It’s been a week since her honeymoon and Marlena still feels like
she is on her honeymoon. “I love John so much, I still can’t
believe I am his wife. The honeymoon was wonderful and coming
home was wonderful as well. Seeing our beautiful children run
into our arms screaming with joy.”
She is sitting in her office daydreaming, waiting for her test
results to see if she is pregnant.
(Phone rings)
The phone brings her back to reality. “I hope these are my test
results.” She picks up the receiver and answers, “Dr. Evans,
newlywed.”
“Dr. Evans, this is Belle’s dance teacher Ms. Smith and I am
calling because your daughter collapsed during my class and I was
wondering if you could come pick her up?”
The smile left Marlena’s face as quickly as it had appeared and
her hand went to her cheek.
“Ms. Smith, is she okay?”
“Well, I don’t really know, one minute she was her usual sweet,
funny self, working hard to get ready for the recital in a week and
the next thing I know she is lying on the floor.”
“Is she conscious right now, Ms. Smith?”
“Yes, but she says she is hot and dizzy and that her tummy is
hurting her. I laid her down on the bench and got a cold rag for
her head and a cup of water to cool her down. She says she still
isn’t feeling well and is asking for you.”
“Thanks so much for calling, and I will be there immediately.”
“No problem, see you in a little while.”
Marlena hangs up and then dials John’s cell since he is running
some errands at Salem Place.
He picks up on the third ring.
“John Black.”
“John, it’s me.”
“Doc, honey, is everything okay?”
“I don’t think so, John. I just got a call from Belle’s dance
teacher. Belle collapsed while she was dancing and told the
teacher that she is hot and that her stomach hurts. I am going to
go pick her up right now and take her to the Emergency Room.”
“Thanks, for calling, sweetheart. I will meet you at the ER in a
little bit. I love you.”
“I love you too and I will see you soon.”
She hangs up the phone, grabs her purse and as she is going out
the door she shuts the light off and locks the door behind her.
“I hope you are going to be okay, baby girl.”
—————————————————————————
Meanwhile at Belle’s dance class…
Belle is lying on the bench with her eyes closed and holding her
stomach with a rag on her forehead.
“Belle, I called your mommy and she will be here in a little bit to
get you, okay?”
She opens her eyes just a little bit and looks at her teacher.
“Thank you, Ms. Smith. I am so sorry I got sick during your class.”
Ms. Smith puts her hand on Belle’s arm.
“It’s okay, Belle, it happens. Don’t worry about it, okay. I just
want you to get better.”
Belle just nods her head and closes her eyes. Ms. Smith walks over
to the other girls and reassures them that Belle is going to be
okay.
(Door opens)
It’s Marlena looking for her daughter. She spots her over on the
bench resting with her little hands scrunched up under her
cheek. Marlena thinks to herself. “She looks like such a little
angel.”
Marlena walks over to her.
“Belle, it’s Mama.”
Belle opens her eyes and looks at her mother and smiles. Marlena
kneels and strokes her daughters hair.
“Mommy, I’m sorry I got sick and made you leave work.”
“Oh, sweetie girl, it’s okay. It’s not your fault you got sick. I love
you.”
Marlena hugs her and as she is hugging her, she feels how warm
Belle is.
“I love you too, Mommy,” Belle says as she hugs her back.
“Belle, you are burning up, we need to get you to the hospital.”
“Could you carry me? I am so dizzy and my tummy hurts.”
Marlena picks up her daughter.
“Of course I will carry you, I will carry you anywhere.”
Belle rests her head on Mom’s shoulder as Marlena walks over to
Belle’s teacher.
“Ms. Smith, do you have my daughter’s things?”
Ms. Smith turns around.
“Dr. Evans, yeah I have her things, let me go get them for you.”
Marlena stands there holding Belle, rubbing her back and kissing
her wet curls. Ms. Smith brings Marlena Belle’s things.
“Here you go. I hope Belle feels better soon.”
“I will call you and let you know how she is feeling so she can
come back to class.”
“Sure, Dr. Evans. Get your little girl well.”
“I will, talk to you soon.”
Marlena walks out the door and out to her car. She puts Belle in
her car seat but it doesn’t wake Belle up.
“Belle?”
Marlena taps Belle’s cheek, nothing.
“Belle?”
She puts her fingers on Belle’s neck to check her pulse, very
weak, barely there at all.
Marlena takes Belle out of her car seat. She is limp and dangles in
her mother’s arms. Marlena lays her on the seat and gets the
mirror out of her purse to check to see if Belle is breathing. No
breath. Marlena panics and begins to cry.
“I need to administer CPR..”
She takes Belle’s soaking wet shirt off and tosses it aside and
begins chest compressions.
“1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10.”
Then she gives her mouth to mouth. Still nothing. She begins
compressions again.
“1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10. Come on, baby girl, breathe for Mama.”
She gives her mouth to mouth again. Belle coughs. Marlena sits
her up to help her breathe better and then hugs her really tight.
(Phone rings)
Marlena lays Belle down in the seat and grabs her purse and
answers her phone.
“Hello?”
“Doc, where are you, I have been waiting here for 20 minutes?”
“John, Belle stopped breathing when I got her to the car so I had
to administer CPR.. She is breathing now, but I need to get to
the hospital. I’ll see you in a few minutes.”
She hangs up and double checks her daughter. She is doing fine
so she gets in and drives to the hospital
John is in the ER making sure everything is ready for when
Marlena brings Belle. There is a nurse and a gurney standing by.
John is pacing back and forth and rubbing his face and eyes.
“Oh God, my daughter has to be okay. She is my only little girl,
unless Marlena is pregnant and has a girl, but Belle is special.”
Abe walks up to John.
“Talking to yourself again, buddy?”
John turns around.
“Abraham, you scared me, man.”
“Sorry. What’s going on?”
“Belle is sick. I am waiting on Doc to bring her in. She called me
and told me that Belle’s dance teacher called her and told her
that Belle collapsed and wasn’t feeling well and for her to come
pick her up.”
“Is she okay?”
“I don’t know. I called Doc back because I told her I would be
waiting here to see what was taking her so long. She told me that
when she was putting Belle in her car seat she stopped breathing.
She had to administer CPR.. She got her breathing again but she
had to get off so she could come here.”
“I hope she is going to be okay, John.”
Abe hugs John and pats him on the back.
“Thanks Abraham.”
“John!”
John pulls out of the hug and turns around to see his wife
running over to him carrying Belle who was limp and sweaty.
“Doc! How is she?”
“Not good. She stopped breathing again. I don’t know what’s
wrong with her.”
The nurse brings the gurney over and Marlena places Belle on it.
She kisses Belle’s wet forehead.
“Your Daddy and I love you sweet girl.”
She begins to cry uncontrollably as John grabs her and has tears
running down his face as well. The nurse takes Belle to the ER.
They are holding each other and crying. Abe walks up to them.
“John, Marlena. You two should sit down.”
Abe helps them onto the sofa in the ER..
“Abe, I didn’t see you. I’m so sorry for ignoring you.”
“It’s okay, Marlena, you were handling Belle. Your daughter comes
first.”
“You’re such a good guy and a great friend. I don’t know what
John and I would do without you.”
“You will never have to find out.”
Mike walks up to them.
“John, Marlena.”
They look up and John is the first to stand.
“Mike, how is our daughter?”
Marlena joins her husband.
“Yeah, how is she.” Wiping the tears from her face.
“Well, to start Belle didn’t get oxygen to her brain for a short time
so there is a possibility that she will have some brain damage,
although we did get her to breathing again we had to put her on
life support because she isn’t breathing on her own. We are going
to find out why later. Secondly, the reason why Belle’s stomach
was hurting and the reason she had a fever is because she has
appendicitis and will need surgery to have her appendix removed.
After the surgery we are going to go back and find out why she
can’t breathe on her own.”
Marlena almost collapses. John grabs her.
“Oh my God, Belle might have some brain damage? NO!”
The tears begin to stream down her face again as John is holding
her and crying.
“Mike, will Doc and I be able to be with Belle during the surgery?”
“One of you can be with her. With me plus my nurses, it will be
crowded. I need enough room to perform the surgery.”
John looks down at Marlena.
“Doc, why don’t you be with Belle? You gave birth to her and you
are her mother. She will react better with you there than me.”
“Are you sure, John?” she asked, looking up at her husband.
“Absolutely. Be with her and hold her hand and let her know how
much you love her.”
“I love you so much.”
“I love you, too. Always.”
They hug each other tightly and then John gives Marlena a
breathtaking, lingering kiss. They pull out of the kiss.
“I will go to the chapel to pray for Belle.”
“Good idea. I will let you know how she is doing after her surgery.”
Mike touches Marlena’s shoulder to give her the heads up that
they need to get to the OR. Marlena kisses John again and she
and Mike head towards the OR.
Mike and Marlena are in the OR putting their scrubs on.
“Are you ready, Marlena? It might be a little hard for you seeing
your daughter hooked up to machines.”
“I have to be, for Belle. I love her and I want her to fight and live
so she can see her new brother and sister, if I am indeed
pregnant.”
“That’s certainly a reason for Belle to fight, she needs to be here
to help take care of him or her.”
“She will be a great big sister.”
“Yes she will.”
Mike smiles and puts his hand on Marlena’s shoulder.
“Are you ready? Let’s go.”
Marlena nods her head and she and Mike head into Belle’s room
in the OR. They enter the room and Marlena sees her little girl
lying on the bed hooked up to machines and she begins to cry.
Mike is prepping for surgery and sees Marlena crying and walks
over to her.
“Marlena, I know it’s hard to see her like this, but she is still your
little girl under all those tubes. Go and be with her.”
“Mike, she is only five years old, she’s just a baby.”
“She’s a fighter and with you by her side holding her hand she will
fight even harder to come back to you and John.”
She wipes her face and nods her head as she goes over to Belle’s
bedside. One of the nurses gives her a stool to sit on.
“Here you go, Dr. Evans.”
Marlena looks away from Belle for a minute and sits down on the
stool. “Thank you, nurse.”
Marlena grabs Belle’s clammy hand which has tubes coming out of
- “Belle, mama’s here with you and everything is going to be okay.
I love you so much sweetheart and your daddy loves you too.”
Mike turns on the overhead lamp and adjusts it over Belle’s
stomach so he can get a better look to perform the surgery.
“Okay, Pat, I am going to start the incision here and end it here
to make sure there is enough room to remove her appendix.”
“Okay, Dr. Horton. Here is your scalpel.”
She hands it to him and begins the surgery.
—————————————————————————
Meanwhile in the hospital chapel…
John is kneeling at the altar with his head bowed in prayer. The
tears are falling unchecked as he begins the prayer.
“God, I am here today because my daughter is very sick and she
needs your healing. I need you to spare her life. Her mother and I
love her so much, and if we lost her we couldn’t go on. The day
she was born was one of the happiest days of our lives. Even
though I didn’t know she was my daughter then, I still felt this
connection to her, and it was so strong. She was a wonderful,
precious gift, our ray of sunshine. Thank you so much for giving
her to us. Even though Marlena and I committed a huge sin to
make her entrance to this world possible, you gave her to us
anyway. So, God please spare her life and let her know that we
love her and want her to live so she will grow up to be a
wonderful young lady and maybe even be a big sister if Marlena is
pregnant. Give her a reason to fight and live. Thank you for
everything you have given me. I cherish them and always will.
Please save my little girl. I ask this in your name Lord. Amen.”
Marlena is at Belle’s bedside as Mike finishes stitching Belle up.
The surgery is a success. Belle survives the surgery but she still
has a long way to go before she is 100% better.
“Marlena I am done here, if you want to go find John and tell him
that the surgery was a success.”
“Yes I am going to do that, but I need to know if you are going to
be here so I can bring John in to see Belle.”
“Well, I am going to move her to recovery but you can bring John
in to see her… but only for a little while because once Belle
recovers some from her surgery I need to run some tests on her
to see why she isn’t breathing on her own.”
“Okay, I will see you later then.”
Marlena kisses Belle’s still sweaty forehead and notices but didn’t
pay attention to it before, that her sweat is really salty.
“Mike, I didn’t notice this before, but Belle is still very sweaty and
her sweat is really salty tasting.”
“I will look into that and let you two know what is wrong with
Belle.”
“Okay, thanks for everything.”
Marlena takes another look at her daughter and then leaves the
OR to find her husband.
—————————————————————————
Meanwhile in the waiting room…
John is waiting in the waiting room for Marlena to come out and
tell him how Belle is doing.
(Phone rings)
John picks up his phone.
“John Black.”
“John, this is Chelsea. I just picked Brady up from soccer
practice and I didn’t see you, Marlena or Brady here at the house.”
“Hi Chelsea, yeah Doc and I are here at the hospital. Belle’s sick
and she had to have an appendectomy. I am waiting for Marlena
to get back from Belle’s surgery to tell me how she is doing.”
“I hope little Belle is going to be okay, John.”
“Thanks, so do I. Is Brady still awake?”
“Yes he is, would you like to speak to him?”
“Absolutely, put him on.”
“Hi, daddy!”
“Hi Slugger, how was soccer practice?”
“It was great! I made two goals today and my coach thinks I will
do great at the game in a couple of days.”
“That’s great, kid!”
“Where are you, Mommy and Belle?”
“We are at the hospital. Your sister is sick but she will be alright.”
“Sis is sick? Can I come see her?”
“Of course, but not until tomorrow because she needs her rest
tonight.”
“Okay, Daddy. Can I talk to Mommy?”
“She is still with your sister, but I will tell her you said hi okay?”
“Okay. I love you, Daddy.”
“I love you too, son. Now you get to bed so you can come see
Belle tomorrow.”
“Good night, Daddy.”
“Good night, kid.”
“John are you still there?”
“Yeah Chelsea. I don’t know when Doc and I will be home, but I
will give you a call and let you know. I hope you don’t mind staying
with Brady until late?
“No, I don’t mind at all. Talk to you later.”
“You too. Bye.”
John puts his phone away and sees Marlena standing there.
“Doc. How is she?”
“Well, the surgery was successful but when Belle recovers a little
from her surgery Mike is going to run some tests on her to find
out why she isn’t breathing on her own.”
“I am glad she got through the surgery okay. She is a little fighter.”
“That she is.”
They hug one another for a minute. Marlena pipes up.
“Who was that on the phone?”
“That was Chelsea, she was wondering where we were because
she brought Brady home and we weren’t there. I talked to Brady
and told him that he could come see his sister tomorrow.”
Marlena looks up and smiles.
“Good, he will be happy to see her. Now let’s go see our daughter
in recovery.”
They take each other’s hands and head towards recovery.
John and Marlena head towards Belle’s room in recovery. When
they reach the door, Marlena stops and gives John a sympathetic
look. “Honey, I want to warn you that even though our baby is
covered in tubes she is still our baby, okay? It will be hard seeing
her like that but she needs us to be there for her.”
“You’re right, Doc. I will try to be strong for her. I love that little
girl, she is my world, just like you and Brady and possibly the new
baby.”
John touches Marlena’s stomach as Marlena places her hands
over his. The tears start to flow as they look at one another.
“John, I think we should go in now.”
John nods his head and grabs Marlena’s hand as they enter Belle’s
room. The only noises that they hear are the beeping of the heart
monitor, the sound of the life support machine pumping air into
their daughter’s tiny body and the drip, drip of the IV as it
replenishes her fluids. John just stares at his daughter lying there
helpless with tubes all over.
“How did you get through this during her surgery? It’s so hard
seeing her like this. I half expect her to sit up and flash her
beautiful smile while her curls bounce on her head and ask me to
read her a story.”
Marlena rubs John’s back.
“I know, but just think, these machines are going to save her life
and we will have our beautiful ray of sunshine back before you
know it.”
He smiles a little as a few stray tears run down his cheeks. He
walks towards Belle’s bed and grabs her tiny hand.
“Isabella, it’s daddy. I’m here with your Mom and we just want to
let you know that we love you so much and want you to get
better.”
Marlena goes to the other side of Belle’s bed and grabs her hand
and kisses it.
“We love you so much sweet girl.”
The tears begin to fall as she takes her other hand and moves
Belle’s hair out of her face and caresses her curls and face.
“Doc, we made a beautiful, wonderful kid didn’t we?”
Marlena looks up at her husband and smiles.
“Yes we did. She has brought nothing but smiles, laughter,
happiness and joy to our lives… until she got sick.”
She continues to caress Belle’s hair. John pipes up.
“Thank you for giving me a daughter.” As he continues to hold
Belle’s hand.
“No, thank you. You are the best Daddy in the whole world.”
John stands up and walks over to Marlena’s side of the bed. He
leans over and kisses her on the top of the head.
“Have I told you lately how much I love you and how great you
are?”
“Yes, but I never get tired of hearing it.”
“Good, because it’s so true and I will say it to you until the day I
die. I love you Mrs. Black.”
Marlena stands up and puts her arms around John’s neck.
“I love you too Mr. Black, till the day I die.”
John puts his hands around her waist and leans down as he pulls
her into a wonderful, passionate kiss. They begin to get hot and
heavy until they are interrupted by Mike who clears his throat to
get their attention. They pull apart and look over at Mike with a
surprised look on their face and then remember where they were
as they start to get a little embarrassed.
“I almost forgot you two are newlyweds and with Belle being sick
you haven’t been able to be alone properly. Please forgive me for
barging in on you.”
Marlena straightens her hair and top and gives a little smirk.
“It’s okay Mike. No need to apologize. We just got caught up in
the moment.”
John chimes in.
“Sometimes I just can’t resist a beautiful woman. Especially if I am
married to her.”
Marlena elbows John in the stomach.
“Oof!”
He rubs the spot where he was elbowed. Then things get serious.
“I have to get ready to take Belle down for some tests so if you
two want to come back later, I will give you a call about the
results.”
Marlena and John walk over to Mike hand in hand.
“That’s sounds fine, Mike. I just hate to leave Belle here without
one of us being here with her.”
“Don’t worry Marlena, she will get around the clock supervision
and if anything changes you two will be the first to know. Right
now she is doing fine. Her body is healing itself and when we run
the test results and find out why she isn’t breathing we will give
her the proper treatments and get her home where she belongs.”
“That is music to my ears. I can’t wait till tomorrow to come back
and see her.”
Then Marlena walks over to her daughter and gives her a kiss on
her forehead.
“I love you, Belle and I will be back to see you later.”
John comes over and kisses Belle’s hand.
“Daddy loves you sweetheart. Just concentrate on getting better
and I will see you later.”
They join each other and grab hands.
“You two go home and gets some rest and I promise I will give you
a call as soon as I hear something, okay?”
“Okay, thanks Mike.”
He mouths “yeah” and smiles as he opens the door and John and
Marlena walk out behind him. Mike heads the other way as John
and Marlena get on the elevator. While on the elevator John
grabs Marlena and begins kissing her passionately. Marlena gets
startled at first but she succumbs to his kisses. Then he pulls out
of the kiss.
“I can’t wait to get you home, Mrs. Black. We can take our mind
off of our troubles for awhile and spend some alone time
together, if you know what I mean.”
Marlena gave John the look and she knew what he meant.
“I can’t wait to get home and be with you, my sexy, amazing
husband.”
They begin to kiss again, but the elevator doors open and they
have to get off. As they get off and walk hand in hand to the
entrance John whispers in her ear.
“Wait till we get home.”
Marlena looks at him and giggles.
John and Marlena arrive at their building and park in the parking
garage. They meet each other and walk hand in hand to the main
entrance. They get inside and get on the elevator and while there
John grabs Marlena and ravishes her mouth with his tongue.
Marlena succumbs to his kisses. Just like before they have to
stop because they have reached their floor. They get to their
front door and as John is searching for his keys, he whispers to
Marlena. “Just wait till we get upstairs.”
Marlena giggles. He gets the door unlocked and they go inside
and see Chelsea sitting on the couch reading. She looks up when
she hears them.
“John, Marlena. I thought you were going to call first.”
John chimes in.
“Sorry, Chelsea. We just couldn’t wait to get home to be alone
before we have to go back to the hospital to be with Belle.”
“I understand. How is little Belle doing?”
Marlena walks over to Chelsea.
“The surgery was a success. Right now her body is healing. Once
she recovers a little more from her surgery Mike is going to run
some tests on her to find out why she isn’t breathing on her own.
He is going to give us a call when he finds out and John and I are
going back to the hospital to be with her.”
“I’m glad to hear that she is improving. I love that little girl, and I
am only her nanny.”
Marlena smiles.
“She loves you too and I’m sure she would love to see you when
she is feeling better.”
“I would love to see her.”
Chelsea gathers her things together to get ready to leave and she
heads for the door.
John pipes up.
“Thanks for staying. We appreciate all your help.”
Chelsea smiles.
“No problem. Give me a call when you think you’ll need me again.”
“We will. Have a good night.”
“Good night.”
She closes the door behind her. John comes up behind his wife
and whispers in her ear.
“We’re alone now. Are you ready to go upstairs?”
Marlena turns around and looks at her husband.
“I thought you would never ask.”
He smiles and then picks her up and carries her upstairs. They
stop by Brady’s room to check on him and then go to their room.
John closes the door behind him and locks it.
“No interruptions.”
He tosses Marlena on the bed and she giggles. John sits down on
the edge of the bed and takes off his shoes. Marlena comes up
behind him and puts her hands under his shirt and her hands up
his back as she pulls it off over his head.
“Stand up and turn around.”
He does what she asks. She unbuckles his belt, then unbuttons
his button and then unzips his zipper, revealing his boxers as his
jeans fall to the floor leaving him clad only in his boxers. He gets
back up on the bed and grabs Marlena’s blouse and unbuttons it.
She lets it slide off of her shoulders and onto the floor. John
lays her down and grabs the waist of her skirt and pulls it off her
then tosses it on the floor. She sits up and grabs John’s face and
begins passionately kissing him as his hands go around to her back
and unclasp her bra. She lets it fall off of her shoulders and he
tosses it to the floor. He then lays her down to get better access
to her stomach and as he does this she takes the opportunity to
grab John’s boxers and pull them off of him. He doesn’t pay any
attention to the fact that he is completely naked and continues
to caress her stomach with his mouth. His hands slide down to
her waist and he pulls her panties off. He then grabs her legs and
wraps them around his waist and slides her body up to him to
where her wetness is against his stomach. Then he pulls her up
towards him as he sticks his face in between her breasts, his
mouth exploring the mounds of skin. Marlena’s arms go around
his neck as she tilts her head back to give him better access.
Moans come from her mouth letting John know that he is
pleasing her. He takes his face out of her chest.
“You are so beautiful, Doc.”
Then he begins kissing her neck as his hands explore her swollen
breasts. This causes another moan to escape Marlena’s lips, only
louder this time.
“Oh, John I want you to make love to me all night.”
She didn’t have to tell him twice as his hands go down to her
waist and lift her up onto him. This causes her to spread her legs
further apart as she slides down on him with ease. She screams
out her pleasure as her head snaps back with the ecstasy. John
moans his pleasure as he thrusts deeper into her. Her grabs
Marlena’s face and kisses her deeply, adding to the pleasure of
their sex. Marlena once again moans her pleasure into John’s
mouth after she reaches climax after climax until he bursts inside
her with one final thrust as her head snaps back and she screams
her pleasure one last time. John moans his pleasure then he falls
back onto the pillows bringing Marlena down with him and sliding
out of her. She lays on top of him… sweaty, flushed, and satisfied.
“John, you are still the best lover I have ever had . You can always
make me scream.”
John smiles.
“You make me want to make you scream. I can never get enough
of you. You are the greatest lover, my sexy, beautiful wife.”
Marlena smiles and caresses John’s face with her hand as he runs
his hand down her golden tresses. She leans over and grabs a
blanket to cover themselves up. They fall asleep in each other’s
arms after a passionate night of lovemaking.
It was the next morning and Marlena was awoken by the phone
ringing on the nightstand.
(ring)
Marlena wakes up and gives herself a minute to remember where
she was and to compose herself.
(ring)
She realizes the phone is ringing, so she makes sure she is covered
up and then answers it. She realizes it might be Mike with Belle’s
test results.
“Hello?”
“Marlena, this is Dr. Bader.”
This wakes her up as she answers Dr. Bader.
“Dr. Bader, hi. I thought you were Mike. John and I were waiting
for Belle’s test results.”
“Oh? Belle is sick?”
“Yeah, she got sick at dance class yesterday and collapsed. I had
to take her to the hospital. She stopped breathing on the way
there and I had to give her CPR. Once I got to the hospital she
stopped breathing again, but Mike got her hooked up to life
support. He told us that she had appendicitis and had to have an
appendectomy. Then he is supposed to run some tests on her to
find out why she isn’t breathing on her own.”
“I’m so sorry, Marlena. I hope Belle feels better soon because she
is going to be a big sister. You’re pregnant, congratulations.”
Marlena’s hand goes to her mouth and she begins to cry as her
eyes well up with tears.
“I’m pregnant? Are you sure?”
“Yeah. I ran the test twice and you are definitely pregnant. It’s
too soon to tell the sex, but I know that you are at least two
months along.”
Marlena takes her hand away from her mouth and smiles.
“I can’t believe it, John and I are going to be parents again. John
is going to be so happy. I am so happy. Thank you so much, Dr.
Bader.”
“Your welcome, and Marlena you need to come in for an
appointment in about a week for an amnio and a sonogram just to
see how the baby is progressing, okay?”
“No problem, I will see you in a week.”
“See you then, and take care of yourself and that baby.”
“I will. Thanks again. Bye-bye.”
Marlena hangs the phone up and looks down at her sleeping
husband with a smile on her face. She nudges him and then leans
over and plants a whopper of a kiss on his mouth. That wakes him
up as he sits up and rubs his face. Marlena continues to smile at
him as he looks at her.
“What was that for? And what’s with that grin?”
“Good morning, Daddy.”
“Good mor- Why did you just call me daddy?”
“I’m pregnant. Dr. Bader just called and told me. I am about 2
months along. I have to go in for an amnio and a sonogram in 2
weeks.”
John just looks at his wife almost not believing what he heard.
“You’re pregnant?”
Marlena grins at John.
“Yes.”
John grabs Marlena and hugs her tightly.
“I love you so much, Doc. You are having my baby, again. I can’t
believe it. I am so happy.”
“I am happy, too, John.”
He pulls out of the embrace and passionately kisses Marlena’s
mouth with his tongue. Brady knocks on his parents’ door.
“Daddy, Mommy are you in there?”
They pull out of the kiss and realize that they have no clothes on.
“Yeah, slugger we’re here. We will be out in a minute. Go to your
room and wait for us.”
“Okay Daddy.”
John gets up and grabs his boxers from off the floor and puts
them on.
“I am going to go take a shower and then check on Brady.”
Marlena looks at her husband and nods. She puts her robe on and
looks in her closet for some clothes to put on after her shower.
Before John goes to the bathroom he touches Marlena’s stomach.
“That’s our baby in there, Doc. The baby we created out of our
love.”
“Belle is going to love being a big sister, and Brady is going to be a
great big brother. He has done such a good job with Belle. I can’t
wait for it to be born.”
John mouths “yeah” with tears in his eyes as he looks at Marlena
before heading to the shower. Marlena decides on what to wear
as the phone rings.
(ring)
She goes over to answer it.
“Hello?”
“Hi Marlena, it’s Mike. I have Belle’s test results.”
She sits down on the edge of the bed.
“Okay. Tell me what is wrong with my little girl.”
“She has cystic fibrosis.”
Marlena sits there for a minute not saying a word, thinking.
“Marlena, are you there?”
“Yeah, I’m still here. You said cystic fibrosis. That’s a disease in
the lungs isn’t it?”
“Yes. Mucus builds up on the lungs and causes coughing, but in
Belle’s case, instead of coughing and loosening it, it just built up
so much and blocked her airways to where she stopped breathing.”
“What are the other symptoms, Mike?”
“Well, there is diarrhea, salty tasting sweat, that is what you
noticed before that she was sweating a lot and it was salty
tasting, and when she eats she eats well but she isn’t gaining
weight or getting bigger because it also affects the intestines to
where they don’t digest and absorb food properly, that is where
the diarrhea comes in and I believe that is it.”
“Will she die from it?”
“No she won’t die from it with the proper treatments and I will
tell you and John about those when you get to the hospital later.
Unfortunately, she will have a shorter life than most people
because people with cystic fibrosis usually only live to their 30’s.”
“Hmmm. Belle is a fighter. She will fight and will try to live to a
ripe old age. I am going to be positive and have faith that my
daughter is going to live a full life.”
“I hope so Marlena, because your daughter is a fighter. Well, I
have to go now, but I will see you and John at the hospital later?”
“Yes, we will be there.”
“Okay, see you then. Bye.”
“Bye.”
John comes out of the bathroom, wet and only clad in his towel.
He walks over to Marlena and sits down beside her.
“What’s wrong honey?”
“I just got off of the phone with Mike.”
“And?”
Marlena looks John straight in the eye.
“Our little girl has cystic fibrosis.”
John looks at Marlena with a surprised look on his face. Then he
puts his arm around her as he continues to look at her.
“Cystic fibrosis? What is that exactly?”
Marlena tells him what it is and explains the symptoms to him.
John is confident that Belle is going to be okay. Marlena gets up
and takes her shower while John gets dressed and checks on his
son so they can get ready to go to the hospital to be with Belle.
John and Marlena with Brady in tow arrive at the hospital to see
Belle. John goes to the front desk to ask about being able to see
Belle. Marlena picks up Brady and they sit down and wait for
John. While they are waiting Laura comes over to them.
“Hi Mrs. John Black.”
Marlena looks up and smiles when she sees her best friend. She
stands up to give her a hug.
“Laura, how are you?”
“I am doing good, how about you?”
“Well, I have some good news and bad news.”
“Give me the good news first.”
They sit down by Brady. Marlena grabs Laura’s hand.
“I am 2 months pregnant.”
Laura’s gives Marlena a surprised look and then she smiles.
“You’re pregnant? Congratulations, I am so happy for you and
John.”
Laura gives Marlena another hug.
“Thanks, Laura.”
Then Laura pulls out of the hug and looks Marlena in the eye.
“What’s the bad news?”
“Well, Belle got sick yesterday while she was at dance class. I had
to pick her up and bring her here. She stopped breathing on the
way here and I had to give her CPR, but when we got here she
stopped breathing again. Mike was able to get her put on life
support. She had to have an appendectomy and I found out this
morning that she has cystic fibrosis.”
“Oh, Marlena, I am so sorry. I hope she gets better. Belle is such a
beautiful, sweet girl.”
“She is my sunshine, Laura. I don’t know what I would do if I lost
her.”
John walks up just then and Marlena and Laura both look up
when they hear him.
“Are you ready to go see our daughter?”
“Yes, come on Brady.”
She picks Brady up.
“I will see you later, friend. Stop by and see me at the penthouse
later, okay?”
“Sure, good luck with Belle and the baby.”
“Thanks.”
Laura walks away towards her office as Marlena grabs John’s
hand and all three of them, Marlena, John, and Brady go to see
Belle.
—————————————————————————
A few minutes later in Belle’s room…
Belle is still unconscious and hooked up to life support. Her vitals
are still good and she is healing up well from her surgery. John,
Marlena and Brady open the door and come in. Brady sees his
sister lying there with tubes in her and wants down.
“Mommy, I want down to see Belle.”
Marlena puts him down.
“Slugger, be careful. Your sister is still recovering, but you can go
over and talk to her if you want. She won’t answer you though.”
Brady walks over to his sister’s bed and looks at her. John and
Marlena hold each other and watch Brady.
“Belle, it’s your big brother, you need to wake up so we can play. I
miss you and I love you.”
Belle responds to her brother’s voice by moving her hand. This
gets Brady all excited.
“Mommy, Daddy. Belle moved her hand!”
John and Marlena look at Brady.
“What did you say, kid?”
“Belle moved her hand.”
They walk over to their daughter. Marlena is the first to say
something to her.
“Belle, it’s Mama. I’m here and I love you, sweetheart.”
Her hand moves again. This makes Marlena happy.
“John, did you see that?”
“Yes, I did. Our baby is coming back to us.”
Marlena hugs John tightly as Brady clings to their legs.
“Besides the baby, this is the best news I have heard all day.”
“That’s a fact.”
Mike peeks in the window of the door and sees a happy family
hugging one another as he opens the door and comes in.
“John, Marlena, Brady.”
They pull apart and look at Mike. Marlena is the first to speak up.
“Mike, Belle moved her hand, twice. She is responding to our
voices, she is coming back to us.”
He smiles.
“That is the best news, Marlena. This is the first kind of
movement we have had from her since she was brought in. She is
a fighter.”
Mike walks over to Belle and checks her vitals.
“This is wonderful. Her pulse is strong and I am listening to her
lungs and the ventilator seems to be clearing out her lungs. There
is no wheezing and she isn’t sweaty anymore. This is definitely a
good sign.”
John speaks up.
“This day has been nothing but good news since we woke up.”
Mike looks at John questioningly waiting for him to answer.
“Doc found out she is pregnant with our second child and now
our daughter is getting better.”
“Congratulations you two on the baby. Belle will get a chance to
be a big sister and she will do great at it.”
“That’s a fact. She has a great role model.”
When he says that he picks up Brady.
“I a role model Daddy?”
“Sure slugger, to your sister. She is going to be a great big sister
to the new baby all because of you.”
“I am so cool.”
They all laugh. Suddenly they hear noises coming from Belle’s bed
and look over and Belle has opened her eyes and is trying to talk.
Mike goes over to her.
“Belle, don’t try to talk right now okay. Your lungs are trying to
heal right now that’s why you have that tube in your mouth.”
She nods her head and then she sees her mom and tries to smile
as her arms go up for a hug. Marlena with tears in her eyes walks
over to her daughter and gives her hug trying to be careful not to
pull out her stitches.
“Oh, sweetie girl it is so wonderful to see your beautiful blue eyes
again. I love you so much.” She kisses her daughter’s cheek.
John walks over beside Marlena and looks at his daughter.
“Hi, Isabella. Are you in any pain right now?”
She shakes her head no and then puts her arms up for a hug from
her daddy.
John leans over and hugs Belle as he puts his face in her neck and
begins to cry against her hair.
“I missed you so much, honey. I love you, you are a little fighter. I
am so proud of you.”
