on the subject, we have a prenatal appointment next week."

"We?"

"Yes we."

"I've never been to any of the appointments for my other kids... I was there when they were born. I was in a coma when you were pregnant with Miry, Miley was always in L.A. I guess I don't really have an excuse for the others. No ones ever invited me."

"Well there's a first time for everything and I'm not inviting you, I'm telling you. Besides, we get to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. Trust me, you don't want to miss it."

"You seem to be coming around to us having another baby."

"I told you I'd deal with it. Feeling how I feel doesn't mean I don't care or love our baby. It's growing inside of me. It's not like I can ignore it... What's on your agenda for tonight?"

"Miry and I are going to have dinner at the Buenas Dias."

"Aww, father/daughter bonding time, I love it! DJ and I are going to have some mother/son bonding tonight too."

-v-

Izzy was eating alone at Rodi's when Liam walked in and noticed her. He went over and joined her at the table.

"How are you?" Liam asked.

"Fine." Izzy replied sourly.

"I can't believe you're angry with me for protecting you. I don't understand what's going on in your head. You fought so hard to get away from your dad now you're dating someone just like him."

"He's not my dad remember, his name is Oswaldo... I'm tired of everyone trying to protect me. My entire family has given me an intervention, I don't need one from you too."

"Why are you doing this to yourself? You want to help people like you but you need the help now... I love you. I just want the best for you."

"...Sometimes there's comfort in what you know, even when it's bad. He seemed like a really nice guy at first. He showered me with gifts but then he became possessive. It got worst after we had sex then he became abusive. I should have saw the signs but I was blind and then I couldn't let go."

"You had sex with him? You mean HE was your first?"

"Yes."

"Oh my gosh, Izzy. Him?"

"Did you think I was just going to wait for you? I didn't know when you were coming back or if when you did, you would stay. You were in L.A living your life. What was I supposed to do? Stop mine? I moved on. I wasn't about to wait around for some guy who was on the other side of the country who I fell for in high school."

"So the alternative was that loser? You deserve better! Come with me."

Liam took Izzy to his apartment and kissed her like never before as soon as he closed the door. She was speechless for a few moments.

"What was that about?" Izzy finally asked.

"That was a kiss of love. I don't care where I am or what I do, your name is written on my heart." He took Izzy to his room and showed her all the memorabilia he had of them. He saved everything that accumulated from the time he fell for her. "I don't care if I'm in the North Pole, if you need me I'll be there and if anyone ever hurts you I will be on the first flight to where ever you are and I will come swinging."

Tears began to fill Izzy's eyes. She saw how much he loved her and that love scared her a bit. She didn't grow up with too much of it. In the last few years she's had an abundance of it and she wasn't sure how to handle it. She was overwhelmed by it so she went back to what had become familiar to her, pain. Liam saying all these things to her made her realize how screwed up she was.

"Damn Liam! I don't know what to do with this. I'm afraid of love... I'm afraid to love. I'm a mess. Why do you want me?"

"I love you despite all that. I love you unconditionally. I love you because I do. Someone as amazing as you shouldn't get anything less."

She kissed him passionately and they soon landed on the bed. Liam had waited years to make love to the love of his life and he was ready to erase every time she had sex with that jerk, Martin out of her head.

-v-

Ace and Eva walked down the halls of LHS hand and hand.

"I got something for you." Ace said as they headed over to his locker. He opened it and pulled out a white teddy bear with a red heart where a heart would be."

"Aww! Ace! I love it!" Eva exclaimed.

"Press the heart."

"You're the best girl in the world!" The bear said after Eva pressed the heart. Eva kissed Ace on the cheek.

"You're so sweet! I'll keep it forever."

A few guys came over to them.

"Hey Buchanan! Your sister's a whore!" One of the guys exclaimed.

"What?" Ace was caught off guard but was instantly heated.

"You heard right. Your sister Nicole is a whore." One of the other guys co-signed.

Ace stepped closer to the group of guys.

