Trish arrived at her aunt Maria's house, where the little party for the new baby was taking place. As Trish opened the gates from the front door, she just couldn't help smiling to all those people, there was about 200 , maybe more, and most of them were familiar faces, so, most of them were family, from cousins to even her grandma who was there by a booth. She walked towards her as her grandma smiled at her. She was wearing a big yellow felt hat .
"Hey.... I like that" she said as she hugged her
"It hides my hair, and well I need a shampoo" the old lady said as Trish laughed a little
"You are looking great" she said
"Well, my legs aren't like back when I had your age, but they still do"
"ha ha, you look great granny"
"Come here, sit next to me" she said as she looked inside her eyes "Let me take a good look at you"
Trish smiled felling a bit uncomfortable.
"God, you look so much like me when i was you age, but, well I was already married and about to have your uncle David"
"Well, you know times are different"
"Thanks God for that, but a lot of things changed since when I had your uncle, but a child is always a joy to a family, and giving birth is just a big gift from heaven"
"I know.. i know.." trish said as she started looking to the other side
"Leticia" her grandmother called "I'm waiting"
Trish looked at her grandma eyes and knew t was impossible to hide anything from her
"Waiting? what do you mean?" she said trying not to face her
"Aren't you gonna tell me? I thought it was better to wait for you to tell me"
"What is it to tell? You know everything, right?"
"Yeah, I do, I know you, but I want you to tell me you are pregnant" she said as her aunt maria came behind them and heard the talk. Trish turned around and saw her aunt frozen.
"pregnant??" her aunt asked
"Oh shit" Trish said as everyone started staring at her
"Pregnant???" another person asked
"I knew it I knew it, Teresa was too loose on her, I knew something like this would happen.." someone said
"yeah of course growing up without a father, poor child" another person added
"And do you even know who is the father?" one of her uncles asked
"Of course I know who is the father, I am no slut! I don't go on sleeping around"
"Sorry, I didn't said that"
"But you sure meant it that way" she said as she got up and walked inside the house
"You are not my family, I didn't raise you that way" Trish's grandma said as she tried to got up and then Maria went there to help her
"Leave me alone, i'm not dead yet, and till the day I am you aren't gonna just treat one member of this family that way" as she got inside the house too
Trish just locked herself
on the bathroom, and as she sat by the toilet, she couldn't take it no
more, and all the tears she had hold back came now running down her face.
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"Mom, you home?" AJ asked as he opened the door of his mom's house
"Yeah, I'm here, come one in, I was wondering how long it would take you till you came here"
"So you've heard" he said as he put his hands on his jean's pockets
"Yup, I have and I'm just waiting for a good explanation"
"There's nothing to explain"
"It isn't, so you leave the project you worked so hard for God know how many years and you telling me that there is nothing to explain? Come on Alex, you aren't a quitter, who are you trying to fool?"
"Obviously not you huh?"
"Never, sit" she asked as he sat on the couch
"Now, start talking"
"Well.." he started as he rubbed his hands one in the other "Mom, the truth is, that I just think I can't take it no more"
"take what?"
"Them, seeing them like the two together.. happy, having a baby, and that baby should be mine, you know, mine, and I should be the one who is gonna marry her, not him, not him" he said as he took his face on his hands to hide the fact that he was crying.
"hey Alex.. it's ok, look it's ok to cry, come here" Denise said as she hugged him, he then smiled and looked at her
"She calls me the same way.. Alex" he said looking at his mom's eyes
"Her? ok, now can you start the story from the beginning?"
"Well, it all started one night after a show on London and..." he started
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"Letícia? You there?" her grandma asked while she was standing there by the bathroom door
"No, I'm not, now please leave" she said as her grandma laughed a little
"well seems like you have my sense of humour huh?" she said as she heard Trish laughing a little
"Now come on honey you still have to meet little Rosa, look she has my eyes, well just the same as you had when you were a baby"
Trish opened the door and smiled a little as her grandma hugged her.
"Aw, my baby, look don't mind them, they don't know what they are talking, now let's have some fun, you still sing don't you?"
"Aw granny no, no"
"Come on, you gotta sing that one from Julio Iglesias you did so well when you were little"
"grandma, geeh I am not singing that! No way"
"It's my favourite"
"Ok, ok, but I'll do it just for you" Trish said as her grandma placed a kiss on her cheek.
"Let's go, you'll love Rosa, she's a candy"
"K, K I'm going"
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"Linda?" Nick called as he peeked on the room "You still angry?"
"No" she answered quickly, not taking her eyes from her laptop as he walked to her.
"What are you doing?"
"Online"
"OO k, and something interesting over there?"
"No, just found out I have a kid named Steven and that I used to live in Paraguay"
"What?"
"just rumours on a Bsb site"
"Man, we have to deny them"
"Don't worry I've taken care of it" she said as she turned around to face him
"Nick, do you love me?"
"More than life itself" he said as he placed his arms around her waist and they stood there just looking in each other's eyes for a while
"So, please, don't let the backstreet spirit die"
"ha ha, that sounds like those cheesy things fans say" he said as she smacked him on the arm
"Hey, watch it"
"Ouch, that hurts"
"Good, you deserve it "
"Come on, what can I do?"
"You could try, you know, don't just give up"
"You're right, if you want I'll call kev ok?, see what we can do, happy?" he asked s she smiled
"better" she said as she gave him a little kiss on the lips
"Just that?"
"Ok, ok" she now gave him a deepened kiss and before she noticed his hands started running inside her t shirt
"Nick.." she called with her lips still glued on his "Kev"
"I can do that later"
"Now" she said as she got up
"Ok, ok, I'm going, geeh you are so bossy"
"Watch it mister, or you ain't getting any"
"Aw, but I love you that way, and you can't threaten me, you know I'm irresistible" he said winking at her as she started laughing hard
"ha ha That was like such a Howie thing!"
"Gay?" he said laughing as she smacked him again "What?"
"GO"
"K, k, relax woman"
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"Hmmm..." Denise said as she got up from the couch after AJ had explain all that happened "Seems like you are in.."
"Deep fucking shit, mom I swear, I tried everything, and I just can't forget her, and D. man, D. if she chosed him, means that she loves him, and this kid, and ... I've tried, but everytime I see howie I just have this urge to beat the shit out of him, and he is my bro, and it's not even his fault, but I just need to go away, just leave for some time"
"When are you leaving?"
"The day after tomorrow, coz well gotta take care of some stuff and all"
"And are you sure this is what you wanna do?" she asked as he nodded
"yeah mom, it hurts, but it's for the best"
"Ok, I respect that, and are you going alone?"
"Yeah"
"And Sally?"
"Jesus, Sally, she's ok and all, but..."
"You don't love her"
"No"
"It's ok Alex, but what isn't is you using her like that, it isn't"
"I know mom, I know"