John pulls out of the hug and wipes his tears as Marlena puts her
arms around him. Brady tugs on John’s pantleg.
“It’s my turn, Daddy!”
John looks down and ruffles his son’s hair.
“Go ahead, slugger.”
Brady goes over to his little sister’s bed.
“Hi, Belle thank you for waking up. I love you.”
Belle nods her head as her way of telling Brady that she loves him
too.
“John, Marlena, since Belle is awake, I want to go ahead and run
some more tests on her to see how well her lungs are healing so I
can take her off the ventilator. If you want to get a bite to eat in
the cafeteria, I could call you when I’m done.”
Marlena is the one to answer.
“That sounds fine, Mike. We will see you soon then.”
She walks over to Belle and gives her a kiss.
“I love you, sweetie girl and I will be back in a little while to see
you okay?”
Belle nods and tries to smile.
Then it’s John’s turn.
“Daddy loves you, Isabella.”
He leans over and kisses her cheek and then her hand. Brady
smiles and waves at her as John picks him up. Belle waves back at
her brother with her little hand all covered in tubes. They all head
out the door as Mike prepares to run the tests.
John, Marlena and Brady are all in the cafeteria eating their
lunch waiting for Mike to call them to go back to Belle’s room.
Marlena and John are feeding each other as Brady watches them
and laughs, his food untouched on his tray. John accidentally
dribbles some food on Marlena’s chin and leans over to lick it off.
“Let me get that.”
As John is licking the food off of Marlena’s chin, the closeness
causes them to forget where they are as John’s mouth moves
from her chin to her lips. Marlena’s hand goes up and around
John’s head as she pulls him in closer as they continue to kiss.
Brady just watches them with a huge toothless grin on his face.
Lexie walks up behind Brady and hugs him from behind.
“Are you watching Mommy and Daddy kiss?”
Brady looks up.
“Aunt Lexie!”
He jumps up into Lexie’s arms and gives her a big hug. John and
Marlena are totally oblivious to everything around them, they are
so much in love.
“Have you even touched your lunch, sweetie?”
Brady shakes his head.
“No.”
“Would you like me to help you eat it?”
Brady nods his head.
“Okay.”
Lexie sits Brady down in front of his tray and then she sits down
beside him and grabs his fork.
“What you like to try first? Some chicken?”
Brady just shrugs his shoulders as Lexie picks up some chicken
with his fork.
“Here you go Brady. Open wide.”
Brady opens his mouth and Lexie puts the chicken in it. Then
Brady decides to play around a little bit and won’t give Lexie the
fork back by biting down on it. She keeps pulling on it and
laughing and finally gets it loose through one of the holes in
Brady’s mouth. Brady is laughing so hard that he chokes on the
chicken. This alerts John and Marlena and they stop kissing and
get up to help Lexie with the Heimlich Maneuver. Brady chokes it
up so Marlena gives him his milk to help his throat.
“Here drink this sweetie, it’ll help you feel better.”
He takes it from her.
“Thanks, Mommy.”
Lexie continues to rub Brady’s back as he drinks his milk. Marlena
chimes in.
“Thanks for saving Brady’s life, Lexie.”
Lexie smiles and looks at Marlena.
“It was no trouble, I love this little boy and I love you guys, I don’t
know what I would do if anything happened to him.”
Just then Marlena’s pager beeps. She stops to check it.
“It’s Mike, it appears that he finished the tests on Belle and we
can go see her now.”
John smiles.
“Great, I can’t wait to see our little girl awake and talking. Let’s
go.”
Brady hops down off the bench and grabs Marlena’s hand as she
grabs John’s hand.
“See you later, Lexie.”
“Yes, you too, Marlena, John.”
They all head towards Belle’s room.
—————————————————————————
Meanwhile in Belle’s room…
Belle is sitting up with a smile on her face holding a book and
pointing at the pictures while Mike sits with her and talks about
the pictures. She is off the ventilator and can talk a little bit, she
was given some mild painkillers for her stitches and is happy as
can be considering. John, Marlena and Brady open the door and
walk in. Belle and Mike both look up when they hear them. Belle is
ecstatic to see them.
(Hoarsely)
“Mommy, Daddy, Brady!”
Her arms go up for a hug but she reaches up a little too far and
grabs her stomach where she had her stitches.
(Hoarsely)
“Ow.”
Marlena walks over to her daughter.
“Oh, sweetie girl. You just had surgery, you need to be careful
that you don’t pull your stitches out.”
Then she leans over and puts her arms around Belle’s head and
kisses her curls. John walks over.
“Are you in too much pain to hug your dear old Dad?”
Marlena lets go of Belle’s head and she sits up and grins at her
daddy. Belle shakes her head no.
“No Daddy.”
John leans over and hugs his daughter as she wraps her arms
tightly around him.
“I love you, Daddy.”
“I love you too, Izzy.”
Marlena begins to cry as her hand goes to her mouth.
Brady tugs on her leg.
“Mommy, can I see Belle, too?”
She looks down at her stepson.
“Of course you can.”
Marlena takes Brady over to see his sister.
“John, could Brady say hi real quick?”
John stands up.
“Yeah slugger come here.”
He grabs Brady and props him on his leg.
“Hi, sis, how are you?”
“I’m feeling better, but my tummy is still a little sore.”
Mike motions to Marlena to come over.
“Marlena, I just wanted to let you know that Belle is going to be
okay. I have a list of treatments that she will need to receive as a
result of her cystic fibrosis, I also have a prescription for pain
medication. Other than that she is fine and should be released in
the next couple of days.”
“Mike that is the best news.”
They look over at John, Brady, and Belle who are talking, laughing
and looking at the picture book. Marlena smiles and thinks to
herself.
“I have my little girl back and a baby on the way, things are
definitely looking up.”
She places her hand on her stomach where she and John’s baby is
growing. John looks over at her and they smile at one another,
the look of pure love and happiness in their eyes.
1 week later…
Belle is now home and is feeling better. She is getting her daily
treatments for her cystic fibrosis and her stitches are healing up
nicely. She is almost back to her old self again. Marlena is due to
go to her doctor’s appointment to check on the baby. John is
going to go with her so they decide to leave the kids with
Chelsea. They arrive at the hospital and go inside hand in hand.
They head towards Dr. Bader’s office, and once there Marlena
goes to talk to the receptionist.
“Hi, I’m here to see Dr. Bader.”
“Yes, Dr. Evans. Please have a seat and Dr. Bader will be with you
shortly.”
Marlena smiles.
“Thanks.”
Marlena sits down next to John as he puts his arm around her.
“Nervous?”
Marlena nods.
“Yes, I just want everything to go okay with this pregnancy. I want
a healthy baby.”
“So do I Doc.”
John continues to have his arm around her as she lays her head
on him and smiles.
—————————————————————————
Meanwhile…
Sami brings Will for his appointment for his checkup and as she is
walking by she glances in the door and sees her mom and John.
“I wonder why Mom and John are here to see Dr. Bader? Maybe
she is pregnant again? I am going to go find out.”
Sami opens the door and leads Will in ahead of her as she walks
over to her mom and John.
“Mom, John, what are you two doing here?”
Marlena looks up.
“Sami, hi. I am here for an amnio and a sonogram. What are you
and Will here for?”
“Will has his checkup today.”
Marlena nods. Sami gets a smirk on her face.
“So you and John are having another baby? I am happy for you,
really.”
Marlena gives Sami a surprised look.
“You are?”
“Sure, you and John are happily married now, I can’t think of a
better gift.”
Marlena stands up and gets tears in her eyes as she hugs her
oldest daughter.
“Thanks, Sami, that is so sweet of you.”
John chimes in.
“Yeah, thanks Samantha. I am finally glad to be accepted by you
and your brother.”
“John, you’re family now and besides you are my baby sister’s
father and the father of my soon to be sibling. I couldn’t think of
a better father for them than you.”
John stands up and hugs his stepdaughter.
“You have grown up so much, Samantha. I love you, pumpkin girl.”
Dr. Bader comes out of her office. Marlena sees her.
“Well it looks like it’s time. I love you, Sami and you too Will. See
you later.”
“Good luck in there. I love you both.”
They wave at her as they go into Dr. Bader’s office as she stands
there holding Will, waving back.
John and Marlena are now in Dr. Bader’s office. Marlena lays
down on the cot to get ready for her amnio and sonogram.
“Okay, Marlena lift up your shirt.”
Marlena lifts up her shirt to expose her stomach and then grabs
John’s hand.
“Are you ready?”
Marlena nods.
“Yes, John and I want to see our baby.”
Dr. Bader rubs the gel on her stomach and then makes sure the
monitor is on as she grabs the wand to run over Marlena’s
stomach. She places the wand on her stomach and immediately
you can hear a strong heartbeat. Marlena giggles.
“That’s our baby’s heartbeat, John. Can you believe it?”
“It’s amazing isn’t it that you have another human being inside of
you with a heartbeat that strong.”
“Oh, John. I love you.”
“I love you.”
Dr. Bader speaks up as she points to the monitor.
“Here is the heart, oh my gosh, look at that. I can’t believe it.”
John and Marlena look at her with a shocked, concerned look on
their faces.
“What’s wrong?” Marlena asks.
“I just found another heartbeat.”
John and Marlena in unison.
“What?”
She moves the wand across her stomach.
“There’s one.”
She moves the wand again.
“And there’s the other.”
Marlena’s hand goes up to her mouth.
“Oh, my gosh.” she exclaims ecstaticly.
“Twins?” John says this like it hasn’t sunk in yet.
“Congratulations, you two are going to be the parents of twins.”
Marlena is so excited as she hugs John and laughs while he hugs
her back still shocked.
“Let me finish showing you where everything is on the babies.”
John and Marlena turn their attention back towards the monitor.
“Here is one baby and the heart, the head, one arm, another arm,
nope it’s too soon to tell the sex, but there are the legs, and feet.
The other one is hiding behind it’s brother or sister, I guess
they’re shy, but from what I can tell, this baby looks just as
healthy as it’s sibling.”
Marlena and John are both watching the screen fascinated by
what they see.
Marlena speaks up.
“They are already playing hide and go seek and they aren’t even
born yet,” she giggles.
John comes back with a smart alek comment.
“At least we know they are getting along.”
Marlena elbows him in the stomach.
He rubs the spot where she elbowed him.
“Ow, what was that for?”
“For being a smart alek, now give me a kiss, you goof.”
John happily obliges and they passionately kiss. Dr. Bader
interrupts them by coughing.
“Ahem, are you ready for the amnio, Marlena?”
Marlena stops kissing her husband.
“Oh, yes, let’s get that taken care of.”
Dr. Bader turns off the monitor and wipes off Marlena’s
stomach. She grabs a needle so she can do the amnio.
“I am going to warn you that you are going to feel a little
discomfort, but it will only last a minute.”
Marlena nods and then lays her head back on the pillow while still
holding on to John’s hand. Dr. Bader sticks the needle in her
bellybutton and Marlena feels a little sting.
“Ooh, that stings.”
“That’s normal and I’m finished.”
Marlena looks at her.
“That’s it? Wow.”
“Now Marlena I want you to lie still for a minute and I will let you
know when it’s okay to get up, okay?”
“Okay.”
Marlena lies there for a minute still holding John’s hand. He
kisses her hand and rubs it.
“How are you feeling, Doc?”
“I’m feeling alright so far.”
Dr. Bader comes back over to them.
“Okay, Marlena you can sit up and pull your shirt down, I’m done.”
Marlena sits up and fixes her shirt and then with John’s help
stands up on her feet. Dr. Bader hands her an appoinment card
and a prescription.
“Here is the date of your next appointment and here it the
prescription for your prenatal vitamins. See you in 2 weeks. Oh,
before I forget, I will call you and let you know the results of
your amnio.”
“Thanks Dr. Bader, talk to you in a few days.”
“Your welcome and take care of yourself.”
John and Marlena head out the door of her office and into the
lobby. She waves at the receptionist as they leave the office and
head to the pharmacy to fill her prescription.
John and Marlena arrive home from the hospital and almost as
soon as they walk in the door, two little screaming bodies run
towards them.
“Mommy, Daddy!”
Brady jumps into his dad’s arms and Belle jumps into her mom’s.
Marlena holds Belle extra tight because she so happy to have her
home and well. Belle pulls out of the hug and looks at her mom.
“Mommy, I love you.”
Marlena begins to cry as she gives Belle a sympathetic look.
“I love you too sweet girl, and guess what?”
She looks at her mom.
“What?”
“You are going to be a big sister, your Daddy and I are having
twins.”
Belle gives her mom a confused look.
“Twins?”
“I’m sorry, honey, you don’t know what that means. Mommy has
two babies growing in her tummy instead of one.”
“I am going to be a great big sister to them, too.”
“That’s a fact.”
Marlena turns around to face her husband. John sets Brady down
and grabs Belle from Marlena.
“You are going to be a great big sister. You have Sami, Eric, and
Brady and they’re pretty great, huh?”
Belle nods and smiles.
“Oh!”
That comes out of Marlena’s mouth as they watch Brady pat
Marlena’s stomach and hug it.
“I can’t wait for you to be born so I can play with you.”
Marlena giggles as she picks Brady up.
“They aren’t even born yet and you are already bossing them
around.”
Chelsea comes down the stairs with smile on her face.
“Congratuations on the twins.”
Marlena answers her.
“Thanks, Chelsea.”
“Do you two need me for anything else today?”
John answers this time.
“Nope, go home and relax or whatever you need to do today. Go
and get a break from our monsters.”
Chelsea grabs her things and heads for the door laughing.
“John, the kids aren’t that bad. You have done a great job with
them. See you later.”
“Bye, drive carefully.”
Chelsea nods and closes the door behind her. John puts Belle
down and goes over to his wife.
“Hey, pretty lady, don’t you think you should sit down and relax
for a little bit?”
“Good idea.”
She sets Brady down and he and Belle run off to play. John and
Marlena head over to the couch and sit down. John massages
Marlena’s neck and shoulders. She leans her head back.
“Doc, your neck is stiff. That’s not good.”
“I’m fine John, just a little worn out from the big day we’ve had
today.”
“Okay, I just worry about you because you are carrying our babies
remember?”
“John, I have been pregnant before.”
“I know. I wasn’t there when you were pregnant with Belle and I
want to be there for these babies.”
“John, you’re their father, of course you will be there.”
Marlena turns around to face her husband.
“I love you that you worry about me.”
She kisses him on the mouth as her arms go around his neck. His
hands go up to her face as they continue to explore each other
mouths almost forgetting that four little eyes could be watching
them at anytime.
It’s the day of Belle’s sixth birthday and Marlena, Belle, John,
Carrie, Sami, Eric, Lexie, Hope, Caroline, Shawn, Will, Austin,
Laura, Maggie, Abe, Bo, Shawn-D, Kate, Philip, Alice, Mickey,
Roman, Brady, Lucas and Belle’s friends from her dance class are
all at the the pub for Belle’s birthday party. By this time Marlena’s
pregnancy is apparent, her stomach is swollen with the evidence
she is carrying twins. Her pregnancy is progressing nicely, the
twins are growing and are healthy. Marlena is trying to do
everything to get the party started and of course her friends,
Hope, Lexie, Laura, and Maggie including her daughter Sami are
trying to make her sit down and rest.
“Mom, you need to sit down and let us take care of everything.”
“Sami, this is Belle’s party, I want everything to go well for her,
especially the special surprise that her father has for her.”
“Marlena, we know how much you want this party to go off
without any trouble, and we will make that happen,” Maggie says
frustrated at Marlena for being so stubborn.
Marlena finally gives in and sits down on one of the booths and
begins giving orders.
“No, Laura those balloons go over there, and the banner is going
to hang above the bar. Make sure to put the bows on all of the
chairs and booths.”
Laura chuckles.
“Marlena, we know how you want everything, you wrote it down.
Everything will be fine, okay?”
Marlena just sits there with an exasperated look on her face.
John comes over to her.
“Are you doing okay, Doc?”
“No John, the girls won’t let me help put up decorations at my
own daughter’s party.”
“Good. You don’t need to be doing all that lifting, and climbing
and running. You are carrying twins, you need to rest and take it
easy.”
“Oh, John, not you too. Argghh!!”
Then she puts her head down on the table exasperated. John just
sits there and smiles.
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2 hours later…
Belle’s party is in full swing by this time and she is having the time
of her life. They played games and sang happy birthday and ate
cake. All she had left to do was open her gifts. John has the
biggest gift for her so he is going to save it for last. Caroline
brings the cart of presents over as John makes sure Belle is
situated in her chair at the big table so she can open her gifts.
Marlena sits down next to her in case she needs help opening
gifts. John has the camcorder and is going to cherish every
moment of his daughter’s sixth birthday. Belle looks so pretty in
her party dress with ponytails and ribbons in her hair. Marlena
grabs a gift off of the top of the pile.
“Okay Belle, you can open this one first. It’s from your big sister
Sami.”
Belle grabs the gift from her mom and tears it open. It’s her
favorite book that she had been wanting for a long time. It had
all of the Disney princesses in it. Cinderella, Belle, Sleeping
Beauty, Jasmine, Ariel, and Snow White.
Belle screams. “Ahhh! My favorite Disney princesses book! Thank
you Sami!”
Sami grins at her little sister.
“You’re welcome Belle.”
Marlena hands her another gift.
“This is from your big brother, Eric.”
Belle grabs it from her mom and tears it open. He got her an art
set with markers, crayons, pencils, paper, posters to color and
stickers. They were an assortment of animals, Disney princesses,
and Mickey Mouse and the whole Disney gang.
“An art set, with animals, and Disney princesses and even Mickey
Mouse! Thank you Eric.”
Eric smiles at his little sister.
“You’re welcome, squirt.”
Belle goes through the rest of her gifts until she gets to the gift
from her dad.
“Daddy, did you get me a present?”
John acts like he has no idea what she is talking about.
“Present? Do you think you need a present from dad? My love
isn’t enough?”
Everyone starts laughing when Belle gets this mean look on her
face and crosses her arms across her chest.
“Come on, Daddy.”
“Okay, I can’t fool you, but we have to go outside for this
present.”
This gets Belle all excited.
“I hope it’s a puppy or a kitty.”
John picks his daughter up and carries her outside as everyone
follows them. John covers his daughter’s eyes as they come up to
her pony. Marlena has the camcorder so she can be ready when
Belle sees her new pony.
“Are you ready to see your present?”
“Yes, Daddy.”
John takes his hand off of her eyes and she squints for a minute
and then sees her pony. She jumps out of John’s arms.
“A pony! Thank you, Daddy! I love it!”
She runs over to it and starts petting it and hugging it. John puts
her up on it as Marlena tapes it.
“Daddy, where are we going to keep it?”
“Actually, that is a surprise for your mother.”
Marlena hears John say this and takes the camcorder from her
face.
“John, did you say you had a surprise for me?”
“Yes, I do as a matter of fact. Belle asked me where we are going
to keep her pony.”
“Yes, where are we going to keep it?”
“At our new house.”
Marlena loves this news and hugs her husband and grins.
“Oh, I can’t believe it, we are moving into a new house? This is the
best news.”
Belle loves this idea as well.
“Brady and me and the new babies are going to have a backyard to
play in. I can’t wait to see the new house, Daddy.”
“We are all going to see it tomorrow, how does that sound?”
“Yay!” Belle cheers.
Belle’s party comes to an end and everyone goes home after a big
day. The Blacks turn in early so they can go see the new house in
the morning.
The Blacks all woke up early so they could go and see their new
house. They would be moving into it right before the twins are
due. Belle is so excited to see the new house so she can see her
new bedroom and the barn where she will be keeping her pony.
Brady is excited because of his new room but also hoping there is
a lot of room to play soccer, football, basketball, and baseball
with his dad and friends. Marlena is happy because she has always
wanted a bigger house and is glad to have a backyard and a
nursery for the twins.
John’s jeep pulls into the long, curving driveway of their future
home. Once Marlena’s eyes take in the breathtaking view she
sucks in a big intake of breath.
Marlena is overwhelmed by the sight.
“Oh, my goodness. It’s exquisite, John. I absolutely love it.”
John looks at his wife and smiles.
“I knew you would, honey.”
John looks back at the kids.
“So what do you think, you two?”
Belle and Brady are too busy staring at the massive house to even
answer their dad.
He repeats himself.
“So, kids, what do you think?”
Belle is the first one to snap back to reality.
“I love it, Daddy! I can’t wait to see my room and the barn where
Pony will be staying.”
John smiles at his daughter and pats her arm and then poses his
question at Brady again.
“So what do you think, Slugger?”
Brady looks at his dad, his eyes as big as saucers.
“I like it Daddy, there is plenty of room for my basketball goal, my
soccer nets, and lots of room to play football and baseball. I can’t
wait to see my room.”
John turns back around, Marlena still looking at the massive
house with her hand absentmindedly placed over her expanding
tummy. John allows a couple tears to fall unchecked while
looking at this beautiful woman, the mother of his children. She
seemed to just glow. He gains his composure and then speaks up
to everyone in the Jeep.
“Okay, let’s pile out of the car and go take a tour of the house.”
Brady helps Belle out of her seat and they get out of the car
impatiently waiting for their dad to help their mom out of the car
so they can go see the inside of the house. After everyone has
gotten out they head to the front door and John grabs the key
and unlocks the large oak door revealing a massive foyer with
beautiful hardwood floors. Brady and Belle run inside, their shoes
echoing on the wood as well as their laughter echoing off the
walls.
Marlena enters with John’s help and her hand goes to her mouth
as she inhales a big intake of breath.
“John, this house is enormous, and just absolutely exquisite.”
John grabs his wife’s hand and smiles.
“Just wait until you see the rest of the house.”
Marlena smiles as John takes her to the stairs so they can see the
second floor where the bedrooms are. Belle and Brady are still
running around downstairs, exploring every room and having a
grand time. John and Marlena get up the stairs and he takes her
to the nursery first.
“Here is where the twins are going to sleep.”
Marlena lets go of John’s hand and goes exploring the nursery on
her own. She walks over to the east wall.
“This is where the cribs are going to be. I want to keep them close
to each other after they are born.”
Then she goes over to the west wall.
“This is where my rocker is going to be for when I breastfeed and
rock them at night.”
She walks a few feet.
“This is where the changing table is going to be.”
Then she walks across the room to the closet which is along the
same wall where the cribs will be. She opens the door to reveal a
large walk in closet.
“Yowza, this is a big closet. I think I will use this for storage until
the twins are older.”
Then she walks back over to the west wall.
“I want the dresser here just a few feet from the window and my
rocker.”
Then she heads over to the window, her hand on her expanding
tummy, looking down at the yard.
“I want to put unisex colored curtains on the window since we
don’t know the sex of the twins yet.”
John just stand by the door of the nursery watching his wife
when he hears thundering footsteps running up the stairs.
Belle yells.
“Daddy, mommy, where are you?”
John sticks his head out.
“Right here in the nursery, Izzy.”
“Oh. I am going to go look at my room now.”
John chuckles.
“Do you even know which room is yours honey?”
Belle puts her hands on her hips and looks at her dad.
“Of course, Daddy. Brady and me already know which rooms we
want. He is already in there looking at his room.”
Marlena joins John at the door and wraps her arm around his and
leans her head on his shoulder. Marlena speaks to her daughter.
“You and Brady know which rooms you want, sweetie?”
Belle nods her head yes.
“Brady is in looking at his right now.”
Eventually they finish looking at the bedrooms and they discover
that the master bedroom as well as Belle, Brady’s, and the guest
room all have bathrooms. The master bedroom has a shower and
a whirlpool bath as well as his and hers sinks. The nursery is the
only bedroom without a bathroom. Downstairs there is a half
bathroom off of the massive kitchen. There is also a huge dining
room, den, living room, computer room/office, finished basement,
sun-porch, pool, barn, three car garage, two huge closets, the
front porch wraps around the side of the house and has room
for a porch swing, rocker, and two regular outdoor chairs, the
sun-porch off of the back of the house has window seats for
plants and is screened in.
The house is yellow with white shutters and the barn is red with
white doors and windows. Off the side of the house is a huge
field for playing all kinds of sports and even some room for a
swing set and sandbox for the kids.
After a long day of looking at the house John takes his wife and
kids to dinner as a celebration of the new house and then they all
go home exhausted from the big day.
Right before Marlena falls asleep she looks over at her husband
who is turning off the bedside lamp.
“John, I can’t wait for Sami, Eric, Carrie, and Will to see the new
house. They are going to love it.”
John who is now lying down facing Marlena caresses her face.
“Yes they will, Doc. They are going to be over all the time visiting
and hanging out. It’ll be great.”
Marlena smiles.
“Yes it will.”
And with that she pulled the covers up and closed her eyes. John
looked at Marlena for a minute and then he too pulled the covers
up and went to sleep.
1 week later…
Marlena has just finished with her prenatal appointment to check
on the progress of the twins. She is happy to find out that they
are a boy and a girl.
She only has four months left which means that she is five
months along but looks like she is seven months along because she
is carrying two babies instead of one. She is due in February. She
is on her way home from the hospital. Unbeknown to her, Hope,
Alice, Caroline, Lexie, Sami, Carrie, Belle, Maggie and Laura all
have a surprise baby shower waiting for her at the penthouse.
Caroline is the first to say something.
“Okay, when we hear Marlena unlock the door we have to be very
quiet so she can’t hear us and will be surprised.”
“Okay, Grandma,” Sami says rolling her eyes and smiling.
Carrie gets up to turn off the lights when they hear Marlena
getting off the elevator.
“I hear Mommy! She’s coming!” Belle says in a loud whisper.
“Thanks Belle, now shhh!” Sami scolds her little sister.
Marlena unlocks the door and wonders why the lights are off.
“I wonder why the lights are off?”
She turns them on.
“Surprise!”
Marlena is startled for a minute but then she starts laughing and
hugging everyone. The twins want in on the action too as they
kick Marlena while she is hugging everyone. She puts both hands
on her swollen tummy.
“Hey, I haven’t forgotten about you two. In fact this party is in
your honor.”
Belle comes over to her mom.
“Mommy, can I feel them kick?”
Marlena looks at her daughter.
“Sure, sweetie, give me your hand.”
Belle puts out a chubby little hand and Marlena grabs it and
places it on her swollen tummy. The twins react by kicking Belle’s
hand.
Belle giggles.
“That’s my baby brother or sister in there.”
Marlena smiles.
“Yes it is and he or she is saying hi.”
Belle talks to her mom’s stomach.
“Hi, I can’t wait to meet you.”
Sami comes over to her mom.
“Are they playing soccer, Mom?”
Marlena looks up at her oldest daughter.
“Yeah, they are as excited as I am. They know something exciting
is going on and they want to be a part of it.”
Sami puts her hand on her mom’s stomach next to Belle’s and one
of the twins kicks her.
“Wow, that kid’s strong.”
Marlena smiles in remembrance to when she was pregnant with
Sami and Eric.
“You and Eric were the same way, you kicked me until my insides
were black and blue.”
Sami smiles.
“Really? Will was a kicker too.”
Marlena looks down at Belle.
“So was my baby, Belle. It kind of surprised me that she was such
a strong kicker because she was so tiny, but sure enough she
never let me forget she was there and she even decided to come a
month early.”
By this time Belle has her ear up to Marlena stomach and is
smiling. Sami by now has taken her hand off.
Then they hear Caroline speak up.
“Hey, where are the guests of honor? We have lots of food, cake
and gifts to open so let’s get this party started shall we.”
“We’re coming, Caroline,” Marlena replies.
She grabs Belle’s hand as Sami follows them and joins the others.
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Meanwhile…
John, Brady, Abe, Bo, Roman, Eric, Shawn and Mickey are all at
the baseball game that the girls arranged for them so they could
have the baby shower. Brady is having a grand time eating hot
dogs, the evidence of mustard on his shirt, drinking soda pop, the
evidence was on his pants where he spilled some, and hanging out
with his dad and everyone watching the game. He felt like one of
the guys. So far the Cubs were winning against the Orioles 5-2 and
they couldn’t be happier since the Cubs were their favorite team.
Brady hopes to play for the Cubs someday. He was hoping that he
could catch a fly ball or that his dad would so he could take it
home. Everyone was having a good time.
Several hours later the baby shower has ended and everyone has
gone home. John and Brady are home from the baseball game and
are walking in the door. Marlena is sitting on the couch looking at
all the things that she got for the twins. John and Brady walk in
the door and Marlena looks up and sees them.
“John, Brady, how was the game?”
John smiles at his wife.
“The Cubs won and Brady is a happy guy.”
Brady runs over to his stepmother.
“Mommy, the Cubs won!”
Marlena grins at him and gives him a big hug.
“I know sweetie. I am happy that they won.”
Brady pulls out of the hug and shows his stepmother what he got
at the game.
“I got some stuff at the game, Mommy.”
“Well, let’s see it.” Marlena tells him excitedly.
He got an autographed baseball, a foam finger, and a cup with
the Cubs logo on it.
“Wow, you made out like a bandit today. But, you know what else
you got at the game?”
Brady nods his head.
“No, what Mommy?”
“Dirty, sticky, and sweaty. I think it’s time for a bath, what do you
think?”
“Yeah, I better go take a bath and go to bed so I can tell Belle
about the game tomorrow.”
Marlena nods her head and smiles at Brady.
“She will like that.”
John grabs Brady’s hand to take him upstairs to take a bath.
“Doc, I will go get Brady’s bath ready and then I’ll be back down
and we can talk.”
“Sounds like a plan,” she says to her husband smiling.
John plants a light kiss on Marlena’s lips before he and Brady go
upstairs. Marlena composes herself and then goes back to
admiring the things that she got for the twins from the baby
shower. There are several sets of his and hers onesies, a package
of 4 pacifiers; two for each twin, jumbo size baby wipes, special
nursing pads for when the twins are nursing, some bottles for
when the twins are weaned from nursing, several sets of some
cute little pants and shirts for her son, absolutely adorable
outfits for her daughter, and even some cute little booties for
both of them. Marlena starts talking to the twins growing inside
her.
“You two are spoiled rotten and you aren’t even born yet. I am
going to love you both so much and take such special care of
you. You two are going to love your big sister and brother, they
are going to spoil you as much as your Daddy and I will.”
John comes downstairs and sees and hears Marlena talking to
their unborn twins and a smile spreads across his face.
“So are they answering you back yet?”
Marlena looks up from her swollen stomach and looks at her
husband.
“No, you goof. I am just talking to them so they know that their
Mama loves them and can’t wait for them to get here.”
“I can’t either.” John says as he leans over and kisses Marlena’s
swollen stomach and then places his hand on it.
“Hey, twinners, I love you and I can’t wait for you to get here.
Your Mommy and I are excited for your arrival.”
“Yes we are. Oh and John, I almost forgot to tell you. I found
out that the twins are a boy and a girl. One of each.”
John grins and hugs his wife.
“Doc, I am so happy. We need to start thinking of names for
them.”
Marlena nods her head yes and then pulls out of the hug and
looks at her husband.
“Have I told you lately how much I love you?”
John grabs Marlena’s face with his hands.
“Yes, you told me this morning when we woke up and again before
I left, but I never get tired of hearing it. You know what?”
Marlena continues to look at John with her hazel eyes wide.
“What?”
“I love you too and I am so proud of you that you are carrying
our twins and that you are my wife and the mother of our
daughter and a great stepmother to Brady. I am so lucky to have
you. I love you.”
After he says that his hands pull her head towards his for a
searing, passionate kiss as Marlena’s arms go around his neck to
deepen the kiss. Unbeknown to them, two little eyes are watching
them from the stairs with a big grin on his face. He is standing
there with his towel wrapped around his body and shivering, but
he doesn’t care as he watches his parents kiss. He comes down
the stairs towards his parents but they don’t see him at first until
he is standing right by them and Marlena sees him out of the
corner of her eye and pulls out of the kiss.
“Doc, what’s wrong? Why did you pull away?”
“Look behind you.”
John turns around and sees his son grinning from ear to ear with
his two front teeth coming in.
“Kid, why didn’t you tell me you were done in the tub?”
“Sorry, Daddy, I didn’t want you and Mommy to stop kissing.”
John and Marlena both laugh. John picks his son up to take him
upstairs to go to bed.
“You are a funny guy, Brady. Now tell your Mom goodnight.”
“Goodnight, Mommy.”
Marlena smiles at her stepson.
“Goodnight, Brady. I love you.”
“I love you, too.”
John takes Brady upstairs to put his pj’s on and to put him to
bed. Marlena starts to laugh again as she lays back with her hands
on her swollen stomach waiting for John to come back
downstairs.
John helps Brady put his pj’s on and makes sure that he brushed
his teeth and then tucked him in. After Brady was tucked in, he
went to Belle’s room and checked on her and kissed her forehead
as she slept. He sometimes couldn’t believe how much his little
girl looked like her mother, with her little eyelashes fluttering as
she slept and her hands always scrunched up under her cheek or
by her face. John thought to himself.
“How did I get so lucky? I have two beautiful kids, a beautiful
wife and twins on the way. I couldn’t ask for more.”
After he took one more look at his sleeping daughter he took his
hand and tucked her blond hair behind her ear and then left the
room closing the door quietly behind him. He double checked his
son’s room and then went downstairs to spend some time with his
wife.
Marlena heard John coming down the stairs and sat up to face
him as he came down.
“Are they both asleep?”
John came over to the couch and sat down by Marlena.
“Yes. Brady fell asleep almost as soon as his little head hit the
pillow and Belle… she looked like a little angel, her hands all
scrunched up beside her face, her beautiful eyelashes fluttering
as she dreamed. She reminded me of you.”
Marlena flushed at his comment and then wrapped her arms
around her husband and laid her head on his chest as they lay
back on the couch cuddling, both content in each others arms
lost in their own thoughts.
John and Marlena had gone to bed hours ago, both of them
having had long days. Marlena with the pregnancy and baby
shower and John the baseball game with the guys. Marlena was
sound asleep, her breathing heavy. John, unfortunately, couldn’t
sleep, and he just lay there for hours, tossing and turning, staring
at his beautiful, pregnant wife. He knew what was wrong, why he
couldn’t sleep! He and Marlena hadn’t made love in 3 months,
since the night before she found out she was pregnant, and he
wanted her badly, but at the same time he thought to himself,
“Is it safe? Does Doc even want to make love being pregnant with
twins? Is she too tired all the time to make love?”