"Take it back." Ace commanded.

"No need to take back what's true."

Eva noticed Ace tightening his fist.

"Ace don't, they're not even worth it." Eva said.

"Yeah, listen to your bit-"

Before the guy could finish his sentence Ace's fist met his face.

"Watch what you say!" Ace exclaimed. Chad ran over.

"Ace let's go. They're not worth you getting detention again. Besides, I have something you need to see." Chad said. Ace and Eva walked away with him.

"I'm so tired of those guys! I didn't have this problem in L.A." Ace said angrily.

"We're freshman. Freshman aren't popular anywhere. Thanks for defending me though." Eva said.

"They're just messing with you because they're jealous. You're a Buchanan and the son of Miley Cyrus." Chad said.

"You're a Buchanan and they don't bother you." Ace replied.

"You're Matthew's son. I'm Shane's son. People on the outside don't even see us as real Buchanan's. They forget half the time because our name is Balsom. Anyway, forget those assholes. We Buchanan's are about to be the talk of the town." Chad said.

"Why?" Ace asked.

"You're not going to like this." Chad pulled out his tablet and played a video. The video showed Nicole at the party from over a month ago when she was publicly having sex with Dan and high on ecstasy. The video continued until Drew's mom's boyfriend broke them up and got her out of there.

"My eyes!" Ace screamed. "I'm going to kill her! Half the time I'm getting detention because I'm defending her ass. And she's with that guy that's way too old for her too."

Meanwhile, Drew and Harvey were talking by his locker.

"My dad still wants to have dinner with us and my mom will be there too. There's just been a lot going on." Drew said.

"I understand." Harvey replied.

"I've been meaning to say something to you... I'm not ready to have sex any time soon."

"Good. Neither am I."

"Really?"

"My mom, your dad, Leon and Miry were teen parents. I don't think we need to join the club. A wise man learns from others mistakes."

"God, I love you. You're so smart and sensible. Give me kisses."

Harvey kissed her and they hugged. Then Ace, Eva and Chad came over and busted their bubble.

"You know that party you and our damned sister sneaked out to a while back?" Ace asked. It was obvious he was heated about something.

"Yeah, what about it?" Drew replied.

Ace held up Chad's tablet and played the video.

"Oh. My. Gosh. This is bad!" Drew exclaimed. "Why does she have make such horrible decisions? Let's go find her."

They all found her soon enough.

"I am going to kill you!" Ace exclaimed as soon as he laid eyes on her.

"Have you seen the video going around of you and Dan at the party?" Drew asked.

"How could I miss it? I've been getting called whore all day... And just when I decided to be a good girl. I guess it's pointless now." Nicole replied.

"No. You can't go back to your old ways. It's not pointless." Drew said.

"Whatever. Dad was going to have me home-schooled after this semester. Now he may send me to boarding school for real this time."

"How can you be so calm right now? Your reputation is completely tarnished and the entire family is going get back lashed for this. Not to mention, dad can now prove statutory rape with this video while he's suing that guy." Ace asked.

"Dan can handle himself and whatever is going to happen is going to happen. It's actually me in that video. I'll deal with what comes along with it." Nicole walked away.

"And just when she was trying to change. This sucks." Drew said.

-v-

Miracle and Matthew met up at the Buenas Dias for dinner. They were enjoying a great meal.

"We could've went to the Palace if you wanted." Matthew said.

"No, I wanted something more casual. So how was your day?" Miracle asked.

"I handled business, spent time with your mom. It was good. How was yours?"

"I had a date!"

"Good for you!"

"Then Leon showed up with his new girlfriend, bony lil thing. She's not his type."

"Do I sense jealousy?"

"No. You sense observation. Leon likes the Beyoncé types like me and Millicent." Miracle rolled her eyes at the thought of Millicent. "...Not the bony supermodel types."

"Maybe he likes her for her personality."

"If that were so, he would have been too focused on her to come worry about me and my date."

"You do have point... I'm glad we can talk like this now."

