A/N: I don't own any of the characters, I am just playing with them. No copyright/Plagiarism intended. Hope you enjoy the story... And sorry it has taken me so long to update. I can't seem to get 5 minutes to write as of late.

Chapter 16

Previously in Secret Rendezvous: A reconciliation and a plot is on the mind….

Hospital: Little Phoebe's Room

Steffy, Liam, Hayes, and Kelly are all gathered around little Phoebe's bed. The small family is all smiles, all except little Phoebe, who has a look of concern on her face. "Mommy, where is aunt Hope?"'

"I don't know my sweet girl. You miss her, don't you?" Steffy says, her voice gentle and caring. "Do you want me to call her and ask her to come by?"

"I do miss her, but I am happy to have you as my mommy. I have seen you with Kelly and Hayes and you are so fun and nice and you always look so pretty. Could we call auntie Hope?" the young girl asks, shyly. Steffy pulls out her phone and scrolls down to Hope's name and presses send. She puts the phone on speaker so that Phoebe can talk to the other woman. Hope answers on the third ring.

"What do you want Steffy? I am busy." she says, irritation in her voice. "Give me a minute Finn." she adds, thinking she is sticking it to her nemesis.

"Auntie?" Phoebe asks.

"Sweetheart, is that you?" Hope replies.

"Hi, I was wondering if you could come see me, I miss you." the small child asks, uncertainty in her voice.

"Give me a few minutes and I will be there, okay?"

"Okay mo… I mean auntie. Thank you." she adds, looking at Steffy, scared that she had upset the woman. Steffy reassures her daughter with a smile as she hits ends to disconnect the call and gives the girl a small tickle. When Phoebe stops laughing, she looks up and meet her mommy's eyes, a sigh escaping her.

"I'm sorry. It's just that I am so used to calling her that. Are you sure your not upset?" Steffy gently rubs the small girl's back.

"I am not upset. I understand that this is all new to you. It's new to us too, but I wouldn't change this for anything. I have three beautiful children that I adore." the older woman replies.

Hospital: Exam Room

"Beth, I mean Phoebe wants me, but first…" Hope says, looking at the man in front of her. She leans up and tries to kiss Finn, who backs off.

"That was uncalled for, telling my wife I am here with you. You know I am trying to get her back." he says, irritated.

"You and I both know that she is never going to take you back sweetheart, I am sure she is already in Liam's arms." she makes sure she has Finn's eyes, "It's where she always is when something changes in her life. You, dear, were just a place holder." she says, venom lacing her voice.

"You really do hate Steffy, don't you?" he asks, suddenly seeing Hope in a new light.

"She has my life. She has you and Liam chasing her, three adorable children, she is co-ceo with her dad, when it should be a Logan running the company. I can't stand her!" she says, her voice raising at the end.

"I want her because she doesn't play games. She is beautiful inside and out. But off topic, what did you need Hope?" he asks losing patience with the blonde.

"I…" she trails off, not sure what to say. She had paged him because she had thought for sure she was pregnant. But now, knowing she wasn't and that he had access to her medical records, she knew she couldn't lie. Suddenly her eyes close and she falls to the floor.

"Hope!" he cries out as he rushes to her. He leans over and checks her pulse, which is racing. He gently picks her up and carries her to the bed. He starts checking her vitals, once done he walks to the door and opens it to see Bridgett standing there on the phone. "Dr. Forrester, Miss, Logan has fainted and I need your help he says, using their professional names since there are other doctors and nurses walking around.

"Mom, I don't know, let me go check on her and see what is going on. Love you, Bye, " Bridgett hangs up and quickly walks into the room, followed closely by Finn. "What happened?" she asks.

"We were talking and suddenly she was falling to the floor. Her pulse was racing when I checked it a minute ago." he tells the woman. Bridgett goes over to her sister and checks her vitals, noticing that they seemed to be back to normal. She quickly looks over the blonde, missing the small smile the had briefly been on Hope's lips, not seeing anything wrong, she turns to the other doctor.

"She seems fine now, other than not waking up." she says, a worried look on her face.

"What is it, what aren't you telling me?" he asks. "You know I can just check her medical records, but you telling me would be much faster."

"We ran the normal tests and found some things…" the older woman is cut off by the younger woman moans.

"Hope?!" Finn and Bridgett both exclaim. They turn and watch as her eyes flutter open.

"Finn…" she slowly says. She sits up with some help from the man in question. She looks at the people worriedly looking back at her. "What's wrong you two?" she asks looking at one and then the other,

"You fainted again. We really need to run those tests sister." she says, concern written all over her face.

"What is going on you two?" he demands, getting more irritated. After a swift look to the other woman, who gave a small nod, she replied.

"Her red and white blood count is high. She need to get further testing. I was trying to tell her that when you showed back up." Bridgett says.

"What does that mean? Why is that troublesome?" Hope asks, looking at Finn, fear radiating off of her.

"It could mean…."