John let the questions run through his mind as he lay back
against the pillows with his hands behind his head. He could still
hear Marlena’s heavy breathing next to his ear, smell her
wonderful scent, imagined touching her soft, creamy skin,
imagining her touching him and how she felt against him. He
could never resist her, or deny her, because it always felt amazing
and wonderful when they made love.
“She is so damn beautiful and an awesome lover. I can’t not think
about making love to her whenever I am around her,” he thinks to
himself.
John turns over and looks at Marlena again, lying on her back,
her stomach swollen through her pajama top, her cheek placed
against the pillow with her fingers lying against her cheek and
other hand placed on her growing stomach. He knew how
peaceful she looked, sound asleep but he decided to risk it just
because he knew that deep down she couldn’t resist him. She
never could, hence the plane and the conference table. Those
thoughts brought a smile to his face as grabbed Marlena’s hand
off of her stomach and placed it beside her, then he put his hand
under her pajama top and ran his hands across where the twins
were growing and kept it there for a minute.
“They must be exhausted as well, I don’t feel them moving much,”
he thought to himself.
Marlena didn’t stir. He then continued to move his hand up
towards her swollen breasts as he lightly ran his hand across both
nipples slowly. This causes a slight moan from Marlena but she
doesn’t wake. John then begins massaging one breast and then
the other feeling the bulge in his boxers get bigger and bigger.
Getting totally turned on by this, John pulls Marlena’s pajama top
up to her neck, exposing her growing stomach and swollen breasts
to him as he leans over and runs his mouth across her growing
stomach, first planting a kiss on her belly button where the twins
are and then continuing to run his mouth up her stomach until he
reaches her swollen breasts. He puts his mouth between them and
kisses Marlena there. Marlena begins to stir but John continues
to kiss her breasts and put them in his mouth, running his tongue
around her nipples knowing that she is turned on.
“John?”
John looks up from his pleasurable task and makes eye contact
with his wife.
“Doc. I’m sorry. I couldn’t sleep and I knew it was because you
and I haven’t made love in 3 months, since before you found out
you were pregnant. If you want me to stop, I will.”
Marlena looks at John with passion in her eyes.
“No, John, I don’t want you to stop. I want you to make love to
me.”
“What about the twins? Is it okay to make love?”
“Yes, Dr. Bader said it was okay to make love up until my 7th
month because the twins are growing and are strong and healthy.
So as long as you and I are careful we can make love as much as
we want until my 7th month.”
“Well, let’s make up for lost time then, Mrs. Black.”
John goes back to what he was doing before Marlena woke up.
“Let me help you with that, my love.”
Marlena pulls her pajama top off over her head and throws it on
the floor and then grabs John’s face and begins kissing his mouth
passionately, their tongues colliding. John’s hands find Marlena’s
breasts once more as he massages them, one in each hand,
Marlena moans as she and John are kissing. John then moves
down and kisses her neck and her throat, his hands still working
her breasts which were now hard.
“John, ooh, um, that feels good, um, ooh, how are we going to
make love with me lying down, mmm, ooh.”
John pulls up for a minute and looks into Marlena’s hazel eyes.
“Don’t worry, baby. I’ve got it figured out.”
“You’ve got everything figured out don’t you?”
John nods his head and gets a big grin on his face as he gets up
off the bed and goes over to Marlena’s side of the bed and sits
down, grabs the waist of her pajama pants and underwear and
attempts to pull them off of her. She lifts up and he successfully
pulls them down and off of her and throws them on the floor.
Marlena is lying there in all her naked glory, John relishing in her
beauty.
“What are you waiting for, sailor?”
“Not a thing, beautiful.”
“Well then, get naked and make love to your wife.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
John takes his boxers off and steps out of them and then goes
over to the bed and joins his wife.
“Doc, if you don’t want me to put any pressure on you then I am
going to need you to lie back on the pillows for me.”
Marlena does what John asks and then he gets up on the bed on
his knees, grabs Marlena’s legs as she wraps them around his
waist. He takes the opportunity to put his fingers in her to get
her wet again. Marlena moans her pleasure and closes her eyes to
the ecstasy. She moves her hips against John’s fingers causing her
to scream out.
“John, I need you to make love to me now. I need to feel you
inside me please.”
John positions himself on his knees, grabs Marlena’s hips below
her stomach so as not to disturb the twins and slowly glides
himself in as not to hurt her or the twins. He moves inside her
easily and it’s hard for him to be gentle as he picks his rhythm.
“Harder, John harder.”
John continues to move inside her.
“Oh, Doc, I want to go into you harder and deeper, but I don’t
want to hurt the twins.”
“Well then just go deeper, but do it gently. I need all of you inside
me.”
John pushes himself inside her deeper with the help of his hands
on her hips pushing her body up and down on him gently. Marlena
reaches climax after climax as she spreads her legs for her
husband making it easier for him to go deeper inside her without
being rough. She moans. John is breathing heavily as he bursts
inside her. He gives a pleasureable moan as Marlena screams.
“Oh, John only you can make me scream like that.”
“Then I know I’ve done my job, pretty lady.”
John pulls out and gets up off the bed and goes over and kisses
Marlena full on the mouth.
“I love you so much, Mrs. Black.”
“I know you do, you just showed me how much. Ooh, I love you
too, you sexy, delicious husband of mine.”
Then they kiss again, fully, and passionately, exploring each
other’s mouths with their tongues. They knew full well that they
weren’t going to go back to sleep for the rest of the night and
that’s okay with them.
John and Marlena are lying in each others’ arms as the sun is
barely rising and shining in the bedroom balcony doors. They are
naked with a blanket covering them. They spent the rest of the
night talking and holding each other. Marlena was laying on her
side and John had his arm around her growing stomach as her
arm was over his. The twins barely kicked all night even after
their lovemaking, it didn’t seem to affect them. Marlena looked
up at the clock and saw that it read 5:00. She knew that the kids
wouldn’t be up for at least another hour to get ready for school
and Marlena didn’t have any patients till afternoon and then
would pick up the kids while John would be at the police station
talking to Abe about a project he was thinking about working on.
John speaks into Marlena’s hair.
“We have time for a shower before we have to go get the kids
ready for school.”
Marlena nods.
“Yes, we do. Do you want to take one together?”
“It will save time honey and besides, a quickie in the shower won’t
hurt either.”
Marlena gets a mischievous smile on her lips and then elbows
John. “Ow! What was that for?”
“You’re just impossible, John,” she tells him with a smile playing on
her lips. As she says this she turns her head towards John’s and
grabs his face with one hand and sticks her tongue down his
throat for a searing kiss.
A few minutes later Marlena got up to get the shower ready for
them, she didn’t even bother to put her robe on. She pulled her
hair up on her head with a clip and started the shower as John
came up behind her and caused her to gasp.
“John, you startled me.”
“Sorry, I just checked on the kids and they are still conked out so
we have a little time for you know…”
Marlena turns around and looks at her husband with pure lust in
her eyes.
“Then lets get to it, sailor, before I change my mind.”
John takes his robe off leaving him totally naked as he steps into
the shower and grabs Marlena’s hand and helps her into the
shower behind him. Marlena is immediately under the spray, and
it’s falling on her face, shoulders, and her growing stomach. Her
eyes are closed to the pleasure of the water tingling on her skin
when suddenly she feels John come up behind her and stick his
fingers up inside her causing her to gasp again.
“Oh, John. You know how much that turns me on.”
John continues to thrust his fingers up and down inside her as he
pulls her towards him and whispers in her ear. “I know.”
His other hand goes up to her swollen breasts as he begins to
massage each one with his fingers, knowing and feeling with his
fingers that she is turned on. She is wet and he is erect. Marlena
begins to moan to the pleasure of John’s fingers working their
magic on her.
Marlena licks her lips.
“Um, John, ooh, um, I need you, ooh, inside me now.”
Without any words John grabbed his erect member and thrust it
gently but deep into her causing her to spread her legs and let out
a half scream half gasp. John grabbed her hips underneath her
growing stomach as Marlena grabbed on to each side of the wall
of the shower to get good momentum. John thrust inside her
gently but deeply over and over again. Marlena’s eyes were shut to
the ecstasy as she reached her first climax and then her next, she
pursed her lips together hard so she wouldn’t scream and wake
the children as she reached her next climax. She knew John
wasn’t far from bursting inside her as she felt him burst and moan
as he did so and she almost collapsed to the pleasure. John
caught her before she fell and turned her around to face him.
They locked hazel with blue as they looked into each others souls
and then their faces came together and their lips touched
causing an explosion in their hearts and souls as the kiss went
deeper and more passionate. They knew that their love was like
nothing that they had ever experienced and that they were each
other’s soul mates. They had great, passionate sex and immense,
undying love for each other that would never die.
They finished up their shower, got dressed woke up the kids, fed
them their breakfast and got them off to school. John and
Marlena were alone for just a short time before she had to go to
work and John had to go to the police station to talk to Abe.
Even with her pregnancy Marlena was still able to get around
surprisingly well and do her normal routine as much as she
possibly could since she couldn’t see her feet. She couldn’t
believe how easy of a pregnancy this was, knowing deep down that
this would be her last one. At her advanced age, getting pregnant
again would be too much of a risk. She is glad that she got
pregnant before the wedding, getting it done and over with now
before it was too late to have another child with John.
On her drive to work Marlena kept thinking about she and John’s
quickie in the shower.
“If sex is that good while I’m pregnant, I can’t wait until the twins
are born.”
A smile creeps across Marlena’s lips as she pulls into the hospital
parking lot.
“I bet John is thinking about our encounter in the shower as well.”
Marlena gets out of her car and walks into the hospital.
“Hopefully, I will be able to concentrate on my patients today.”
Then she looks down at her growing stomach.
“And you two better let me work today.”
She places a hand over the twins as she gets on the elevator to go
to work.
Three months have passed and it’s now January 2000. Marlena is 4
weeks away from her due date and The Blacks are all moved into
their new house. Belle’s pony is in the barn and Brady got a kitten.
Belle lost her front teeth, Brady’s front teeth are in, but he lost
two molars. Marlena has been resting a lot more than normal
because the twins are making it hard for her to walk. Her back
and legs get to hurting so she has to go on maternity leave early.
John’s starting a new business Basic Black that deals with fashion
and publishing. It’s in direct competition with Titan. Marlena’s
parents are coming in from Colorado to help Marlena out in her
last weeks of pregnancy and to help take care of Belle and Brady
after the twins are born. Belle runs into the bedroom where
Marlena is resting.
“Momma, when are Grandma and Grandpa getting here?”
Marlena opens her eyes to look at her daughter.
“Hi sweet girl. What did you ask me?”
“When are Grandma and Grandpa getting here?”
“Oh, they should be here in a couple of hours.”
Belle gets excited when Marlena tells her this.
“Goody! I can’t wait to see them!”
She starts skipping around the room, clapping her hands and
chanting “Grandma and Grandpa are coming…” over and over
again. Then she starts to cough and falls on the floor in a fit of
coughing then she can’t breathe. Marlena realizes what’s
happening and gets up and goes to the bathroom to grab Belle’s
machine. It’s hard for her to get down to Belle’s level so she yells
for John.
“John! Belle’s having an attack! Hurry, please!”
She knew he would hear her since he was just right downstairs.
Then we hear John’s thundering, echoing footsteps as he runs up
the stairs. He goes straight for his bedroom where Marlena and
Belle are and sees Belle lying on the floor coughing and struggling
to breathe as Marlena is crying, wanting to do something for her
little girl.
“Oh my God! Hold on Izzy, Daddy’s here.”
He grabs the machine from Marlena then gets down on his knees,
turns the machine on, and grabs Belle’s head and sticks the tube
in her mouth.
The machine does it’s job as Belle begins to breathe on her own
and starts to cry. John takes the tube out of her mouth as Belle
begins to speak.
“Momma, Daddy, I’m so sorry.”
John gives his daughter a confused look.
“Why are you sorry, sweetheart?”
“It’s my fault I got excited about Grandma and Grandpa coming
and I was jumping around and it caused me to have an attack.”
John hugs his daughter and smoothes her hair with his hand.
Marlena is sitting on the edge of she and John’s huge bed, her
face in her hands crying.
John finished soothing his daughter.
“It’s okay Izzy, it happens. Now why don’t you go lie down in your
room while I talk to Mommy, okay?”
Belle nods her head yes then she stands up and heads to her
room. John joins Marlena on the bed and puts his arm around her.
“Everything’s okay now, Doc. Belle’s fine and she went to her
room to lie down.”
“Oh, John I just feel terrible that I can’t take proper care of my
little girl because I’m so big. I’m a horrible mother.”
“You are a wonderful mother. The twins that are growing inside
you are happy and healthy because you have taken good care of
yourself and them and Belle and Brady are happy, healthy kids.”
“It’s my fault that Belle has cystic fibrosis.”
“Why is it your fault, Doc?”
“Belle was born early because I didn’t take care of myself while I
was pregnant with her and she almost died after she was born.
She is paying for it now.”
“Don’t say that. Belle doesn’t blame you for her CS, so you
shouldn’t blame yourself either. She has gotten this far in life
because of the love and the care that you have given her, it’s just
one of those things that happens.”
“I guess you’re right, John. I am just so emotional right now with
the twins almost due.”
“I know, I dealt with this when Isabella was pregnant with Brady.
Every little thing I did or she did would cause her to cry, so
you’re not alone.”
“I wasn’t this emotional with Belle, but with Sami and Eric I
couldn’t stop crying. I just wish they would hurry up and get here.”
Right after Marlena says that one of the twins kicks her as if it
knew she was talking about them. She grabs that spot right under
her rib and rubs it.
“Ooh, not so rough, Mama’s insides don’t come with air bags little
one.”
John looks down where Marlena is rubbing.
“Are they kicking you?”
“Just one right now. I think it’s our son doing the heavy duty
kicking.”
Marlena grabs John’s hand and places it on the spot under her
ribs and the baby kicks again. This causes John to smile.
“That’s my boy, he is going to be a great football and soccer
player, just like his big brother Brady.”
Marlena smirks and rolls her eyes.
A couple of hours later Marlena’s parents Frank and Martha
arrive with gifts for all in tow. Marlena is happy to see her
parents since the last time she saw them was to have them meet
Belle when she was a baby.
Hugs all around. Martha oohs and ahhs to Marlena’s stomach and
brags about how big Belle has gotten and how beautiful she is and
how handsome John and Brady are. Acting like a typical
mother/grandmother. Everyone thanks them for the gifts they
brought. Belle wanted to stay in her grandmother’s arms, even
during dinner and bath time and finally bedtime. John was finally
able to get Belle to bed. He joined the others in the den.
“I finally got Belle to sleep. She is just so excited to have her
grandparents here.”
Martha is the first one to answer.
“Little Belle is an absolute doll. She is beautiful, sweet, and loving.
I am such a proud grandmother. My daughter and you have done
a wonderful job raising her.”
“Thanks, Martha. Marlena and I love that little girl with
everything we have and with the twins coming that love is going
to be spread over four wonderful children.”
Martha starts speaking to her daughter.
“You treat Brady as if he were your own, Mar. You are so loving,
and gentle with him.”
“He is my son, mama. I didn’t give birth to him, but I’m his mama. I
raised him from a baby after his birth mother died of cancer so I
am the only mother he has ever known.”
Martha looks over at John.
“That had to be hard for you, John. Losing Brady’s mom like you
did.”
John nods his head.
“Yes, it was very hard, but I had Marlena and other family and
friends and they made it easier. Marlena saved me and we fell in
love all over again. I thank God for her everyday of my life. Your
daughter is the most beautiful, sweet, caring, loving person I have
ever met in my life.”
Martha grabs her daughter’s hand and smiles at her.
“Yes she is. Her father and I were blessed when God gave us her
and her twin sister, Samantha. Two beautiful girls until Sam’s life
was abruptly taken by a serial killer. Oh, I miss that girl so much.”
“I miss her too, Mama. She was my identical twin, when she died a
part of me did too.”
The conversation between them went on for hours into the night
until they all decided to go to bed and talk some more the next
morning at breakfast.
Two weeks later…
Marlena is at home taking a nap, Belle and Brady are at school,
John is at Basic Black, Frank is watching television in the den, and
Martha went grocery shopping. Marlena hasn’t felt good all
morning so she decided to lie down, but that doesn’t seem to
help. She has had little flutterings in her stomach but no strong
contractions so she doesn’t think she is in labor but doesn’t want
to take any chances. Martha comes home from the grocery store
and then goes upstairs to check on Marlena.
“Marlena honey, how are you feeling?”
“Not good at all, Mama. I think I might be in labor, but I am not
absolutely sure.”
“Why do you say that?” Martha asks her daughter.
“Well, I have been having flutterings all day but no strong
contractions, and my water hasn’t broken yet.”
“Do you think we should go to the hospital?” Martha asks.
“I would feel better if we did, Mama. Let me call John at work
and let him know. You can tell Daddy so we can all go to the
hospital together.”
“Okay.”
Martha leaves to go talk to her husband and Marlena picks up
the phone and calls John.
“Basic Black. John Black speaking.”
“Hi John, it’s me.”
“Doc. Is everything okay?”
“I don’t think so John. I might be in labor so Mama and Daddy are
going to take me to the hospital. I was hoping that you could pick
up Belle and Brady from school and bring him to the hospital, as
well as calling everyone and letting them know what’s going on.”
“Sure, I can do that. I will see you in a little while at the hospital
and hopefully we will be welcoming our babies into the world.”
“I hope so. I love you, John.”
“I love you.”
She hangs up the phone and changes her clothes to go to the
hospital. She grabs her packed bag. Martha and Frank come
upstairs and help Marlena downstairs. Frank helps her with her
coat and Martha helps her with her bag. They head out the door
and to the car and drive to the hospital.
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Meanwhile John is picking up Belle and Brady from school. They
are excited when they find out that they are going to the hospital
to see their new baby brother and sister.
John finally greets everyone else at the hospital when he drops
off Belle and Brady in the waiting room. He goes to find Marlena
and her parents.
Marlena is sitting in a wheelchair waiting for John while her
parents wait with her. John sees his wife with her parents and he
approaches them.
“Hi, sweetheart. I made it.”
Marlena is happy to see John.
“John.”
They hug each other with big smiles on their faces. A nurse
comes up to them.
“It time to get you settled in your room, Dr. Evans.”
“Yes. Let’s go.”
Marlena is all settled in bed, hooked up to a fetal monitor waiting
for Dr. Bader. Martha is feeding her ice chips and talking to her.
Frank went out to join the others. John is a nervous wreck;
pacing and wringing his hands.
“John, honey. Please sit down. You are making me nervous with all
your pacing.”
“Doc. It’s so different this time than when you gave birth to
Belle. I didn’t know she was mine, so I wasn’t nervous. But, now
these babies are mine and I am excited, nervous, and scared all at
the same time. I just want these babies to come out healthy and
for everything to go smoothly.”
“It will, John. Dr. Bader is the best OB/GYN at University and I
have done this before. So we just have to have confidence and
do exactly what Dr. Bader asks.”
“You’re right, Doc. I’m sorry.”
And with that John sits down in the chair beside the bed and
takes Marlena’s hand and kisses it. Martha continues to feed
Marlena ice chips chuckling all the while.
Dr. Bader finally shows up just when Marlena gets hit with a
strong contraction.
“Ow! That came out of nowhere.”
She rubs her stomach and begins her breathing exercises.
“Marlena, your labor is progressing quickly so I am going to start
you on an epidural.”
“Okay.”
Right after Dr. Bader administers the epidural Marlena’s water
breaks.
“Uh oh,” Marlena says as her hand goes up to her mouth.
“It’s okay Marlena. Everything is going smoothly. The twins are
coming fast.”
Marlena is hit with another contraction but she doesn’t feel it.
“Your contractions are 2 minutes apart so what I am going to
have you do is after your next contraction I am going to see how
dilated you are and then we will see how close you are to
delivering.”
Marlena nods as her mother continues to feed her ice chips.
John just holds her hand.
Dr. Bader speaks up.
“Okay, Marlena after this contraction you will be fully dilated so
when the contraction after that happens it will be time for you to
push.”
Marlena is hit with another contraction but again she doesn’t feel
it.
“On the next contraction it will be time to go to work. It will be
time to deliver the twins,” Dr. Bader tells Marlena.
Dr. Bader finishes getting ready as John and Marlena are looking
at each other and nuzzling and then kissing. Marlena is hit with
another contraction as Dr. Bader gives instructions.
“Okay Marlena I need you to sit up and grab your knees for me.”
Marlena does as she is told.
“Now give me a nice big push.”
Marlena gives it all she’s got.
“Uhhhnnh…”
John is rubbing her back and her mother is encouraging her.
Dr. Bader speaks up.
“You can rest for a minute. You are doing great, Marlena.”
Marlena lays back on the pillows all sweaty and short of breath.
Martha wipes her forehead and face and John takes her hand
and kisses it. Then it’s time for her to go again. She sits up and
grabs her knees.
“Give me a nice big push, Marlena.”
Marlena once again gives it all she’s got.
“Uhhhnnh…”
John rubs her back as her mother encourages her.
“You can stop for a minute Marlena. I see a head, so the first
baby should be here on the next push.”
Marlena lays back on the pillows; happy but tired. Martha wipes
her forehead and face once again as John mouths “I love you” to
her and kisses her hand.
Once again it’s time to go again so Marlena sits up and grabs her
knees and gives one more great big push.
“UNNNHHH!…”
Then suddenly the air is pierced with the shrill cry of a baby.
“Wahhh!”
“It’s a girl!”
Marlena sits back exhausted but totally happy.
“Is-she-okay?” Marlena asks between pants.
“She is little but healthy and has a set of lungs on her.”
John gets tears in his eyes as he listens to his newborn daughter’s
cry. It’s the most beautiful sound in the world right now to him.
Dr. Bader takes her over to get cleaned and weighed and the
nurse takes the baby as Dr. Bader gets ready for Marlena to begin
to deliver the other twin.
“We’re almost there, Marlena. One more to go. This baby should
come fast since the first baby is out. It will be easier to deliver.”
Marlena is relieved to hear this.
Dr. Bader lets Marlena rest for a few more minutes and then it’s
time to go to work. Marlena sits up and grabs her knees.
“Give me a nice, big push.”
Marlena pushes with all her might with her mother and John
encouraging her.
“Unnnhhh…”
“You can stop for a minute. I already see the head so one more
push and he’ll be here.”
Marlena lays back and Martha wipes her forehead and face as
John moves hair out of her eyes while holding her hand.
“Okay Marlena. This is it now.”
She sits up and grabs her knees and pushes so hard her knuckles
turn white.”
“Unnnhhh…”
Suddenly the air is pierced with another shrill baby cry.
“Wahhh!”
“It’s a boy!”
Marlena lays back totally exhausted after giving birth to two
babies.
“Is-he-okay?” She asks Dr. Bader once again between pants.
“Yes. He is a little bigger than his sister but he checks out. He’s a
handsome fella.”
John is ecstatic and he wants to share it with Marlena but she
has fallen asleep. He talks to her anyway.
“Doc, I am so proud of you. You gave birth to our two beautiful
babies, you worked hard and still manage to look beautiful. I love
you.”
He kisses her on the cheek and this wakes her up.
“Huh? Oh.”
Marlena realizes where she is and is anxious to see her babies.
Martha lets John and Marlena know that she is going out to tell
the others about the babies and leaves.
Dr. Bader and one of her nurses brings the babies over.
“Guess who wants to see their Mommy and Daddy?”
The nurse hands Marlena her daughter and hands John his son.
Marlena falls in love with her baby girl.
“Oh, you are so beautiful, baby girl. I love you so much.”
John pretends that his son is heavy and makes a face.
“I’m just kidding big guy. You are so beautiful, kid. Your big
brothers and big sisters are going to love you.”
John and Marlena continue to coddle and coo the babies until
Marlena decides to take a nap. John makes his way to the waiting
room as everyone is patting him on the back and congratulating
him. He just smiles knowing this is one of the happiest days of his
Life.
After John finished talking to everyone in the waiting room he
decided to join Marlena back in her room. When he got back in
the room, Marlena was still asleep. Her hands were laying on top
of her chest and her cheek was against her pillow as her blonde
hair was laying across her other cheek.
While he was looking at her his eyes drifted down to her now flat
stomach, as he almost forgot that she was no longer pregnant. He
got used to the twins growing inside her. He walked over to her
and moved her hair away from her face and behind her ear with
his hand and then planted a light kiss on her cheek. This caused
Marlena to stir and wake up.
“Huh?”
“Welcome back, sleepy head.”
Marlena looks at John with a confused look on her face until she
realizes where she’s at.
“John?”
“Yes Doc. It’s me.”
“Hi handsome. You know how much I love you?” Marlena tells
John while looking into his eyes with a big smile on her face.
“Yes I do. But I love you more, sweetheart and I am so proud of
you for working hard to bring our beautiful babies into the world.
You did a wonderful job.”
“Thank you.”
Marlena grabs John face and plants a kiss on his mouth. As the
kiss continues, it gets deeper and more passionate as Marlena’s
hands find their way around John’s neck and his hands go up to
Marlena’s face.
Dr. Bader walks in and sees John leaning over Marlena’s bed and
realizes that they’re kissing. She interrupts them.
“Ahem.”
John shoots up and gets embarrassed when he realizes that Dr.
Bader walked in on them kissing. Marlena just has a smirk on her
face as she flips her hair and fixes her gown.
“Six weeks, you two.”
Marlena is the one to answer.
“I know Dr. Bader, but it isn’t a crime to kiss my husband is it?”
“No, absolutely not. Just be careful, Marlena, because you have
to give your body a chance to heal and also you don’t want to risk
getting pregnant again so soon after giving birth.”
Marlena gives John a “you better behave” look and then answers
Dr. Bader.
“Don’t worry. I will be careful and I don’t plan on getting
pregnant again. I am going to be getting a tubal ligation after I
heal.”
“I am glad to hear that you are going to be careful. Now would
you two like to see the twins? I think that it’s okay if you want to
try to nurse them, Marlena.”
“Yes absolutely. It will give me a chance to bond with my babies.”
A nurse brings in the twins, one in each arm and hands the boy to
Marlena and the girl to John. Marlena gets a love filled look on
her face when she holds her baby son.
“Hi there sweet boy. You are so handsome, just like your Daddy.
This is the first chance that I’ve gotten to hold you since you’ve
been born. I love you so much. You remind me so much of your
big brother D.J. He was so small when he was born but so
handsome. He is no longer with us. You and him would have
gotten along so great. But you have got two other big brothers
who are going to love you. I think you are going to look just like
your big brother Eric more than anything.”
Marlena kisses his forehead.
“Are you ready to eat, sweet boy?”
He gurgles his reply.
Marlena pulls down one of the shoulders of her gown as she helps
her baby son find her milk for him to eat. He clamps on and
begins sucking away as Marlena watches him lovingly.
John is holding his baby daughter talking to her.
“Hi there sweetheart. You are just as beautiful as your mother,
you know that? Your big brothers and sisters are going to love
you. I already do. This is the first chance that I’ve gotten to hold
you since you’ve been born. I need to think of a name for you. I
can’t call you baby girl for the rest of your life.”
She just gurgles at her daddy.
John looks at her for a long time without saying anything,
thinking.
“I have the perfect name for you. You are beautiful and sweet
just like your mother. How about I call you Marlee?”
Marlee gurgles again and sticks her tongue out.
John smiles down at her.
“Marlee it is, then.”
Marlena finishes nursing their son and now it’s Marlee’s turn to
be nursed. John grabs their son as Marlena grabs Marlee from
John.
As Marlena is getting Marlee ready to nurse he gets her attention.
“Doc?”
Marlena stops what she is doing for a minute and looks up at her
husband.
“Yeah?”
“I picked out a perfect name for our little girl.”
Marlena gets a surprised look on her face.
“Oh? You did? What is it?”
“Marlee. After you and your mother.”
Marlena looks down at her baby daughter.
“Marlee. I like it. It fits. Marlee Alise Black.”
John looks at Marlena.
“Marlee Alise? After Alice?”
Marlena grabs John’s free hand.
“Yes, Alise after our dear friend Alice.”
John smiles.
“I like it.”
As Marlena is nursing Marlee she decides to tell John that she
thought of a name for their son.
“John?”
John stops admiring his son for a minute and looks down at his
wife.
“Yeah?”
“I have thought of the perfect name for our son.”
John smiles.
“What is it?”
Marlena smiles back.
“Jonathan after you, his Daddy.”
John gets a faraway look in his eyes for a minute.
“Jonathan. I like it. It fits. Jonathan Evan Black.”
Marlena gives John a questioning look.
“Evan?”
“Yes. After your family.”
Marlena smiles and looks down at her daughter who is still
nursing and then looks back up and John and Jonathan.
“I like it.”
John repiles, “So it’s settled then. The twins names are Marlee
Alise and Jonathan Evan.”
Marlena nods.
“It’s settled. Wait until we tell the kids and everyone else, they are
going to be so happy and excited.”
“That’s a fact.”
Marlee finishes nursing so John puts she and Jonathan in their
bassinets so he can take them out to meet everyone and to tell
them their names.
The nurse brings Marlena some food so John can take the twins
out to meet everyone.
“After I show everyone the twins, I can bring the other kids in
here to see you. How does that sound?”
Marlena answers John in between chews.
“That sounds wonderful, John. I can’t wait to see the kids. I miss
Belle and Brady already. I miss Sami, Eric and Carrie too even
though they’re not small anymore.”
As John is getting the twins ready to take out to the waiting
room he tells Marlena something that meant so much.
“We have some wonderful, beautiful kids don’t we, honey?”
Marlena stopped what she was doing and looked up at her
husband with tears in her eyes.
“Yes we do.”
John gives her a soft kiss on her lips and then takes the twins out
to meet everyone.
Marlena watches him leave as the tears begin to fall down her
cheeks.
“God, thank you for blessing me so much for such a wonderful
man and father of my children. I love him so much.”
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Meanwhile…
John pushes the big bassinet with both twins in it towards the
waiting room. The nurse decided it was better to put them
together for the time being since they were together inside the
womb. They were being so cute lying together. Marlee had her
thumb in her mouth and the other hand laying on her brothers’
hand and Jonathan had his other hand balled in a fist against his
cheek. They were both sound asleep after being fed and changed.
The hospital had them dressed up so cute. They had Marlee in a
little pink jumper that said “Thank heaven for baby girls” and she
was wearing a pink hat. Jonathan was wearing a blue jumper that
said “Thank heaven for baby boys” and he was wearing a blue hat.
They both had white booties on to keep their tiny feet warm.
John finally gets to the waiting room and Belle is the first one to
see them.
“Daddy!”
She runs over to him and tries to jump in his arms but Brady sees
her and stops her as do Sami and Eric.
Sami scolds her little sister.
“Belle, your Daddy has the twins so he can’t hold you right this
minute, okay?”
Belle sticks her thumb in her mouth and looks down at her feet.
“Sorry.”
Eric comes over and picks up his little sister and hangs him over
his shoulder.
“It’s okay squirt.”
He starts tickling her and Belle laughs.
John takes the twins over to where everyone else is as Sami, Eric,
Brady and Belle follow him.
John speaks up.
“Guess who I brought to meet everyone?”
Everybody turns around to look at John and then they see the
twins and start ooohing and ahhing over them.
Eric puts Belle down and she goes over to the bassinet and looks
in at her baby brother and sister. After she looks at them for a
few minutes she says the cutest thing.
“So these are why Mommy had to come to the hospital, the
doctor had to open up her tummy and take them out.”
Everyone laughs.
Brady gets superior.
“What’s so funny? Mommy had them taken out of her tummy
didn’t she?”
John picks up his son and hugs him.
“Yes she did slugger, but the doctor didn’t open up her tummy. I
will tell you about it when you are older okay?”
Brady looks at his dad and nods.
Belle just stands there with her hands on her hips a sign of
obvious jealousy.
“I don’t believe this.”
John looks down at his daughter.
“You don’t believe what, Izzy?”
“I don’t believe that we were all excited about my baby brother
and sister and now that they are here, I don’t want them.”
Then she runs off crying before anyone can reply.
Martha goes after her.
John feels terrible and tells anyone who was listening.
“I didn’t think Belle would be this jealous of them. I thought she
would want to hold them and talk to them.”
He goes and sits down in one of the chairs and leans back. He
runs his hands through his hair and rubs his neck.
Carrie comes over to him.
“John.”
He looks up.
“Carrie.”
She sits down beside her former father and puts her hand on his
shoulder.
“Just give Belle time. She isn’t the baby anymore and isn’t going to
be getting the attention that she was getting before. She just has
to get used to having the twins around and realize that she is just
as loved as she always was.”
John hugs her.
“Thanks Carrie. Hopefully her grandmother can talk to her and
help her understand.”
Carrie nods her agreement.
“Yeah.”
Marlena was still in her hospital room finishing up her food and
watching television. She was waiting for John to get back so he
could bring the twins back in and so she could see everyone
before they went home for the night.
(knock,knock)
“May I come in?”
Marlena looked towards the door where the voice was coming
from and smiled.
“Sure come on in.”
It was one of the nurses bringing Marlena a copy of the twins’
birth certificates so she could see them.
“I thought you would like to see the twins’ birth certificates.” the
nurse tells Marlena as she comes over to her bed.
“Sure.”
The nurse hands Marlena the birth certificates, smiling.
Marlena takes them and sees Marlee’s first.
This is what she saw:
Name:Marlee Alise Black
Sex:Female
Date of Birth:Feburary 5th, 2000
Time of Birth:4:05 pm
Weight:5 lbs. 1 oz.
Length:18 in. long
Place:Salem University Hospital Salem, USA
Born to:John and Marlena Black
Right next to the info there was the sweetest, cutest picture of
Marlee. They had her wearing the little jumper that said “Thank
heaven for baby girls” and she had her hands balled into fists by
each side of her face and her face was scrunched up like she was
getting ready to laugh. Marlena couldn’t help but smile as a stray
tear fell down her cheek.
