Chapter 23
Mary was talking to ben and Cheryl when m.j. came back from her walk;"Goodmorning,honey."
"You were gone pretty early this morning."said ben as he turned around;"I would have thought that you'd sleep in after coming home so late lastnight?"
"Are you checking up on me or something?"asked his big sister irritated;"I'm a big girl,ben."
"I didn't say that you weren't."answered he a bit surprised about her reaction;"I was just joking."
"I know and I'm sorry."said m.j. softly as she sat down;"I shouldn't have snapped at you like that."
"It's okay."laughed ben and kissed his mother goodbye before he went out the door;"See you all at lunch."
"I have to go too."said their youngest sister as she got up as well and turned towards m.j. before she walked out the door too;"Justin is still asleep and just call me if you need a babysitter today."
"Thanks,Cheryl."answered she;"I will keep that in mind."
"So?"started mary slowly;"How did things go with adam lastnight?"
"It went fine,mama."said her daughter quickly;"I think that I was able to convince adam that justin really is his son."
"That's great."smiled she;"I tried to call you lastnight to see if you were okay,but you didn't pick up your phone."
"I forgot to turn on the sound again."answered m.j. as she got up;"I'm gonna take a shower before justin wakes up."
"Are you sure that you're okay?"asked her mother worried;"Did adam do something to upset you,m.j.?"
"No,mama,he didn't."said she quickly and walked towards the stairs;"Everything's fine."
At the hudson's donna was getting her horse ready to go for a ride when she saw michael's car pulling up and him getting out and coming into the stables;"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to talk to you!"answered he and closed the stable-doors;"You're driving me crazy with this cold shoulder-routine of yours."
"Open that door,Michael!"warned donna him angry;"Open it right now!"
"No,not untill you promise me that you're going to stop with this!"said her husband;"This is driving me up the wall and I want my wife back,donna!"
"I'm not joking,Michael,if you don't open that door right now!"started she and began to feel like the walls were coming down on her while she began to have trouble with breathing;"Open that door right now!"
"What's the matter with you?"asked Michael surprised when he saw how donna was starting to panic and walking up and down the floor as she started to hyperventilate,and opened the door right away;"Are you okay?"
"No!"answered donna furious as she ran outside;"Don't ever do that again!"
"Hey,I'm sorry,honey,I was just trying to get you to listen to me."started her husband confused when she walked away from him quickly;"Donna…?"
"Go to hell,Michael Hudson!"yelled she and kept on walking away from him;"Leave me alone!"
Just after lunch sam was walking back to this office,after spending a little while with his wife,when amanda's secretary showed up;"What are you doing here,tara,did Amanda send you or something?"
"No."said she with a strange smile on her face;"I was just curious about something."
"About what then?"asked sam irritated;"Shouldn't you be doing something for my wife?"
"I'm still on my lunchbreak."answered tara;"Does your wife even know about what happened between us,sam,did you tell her about our night together?"
"No,ofcourse I didn't!"said he;"And it's mr. fowler for you!"
"Well,I think that I have the right to call you by your first name after how close we have been."smiled his wife's secretary;"But,don't worry,Sammy,I will only call you that when we're alone."
"We never will never be alone again!"answered sam angry;"What happened between us was a big mistake,tara!"
"But it was a wonderfull mistake,sam,you're really good in bed and your wife is a really lucky woman."
"Shut up!"said he and tried really hard to stay as calm as possible,instead of throwing her out of the building;"What do you want,tara,do you want to tell my wife or something?"
"Now why would I want to do that?"asked tara laughing and began to walk away again;"See you,Sammy."
"Damn it!"whispered sam to himself worried;"That girl means trouble!"
At the cory's mac was sitting on their bed,where Rachel was laying because she got such a headache that morning while they were at brava that mac had brought her home;"How are you feeling now?"
"A bit better."said his wife lying because the headache was still as bad and she knew that she would have to take the medication that Edwin had given her,but she didn't want mac to around then because she didn't want him to know just how bad the headache was or how heavy her medication was either;"Don't you have to run a company or something?"
