Chapter 47

Marlee was riding her horse along the grounds while her twinsister was riding there next to her;"Did Michael and donna tell you about their plan to go away for a while?"

"Yes,they did."said Vicky;"I think it's a great idea."

"But wouldn't it seem like they're running away,Vicky?"asked her sister;"Away from regioneld?"

"No,ofcourse not."laughed she;"Come on,everybody with two eyes can see that donna is on the edge of a breakdown and could use some time away,so nobody's gonna think it's strange that Michael is taking her and kristy away on a long vacation."

"I guess not."said marlee;"I saw ryan again lastnight."

"How was it?"asked her twinsister teasing;"Did you two go below the waist yet,marlee?"

"No,we didn't!"answered she annoyed;"I hardly know him."

"Relax."smiled Vicky;"I was just teasing you,but you must like him a lot if I can get under your skin this fast."

"I don't know,Vicky,I think that I'm falling for him,but I don't know if I should."

"Why not?"started her twinsister surprised;"If he's a nice guy then why shouldn't you let yourself fall in love with him?"

"I just don't want to get hurt again."began marlee softly;"What if he hurts me?"

"That is a risk that you will have to take,marlee,you can't keep hiding your feelings locked up inside just because you're scared of getting hurt again!"answered Vicky with a faint smile;"Just open up your heart to him if you really like him."

Later that day m.j. was about to fall asleep again in her hospitalroom when aaron walked in and woke her up;"Hi,aaron,where were you all day?"

"I was driving around."said he hesitating;"I needed some time to think."

"What about?"asked m.j. worried when she saw the strange look in his eyes;"Is everything okay?"

"Adam cory has been showing up a lot here since you're in the hospital,hasn't he?"started aaron slowly;"He seems really worried about you,m.j."

"Why are you telling me this?"answered she tired;"Why are we talking about this?"

"Because I want to know why!"said aaron suddenly angry;"I need to know why!"

"What do you want to know?"asked m.j. softly;"Why he's at the hospital so much,aaron,is that it?"

"He's more then just a friend,isn't he?"answered he;"You've sorted things out with him,haven't you?"

"Please don't do this right now,aaron!"begged m.j. with tears in her eyes;"Not now!"

"Tell me the damn truth,m.j!"yelled aaron almost;"Did you sleep with him?"

"Yes!"said she and began to cry;"I'm sorry,aaron,I didn't mean for it to happen,but I was going to tell you as soon as I got out of the hospital!"

"Are you going back to him?"asked aaron;"Or was this just a one night stand or something?"

"Stop it!"answered m.j. as she grabbed his hand;"Why are you doing this to yourself right now?"

"You're going back to him,aren't you?"yelled he furious as he pulled away from her and walked out of the room;"What a fool I have been!"

"Aaron!"called m.j. on after him while she,with a lot of effort and pain,got out of bed and into the hallway where it seemed like everything around her starting spinning infront of her eyes;"Come back!"

"What are you doing out of bed?"asked Jamie worried as well as shocked when he walked past and saw m.j. leaning up against the wall next to her room,half on the ground;"You shouldn't be out of bed!"

"I…."started she softly when she suddenly passed out and if Jamie hadn't caught her in time m.j. would have fallen down on to the ground.

At the Hudson's Michael was in his study when marlee came in;"Hey,honey,where's your sister?"

"She's upstairs with kristy."said his daughter;"Where's donna?"

"I don't know,marlee."answered Michael;"She said that she had to get a few things from the store and left in a hurry not long after she got a call."

"Is she excited to go away for a while?"asked she;"Are you?"

"We both are."laughed her father;"Even kristy seems excited to go away."

"Let's hope that regioneld is gone when you guys get back again."started marlee hesitating;"It's a good idea that you're taking donna away from all this before she does something that she might regret,Michael."

"So you're worried too that donna might do something stupid."said he;"I don't know,marlee,I have never seen her like this before and I'm glad that we'll be going away for a while."

"Where are you guys going to go?"asked his daughter;"And for how long?"

"We haven't really decided yet,marlee,but I was thinking about a trip to france or something."answered Michael;"I told donna that I want to leave in less the a week or so."

"France sounds great."smiled she;"I wish that I could come with you guys."

"Then why don't you?"asked her father;"You and vicky are both more the welcome to come along with us on this vacation."

"I know that,but I'm sure that Vicky doesn't want to leave jake for that long and I don't want to stay away from here for such a long time either."said marlee;"I've met a really nice guy,Michael."

"I knew that there was something."laughed he;"You've been in a really good mood lately."

"As if my mood depends on me seeing somebody or not."smiled his daughter;"I can be just as happy with me seeing somebody!"

"Ofcourse,honey,that wasn't what I meant."answered Michael;"I just meant that you look like you're falling in love and that you're happy,marlee.'

Adam was sitting at the counter at mary's place,while he was talking to Kathleen,cass and jake;"So,now I've got the whole week off."

"Why do you always do stupid things?"asked Kathleen surprised after adam had just told them about what he'd done at the policestation;"What are you going to do now,adam?"

"Nothing."answered he;"I don't have much of a choice."

"You shouldn't go attacking people,adam,you could have lost your badge or something!"warned cass him when he saw aaron coming in;"Hi,aaron,why aren't you at the hospital?"

"You slept with my girlfriend!"yelled aaron angry as he walked straight up to adam,while he ignored the rest,and before anybody knew what was happening he knocked him off his chair;"I should kill you!"

"Hey,that's enough!"said jake as he,together with cass,grabbed aaron before he had a chance to attack adam,who was on the ground,again;"There will be no fighting in here!"

"Are you nuts?"asked adam stuned and got up;"What is your damn problem,aaron?"

"M.j. doesn't wanna be with me anymore thanks to you!"answered he and tried to attack adam again;"Everything was fine untill you came back into the picture!"

"Let's go outside to cool off!"said jake while he pulled aaron with him outside,with cass;"Come on,aaron,this isn't helping anybody!"

"What did you do?"asked his cousin irritated after the rest had gone outside;"I warned you that this was gonna happen,adam,didn't i?"

"I didn't do anything!"answered he angry when the phone rang;"Shouldn't you answer that?"

"We aren't finished with this conversation yet!"warned his friend him as she grabbed the phone;"Hello?"

"How is your face?"asked jake when he came back inside and looked at the bruise above adam's left-eye;"He sure does know how to hit somebody."

"Very funny!"said adam irritated when he saw Kathleen hanging up the phone with a shocked look on her face;"What's wrong,Kathleen?"

"That was Jamie at the hospital."started she slowly;"It seems that aaron went by m.j.'s room first before he came downhere."

"Is she okay?"asked he worried;"Did he hurt her in any way?"

"Jamie nearly bumped into aaron in the hallway,not far from m.j.'s room as he was on his way out,where he seemed really angry and when Jamie walked past m.j.'s room he found her just outside the door."answered Kathleen;"She probably wanted to go after aaron,but when Jamie got to her he was just in time to catch her before she passed out in the hallway."

"Damn it!"said adam angry and ran out of there before they could stop him;"I have to see her!"