A/N: I don't own any of the characters, I am just playing with them. Hope you enjoy the story...

Chapter 7

Hospital

"Neither of you are the father of Beth. In fact, I am not... Oh my God, how is this happening?"

"Are we even sure this is Beth?" Steffy asks, knowing there was never a DNA test done to verify that the baby was actually Beth.

"Of course it's my daughter!" Hope exclaims.

"But there was never a test done. It's very possible that she isn't." Liam chimes in. suddenly there was the ring of a cell phone. Everyone looks and Hope hits the answer icon.

"Hi mom." the blonde says. "No, all hell is breaking loose. Apparently Liam isn't Beth's father. In fact Steffy is trying to insinuate that the baby isn't Beth." she listens. "No mom, I don't think you should come down, there are already enough people here." she pauses, "Okay mom, I love you too." she replies and hangs up the phone.

"I think a DNA test is s good idea." Liam says, heartbroken.

"You have no say in this, you are not her father." Hope snaps.

"I am on paper. Finn, get someone to do a DNA on Beth." Liam tells the doctor, "I don't want you touching any part of this. And while your at it. Order one for Hayes so that I can see it for myself." he adds.

"You can't do this Liam!" Hope yells at her ex-husband.

"I can and I am. We need answers." he tells the blonde in front of him.

"Damn it! Why can't you just leave well enough alone?"She asks, flipping her bangs out of her eyes.

"What are you talking about? Is there something else I should know?" Liam asks, a confused look on his face.

"I knew Beth wasn't yours and I knew Hayes is yours. Vinny told me right before he was hit. I just didn't want to lose you. Though I did think Beth was Finn's." She confesses to the group.

"What the hell Hope? How can you play with people's lives like this? Did I ever really know you?" Her ex questions.

"You had this perfect view of me, I just couldn't live up to it. I tried, I did. But it's hard to be perfect all the time. Plus I couldn't have you tied to Steffy with another child, a son. It's hard enough that you had Kelly with her." Hope says.

Suddenly a nurse comes in and looks to Hope, " I need a sample from you Ms. Logan. I already got your daughter's" she says, Getting her gloves on and grabbing a swab. She takes the sample, "Thank you ma'am and who am I swabbing for a Hayes Finnegan?"

"That would be me." Liam steps forward as the nurse dons a new set of gloves.

"We should have the results in a couple of hours." Nurse Kimberly lets the group know.

"Thank you Kimberly." Finn says to the nurse.

Suddenly everyone's phone goes off. The each look at their phones and Hope face pales.

"You know it means a lot, just knowing that you care." Hope says as she plays with her fingers.

"Hope, of course I care. You are a fantastic woman, okay? You're – You're an amazing mother, a fashion icon." Finn says as he looks the blonde woman in the eyes.

"Uh I – I think you're talking about Steffy."

"I'm talking about you. No, I – I genuinely appreciate the meaning behind Hope for the Future. I mean, infusing a social message with your line and making a difference in the betterment of people's lives. I just, How could I not admire you? Respect you? You fully embody the name of your line, Hope for the Future." They both smile at each other and let out a smile laugh. The blonde starts to rub the back of her neck.

"Headache?"

"Yeah..." the young woman replies

"Yeah, yeah." Finn says before her slowly cups the sides of Hope's face in his hands. Their eyes lock, then she slowly looks down to his lips. As Finn slowly rubs the back of Hope's neck, she starts to lean in, seeing this, so does he, their lips meet in a quick kiss. They quickly pull back and lock eyes again, then start to kiss more passionately. Finn breaks the kiss only so he can move his lips to her collar bone. The blonde sighs in pleasure. Unbeknownst to them, there is someone at the door watching and recording the pair.

The pair breaks apart, both breathing heavily. Finn keeps rubbing her neck as they try to calm down,

"Now I get why Steffy is the way she is with you." Hope says, still a little breathless.

"Hope, I..."

"It's okay Finn, I won't say anything." she interrupts him.

"I need to go home, I am sure Steffy is waiting for me." He continues to rub her neck.

"Okay." Hope says, not moving or having Finn stop rubbing her neck. She closes her eyes, leaning into his hands. He finally removes his hands and stands up. He turns to go, but at the door he stops.

"You are one hell of a woman Hope Logan." he says and walks out the door.

"What in the hell is this Hope? Finn? Someone better answer me and fast." Steffy explodes. "This was the other day, wasn't it?"

"Steffy, please baby, listen to me." Finn pleads.

Brooke's Mansion

"Maybe I should go down there. I am worried about Beth and Hope." Brooke tells Ridge.

"She said that wouldn't be a good idea." He reminds her. Suddenly both of their phones ring. Looking down they see the same video the others had just watched.

"What the hell? Did you know about this Logan? Was this why she was going through your lingerie? Was Hope out to seduce Steffy's husband?" Ridge demanded.

"She never said who it was, I swear. I would have advised her against it. There is already so much bad blood between our families." The blonde denies.

"Who sent this anyways?" he says, but the number is blocked. With no number, they couldn't even text back. "Damn it! This is out of hand Logan!" he explodes.

Hospital

"Why are you pleading with her Finn?" Hope questions the doctor. "You know, turn about is fair play Steffy. You seduced Liam away from me, and it's not like it was the first time..." the blonde is shocked silent when the brunette's hand flew through the air and landed smack on her left cheek.

"Are you kidding me Hope? You and Liam weren't married and and there weren't kids involved. I guess the apple didn't fall far from the tree did it?" Steffy glares at the blonde in front of her.