Post by Chrissy on Dec 6, 2003 1:07:18 GMT -5
On the flight to Salem all Mimi could think about was how she was going to tell Rex. How could she tell him she hadn't told him that she was pregnant? What would she say when he asked why she hadn't called when the babies were born? Before she could panic her thoughts were interrupted by a shrill cry. She quickly unbuckled the carseat that held her son and put him on her lap. He may have had her green eyes but the rest was all Rex. His expressions put tears in her eyes on occasion.
"What's the matter little man? Are you hungry?" She put the baby back in his seat for a moment while she reached under the seat in front of her and pulled out the baby bag. She grabbed a bottle of milk and once she put it in the baby's mouth he sucked greedily from it. "Ok well aren't we a little piggy?" She laughed as she watched him practically inhale his bottle. Thankfully her daughter slept through the flight.
Once the plane had landed and she had successfully loaded the twins' carseats into the double stroller she headed for baggage claim and then the rental car counter. She received the key to her Explorer and slowly made her way out there.
Twenty minutes later she was driving through Salem. As much as she wanted to go straight to her mom's she was hungry and decided on the perfect place to stop. She parked the car, put the babies in the stroller and headed for The Brady Pub.
She paused outside the door for a moment, took a deep breath and went inside. A waitress with strawberry blonde hair smiled and came over.
"Hi, how many are in your party?" She asked in a sweet voice.
"Just the three of us."
The waitress grabbed a menu and showed Mimi to a booth near the center of the restaurant. "Here ya go. Can I get you something to drink?"
Mimi was taking the babies' carseats out of the stroller and sliding them into the booth beside her. "Yes, could you please get me a diet coke?"
"Of course. Do you need anything for the babies? By the way they're adorable!"
"Thanks. Ummmm.... do you have a microwave or something you could heat these up on?" She pulled two bottles out.
"Sure, I'll be right back with them." She took the bottles. "By the way, if you need anything my name is Jennifer."
"Thanks!" Mimi turned her attention back to her children and adjusted them in their seats.
"Meems?!" A shocked voice asked.
Mimi turned and saw Belle Black had just come in. She jumped up and squealed. "BELLE!"
Belle ran toward her and gave her a hug so tight Mimi could barely breathe. "Oh my gosh! I missed you so much! Where have you been? What have you been doing?"
"Well I've been in California. As far as what I've been doing why don't you take a look?" She gestured toward the booth.
Belle looked over and gasped. "Oh my.... how? When?" She moved over to take a closer look at the two angels that were nestled tightly in their blankets and looking around curiously.
"Well that story could take a while but I'd like you to meet Anthony David and Elizabeth Maureen, your niece and nephew."
Belle looked up at Mimi with her jaw hanging. "My niece and nephew? You mean they're Rex's?"
Mimi slowly nodded and looked toward the ground. "I know I should have come home sooner but I just couldn't. I was still so hurt by him that I just couldn't bring myself to it. Then these two came along and life became hectic. But when Christmas time rolled around I realized I couldn't spend Christmas in California when I knew where I should be. I needed to be home and so did the twins."
Belle hugged her best friend. "Welcome home Meems. I'm glad you decided to come back."
"Me too."
Just then the waitress came back with the bottles and Mimi's diet coke. "Here ya go. When you're ready to order just tell me. Oh hey Belle." She smiled and went back to work.
Belle looked at the waitress and back at Mimi. She was hesitant but knew she had to tell her. "Meems there's something you should know...."
"MIMI!!!!!" Belle was interupted when Shawn and Philip came in. They engulfed Mimi in a hug and she laughed as the two men squished her between them.
"You know, I think I had a fantasy about this in high school." She joked as she stood between the handsome guys surrounding her.
The laughing was interrupted by the cries of two babies who didn't appreciate the lack of attention. Shawn and Philip looked at the babies and then back at Mimi with confussion written all over their faces. Mimi picked up a small baby dressed in a pale pink jumpsuit and handed it to Belle. She then picked up a baby in a baby blue matching jumpsuit.