"I can stay here as long as I want."laughed mac;"I'm the boss,Rachel,remember?"
"There is nothing that you can do downhere and I wanted to rest a while anyway,so it's okay to go back to your office."answered she;"I'll still be here when you get home,mac,I promise that I will be a good girl and stay in bed for the rest of the day."
"That sounds like you want me out of the way."started her husband slowly;"Could it be that you don't want me to see you taking the medication that Edwin probably gave you?"
"Why wouldn't I want you to see that?""asked Rachel and was surprised that he was on to her;"Don't be silly."
"Come on,honey,I know you almost as well as I know myself and I also that you're afraid that I might get really overprotective about you if I were to find out just how serious this is."answered mac with a sad smile;"But I already know how serious it is,Rachel,you're dying and that's as serious as it gets."
"I'm sorry,mac."said his wife and kissed him gently;"You're right as always."
M.j. had just put justin down for his nap and she was changing her t-shirt in her old bedroom when somebody suddenly grabbed her from behind and scared the hell out of her;"What the….?"
"Hey,it's just me."laughed adam when m.j. turned around to punch him;"No need to get all kung-fu on me."
"Don't ever do that to me again!"warned she him irritated;"What are you doing here,adam,what if somebody had seen you coming up here?"
"Relax,baby,there's nobody home but us."smiled her ex as he pulled her into his arms;"I have been thinking about you all night."
"Are you insane?"asked m.j. worried and pushed him away;"Do you have any idea how this would look if somebody were to walk in on us right now,adam?"
"Pretty bad probably."said he teasing,but then he got worried when he saw the look on m.j.'s face;"Please don't tell me that you're sorry about what happened between us lastnight and that you have decided to stay with aaron?"
"I'm not sorry about lastnight,adam,it was great."started his ex hesitating while she put on her shirt;"But I just don't feel right about cheating on aaron and I don't want to hurt him."
"It's not like you set out to cheat on him and neither of us were expecting anything to happen lastnight,but I'm glad that it did and I hope you do too,m.j."answered adam as he pulled m.j. back into his arms;"I know that you care about aaron and that you don't want to hurt him,but by staying with him while it's me that you really love and wanna be with you will only end up hurting him even more in the end."
"I know and you're right."said she softly;"Why can't it ever be simple?"
"You do want to be with me,don't?"asked her ex still a bit worried;"I know that I promised you that I wouldn't push you thinking about you not wanting me was driving me insane and I meant what I said about still loving you and wanting you back."
"Do you really think that we would be standing here,having this conversation,if I didn't want you back as well?"answered m.j. with a faint smile;"But I don't want to tell aaron over the phone and I don't want him to find out from somebody else either,adam,so we have to keep this between us untill I get a chance to tell aaron when he gets back."
"Sneaking around can be fun too."smiled he and kissed her;"I'm never going to let you get away from me ever again,m.j. !"
"You're nuts."laughed his ex and she was about to kiss him back when she heard her mother's car pulling up in the drive-way outside,so she pushed him out of her bedroom quickly;"Damn it,there's my mother!"
"Relax,babe."said adam with a big grin on his face as they rushed down the stairs,into the kitchen,and quickly kissed her again;"Don't look so caught."
"I will get you for this!"warned she him with a faint smile just before mary walked into the kitchen;"Hi,mama,what are you doing home?"
"I was a bit worried about you after this morning,so I came home to see if you were really okay."answered mary and looked surprised at adam;"Hi,adam,what brings you downhere?"
"Oh,I was just dropping in."smiled he and saw the warning look in m.j.'s eyes;"I wanted to see justin,but it seems that he's asleep."
"I'm glad you two have talked things out."said his ex's mother a bit suspiscious;"It's sweet of you to drive all the way downhere to see your son."
"Well,you know me."answered adam laughing;"I'm a sweet guy."
"What happened to your face?"asked mary all of a sudden when she noticed the bruise on adam's cheeck,where m.j. had hit him twice the night before;"Were you in a fight or something?"
"No,nothing as major as that."said he and tried not to laugh again;"I bumped into the showerdoor yesterday,mary,that's all."