This story is AU.
~*~o~*~
A week had passed since Marty had seen Victor. She had arrived at The Sun one day to visit Todd when Victor cornered her in the hallway. "Marty, we gotta talk," he insisted.
"Victor... " she said in a soft gasp as her heart fluttered in her chest. "I'm here to see Todd."
"Todd's not here right now. He's out," Victor told her. "But I am here. And we gotta talk."
He took Marty's arm and lead her into his office. Quietly he closed the door. "Why have you been avoiding me?" he asked her.
"Why do you think I have been avoiding you?" she countered.
"Marty, I care about you. I'm not going to tell Todd what we did. Besides, Tea can't find out. I love her, Dani, and our baby girl... and I don't want..."
"If Tea found out, she'd leave your ass," Marty stated. "But if Todd finds out, that won't even matter... because you'll be dead."
"Listen, I'm not afraid of Todd."
"You should be. You don't know him like I know him. His temper rivals yours. You know how you get when you think someone's wronged you... or you feel protective of someone you love? Todd's the same. If he even suspects-."
"Todd's not going to find anything out about us. Relax, Marty. He'll never know we made love," Victor said in a husky voice as he gazed at her. He took a few steps closer and softly caressed her cheek.
"Marty, I want you again," he stated.
"I- I can't," she murmured, turning her face away although the temptation to melt in his arms was so incredibly strong. "I'm with Todd."
"But he doesn't give you what you want."
Marty shook her head. "He does now. When I came home the other night, he and I- we-."
"You fucked him?" Victor asked, sounding insanely jealous.
"Well, I- I..."
"I told you to trick him, Marty. How did you manage-?"
"I don't know, but something's changed in him. It's just like when we were in college... before he..."
"Raped you?" Victor finished.
Marty nodded. "Dammit!" Victor yelled, slamming his hand down on his desk. Marty jumped.
"What is it?" she asked him.
"I still want you again," Victor stated. "I don't want what we had to be over. I want to be the one to hold you..."
"I want that, too," Marty admitted. "But we can't. I'm with Todd. I've already betrayed him... and I can't do it again."
Victor took a few steps closer and tugged her into his arms. He stared down into her face with so much longing. "I love you, Marty. I've always loved you... don't deny me..."
"But what about Tea?" Marty whispered.
"She'll never know. Come on, Marty. Spend the night with me. Better yet, let's just do it here... right now... in my office."
He backed her up against the door and started kissing her neck. "No... no..." she murmured, but she really didn't sound very convincing.
"Please sweetheart. I need to be inside you again." He pushed the rigid length of his erection against her stomach as it grew thick and hard within his pants.
"Victor please..." she said in a little gasp as she tried to push him away.
He slid a hand up her skirt, cupping her damp pussy through her silk panties. She was so soaked that he could feel it through the material. He toyed with her clit until she thrust his hand away.
"Stop it, Victor," she growled. "I told you 'no.'"
"You told Todd 'no,' but that didn't stop him, did it?"
"Stop throwing my past and his up in my face."
"I want you, Marty. Give me what I want," he said as his mouth swooped down and he was nibbling on her neck.
Suddenly there was a loud knock upon the door. It started to move slightly but Marty was blocking it with Victor pressed up against her. "Who's there?" Victor growled.
"It's Todd. Why won't this door open?"
Victor pushed all of his weight against the door as Marty slid out from underneath him. She looked as nervous as hell as she stood there at his side. "Just a second. The door is jammed," Victor said as Marty fixed her skirt.
Victor pulled the door open and there stood Todd. "What's going on in here?" he asked, looking from Victor to Marty. What was Marty doing alone with Victor in his office? And why wouldn't the door open?
"Nothing..." Victor stated, but Marty interrupted.
"Actually I am here to see you, Todd," Marty said as he continued to stare into her eyes with a penetrating gaze.
"Then why are you in Victor's office?" he questioned as his suspicions made him struggle for air.
"When I couldn't find you, I came in to ask Victor if he could tell me where you were..."
"Let's go," Todd insisted as he grabbed Marty's arm. She disappeared through the door with him as Victor watched them leave. He breathed a sudden sigh of relief as that had been close. FAR too close.
