Hey guys:

Sorry it's taken so long to post another chapter I know that you probably hate me but pledging a sorority is a time suck but I made it yay! I hope you faithful few will stick with me as I continue with the story and bring it on home. I have started working on another story that in my opinion is pretty interesting and upon completion of SU I will be posting the new story that I hope you guys will stick around for. Without further delay here's the next chapter, YaY!!!

~LR

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I only own the story line and my own original characters. (Otherwise I'd be a very wealthy lesbian :-D)

"Oh my god what happened? Is he okay?!" Kyla shrieked causing Spencer and I to worry.

"Okay well let us know what happens and let me know how Manny is holding up okay? Oh Madison, I hate to ask this but who…?"

Kyla questioned but apparently the answer was interjected.

"Yeah I remember um…Gisela, right?...Yeah okay well Madison have a safe flight and give them both a hug and the moment you find out what happened please let me know…I will most definitely say a prayer for 'em." Kyla expressed.

God something serious must really be going on if Madison was heading out at short notice, it was 8 in the morning she doesn't usually get up that early and to be and talking about leaving I knew she couldn't have possibly gotten her make up on…Watch out world Madison Duarte without make-up…eesh, scary!

"You guys Chris had to go to the hospital apparently something that he ate reacted badly with a medication he was on and he had to be hospitalized," God please forgive me I was just playing. "He's in intensive care and poor Madison she is so shaken up because Manny is being looked after by the nurses and her one of her personal assistants…I feel so bad for her to have her family so far away and be helpless." Kyla finished with a furrow in her brow.

"I know and here I thought she was just flaking out on you again, I feel really horrible." I offered.

"You two have more to be sorry for than Madison having to fly back home." Kyla said with more than a little bit of malice in her voice.

That Kyla always…wait a minute what did she say?

"What did you say?" I asked wide-eyed, willing serving myself on a platter.

"I saw you both of you." Kyla glared with daggers slicing us up with ninja like precision.

I heard Spencer choke on her toast and locked eyes with her knowing then that this wasn't a dream and it comforted me a little…Sharing the hot seat with someone let me stress only a little bit, I mean this was Kyla we're talking about…eesh scary!

"What do you mean?" This time it was Spencer sacrificing herself to the gods.

"I saw you two kiss last night outside of my daughter's garden and I know that wasn't the only thing that went on out there." Kyla said, not looking up from her food.

Spencer and I volleyed accusatory looks back and forth until Kyla continued.

"That silence and your looks tells me everything, I didn't know what went on in the garden last night but after those looks you both just gave each other I have a pretty good idea and I'm going to tell you both like this…If you ever do anything like this again, not only will I tell Lacy and Leah, I'll have you both killed. If you think it's a fucking game, play with me and see how serious I am!!! I had that garden designed for my freaking daughter, MY DAUGHTER and it's tainted forever now because of the lowlife piece of nothing vermin that you two are. I sure hope it was worth it because if they ever get suspicious I will only be too happy to throw you worthless fucking bitches under the fucking bus…and Spencer you know I've hated you since I first time met you, you could be on fire and I wouldn't piss on you, so know that I'm not doing this for your sake it's all for Lacy and Leah…and Ashley you fucking disgust me right now I don't even fucking want you breathing the same air with me right now!"

And with that she took her breakfast bagel, juice and the baby monitor to her room leaving me and Spencer speechless and feeling lower than decayed dog shit.

"Well I feel horrible…" Spencer said hanging her head in shame.

"Here, here…I've never seen Kyla that upset before in my life and I've seen Kyla pretty pissed!" I had a tremble in my voice.

Little known secret Kyla and Leah are the only two people that can put the fear of the Gods in me and Kyla has me shaking in my boots right now…Not that I'm wearing boots but, well you get…I'm terrified.

"We got to make this shit right man, I can't have this on my conscience dude…it's not good karma." I confessed.

"What do you suppose we do run off and tell my wife and your fiancé? Spence, I haven't seen you in a long time but I gotta say maybe that European sun fried some of your brain cells."