She looked at Jonathan’s birth certificate as well. His was almost
exactly the same except for a couple of differences.
Name:Jonathan Evan Black
Sex:Male
Date of Birth:February 5th, 2000
Time of Birth:4:10 pm
Weight:5 1/2 lbs. 1 1/2 oz.
Length:19 in. long
Place:Salem University Hospital, Salem USA
Born to:John and Marlena Black
Right next to his info was another sweet, adorable picture.
Jonathan was wearing the jumper that says “Thank heaven for
baby boys” and he has his arms in the air and his hands scrunched
into fists like he is trying to fly. He has his mouth open to show a
handsome smile. Again, Marlena can’t keep the tears at bay
looking at her baby son.
She wipes her tears and hands the certificates back to the nurse.
“Thank you nurse for showing me those. They are wonderful.”
“Would you like me to keep them here so your husband can look
at them when he comes back in?”
“Yes. That would be wonderful.”
The nurse smiles at Marlena as she lays the certificates on the
table and takes Marlena’s food tray.
“I will see you later, okay? Oh, congratulations on your beautiful
babies, Dr. Evans.”
“Thanks nurse.” Marlena says smiling.
The nurse closes the door behind her leaving Marlena alone once
again. Marlena picks up the certificates again and looks at them.
“My babies are so beautiful. I am so happy and blessed.”
She looks up at the ceiling towards heaven as she holds the
certificates against her chest.
“Thank you, God.”
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Meanwhile out in the waiting room…
John is sitting down with the bassinet in front of him as he picks
up each twin and lets everyone admire them. John decides to wait
to tell everyone their names until they see Marlena and let her tell
them. Martha is still off taking care of Belle, trying to calm her
down and to not be jealous of the twins.
The twins now have pink and blue pacifiers in their mouths and
are just as happy as can be, recieving the attention that kings and
queens would recieve.
Sami, Eric, and Brady absolutely love their baby sister and
brother. Carrie, although not biologically related to them loves
them too. Will keeps kissing their heads, saying how happy he is to
have a new aunt and uncle younger than him. He isn’t the baby
anymore and he couldn’t be happier.
Hope, Bo, Mickey, Maggie, Laura, Alice, Roman, Caroline,
Shawn, and Frank take turns holding them and admiring them.
Frank is so proud to be a grandfather again.
This goes on for a while until Martha brings Belle back, carrying
her in her arms. Belle still has tears smeared on her face and is
hiccuping from crying so much. Martha convinces her to look in
on her baby sister and brother. She does and then goes and sits
on her daddy’s lap and leans her head against his chest. She wraps
her arms around him as he lays his cheek on her head.
“Daddy, will I be able to see Momma soon?”
John wraps his arms around his daughters small frame.
“Yes, Izzy soon. We want to give everyone a chance to see the
twins before we all go in to see Mommy, okay?”
Belle nods her head against John’s chest and manages to crack a
small smile.
Carrie glances over and is glad to see that Belle is doing better.
John brings the twins back to Marlena’s room as everyone follows
him. He decides to let all the kids; Sami, Eric, Belle, Brady, Carrie
and Will go in first to see Marlena and then everyone else will
come in.
Marlena is watching television as John comes in with the twins.
“Are you up for some visitors?”
Marlena looks up startled and then sees John and her babies and
smiles.
“Hi, John. How are our two beautiful babies?”
He brings them over to her as he hands her Marlee; Jonathan
begins to fuss.
Marlena looks down at her son.
“Oh, what’s wrong sweet boy?”as she places her hand on his
stomach.
John grabs Jonathan’s pacifier and puts it back in his mouth as
Jonathan begins sucking away.
“He just lost his pacifier.”
“I think they are hungry and tired John.”
“Yeah, I think it’s time for a feed and change and then a trip back
to the nursery for you two.”
Marlena pulls the shoulder of her gown down to feed Marlee.
She takes out Marlee’s pacifier and helps her find her milk to eat.
Marlee latches on and begins eating away. Marlena looks down at
her daughter with love filled eyes as tears begin to form in them.
“You are so beautiful and perfect. I love you so much baby girl.”
Marlee looks up at her mom and continues eating. John is
watching them with a smile on his face; happy and proud.
Eventually, Marlena finishes nursing the twins and the nurse
comes in and takes them back to the nursery but not before
Marlena and John both kiss them a million times.
John lets the kids in and almost immediately Belle runs to her
mom and jumps up onto the bed.
“I missed you Mommy.”
Marlena looks at her daughter lovingly.
“I missed you too sweet girl.”
Marlena squeezes Belle really tight as Belle wraps her arms around
Marlena’s neck.
“I love you Mommy.”
“I love you too Belle.”
Marlena tries to let Belle go but she won’t take her arms from
around her neck.
“Belle sweetie, what’s the matter? You saw me this morning before
school.”
Belle lets go and looks at her mom seriously.
“I know but when I left this morning you still had the twins inside
your tummy and I was still your baby. Now the twins are here and
I’m not the baby anymore. You won’t love me or spend as much
time with me anymore.”
Marlena looks up at her husband as John gives her a look that
tells her that their daughter has terrible jealousy.
Marlena looks back down at her daughter.
“Belle, I will always love you. As for spending time with you; yes
for a little while; when the twins are small I will be spending more
time with them but I will always try to find the time to be with
you. Your Daddy and I both. You are our little girl and we will
always be here for you, okay?”
“Okay, Momma.”
Belle and Marlena hug again and Belle then jumps down off the
bed and goes to John who picks her up.
All the kids have their turn to congratulate Marlena and give
their love, hugs and kisses. When it’s Will’s turn he acts suddenly
shy. Sami is holding him as he has his thumb in his mouth.
“Are you going to say something to Grandma?” Sami asks her son.
Will nods his head yes.
Sami puts Will down on the bed next to Marlena. Marlena gives
her grandson a big smile and then grabs him and gives him a
gigantic hug. Will hugs her back.
“What do you think of your aunt and uncle, sweetie?”
Will pulls out of the hug and looks at Marlena.
“I like them, but they are so little. When can I play with them?”
“Well, when they get a little bigger you can play with them. You
can come over to the house and play with them and Belle and
Brady too. How does that sound?”
“Good.” Will replies with a big grin on his face.
Marlena grabs him and hugs him again.
John and Marlena decide to tell the kids the twins’ names.
John puts Belle down and goes over to Marlena and grabs her
hand and kisses it.
Marlena looks up at John, smiling.
John is the first to talk.
“We wanted all the kids to be together when we reveal the twins’
names. We will tell the others later when we see them.”
Marlena then speaks up.
“We also wanted to tell you together since we thought of the
names together.”
John and Marlena look at each other again. The kids just stand
and wait for them to tell.
“We named our daughter Marlee Alise after me and your grandma
and after Alice,” Marlena replies.
“Yes, and we named our son Jonathan Evan after me and your
mom’s family.” John tells them.
“So what do you think?” Marlena asks.
They all agree that the names are beautiful and perfect for them
and how Alice is going to be so flattered and honored that their
daughter is named after her.
Finally the visit is over and the others come in. Congratulations
and hugs all around. John and Marlena reveal the names of the
twins and Alice begins to cry as does Martha and Frank. They are
just so honored to have the twins named after them. Mickey has
to get Alice some tissue and John gets his mother and
father-in-law some tissues. Frank was trying to hide the fact that
he was crying but was failing at it. Marlena shows them the birth
certificates as more hugs and congratulations are exchanged as
well as many “Ah’s” and “how cute’s.”
Eventually every one went home after the long day for some much
needed rest. John decides to stay at the hospital with Marlena.
Frank and Martha take Belle and Brady home and promise to be
back in the morning.
John and Marlena fell asleep in each other’s arms dreaming about
their beautiful babies.
1 week later…
Marlena and the twins are home from the hospital and settling
into home life well. Belle has still got some jealousy towards her
new siblings. Brady can’t get enough of them.
Marlena is enjoying her time off taking care of her new babies
with her mother’s help. Marlena is happy to be a mother again.
John spoils the twins rotten, buying them toys all the time.
Sami, Eric, and Carrie have been over to see the twins a couple
of times already and are happy to have someone to spoil and
spend time with.
Marlena is in the nursery feeding and changing the twins. Belle
comes in; sulking and watching her mom with the twins.
Belle thinks to herself. “Momma loves the babies more than she
loves me. I hate them and I wish they were never born. I never see
Momma anymore and when I do she just smiles and pats me on the
head. I want Momma back.”
Marlena looks up from what she is doing and sees her daughter in
the doorway with her arms crossed and a frown on her face.
“Belle, what’s wrong sweetie?”
Belle just glares at her mom and doesn’t answer her.
“Belle, are you going to answer me or just stand there acting all
mad?”
Belle stops sulking and answers her mom.
“I am mad. I hate the babies, Momma.”
Marlena gives Belle a shocked look and gasps. “Isabella Black!
What a terrible thing to say about your brother and sister! I think
you need to go to your room for awhile and think about your
attitude and I will be in later to talk to you, understand?”
Belle looks down and her feet.
“Yes, Momma,” as the tears begin to fall down her cheeks.
“Okay.” Marlena tells her daughter.
Belle runs off to her room and closes the door.
Marlena looks at Belle’s closed door for a minute with a frown on
her face. “What is becoming of my little girl? She is not that
sweet, funny, loving girl that we all remember. I just can’t believe
how jealous she is of the twins. I hope I don’t have to take her to
see someone,” Marlena thinks to herself.
“Doc, are you up there?”
Marlena is interrupted from her thoughts when she hears her
husbands voice. “Yes John. I am in the nursery.”
Marlena finishes up changing the twins as John comes upstairs
and puts his arms around his wife.
“How’s my pretty lady today? I missed you this morning before I
left for work.”
Marlena manages to smile through her frustration with Belle.
“I missed you too, John.”
She turns around and looks at her husband. They kiss for a
minute, they missed each other all day. They pull out of the kiss
and them Marlena speaks up.
“We need to talk. It’s about Belle.”
“Oh my God. Is her cystic fibrosis acting up?”
Marlena nods. “No. It has to do with this terrible jealousy she has
for the twins. She never comes in to see them and she tells me
she hates them. She is always giving me the meanest looks. She is
mad at me about having the twins John. I just know it.”
John embraces his wife and caresses her hair.
“Honey, I will have a long talk with her and maybe you could
suggest somebody that she can talk to.”
Marlena nods against her husband.
“I was just thinking the same thing. This isn’t good. Belle has
always been this sweet, loving, happy girl but ever since the twins
were born, she isn’t the same little girl. I miss that little girl.”
John pulls Marlena out of the hug.
“Where is Belle right now?”
“I sent her to her room and told her to think about her attitude.
She wasn’t happy that I did that, but I didn’t know what else to
do at the moment. Her behavior was completely unnecessary.”
“What was she doing?”
“Well, I was finishing up nursing and changing the twins and Belle
was standing at the door glaring at me, sulking. She wouldn’t
answer me right away so I asked her again what she wanted. She
finally answered me but it wasn’t the answer I wanted to hear.”
“You’re right, Doc. Her behavior was absolutely unnecessary. Let
her stay in her room a little longer and then we will go in a while
and talk to her together.”
“Good idea, and tomorrow I will call some of my colleagues at the
hospital and see who they recommend to talk to her.”
“That’s sounds like a good idea, honey.”
Marlena checks on the twins one more time and they are both
sleeping soundly so she and John leave the room quietly and close
the door behind them.
Martha is downstairs fixing dinner, Brady is watching television
with Frank in the den. John and Marlena have a few minutes to
themselves so they decide to go to their room and spend a little
time together before the twins wake up and dinner is ready.
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Meanwhile…
Belle is laying on her bed crying talking to herself:
“Everybody hates me. All everyone does is hang out with the
twins. Dumb babies. I wish they were never born, I hate them and
I hate Momma, Daddy and Brady. I am going to stay in my room
forever and not go back to school. I hate school and my teacher
too. I don’t even want to see my friends. I am so mad.”
Belle curls up on her bed and continues crying.
John and Marlena are lying on their bed in their room holding
each other and talking; trying to figure out what to do about
Belle. The twins are still sleeping, Frank and Brady are still in the
den, Martha is still in the kitchen cooking dinner. John and
Marlena are enjoying spending time together since they hardly
ever see each other since the twins’ birth.
“John, I love our little girl so much and hate to see her like this. I
don’t understand why she is so angry and jealous of the twins. Did
I do something wrong?”
John kisses Marlena’s forehead.
“Doc, you haven’t done anything wrong. This is normal for the
baby to be jealous when a new addition comes along.”
Marlena sits up and looks up at her husband.
“I know that because I have worked with other families who have
had problems with their child adjusting to a new addition, but
Carrie wasn’t the least bit jealous of Sami and Eric and Brady
wasn’t the least bit jealous of Belle. I just don’t understand it.”
John smiles remembering when Brady first met Belle.
“Brady always wanted a baby brother or sister and when Belle
came along he was so happy. She was like his baby; someone to
play with. Carrie was raised on a ship and didn’t have any
interaction with other kids. Right?”
Marlena nods.
“Yes. She only had Anna. When Sami and Eric came along Carrie
couldn’t have been happier. She loved being a big sister and she
didn’t have just one to spend time with but two.”
Marlena smiles.
John reaches over and pulls Marlena to him and gives her a big
hug.
“You are a great mother, Doc. Don’t ever doubt that.”
“Thanks honey.”
They pull out of the hug and look at each other.
“Let’s go talk to our daughter,” John tells Marlena.
“Okay.”
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Meanwhile…
Belle is still lying on her bed but she is laying on her side listening
to her radio. The song playing is the one that her mom used to
play for her when she was little.
“House on Pooh Corner”.
She still has tears in her eyes listening to the song remembering
when it was just her, her mom, her dad and Brady.
(knock, knock)
Belle doesn’t hear the knocking at first because she is listening to
the song.
Marlena cracks the door open a little.
“Belle it’s Mama and Daddy, may we come in?”
Belle sits up and wipes her eyes and nose with her sleeves and
nods. She turns the music down and hugs her knees to her chest.
Marlena and John hand in hand, walk over to Belle’s bed and sit
down on the edge.
“Belle, sweetie, you know that your Daddy and I love you very
much right?”
Belle nods yes.
“You are our little girl, and you always will be,” John tells his
daughter.
Belle wipes the fresh tears that have fallen with her sleeve again.
“If I am still your little girl, then why did you have the twins?”
Belle asks her parents.
John and Marlena look at each other for a minute then Marlena
answers her daughter.
“We had the twins because we love each other and wanted more
children to show everyone how happy and in love we are. The
twins just made the love we have for each other and you, Brady,
Sami, Eric and Carrie stronger. “
“Were you and Daddy happy and did you love each other when I
was born?” Belle asks her mom.
John answers this time after he and Marlena give each other a
look that says “uh oh”.
“When you were born, things between your Mommy and I were
complicated. We loved each other very much but we couldn’t be
together like we are together now because Mommy was still with
Sami and Eric’s daddy.”
“So you did love each other when I was born?” Belle asks her
parents.
Marlena looks at her daughter lovingly and reaches out her arms
hoping for a hug from her. Belle hesitates for a minute then
climbs into her Mom’s arms.
“Absolutely, sweetie girl. Your Daddy and I have loved each other
for a long time and no matter who comes and goes in our lives, we
will always love you. You are living proof of the love that your
Daddy and I share.”
“Just like the twins?” Belle asks her mom.
“Yes, just like the twins. Just because the twins are here doesn’t
mean we love you any less. We love as much as we always did.”
Belle pulls out of her mom’s embrace and crawls over to her dad
for a hug from him.
“I love you and Momma so much, Daddy, and I thought that you
didn’t love me anymore because you and Momma spend so much
time with them and I never see you. I thought you loved them
more.”
“Never, Belle. Never. We love all of our children equally,” John
tells his daughter and gives her a big hug and kiss on her cheek.
“Belle, if you ever feel like we are spending enough time with you
or you aren’t feeling loved please let your Daddy or me know and
we will definitely take care of it. We never want you to think that
you aren’t loved… because you are.”
“Okay, Momma.”
“Now let’s all go see Grandma and see how dinner is coming
along,” John tells his wife and daughter as they head downstairs
to the kitchen.
John, Marlena, and Belle are in the kitchen with Martha. Martha
has been trying to get Brady and Frank out of the den so they can
all sit down to dinner. Martha has a baby monitor in the kitchen
so they can hear if the twins cry.
Belle sits down in her chair and puts her napkin in her lap.
Marlena pushes Belle’s chair in for her.
“Are you settled in sweetie?”
Belle looks up at her mom.
“Yes, Momma.”
Marlena smiles at her daughter and kisses her forehead as she
heads to her seat to sit down in her chair.
Brady and Frank come thundering in from the den, chattering
away about the show they were just watching on TV.
“It’s about time you two got in here, I have been calling you for
the last 20 minutes.”
“Sorry, Grandma. Grandpa and I wanted to finish the movie we
were watching.”
“Okay, but don’t let it happen again.” Martha looks at Brady and
then at Frank.
“Yes, ma’am.” (in unison)
They both get settled in their chairs as Martha finishes placing
the food on the table and sits down herself. Frank says grace to
bless the food and then they all dig in.
About 15 minutes into the meal one of the twins starts crying so
Marlena has to excuse herself from the table to check on them.
“I will be right back,” Marlena tells everyone.
When Marlena gets upstairs into the nursery she realizes that it’s
Marlee who is fussy. She takes her out of her crib to check to
see if she has a wet or soiled diaper but her diaper is fine so she
sits down in the rocker to see if Marlee is hungry. As soon as
Marlena helps Marlee find her breast to begin feeding, she clamps
on and begins sucking away.
“So that’s what was wrong, you were just hungry. You eat so
much, sweetie. I might run out of milk between you and your
brother eating so much,” Marlena tells her baby daughter jokingly.
Marlee just looks up at her mom with her big, beautiful eyes. It’s
still hard to tell who’s eye color she will have since she is only a
week old so right now her eyes are dark blue, almost black still.
Her hair is so light and fine as well.
Marlee’s eyes begin to flutter and close; a sign that she is done
feeding and ready to go back to sleep so Marlena unlatches
Marlee from her breast, fixes her bra, pulls her shirt down and
then stands up and takes Marlee back to her crib and lays her on
her back. She barely stirs as she continues to sleep.
Marlena looks in on Jonathan who is awake but content. He’s
babbling away, discovering his fingers and toes for the first time
with a huge grin on his face.
“What are those, Jonathan? Huh? Aren’t they neat, honey?”
Marlena whispers to her baby son as she rubs his tummy and
smiles at him. Marlena decides to give him his pacifier so he will
have something to keep him content so she can go finish her
dinner and then come and check on him again later.
“I will see you later, big boy. Mama loves you.” She caresses his
head for a minute and then heads back downstairs to finish
dinner.
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Meanwhile in the kitchen…
Frank and Brady are talking to each other while they are eating,
forgetting that there are other people at the table.
Belle and John are talking to each other. Belle is laughing at her
dad and almost spits food out all over the table.
“Daddy, stop making me laugh, I am trying to eat,” Belle
reprimands her dad.
“Sorry, Izzy. I just love seeing your beautiful smile and sweet
laugh. It’s been too long, you know. Look at that missing tooth of
yours. My little jack o lantern daughter.”
“Daddy, stop it!” Belle tells her father between bites of food and
giggles. Martha is just observing with a smile on her face as she
eats. Marlena finally comes back downstairs and sees what’s going
on and can’t help but smile as she starts to tear up. She heads to
her chair and sits down as she continues to smile; a stray tear
runs down her cheek unchecked. Belle notices and stops what
she is doing. “Momma are you okay?”
Marlena looks at her daughter with tears in her eyes; smiling.
“Yes, Belle. I am just fine. I am happy to see everyone happy and
getting along so well. I have a great family.” She hugs Belle and
kisses her curls on the side of her head.
Belle smiles as John touches Marlena’s hand with his and smiles at
his wife, never wanting this to end.
Marlena and John are in the nursery getting the twins ready for
bed after their baths. They discovered that both the twins love
water. Martha is cleaning up the kitchen after dessert; putting
the dishes in the dishwasher; etc. Frank and Brady are helping
Belle feed her horse and clean up her stall. Once they are done
Brady has to feed his kitten and he and Belle both have to take a
bath and go to bed for school the next morning. It’s still pretty
cold outside, it being the middle to the end of February.
Meanwhile in the nursery…
Marlena is nursing Jonathan while John is putting Marlee’s
pajamas on her after changing her diaper. She is next to be
nursed. Jonathan is already in his pajamas with a clean diaper.
“You are a hungry little boy aren’t you, sweetie?” Marlena asks her
baby son.
Jonathan just looks up at his mom with his big, beautiful eyes as
he continues to eat.
“Is that boy still eating, Doc?” John asks.
Marlena looks over at John who is holding Marlee on his shoulder
and rocking her while she is sucking her fist.
“Yes, I have never seen one little boy eat so much at this age.”
John just smiles at his wife as he continues to rock Marlee.
“You are such a good girl, Marlee. I love you so much,” John tells
his baby daughter as he kisses her cheek ever so lightly.
Jonathan finally finishes nursing and then it’s Marlee’s turn.
Marlena hands Jonathan to John as he hands Marlee to her mom.
John puts Jonathan on his shoulder to burp him as Marlee begins
to eat.
They eventually get the twins laid down in their cribs after they
are done getting them ready for bed.
After John and Marlena have the twins asleep Belle comes
running out of her room after having taken her bath.
“Momma, Daddy are you going to tuck me in?”
John picks Belle up and smiles at her. “Of course, Izzy but your
Mommy is going to be the one to give you your treatments tonight
so I can make sure Brady gets to bed.”
“Okay, Daddy.”
They all go to Belle’s room. A typical room for a 6 year old. It has
a lavender canopy bed with matching comforter and bed skirt.
She has pictures of Disney Princesses on her walls as well as
pictures of her and the family together. A huge handmade cloth
name banner that says “Belle” hangs by the bed. She has pictures
of her and her horse on her dresser. Her stuffed animals sit on
the window seat as well as her big chair by the window. She has a
little CD/radio/cassette player on her nightstand by her bed that
has a clock. Her curtains and carpet match her bed. Her
bathroom is over by her closet and his has all of her treatments
for her cystic fibrosis.
Marlena pulls her covers down and John lays her down and
covers her up.
“I want Mr. Bear, Momma. Could you bring him to me?”
“Sure, sweetie.”
Marlena goes over to Belle’s chair and grabs Mr. Bear and takes
him to Belle.
“Thank you, Momma.”
“Your welcome, baby.”
John kisses Belle goodnight as Marlena goes to the bathroom to
grab all the things she will need for Belle’s treatments.
John peeks his head in to the bathroom.
“I will see you later, sweetheart. I love you.”
Marlena looks up at her husband and smiles. “Yeah, see you later.
I love you, too. It will be so nice to hold each other tonight.”
“That’s a fact.”
Marlena finishes what she is doing and comes over and kisses her
husband. “Tell Brady goodnight and that I love him. Give him a
big kiss for me too.”
“Will do.” John says as he closes the door behind him. Marlena
goes over to Belle’s bed and sets everything down on the bed.
Belle sits up, getting ready.
“Here is the basin to spit in when I smack your back to loosen the
mucus in your lungs, make sure you spit into it okay?”
Belle nods as she grabs the basin and leans over it. Marlena stands
over Belle and pulls up her pajama top and begins smacking Belle’s
back with the palm of her hand over and over. It works and Belle
coughs and spits like she is supposed to until she gets all the
mucus off her lungs.
“Are you okay, Belle?”
“Yes, Momma.”
“Okay now it’s time to do your breathing machine and your inhaler
and then you will be done.”
Belle nods.
They finish her treatments and Marlena tucks her in. Belle picks
out the book she wants read to her and after her story Marlena
turns the light out. Belle likes if her mom stays with her until she
falls asleep so Marlena lays next to her daughter. The radio is on
low so Belle will have something to listen to help her go to sleep.
The song happens to be one of Marlena’s favorites and as it plays
she looks at Belle and begins to reminisce about Belle from when
she was first born till now.
Child of Mine*
Although you see the world
Different than me
Sometimes I can touch upon
The wonders that you see
And all the new colors and pictures you’ve designed
Oh, yes, sweet darling,
So glad you are a child of mine
Child of mine, child of mine
Oh, yes, sweet darling
So glad you are a child of mine
You don’t need direction
You know which way to go
And I don’t want to hold you back
I just want to watch you grow
You’re the one who taught me
You don’t have to look behind
Oh, yes, sweet darling,
So glad you are a child of mine
Nobody’s gonna kill your dreams
Or tell you how to live your life
They’ll always be people to make it hard for awhile
But you’ll turn their head when they see you smile
The times you were born in
May not have been the best
But you can make the times to come
Better than the rest
I know you will be honest
If you can’t always be kind
Oh, yes, sweet darling,
So glad you are a child of mine
After the song ends the tears roll down Marlena’s face as she
caresses her daughter’s hair and looks at her lovingly.
“You are my special girl, Belle. Don’t ever forget that. I love you
so much and am so proud of you. I know that God gave me you
because nobody could love you or take care of you better than
me or your daddy. I am so blessed and happy to have such a
beautiful little girl,” Marlena whispers to Belle but by this time
Belle was sound asleep. Deep down Marlena knows Belle heard
every word she said.
Marlena kisses Belle’s cheek and gets up and leaves Belle’s room
quietly closing the door behind her. She runs into John in the
hallway and they smile at each other as Marlena hugs her husband.
John hugs her back. “To what do I owe this display of affection,
honey?” John asks his wife.
“I just love you so much and thank you so much for our beautiful
little girl that we made out of our love,” Marlena explains to her
husband.
“Well, I love you too and you never have to thank me. I am the
one who should be thanking you. You have made me the happiest
man on the face of the planet Doc. You are a wonderful,
beautiful wife who has given me three beautiful children as well
as loving me for who I am. I couldn’t ask for more.”
Marlena looks up at John with her hazel eyes full of love.
“Me neither.”
Then they close in on a passionate kiss as John picks Marlena up
and carries her to their room.
3 months later…
It is now June and the kids are out of school. The twins are 4
months old and are developing their own personalities.
Marlee has dark hair like her dad and dark blue eyes. She looks
just like her dad. Jonathan has blond hair and hazel eyes. He
looks just like his mom. They are absolutely beautiful and growing
wonderfully.
It’s close to Brady’s birthday and he is turning 8.
Brady is on the little league baseball team and practices in the
yard. Belle is still in dance and loves it. She also enjoys skating and
swimming.
Marlena has decided to go back to work and have her breast milk
extracted with a breast pump so she doesn’t have to be home to
nurse the twins. She is happy to finally be back at work. Martha
takes care of the twins during the day. Once Frank and Martha
go back to Colorado they are going to get Chelsea back. They are
waiting until the twins are at least a year old.
Everyone is fascinated by the twins and how fast they have
grown. They are already able to hold their heads up for a short
time. They are discovering the world around them and becoming
their own person.
Belle has now warmed up to her little brother and sister now and
loves spending time with them. She loves being a big sister.
All the kids are playing in the pool and having a grand time.
Marlena has the twins in their carriers so they can see what’s
going on while she watches the kids. John is still at work. Frank
and Martha are outside watching the kids as well and keeping
Marlena and the twins company.
“Marlena, I am so proud of you,” Martha tells her daughter.
Marlena looks over at her mom.
“Proud of me? Why?”
“Because you have made such a good life for yourself. You are
married to a wonderful man, have 6 beautiful, wonderful kids, a
great career, a beautiful home and family and friends who love
you. If Sam could just see you now.”
Marlena smiles at her mom.
“Yeah she would love her nieces and nephews and would spoil
them rotten. I love my life. I couldn’t ask for more. I have been
truly blessed, Mama.”
“Yes you have,” Frank tells his daughter.
Marlena looks over at her dad.
“Thanks Daddy.”
“Your welcome, sugar.”
Suddenly they hear a loud scream coming from the pool and they
all turn and look towards the scream.
Turns out Brady is jumping off the diving board and trying to land
on the girls, pretending to be Superman.
Marlena quickly gets up and goes over to her stepson.
“Brady Victor Black! What have I told you about doing that?! You
could hurt someone very badly. If I find you doing it again, you
will have to get out of the pool for the rest of the day.
Understand?!”
Brady has a sad look on his face as he looks at his stepmother.
“Yes, Mommy, I’m sorry.”
Marlena softens her expression.
“Okay. I love you.”
Brady grins back at his stepmother.
“I love you too, Mommy.”
Marlena smiles back at him as she heads back over to her parents
and the twins.
Martha is the first one to speak up.
“Is everything okay?”
“Yeah, Brady was jumping off the board and trying to jump on the
girls. Nobody was hurt, thankfully.”
“Thank God,” Martha sighs.
Frank grins.
“Typical little boy.”
Marlena and Martha look up at Frank with an expression of
daggers; saying don’t egg him on.
He just keeps a smirk on his face and puts his head down.
They hear John’s SUV pulling up the drive and heading into the
garage. Belle and Brady notice and get out of the pool to see
their dad. Marlena is happy to see her husband.
“Daddy! You’re home! We missed you!”
John is glad to see his kids.
“Hey! I missed you too!” John tells the kids.
Belle jumps into her dad’s arms as Brady grabs onto his free arm.
They head towards the pool where everyone is.
Marlena gets up to greet her husband.
“Hi, John.”
“Hi, Doc.”
The kids get down and get back in the pool as John and Marlena
embrace give each other a yummy kiss almost forgetting about
Martha and Frank sitting there.
One of the twins giggles and breaks them from their reverie.
“The twins are happy to see their daddy, John,” Marlena tells her
husband.
“I’m happy to see them too,” he says as he goes over to them and
greets them. They both laugh and squirm in their excitement over
seeing their dad. John plays with them for a little while as
Marlena, Martha and Frank watch.
Sami is bringing Will over so he can play with Belle and Brady in
the pool.
John finishes up with the twins and then comes back over to his
wife and puts his arm around her and whispers in her ear.
“I got a surprise for you later tonight, pretty lady.”
Marlena gets a mischievous look in her eye knowing exactly what
John has planned for the two of them.
She whispers back.
“I can’t wait.”
They both laugh and hug and Martha and Frank just stand their
with confused looks on their faces.
Later that night…
After the kids are tucked into bed and Martha and Frank are in
bed John and Marlena decide to have a private celebration of
their own.
While Marlena was getting the kids ready for bed with Martha’s
help John got the bedroom ready for their special evening. He
wanted to surprise Marlena.
John and Marlena are standing in front of their bedroom door
and John has a blindfold over Marlena’s eyes.
“John, what are you doing?”
“You’ll find out all in good time, pretty lady. Just let me work my
magic.”
“Oh, John. You are so full of surprises. How did I get such a
wonderful husband?”
“You got a wonderful husband because you are a wonderful wife.
Are you ready?”
Marlena nods with a smile on her face anticipating what’s coming.
John opens the door and he has the bedroom decorated for a
night of romance. There are rose petals on the bed, the lights are
dimmed enough to illuminate the room, he has a bottle of cider
chilling in the ice bucket with a bowl of strawberries and whipped
cream beside it, he has the CD player set to play a romantic song;
their song, when it’s time and even has the hot tub ready for later.
John takes the blindfold off and Marlena gasps.
“John, it’s wonderful. How did you have enough time to do this?”
“I have my ways, sweetheart.”
He puts his arms around his wife. Marlena leans her head against
John’s chest and smiles with tears in her eyes.
“I love you so much John. I fall in love with you more and more
every day. It’s been so long since we’ve been alone together. I
can’t wait to spend time alone with you. I can’t wait to make love
to you all night sailor.”
John turns Marlena around to face him.
“I am going to make love to you like I have never made love to you
before. I am going to satisfy your every need and desire, Doc.”
Marlena looks at John with her eyes full of love as they bring
their faces together for a awesome, searing kiss. Their arms wrap
around each other as the kiss continues and gets deeper and
more passionate. Marlena’s hands slide down John’s back as she
reaches for the waist of his jeans and grabs his shirt and pulls it
from out of his jeans as her hands slide underneath and up his
bare back pulling his shirt up in the process leaving him with
goosebumps. He allows her to pull his shirt off his head as she
tosses it to the floor. John’s hands begin unbuttoning the
buttons on Marlena’s dress. As John does this Marlena begins
kissing John’s neck and caresses his back and shoulders. John
reacts by grabbing Marlena’s arms and pulls her dress off her arms
causing her to gasp. Her dress falls to the floor leaving her clad
in her slip.
“You are so beautiful, Doc. I am just amazed at how beautiful you
are. It’s almost hard to believe that you had twins only 3 months
ago. You amaze me.”
Marlena steps out of her dress and kicks it away.
“You think it was easy to lose the baby weight? Hardly. Especially
since I am nursing the twins, it makes me so hungry. The twins are
still getting nutrients from me even though they are no longer
growing inside me.”
“You are a great mother, Doc. You make sure all the children are
happy and healthy while still taking care of yourself. That is why I
love you so much.”
Marlena looks into John’s deep blue eyes with so much love.
“I love you, too, John.”
“I want to toast to us; to our love, and being alone together.”
John tells his wife as he walks over to where the cider is chilling
and grabs two champagne glasses. He hands one to Marlena and
sets the other down in front of him. He grabs the cider out of
the bucket.
“I got cider instead of champagne since you are still nursing.”
“You think of everything don’t you.”
“That’s a fact, pretty lady.”
He pours the cider in the glasses and he picks his glass up.
Marlena does so as well.
“Here’s to us and our love. To many more years of you and I being
together, in love and happy.” John replies.
“I’ll drink to that,” Marlena says and then she and John clink their
glasses and drink.
“I got more surprises in store for you, Doc.”
Marlena looks at John and raises her eyebrows with the “Oh” look.
He heads over to the CD player and pushes play. Their song that
played at their wedding bursts from the speakers. “Unchained
Melody.”
Marlena smiles remembering the song as John walks back over to
her and picks her up and takes her over to the bed and lays her
down. The song continues to play as John goes over and grabs
the strawberries and whipped cream and brings it over to the bed.
He sets them on the nightstand.
“I know how much you love these.”
Marlena sits up against the pillows as John prepares to feed her a
strawberry with a mountain of whipped cream on it.
