Labyrinth of Emotions – 02.22 ~*~ Unfounded

            “I’m shaking so hard right now that I’m sure the weather service is getting earth quake readings.” Vanessa said and Alex covered her mouth trying desperately not to laugh at her sister, who was dressed to kill in the dress that Tim had picked out for her. The wedding day the day that Vanessa had never thought would happen, but it had. She was ready to bust from her skin as she watched all the people dear to her and to Tim walking into the church.

            “You will be fine.” Alex said seeing Bette in the church, playing with the wedding ring that had been the symbol of love between her and Tina. A solemn look swept over Alex, wishing that their parents were there to enjoy this moment in time with them. Her eyes darted down she was wearing a dark blue dress that made her look that much sexier. Her hair was pulled up and back in wild mohawk that Shane had whipped up earlier and Vanessa now pushed one strand away from her forehead with the gentle hand of a mother.

            “I miss them too.” Vanessa said, and Alex nodded blinking away the tears that she knew were there somewhere. She looked down sheepishly as Vanessa pulled her into a soft hug and Alex grinned. Their eyes met the same eyes but each filled with their own fears and sadness, and Ashley was at their side she was Vanessa‘s bridesmaid and Alex winked to ‘Nessa. She let go of her hand and walked down the aisle to sit with Bette, Bette took her hand and they kissed lightly, and Alex could feel Tina‘s gaze on the back of her neck.

            “She’s watching you like a hawk.” Alex said with a hidden grin and Bette turned away, so that Tina couldn’t see her, and she smiled.

            “She’d better be.  My father said to say hello. You seemed to have impressed him somehow during your visit the other day. I don’t know how you did it, but he actually smiled.” Alex rolled her eyes, pretending that it was nothing, even though she’d done a little bit of research on Melvin Porter so that she’d have a way of getting into his head. So they’d connected, the man was very sweet once you got passed him being an asshole most of the time to his daughters.

            “Yeah well, part of the job the charming thing? I’m thinking he might be part of this bank robbing ring that keeps hitting the Casco Banks, I was scoping him out.” Alex said seriously and Bette blinked, seeing her face, her stance and her tone of voice.

            “Um…” Bette began and then she realized that Alex was pulling her leg.  “You are a brat!” Bette laughed, and hugged Alex, kissing her again and taking out the small camera getting ready for the bride to come down the aisle.

*****

            Tina tried not to stare but she just couldn’t help it. Bette looked more stunning than ever in the faded blue dress, and she could feel her temperature rising each time Bette laughed easily with Alex. Damn it.  Bette how could you fall so easily in love with Alex? That was easy, Alex was a darling in every way, shape and form. Had she really lost the finite window of opportunity that she might have had to get Bette back? Or was she and Alex just playing at the rebound game? She couldn’t tell they were never excessively affectionate, but then again, neither were she and Rosita. She sighed licking her lips as she stared at the women what wouldn’t leave her heart, not matter what she’d done to break it.

            “Bella, are you gonna stare all night?” Ro asked playfully and Tina made a face and then stuck out her tongue at the sexy Latina at her side. Ro looked pale, but she was beaming. Glowing with an internal warmth that made Tina feel alive, for the first time in a long time.

            “You sure you are up to this?” Tina asked putting her arm around her waist and patting Rosita’s stomach.  Ro nodded blowing a strand of hair from her dark eyes. She looked down meeting Tina‘s gaze and Tina was about to fall into her eyes, when Rosita began to speak, her voice even and deeper then usual.

            “Hell yes I am not going to miss this for the world, there is no way I’m gonna miss seeing you putting the next phase of the plan into motion, come on Bella, we can do this. We are doing this, me and you until the happy ending. We are going to remind Bette Porter of the life you and she wanted very much to have and we are going to offer it to her on a silver platter, with a spoon.” Rosita smiled her face bright as her intense eyes studied Alexandria and Elisabeth Porter together.

            “You sound so fucking confident, how do you do that?” Tina asked and Ro shrugged and kissed Tina‘s lips gently. Tina lingered there at those full luscious lips and her hand went to the back of Ro’s head, tugging her closer and then Ro pulled away. She smiled that Mona Lisa smile of hers, making Tina remember why she trusted her with so much, so quickly and Ro said.

            “I’m a lawyer, and I never lose Bella, and we are gonna win this one.” Ro said, and she heard the music changing, it was time for the big ceremony. Tim was standing at the alter, waiting for his gorgeous bride to be.

*****

            “She gave you what?” Alex almost yelled and Vanessa was jumping up and down with excitement. She almost bounced out of her dress wrapping her arms around Alex and kissing her cheek, leaving a lipstick mark there. The evening was half over, and everything had gone without one hitch. It was perfect, and Alex hadn’t seen her sister this happy, ever.

            “TWO FUCKING WEEKS! It’s a private island we have a cook, a pool, a private beach! EVERYTHING!” Tim turned and he knew what she was talking about, he was looking for the woman who’d given them the honeymoon from well for lack of a better word, heaven.

            “Wow.” Alex said, turning and not seeing her then she saw Lara and waved Lara over, who was looking around in search also. She looked slightly worried, but then she hid that fact well over the next few moments. She’d wanted to talk to Sam who’d suddenly disappeared from her side about an hour before. Her date seemed to have abandoned her. She pulled up a smile and moved up next to Alex, whom Lara thought was stunning in her dress.

