Chapter 28

The next morning Nicole was getting dressed while shane was still asleep when all of a sudden he woke up and looked confused at her;"Hey,what are you doing?"

"What does it look like?"asked she irritated;"I'm getting dressed."

"I can see that."said shane surprised about her mood;"But why didn't you wake me up?"

"Because you were still asleep."answered his girlfriend and felt guilty about being so mean to him when she saw the worried look in his eyes,so she sat down on the bed;"You seemed so sound asleep that I didn't have the heart to wake you up,shane,because you've been working so hard lately that you really need your sleep."

"I need you too,nicky."smiled he as he pulled her into his arms and kissed her;"Where were you sneaking off to anyway?"

"To work."said nicole and tried to get away from shane;"Let go off me,shane,I have a store to run."

"So?"asked her boyfriend teasing and lay down on top of her;"I have to go to the station,nicky,but I don't want to go yet."

"But I have to go because who else is going to open up my store?"laughed she,realizing that it was a losing battle and that they were both going to end up late for work;"Who's going to let the customers in?"

"Those customers can wait."smiled shane as he began to open up her shirt;"If you'd woken me up earlier then you wouldn't be in this mess right now,baby."

"Oh,so this is my fault?"asked his girlfriend teasing and kissed him back;"What is the strong cop going to do with me?"

"That's a surprise."smiled shane as they began making out….

At the cory's mac was getting something out of his study before he went to work when his daughter came in and closed the door behind her;"Can I talk to you for a minute,dad?"

"Is it important?"asked mac a bit surprised;"I have to be at brava in twenty minutes."

"Yes,dad,I think that it's really important because it's about mom."answered his daughter as she sat down;"Haven't you noticed a change in her lately?"

"Just a bit."said he slowly;"But it's probably because your mother has been working a lot lately and maybe it's just because she's tired."

"How can you say that?"asked Amanda annoyed;"Don't tell me that you haven't noticed that she hasn't been looking all that well lately and that you haven't seen her taking something when she thinks that nobody is looking!"

"Ofcourse I have noticed those things,honey,but I'm not her father and I can't tell your mother when to see a doctor or not."answered her father uncomfortable;"If she says that she's okay then we will have no other choice then to believe her,Amanda."

"But what if there really is something wrong with her and she's just doesn't want to tell us about it for some stupid reason?"said she worried;"Maybe she should go and see a doctor."

"Do you want me to talk to her?"asked mac;"Would that make you feel better,Amanda?"

"Yes,I think so."answered she happy and kissed mack on his cheeck;"Thanks,dad."

Adam was about to go to the policestation when m.j. showed up at his doorstep;"Can I please come in?"

"Ofcourse."said he surprised;"What are you doing here so early?"

"I felt really bad about lastnight and I had to see you."answered m.j. as they walked into the livingroom;"I'm sorry,adam."

"It's okay,m.j."smiled her boyfriend as he took her into his arms;"I could have gone about it another way lastnight,so I'm sorry too."

"I still can't believe that Jamie talked to you about about me behind my back."started she hesitating;"He had no right to do that."

"Would you rather have had him going to your family that night about his suspicions?"asked adam;"He was worried about you taking drugs because it looked like that was what had caused you to pass out like that and he didn't want to go with that to your family,so he came to me."

"But that still doesn't give him the right to tell you that I'm taking drugs or atleast that he thought I was taking drugs."answered his girlfriend annoyed and pulled away from adam;"I still can't believe that you all thought that I was on drugs,adam!"

"I didn't think that you were on drugs and that's what I told Jamie that night."

"You thought that I was on drugs or something lastnight,adam,didn't you?"

"I was just worried about you,but I had no idea that you were on painkillers."began he and tried to stay calm;"How long have you been taking them and are you addicted to them or something?"

"Go to hell,adam cory!"yelled m.j. furious and walked straight towards the frontdoor;"Just mind your own business!"

"Fine!"yelled adam on after her when he heard the frontdoor being slammed shut;"Damn it!"

It was almost lunchtime when Michael walked in at tops and ran into Vicky who was there to have lunch with marlee;"Hi,Michael."

"Hi,honey."said he a bit uncomfortable;"How are you?"

