Chapter 40

Cheryl was coming out of chad's hospitalroom when she saw her mother coming towards her;"Hi,mama."

"Hello,sweety."said she;"Have you been here all night?"

"Yes,I have."answered her daughter hesitating;"There's something that I haven't told you yet,mama."

"What could that be,cheryl?"asked mary with a smile;"Maybe something about you and chad?"

"You know,don't you?"started she surprised;"Did scott tell you?"

"Yes,but I already thought that something was going on between you for a while now because of the way you two were looking at eachother sometimes."answered her mother;"How long has this being going on?"

"Since my birthday."said Cheryl;"He really loves me and I love him too,mama."

"But why did you keep this a secret for so long?"asked she confused;"Why didn't you just tell us?"

"Because of the way that you all feel about chad,mama,I know that you all think that he was somehow involved in whatever messed up m.j.'s weddingday and her relationship with adam."answered her daughter softly;"But I can't hide my relationship with chad anymore,so if you guys can't accept it then that's your problem and not mine!"

"I don't have a problem with you seeing chad,honey,not now and also not before he saved your life either."began mary slowly;"I don't understand how you could have thought that anybody would have had a problem with chad."

"Don't you think that pops would have hated it if he'd known?"asked she irritated;"He would have hated the idea of me seeing chad."

"But that's got nothing to do with chad himself,Cheryl,because in your father's eyes nobody is good enough for his little girl."laughed her mother;"He didn't approve of cass either,did he?"

"Maybe you're right."said Cheryl with a faint smile;"It doesn't matter anymore either,mama,because I'm not hiding my relationship with chad anymore."

"Good for you."smiled she as she gave Cheryl a hug;"If you really love chad then you shouldn't try to hide that."

Four days later adam was sitting in m.j.'s hospitalroom when she slowly opened her eyes;"Adam…?"

"Hey,sleepyhead."smiled he and was happy to see that m.j. was really awake this time because the few times that she'd opened her eyes so far she'd still been pretty out of it;"How are you feeling?"

"Tired."answered m.j. with a faint smile;"How long have I been here?"

"Almost a week."said her boyfriend;"But Jamie said that you're going to be just fine again,m.j."

"Where's justin?"asked she worried;"Who's looking after him?"

"He's staying at your parents' house and your family is taking good care of him and I have checked up on him a few times too."started adam hesitating;"Aaron told your family about what happened in new York."

"I wish that he hadn't."answered his girlfriend softly;"Telling anybody isn't going to change what happened,adam."

"Jamie said that you'd been taking a lot of heavy painkillers again."said he;"Why did you keep taking so many painkillers?"

"Because of my headaches."began m.j. tired;"After what happened in new York I started getting terrible headaches and it kept getting worse,so taking those painkillers is the only thing that takes away the pain for a while."

"Why didn't you just go back to your doctor to see what was causing those headaches?"asked er boyfriend surprised;"Even aaron didn't seem to know that you were still taking so many heavy painkillers,m.j."

"I spend months in that damn hospital,adam,I didn't want to go backthere!"answered she irritated;"I thought that it would go away again."

"Well,I'm sure that Jamie can help you get better again."said adam as he got up again and kissed her gently;"Try to get some rest and I will come back again tonight."

"Adam…"said his girlfriend just before she fell back to sleep again;"I love you."

"I love you too."smiled he while he kissed her again before he walked out of her room,into the hallway;"Sweet dreams,baby."

"What are you doing here?"asked a voice suddenly as adam wanted to walk towards the elevators;"Where you just in my girlfriend's room?"

"I only went there to see how she was doing."answered adam lying when he saw aaron standing infront of him;"Do you have a problem with that?"

"Yes,I do!"said he irritated;"M.j. has been through enough and she doesn't need you making more trouble for her!"

"Why would I want to make more trouble for her?"asked adam angry and started to walk away again;"I was just worried about her after what happened at tops and I only came to see how she was doing."

Amanda was getting ready to leave for work when same came down the stairs,all dressed up;"Why aren't you still in bed,sam?"

"Because I don't need to stay in bed all day long."answered he;"If you can wait five more minutes then I will drive with you to brava."

"No way!"said Amanda surprised;"You're not going back to work yet,sam,your arm isn't better yet and you've just buried your brother yesterdaymorning!"

"There are enough things that I can do without using my arm and staying home isn't going to bring me my brother back again,amanda!"started her husband irritated;"Don't you need all the help that you can get now that your parents have gone to see Mathew in England?"

"The doctor said that you had to take it easy and that you couldn't use your arm for a while."answered she tired;"Please don't be so stubborn about this,because I don't want to fight with you on this!"

"Allright,I will stay home."said sam when he saw the sad look in his wife's eyes and put his good arm around her;"Maybe you should stay home too,honey,you look exhausted."

"Don't you think that I'd rather stay home with you instead of going to the office with everything that has been going on lately?"asked his wife a bit angry,but calmed down again when she realized that she wasn't being fair towards sam and kissed him;"I'm sorry,sam,I shouldn't get angry at you."

"You can get angry at me as much as you want,honey,I can take it."smiled he and kissed her back;"I know what a pressure you are under right now with your parents being in England,amanda,so it's okay if you need to blow off some steam now and then."

At the 's ben was just making breakfast for his girlfriend when she came into the kitchen;"Goodmorning."

"Goodmorning."smiled ben as he kissed her;"I was just about to bring you some breakfast in bed."

"Where's your mother,ben?"asked his girlfriend and sat down;"Is she still asleep?"

"No,she went to the hospital to see if my dad can go home today."answered he;"Are you okay,em,because you seemed pretty sick this morning and I'd expected you to stay in bed all day."

"I'm fine."started Emily hesitating;"I…."

"What is it,em?"asked her boyfriend worried;"Is there something that you haven't told me yet?"

"I…."said she softly;"I'm late,ben."

"Late for what?"asked ben relieved that it wasn't something serious;"Where do you have to go,Emily,I can drive you there."

"Not that kind of late."answered his girlfriend tired;"I'm three weeks late,ben."

"Oh."said he stuned;"Did you take a test yet?"

"No,I hadn't even realized that I was late with everything that had been going on lately untill the end of last week."

"So,that's why ran you away from home."started ben slowly;"You were worried about how your family would react."

"I also couldn't stand being without you there anymore."answered Emily as she began to cry;"What am I going to do now?"

"Don't you mean we?"asked her boyfriend and put his arms around her;"We're in this together and I love you no matter what,em,so if you really are pregnant then I'm not going to leave you to raise this kid all by yourself."