Marlena looks at the strawberry.
“Mmmm.”
She lets John feed it to her getting whipped cream all over her
mouth.
Marlena giggles with her mouth full of strawberry.
“Let me get that. ” John tells his wife.
Hazel and blue lock for an instant before their mouths touch.
John licks the whipped cream off Marlena’s lips as it gets
passionate. The kiss gets deeper and they explore each other’s
mouths with their tongues, not missing a bit of whipped cream.
Marlena leans back against the pillows as she and John continue
to kiss. John is leaning over her as they kiss. Her hands explore
John’s chest and abs as she runs them up and down and moans
against his mouth. Her hands move down to the waist of his jeans
as she undoes his belt and then his button and zipper. Once she
gets his jeans undone her hands go down inside his boxers and she
grabs his manhood. She fondles his penis with her hands knowing
she is having an affect on him.
They stop kissing and look into each others eyes full of lust.
Neither one of them need to say a word as Marlena’s hands
continue working on him. John grabs Marlena’s hands from out
of his pants and places them above her head. John gets up and
takes off his jeans and boxers in one fell swoop leaving him
completely naked. He steps out of them and joins his wife on the
bed. He sits down next to her and grabs the straps on her slip and
pulls them off her shoulders and then down her body as she lifts
up so he can pull it completely off of her. After he gets it off
her he puts her arms above her head again and then grabs a
strawberry with whipped cream and begins to run the strawberry
along her stomach and between her breasts and then he eats part
of the strawberry and then feeds the rest to Marlena. He
proceeds to lick the whipped cream off and as he does Marlena’s
body begins to tingle from the sensation of John’s tongue on her
body. She lets him lick her all over as she closes her eyes to the
pleasure. Her arms are still above her head so she is completely at
John’s mercy. She is letting him have his way with her even
though she made the first move. She feels John’s mouth and
tongue against her mound so she spreads her legs allowing him
access as his mouth and tongue move all over her lips and nub.
“Oh, John that feels so good,” Marlena whispers to her husband.
“Then I’m doing my job,” he says as he continues to run his mouth
up and down Marlena’s body. Marlena moves her arms from above
her head and then grabs John’s face.
“Make love to me the way you do, sailor.”
“Your wish is my command, pretty lady. But, we better be safe
than sorry tonight as he gets up from the bed and goes over to
the nightstand, opens the drawer and pulls out a condom.
“Good idea, John. Always thinking.”
“That’s a fact.”
John opens the condom and then Marlena grabs it from him.
John looks at his wife surprised.
“Let me put it on you,” she whispers to him.
John stands in front of Marlena as she takes the condom and
rolls it down his already erect member. This act arouses them
even more. Having Marlena’s hands on his penis just makes him
feel so good.
Once it’s on John joins Marlena on the bed as she spreads her
legs for him giving him a seductive look letting him know she’s
ready for him. John gives Marlena a sexy look back as he leans in
for a passionate kiss. The kiss gets deeper as Marlena’s legs wrap
around John’s waist. John takes one hand and guides himself
inside her. Marlena lets out a moan as John glides deeper inside
her. Her legs continue to be wrapped around his waist but she
does spread them a little wider so he can go all the way inside her.
“Look at me, Doc.”
Marlena looks into John’s eyes as he continues to thrust into her
which heightens their pleasure. The moans escape Marlena’s
mouth over and over again which prompts John to put one hand
over her mouth to keep from waking anyone.
They feel each other reaching their peak as they both burst at
the same time. John collapses on top of Marlena his face buried
in her neck. She continues to keep her legs wrapped around his
waist as he pulls out and their breathing slows. John removes the
condom, throws it away and then grabs the sheet and pulls it over
their sweaty, flushed bodies basking in the afterglow. He lies
beside Marlena and looks into her eyes and caresses her cheek.
“I love you so much, Doc and what we just shared proves it. We
can never get enough of each other. We are so passionate.”
“I love you too John. You are the greatest lover I have ever had. I
never want to be with anyone else but you. You are my husband,
my lover and the father of my children. You are a wonderful man,
inside and out. I never want to lose you.”
“You never have to worry about that. I will be with you for the
rest of your life. That’s a fact.”
They kiss on the lips and continue to hold one another. A little
later they get in the hot tub together to relax and clean
themselves off. They hold each other and talk and then they go
to sleep in each others arms.
The next morning…
John and Marlena are awakened with a jolt from the sounds the
twins are making on the baby monitor that is on the nightstand by
the bed. It’s 8:00.
Marlena groans. “It’s the twins. I need to go check on them and
see if they need to be fed and changed.”
“Would you like me to help you, honey?” John asks his wife.
Marlena is holding the sheet over her bare chest as she looks
over at her husband and smiles.
“No, I think I can handle it, but if you want you can make sure
Belle and Brady are okay.”
“Will do.”
They kiss and then get up and get dressed. The twins are still
making all kinds of noise on the monitor.
“Coming sweeties, momma’s coming.” Marlena says under her
breath.
They are both finally dressed as Marlena heads to the nursery and
John checks on Belle and Brady.
As soon as the twins see her, they get all excited and they reach
their arms up trying to grab their mom. They are laughing and
babbling the entire time.
Marlena changes them and feeds them both. After that they are
both as happy as larks and calm down considerably.
John comes into the nursery and sees Marlena playing with the
twins.
“Doc.”
Marlena looks over at her husband and smiles.
“Yeah?” she asks.
“Belle and Brady are still asleep. Your parents are in the kitchen
having breakfast. They told me that we are welcome to join them
anytime.”
“All righty. Just let me finish up with the twins and you and I can
go down together.”
“Sounds like a plan.”
John helps Marlena put the twins in their carriers to take them
downstairs so they can join everyone at breakfast. The twins are
happy to see their daddy as well. They are the happiest babies
you’ll ever meet.
Eventually the two sleepyheads Belle and Brady join their parents,
grandparents, and siblings in the kitchen for breakfast.
“What are we having?” a groggy Belle asks, rubbing her eyes and
yawning.
Marlena sees her daughter and smiles.
“Belle, sweetie, come here for a minute.”
Belle walks over to her mom and Marlena wraps Belle in a huge
hug. Belle hugs her mom back.
“Oooh, I just love you, sweet girl.” Marlena tells her daughter
lovingly.
“I love you too, Momma.”
Belle and Marlena pull out of the hug and she goes and sits down
next to Brady who is already stuffing his face full of food.
“Hey, kid, slow down. You don’t want to choke.” John admonishes
his son.
Brady just nods and continues eating.
“Momma, daddy, I have a question to ask you.” Belle tells her
parents in between chews.
John and Marlena look up from their plates at the same time and
look at their daughter questioningly.
“What is it sweetie?” Marlena asks.
“I got up in the middle of the night last night because I had a
nightmare and I was going to see if I could sleep in your bed but
when I got to your door it was locked and it sounded like you
were having a fight and that daddy was hurting you, momma.”
John and Marlena look at each other with guilty looks on their
faces and drop their forks.
Martha and Frank both smirk and look down at their plates,
trying not to laugh.
“Belle, would you please excuse us for a minute?” Marlena asks
her daughter.
Belle nods.
Marlena grabs John’s arm as they head to the den to talk. As
soon as they reach the den, Marlena sits down on the couch and
puts her face in her hands.
“Oh my God. Our daughter heard us having sex. I can’t believe it.”
“I never thought it would happen, Doc. She is only 61/2 years old
and very smart for her age. What are we supposed to tell her?”
John sits down next to his wife.
“We will be honest but descreet with her and from now on we
have to be extremely careful when we are intimate.”
“That’s a fact.”
John puts his arm around Marlena and holds her for a minute.
They eventually gather their composure and go back into the
kitchen for breakfast.
“Mommy are you and daddy okay?” Brady asks, concerned.
“Yes, we are fine, Brady.” Marlena tells her stepson.
Brady smiles and continues to eat.
“So was daddy hurting you last night, momma?” Belle asks again.
Marlena looks at Belle.
“No, you’re daddy didn’t hurt me, sweetie. We will talk more about
it later. Now please finish your breakfast.”
Belle nods and continues eating.
John squeezes Marlena’s hand under the table to reassure her.
Frank and Martha are quiet the entire time because they know
what Belle heard and would confront their daughter and
son-in-law later about it.
Everyone finishes eating as Martha and Marlena clear the table
and load the dishwasher. Martha chooses this time to talk to her
daughter about what happened.
“Marlena?”
“Yes, mama?”
“I’m sorry Belle overheard you and John being intimate.”
“So am I. We didn’t think anything of it because Belle sleeps so
soundly. John and I are going to talk to her about it later.”
“Good.”
“Mama, I am so embarassed and ashamed that my daughter
overheard her father and I being intimate. It makes me think of
another time when Sami saw John and I on the conference table.
I never thought I would live that down. What is wrong with me?”
Marlena begins to cry.
Martha comes over and hugs her daughter.
“There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. You and your sister
almost overheard your father and I on more than one occassion.
It’s not something you want to remember or relive.”
“I think I remember Sam mentioning something to me about that
when we were young. I didn’t give it a second thought after she
told me though. But, now that I am married and enjoy a physical
relationship with my husband, I completely understand.”
Then they both laugh realizing that it happens to everyone and is
no big deal.
They finish up in the kitchen and then John and Marlena take
Belle up to her room so they can talk. Martha, Frank, and Brady
watch the twins for them.
Belle sits down on her bed and crosses her legs.
“Momma, daddy, am I in trouble?” Belle asks.
“No sweetie, you’re not in trouble, your daddy and I just want to
talk to you about what you heard last night.”
“Okay.”
John and Marlena explain to their daughter that married people
share their love in physical ways and that when it happens nobody
is being hurt. Belle seems to understand what they are telling her
and she doesn’t push it any further. There was no harm done and
she seems to forget it even happened several hours later. John
and Marlena realize that everything is okay and that there is
nothing to worry about. They just have to be careful from here
on out.
“I almost forget how smart our little girl is, Doc. Sometimes it’s
hard to believe she is only going on 7. She is so preccocious.”
“Yes, we lucked out there didn’t we? God gave us a smart,
beautiful gift in Belle.”
“That’s a fact.”
They kiss, then they wrap their arm around each other as they
follow behind their daughter down the stairs to join everyone else.
It’s is now July and the twins are 5 months old. The family had a
great 4th of July. The twins were scared of the fireworks so the
kids had to take their fireworks elsewhere to shoot them off
when the time came. They had a cookout and everything, they
had a lot of fun.
John and Marlena celebrated their 1st anniversary while her
parents, Sami, Carrie, Belle, and Brady watched the twins. John
took Marlena out to dinner at the Penthouse Grille where they
were married. They had a wonderful dinner and danced. Then
John took Marlena to Salem Hill; the makeout place for
teenagers and they watched the stars and kissed and cuddled.
John took Marlena to Salem Inn and they spent some time in the
hot tub together as well having strawberries and whipped cream
in bed. They just enjoyed each other.
The way they made love that night was like no other. John was
gentle, put passionate. There was something about him that night
that made making love different than all the other nights. He did
everything right. He felt so good, so right.
Marlena made sure she took the proper precautions as not to get
pregnant again.
Marlena woke up to the morning light shining in through the
balcony windows. Marlena could see the water from the hot tub
reflecting in the window from the sun. She turned over and
realized that John was not next to her and she panicked. She sat
up with a start and began calling for her husband.
“John! John! Where are you!?”
She pulls the covers off of herself and grabs her robe. She gets
out of bed to search for John.
“John, honey?!”
She opened the door and looked out in the hallway still worried
sick and panicked; then suddenly, there he was pushing a
breakfast cart down the hallway towards their room. Marlena
pulled herself back in the room and closed the door behind her
and then let out the breath that she had been holding and put
her hand on her chest to help herself calm down and to get her
heart to stop beating so rapidly.
“Calm down, Marlena. John would never leave you for any reason
whatsoever, he loves you.” She tells herself.
Marlena hears the door opening and looks over and sees John
bringing the food cart in with all her favorite breakfast foods
and she can’t help but smile.
“I have the world’s greatest husband.” She tells herself once again.
John looks up and realizes that Marlena is awake and out of bed.
“Doc, what are you doing out of bed? I wanted to surprise you.”
“I’m sorry, honey. I woke up and saw that you weren’t next to me
and I got worried, so I went to look for you.”
“Baby you know that I love you and would never leave you for any
reason at all. You are my wife, the love of my life, the mother of
my children.”
As he says this he grabs Marlena and begins kissing her. He forces
her lips apart with his tongue and Marlena responds as she kisses
him back, their tongues intertwining. They explore each others
mouths as the kiss gets more passionate.
Marlena begins to moan, enjoying every moment of the kiss. Then
she realizes where it’s leading and she slowly pulls out of the kiss
looking at her husband lovingly.
“I love you too, John Black. I don’t know what I would do if I
ever lost you.”
“You never have to find out, Mrs. Black because you are stuck
with me for the rest of your life.”
“I love the sound of that.” and as she says that she wraps her
arms around John’s neck and gives him a huge hug.
“Doc, how about we try some of the breakfast that I picked out
especially for you? Nothing is too good for my beautiful wife,
Happy Anniversary, sweetheart.”
Marlena pulls out of the hug and looks down at the cart of food.
“Mmm. It all looks so good. Thank you for the wonderful
surprise. Happy Anniversary to you to, Mr. Black.”
John smiles at his wife as he begins to serve the food.
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Meanwhile back at The Black’s residence…
“Sami, I am so glad that you spent the night here last night. I
hardly ever get to see you or spend time with you.” Belle tells her
big sister.
“I am glad too Belle. You, Brady and the twins are the best little
brothers ands sisters. We had a lot of fun didn’t we?”
Belle nods and smiles.
“Yeah. Too bad Eric couldn’t make it. It would have been even
funner if would have been here.”
“Yes, but he and Greta had a date and wouldn’t be home until
late.”
“I like Greta, she is really pretty and really nice. I think it is so
cool that she is going to be a princess.”
Sami ruffles Belle’s curls and smiles.
Just then the phone rings.
“That might be mom checking up on us. I better go answer it.”
Sami tells her little sister.
(ring)
Carrie yells down the stairs.
“Sami could you please answer that! I am trying to take care of
the twins!”
Sami yells back up to her big sister.
“I am Carrie! Give me a minute to get to the phone!”
Sami picks it up on the fifth ring.
“Hello?”
“Sami?” Marlena asks.
“Hi, mom. Yes, it’s Sami.”
“How are you sweetie?”
“I am doing fine. How are you and John?”
“We are doing wonderfully. It’s been a great anniversary so far, I
almost don’t want it to end but I miss the twins and you, Carrie,
Brady and Belle terribly already.”
“They miss you too, mom. Carrie is taking care of the twins right
now. They are such good babies, they hardly ever cry. Carrie and
I have been taking turns with them. Grandma and Grandpa have
been a big help with Brady and Belle, they are a handful.”
Marlena smiles on the other end of the line.
“They are that for sure, but they are the best babies in the world
and I wouldn’t give them up for anything.”
“I know you wouldn’t, mom. You love all your kids so much.”
“That I do. How are the twins and Belle and Brady?”
“Well, I have something to tell you that you aren’t going to believe
but Marlee tried to crawl last night and Jonathan pulled himself
up in his crib for like two minutes. It was amazing.”
Marlena gasps.
“They did?! Oh my gosh, they aren’t even six months old yet! I
can’t believe it! Hold on a second, Sami, I want to tell John.
Marlena puts Sami on hold.
“John, guess what the twins did!”
“What?”
“Marlee tried to crawl and Jonathan pulled himself up in his crib
for like two minutes. Can you believe it?! They aren’t even six
months old yet!”
“Doc, that is amazing. I think we have got us a couple of smart
kids on our hands.”
They hug each other and then Marlena realizes she left Sami on
hold.
“I’m sorry, sweetie. John and are just so excited and happy about
the news. We can’t wait to get home and see them.”
“Well, then I better let you go so you and John can finish your
anniversary and come home. Thanks for calling and I will see you
soon. I love you too. Bye.”
Sami hangs up.
“Sami, was that momma?” Belle asks.
“Yes it was mom. She and your dad are going to finish up their
anniversary and come home later today.”
Belle claps her hands and jumps up and down.
“Yay! Momma and daddy are coming home! I am going to go tell
Brady!”
Belle runs off to find Brady leaving Sami standing there smiling
and nodding.
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John and Marlena are in the car on their way home from Salem
Inn.
“John, I just want to thank you for a wonderful, amazing
anniversary. I will never forget it. I love you so much.”
John looks over at his wife for a second while trying to watch
the road.
“Your welcome, sweetheart. I love you and I want to make you
happy.”
Marlena leans her head on her husband’s shoulder.
“Oh, I am happy. I have the greatest husband in the world,
beautiful children, a wonderful home, the best parents I could
ever ask for, and great friends. I couldn’t ask for more.”
John puts his cheek against the top of Marlena’s head as he is
driving.
“Can you believe the twins? They aren’t even six months old yet
and they are already trying to crawl and climb, I can’t believe it,
Doc.”
“I can’t either, John. But, they are our children and all of our
children are the greatest children in the world.”
“That’s a fact.”
Marlena smiles as she continues to lay her head against her
husband’s shoulder.
It is silent in the car for a few minutes and then John breaks the
silence.
“Doc, there is something very important I have to ask you and it
has to do with Brady.”
Marlena sits up and gives John a questioning look.
“Brady?”
John nods.
“Yes. How would you like to legally adopt him?”
Marlena gives John a look of shock and surprise.
Marlena continued to look at John with a look of shock and
surprise. She couldn’t speak. Her lips and her voice wouldn’t
cooperate.
“Did John just ask me if I wanted to legally adopt Brady? That
sweet, wonderful boy would finally be my son?” Marlena thinks to
herself.
“Doc?”
John breaks Marlena from her thoughts.
“Huh?”
“Do I have a pimple or something? You just keep staring at me not
saying a word.”
Marlena laughs.
“No, you are just as handsome as ever. I am just trying to absorb
what you just asked me.”
“You mean about adopting Brady?”
“Yes. I have raised that little boy from a baby after he tragically
lost Isabella. I am the only mother he has ever known. I love him
as if I gave birth to him. Just the fact that you asked me to
become his mom in name, not just in my heart means so much to
me John.”
“That’s why I did it. Isabella will always be Brady’s birth mother
and will always have a place in my heart but you are the love of my
life, my soulmate. I want you to be Brady’s mother, legally. Brady
loves you and thinks of you as him real mother anyway.”
“Oh, John. I would be honored to adopt Brady. Thank you.”
“No, Doc. Thank you for raising my boy as your own even though
you didn’t give birth to him. You are a wonderful person and a
wonderful mother.”
Marlena with tears in her eyes looks at John.
“You are a wonderful father. I have been given a wonderful gift in
Brady. Being able to raise him and love him. He needed a mother’s
love and I gave it to him and will continue to do so. He’s a part of
you and that’s what matters most. I thank Isabella everyday for
Brady.”
John smiles as a stray tear rolls down his cheek.
“So do I.” John says as he continues to keep his eyes on the road.
Marlena leans over and kisses the tear from his cheek.
“I will get all the paperwork prepared for Brady’s adoption as soon
as possible and then we can have the adoption hearing.”
Marlena kisses John’s cheek one more time.
“That sounds great, John. The sooner the better.”
Marlena lays her head on John’s shoulder once again and realizes
they are almost home.
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Sami and Carrie have the twins laying on their stomachs on a
blanket in the den. Them as well as Belle and Brady and Marlena’s
parents are all watching television waiting for John and Marlena
to get home.
The twins were perfectly content laying on the blanket playing
with their toys. They just learned how to pick them up and hold
them. The twins loved the fact that the toys would make noise
when they were shaken.
They’re definitely becoming individuals.
They make funny noises with their mouths and smile, stick their
hands in their mouths, stick everything they can get their hands
on in their mouths, they are really active and alert and happy as
can be the majority of the time.
They are still being nursed and bottle fed breast milk everyday,
several times a day. They are healthy considering they were
premature. They checked out at their four month checkup. So
far, so good.
Belle happens to look over at just the right moment and sees
Marlee trying to crawl to reach her toy that she dropped. She
basically scoots her body across the floor; she pushes her legs
and her stomach across the floor as she has her arms straight out
reaching for her toy but not quite able to reach it.
“Hey! Look at Marlee, she’s trying to crawl again!” Belle yells to
everyone.
Everyone looks over at Marlee who is slowly “scooting” towards
her toy not paying attention to anything else but trying to get her
toy.
Jonathan is watching his twin sister with eyes wide.
“That’s amazing!” Carrie exclaims ecstatic.
Everyone just continues to watch Marlee “scoot” with huge smiles
on their faces.
John and Marlena come in at just the right moment and see their
daughter trying to crawl.
“John, look at our baby girl! She’s really trying to crawl. I can’t
believe it!” Marlena tells John as she hugs him with a huge smile
on her face.
John hugs her back and has a look of disbelief on his face.
He and everyone continue to watch Marlee as the neatest thing
happens, Jonathan begins to imitate his twin sister and he actually
does a good job but gives up after a few minutes. Marlee finally
reaches her toy and gets a huge smile on her face, happy that she
got her toy and then she sees her mom and dad and begins
screaming excitedly. She reaches her arms up towards them and
shakes her legs with excitement. Marlena comes over and picks
up her youngest daughter and kisses her face.
“Oh, Marlee you are growing so fast. I can’t believe it.”
Marlee just looks at her mom and smiles and coos. Marlena hugs
her again and then hands her to her dad.
Then Marlena goes over and picks up Jonathan and kisses his
pudgy cheek.
“Hey you little guy. I love you, you know that?”
He just smiles at his mom.
Belle and Brady finally get their hugs and kisses as well as Sami
and Carrie.
Eventually Sami and Carrie leave which upsets Belle and Brady
greatly but they are happy to know that they will be visiting again
soon.
But later that evening things go from wonderful to awful in a
heartbeat…
Later that evening after Sami and Carrie left, John and Marlena
realized that they hadn’t spent any alone time with the kids for a
long time so they decided to play a game together and watch a
movie afterward. Belle and Brady got to pick the game and they
chose Monopoly. John and Marlena and Marlena’s parents teach
them how to play it.
They decide to play the game at the dining room table since there
was more room and it was also a quicker way to get upstairs to
the nursery to check on the twins when needed.
They were all really into the game and having a good time. Things
were going great at first until Marlena saw someone through the
dining room window. The curtains were closed so all she saw was
a silhouette but it freaked her out nonetheless.
She nudged John who was sitting beside her.
“John, I just saw someone through the curtains.” She whispers to
her husband.
“What Doc?”
“I just saw someone through the curtains.”
It finally gets John’s attention and he gets up to investigate.
“Everyone stay right here. I need to go check something outside
and keep your voices down. Your mom saw someone and I need to
see who it is.” John tells everyone present.
Belle goes over to Marlena and crawls in her lap, scared. Marlena
holds Belle close to her and kisses her head.
“It’s okay, sweet girl.” Marlena whispers to her daughter.
John comes back in and rubs his hands together.
“I didn’t see anyone outside but I will keep my eyes and ears open
because they could be hiding anywhere in the yard.”
“John, I need to go check on the twins.”
“Sure.”
Marlena sets Belle down and stands up. Belle immediately grabs
Marlena’s leg.
“Momma, I wanna go with you. I’m scared.”
“Okay. Let’s go.”
Marlena takes Belle’s hand and they head upstairs to the nursery.
Suddenly John, Brady and Marlena’s parents hear a thud outside.
John gets his defenses up, his mercenary skills kicking in. He
gestures to Martha and Frank to watch Brady as he goes out to
look again for the intruder. That was a huge mistake because as
soon as John does that the intruder breaks in through the dining
room windows; glass shattering everywhere.
Everyone screams.
Marlena hears the commotion and comes running down the stairs
with Belle in tow; who scared to death.
“John! Hurry up! He’s in the house!”
The intruder has a gun aimed at all of them but isn’t saying a
word.
John runs back in the house. He has Martha and Frank take Belle
and Brady in another room but before he can the intruder speaks.
“Don’t nobody move or speak, or the lady gets it.”
The intruder grabs Marlena and puts the gun to her head.
Marlena is crying and scared to death.
“Please don’t hurt the children, please! Just take whatever you
want, money, jewelry, anything, just don’t hurt our children!”
Marlena says between sobs to the intruder.
“I said don’t speak!” He grinds the gun into Marlena’s temple.
John is standing his ground in front of the intruder
contemplating his attack on him to bring him down.
Martha and Frank are holding a sobbing and shaking Belle and
Brady; all the while they are scared to death.
John remembers a strategy from back when he was a mercenary
and decides to try it.
“I hope this works and Marlena doesn’t get shot.” John thinks to
himself.
John tries his strategy on the intruder. He takes the intruder by
surprise and tries to grab the gun. The intruder lets go of
Marlena and she runs to wards her parents and children as they
all hold each other scared and crying.
John and the intruder fight for the gun and as they struggle the
gun goes off and John hits the floor with a thud. Both he and
the intruder are motionless.
Marlena freaks out because she’s afraid John was shot. She goes
to investigate. When she goes over to the bodies she sees John’s
blood seeping through his shirt and onto the floor.
“John! No! Oh my gosh!”
She turns toward her parents.
“Call 911. John has been shot. Hurry!”
Frank rushes to the living room to call 911. Martha continues to
hold Belle and Brady all of them scared to death.
Marlena is on her knees leaning over John’s seemingly lifeless body
crying uncontrollably. Suddenly the intruder picks up the gun and
aims it towards the kids.
Marlena looks up and gasps.
“No! You’ve already shot my husband. Don’t hurt my children!”
Marlena screams to the intruder in between choking sobs.
“Don’t worry, lady. I’m not going to hurt your children, I am just
going to take them with me and deliver them to my boss, Mr.
DiMera.” He continues to point the gun at Belle and Brady.
“Mr. DiMera? You mean Stefano? No!”
Frank comes back in to the room.
“The ambulance is on it’s wa-” he is interrupted as he looks at the
gun aimed at his grandchildren.
“Get over there, with the rest of them!” The intruder yells at
Frank as he has the gun aimed at him.
“Don’t hurt my father, you bastard!”
As Marlena says this she tries to grab the gun from the intruder
but it goes off again as Marlena collapses on top of her husband.
Then the intruder collapses to the floor as he was injured as well.
Frank goes over to where the bodies lay on the linoleum floor.
Blood is everywhere. He grabs his daughter and sees the blood
through her white shirt and he begins to cry.
Martha, Belle and Brady are distraught.
“Momma!” Belle screams.
Belle tries to run over to her mom and dad but Martha holds her
back.
Brady is in shock and can’t say a word, he just stands there
shaking and crying.
Then they hear the ambulance sirens. The EMS people come in
the front door and as soon as they see the mess in the dining
room they know that it doesn’t look good. Roman, Bo, and Abe
are right behind them and begin asking questions as the EMT
people work on Marlena and John.
“What exactly happened here, Frank?” Abe asks.
In between sobs Frank answers him.
“Well, we were all sitting in here in the dining room playing a game
and having a good time when my daughter saw a silhouette
through the curtain and so she had my son-in-law check it out. He
went out and came back in and he said he didn’t see anything.
Then my wife and grandson and son-in-law hear something outside
so he goes to check it out again but when he does the man breaks
through the windows as you can clearly see.” He points at the
broken window and the shattered glass laying all over the table
and floor.
Abe looks over at the mess.
“Yes. Then what happened?”
“The man holds my daughter hostage and tells none of us to move
or speak and then my son-in-law tries to get the gun away and is
shot. She goes over to him and sees that he is badly injured so she
asks me to call 911 which I do. The man is also down at this time
too and that is why I was able to go and call.”
“Okay. Do you know what happened after that?”
“No because I was in the other room on the phone. My wife
knows.” Frank points to wards Martha.
“Martha do you know what happened after John was shot?”
Martha who is still very distraught answers Abe.
“Yes. The man grabs his gun and points it to wards the kids and
my daughter tells him not to hurt the children. He tells her that
he doesn’t want to hurt them, he just wants them so he can take
him back to his boss, Mr. DiMera. My daughter knew that the
man meant Stefano. When my husband came back in after calling
the man pointed the gun at him and my daughter yelled at him and
tried to grab the gun but was shot.” Martha breaks down again
after mentioning her daughter being shot.
“Stefano, I should have known. d**n him! I thought he was out of
our lives for good Pard.” Roman says to Abe.
“So did I,Roman. If John and Marlena die, Stefano better hope
he never shows his face in Salem again or I will make sure he gets
the death penalty.”
“Stefano will pay for this one way or the other.” Bo tells Abe and
Roman.
The EMT’s prepare to put John and Marlena on the ambulance
and take them to the hospital. Thankfully, for the time being,
they are both stable but in critical condition. The intruder didn’t
make it, the bullet hit his chest and reached his heart.
“Martha, Frank, you need to take Belle and Brady out of here so
Roman, Bo and I can do a thorough investigation.”
“May we take the kids to see their parents at the hospital?”
Martha asks still sobbing.
“It’s not a good idea at the moment. You two can go and I can
have Lexie watch Belle and Brady and the twins if you guys want
to go to the hospital and see how John and Marlena are doing.”
Abe tells Martha.
“Okay.”
Abe calls Lexie and Martha and Frank prepare to take their
grandkids over to the Carver house and then they head to the
hospital to be with their daughter and son-in-law. Before they
leave, they call Carrie, Eric and Sami to let them know what’s
going on.
They are clearly distraught and head over to the hospital.
It doesn’t look good for John and Marlena…
Frank, Martha, Sami, Eric, Greta, Carrie, Caroline, Shawn,
Maggie, Mickey, Laura, Alice, and Hope are all at the hospital
waiting on news of the condition of John and Marlena. Lexie is
watching Belle, Brady and the twins at the Carver house. Abe,
Roman and Bo are still at the Black’s residence; going over the
crime scene. Frank and Martha promised Lexie that they would
call her and let her know when they knew something of John and
Marlena’s condition so she could tell the kids. The entire group is
distraught and worried sick about John and Marlena.
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Meanwhile in the operating room…
John and Marlena are both being operated on to remove the
bullets that hit them. Marlena is in worse shape than John. She
has some internal bleeding that the surgeons can’t seem to get
under control. They are afraid she’s not going to make it.
Unfortuately, the bullet hit some major organs and they will have
to be replaced or removed. She can’t have anymore children,
either because the one bullet caused so much internal damage.
John faired a little better, the bullet just seemed to get lodged
inside his skin but didn’t get all the way in his body. The surgeons
removed the bullet and sewed him back up. He had a blood
transfusion to replace all the lost blood.
While the surgeons operate on Marlena, she flatlines.
“Come on, Marlena. You can’t die now, you have your children to
think about. They need you. Please come back to us.” Mike tells
Marlena as he tries to help revive her.
“Charge it again.” Mike tells the nurse.
As they are doing this Marlena has an out of body experience.
Marlena looks at where she is and can’t believe it.
“Where am I?” She asks herself.
She looks around at the beautiful scenery around her.
“Am I in heaven?”
“Marlena?”
Marlena turns toward the voice saying her name. She sees who it
is and she can’t believe it.
“Isabella?”
“Yes, it’s me. I am here to tell you that it’s not your time yet. Your
children need you. Brady lost me, he can’t lose you too. He needs
a mother.”
“Oh, my children. My babies. I don’t want to leave them. I don’t
want to leave Brady without a mother.”
“No. You can’t Marlena. I just want to thank you for raising my
little boy and loving him so much.”
“I love that little boy, Isabella. It’s been wonderful raising him. He
is a wonderful boy.”
“I know. I am always watching him from up here. There are a
couple of other people who want to say hi to you that you
haven’t seen in a long time.”
Marlena gives Isabella a questioning look.
“Oh? Who?”
“Come on out you two.” Isabella says.
A blond haired woman who resembled Marlena and an adorable,
sweet little boy came from out of nowhere and approached
Marlena and Isabella.
“Hello, Marlena.”
“Sam?”
“Yes, sis. It’s me.”
“Oh, my gosh. I can’t believe it!”
Marlena grabs her twin sister and hugs her tight. Samantha hugs
her back as they both cry.
“I have missed you so much, Sam. You have no idea.”
They pull out of the hug.
“Yes, I do Marlena. I watch you all the time and I am so proud of
you.”
Marlena just looks at her twin sister with tears in her eyes. The
little boy tugs on Samantha’s arm.
“Aunt Sam? Is this my momma?”
After hearing this Marlena looks down at the little boy.
“DJ?”
DJ looks up at Marlena; his eyes full of wonderment and
questions.
“Are you my momma?”
Marlena chokes up.
“Yes I am your mama. You are so beautiful.”
As she says this she picks him up and squeezes him so hard. DJ
wraps his arms around Marlena’s neck.
“I can’t believe it, my boy.”
Then Isabella speaks up.
“Marlena, it’s time for you to go back now. I will take good care
of DJ, just like you are taking good care of Brady. I think it’s an
even trade. Don’t worry about a thing.”
Marlena sets DJ down as she continues crying.
“Thank you Isabella for taking care of DJ and Sam and DJ, I will
always love you.”
They wave at her as she comes out of the out of body experience
and the surgeons are able to stabilize her.
“Thank God, we got her back.” Mike says.
Marlena is still not out of the woods yet.
John is already in recovery but is in a coma from all the blood loss.
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Meanwhile in the waiting room…
The other surgeon who worked on John comes out to talk to
everyone.
Martha sees him and approaches him.
“Doctor, how are my daughter and son-in-law?”
“Call me Dr. Harris. Dr. Horton is operating on your daughter as
we speak so I will have him tell you when he comes out. Now as
for your son-in-law, he was lucky. The bullet got lodged in his skin
and didn’t get inside his body. He lost a lot of blood and we are
transfusing him as we speak. We were able to get the bullet out
with no problem. Right now he is in recovery but in a coma. If you
want to go see him you can, but only one person at a time for
now.”
“Thank you, doctor.”
“No problem.”
They all take turns seeing John in recovery, glad that he is doing
good but still worried sick about Marlena.
Martha decides to go call Lexie and let her know what is going on.
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Meanwhile at the Carver’s…
The twins are screaming up a storm missing their mom terribly.
