Chapter 13.
That afternoon in new York adam was sitting at the bar of the hotel where his sister and carlos were having their weddingdinner,reception and party afterwards when his sister sat down next to him;"So,Karen,how does it feel to be married?"
"The same as before."laughed she;"How are you doing?"
"Fine."answered her brother;"It was a beautyfull wedding,Karen,I'm really happy for you."
"It will happen for you one day too,adam."started Karen slowly;"There's something that I haven't told you yet."
"What's that?"asked he surprised when he saw the guilty look in karen's eyes;"What did you do?"
"Please,don't be mad at me,adam,but I have asked m.j. to come tonight."answered his sister;"Since you already know that she's here and I already wanted her to come tonight but couldn't because you didn't know before I thought I might as well ask her and I thought it would be a good place for you two to start acting normal around eachother again and maybe even work things out."
"How could you have done that?"began adam angry;"There is nothing to work out,Karen,she's my ex and I'm with susan now."
"But that doesn't mean that there aren't some unfinished business between the two of you."said she;"Please,adam,if she were to come tonight then be nice to her because I wasn't joking when I said that she has been through a lot and I think it might help the both of you."
"Okay,I'll be nice."promised her brother;"But only because it's your weddingday and I don't wanna mess that up."
Shane was working in his office with ryan when Nicole walked in;"Hi,guys,are you busy?"
"Yes,we are."answered shane looking up;"Did I forget that we were suppose to see eachother or something?"
"No,shane,can't a girl just drop by to see her guy?"asked his girlfriend annoyed;"That's the last time I'm gonna do something like this again."
"Wait!"said he and quickly stopped her when she wanted to leave;"I'm sorry."
"I suddenly thought of something that I have to do right away."smiled ryan as he quickly left the office;"Be nice to eachother,kids!"
"Hey,come here."started his friend slowly as he pulled Nicole on to his lap after ryan had left the office;"I am happy to see you,baby."
"I only wanted to do something nice,shane."said she and put her arms around his neck;"That's all."
"And I shouldn't have acted like a jerk."answered shane and kissed her;"I'm sorry."
At the hudson's Michael and donna were sitting in the livingroom,talking about jake and Vicky;"I still can't understand how Vicky can keep seeing jake when she knows what he did to her sister,donna."
"Maybe she's really in love,Michael,she was in love with him before marlee even came into the picture and maybe she has never stopped loving him."answered his wife slowly;"Besides,maybe Victoria is right about jake?"
"What are you saying?"asked he angry;"Are you telling me that you don't mind Vicky seeing him?"
"I'm just saying that if Victoria is really in love with him then you can talk all you want to her about it,but that won't stop her from wanting to see him."started donna softly;"My father hated the idea of me seeing you,but that didn't stop us,Michael,did it?"
"That's different."said her husband;"I wanted to kill jake when I saw him at mary's place with his hands around our daughter,donna,first he hurts marlee and now he wants to do the same thing to Vicky."
"You don't know that,Michael,you don't know if jake wants to hurt Victoria as well."said she;"I'm not thrilled about Victoria seeing jake either,but if we keep putting our foot down about this it will only drive her into his arms even more."
"What do you suggest that we do then,donna,just wait until he hurts her too?"
"No,ofcourse not,Michael,but maybe we can just let her lead her own life and stop trying to tell her what she can or can't do!"
"I don't want her seeing jake!"answered Michael angry;"As soon as she gets home I'm gonna tell her that!"
That night in new York Karen was dancing with her brother when she saw m.j. sitting alone in a corner;"Why don't you go and talk to m.j.?"
"Why do you wanna push us towards eachother?"asked adam irritated;"If this is some stupid way for you to try and get us back together again you can just forget about it because I already have susan in my life now."
"I just want you to do something nice for her,adam,that's all."answered his sister;"I don't know what really happened between the two of you years ago on your weddingday or why you guys really broke up,but m.j. could use a nice break for a change after what she's been through and all I'm asking is for you to go overthere and talk to her."
"You keep saying that,Karen,you keep talking about her being through a lot and all,but I wish that you'd explain to me what that means."started he slowly;"What happened to her that was so terrible,Karen,does it have something to do with that little accident that she told me about?"
"I'm not the one who can answer that,adam,it isn't up to me."said Karen hesitating;"Please,adam,just be nice to her and for one evening forget about whatever happened between the two of you."
"Okay,your wish is my command."answered her brother with a faint smile when carlos came up to them;"Enjoy this dance."
"Thanks,adam."smiled she and was happy when she saw her brother walking towards his ex-fiancee.
"Hey."said adam as he sat down next to m.j. in the corner;"Can I get you something to drink?"
"No,still got some soda,adam,thanks anyway."answered his ex looking up with a faint smile;"Karen send you downhere to sit with me,didn't she?"
"Yeah,she did,but I don't mind."started he quickly;"I really don't."
"Are you really okay with me being here tonight?"asked m.j. hesitating;"Karen really wanted me to come tonight and she was so happy when she was able to invite me once you knew about me being in new York,but I wasn't sure if I should with the way that things were between us when I left baycity."
"I'm fine with you being here and what happened between us was a long time ago."said her ex-fiancee and just sitting there with her made him feel happy in a strange way;"I'm glad you came."
At the hospital Ben was walking towards the coffeemachine to get something to drink for him and his mother when he saw his little sister in the hallway;"Hey,Cheryl."
"Hi,ben."said she hesitating;"What are you doing here?"
"I just came to get me and mom something to drink."answered ben;"I'm glad you came to see dad."
"How is he doing,ben?"asked his sister worried;"He's gonna be okay,isn't he?"
"Well,he isn't out of the woods yet,but the doctors say that it's starting to look better everyday."said he as they walked towards vince's room;"Mom will be glad to see you."
"What took you so long?"asked mary when they came into the room and was surprised to see Cheryl there when she turned around;"Cheryl?"
"Hi,mama."answered her daughter softly;"I came to see how paps was doing."
"I'm glad that you're here,sweetheart."smiled she and pulled Cheryl into her arms;"So will your father when he wakes up again."
Vicky was sitting on jake's couch when he came out of the kitchen with something to drink;"Do you want to stay here?"
"Yes,I don't wanna go home and listen to my family going on and on about why I should stop seeing you."answered his girlfriend tired;"I don't want to hear that!"
"Do you want me to talk to them and try to make them see our point of view?"
"No,that wouldn't work anyway because they blame you for everything and they won't believe that you've changed,jake."
"I'm sorry,Vicky,this is all my fault."started he suddenly as he sat down next to her;"Maybe we never should have gotten involved because this is only causing you a lot of pain and I don't wanna cause you anymore pain."
"I don't ever want to hear you say that again,jake !"warned Vicky him angry;"I'm not sorry that I got involved with you again and I don't care what my family or anybody else thinks because I love you and I want to be with you!"
"I love you too,baby,but I can't stand it to see you hurting like this because of me."
"This isn't your fault,jake,my family is just going to have to get used to us!"smiled his girlfriend and kissed him gently;"You didn't really think that I was gonna let you go,did you?"
"You're crazy,Vicky."laughed jake as he kissed her back;"I don't know what I'd do without you."