            “Where is Sam? Vanessa is busting a gut, and I think she’d gonna cum just thinking about the honeymoon.” Alex said and Bette was chatting with Shane, who looked more pale than usual. Her hand was wrapped in gauze, having told Bette that she’d cut herself with scissors at work, and they’d bought the story but Alex wasn’t so sure it was as simple as that.

            “I don’t know, she was here a little bit ago unless she got called away to the hospital. She’d back on call, and teaching. So she might have had to leave but she usually tells me.” Lara said, but she wasn’t worried, Sam was back to being Sam thank god.

            “Well, tell her to come over if you spot her.” Alex said feeling Alice next to her and she turned and hugged her friend, who was there alone that night. She and Dana were on the outs, and it had been a huge fight. Poor Alice. Alice was about to give up on Dana, it was too hard to be in love with your best friend, but Alex was trying to get her to talk to Dana.

            “You doing ok girl?” Pez asked and Alice put an arm around her, letting Alex‘s strong arms wrap around her waist and she finally felt some sort of comfort. Alex kissed the top of her head and she smiled finally.

            “This was so beautiful, I cried. Twice.” Alice said and Pez rubbed her back and they turned to see Tina pulling all her friends over to a table. She waved for Alice and Pez to go over, and they did, hugging people along the way.

            Alice was in a daze not only about the wedding and Dana but about the realization that Jo had handed her a few days before. She had vowed to keep quiet and she had a very difficult thing for Alice to do. She trusted Jo, and Jo told her that she’d protect their friend, but she had to find out what was what before she made a move. Alice walked over to the table and sat down giving an odd look at Rosita, and thinking the woman looked like she was putting on weight.

            Tina got them all sitting at the table.  There was Kit, Ivan, Bette, Alex, Alice, Shane, Marina, and Ro. Lara had disappeared into the crowd before Tina‘s been able to pull her to the table. Tina was almost jumping out of her skin and Alex felt Bette take her hand under the table.

            “Ok, so we’ve been waiting for the right time to tell everyone this.” Tina began and she turned nervously to Rosita, who was smiling slightly. Her dark eyes watching Tina and giving her the confidence that she needed to do this. Tina rubbed her hands eyes moving to each one of them in turn, and she said in a very excited voice.

            “Rosita is pregnant.” Tina announced and the table grew utterly and totally silent, Bette‘s face dropped and Alex was sure she gasped. Alice‘s mouth worked up and down, but no sound came out. Kit and Ivan both looked at one another with confusion. Marina reached over and put a comforting hand on Rosita’s shoulder and Shane said in a very soft voice.

            “Um.. Congrats?” Shane said/asked and she blinked, and Ro snorted, chuckling at them. She watched the look on Bette‘s face and she was loving it, to perfect. The emotions played like a symphony of different music on her face, and it fell on the last one, confusion and regret. Rosita thought that they could work with that.

            “Ok, Bella is being a bit elusive about this I think she wants to shock you. I’m sure she did the job with that. I’m am pregnant with Tina‘s child.” Rosita stated, motioning her head over to Tina, who was beaming like a full moon.

            “The who now?!?!?!” Alice blurted out.

******

            Sam drove her car, hands moving to the stick and shifting the car red lining it with each hard and fast shift. The heart thumping music vibrated through her, making her aware of her surroundings, for once thank goodness.

            She was in pain, her back, her arms, her legs. Everything was aching and she still didn’t know why. She drove her car into her garage, slamming the brakes and yanking the hand brake and getting out of the car. The door swung back open but Sam couldn’t turn to close it, her body not responding the way it should.

            Sam‘s hands shook as she pushed the key into the front door, stumbling into the house, her clothes torn and she was battered, she had a darkening eye as she fell onto the set of stairs. She took in a haggard breath, feeling like her lungs were about to bust, Sam was coming down from some sort of adrenalin rush, she was sure.

            “Jesus, what the hell is going on with me?” Sam asked the empty room rubbing her face and feeling the swelling under her left eye. Sam reached back, feeling her lower back and she found blood on her shirt.  She put her fingers to her nose, it was blood all right. She was beyond the scope of being scared now.

            She wasn’t wearing the same clothes that she’d been at the wedding. She turned her right wrist, staring at the glowing green face of her watch, seeing that it was 11pm. She remembered looking at her watch, it had been 6pm. She’d taken her meds, and then….

            Five hours, they were gone and she didn’t know where they’d gone, where she’d been, who she’d been with and what she’d done. There was blood on her shirt, ok, she thought. From where? She didn’t know, she didn’t know a thing, she was a blank slate for five hours, how could that be?

            “Jesus mother and Joseph. What the fuck?” Sam screamed in frustration she went up the stairs, drunkenly and yanked off the clothes the shirt was torn, and there was fresh blood on them. The blood on the front of the shirt seemed to be hers, but the one on the back, couldn’t be hers. She began to panic, and she saw the scratch marks on her stomach. She touched them, they were fresh and there was blood on them. Three deep gouges and she hadn’t a clue what had happened.

            She stared at the scar, the one that had pulled her chest open and plopped the heart of a cold blooded serial killer into her chest. She stripped naked, finding fresh bruises on her legs also. She was going insane, that was what was going on here, that is all there was to it. This heart was making her into a lunatic.

            “Oh god, what the fuck am I doing when I don’t remember?” Sam asked again, no one answered her no one had the answers, no one except her.