Chapter 33

At the hospital susan was working when david came in;"Hi,what brings you downhere?"

"I came to check up on you,susan,to see if you were taking care of yourself."smiled david teasing;"It looks like I have to keep a closer eye on you,because you don't even seem to take the time to have lunch anymore."

"Who told you that,david?"asked his friend surprised;"Did ryan put you up to this?"

"No,on my way downhere I ran into your secretary and I got her to tell me that you've been spending way too much time in your office lately."answered he;"Besides,who comes downhere on a Saturday to work when they don't have to."

"I had a lot of paperwork laying around that had to be done and it's not like my social calendar has been full lately."started susan slowly;"But did you come all the way downhere to tell me that I work too hard,david?"

"No,I came to rescue you from a boring afternoon of work."laughed he and pulled her out of the chair;"You're coming with me and I'm going to make sure that you have a great weekend or atleast what's left of it."

"I don't have time for that,because I wasn't joking when I said that I had a lot of paperwork to do."said his friend hesitating;"I have to stay here atleast untill the end of the day."

"No,you don't!"smiled david as he took susan with him out of her office;"You've done enough work for now and you're coming with me to have the night of your life!"

That afternoon mac was walking towards his daughter's office when he ran into her in the hallway;"Hello,honey,I was just on my way up to see you."

"Hi,dad."smiled Amanda;"What can I do for you?"

"I wanted to talk to you about this morning."said he as they walked towards amanda's office together;"Is everything allright between you and sam?"

"Everything's fine,dad."answered his daughter irritated;"Mom told you to talk to me,didn't she?"

"No,she didn't,Amanda."started mac slowly and went into her office;"It was my choice to talk to you about this morning because I was worried about what had happened between you and your mother at breakfast."

"Nothing happened,dad."said she;"All I did was tell mom that since she didn't want me ask about her private things that I didn't want her to ask me stuff like that either."

"Don't you think that you're being a little bit childish?"asked her father;"Just because you have got it into your head that there's some dark and deep secret that your mother is hiding from you that doesn't mean that you have to try and hurt her every chance you get."

"I'm doing the same thing as she's doing!"answered Amanda angry;"Why do you always take her side in everything,dad?"

"Grow up,Amanda,there are things that you don't understand!"said he angry too and walked away because he knew that if he stayed he would tell her the truth;"Not everything is about you!"

Shane was sitting on the couch at home when his girlfriend walked in;"Hi,honey,how was donna?"

"Still pretty upset."answered Nicole as she sat down;"She's so afraid of being hurt again that she said that she'd rather kill him then letting hurt her again."

"Do you think that she means it?"asked her boyfriend surprised;"Do you think that she would really kill him if he got to close to her again?"

"Ofcourse not,shane,what kind of a question is that?"said she and lay her head against his shoulder;"Can we please just change the subject now?"

"Sure."started shane slowly;"What time do we have to get ready for the party?"

"Hmmm."answered his girlfriend softly and looked up at shane;"Do we really have to go to the party tonight,shane?"

"No,we can stay in if you want."said he;"Are you too tired?"

"No,not really."smiled Nicole as she kissed him;"I'd just rather stay here with you."

"Oh,really?"laughed her boyfriend and kissed her back;"I'm sure that nobody is going to miss us anyway,nicky."

"I would miss you."answered she teasing while she sat down on top of him;"Don't we have to call mary or Kathleen to tell them that we aren't coming?"

"Do you want to call them right now?"asked shane as he let his fingers slowly run over her back up and down;"Or do you want to continue what you started?"

"We can always call them later on."smiled Nicole and kissed shane again;"I'm sure that they won't mind."

At chad's room he was laying in bed with Cheryl;"Why does your mother suddenly wants me to come tonight?"

"I thought that we had already gone over this when I got here earlier."said Cheryl irritated as she got out of bed,while she started to get dressed again;"She wants you to come because you're a friend of m.j.'s and if you don't believe me then call her up."

"But they have never seen me as a friend of your sister's before,so why would they start to now?"asked her boyfriend;"Or did you ask her to invite me,cheryl?"

"You sound like you don't want to come."started she slowly;"Are you afraid to see m.j. again after all this time or are you afraid that there might still be some feelings left?"

"Don't even go there,because you have no reason to be jealous of your sister!"answered chad;"What I felt for her was over long before we started seeing eachother and you're the only one that I love right now!"

"How can I be sure about that,chad?"asked Cheryl suddenly angry;"There was a time not so long ago that you did everything in your power to get m.j. back again and when she broke up with adam you did your best to win her back."

"That was over two years ago!"said her boyfriend frustrated and tried his best not to get furious with Cheryl;"Come on,Cheryl,I have always been honest with you and I never gave you any reason to doubt me!"

"But that was before m.j. was back again."answered she and walked away;"Do what you like,chad,come to the party or don't come!"

"Cheryl…"Started chad and tried to stop her from leaving,but by the time that he got out of the bedroom with his jeans on she was on her way out and slamming the door shut;"Damn it!"

It was almost seven p.m. when Kathleen and cass got into the elevator in the parkinglot at tops,together with m.j. by their side;"Are you hungry,m.j.?"

"No,not really."answered she a bit annoyed;"I don't see why you two had to drag me downhere while you knew that I wanted to stay at home with my son."

"Because you should go out and have some fun."smiled cass;"Come on,we're going to have some fun tonight."

"Couldn't you two have gone out without me?"asked his sister-in-law;"I'm not really in the mood for this."

"No,we couldn't have."answered Kathleen as they got out of the elevator at the restaurant and they saw everybody standing there together yelling surprise;"Surprise,m.j."

"Please,tell me that you didn't!"begged she softly and grabbed kathleen's arm;"Please tell me that this isn't a surprise party for me?"

"Come on."laughed her brother-in-law as he put his arm around her;"It will be fun."

"Hi,honey."smiled mary as she came up to them;"This is our way to welcome you home again."

"Try to look like you're happy about it,m.j!"whispered her other daughter into m.j.'s ear;"Mama has even asked adam to come."

"What's that suppose to mean?"asked she annoyed again and turned towards her sister who quickly walked away with her husband;"Kathleen!"

"Nothing."smiled Kathleen teasing when she saw the warning look in her husband's eyes;"Nothing at all."