Belle and Brady are both sad and all they have been doing is laying
on the couch curled up in a little ball, crying. They are so worried
about their parents.
(ring)
Lexie runs to the phone and picks it up on the second ring.
“Hello?”
“Hi, Lexie. It’s Martha. I am just calling you to let you know
what’s going on.”
“Hi, Martha. How are John and Marlena doing?”
“Well, John is out of surgery and is in recovery. The bullet just
got lodged in his skin. The surgeons were able to get it out. He
lost a lot of blood though and is in a coma now. The doctors are
saying that he should be okay as long as they continue to tranfuse
blood.”
“That’s good news. What about Marlena?”
“I don’t know anything yet. Mike hasn’t came out and told us
anything yet so I assume she’s still in surgery. I just hope she’s
okay. I don’t want to lose another daughter.”
“I understand, Martha. I will be praying for them both and please
call me the minute you find out anything else okay?”
“Sure. I will talk to you later.”
“Yeah. Bye.”
Martha goes back to where everyone is still taking turns seeing
John and waiting on news of Marlena’s condition.
Let’s hope Marlena makes it…
Everyone is still waiting to find out how Marlena is doing. Lucas
brought Lucas to see Sami at the hospital. Lucas and Sami spend
time with their son while waiting. Everyone is worried sick about
Marlena and hope that she makes it through surgery. John is still
in a coma but he’s doing well.
Abe, Bo, and Roman come to the hospital after finishing their
investigation at John and Marlena’s and they are worried about
Marlena as well.
Finally after it seems like hours Mike comes out to talk to them.
Sami is the first to see him and approaches him.
“Mike, how is my mom?”
Everyone else approaches Sami and Mike after hearing Sami.
“Well, Marlena is stable at the moment but still very critical. She
has lost a lot of blood and we had to remove one of her kidneys
and her bladder and pancreas were damaged but we were able to
repair them. She won’t be able to have any more kids, there was
way too much damage so we had to give her a hysterectomy. We
have been keeping her transfused with blood. We did lose her for
a few minutes but we brought her back. There might even be
some nerve damage, so she could be paralyzed. We won’t know
more until she wakes up.” Mike explains.
Martha lets out the breath that she had been holding glad to
hear that her daughter is alive.
“I am so glad to hear that she is hanging in there. I know the
children are what is giving her the will to live.” Martha explains to
Mike.
“Yes. Marlena has a lot to live for. Let’s hope she wakes up from
her coma soon and then we will know how she is doing otherwise.”
Mike says.
“That one bullet caused all that internal damage?” Sami asks.
“Yes, I am afraid so. When a bullet enters your body, it hits at
such a strong force that it’s like ripping paper when it rips
through your insides. It’s very deadly. Your mother is very lucky.”
“May we see her in recovery, Mike? Or do we have to wait
awhile?” Eric asks.
“I don’t see why you can’t, but only one person at a time because
she is still very fragile and still very critical.”
“Okay. Thanks Mike.” Martha replies.
“Your welcome.”
Martha goes to call Lexie real quick while the others go see
Marlena in recovery.
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At the Carver house…
Lexie is still trying to get the twins calmed down but is not being
very successful. She has given them their bottles of prepared
breast milk that Marlena extracted before her accident, she has
given them their pacifiers, she changed their diapers, everything.
Nothing seems to work. They are usually very content, happy
babies, but with their parents being sick, they sense something is
wrong. They really want to be held and coddled by their mother
and they can’t.
Lexie gave Belle and Brady something to help them sleep so they
are upstairs sleeping.
Lexie is interrupted by the phone ringing.
(ring)
“Hello?”
“Hi, Lexie. It’s Martha again.”
“Hi, Martha. How’s Marlena?”
“Marlena made it through surgery and she is in recovery at the
moment. She almost didn’t make it though. Mike told me that she
had lots of internal damage. Marlena had to have a hysterectomy,
and she had to have one of her kidneys removed. She lost a lot of
blood. She was in pretty bad shape.”
“I am so glad to hear that she made it, Martha.”
Martha hears the twins in the background.
“Are those my grandbabies?” Martha asks.
“Yes. I can’t seem to get them to stop crying. I have tried
everything. I think they sense something is wrong. They really
want their mother.”
“Well, why don’t you go ahead and bring them to the hospital and
I will take care of them.”
“Okay, but I have to get my mom to watch Belle and Brady
because they are asleep. I had to give them something because
they wouldn’t stop crying.”
“Okay. I will see you a little later then.”
“Yes. See you later, Martha. Bye.”
“Bye.”
Martha heads to recovery to see her daughter.
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In Marlena’s room…
Marlena is lying so still in the bed. She is pale and weak looking.
She is hooked up to life support and a heart monitor in case she
flatlines.
She has IV’s coming out of her arms; one that is transfusing all
the blood she lost and the other is replenishing her fluids.
Everyone has been coming in and talking to her, sure that she can
hear them. Finally it gets to be Martha’s turn. She comes in and
sits next to her daughter and grabs her pale hand.
“Marlena? It’s your mama. I love you so much and I am so proud
of you for hanging in there and fighting to come back to all of
- We are not ready to say goodbye to you yet. You are the only
daughter I have left and if I lost you, I couldn’t go on living.
Lexie is bringing the twins to the hospital to try to calm them
down. I know you would love to see your babies.”
Marlena squeezes her mom’s hand. She is reacting to hearing
about her babies.
Martha smiles and wipes the tears away.
“I know you could hear me. Belle and Brady aren’t coming because
they are sleeping but I promise they will be here soon. They are so
worried about you and miss you so much.”
Another hand squeeze from Marlena but she still doesn’t wake.
Martha doesn’t let it upset her because she knows that Marlena
is coming back to them, it’s just a matter of time.
“John is doing well. He came out of surgery and is recovering at
this very moment. I told him the same thing I am telling you. You
both have a lot to live for. You two love each other so much.”
Martha continues to talk to Marlena for awhile longer until Lexie
brings the twins. She leaves Marlena’s room to take care of them
as some of the others pay Marlena a visit.
Maybe things are starting to look up…
Marlena is still comatose but she is doing better physically.
Everyone takes turns visiting her. John opens his eyes and
automatically asks about his wife and children.
The doctors allow Belle and Brady and the twins to visit John.
They told him what happened to Marlena and he is devastated.
He is happy to see the kids and apologizes to them for allowing
this tragedy to happen.The kids are happy to see their dad and
can’t wait to see their mom. Even Sami, Eric, and Carrie are
happy to see John and are glad he is doing better.
Abe, Roman, and Bo go and visit John and they talk about what
happened.
“John, it’s good to see you. I am glad that you are doing better,
buddy.”
“Thanks, Abe. I can’t believe I allowed this to happen. Doc is in
the other room fighting for her life and my children saw their
parents get shot down by a terrorist. It’s unfathomable.”
“I know, John. It’s awful. I do want to let you know that the man
that shot you and Marlena was one of Stefano’s henchmen. He
was there to take Belle and Brady back to Stefano.”
“Stefano? That bastard! When I get out of this hospital I will kill
that man with my bare hands!”
“John. Calm down. Bo, Roman and I will take care of Stefano.
You just need to concentrate on getting better.”
“Abraham, you know I can’t just sit back and let that man get
away with what he did to me and my wife. He needs to pay and
pay dearly.”
“Don’t worry, John. We will take care of him and make sure he
rots in prison for the rest of his life.” Bo replies.
They continue to talk about what they are going to do about
Stefano while in the other room Marlena starts having dreams
about seeing John and the kids but she can’t get herself to open
her eyes.
Everyone is there taking turns visiting her, not realizing that she
is trying to wake up and come back to them.
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Meanwhile hiding in the shadows of the hospital corridor…
Stefano is watching everyone go to and from Marlena’s room and
watching Belle and Brady; figuring out when to make his move to
snatch them.
“John and Marlena won’t know what hit them and by the time
they realize what I have done, it will be too late. I will have taken
the kids far away from Salem where they will never be seen again.”
Stefano thinks to himself with a huge grin on his face.
1 week later…
Marlena is still comatose. John has been using his wheelchair to
wheel himself to her room every chance he gets and sits by her
bedside talking to her and holding her hand willing her to wake up.
John hates using the wheelchair but the doctors insist since he
still healing and they don’t want him to take a chance of ripping
his staples out. He uses it to make them happy.
The doctors say that it’s just a matter of time before Marlena
wakes up. She sustained terrible injuries and lost a lot of blood.
Her body needs to heal. The kids have been by to see her as well
as her parents and friends. Belle and Brady and the twins have
been staying at the Pub with Shawn and Caroline since Lexie had
to work and Celeste had to go out of town for awhile.
Abe, Bo, and Roman have been doing some detective work to try
and locate Stefano, per John’s orders.
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In Marlena’s room…
John is in Marlena’s room by her bedside talking to her and
holding her hand.
“Doc, you need to come back to us. We need you. I’m sorry that I
allowed Stefano to do this to you. I will make that bastard pay
for hurting you. He will never hurt anyone in my family ever again.
I love you, baby and I need you to come back.”
The tears fall unchecked down his stubbly face. Stubbly from not
being able to shave it because of being injured. His face is the
least of his worries at the moment. He just wants his wife to
come back to him.
There is a knock at the door.
“Is it okay to come in?”
John turns toward the voice of Caroline, the woman whom he
believed to be his mother at one time and his children Belle and
Brady are at her side, she is holding the twins who are sleeping in
their carriers.
“Daddy!”
Belle and Brady run towards their dad. Belle immediately climbs
into her dad’s lap as Brady wraps his arms around his dad’s neck.
“They really wanted to see you John. I couldn’t say no to them.”
Caroline tells him.
“Thanks for bringing them by Caroline. I am happy that they are
here.”
Caroline smiles at John with tears in her eyes.
“Daddy, is momma still sleeping?” Belle asks her dad.
John looks down at his daughter.
“Yes, Izzy. Your momma’s still sleeping but she will wake up soon
and when she does you will be able to talk to her.”
“Okay. I really miss her daddy.” Belle tells her dad with tears in her
eyes.
“So do I, Isabella.”
John wraps his arms around his daughter and cries.
Brady continues to have his arms around John’s neck.
Caroline sets the twins carriers down next to John’s wheelchair
where he can see them.
John looks down at his two youngest children.
“Hi there, twinners. I can’t beleive how big you two have gotten.
You are growing so fast.”
The twins continue to sleep as their dad talks to them.
Suddenly they hear stirring from Marlena’s bed and look over.
She has woken up and is trying to talk but she can’t because she
has the respirator in her mouth.
Caroline goes out in the hall to try to flag down a doctor.
John and the kids are so happy to see Marlena awake. Caroline is
able to flag down Mike and they both come into Marlena’s room.
“My patient is awake, huh?” Mike asks Marlena.
She nods.
Mike takes the respirator out of her mouth and this causes
Marlena to have a coughing fit.
Everyone panics when Marlena starts coughing up blood.
“It’s okay, everybody. This is normal.”
He gets a bowl for Marlena to cough the blood up in.
She finishes coughing and Mike gets her a cup of water to rinse
her mouth out. She drinks it and then looks over at her husband
and kids.
“Hi. What happened? Why am I in a hospital bed?”
John takes her hand and kisses it.
“Welcome back, honey. You had us worried there for awhile. You
were comatose for a week.”
Marlena begins to panic.
“John, please tell me what happened.” She looks John straight in
the eye.
“You were shot in the stomach by one of Stefano’s henchman and
you almost died. You had to have surgery. The doctors removed
one of your kidneys. They repaired your liver but had to give you
a hysterectomy. There was just too much damage. I’m sorry,
sweetheart.”
“I was shot and the doctors had to perform a hysterectomy? I
can’t believe it.” Marlena begins to cry uncontrollably.
John grabs Marlena and holds her as she cries. He ignores the
pain in his stomach from his wound as he holds his wife and cries
as well.
Caroline grabs the kids and holds them next to her. The tears fall
down her face as she watches John and Marlena hold each other
and cry. Belle and Brady don’t understand what’s going on, they
just hang on to their “grandmother”.
Frank and Martha show up and see their daughter and son-in-law
holding each other and crying. They are happy to see Marlena
awake but are sad that she is so distraught. They just stand in the
doorway and watch them. They hold each other.
“John, how did this happen?” Marlena asks her husband between
sobs.
“Stefano sent one of his henchmen to take Belle and Brady away
but he held you hostage and when I tried to get the gun away he
shot me. That’s why I’m in this wheelchair.”
“Oh, John. Are you okay?” Marlena asks.
“Yeah. It’s gonna take more than a bullet to keep me down.”
“I can’t believe Stefano came back and tried to get his hands on
my children. How did I get shot?”
“From what I’ve been told you tried to get the gun away from
Stefano’s henchman and you ended up getting shot yourself. You
did it to save your father’s life.”
When John mentions her dad Marlena has to ask about her
parents.
“Mama and Daddy, are they okay?”
“Yes. They are just terribly worried about you.”
“Thank God.”
“I have Abe, Bo, and Roman out looking for Stefano so they can
bring him in and he won’t hurt anyone else I love ever again.” John
tells Marlena.
Marlena gets a dark look in her eyes.
“They better find him and when they do, I am going to give him a
piece of my mind.”
“Sounds like a plan, Doc but you need to concentrate on getting
better first.”
“Yes. Now let me see my beautiful babies.”
“Sure. Kids? Come here, your momma wants to see you.”
Belle and Brady come over to the bed and look at their mom.
“Momma?” Belle asks.
“Hi, Belle.” Marlena tells her daughter with a smile.
“Hi. Are you doing better, momma?”
“Yes now that I have seen your beautiful face. Now come and
give me some love, sweet girl.”
Belle climbs up on the bed and wraps her arms around Marlena’s
neck as Marlena wraps her arms around her daughter and sobs.
“I love you so much, Belle.”
“I love you too, momma. I missed you so much.”
Marlena kisses Belle’s cheek and whispers in her ear.
“I missed you too.”
Belle giggles because it tickles her ear.
Belle climbs down and now it’s Brady’s turn.
“Hi, Brady.”
“Hi, mommy.” Brady replies very quietly.
“I would really like it if I could get a hug from my little boy.”
Marlena tells Brady.
Brady climbs up on the bed and hugs Marlena. Marlena hugs him
back.
“I love you so much Brady.”
“I love you too, mommy.”
Caroline brings the twins over and she and John take them out of
their carriers.
“Their are some more people who want to see you.” John tells
Marlena.
Marlena pulls out of the hug and looks at her husband who is
holding their baby daughter.
Brady climbs down off the bed as John hands Marlena their
daughter.
“Marlee. My baby girl. I can’t beleive how big you are. You are
growing so fast. It seems like just yesterday you were born.”
Marlee just looks at her mom and babbles. She touches her mom’s
face and smiles. Marlena kisses Marlee’s hand.
“I love you so much baby girl.”
Now it’s Jonathan’s turn.
Marlena hands Marlee to John and Caroline passes Jonathan to
his mom.
“Jonathan. My baby boy. You are getting so heavy and so big. You
are growing so fast. I can’t believe it.”
Jonathan looks at his mom with eyes wide. He smiles and babbles.
“I love you so much big boy.” She kisses his hand and then passes
him back to Caroline.
“I can’t wait to see my other children.” Marlena tells everyone.
Frank and Martha come in and approach their daughter.
“Marlena?” Martha tries to get her daughter’s attention.
Marlena looks over and sees her mom.
“Mama!”
Mother and daughter hug and cry for a few minutes.
“Can I get in on some of this?” Frank asks.
“Daddy!” Marlena hugs her dad.
“It’s so great to wake up and see all of you. I’m sorry that this
happened.”
“Don’t apologize Marlena. The one that should be apologizing is
Stefano. It’s his fault that this happened.” Caroline tells Marlena.
“That’s a fact. I will make him pay for what he did to us, you can
take that to the bank.” John exclaims, agitated.
Frank pats Marlena’s leg that’s under the blanket.
“Daddy, do that again.”
Frank shrugs.
“Okay.”
He pats her leg.
“I didn’t feel that at all. I can’t feel my legs! No!” Marlena cries.
Frank, Martha, Caroline, and John all look at each other with
faces of dread.
Marlena just found out that she is paralyzed. The doctors don’t
know if it’s permanent. She isn’t taking the news well. This is what
the doctors wanted to find out when Marlena woke up, if there
was any nerve damage and there was.
Frank and Martha have been staying at Salem Inn because it’s
hard for them to go back to the house since the shootings. Abe,
Bo, and Roman made sure the dining room was cleaned up and the
window repaired so it looks like new again. They are still trying to
track down Stefano.
Sami, Eric, and Carrie with Will finally showed up and found out
that Marlena woke up and that she is paralyzed. They are all glad
she is awake but they all feel so bad for her and are upset by the
news.
Even the news of the hysterectomy upsets Marlena, even though
she wasn’t planning on having anymore kids, the thought of
having her female parts removed makes her feel like less of a
woman. Once again, things started to improve for the Blacks only
to have something bad happen to them once again.
Belle and Brady and the twins are still staying at the Pub with
Shawn and Caroline since Frank and Martha are at the Salem Inn
and Lexie is working.
They are all in Marlena’s room while Marlena is having some tests
done to see the severity of the nerve damage and if the paralysis
is permanent and if there was any other physical damage done to
her body.
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In Marlena’s room…
“Marlena I am going to bend your legs like this and I want you to
tell me if you feel anything okay?” Mike tells Marlena.
“I already told you, I don’t feel anything. I don’t know what more
you want me to do. I am paralyzed and I have to face that fact. I
will never be the same again.” Marlena tells Mike, upset with the
tears falling down her face.
“I am only having you do this so I can find out the severity of the
nerve damage. It may be minor and you might get the feeling back
in your legs. We won’t know until we run more tests.” Mike says.
“Tests, tests, tests. That’s all you do. I am tired of being tested.
Just leave me alone with my useless body, please.” Marlena says
crying.
“Okay, Marlena if that’s what you want.”
“Yes. Tell John to come in here please on your way out.”
Mike nods as the nurses and specialists follow him out the door.
A few minutes later John wheels himself in and over to Marlena’s
bed. He gives her a somber look.
“Doc, I am so sorry this happened to you. I feel terrible.”
“John, it’s not your fault. It’s Stefano’s and I want him to pay. I
will not give up until Stefano has paid for what he has done to
us.” Marlena cries.
“Oh, Doc.”
John grabs Marlena’s hand and kisses it while looking at her tear
streaked face.
“Things will never be the same again, John. I can’t walk and I am
no longer a woman since I have been gutted like a fish because of
that bullet.”
“That’s not true, honey. The one thing that will stay the same
between us now and forever is the fact that we love each other
and I’ll stand by you no matter what.”
“John. How did I find such a wonderful husband? I love you so
much.”
They pull into a kiss and hold each other for a few minutes.
“John will you lay in bed and hold me, please? I need your arms
around me and to feel you close to me.”
“Absolutely, pretty lady. You never have to ask me twice.”
John gets out of his wheelchair and climbs into bed beside his
wife. He helps Marlena scoot over so he can get in and he pulls
the blanket over his body as Marlena reaches over and puts her
arm around her husband and lays her head on his chest. This is
the only place she wants to be right now, in her husband’s arms.
When she is in his arms all her problems seem to fade at least for
the time being. They eventually fall asleep in each other arms.
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In the hospital corridor outside Marlena’s room…
Mike is talking to everyone telling them about Marlena’s condition
and how she is taking it. Everyone is clearly upset and
sympathetic. They all wish that there was something they could
do.
“Marlena just needs some time to deal with everything that has
happened to her. She has been through a lot both physically and
emotionally. She almost died and now she is paralyzed, that is a
lot to deal with for one person.”
“Mike, my mom is the strongest person I know and I know she will
get through this. We will all be there for her.” Sami says.
“I know you all will and that is good but for now she just needs
her space. She wants to be alone with her husband to deal with
everything so we need to respect her wishes.”
Everyone agrees for the time being that Marlena needs to be
alone with John.
Could things get any worse for the Blacks?
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Meanwhile…
Abe, Bo, and Roman are out searching for Stefano and they think
they may be hot on his trail. They are just as determined to find
him and bring him in as John and Marlena are.
“I think we are hot on the bastards tail, Abe.” Bo says.
“Yes we are, Bo but we have to stay hidden and inconspicuous so
he doesn’t know that we are following him. Stefano is smart and
quick. Once false move and we could lose him.” Abe tells Bo.
“I’m glad that we put the other officers on call so they will be
ready when we bring him in, Pard. We have to be ready for
anything when it comes to Stefano.” Roman tells Abe.
“I agree Roman. Stefano won’t get away this time.”
Abe, Bo, and Roman continue to follow Stefano hoping to nab
him and bring him in. That is all they care about right now.
They are going to bring justice for John and Marlena.
Later that day…
After John and Marlena woke up from their nap, Caroline
brought Belle and Brady and the twins back in to see Marlena.
Sami, Eric, Carrie and Will came in to see Marlena as well. They
are all happy to see her awake even though she is paralyzed.
Marlena is happy to see all her children and her grandson. Laura,
and Maggie; Marlena’s best friends, decide to come back to see
Marlena later. Maggie has to go set up her new restaraunt that
Mickey bought for her in time for the dinner rush and Laura had
to take care of some things in her office.
Hope stops by unexpectedly with Shawn-D who is back from
boarding school. Caroline is happy to see her grandson. When
Hope was thought to be Gina she sent him away but now that
she’s back to her real self, she realized how much she missed her
son. She and Bo have been thinking about getting remarried and
having another baby. When Bo found Hope as Gina he made
Stefano switch her back and after Stefano did so he left town
and wasn’t seen or heard from until John and Marlena’s shootings.
Hope is happy to see that Marlena is doing a little better
considering. Shawn-D is happy to be home with his family. He will
be going to Salem Middle School when school starts up. He’s
going into the 7th grade.
Belle’s friends from her dance class and school heard about her
parents. Some called and some stopped by to give their best
wishes and to let them know they care and are thinking about
Belle and Marlena.
Belle’s best friend, Michelle has been by to see Belle everyday.
They have been friends since last year when Belle was in 1st grade
and have been inseperable ever since. They are even in dance class
together.
Shawn-D can’t believe how much Belle and Brady have grown
since he left Salem. He didn’t even know about the twins but he
became friendly with them instantly.
“Shawn-D, I can’t believe how much you have grown since you left
last year. You are looking more and more like your daddy
everyday.” Marlena tells Shawn-D.
Shawn-D looks down at his feet embarassed.
“Thanks, Dr. Evans. I am almost 13.”
Marlena shakes her head and smiles.
“Hope, you and Bo have a great boy there.”
“Thanks, Marlena.”
Marlena smiles at Hope.
John is now sitting on the edge of Marlena’s bed holding her
hand.
Belle and Brady are in their own little world playing with their
baby brother and sister.
Eventually everyone but John, Marlena, Belle, Brady and the twins
leave.
“John, do you think you could ask if it’s okay if I try to nurse the
twins again? I really want to bond with them again after being
away from them all this time. I need to hold them close to me so
we can get that special bond back that we had before I was hurt.”
“Sure, Doc. I’ll be right back.”
John kisses Marlena on the mouth and climbs off the bed and
gets in his wheelchair to go find a doctor or nurse. Belle and
Brady are still on the floor playing with their baby brother and
sister.
“Are you keeping the twins entertained you two?”
Belle looks up at her mom for a minute.
“Yes, momma. Me and Brady have spent a lot of time with them
ever since you and daddy were hurt. I am their big sister and they
need me.”
“Oh, Belle. I am so proud of you for acting like such a big girl
through all of this. I know it hasn’t been easy on you or Brady
seeing me and your daddy hurt. I’m so sorry it happened. Thanks
for helping take care of your baby brother and sister.”
Belle stands up and walks over to her mom.
“Your welcome, momma. I am a big girl now. I am almost 7.”
“I know. I can’t believe you are going to be 7 years old. It seems
like just yesterday you were born and I was holding you in my
arms, looking at your little face, and thinking how blessed I was
to have such a beautiful baby girl.”
“I am glad you are my momma. I love you.”
“I love you too, sweet girl.”
Belle climbs into her mom’s arms for a wonderful hug. Brady is
still sitting on the floor playing with the twins but he looks up and
smiles at his mom and sister.
“Doc?”
Marlena looks at her husband while continuing to hug Belle.
“Hmm?”
“I ran into Mike in the hall and he told me that it was okay for
you to go ahead and nurse the twins if you want. The drugs
should be out of your system by now and it’s safe for the twins to
be nursed.”
“Great.”
Marlena and Belle pull out of the hug as Belle jumps off the bed
and goes back over to join her brother.
Marlena nurses the twins and the instant they began feeding
there was the special connection that had been missing the entire
time Marlena was sick. The love for her babies just flowed from
her and that is when she knew that she had to walk again, for her
children. She would work hard everyday to get the feeling back in
her legs so she could resume a normal life. She isn’t going to let
Stefano destroy her life. She didn’t in the past and she won’t
now. She has to much at stake to give up now.
After the twins are nursed Mike comes in to check up on
Marlena.
“How are you doing Marlena?”
“I am doing better Mike. I want to go ahead with physical therapy
as soon as possible, if that’s okay.”
“That’s great Marlena. We will start as soon as possible. I will go
tell one of my nurses to get the whirlpool ready for you and then
they will take you down.”
“That sounds great Mike. Thanks.”
“No problem.” Mike says to Marlena as he leaves to find one of
his nurses.
John gets back up on the edge of Marlena’s bed as Marlena leans
towards him.
“Hey, Mr. Black, how would you like to join me in the whirlpool
later, hmm? We can have a little time to ourselves.” Marlena
whispers to her husband.
John smiles and gets a mischevious look on his face.
He knows what his wife has in mind for them.
“Consider it a date, Mrs. Black.” He whispers back.
Belle and Brady stop what they are doing and look up and their
parents who are kissing and giggling. They just look at each other
and smile and go back to what they were doing.
Things are starting to look up for the Blacks but Stefano is still a
threat until they hear from Abe, Bo and Roman they have to keep
their eyes open.
Marlena decided that she wanted to go ahead with physical
therapy to get the feeling back in her legs. She wanted to get her
life back to normal. So the doctors decided to get her started by
putting her in the whirlpool. This would help stimulate the nerves
in her legs and help to get the feeling back in them. Of course,
Marlena wants John to join her so they can have a little fun.
Marlena puts on a special suit to wear in the whirlpool. She has
to be careful where she had her surgery, so it doesn’t tear or
bleed while she’s in the water.
One of Mike’s nurses wheels Marlena down to the whirlpool after
she puts her suit on. She and John give each other a special look;
a look that says that they will see each other in a little while.
Once Marlena is in the water the nurse gives her special
intructions.
“Okay, Dr. Evans. You have to be careful when you are in the
whirlpool. You have to be careful not to reopen your surgery
wound and try not to move around in the water a whole lot. Since
you can’t move your legs you won’t be able to find your way back
to the edge. This will help to stimulate the nerves in your legs to
help the process along to get the feeling back. You understand
everything that I’ve just told you?”
Marlena nods.
“Yes. Thank you.”
“Okay. I will be back after while to get you.”
“Alright. See you later.”
The nurse nods and then shows herself out.
Marlena relaxes in the whirlpool and gets herself comfortable
while waiting for John.
She gets too relaxed and falls asleep because she doesn’t hear the
door open, close and lock.
The person approaches her from behind and puts his hands on
her shoulders.
It scares Marlena very much.
She gasps and wakes up and then turns around to see who it is.
“John!”
“Hi, Doc. Are you ready for some fun?”
“Sure. Climb on in, sailor.”
John is wearing just his swimming trunks. The waistband partially
covers his surgery wound.
He smiles and climbs in the water beside his wife.
Almost instantly he grabs Marlena’s face and passionately kisses
her. Marlena grabs John’s arms and kisses him back. They aren’t
wasting anytime since they know they don’t have a lot of time to
do what they want to do.
Marlena pulls out of the kiss.
“John, please be gentle with me because I know I am still a little
sore down there.”
“It’ll be hard, but I’ll try. I don’t want to hurt you.”
That’s one of the things that Marlena loves about John when
they make love. He knows when she likes it rough and when she
likes it gentle. Their anniversary was an example of that. That was
some of the best sex of her life.
John begins kissing Marlena’s neck. She arches back to give him
better access as she wraps her arms around his shoulders.
John’s hands slide down Marlena’s back as he continues to kiss
her neck and then her chest. Marlena is enjoying every bit of it.
They begin to kiss each other on the mouth again, their tongues
intertwining as they are getting turned on more and more.
Marlena pulls out of the kiss and looks at John.
“We have a problem John.”
John gives Marlena a questioning look.
“What is that, Doc?”
“Your shorts, they need to come off.”
Marlena tells John as she tugs at them, trying to get them off.
John helps her take them off as he places his hands over hers
and pushes them down and then off. His member is erect.
Marlena notices this and smiles despite herself. It makes her feel
good that she can turn her husband on.
John sees Marlena smiling at looking at his penis. He grabs her
chin and pulls her head up so she is looking at him. They smile at
each other, their eyes locking.
They know exactly what is happening between them.
“John, could you help me get my suit off, please?”
Marlena’s voice knocks John out of his reverie as he replies.
“Sure.”
John leans down and grabs her suit and pulls it down and off her
legs and then he sits back down. Now they are both sitting there
in all their naked glory.
Marlena scoots herself towards John and then wraps her arms
around his neck so he can help to lift her up onto him. He puts
one arm under her legs and the other around her waist avoiding
her surgery wound and lifts her up onto him. Once she is on him
he grabs her legs and spreads them apart for her since she can’t
do it herself. Then he takes his hands and grabs her thighs as he
lifts her up onto him. Because of the water she slides down him
with ease, it causes her to let out a moan. She buries her face in
his neck and has her arms wrapped around his neck as he slowly
pumps up and down inside her. He has ahold of her waist to make
it easier for him to pump since she can’t do it herself.
She then lifts her head back and purses her lips together while
still holding on to John’s neck with her arms. Moans are coming
out of her tightly pursed lips. John grunts as he continues to
pump as Marlena gets look of total and complete pleasure on her
face. She puts her head down and looks straight into John’s eyes
as he gives a grunt and a moan as he releases. Marlena’s nails dig
into Johns’ neck when he releases inside her and she gives a sharp
gasp and then they’re done.
Marlena falls forward and places her face into John’s chest and
just holds him for a minute while he is still inside her. John lays
his cheek on top of Marlena’s head as he runs his hands up and
down her back and her hair.
Finally after basking in the afterglow for a little bit John helps
Marlena get off him and helps her put her suit back on as he puts
his back on.
They hold each other for awhile and then John realizes that he
needs to get back before they get suspicious of him. They give
each other a passionate kiss and then John gets out of the water
and grabs Marlena’s hand and holds on to it for a minute before
he heads to the door and leaves.
“I love you, Doc.”
“I love you, John and I will see you later.”
John smiles at his wife and then closes the door behind him.
A little later the nurse comes in and helps Marlena out of the
water and into her chair. She takes her back up to her room and
lays her down.
“You seem pretty tired for a person who just spend an hour
relaxing in a whirlpool.” The nurse tells Marlena.
Marlena gives the nurse an innocent look.
“Yeah, that whirlpool really relaxed me.” As she says this she
flashes back to she and John’s lovefest in the whirlpool.
“Well, I will leave you alone and let you rest.”
“Alrighty, thank you.” Marlena tells the nurse as the nurse leaves
the room.
Marlena just lays her head back on the pillow and smiles as she
closes her eyes.
Meanwhile…
John is in his room laying in his bed with his hands behind his
head, smiling, thinking about he and Marlena in the whirlpool.
Right now, neither of them have a care in the world.
1 week later…
Marlena is now out of the hospital and John bought her a
motorized wheelchair. John also had some people come to the
house and redo it to make it wheelchair accessible. Marlena will
continue her therapy to get the feeling back in her legs. The
doctors say it’s just a matter of time. The nerve damage is minor
so it won’t take long for the nerves to heal if Marlena keeps up
with her physical therapy.
She is glad to finally get out of the hospital. They are all back at
the house after not being there for almost a month. Belle, Brady
and the twins were staying with Shawn and Caroline while John
and Marlena stayed at the hospital. Frank and Martha stayed at
the Salem Inn since it was too hard to go back to the house after
what had happened. Things are almost back to normal except for
Marlena being in a wheelchair.
Shawn, Belle and Brady have been over to her house to check on
the horse and the cat everyday while they were staying at the pub.
John just got news from Abe that he, Bo and Roman caught
Stefano leaving on a private jet and were able to apprehend him.
They put him in a special cell that is impossible to break out of.
The way they have it figured Stefano will spend the rest of his
life in prison.
John decides to tell Marlena the good news.
“Doc, I have some good news to tell you about Stefano.”
Marlena stops what she is doing and looks at her husband.
“What is it?”
“Abe, Bo and Roman caught him and he is in jail for the rest of
his life. They put him in a jail cell that is impossible to break out
of.”
“Oh, John. That is wonderful news. Now maybe we can finally get
some peace after all the hell we have been through in the past
month.”
“I am almost positive we will, baby. You have nothing to worry
about anymore.”
Marlena cries tears of joy and reaches her arms out towards her
husband for a hug. John leans over and gives her one and kisses
her cheek.
Belle and Brady will be going back to school soon and are out
enjoying their last weeks of freedom before they have to hit the
books. Sami and Carrie took them skating at the skate park. The
twins are napping. Frank and Martha are at the movies. They are
just all happy to get their lives back to normal at least somewhat.
Marlena whips herself around in the wheelchair real well. Their is
a wheelchair lift on the stairs so she can go up the stairs to the
nursery to take care of the twins when needed and to go to she
and John’s bedroom as well as Belle, Brady’s and her parents’.
“John, when I get the chance I am going to the jail to see Stefano
behind bars. I can’t wait to tell him how I feel about what he has
done to us and how he will never hurt us again.”
“Be careful if you do that, Doc.”
“I’ll be fine, honey. I may be in a wheelchair and not be able to use
my legs but my voice works fine and Stefano is going to get a
mouthful from me.”
“I guess there’s no changing your mind then, huh?” John asks his
wife.
“No, you know me. Once I make up my mind to do something,
there’s no changing it.”
“That’s a fact.”