As they stood in the hallway, Todd suddenly stopped and looked deeply into Marty's eyes. "What's really going on?" Todd asked her. "Has Victor been hassling you?"
Marty shook her head. She couldn't look him in the eye. She hated the lies she had been telling him, but if he ever found out, she'd lose him and he'd kill his brother. She would not relish Victor's death. She didn't want Todd to go to prison for killing his twin. So she kept the truth from him once again. "I told you, Todd. I came here looking for you. Where have you been?"
A small smile came to Todd's face. "I went to your office, but you weren't there."
"It seems we had the same idea then," she said with a nervous little laugh.
"Did you miss me?" he asked as he lifted her up in his arms and carried her into his office. He shut the door and set her down on her feet. "I missed you... and I want you so much..."
"Todd, I can't. My lunch break is nearly over. How about tonight? As soon as we are both home from work?" she asked as he pulled her into his arms.
"Okay. I'm sorry we missed each other. I love you, baby."
"I love you, too," she said as she held him so tight. And she did. So much... and she just couldn't lose him.
~*~o~*~
Three weeks had passed, and Marty wasn't feeling so well. After several days of throwing up, she knew what she must do. She went to the drugstore and picked up a pregnancy test. She just had to know. Was she pregnant... or not?
She went home and performed the test in the privacy of her own bathroom. After three minutes of waiting, she picked up the test and read the result. "No!" she said in a gasp. Her worst fears had been confirmed. She had gotten pregnant and now there was no way to tell if the baby she carried was Victor's or Todd's. Knowing the gravity of her actions, she ran to the toliet and immediately threw up.
"Ohhh God," she groaned as she held onto the side of toliet for support. When would these dizzy spells ever stop? She had never been this sick in all her life. Not even when she was expecting Cole or the child she had lost when she was with John.
*It must be nerves,* she thought to herself. *... Because I cheated on the man I love.*
Tears filled her eyes and rushed swiftly down her cheeks. How could she have done that to Todd? And now there was going to be a baby, a precious baby they both wanted, and Marty didn't even know if the little one she carried was in fact his.
She placed her hand on her stomach and whispered, "I'm sorry." After that, she was plagued by bitter sobs.
Todd had arrived home earlier and went searching for Marty. Lately they had been making love day and night as though they could not get enough of each other. They were closer than ever before, but he couldn't help but get the feeling that she was keeping something from him. She seemed so secretive and at times so nervous. Several times he had caught her crying her eyes out but when he'd ask her what was troubling her, she'd deny that anything was wrong.
He found the bathroom door locked, and he could hear her crying beyond the door. "Marty, what is it? What's wrong?" Todd called out to her.
"N-nothing!" Marty cried as she quickly hid the positive pregnancy test within the cabinet. She just couldn't tell him yet. She couldn't face him when she told him the news. He'd be so joyous and the baby she carried might not even be his.
*Ohhh God this isn't fair,* Marty was thinking. She brushed away her tears, trying to calm her frazzled nerves.
She had wanted a baby so badly and it would seem she was getting her dream come true, but the price was so incredibly steep. She couldn't lose Todd. She couldn't bear it.
She came out of the bathroom and went into his arms. She clung to him so tightly as the sobs came from deep within her soul. Todd didn't know what to think. "Baby, what is it? You have to tell me what's wrong," Todd said as he caressed her hair and held her against his chest.
*I cheated on you. And it's breaking my heart,* she said to him in her mind. No words would come as she continued to cry.
After awhile all the tears had gone as Todd continued to comfort her in his embrace. "What was that?" he asked her, referring to her emotional outburst.
"I- I just love you so much, and I don't wanna lose you, Todd." At least that part was true... if nothing else.
He raised her chin gently and looked deeply into her eyes. "I love you, too. And you're not going to lose me. I'd never let you go..."
She nodded as she tried to stop fresh tears from flowing. She knew that since Victor and Todd had identical DNA there would be no way to ever establish paternity. Todd must never know that Victor may have fathered her child. She knew she had to keep that secret at any cost, because she'd lose everything if Todd ever knew. As he kissed her gently, she prayed for the strength to tell him she was pregnant.