"Oh daddy, don't get all sentimental."

"Aww, you called me daddy! You never call me daddy anymore!" Matthew was getting excited. Look at the progress they've made. Alleluia!

"Daniel Edward Morgan!" They heard a woman's voice exclaim but they ignored it and continued with their conversation.

"Damn!" Daniel said under his breath after hearing the woman call his name. He turned to face her. She was headed in his direction. "Aunt Kristina, what are you doing here?"

"You obviously need me here supervise you. You're a grown ass man. You need to stop with your shenanigans! You publicly had sex with a teenage girl at a party? It's all over the Internet!" Kristina smacked him.

Matthew finally looked over at the people having this very public conversation. He couldn't believe his eyes and walked over to them.

"Kristina, Kristina Corinthos." Matthew said.

"Matthew..." Kristina uttered.

"You two know each other?" Daniel asked.

"We dated in college." Kristina replied.

"So wait a minute, Dan is your nephew?" Matthew asked.

"Yes..." Kristina said.

"I just heard you say he had sex with a teen at a party and it's all over the Internet. Who the hell is this teen?" In his head he was hoping it wasn't who he thought it was.

"I hope this is your cousin or something and not your child, not that it will make it better... It was Nicole Buchanan."

Matthew instantly gripped Daniel up. Miracle ran over.

"Dad, no! No more fights, remember?" Miracle reminded him.

Matthew wanted to hit something so bad. Rage was boiling over inside of him.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Matthew yelled.

"I didn't know how old she was at the time, I swear. I didn't know until Miracle told me. I haven't even seen her since I dropped her off at your place that time." Daniel said.

"I'm not dropping the charges, you can believe that... What am I supposed to do about this?"

"Matthew, I'm so sorry." Kristina said.

Kory came in and walked over to them.

"Mom, is everything alright?" Kory asked.

"Yeah." Kristina replied.

"You have a son this old?" Matthew asked.

"Yeah. We should all go. Again, I'm so sorry for all the problems Daniel has caused you." Kristina said then quickly left with Daniel and Kory.

"So that's the bag of bones you cheated on mom with back in the day. She's pretty." Miracle said.

"Miracle."

"I'm trying to calm you down which is probably impossible right now. You ready to go so that you can deal with Nicole?"

They left the Buenas Dias. Miracle went to get Evan from Leon and Matthew headed home.

"Nicole!" Matthew yelled in a rage as soon as he walked in the door. Destiny and DJ were headed toward him. "What are you doing here?"

"I forgot my briefcase. What's wrong?" Destiny asked.

"You wouldn't believe what this girl has done now! I'm going to kill her! Ahhh!" Matthew screamed, holding his head.

"What's the matter now?"

"Nothing. What's taking her so long? Nicole get down here now!" Matthew paced back and forth in front of the couch. He soon held his head again like he was in pain then he sat down and started to hear loud ringing. "Ahhh!"

"Matthew, is it your head?" Destiny asked, concerned. "Don't tell me you're fine because you're obviously not." Matthew just nodded his head. "Where's your meds?"

"I ran out."

"What? Ran out?" Destiny was now the one snapping. "How long ago?"

"Last week."

"How long have you been having this problem again?"

"A day or two after the fight."

"That was weeks ago! You're just telling me? I asked you earlier. If you weren't in pain right now I'd hit you. Let's go! I'm taking you to the hospital."

"I don't want to go to the hospital."

"I'm not giving you a choice! Listen to me, you are not leaving me to go through another pregnancy by myself. I don't want you to end up in a coma again and I don't want to lose you so let's go."

DJ stayed at the mansion to hang out with Chad while Destiny took Matthew to the hospital. The entire way there she prayed the problem wasn't as bad as it seemed.

Hope you're all enjoyingl

I just want to point out that I had this Dani on drugs idea long before Prospect Park, hence why she was going nuts in the first or second chapter. Lol.

And you can check out the Llanview Lives 3 cover pic in full size in a link on my profile page.