John leans over and kisses Marlena full on the mouth as she
kisses him back, them both not realizing they have an audience.
“Ahem.”
John and Marlena shoot up, startled.
“Mama, daddy. Hi. You startled us.” Marlena tells her parents.
“Sorry sweetie. We didn’t mean to startle you.”
“It’s okay. How was the movie?” Marlena asks.
“Wasn’t bad. I don’t when the last time was that your father and I
saw a movie. Probably when we first started dating. How time
flies.”
“Mama, when you talk like that it makes me feel old.” Marlena
jokingly tells her mom.
Martha laughs and then leans over to hug her daughter.
“You will never be old to me.”
“Thanks, mama. That makes me feel better.” They continue to
laugh.
John and Frank look at each other, roll their eyes and smirk.
They eventually go to the den to watch TV and relax while waiting
for the kids to get home. Marlena makes sure she has the baby
monitor in case the twins wake up. Once the kids get home, they
are all going out for dinner to celebrate John and Marlena
coming home. Things are finally starting to look up.
The next day…
John drives Marlena to the jail so she can visit Stefano. John has
to take care of some things at Basic Black. Once there John
helps Marlena into her wheelchair and they say their goodbyes.
Marlena wheels herself into the jail and runs into Roman.
“Hey, Doc. I’m glad that you were able to make it.”
“Hi Roman. There’s nothing that will keep me from talking to the
man who has made my life a living hell all these years. Now that he
can’t do anything to me, I can say whatever I want. I have a lot to
get off my chest.”
Roman smiles.
Well, let me take you to him.”
“Thanks, Roman.”
Roman leads the way to Stefano’s cell and opens the door for
Marlena and then takes her directly to Stefano’s cell. Stefano is
laying on the cot listening to opera with his eyes closed.
Roman gets his attention.
“Hey, DiMera wake up. There is someone here to see you!”
Stefano opens his eyes and sits up the opera music still blaring.
He sees that it’s Marlena and smiles at her. Marlena just glares at
him, her hazel eyes like daggers.
“I’ll leave you two alone. Just yell when you are done and I’ll come
back.”
“Okay thanks Roman.”
“No problem.”
Roman leaves.
Marlena turns her attention back to Stefano who has gotten up
and turned of his music.
He approaches Marlena.
“Well if it isn’t the lovely Marlena. My beautiful Queen of the
Night.”
“I’m not here for small talk Stefano. I’m here to tell you how I
really feel about you and what you did to John and I.”
“So Marlena. How do you really feel about me?” Stefano asks
sarcastically.
“I think you are the most dispicable human being on the face of
the earth.”
“At least you’re honest, Marlena.”
“I have no reason to lie Stefano. What you did to John and I was
deplorable. My children were almost left without their parents.
Why do you insist on coming back into my life over and over again
and making it miserable?”
“Because, Marlena. I love you and I don’t want you with that
insufferable John Black. He was my mercenary and then he
turned his back on me. That was unforgiveable.”
“No matter what you do to me or my family, Stefano. I will always
love John. I will never love you and I will never be with you. John
is my husband and he and I will be together for the rest of our
lives.”
“Then you are both fools. John can never love you the way I
could. I could give you so much more Marlena. I could give you
anything you have ever dreamed of. Beautiful clohtes, expensive
jewelry, a mansion with servants, a chauffeured limosine,
everything!”
“I don’t care about any of those things. I don’t care about
material possessions. All I need is the love of my husband and
children and a happy life. Something you could never give me. I
am not interested in anything you have to give me.”
“I’m sorry you feel that way Marlena. We could have been happy
together. You, me and your children.”
“Never! Never! Because of you, I am in this wheelchair. Luckily, I
will be able to walk again but I will never forgive you for putting
me here.”
“All this time I thought you were a forgiving person.”
“I am a forgiving person, but when someone has hurt, kidnapped
and tortured you for many years, it’s kind of hard to just forgive
and forget. The pain will always be there and I just wanted to let
you know how I feel. I am glad you are in this jail and I hope you
rot here because I never want to see you again. Good riddance,
Stefano. Roman! I’m ready!”
Marlena wheels herself towards the door while waiting for Roman
to open it and let her out, Stefano’s penetrating stare at her back.
The door clicks and Roman opens and lets her out. Once they are
both out of Stefano’s hearing Roman asks.
“How did it go, Doc?”
“I feel so much better Roman. I feel like a weight has been lifted
off my shoulders. Stefano is finally out of all of our lives for
good.”
“Yes, you aren’t the only one happy to see that bastard behind
bars.”
Marlena smiles at her ex husband and then grabs her purse to call
John to tell him that she is done. She and John are going to take
her parents and the kids to lunch and then they are going to the
park.
While Marlena is waiting for John she talks to Abe and he tells
her that he and Lexie are expecting a baby. They just found out.
Marlena is happy for them and will congratulate Lexie when she
sees her. Hugs and smiles all around.
Things are finally getting back on track. What Marlena and John
don’t know is that they are about to get more good news.
While at the park after lunch Eric called Marlena’s cell phone and
told Marlena the good news and she had to pass it on to John
and the kids. He and Greta are getting married. Marlena, Sami,
Carrie, Belle, Brady and Will are all going to be in the wedding.
Marlena is so happy to hear this news and Belle is happy that she
gets to be a flower girl again. Brady is happy that he is going to be
a ring bearer again. If the twins were old enough, I’m sure they
would be happy too.
Marlena hopes she will be walking by the time the wedding rolls
around.
“John, I don’t know if I can take anymore good news. I can hardly
contain myself. First, Lexie and Abe are expecting a baby and now
my son is getting married.”
“It’s great news alright, Doc. Now that DiMera is behind bars,
things are finally looking up.”
Marlena smiles.
“Yes.”
Belle and Brady can’t contain their excitement for their big
brother’s wedding. They even have the twins excited. They are
laughing and flailing their arms and legs while they make squealing
noises. Marlena can’t help but laugh at her babies.
“Looks like the twins are excited for their big brother as well.”
“We all are, momma! Brady, let’s go swing!” Belle exclaims excitedly
as she grabs Brady’s hand practically dragging him to the swings.
“I don’t know where our little girl gets her energy, Doc. Even with
her cystic fibrosis, it doesn’t keep her down. She is a strong little
girl.”
Marlena leans against her husband and smiles.
“Yes she is. I knew she was when she stopped breathing after she
was born but came back to us after you gave her CPR. She wasn’t
going to leave us. She is definitely our daughter.”
“That’s a fact.” John tells Marlena as he wraps his arm around
her. They both watch Belle and Brady on the swings as do the
twins. They may only be 5 months old but they are very observant
and are absorbing the world around them with extreme curiosity
and wonderment. They are learning something new everyday and
growing by leaps and bounds. Once they start crawling and
walking, John and Marlena aren’t going to be able to keep up with
them.
John and Marlena are very proud of their family. Marlena was
very upset with the news of her hysterectomy at first but seeing
her children playing she realizes her heart and arms are full. She
has two grown children plus three young ones and one she is
about to legally adopt. The hysterectomy was a blessing in disguise.
John breaks the silence to tell Marlena something.
“Doc?”
Marlena breaks out of her thoughts and answers her husband.
“Yeah?”
“I have the adoption papers for you to legally adopt Brady, all you
have to do is sign them.”
Marlena gets a look of surprise on her face as her hazel eyes
focus on John.
“Oh? Don’t we need to have a court hearing first?”
“Under normal circumstances we would but I told the judge and
attorney our situation and they made an exception for us.”
“Our situation? You mean the shootings and me being in the
wheelchair?” Marlena asks John.
“Yes. They realized it was special circumstances so they went
ahead and had the papers drawn up for Brady’s adoption. Once
you sign your name on the dotted line, Brady is legally your son.”
Marlena’s hand flutters to her chest as the tears form in her
hazel eyes.
“John, thank you so much. You have no idea how much this
means to me. You are the greatest husband in the whole world,
I’m glad I married you.”
After she says this she leans forward and plants a whopper of a
kiss on John. The kiss gets deeper and passionate as Marlena’s
arms go around John’s neck and his hands go around her waist as
the papers get crumpled. They don’t care about that at the
moment. Belle and Brady see their parents kissing and they look at
each other and smile. They are happy to have two parents who
love each other because most of their classmates and friends
parents aren’t together. Lots of people are fascinated by the love
that John and Marlena share. Everytime they are seen, they are
making out or holding hands or hugging; it’s like they can’t get
enough of each other. It’s amazing and beautiful. John and
Marlena Black are soulmates and it shows.
Lots of people want that kind of relationship and love to share
with someone else. They are an example of how two people in love
act. They aren’t ashamed and their beautiful children are an
example of that.
John and Marlena are interrupted by John’s cell phone ringing so
he relcutanly stops kissing his wife and answers his phone. It’s
business and has to do with Basic Black, so John and Marlena
have to grab the kids and leave the park. The kids do so but
reluctantly. Marlena needs to put the twins down for their nap
anyway.
All this excitement has worn everyone out. Marlena promises the
kids that they can have ice cream later if they behave. Belle and
Brady love this idea.
Eric told Marlena when he called that he and Greta would come
over later so he could show off Greta’s engagement ring.
1 month later…
It is now September and Eric and Greta are trying to set a
wedding date. They want to get married in the spring. Marlena
suggested that they get married after the twins turn 1 since they
will be walking by then. Eric wants his grandparents at his wedding
before they go back to Colorado.
Marlena has been spending a lot of time with Lexie since she
found out she was pregnant. Marlena wants to throw Lexie a
baby shower when she gets closer to her due date.
Belle has been bugging her parents about what she wants for her
birthday since it’s a few weeks away. She is excited to turn 7.
On this particular day, Belle and Brady are at school, John is
about to get off work, Martha and Frank are running errands and
Marlena is taking a nap in her room after a hard day of physical
therapy. She is progressing well, the doctors say that she should
be up and walking by the time Eric’s wedding rolls around. She
just has to keep working hard.
Marlena never realized how hard it would be to take care of four
children while in a wheelchair, although Belle and Brady have
been a big help with the twins. Having John’s help as well as her
parents’ makes it easier. Ever since she was paralyzed, Marlena
has been seeing a lot more of Eric, Sami and Carrie and even Will.
Will loves coming over and spending time with his aunts and
uncles. Marlena loves having her grandson around.
Marlena is so out of it tired that she doesn’t hear Marlee crying
on the baby monitor. Luckily, John just came in the door and
happens to hear his daughter so he decides to go upstairs and
check on her.
John goes in the nursery and sees his baby daughter sitting up in
her crib leaning forward on her hands while she hiccup cries.
Then she sees her daddy and raises her arms while still hiccup
crying.
“What’s wrong, sweetheart?” John picks up Marlee.
Jonathan is still asleep, his pacifier half hanging out of his mouth.
John just smiles at his son sleeping and then turns his attention
back to his daughter.
Marlee leans her head against John’s chest as he grabs her
pacifier out of her crib.
“Here’s your pacifier, sweetheart. You’ll be okay now, daddy’s
here.”
Marlee takes the pacifer from her dad and lays her head back on
his chest. John decides to take her to Marlena to see if she
needs nursed. He grabs a diaper and some wipes to be on the safe
side just in case she needs a diaper change.
“Let’s go see momma, sweetheart.”
John carries Marlee to see Marlena and when he opens the door
to the bedroom Marlena is sound asleep. She is lying on her back
with her hands on her stomach and her head tilted to the side
with her cheek against the pillow. She has the sheets pulled up to
her chest.
John can’t help but stare at her. He can’t believe how beautiful
she is when she sleeps.
John still carrying Marlee, goes over to the bed and sits down
next to his wife.
“Marlena?” John whispers to her.
He leans Marlee up against his chest with one arm around her as
he takes his other hand and moves Marlena’s hair behind her ear.
He caresses his finger against her soft cheek.
She doesn’t stir.
He then leans over and kisses her cheek.
Marlena reacts a little.
“Hmmm?”
“Doc? It’s John and Marlee, wake up sweetheart.”
Marlena stirs and then opens her eyes and sees her husband and
baby daughter. She smiles.
She yawns, rubs her eyes and then sits up.
“My goodness, I must have been tired. I didn’t even hear my baby
girl.”
“Yeah, I came in the door and heard her crying, she might have
had a bad dream. She was sitting up in her crib crying so I
decided to bring her in here to see you. She might need fed and
changed so I brought a diaper and the wipes.”
“How’s Jonathan?” Marlena asks.
“He’s fine. He was sound asleep when I left the nursery. He had
his pacifier hanging out of his mouth. It was so cute.”
Marlena smiles.
“Now let me see that beautiful girl and see if she wants to be
nursed.”
John hands Marlee to Marlena as she unbuttons her shirt and
proceeds to feed her daughter. Marlee obliges and begins eating
away. She looks up at her mom with her beautiful blue green eyes
and even reaches her arm up towards her. Marlena takes Marlee’s
hand and kisses it.
John watches his wife and baby daughter.
“I love you, Doc.”
Marlena looks up from what she’s doing and looks at her husband.
“I love you too, John.”
They lean in to kiss each other as they hear commotion
downstairs and they realize it’s Belle and Brady home from school.
They reluctantly pull out of the kiss. Marlena finishes nursing
Marlee as John goes down to check on the kids.
Marlena spends a little more time with her daughter after she is
done nursing. She is so vocal and active. She is really starting to
resemble John. She has got a headful of dark hair, and beautiful
blue green eyes.
Marlee sees her pacifier on the bed, grabs it and puts it in her
mouth. She sits up and begins playing with her hands and feet,
babbling the whole time.
“You are such a beautiful little girl, Marlee. I love you so much.”
Marlena leans over and kisses Marlee’s head. Marlee just looks up
at her mom and just smiles and points while making noises.
Eventually, John comes back upstairs and grabs Marlee so
Marlena can get in her wheelchair to go downstairs to see her
other kids. Jonathan is now awake and John grabs him so he can
join everyone. Martha and Frank brought some takeout home so
everyone gathers in the dining room to eat and talk.
Belle is getting more excited about her birthday everyday since it’s
only a few weeks away. She can’t wait to turn 7. The twins are 7
months old and are now crawling and into everything so the house
had to be baby proofed. It’s a Saturday and Belle is spending the
day with her mom, helping her out since she’s in the wheelchair.
Frank and Martha are out with the twins, John and Brady are at a
football game. Belle loves spending time with her mom, since it
has been so long since it’s been just the two of them.
Belle has been asking her mom all day about her being born and
when she was a baby so Marlena decides to get out the photo
albums so they can look at them together. Belle loves this idea.
Marlena goes to get the photo albums out of the trunk in the
closet so Belle goes to the living room and sits down in the
recliner/rocker. They decide to look at the pictures in there
because the lighting is better and Marlena can maneuver her
wheelchair better in there.
While Marlena is getting the photo albums out of the closet Belle
is dangling her legs over the front of the chair and clapping her
hands and smiling. She is so excited.
Marlena wanted to keep the photo albums in the closet to keep
them from getting dusty and to keep the kids out of them
without permission. Marlena gets the photo albums and puts them
on her lap as she wheels herself into the living room and next to
Belle in the chair. She picks the first one up and then lays the
rest next to her chair on the floor.
Marlena then opens the photo album to the first page and the
first page has sonograms of when Marlena was pregnant with
Belle.
Belle looks at them with a confused look on her face.
“Momma, what are those?”
“Those are called sonograms, Belle. They are pictures of you when
you were still inside my tummy.”
“That’s me?”
Marlena smiles at her daughter.
“Yes. I was told you were a boy before you were born but when
you arrived you were a girl.”
Marlena starts pointing out the parts on the sonograms when
Belle interrupts.
“Momma, did you want a boy instead?” Belle looks at her mom
with her father’s blue eyes full of questions.
“Oh, sweetie it didn’t matter to me what you were, I just wanted
you to be healthy and when I found out you were a girl that just
made it all the sweeter.”
Belle smiles at her mom, her mouth full of gaps where she lost her
baby teeth.
They continue to look at the sonograms and Marlena points out
the parts to Belle.
“There’s your head, your arm, your knee, and part of your foot.”
Belle just smiles, fascinated.
Marlena turns the page and there are pictures of Belle’s baby
shower. They talk about the pictures.
Then they go to the next page and on that page is a picture of
Marlena holding a newborn Belle.
“There I am holding you after you were born. Your daddy took
that picture.”
“I was bald!” Belle tells her mom.
“Yes you were but most babies are. You were still the most
beautiful baby.”
The next page has pictures of John holding Belle in the hospital
and even some of Marlena holding Belle.
There are even some pictures of Sami holding Belle after she was
brought home from the hospital.
“Momma, why does Sami look upset in these pictures?”
Belle asks.
“I’ll tell you about it some other time, sweetie.”
They continue to look at the pictures and come upon Belle’s 1st
birthday. Belle got her hands right in her cake and her face was
covered in frosting.
Marlena can’t help but laugh looking at that picture. Belle just
gets all embarrassed and puts her hands over her mouth.
There are some Christmas pictures as well. Belle is sitting on
Santa’s lap.
After the Christmas pictures there aren’t any until Belle’s 2nd
birthday because of Marlena’s possession.
There is even a picture of Chelsea holding Belle at her party.
Belle spends most of the time in her mom’s arms in most of the
pictures since they had been apart for so long. You could see the
love Marlena had for her little girl in the pictures.
There were more birthday pictures and Christmas pictures. Belle
laughed at the pictures of her when she was sprayed with silly
string at her birthday party. She loved the pictures of her and
Brady on Santa’s lap. This was taken when they were in Aremid.
The next picture is of John and Marlena holding Belle in between
them. Belle is wearing a checkered jumper with a bow on the
front. They look like a happy family.
Belle likes this picture because everyone looks happy in it.
There’s more Christmas pictures. Then there’s a couple in there
with Belle and her nephew, Will.
“Momma, there’s a picture of me and Will. I don’t remember it
though.”
“I remember that picture. Will was fussy that day. Sami couldn’t
get him to calm down so I took him from her and put him on the
floor next to you and he was happy as a lark with you. We
couldn’t resist taking a picture of the two of you. It was so cute.”
“Will loves his Aunt Belle doesn’t he, momma?” Belle asks.
“Yes he does sweet girl.”
They continue to look at the photo albums and they come upon
John and Marlena’s wedding that didn’t happen. Belle looked like
a doll in her yellow flower girl dress.
Belle looks at the picture with a confused look on her face.
“I was a flower girl at this wedding too?”
“Yes but your daddy and I didn’t get married because Uncle
Roman showed up.”
Belle nods.
They finally finish that photo album and decide to get a snack
and then go to the next one. Marlena wheels herself into the
kitchen with Belle right behind her.
“Momma, I want cookies and milk.”
“Okay, sweetie sit down at the table and I will get them for you.”
Belle sits down at the dining room table while Marlena gets Belle’s
snack. Marlena makes herself a cup of tea. They share homemade
chocolate chip cookies, made specially by Marlena’s mother.
“Momma, I love Grandma’s cookies.”
“So do I.”
They finish up their snack and then head back to the living room
to finish looking at the photo albums.
They continue to look at pictures and they come across Edmund
and Susan’s wedding where Belle was the flower girl and then they
look at the pictures leading up to John and Marlena’s wedding in
1999.
There were tons of pictures of the wedding. There is a picture of
Belle in her dress holding her basket of flower petals, there’s a
picture of her posing with her brother’s Eric and Brady and sister
Sami, there’s a picture of her with just John and Marlena and
her, there’s a picture of her and Brady, there’s a picture of John
and Marlena, Sami, Eric, Brady and Belle, there’s a picture of her
and Brady dancing at the reception.
“I loved being a flower girl at you and daddy’s wedding, momma. I
had so much fun and I loved my dress. I didn’t want to take it
off, but Chelsea made me take it off so I could take a bath. I had
so much fun that day.” Belle tells her mom with an air of
superiority.
“You were happy that your daddy and I were married.”
“Yes, we became a real family that day and when the twins were
born we became a bigger family.”
“Oh, Belle how did I get such a wonderful daughter?”
Marlena asks her daughter as she pulls her into a fierce hug.
Eventually, Marlena and Belle finish looking at the pictures and
it’s time for John, Brady, Martha and Frank and the twins to
come home so they can have dinner and take a bath and go to
bed.
“Momma, I enjoyed spending the day with you and looking at
pictures. I loved all of them, thank you for showing them to me.”
“Your welcome sweet girl. I enjoyed spending the day with you
too. We don’t get to do it very often. We need to do it again.”
“Yes, I would love that!” Belle tells her mom excitedly as she smiles
and hugs her. Marlena kisses Belle’s cheek.
It was a day well spent for Marlena and Belle.
It is now the middle of the week and it’s almost time for John and
Marlena to get up and wake the kids for school. John and
Marlena are still lying in bed. John is still asleep but Marlena is
awake thinking.
The Saturday that Marlena spent with Belle is still fresh in her
mind. She enjoyed spending the day with her daughter. Sometimes
Marlena would look at Belle and couldn’t believe how much she
was growing intellectually and physically. She looked like a normal
almost 7 year old. Belle didn’t look like she had a deadly disease.
She didn’t look sick or act sick.
This made Marlena think back on the day that she gave birth to
Belle; the difficulty of the birth, the location of the birth and
what happened shortly after the birth when Belle stopped
breathing and John saved her life. Marlena has always been
grateful to John for saving Belle’s life.
Marlena almost couldn’t believe that she and John created that
beautiful girl out of their love. She looks over at John who is still
sleeping and smiles at him.
“Oh, John I love you so much.” Marlena whispers.
This causes John to wake.
He rubs his eyes and stretches and then he sees his beautiful wife
and smiles at her.
“Good morning, sweetheart.” John tells his wife.
“Good morning, John.”
They give each other a good morning kiss. The kiss begins to get
hot and heavy as they begin to give in to their passion for each
other there is a knock at the door.
John and Marlena reluctantly pull out of the kiss and look
towards the door.
“Daddy, mommy are you awake?” Brady asks sleepily.
“Yes we’re awake son. What do you need?” John answers his son.
“I need to tell you something.” Brady exclaims.
“What is it?” John asks.
“May I come in to tell you?”
“Sure you can. Hold on.”
John gets out of bed and puts his pajama pants on over his
boxers and answers the door.
Brady is standing there with a worried look on his face, his hair all
messed up from sleep and his race car pj’s all crumpled up.
“So what is it you wanted to tell me Brady?” John asks his 8 year
old son as he picks him up.
“I think something is wrong with Belle, daddy.”
John looks at his son, his blue eyes mirroring his own.
“Why do you think something is wrong with Belle?”
“I went to knock on her door to see if she wanted to have cereal
with me and watch cartoons before school but she didn’t answer
me or answer the door. I knocked five times.” Brady told his dad
with an air of superiority.
John sets Brady back down.
“That’s very unusual. Belle is usually the first one up and to not
answer her door is also unusual.” John says with a confused look
on his face.
Brady just looks up at his dad his face masked with the same look
of confusion. Marlena has gotten out of bed by this time and has
wheeled herself over to John and Brady.
“John what’s the matter?” Marlena asks with a worried look on
her face.
“Belle didn’t answer her door when Brady knocked and he’s
worried about her.”
“Oh, my gosh. We better go check on her right now.”
“That’s a good idea, Doc. Brady, I want you to go to your room
and get dressed for school and then go downstairs and have
Grandma give you some cereal.’
“Okay daddy.’ Brady says as he heads toward his bedroom.
Marlena is already on her way to Belle’s room, John hot on her
wheels.
They get to Belle’s door and Marlena knocks.
“Belle, it’s mama. Are you awake, sweetie?”
No answer.
John tries and still no answer.
So they both open the door which is thankfully unlocked and go
into Belle’s room and over to her bed. Belle is lying in her bed, her
eyes closed. She is so motionless, it’s scary.
John approaches his daughter and lightly shakes her arm but she
doesn’t wake. Marlena is beginning to get distraught.
John leans over and kisses Belle’s cheek which is cold to his lips.
“Oh, my God, not again.” John says as he begins to choke up.
“John what is it?! What’s wrong?!” Marlena now in hysterics asks
John.”
“I think Belle stopped breathing, Doc.”
Marlena looks at John, the tears forming in her eyes as her hand
goes up to her mouth.
John begins CPR on his daughter as Marlena cries her eyes out.
“Come on Belle, breathe for daddy.” John tells Belle while he
pumps her chest after breathing air into her little lungs.
John continues CPR on Belle as Marlena wheels herself out into
the hall and grabs the cordless to call 911.
While out there things go from bad to worse as Martha brings
baby Marlee to Marlena.
After Marlena gets off the phone with 911 Martha gets her
daughter’s attention.
“Marlena, what’s wrong?”
“It’s awful mama. Belle stopped breathing and John is giving her
CPR so I was calling 911 so she can be taken to the hospital.”
“Oh, sweetie that’s terrible. I’m so sorry, my poor granddaughter.
But there is something else that’s wrong as well Marlena.”
Marlena looks up at her mom with a questioning look.
“What is it, mama?”
“Something’s wrong with little Marlee here. She has a high fever
and she’s sweating profusely. I am worried about her.”
Marlena begins to cry hysterically again.
“Marlee is sick as well? I can’t believe this. We will have to take
both of them to the hospital.” Marlena says between tears.
Martha hands Marlena her baby daughter and as soon as Marlena
grabs Marlee she can feel how warm she is.
“This is not good, not good at all.”
Marlena wheels herself back into Belle’s bedroom while still
holding Marlee, as Martha follows.
“John have you got Belle breathing yet?”
“No, not yet Doc. But I’m not giving up.”
“God please help my little girl to breathe, please.”
As soon as Marlena says this Belle begins to cough uncontrollably.
Marlena, Martha and John are all so happy.
Martha runs into the bathroom to grab Belle’s basin so she can
spit into it if need be. Even though Belle’s is breathing on her own
again, John and Marlena want her to go to the hospital and get
checked anyway so she will have to miss school. While they are
there they can get Marlee checked out as well.
Later at the hospital…
They have Belle in a bed and hooked up to a ventilator and they
have Marlee in the other room getting checked out.
Mike comes out to John and Marlena in the waiting room to tell
them what’s wrong with their daughters.
Marlena sees him first and wheels herself towards him.
“Mike what’s wrong with my babies?”
“Well, you got them both here in time. Calling 911 instead of
bringing them both here yourself was a smart thing to do. Now,
with Belle it appears that she has severe pnemonia in her lungs
brought on by her cystic fibrosis, she also has some cysts on her
lungs that are blocking her airways. We are going to put her on a
special drug to help shrink the cysts, with the pnemonia we are
going to put her on an antibiotic.”
Marlena is holding John’s waist as he has his arm around her, they
are both relieved that they got both Belle and Marlee to the
hospital in time but are very worried about Belle.
“Belle is hooked up to a ventilator right now to help clear her
lungs. I want to warn you that the drugs that we are going to give
her might have some side effects.”
“What kind of side effects are we talking about, Mike?” John asks.
“It’s going to make her very tired and weak and also cause her to
throw up, but those are the worst of the side effects.”
Marlena puts her hand up to her chest relieved that the
symptoms aren’t more severe than she first thought.
“Now with Marlee it appears she has a double ear infection
caused by teething. We have a special antibiotic for her to take
and some special gel to put on her gums to lessen the severity of
the pain of the teething.”
A nurse brings Marlee out of the room and takes her to her
parents. As soon as she sees them she squeals with delight, happy
to see them. Marlena and John are happy to see their baby
daughter.
The nurse hands John Marlee’s prescription for an antibiotic and
the tubes of gel for her gums. The nurse places Marlee on
Marlena’s lap and she wraps her arms around her daughter and
kisses the top of her head.
Mike tells John and Marlena that they will need to come back
later to see Belle since he wants her to rest and to give the
ventilator a chance to work.
John and Marlena leave the hospital and head for home to wait
for news of their daughter’s condition. They both know she’s in
good hands.
It’s a few days later and John and Marlena have been to the
hospital to see Belle everyday since she was brought in. She is
getting better each day and hopefully will be able to come home
soon. Marlee is doing much better since she was given the
antibiotic for her ears, her gums are still giving her problems.
John and Marlena have both noticed that she is getting teeth on
the bottom front and top front, that is why she is having so much
pain.
Otherwise she and Jonathan are both happy babies and are
healthy. They are growing by leaps and bounds and developing
wonderfully.
Unfortunately, though Marlena hasn’t been feeling too well. Ever
since Belle was taken to the hospital Marlena has been having
terrible stomach cramps and vomiting. She knows she can’t be
pregnant because of her hysterectomy so she decides to go get
examined to find out what’s wrong.
John is very concerned and worried about his wife.
John and Marlena decide to go see the doctor after they go and
visit Belle in the hospital.
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Meanwhile at the hospital…
Belle is in bed and off the respirator. She is still on the antibiotic
and the medication. Her body is reacting well to them. She is
watching cartoons after having taken her medication.
The phone rings and interrupts Belle from her cartoon.
(ring)
She picks up the receiver and answers.
“Hello?”
“Hi, sweet girl. It’s mama. How are you feeling?”
“Hi, momma. I’m doing better. I can’t wait to see you and daddy.”
“Daddy and I will be by in a little bit. I’m not feeling very good so I
am going to have to see the doctor after I visit you.”
“What’s wrong, momma?”
“I don’t know, sweetie. That’s why I am going to see the doctor so
I can find out.”
“I’m sorry you don’t feel good, momma.”
“Thanks, Belle. Well, you’re daddy and I are on our way so we will
see you in a few minutes okay?”
“Okay, momma. See you in a little bit.”
Belle hangs up the phone and crosses her arms across her chest.
“I hope momma is going to be okay.” She says to herself.
Mike comes in to examine Belle.
“Hi, Belle. How are you feeling?”
“Hi, Dr. Mike. I am doing better. Momma just called and told me
that she and daddy are coming to see me. But, momma’s sick and
has to see a doctor.”
“I’m sorry to hear that. Now let me listen to your chest.”
Mike puts the stethoscope against Belle’s chest as she breathes in
and out for him like she is asked.
“Your lungs sound pretty good, Belle. It looks like you will be out
of here in a few days.”
“Yay! I can’t wait to get out of here. I miss school so much and my
friends.”
John and Marlena arrive at the hospital and immediately head to
their daughter’s room.
Marlena wheels herself in the door and John is right behind her.
Mike has finished his examination and sees John and Marlena
come in.
“Hi John, Marlena. Your daughter is doing very well and will be
able to go home in a few days.”
“Mike, that is great news.” Marlena says ecstatic.
Belle hears her mom and gets a huge grin on her face.
“Momma, daddy!”
John and Marlena go over to their daughter and Mike leaves.
“Hi, Belle. I’m so glad to see that you are doing better.”Marlena
tells her daughter.
Marlena and Belle hug and then John gets in on the hugging.
John and Marlena finish up their visit and have to leave so they
can go to Marlena’s appointment.
Marlena and John are in the hospital room, Marlena just had
some tests run to find out why she is feeling sick. They are
waiting to hear the results. While they wait, John rubs Marlena’s
shoulders but after awhile Marlena begins to feel sick again so
she has to quickly wheel herself to the bathroom. John hears her
throwing up and feels so bad for her and it makes him think back
on when Isabella was sick with cancer. John hopes it isn’t cancer,
they have enough to deal with with Belle’s cystic fibrosis and
Marlena’s temporary paralysis.
John walks over to the bathroom door and knocks.
(knock, knock)
“Doc, are you okay?”
Marlena in between retches.
“I hope so, John. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.”
While Marlena is still in the bathroom the doctor comes back in
to talk to John and Marlena.
“Doc, the doctor is back to talk to us, are you well enough to
come out?”
“Yeah, I’ll be out in a minute.”
John walks back over to the doctor.
“Sorry, Doctor.”
“It’s quite alright, Mr. Black.”
Marlena opens the door and wheels herself out and over to John
and looks at the doctor.
“So, Doctor what’s wrong with me?” Marlena asks.
“Well, Dr. Evans. It’s kind of complicated, but I will tell you what
you want to hear.”
John sits down in the chair next to Marlena’s wheelchair and
wraps his arm around Marlena’s shoulders.
John and Marlena look at the doctor waiting for him to speak.
“Dr. Evans, when you had your surgery after being shot, you know
you lost a lot of blood, right?”
Marlena nods.
“Yes, Doctor.”
“Well, all the blood loss wasn’t directly related to your injuries.”
“What are you trying to tell me, Doctor?” Marlena asks worried.
“What I am trying to tell you is, that when you were shot, you
were pregnant and you suffered a miscarriage as a result of your
injuries.”
Marlena’s hand flies up to her mouth as she begins to cry
uncontrollably.
John pulls her to him and comforts her with the tears falling
down his face as well.
“I’m sorry that I had to tell you that, Dr. Evans. That’s why you
are feeling sick now, you have an infection from the miscarriage.
The surgery didn’t cause any type of infection, the infection is
stemmed from the miscarriage. I know you have twins at home
and are nursing them, but I’m afraid I will have to put you on an
antibiotic to get rid of the infection. I am going to try to find one
that you can take while nursing. I can’t promise anything, but I
will try.”
Marlena continues to cry as John is the one that speaks.
“Thank you, Doctor.”
“No problem. Again, I’m sorry that I had to give you this news, I
will be back in a few minutes with your prescription, if you don’t
mind waiting a little longer.”
“Sure, Doctor. My wife and I can wait a little longer, I just have
to call the house and check on the kids.”
“Sure.”
With that said the doctor leaves to go to the pharmacy as John
goes over to the phone to call the house.
Marlena just sits in her wheelchair crying her eyes out.
John dials the house and gets Martha on the phone. While talking
to her, he can’t keep the sadness out of his voice.
After he is done off the phone, he goes back over to Marlena
whose face is soaked with tears.
John grabs her hand and kisses it.
“Doc? I called the house to check on the twins and Brady. Your
mother said that they are doing okay. I didn’t tell her what we
found out, but I told her we would be home later.”
“John, I lost my baby. My baby is gone!” Marlena screams.
“I know, honey. It’s not your fault, it’s Stefano’s. It was one thing
to have us shot but he cost us the life of our unborn child. I
want the bastard put to death.” John whispers in between sobs to
his wife.
They sit there for awhile just holding each other and crying.