"Fine."answered his daughter;"And you?"

"I can't complain,Vicky,I'm doing okay."started Michael hesitating and looked around;"I'm here to have lunch with donna,but she doesn't seem to be here yet."

"I was suppose to meet marlee here for lunch,but she seems to be running late too."said she slowly;"You don't suppose that they set us up,Michael,do you?"

"They wouldn't dare."answered her father;"Would they?"

"Hello,you two."smiled felica as she came towards them;"Your table is ready."

"Our table?"asked Vicky surprised;"But I'm here to have lunch with marlee and Michael is here to have lunch with donna."

"I know,honey,but they both couldn't make it and asked me to set a table for you two."answered her friend and showed them to their table;"I'm just doing what they've asked me to do."

"They set us up and we fell for it."started Michael slowly and looked at his daughter;"I'm hungry,Vicky,how about you?"

"So am i."smiled she;"As long as we're here now anyway we might as well sit down,Michael."

"Why not."laughed her father;"I have never turned down the chance to have lunch with a beautyfull youngwoman."

At the hospital mary was sitting next to vince's bed when ben came in;"Hi,guys."

"Hi,ben."said vince looking up;"How are things going at mary's place?"

"Vince!"warned mary him annoyed;"I have already told you that you aren't suppose to worry about that right now."

"I'm not worried,mary,I was just asking out of curiousity."answered he;"That's all."

"Well,everything's fine at mary's place,dad,so don't worry."smiled ben;"You just focus on getting better again."

"Where is m.j. now?"asked his father;"Is she going to stay home or does she want to go back to new York again?"

"I don't know,vince,I have no idea what she wants to do."answered mary slowly;"All that matters right now is that she's here with her family and that she's okay."

"I hope that she doesn't go back to new York."said he hesitating;"I don't think that new York did her a lot of good."

"Why do you say that,dad?"asked his son surprised;"Do you think that she doesn't look good or something?"

"She seems different somehow."started vince slowly;"Almost just like when she came back from Chicago all those years ago or maybe even worse this time around."

"You're just looking for things to worry about,vince ."said mary quickly;"Just focus on getting better again and don't go looking for things that aren't there."

At brava mac was sitting in his wife's office;"You really have to tell her,Rachel,you have to tell all of your kids!"

"No,I don't!"answered his wife annoyed;"Not yet!"

"But she knows that there is something going on with you!"started mac again;"She told me so herself this morning,rachel."

"Maybe Amanda thinks that there is something going on,but she doesn't what it is and I'm not going to tell her!"answered she;"Please try to understand why I don't want anybody to know about this yet,mac,if they were to know that I'm dying then it would change the way that they're acting towards me and I don't want that."

"What if they were to find out by themselves?"asked her husband;"Don't you think that they would like to hear something like this from you?"

"Ofcourse they would and I will tell them,mac,but not untill I have no other choice then to tell them the truth."said Rachel;"I don't want them to know that I'm dying yet."

"Okay."answered he and put his arms around his wife to comfort her;"If you don't want them to know yet then we won't tell them."

That afternoon adam was working at the policestation when Kathleen walked in;"Hi,adam."

"Kathleen?"said he surprised to see her there;"What are you doing here?"

"I came to talk to you about my sister."answered his friend;"What happened this morning."

"Why?"asked adam confused;"Why do you think that something happened this morning?"

"According to mama m.j. went to see you about something this morning and came back in a really bad mood,adam,so something must have happened at your place."

"So m.j.'s bad mood is suppose to be my fault?"started he irritated;"Is that what she told you guys?"

"No,m.j. didn't say anything,adam,she never does."said Kathleen softly;"I'm not here to point the finger at you or anything,but I'm just worried about my sister and so is the rest of my family."

"All that happened was that we didn't agree on something and m.j. got all mad at me,Kathleen,that's all."

"It's about time that she's came clean about whatever happened to her in new York because I think that we have a right to know."answered she irritated;"Everybody keeps saying that we should give her some time to tell us when she's ready,but I don't think that she will ever tell us about that."

"But what's the use in pushing her to tell the truth?"asked adam tired;"As soon as m.j. gets pushed too hard she will run off again,so maybe it's better to let her tell everything in her own time."