Chapter 16
At jake's Vicky was watching a movie with jake when she suddenly turned off the tv and turned towards jake;"How would you feel about me moving in here forgood?"
"Sure."said he surprised;"If that's what you want."
"That sounds like you don't really want me to move in here with you."answered his girlfriend annoyed and got up;"Maybe I should rent a hotelroom at tops or something."
"Come on,Vicky,don't be like this."started jake slowly as he followed her into the hallway where she grabbed her coat;"Where are you going?"
"Away!"said she angry;"I'm not staying somewhere that I'm not wanted."
"Did you hear me say that I didn't want you here?"asked her boyfriend;"Or that I didn't want you to move in with me forgood?"
"No,but you didn't seem all that thrilled about the idea either,jake!"
"You're making a big deal out of nothing,Vicky!"answered he irritated;"I said that it was fine,didn't i?"
"It's the way that you said it,jake,it sounded like you were only saying it to keep me happy."said Vicky as she began to cry and wanted to run out of the door when jake stopped her and pulled her into his arms;"Let go off me,jake,I'm leaving!"
"No,I'm letting you go in that state!"started her boyfriend worried as he carried her into the livingroom while she kept trying to break free;"Calm down,Vicky,listen to me!"
"Just let me go!"yelled she as the tears kept running down her face;"I just want to go,jake!"
"Running away isn't the answer!"said jake and kissed her gently while he held her tight in his arms;"I love you and I would want nothing more then for you to move in with me,Vicky,but only for the right reasons and not because you don't want to face your family anymore."
"Everything is such a mess,jake,I hate this!"answered his girlfriend as she lay her head against his chest;"Why can't they just accept that I wanna be with you?"
"They will."promised he and kissed her again;"Just give it some time,baby."
Sam was dancing with his wife at tops;"This sure has been a while."
"I know and I'm sorry."answered Amanda softly;"But things are going to be different from now on."
"Stop talking like that!"said her husband annoyed as he felt really guilty about the fact that his wife was taking all the blame for what had been going on between them;"I don't want to hear you talking like that again,Amanda!"
"I'm sorry."whispered she almost and was surprised about the sudden change in sam's mood;"I'm sorry,sam."
"No,I should be the one to apologize because i'm being a big jerk and I shouldn't have snapped at you like that just now."started sam slowly;"I'm sorry,honey."
"What's going on with you today,sam?"asked his wife worried;"You were acting weird this morning too."
"There is nothing going on,Amanda,I've already told you that this morning."answered he lying and kissed her gently;"I'm just a bit tired,honey,that's all."
"This sure is a change from a few days ago."said a voice behind them and as they both turned around they saw felica standing there;"Does this mean that you two have finally worked things out again?"
"Yes,we have."smiled sam as he kissed his wife again;"Everything is just fine again."
At the 's m.j. was sitting on the patio with adam,waiting for her mother to come home again;"You don't have to keep waiting here with me all night,adam,who knows how long it will be before mama gets home."
"I'm staying here untill mary gets back and that's that!"started adam hesitating;"Besides,it gives us a good chance to talk."
"About what?"asked his ex-fiancee softly and got up from the bench where she had been sitting with adam,uncomfortable;"What do we need to talk about,adam?"
"How about what happened at neil's wedding or about where you have been for the last two years?"said he,getting up too;"I think there's a lot to talk about,especially with the way that things ended between us and with the way you suddenly left without a word."
"Not now!"answered m.j. tired and tried to avoid eye-contact with adam;"I can't do this right now."
"You're right and I'm sorry,m.j."said her ex-fiancee as he put his hands on top of her shoulders and was surprised when he felt her shaking,so he gently turned her towards him and saw the tears in her eyes;"Hey,it's gonna be allright again with your father."
"I…."began she in tears when she saw her mother's cars pulling up in the driveway and started to panic a bit;"There's mama,adam,I don't know if I can do this and face her after all this time."
"Just sit here and calm down."answered adam while he gently made m.j. sit down on the bench on the patio and walked up to mary as she was getting out of the car;"Hi,mary."
"Adam…?"asked mary surprised;"Aren't you suppose to be in new York?"
