Chapter 39
At the hospital mary had just gone to get some coffee after just being in her daughter's room and was on her way to see vince when she ran into Kathleen;"Hi,honey,are you here to see your father or your sister?"
"Both."said she;"I ran into aaron just now and he said that m.j. woke up for a bit a while back."
"Yes,she did."answered her mother;"Isn't that great news?"
"That's great,mama,that means that she's gonna be just fine."
"But there was one strange thing just before m.j. went back to sleep again."started she slowly;"It looked like she was trying to call out to adam just before she went back to sleep again."
"Why would she do that?"asked Kathleen and tried to surprised;"Maybe she tried to say something else."
"No,she said ad… and I'm sure she was trying to say adam's name."said she;"Aaron was confused and had no idea what m.j. was trying to say,so I told him that it probably didn't mean anything and that she was still pretty out of it."
"Well,maybe it didn't mean anything,mama,because there's no reason why she'd call out to adam."
"No,I guess not."said mary when she saw the look in her daughter's eyes and realized that Kathleen was keeping something from her;"Unless you would know of a reason?"
"Why would I know of a reason?"asked she uncomfortable;"As if m.j. would ever tell me anything."
"But maybe adam would."answered her mother softly;"Why would m.j. try to call out to adam instead of aaron,Kathleen,tell me the truth!"
"Probaly because they have decided to get back together again and m.j. was going to tell aaron that once he got back."started Kathleen hesitating;"Adam told me the truth lastnight,mama."
"When did this all happen?"asked she a bit shocked;"Since when has this been going on?"
"Since m.j. went to explain to adam about justin again."answered her daughter;"They wanted to keep it a secret untill m.j. had a chance to tell aaron."
"So that is why adam was acting so strange yesterdaymorning and that is why he spent the night outside of her room."said mary;"If only adam hadn't been so stubborn two years ago then they wouldn't be in this mess right now,kathleen."
"Adam knows that too,mama,he's feeling pretty guilty about letting her go back then and he doesn't want to make the same mistake again."started she softly;"If m.j. really loves adam then it's better that she breaks up with aaron,instead of staying with him while she's in love with somebody else."
It was just past seven when Nicole walked in on her sister,who was fighting with Michael about regioneld again;"Are you guys going at it again?"
"It's his fault that regioneld is back!"answered donna angry as she pointed at her husband;"If he hadn't tried to track down regioneld then he wouldn't be here right now,Nicole!"
"You don't know that,donna!"started she slowly;"I know that you're upset about him being in town again,but blaming Michael isn't the answer and it isn't going to make regioneld go away again!"
"If I could throw regioneld out of town right now I would do it,blackie,but I can't!"said Michael tired;"We will just have to try to ignore him and wait untill he goes away again."
"Why don't you two let me babysit kristy and go out somewhere,michael?"asked his sister-in-law;"Maybe it will take your mind off things."
"That sounds like a great idea."answered he as he put his arms around his wife and kissed her;"How about it,donna?"
"I don't know."started donna hesitating;"I'm not really in the mood."
"But maybe this will get you in a better mood."said Nicole;"Come on,donna,you guys have done nothing but fight lately and you both could use a nice night out on the town or something like that."
"Nicole is right."smiled her brother-in-law and lifted donna up in his arms while he carried her through the frontdoor;"We're going out and that's that!"
"Have fun."laughed Nicole as she closed the door behind them;"See you later."
At mary's place ben walked in,after he'd been at the hospital,when his sister came up to him;"There's somebody here to see you,ben."
"Who?"asked he surprised;"An older man?"
"No,a girl."started Kathleen slowly;"She says that she's your girlfriend?"
"Emily!"said her brother;"Where is she?"
"Right here."answered a voice behind him and when he turned around he saw her standing there;"Please don't be mad at me,because I had to come."
"I'm not mad at you."smiled ben as he pulled her into his arms;"I was just worried about you when I heard that you'd run away."
"Who told you about that,ben?"asked his girlfriend worried;"Did my brothers call you?"
"They were here,em."answered he and sat down with her at a table;"They thought that you were here and that I was trying to hide you or something."
"I'm sorry."said Emily softly;"I didn't think that they would come downhere."
"Why did you run away?"asked her boyfriend;"Do you have any idea how dangerous it was for you to travel downhere all alone,emily?"
"I know,ben,but I just couldn't stay there anymore after you had left."answered she;"I didn't want things to be over between us!"
"Neither did I,em,I didn't want to leave you there."began ben slowly;"But your family didn't leave me much of a choice."
"I don't blame you for leaving,ben,because I know that my family forced you out of palm springs and away from me."said his girlfriend softly as she took his hand into hers;"But try to understand that I had to run away and come downhere."
"Hey,it's okay."smiled he and kissed her;"I'm glad that you're here now and downhere your family can't tell me what to do or force me away,so I'm not letting you go anymore!"