She didn't find that funny at all…which was great because I wasn't trying to be. I paced around the kitchen getting lost in my own thoughts, when I realized that Spencer was no longer in the kitchen freaking out along side me. Needless to say I was fine with that for a split second until I remembered how Spencer had this sickening flair for being honest. It's not a bad thing but at the same time it's a little annoying because it forces you to be truthful as well. Which is something I'm working on but it's still scary…Don't judge me…I mean what would you do?

Wait don't answer that.

I all of a sudden felt flushed and my knees began to buckle, I took a step forward towards the massive island slid on the runner in the kitchen and introduced my back to the natural stone that my feet were previously planted on. I could've sworn I heard my skull crack.

"Leah!" I yelled…oh yelling hurts, why is it getting so dark in here?

"Holy Shit what was…ASHLEY! Baby, what did you do? Kyla call an ambulance… Honey, sweetheart open you're eyes I'm right here, okay…I'm right here."

"Leah…Leah…Is that…"

~Leah~

I've been back in Tallahassee now for about two weeks now and about four of those days have been spent tending to my wife in the hospital. How she managed to trip on a runner that was held in place by one of those non-slip rug pads, I will never understand…leave it to my wife.

She had given herself a severe concussion and on top of that she fractured several of her vertebrae because of how "her body weight was distributed at the time of impact" according to the EMT. She was doing okay for the moment, but she still had a bit of brain swelling and wasn't totally coherent.

When we got to the hospital, they ran the normal tests on her and found out Ashley had a mass on her spine that had to be removed or she would've been coma bound. Thank the Gods for freak accidents, because we would've never known about it.

I feel so bad for Kyla though, now she's rethinking taking out the expensive heated natural stone tile in the kitchen and replacing it with heated hardwood floors, because she feels like she could've killed Ashley or Lil in the future. You don't know how long it took me to convince her that she didn't kill her sister…That was a sad day folks let me tell you.

I heard someone enter the room, but just figured it was the nurse making her rounds.

"Leah, why don't you take a break and go down to the bistro and get you something to munch on, you've been in this room for about 6 hours straight. It's okay to take a break, Ashley wouldn't mind if you stepped out for a bit and it won't make you any less of a great wife." Kyla said as she lightly massaged my shoulders.

I reluctantly got up and headed out of the room, after kissing my resting wife on her lips.

"Thanks Kyla, I didn't even realized how late it was; I thought Lacy would've been back by now." I yawned while fixing my clothes that were slightly wrinkled from sitting in the same spot for a few hours.

"They had some thing's to work out I'm guessing they're starting wedding planning." Kyla offered as a plausible excuse.

"Oh yeah, how could I have forgotten about that, I know my sister and I know she's trying to get it planned and over with as soon as possible." I laughed, shook my head and exited.

I walked down the hallways passed nurses and doctors and patients and family members walking the hallways, I got down to the elevator and waited on the doors to open. I heard a nurse mention something about the maternity ward and asked her where it was located. She told me it was on the second floor which is perfect because the bistro was on the first I could take a quick pass and see the new babies and then head to the bistro.

Once on the doors opened the energy shifted from stale and cold to happy and full of life, maybe it had something to do with the pastel colored walls, the chipper nurses, and the laboring mothers walking the hallway. I found the viewing area and saw about 38(now 40 because a set of twins were just wheeled in) babies through the window and felt the urge to really have one.

It just seemed like the universe was working in my favor because everything just felt like it was coming to together…with the exception of Ashley who was trying to fall apart. I was beginning to feel like one of those crazy baby stealers when I kept getting asked which baby I was there for and giving a 'none just looking' response.

Not exactly the best comeback from a woman alone on the maternity floor… it was time to hit the bistro.

I made my way back to the elevator and when the doors opened, I hopped on and headed down towards the food. Once downstairs I ordered and paid for some baked chicken & rice pilaf, a Caesar salad and bottled of water and headed back upstairs.

I was right outside when I heard voices echoing from inside the room. I thought one was Ashley's so I didn't want to just burst in the room and scare her into a coma or anything so I decided to wait until I was half way done with my food to go inside. Luckily there was a comfy chair right outside.