"I was,but I came home early when I heard about vince's heartattack and I brought a surprise back with me."said he with a faint smile as he walked up to the patio with mary,who stopped in shock when she saw her daughter sitting there;"Surprise!"
"Oh,my god,is this for real or am I dreaming?"started his friend shocked and kept staring at her daughter;"M.j….?"
"Hi,mama."answered m.j. a bit uncomfortable as she got up;"I came home."
"Why don't you two go inside because I think that you two have a lot of catching up to do."suggested her ex-fiancee and wanted to walk away;"Welcome back,m.j."
"Adam,wait!"said she softly and grabbed his hand;"Thank you for everything."
"You're welcome."answered adam with a faint smile a bit uncomfortable and walked off;"I'm sure that your family will be thrilled that you're back again."
The next day Michael Hudson was just about to leave for work when his wife stopped him;"I want you to do something for me,Michael!"
"What then?"asked he surprised and turned around;"Well,I don't have all day,donna,what do you want me to do?"
"I want you to go over to jake's and tell him that you're sorry about what happened."answered his wife slowly;"And I also want you to tell Vicky and jake that we will accept their relationship."
"Have you lost your mind or something,donna?"said Michael angry;"There's no way that I'm going do that!"
"Do you want to lose our daughter,Michael Hudson,do you?"asked she angry as well;"I sure don't want to lose Victoria over something as stupid as this!"
"Ofcourse I don't wanna lose Vicky."answered her husband and calmed down a bit;"We aren't going to lose her over this,honey,she will come home again once she's calmed down and realizes that we're right."
"How can you be so sure about that,Michael?"
"Come on,donna,she isn't going to stay mad at us forever and this thing with jake is something that she's going through right now."
"I don't think so."said donna softly;"I really believe that Victoria loves him with all of her heart,Michael,just like I love you and this isn't going to blow over,so if we keep putting our foot down about us not wanting to see jake then we will only drive her away and I don't want that to happen."
"That won't happen,donna,you worry too much."laughed he as he tried to kiss her;"This will all blow over again."
"I want you to go and tell jake that he's welcome here in this house,Michael Hudson,because if you don't then I'm never speaking to you again!"warned his wife him and walked back upstairs again;"I mean it!"
"Donna!"called Michael on after her a bit shocked,but all he got was the sound of the door being slammed shut,and so he went on outside towards his car;"Damn it!"
At the 's m.j. was sitting outside,drinking some coffee when her mother came outside;"Goodmorning,sweetheart,you were up pretty early."
"I'm always up early,mama."said her daughter looking up;"Did you call everybody with the news that I'm back again."
"Yes,and they are all really happy about that,m.j."smiled mary as she gave m.j. a hug;"Please don't ever run off like that again!"
"I'm sorry that I made you all worry so much,mama,I didn't mean to do that."answered she softly and got up;"At the time I felt like I didn't have any other choice."
"The only thing that matters right now is that you're back again."said her mother;"I'm glad that adam found you and brought you back to us."
"Goodmorning,everybody."smiled ben as he came outside and turned towards his sister;"So what was it like to spend time with adam again after all that time?"
"I think that I'm going to go for a walk."answered she without answering his question and walked away;"Bye."
"I didn't mean anything by that question."said her brother and turned towards his mother;"Do you think she's mad at me now?"
"No,ofcourse not and I'm sure your sister knows you didn't mean anything bad by it."started mary slowly;"I think m.j. just needs some time to settle in again,ben,so let's just give her some time and space."
Rachel cory was taking a few tables from the medications that Edwin had given her when mac walked in on her and saw her taking them;"What are you doing,Rachel?"
"Nothing."answered his wife lying;"I'm just taking something for my headache."
"Are you okay?"asked mac still worried;"You've been having a lot of headaches lately,so maybe you should see a doctor about that."
"I'm fine,mac,there's no need for me to see a doctor just because of a few headaches."
"I think there's more going on with you then just a little headache now and then,Rachel,I'm not blind and I have noticed that you haven't really been feeling well lately."
"There's nothing wrong with me,mac!"said she annoyed and walked away;"I'm fine!"
"What's up with mom?"asked Amanda as she came into the kitchen just after her mother left;"I saw her in the hallway and she didn't look so good."