Eventually the doctor came back in with a prescription for
Marlena’s pelvic infection. Lucky for her and the twins the
doctor was able to find something that Marlena could take that
wouldn’t hurt the twins when they are nursing. It’s a new drug.
John and Marlena are both relieved and then go to get the
prescription filled.
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Meanwhile…
Mike allowed Belle to get out of bed and walk around a little and
while she does this she runs into another little girl who is a
patient. She is sick with cancer.
“Hi, I’m Belle. What’s your name?”
“My name is Madison.” The girl replies.
“I’m almost 7. How old are you?” Belle asks.
“I’m 8. I just had my birthday. The doctors and nurses that take
care of me threw me a party in my room. My mom and dad and my
brother and sister came too. I had fun.” Madison says.
“I will be out of here before my birthday. I am going to celebrate
with my big brothers and sisters as well as my baby brother and
sister. They are twins, my oldest brother and sister are twins also.”
“That’s really neat, Belle.”
Belle and Madison continue their conversation as John and
Marlena come out of the pharmacy and see Belle talking to a sick
girl.
John and Marlena approach them.
“Hi, Izzy.”
Belle hears her dad and smiles at him.
“Hi, daddy!” Belle yells at her dad as she waves.
Marlena is hardly saying a word, still upset by the news she
received from the doctor.
John and Belle go in for a huge hug as he picks her up.
“Daddy, I want you to meet my new friend, Madison. She has
cancer.”
“Nice to meet you Madison.” John tells the girl.
“Nice to meet you too, Belle’s dad.”
“My daughter isn’t talking your ear off is she?” John asks Madison
jokingly.
Belle puts her hands on her hips and looks at her dad.
“No, she is very nice and very pretty.”
“Thank you, Madison.”
Madison smiles at John.
John puts Belle down and Belle walks over to her mom.
“Madison, this is my momma, Dr. Evans. She is paralyzed.”
“Nice to meet you Dr. Evans.”
Marlena kind of absentmindedly smiles at Madison as she grabs
Belle tightly and begins to cry again.
Belle gets a confused look on her face as she looks up at her dad.
John just gives Belle a sad look.
Finally the nurse comes to take Madison back to her room and
Belle promises to come see her again soon.
Marlena and John have to leave but John promises to tell Belle
everything after she comes home.
Hugs, kisses and “I love yous” as John and Marlena leave and Belle
goes back to her room.
John and Marlena are now home from the hospital and they still
haven’t told Marlena’s parents, or the other kids about Marlena’s
miscarriage.
Marlena is acting dispondent. As soon as John brought her home
she went straight upstairs and went to bed. John has a huge pain
in his heart after hearing about the miscarriage. He has been
thinking of how far along Marlena would be if she was still
pregnant. He is guessing a little over a month. They made love in
June, which was the first time since the twins were born. The
twins were four months old. If Marlena would have carried to
term, the baby would have been born in March.
John decides to go check on Marlena to see how she is doing. He
goes upstairs and into their massive bedroom. Marlena is sitting in
her wheelchair staring out the balcony doors, her back towards
him.
He walks over to her and puts his hands on her shoulders.
“Doc? It’s John.”
“John?”
“Yes, it’s me.”
“Our baby is gone.”
“I know sweetheart, I know. DiMera will pay for doing this to us.”
“I just want the pain to stop, John. I want to stop hurting. How
much more can that man take from us?”
Marlena’s face is soaked with tears as new ones fall down her red,
swollen cheeks.
John walks around to the front of Marlena’s wheelchair and gets
down on his knees and wraps his arms around her as they cry
together.
Brady comes to the bedroom door and sees his parents crying. He
doesn’t understand because he hardly ever sees his parents cry.
He decides to approach them.
“Mommy, daddy. What’s wrong?”
John looks up and sees his 8 year old son standing there with a
worried look on his face. John approaches Brady and picks him
up.
“A lot of things kid, a lot of things.”
Marlena swivels her wheelchair around to face John and her son.
“John where are mama and daddy? I want them to be here when
we tell Brady what happened.”
“They’re downstairs in the kitchen. I’ll go get them.”
“John I want the twins here too.”
John nods as he sets Brady down and goes to get his mother and
father in law.
Brady approaches his new mother and wipes the tears from her
cheek with his chubby hand.
“I’m sorry your sad, mommy.”
“Oh Brady. You are such a wonderful little boy.”
Marlena grabs Brady into a fierce hug.
Frank, Martha, John with the twins come into the bedroom with
Marlena and Brady. Martha and Frank have looks of concern on
their faces.
Marlena and Brady pull out of the hug and Marlena faces her
parents.
“I’m afraid I have some bad news for you.”
John hands Marlee to Marlena and she wraps her arms around
her baby daughter.
John continues to hold Jonathan.
“What is it sugar?” Frank asks his daughter.
“You know how I have been feeling sick since Belle was taken to
the hospital?”
“Yes.” They all reply.
“Well it turns out that I have a pelvic infection from when I was
shot, but the infection isn’t from my injuries or the shooting.
While I was being operated on, as you know I was bleeding quite a
bit. At the time the surgeons coudn’t figure out what was
causing it, but after I had my tests run today the doctor told me
that I suffered a miscarriage as a result of my injuries and that’s
what’s causing the infection.”
Fresh tears fall down Marlena’s still wet cheeks.
Frank and Martha just stand there with shocked looks on their
faces.
Martha approaches her daughter and leans down and gives her a
fierce hug.
“Marlena, honey I am so sorry. That is awful. Stefano is
responsible for the death of my unborn grandchild.”
Brady speaks up.
“What is a miscarriage?”
Frank answers his question.
“Your mommy lost her unborn baby, Brady. The baby was in her
tummy and it died.”
Brady gets a shocked look on his face and looks at Marlena.
Marlee begins to squirm in Marlena’s arms because she is being
squeezed in between her mom and grandma. Martha pulls out of
the hug and picks up her granddaughter.
“I’m sorry, Marlee. Grandma didn’t mean to squeeze you like that
sweetie.”
Marlee just looks at her grandma and smiles with her two little
teeth showing.
John and Marlena decide to set aside a time to tell the other kids
about the miscarriage. They are going to tell Belle when she gets
out of the hospital.
Marlena wants the twins close to her as well as John so everyone
else after hugs, kisses and “I love yous” leaves the room so the
three of them can be alone.
Marlena decides to nurse the twins so she can be close to them.
With the twins in her arms, the loss of her unborn baby doesn’t
hurt quite so much.
Marlena hasn’t felt this much pain since the loss of DJ.
After the twins are nursed, John puts them in the playpen that
they have in the bedroom, so they can keep an eye on them.
John picks Marlena up out of her wheelchair and lays her on
their massive bed. He lays down beside her as they hold each
other and watch the twins play in the playpen.
Marlena wants to be as close to John as she possibly can. She
needs to feel his body next to hers, his lips on hers, and to feel
him fill her to capacity. She knows that with John’s love she will
be able to get over her grief about the miscarriage.
John put the twins down for their nap a while ago and Marlena’s
parents took Brady to get some ice cream so it’s just John and
Marlena alone in their bedroom.
John is holding Marlena with her back facing him and his arms
around her waist. He is wearing his jeans and no shirt and
Marlena is wearing her flannel nightgown.
Marlena turns toward John using her upper body strength and
puts her hands on his face and passionately kisses him; sticking
her tongue down his throat.
John kisses her back, their tongues intertwining and then he pulls
out of the kiss and looks at his wife.
“What was that for?” he asks.
“Make love to me, John. Here and now. I need you in every way.”
No words are spoken as John and Marlena passionately kiss again.
Marlena reaches down and undoes John jeans and slides her
hands down into his boxers and around to where her hands are
on his bare butt and she squeezes his butt cheeks. She loves how
he feels under her hands. He takes such good care of himself.
Marlena gets his jeans and boxers partially off as John kicks them
the rest of the way off and then goes back to kissing his wife.
John is now on top of Marlena completely naked. Her hands go
around to his back as she runs her hands down his back all the
way to his butt.
John then sits up and begins undoing the buttons on Marlena’s
nightgown and as he goes lower and lower he realizes that she is
completely naked underneath.
Marlena just gives him a sly smile as he finishes up unbuttoning
her nightgown and then takes it off of her admiring her beautiful
naked body.
The only flaw in Marlena’s beautiful skin is the scar from her
surgery. John leans over and kisses her stomach right on the scar.
Even with the scar she is still the most devastatingly beautiful
woman in the world.
“John, make love to me please.” Marlena pleads with her husband.
She grabs her legs which are currently useless and spreads them
for her husband welcoming him to enter her.
John gets on top of his wife and passionately kisses her on the
mouth and then runs his mouth down her neck, her chest, her
stomach, her bellybutton and finally he reaches her mound and
kisses the top of it. He takes his fingers and lightly brushes them
over her sensitive nub just enough to get her wet. This causes
Marlena to buckle a little bit as she lets out a small moan.
John moves back on top of his wife as he looks down, grabs his
penis and guides it into his wife.
This gets a slight reaction from Marlena as she turns her head
like she’s in pain.
“Doc, am I hurting you?” John asks worried.
Marlena looks up at John and grabs his face.
“No, it’s just been awhile since we have made love and I am a little
tight and sensitive down there. But, I don’t want you to stop.”
Marlena pulls John’s face toward her and passionately kisses him
as he begins to move inside her.
Marlena’s hands move from John’s face, across his shoulders,
down his shoulder blades and down his back. Marlena can feel
John’s arms around her ribs as he kisses her neck and her throat.
She can feel the sweat on his back from their lovemaking.
John starts pumping into Marlena harder and harder as she pulls
her head back and opens her mouth to the ecstasy. “Oh, John
please don’t stop.”
Marlena continues to have orgasm after orgasm as she pushes
John deeper into her until he can’t take it anymore and he grunts
and bursts inside her.
This causes Marlena to scream loudly.
John reaches up and puts his fingers on her mouth.
“Sorry Doc. I forgot that the twins are asleep in the nursery.”
Marlena just nods her head. They are both sweaty and flushed
after their amazing lovemaking. John is still inside Marlena and
she likes it that way.
She grabs John’s fingers from off her lips and sucks on them,
imagining it’s John’s penis. She is looking John right in the eyes as
she is doing this. John takes the hint and pulls himself out of her
and rolls over on his side and faces his wife. Marlena still has
John’s fingers in her mouth sucking on them.
John reciprocates and begins sucking on her fingers. He runs his
tongue down her knuckles and sucks on them.
John then surprises her by sticking her fingers inside her still wet
mound and then sucking on them.
“I love how you taste, baby. So sweet and good.” John tells his
wife.
Marlena rolls herself on her side using her upper body with her
back toward John trying to hint to him that she wants him to
make love to her again.
Before Marlena realizes what’s going on John goes inside her
from behind and causes her to gasp. He wraps one arm around
her waist as he pumps into her fast and hard. Marlena grabs onto
the headboard with one hand and the mattress with the other as
she reaches the heights of pleasure.
She has never experienced sex this passionate with any of the
other men she has been with. With John she has the most
awesome, spine shattering, passionate sex of her life and she can’t
get enough.
John’s face is buried in the back of Marlena’s neck as he reaches
his climax fast and hard which causes them both to moan quite
loudly.
John pulls out of her and grabs the covers and pulls them over
their sweaty bodies he then wraps his arms around Marlena as
they bring themselves back down from their high.
Marlena turns her head toward John.
“All better,” she says smiling.
“Sexual healing baby, sexual healing.” John tells his wife as he
smiles kisses her cheek.
They lay there and hold each other for awhile until they have to
get up and take care of the twins.
A few days later…
John and Marlena decide that today will be the day that they tell
the other kids about the miscarriage. After they get Brady off to
school after his breakfast and make sure the twins are fed and
changed, they go pick up Belle from the hospital. Marlena is still
nursing the twins for as long as she can, since it’s healthier for
them. Fortunately they only need to be nursed when they are
fussy and before they go to bed at night.
John decides to leave Basic Black early so he can be there when
the kids are told about the miscarriage.
Belle is happy to be home from the hospital, so after they get
home she goes to watch cartoons in the den. Frank is in the
office on the computer and Martha is taking a nap in her room.
Marlena had some light physical therapy today since she is still
sick. She was getting that done while John took Brady to school.
He picked her up when he came back to the hospital to get Belle
and bring her home.
Marlena is sitting in her wheelchair with her leg up on John’s
while he puts some muscle cream on her legs and feet to help
stimulate the nerves.
Marlena gets lost in her own thoughts as she remembers when she
and John made love a few days ago, not once but twice and they
way his hands felt on her body. But she is interrupted from her
thoughts by something.
“John, what did you just touch?” Marlena asks.
“Your toes. Why?” John asks confused.
“Touch them again.” Marlena demands.
John does as he is told and when he does it causes Marlena to
twitch a little.
“John! I felt that!” Marlena tells John excitedly.
John gets a big smile on his face.
“I can’t believe it, Doc. You are getting the feeling back in your
toes!”
Marlena nods with tears in her eyes.
John decides to try the other foot and he gets the same reaction.
Marlena is so happy. At this rate she should be walking by the
time Eric’s wedding rolls around.
John and Marlena hug each other as Belle comes running in
curious as to what’s going on.
“Momma, daddy is everything okay?” Belle asks concerned.
John and Marlena pull out of the hug and look at their daughter.
Marlena smiles at Belle as John answers her.
“Everything is good, Izzy. Your mom has feeling in her toes.”
“That’s great!” Belle exclaims excitedly as she heads toward her
mom for a fierce hug.
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An hour later…
Sami, Eric and Carrie have arrived and are curious as to what
Marlena needs to tell them. They make themselves at home in the
living room.
“What is this news that you want to tell us, Mom? I am dying of
suspense.” Sami exclaims.
Marlena looks over at John as he grabs her hand to reassure her.
“I have some good news and bad news. Which would you like to
hear first?” Marlena asks.
“The good news, first. It’s easier for me to deal with the bad news
if it’s softened by good news.” Carrie replies.
“Well, I have feeling in my toes.” Marlena tells everyone.
“Mom, that’s great news!” Eric tells his mom as he gets up to hug
her. Eventually they all join him.
After everyone has sat back down Marlena gets a somber look on
her face as she looks at everyone.
“Do you remember when I was having my surgery after I was shot
and Mike told you I was bleeding uncontrollably?”
Everyone nods.
“Well, the reason for that was because I was having a miscarriage.
I was 1 month along when I was shot. That is why I am sick, I got
an infection from the miscarriage.” Marlena puts her head down
as a stray tear falls down her cheek. John rubs her back.
Everyone just sits stunned, not believing what they heard at first.
Then one by one they all come up and comfort Marlena and tell
her how sorry they are for her loss. They do the same with John.
Once that is all said and done, they all go to the dining room to
eat the dinner that Martha prepared. During the dinner, Eric
talks about him and Greta and how excited they are getting ready
for the wedding in a few months. Belle is so excited about the
wedding because she gets to be the flower girl again. She can’t
stop talking about it.
Belle’s birthday gets brought up as well and she tells everyone
what she wants. She spends more time talking than eating.
Finally the dinner ends and Sami, Eric, and Carrie leave but not
before they comfort Marlena one more time. Belle and Brady
both have to take a bath and go to bed since they both have
school the next day.
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Later that night…
John and Marlena are both in bed but Marlena hasn’t been able
to sleep so she decides to look in on the twins in the nursery.
John is sleeping so she is careful not to wake him when she gets
into her wheelchair.
Once in the nursery Marlena is sitting next to the cribs and
looking at the twins and talking to them while they sleep. Ever
since the miscarriage, it’s been harder for her to sleep at night.
She keeps thinking of the baby she lost. Being near the twins
helps.
John wakes up and realizes Marlena is missing so he gets up to
find and sure enough he finds her in the nursery.
He walks up to her and puts his hand on her shoulder.
“Doc?”
Marlena looks up and smiles when she realizes who it is.
“John.”
She puts her cheek against his hand.
“I woke up and didn’t see you next to me. I got worried.” John
tells Marlena.
“I’m sorry, John. I didn’t mean to worry you. I just couldn’t sleep.”
“You are thinking about the miscarriage aren’t you?”
Marlena looks up at John after he asks her this.
“Yes.”
Then she looks back down at the twins as the tears fall down her
cheeks.
“I think about the miscarriage a lot too, Doc. I wonder what the
baby would have looked like and if it would have been a boy or a
girl.”
“Same here. The baby would have been beautiful, just like these
two. I look at them and I still can’t believe how beautiful and
perfect they are.”
“I know, honey. The twins are such a gift. But I want you to
remember something.” John places his hand against Marlena’s
chest.
“The baby that we lost will always be right here. I just know that
Isabella and Samantha will take good care of it, just as they are
taking good care of DJ. I can almost guarantee you, DJ is
looking after his baby brother or sister like a pro.”
Marlena smiles as the tears fall down her cheeks.
“You’re right, John.” Marlena tells her husband as she reaches up
for a hug. They hold each other for a few minutes allowing
themselves to heal, they know from here on out they will be
alright. Things will get easier and they will move on with their lives
one day at a time.
The next day…
That morning Belle kept asking her mom what a miscarriage was
and Marlena kept telling her that when the baby was growing in
her tummy it died. Belle couldn’t understand how that could
happen. Marlena finally told her that she would tell her when she
is older.
Marlena has to go to physical therapy as well as taking the twins
to their checkup. John would also be working late at Basic Black
because of a project he is working on.
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That afternoon…
Belle is home from school and comes in the front door looking
for her parents and grandparents. Brady didn’t come home with
Belle because he had practice. His friend, Aaron is bringing him
home later.
“Momma, daddy are you home?”
Martha comes out of the kitchen wiping her hands on a dishtowel.
“Hi, Belle. Your mommy and daddy aren’t home yet.” Martha tells
her granddaughter.
“Oh.” Belle says with a disappointed look on her face.
“I am going upstairs for awhile. Let me know when dinner is ready,
grandma.”
“Okay, sweetie.” Martha says as she reaches for a hug.
Belle gives her grandma a hug and then runs up the stairs two at a
time. She drops her bag off in her room and then decides to go
snooping. She goes to the nursery and then realizes this is the
first time she has been in the nursery without the twins there.
She looks around the room and smiles at the cute baby stuff.
She goes over to Marlee’s crib and picks up her bear. She loves
how soft it is as she rubs it against her cheek and then she looks
at it one more time with a smile on her face and then puts in back
in the crib. As she is doing this something on the dresser catches
her eye so she decides to go over and see what it is.
Belle reads the cover, “Marlee Alise and Jonathan Evan Black’s
Baby Book. “It’s the twins baby book.” Belle says with a smile on
her face.
She picks it up and sits down in the rocker to look at it.
She opens the book up to the first page and it’s the twins
sonograms and Marlena in various stages of pregnancy. Some of
the pictures were taken at Belle’s birthday last year. On the next
page a particular picture catches Belle’s eye and she can’t quit
looking at it.
The picture is of John and Marlena. Marlena is very pregnant and
is standing. John is on his knees next to Marlena and has his
cheek against her stomach. His eyes are closed as he listens to his
unborn son and daughter. His arms are wrapped around her.
Marlena is looking down at John and has one hand on John’s
head and the other is on top of her stomach. It is the most
beautiful picture Belle has ever seen.
Some noises on the stairs snaps Belle back to reality as she hurries
up and closes the book and puts it back on the dresser. She
hurries up and runs out of the nursery towards the stairs. It’s her
mom in the stair lift with Martha behind her carrying the twins up
the stairs.
Belle runs to her room and sits on her bed. She grabs her bag and
pulls her schoolbooks and pretends to be doing her homework.
(knock on door)
Belle looks towards the door.
“Come in!”
It’s her mom.
“Hi, mommy.”
“Hi, sweet girl. Doing your homework?”
Belle nods.
“Where is Brady?”
“He had practice after school today. His friend Aaron is bringing
him home later.”
“Oh, okay. How are you feeling?”
“I’m feeling okay, momma. I haven’t had any problems with my
cystic fibrosis today.”
“That’s good to hear.”
Belle gets up and hugs her mom.
They pull out of the hug.
“Is grandma in the nursery with the twins?”
“Yes. She is putting them down for a nap. They had a big day
today. They didn’t like getting their shots so they are both pretty
cranky.”
A little while later John comes home in a good mood because his
project was a success and it’s going to bring more money for Basic
Black.
Marlena is happy to hear this. Belle is confused about it all. Brady
finally gets home from practice. Marlena makes him take a bath
before he does anything else. Marlena’s physical therapy went well
and the doctor is happy to hear that she has feeling in her toes.
They eventually all sit down to dinner and spend some quality time
together. Belle and Brady work on their homework and then go to
bed.
John and Marlena and Martha and Frank eventually get to bed
themselves but it proves later on to be anything but peaceful.
Everyone in the house was asleep but the peace and quiet was not
to last long. Out of the blue Marlena wakes up out of a sound
sleep and grabs her stomach. She starts moaning, trying not to
wake John but the pain is so intense. She screams when she has a
sharp pain in her stomach that shoots down her legs and feet.
John wakes up with a start and looks over at Marlena who is
holding her stomach and crying.
“Doc, what’s wrong?” John asks, concerned.
Marlena is crying so hard it’s hard for her to answer him.
“I-I-I don’t know, John. It hurts so much!” Marlena screams.
John gets out of bed and puts his jeans on that are on the chair
and grabs a shirt. He goes over to Marlena and picks her up and
puts her in her wheelchair. Marlena immediately doubles over in
the chair in pain.
She is still clad in her nightgown so John grabs her robe off the
chair and wraps it around her. He goes to call 911 as everyone in
the house is running around and panicking wondering what is
going on.
The twins are crying in the nursery, Belle and Brady are at
Marlena’s side while Frank and Martha are trying to find out what
is going on.
About 15 minutes later the ambulance arrives at the Black
residence and John takes Marlena in his arms and carries her to
the waiting ambulance. Marlena is still in excruciating pain. As
soon as she is put in the ambulance the paramedics begin doing
their job. John decides to ride with her while Martha and Frank
stay with the kids.
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At the hospital…
Marlena is in the ER being examined to find out what’s wrong as
John wrings his hands and paces in the hallway. He just wants to
know what’s wrong with his wife.
A few minutes later Mike comes out of the ER and approaches
John.
“Mike, what’s wrong with Doc?” John asks worried.
“I don’t know yet John. We are still running tests on her. I have
her on a painkiller so she is a little disoriented but you can go see
her if you want.”
“Okay, thanks Mike.”
John goes into the ER to see Marlena. He approaches her bed
and sits down next to her.
“Doc, it’s John.”
He grabs her hand and kisses it.
Marlena looks over at John groggily and smiles.
“John.”
John smiles back at her as her eyes flutter and close.
The painkiller is kicking in so John decides to go and use the
phone to call the house to let everyone know what’s going on.
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At the Black’s residence…
“Belle, Brady! Go sit down, now! I know you are worried about
your mommy but I need you to stay calm, okay?” Frank tells Belle
and Brady who were being loud.
Belle and Brady go sit down on the couch in the living room.
Martha is in the nursery taking care of the twins.
(phone rings)
Frank answers.
“Hello?”
“Hey Frank, it’s John.”
“John. How’s my daughter?”
“I don’t know yet. The doctors are still running tests on her. She
is asleep right now. Mike gave her a pain killer and it made her
sleepy.”
“I hope they find something out soon, John. We have had more
than our share of trouble and pain this year.”
“That’s a fact. I will call you again once I know more. I just
wanted to check in real quick.”
“I appreciate you calling. Talk to you later.”
“Yeah. Bye.”
Frank hangs up the phone and immediately Belle and Brady begin
asking about their mom.
Frank can only tell them what John told him.
They all just want answers.
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Back at the hospital…
John goes back to Marlena’s cubicle and sits with her while he
waits for news of her condition.
John ends up falling asleep next to Marlena while waiting for the test results. He has his head next to her and one hand is holding hers. They look so sweet together.
Mike comes in and sees John sleeping but risks waking him up to tell him that he has Marlena’s test results.
Mike nudges John’s shoulder.
“John?”
John stirs and wakes. He sees Mike standing over him so he stretches and yawns.
“Hey, Mike.”
“Hi, John. I’m sorry I had to wake you but I wanted to give you Marlena’s test results.”
“Yes, I want to know what is wrong with Doc.”
“Don’t worry, John. Marlena is fine.”
John gives Mike a questioning look.
“She’s fine? Then why was she in so much pain?”
“Marlena’s nerves are healing. She is getting the feeling back in her legs.”
“Thank God. I am so glad it was nothing life threatening. She had us worried there for ahwile.”
“Yeah, that’s normal when someone has nerve damage. There is a lot of pain when the nerves heal but there is no need for concern. Marlena should be back on her feet in no time. She will still need to continue physical therapy and when she is going long distances she will need to have her wheelchair. Other than that we are going to have her use a walker and eventually switch over to crutches.”
“Marlena will be so happy to hear this, Mike. Thanks so much for the good news. How much longer do Doc and I need to stay here?”
“You two shouldn’t need to stay too much longer. Let the painkillers wear off and let Marlena get her strength up and then I don’t see why you two can’t leave.”
“Great, Thanks so much Mike.” John tells Mike with a smile.
“No problem.”
Mike leaves John and Marlena alone. John just sits tight and waits for Marlena to wake up. He decides to get himself a cup of coffee while he waits, that shouldn’t take him too long. He has got to try to keep himself awake so he can be there when Marlena finally wakes up.
John goes and gets the coffee and on his way back Marlena begins to wake up. She forgets where she is for a minute and then she remembers. She starts looking around for John but doesn’t see him and she freaks.
“John?!”
John hears Marlena yelling for him and he runs to the cubicle and sees her awake and sitting up.
“I’m right here, Doc.”
Marlena smiles and reaches out for a hug and of course John gives her one. He is still holding his coffee in one hand, careful not to spill it.
They pull out of the hug and Marlena looks at John.
“Did you find out what is wrong with me?” Marlena asks with a serious look on her face.
“Yes, you are going to be fine. All that is wrong with you is that your nerves are healing. That is why you were in so much pain earlier. Mike said that you are getting the feeling back in your legs.”
“Oh, John. That is wonderful news. I am so glad to hear that. Does that mean I won’t need my wheelchair anymore?”
“Mike said that you will still need your wheelchair for when you have to go long distances but he said you will be able to use a walker and eventually crutches.”
Marlena is so happy that she is finally getting better. She just wants to get her life back to normal so she can be a real mother to her children and resume a normal life. She wants to go back to work. She misses psychiatry.
John decides to go call the house and let everyone know that Marlena is going to be okay. Marlena still has a long road ahead of her but she is off to a good start. Finally something good is happening from all the junk they have had to deal with since the shootings. It’s been a long road to get to this point but they are still alive and fighting to get back to their normal life. John and Marlena will continue to do it together as always. Nothing is going to stop them now. It hasn’t in the past and it won’t now.
Now all that’s left is to get ready for Belle’s birthday and for Eric and Greta’s wedding. Marlena is ready to face both, head on.
It is now October and it’s Marlena’s birthday. Marlena is doing so much better
now. She is using a walker and is getting around real well. She doesn’t really use
her wheelchair even though the doctors told her to. She doesn’t feel she needs it.
The kids made Marlena breakfast in bed and gave her her gifts. Marlena was so
flattered because the gifts came from the heart. She will be getting John’s gift
later when everyone is in bed.
They are all at dinner at Marlena’s favorite restaurant. No it’s not Tuscany, or
Penthouse Grille. It’s the Brady Pub. Marlena loves the clam chowder, John loves
the fish, Belle and Brady love the burgers and fries, and Sami, Eric and Carrie love
everything else on the menu.
Shawn and Caroline took the twins upstairs for a nap. The whole family was
together but the twins just couldn’t keep their eyes open while they were being
fed. It was so cute watching them trying to stay awake so they could eat. Their
little heads would droop and their little eyes would flutter trying to stay open but
resistance was futile, and they finally succumbed to sleep. It’s not surprising
considering they are 8 months old now and are crawling. They are into everything
and trying to walk but so far aren’t doing a very good job. Belle and Brady are just
fascinated with their little sister and brother, they can’t get enough of them. Sami,
Eric and Carrie don’t get to see them as much as they would like since they have
their own lives but try to see them as often as they can. The twins are truly
amazing babies.
The Blacks were just having a good time, eating and talking and laughing.
Finally it was time to wrap up the dinner and go home. Belle and Brady didn’t
want to but they did so reluctantly with groans and moans. They love coming to
the Brady Pub and hanging out and when they have to leave they hate it.
Belle and Brady have school the next morning, Marlena, Carrie, Eric, and Sami all
have to go to work. Marlena is back at the hospital. Marlena wants to get the
twins home in their cribs.
Later that evening…
John and Marlena and the kids are at home. Marlena is getting the twins ready
for bed. John is making sure Belle and Brady get ready for bed even though they
are going straight to bed. They get to stay up and watch a movie with their
parents since it’s a special occasion.
Martha and Frank are already in bed asleep. Martha wasn’t feeling good so it’s
not surprised that she is asleep already. Marlena and John try to keep it down so
her parents can sleep.
Once Marlena has the twins in bed and Belle and Brady are ready for bed they all
go to the den to watch the movie.
Belle and Brady go sit on their beanbag chairs while John and Marlena go sit on
the couch after the movie is in the DVD player. John can’t keep his hands off his
wife while watching the movie.
“John, the kids are down here with us.” Marlena whispers to her husband.
“I know, I’m not going to take your clothes off at least not right now. I just can’t
resist touching you.” John whispers to his wife.
Marlena smacks John and gasps.
“John, behave yourself.” Marlena scolds her husband with a slight giggle in her
voice.
“Yes, ma’am.” John whispers to his wife.
Belle and Brady are totally oblivious to their parents pawing and making out with
each other on the couch, they are too engrossed in the movie.
John and Marlena are too engrossed in each other to pay attention to the
movie. Marlena is on top of John with her arms around his neck while she has her
tongue down his throat. John is laying against the arm of the couch with his arms
around Marlena while he has his tongue down her throat. There is even some
quiet moaning going on.
It’s just so amazing how much in love John and Marlena are and how they can’t
get enough of each other. They aren’t even scared to get hot and heavy in
front of the children. It’s not surprising though. The love John and Marlena share is
unique, special, and passionate.
By the time the movie is over John and Marlena are both horny and can’t wait to
tear off each other’s clothes after they put Belle and Brady to bed.
Marlena thanked them for the great gifts and great birthday as she tucked them
in and kissed them goodnight. John got his turn as well. They both stopped in to
look on the twins once more before they went to their room so Marlena could
get her birthday present from John.
“John, that was incredible.” Marlena says as she catches her breath after amazing
sex with her husband.
She is lying on John’s still sweaty chest as she runs her hand up and down his chest
and in his chest hair.
“Just being with you is incredible, Doc. I don’t know what I would do if I ever lost
you.”
“You never have to find out.” Marlena whispers as she looks up at John and kisses
him full on the mouth.
“Happy Birthday, sweetheart.” John tells his wife as he kisses her.
They pull out of the kiss and look at each other lovingly.
“How did I get so blessed? I have an amazing husband, beautiful children, a great
career and a beautiful home. I couldn’t ask for more.”
“No Doc, I am the one who’s blessed. I am blessed because I have you in my
arms. “
“Oh, John.”
They kiss again.
They pull out of the kiss as John speaks up.
“I have something for you.”
Marlena looks at John questioningly.
“What can you give me? I already have everything I want.”
“Trust me, sweetheart. Your going to want this.”
Marlena gives John a little smirk as he reaches over to the nightstand and opens
the drawer and takes out a box. Marlena tries to peak across John’s shoulder to
see what he has but he keeps the box hidden from sight until he turns back
around to face her.
“Happy Birthday, from me, Sami, Eric, Carrie, Belle, Brady, Marlee and Jonathan.”
Marlena gets tears in her eyes before she even opens the box.
“Don’t start crying until you see what it is, honey.”
“Sorry, I can’t help it. These boxes just set my heart to beating.”
John kisses Marlena’s cheek.
“Open the box, Doc.” John whispers in Marlena’s ears, teasingly.
Marlena gets a cute smile on her face as she opens the box. Once she opens the
box she gasps and the tears begin to flow again.
It is a necklace with everyone’s birthstones on it. Hers, John’s, Eric’s, Sami’s, Carrie’s
and the twins.
“John, it’s beautiful. I will wear it next to my heart always. Thank you.”
“Your welcome, but I don’t get all the credit, the kids helped too.”
“I will have to thank them later when I see them, as for you Mr. Black, I think you
need to be properly thanked.”
As Marlena says this she sets the box down on the nightstand and then leans
over and gives John a HOT kiss that leads into John being on top of her. Marlena’s
arms go around John’s back as they continue to kiss. John’s hands can’t stop
exploring every inch of Marlena’s body as they are once again turned on and
ready for another round.
Since Marlena’s legs are stronger now she is able to roll over to where she is now
on top but still not breaking out of the kiss. John has ahold of Marlena’s blond
locks as he continues to kiss her. He can feel her breasts against his chest and the
feel of them against him turns him on even more. He knows how much Marlena
loves being on top, she can get even more of him inside her.
Marlena pulls out of the kiss and leans in against John’s ear and whispers to him.
“Make love to me now.”
She doesn’t have to ask him twice as she sits up. He grabs her hips and picks her
- She slides smoothly down his erect shaft. Marlena’s legs tremble a little bit from
the feeling of his penis inside her. But it feels so good. Only John can make her
feel this way. She continues to ride him as he massages her now swollen nipples.
She runs her hands up and down his muscled chest as she throws her head back
from the ecstasy. John sees this as his opportunity as he sits up and begins
attacking Marlena’s neck, marking her. In this position John is right on her G spot
as she wraps her arms and legs around him. They continue their ride of passion.
“Oh, Doc!” John whispers a little too loudly.
“Oh, John!” Marlena also whispers a little too loudly.
To shut each other up they begin to passionately kiss adding to their pleasure
and before long they have both reached their heights of pleasure as John bursts
inside her with one last thrust. John falls back on the pillows as Marlena slides out
and falls against him. Both out of breath and sweaty but happy they end their
lovemaking and eventually fall asleep in each others arms with the sheets
partially covering their naked bodies.
It was the best birthday Marlena could have asked for.
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