Okay so yes it was partially because I knew that once inside she'd be in baby mode 'honey can you do this' or 'babe can you get me that'. So I'm a little selfish I've been here for six, no seven, hours now and I needed a break of sorts. I just figured I'd stay out here and listen to see if she needed me. But with Kyla in there I doubt she'd need me…God bless Kyla's heart, she just doesn't know what she does for me.

"So when are you going to tell her?" I heard a voice ask through the cracked door.

That definitely was not Kyla and certainly not Ashley. I sat up to see if I could make out the voice on the other side of the door.

"I'm going to tell her as soon as I feel well enough to handle that emotional conversation…I mean I just had emergency surgery for Christ's sake." That was definitely my Ashley.

"Ok I understand that, I told Lacy though, she was pretty upset but she forgave me, it was part of the reason we came in the first place. I mean not for us to sleep together, but to gain some closure you know."

Spencer? When did she get here? I'd only been gone for…oh I've been gone for an hour and a half. I guess a lot can happen in that time, it didn't even seem like it was that long. Damn maternity ward, its true babies are little time snatchers!

"You told her?! Is mad at me, I mean I did kind of cheat on her sister with her fiancé, I'd hate for her to hate me…and on top of that I want Leah and I to start a family, news like this could break everything I'm trying to build." Ashley sniffled…

She's crying??? What the hell is going on in this room?

"No she's not mad at you, she's disappointed, but she has faith this mess will be sorted out." Spencer noted.

"I didn't mean for it to get that out of hand Spencer, we never should have had sex."

What the fuck?!

"I agree it was totally careless of us. Granted you have more at stake than Lacy & I because you want to have a family with your wife and you cheated on her, knowing her issues with trust."

Now she knows all of my business, Lacy I'm going to kill you!

"You're not helping here Spencer and who told you about her trust issues, Lacy?! Leah's going to kill her" Ashley asked.

"Yeah well that's between the two of them. I want us to be friends Ash, although the sex was great, I think that chapter of our lives is over and we need to work on writing the next one, we're going to be sisters in law…"

"Okay Spence, saying shit like that sounds a little incestuous and wrong so let's refrain okay?" They shared a lighthearted laugh.

"Okay, well I better get going Kyla should be back soon and I know she doesn't want to see us here alone, not after the other night…I think she needs some time to cool off as well."

The other night, it happened the other NIGHT?!?!

Kyla knew; she knew this whole time and didn't tell me…don't cry, don't cry, cont cry.

"Spencer, do you think she'll still want to be with me after I tell her? I don't want to lose her, Spence; she means everything to me and then some." She sniffled.

"If she truly loves you like I feel that she does, it'll be a long hard road for the two of you but you guys will be better than before when it's all said and done… of that I'm sure."

I cannot sit out here anymore this is total bullshit.

"Leah!" Ashley said startled at my rapid entrance.

"Leah! Hey how are you?" Spencer offered.

"I'm fine I was outside eating and got an earful of information, I just need to speak with my wife right now and you need to leave." I snapped at Spencer, barely above a whisper.

"I understand I'll see you guys later… take care." Spencer said with her head hung and quietly exited the room.

I couldn't control the tears at this point and dropped to the chair beside my wife's bed and sobbed. I could feel her hand land softly on my head and slightly pulled away.

"Ashley, please tell me what I heard wasn't true?"

"Hey I'm back, Ashley you okay did you need anything…Oh my God you just told her didn't you?" Kyla said surveying my crying eyes and Ashley's pained facial expression.

"No, but you just did." Ashley stated, not coldly, just in a very matter-of-fact tone.

"I need to get out of here." I said calmly "Kyla would you mind staying here with her until I can come back?" I asked.

"Yeah sure." She said sweetly.

"Leah, I'm…I'm sorry. Can we talk about this?"

"Not now…I can't even look at you, because all I see is her face…ugh…Now I sound like I'm quoting movie lines… Great, I'm a fucking cliché now…" I laughed through soft sobs.

I got my keys and other belongings and walked towards the door.

"I love you Leah, I always will." Ashley said, those words used to warm up every inch of me and make my body tingle in ways even I can't sometimes imagine.

And now all I wanted to do was run from them, because in my mind she's not telling me that she loves me…she's telling her.

I can take a lot of things, but I'm not sure if I'm strong enough for this.

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~LR