"I don't know what's wrong with your mother and she keeps saying that everything's fine,Amanda,but I can't seem to shake the feeling that there is something wrong with her."started her father slowly;"I'd just wish that she would see a doctor."
"Maybe you should talk to Jamie about it."said she;"I'm worried about her too,dad."
After a restless night adam woke,feeling confused after a strange and rather hot dream about his ex when the memory of him kissing m.j. and her kissing him back at neil and karen's wedding came to mind again.
"No,don't go there,adam,you have a girlfriend and things are over between you and m.j."said he to himself,but unable to push away a stiring feeling inside of him and thinking about how comfortable and good it felt to be near m.j.;"What the hell am I doing and why am I even thinking like this when it's susan that I love?"
Quickly he grabbed his phone and tried to call his girlfriend again,but all he got was the voicemail again,so he left her a message;"Hi,susan,it's adam again.i know that you're mad,but please just call me back."
At the wintroph's cass was having breakfast when his wife came into the kitchen;"Aren't you going to be late for work?"
"I wanted to finish our conversation before I went to the office."started cass slowly;"Please sit down,kathleen."
"We were finished lastnight,cass,there's nothing left to finish!"answered she annoyed;"There's nothing left to talk about."
"Ofcourse there is."said her husband;"You can tell me why you aren't happy about the fact that your sister is back."
"Who says that I'm not happy about that?"asked Kathleen;"Ofcourse I'm happy that she's back."
"Come on,Kathleen,you have been in a terrible mood eversince your mother called with the news about m.j. lastnight."
"That's got nothing to do with m.j. being back,cass,just drop it!"
"No,I won't."answered he;"I want you to tell me the truth about how you're really feeling about m.j. being home again and don't just tell me that you're happy because that's not the whole truth!"
"I've said all there is to say about this,cass!"said his wife angry as she walked out of the kitchen again;"Go to work!"
It was almost one o'clock when adam walked into susan's office at the hospital;"Hi,are you busy?"
"Yes,I am."answered she without looking up;"Don't you know how to knock?"
"You're angry at me and I totally understand that,but please just give me a chance to explain."started adam tired;"I was only with her because I'd promised my brother and sister-in-law that I would help her to get home safe and sound,susan,she'd just found out that her father was laying in the hospital after a heartattack."
"That's not what I'm angry about."said his girlfriend softly;"I'm angry because you didn't bother to call me to let me know that you were coming home early or that you were flying home with your ex,adam,that's what I'm angry about!"
"It didn't even cross my mind with everything that had been going on in new York,susan,I was already pretty shocked about finding out that m.j. was in new York and that neil and karen had known about this and didn't tell me,so it kind of slipped my mind to call you and I'm sorry about that."
"When did you see her again,adam,when did you find out that she was in new york?"asked susan all of a sudden;"What that before or after I called you up to tell you about vince's heartattack?"
"What difference does that make?"answered he irritated;"Why are you making such a big deal out of this?"
"Lastnight I ran into you,my boyfriend,with his ex-fiancee who has been missing for almost two years,and you guys looked pretty cosy as you held her hand and you didn't bother to call me to tell me that you were coming home,with her,so pretend that I'm overreacting or anything!"said his girlfriend;"So,just answer the question!"
"A few days before neil's wedding."started adam and tried to push away the guilty feeling inside of him;"There is nothing going on between m.j. and me,susan,I was just helping her out in a difficult situation."
"Don't pretend that this has no meaning what so ever,adam cory,because this is more proof that I was right about your feelings for your ex!"answered she tired;"Why didn't you tell me that you'd found her when I called you in new York yesterday?"
"I forgot."said her boyfriend irritated;"I'm only going to say this one more time,susan,I don't have any feelings for my ex!"
"Who are you trying to convince even more,adam,you or me?"started susan slowly;"Maybe it's time to take a break from eachother and let you find out where you stand in all of this."
"Are you breaking-up with me?"asked he stuned;"All because I forgot to tell you that I had found my ex and that I was flying home with her?"
"No,I'm breaking up with you because I think that you still have feelings for her and I think that we could both use some time away from eachother."answered his girlfriend;"Please,adam,try to understand."
"Sure."said adam angry and walked out of her office;"If that's what you want!"