"Shawn, Philip, these are my children. This is Anthony David and the one Belle is holding is Elizabeth Maureen."
Belle smiled and added, "They're our niece and nephew Shawn."
"I figured they were Rex's. Anthony looks exactly like him except for his eyes." Shawn said as he let Anthony grab onto his finger. The baby stared up at him with wide eyes and gurgled.
Mimi watched as her son stared at the man who to him looked like a giant. "I think you may have a fan club Shawn. You wanna hold him?"
"Sure. I'd love to." He lifted the baby out of Mimi's arms and cradled him in his own. "You have an attachment to Uncle Shawn's finger huh big guy?"
Belle looked to Philip who still looked stunned. "You wanna hold this one Phil?"
"Uh..... sure." He hesitantly took the baby in his arms. "Well aren't you a pretty girl? You're gonna be a little heartbreaker huh?"
Belle and Mimi stood back and laughed. "They don't look so tough now. We should get them around kids more often."
"Yea no kidding." Mimi laughed. "So when was the wedding?"
"It's actually gonna be in 2 weeks. Now that you're home I expect you to be there. And on top of that I expect you to be my maid of honor." Belle looked at her with pleading eyes.
Mimi smiled wider than she had in as long as she could remember. "Of course I will. I'd be honored. I missed you so much Belle."
"I missed you too Meems." Belle was so glad she was back but didn't know how she would tell her. How could she break her friend's heart? "Mimi there's something you should know. It's about Rex."
Mimi lit up at the mention of his name but wondered why this didn't sound like something she wanted to hear. "What about him?"
"Well you see he's kind of...." She was cut off when the bell over the door rang.
Mimi looked over at the door and saw a tall man walk in. A man with blue eyes, a lean physique and a smile on his face that she had been missing for so long. She was about to call out to him when she saw him rush over to the waitress that had been serving her and pull her into a long, lingering kiss. She felt her heart sink and tears sting her eyes as she watched the scene unfold.
"Hi honey, how have you been?" The waitress looked up at him with a spark in her eyes.
"I've been having a wonderful day. It's even better now that I'm here with you." He kissed her cheek.
"Come here. You have to see these babies that came in. They're absolutely adorable." She took his hand and led him to the table that Mimi, Belle, Shawn and Philip were gathered around. She pointed at the twins nestled in Shawn and Philip's arms. "Aren't they adorable hunny?"
Rex didn't even see the babies but instantly paled. "Mimi?" He said under his breath. She had tears streaming from her eyes and looked like her heart was breaking apart piece by piece. He then glanced over at the babies. One look at them and he knew. He turned back to Mimi and narrowed his eyes as though he were trying to process everything.
Jennifer stared at Rex, oblivious as to what was going on. "Sweetie, aren't they cute?"
Mimi couldn't take it any longer. She snapped both carriers back into the stroller and put each baby back into their carseat. She hugged Belle, Shawn and Philip. "Come see me later guys, I'll be at my mom's." Mimi turned her head to Rex and burning tears rolled down her cheeks. She couldn't think of the right words to say so without another word she walked out of the Pub with the babies in tow and out of his life again.
Rex stood stunned for a moment. What the hell had just happened? This couldn't be real, could it? He felt a tap on his arm and snapped out of his daze.
"Rex, are you ok?" Jennifer asked, now becoming concerned.
"No, I know her and the babies." He said, still dazed.
"How?" She questioned wondering what could cause him to act like this.
"That's Mimi and unless I'm mistaken, which I'm sure I'm not, those babies are mine."
"What's the matter little man? Are you hungry?" She put the baby back in his seat for a moment while she reached under the seat in front of her and pulled out the baby bag. She grabbed a bottle of milk and once she put it in the baby's mouth he sucked greedily from it. "Ok well aren't we a little piggy?" She laughed as she watched him practically inhale his bottle. Thankfully her daughter slept through the flight.
Once the plane had landed and she had successfully loaded the twins' carseats into the double stroller she headed for baggage claim and then the rental car counter. She received the key to her Explorer and slowly made her way out there.
Twenty minutes later she was driving through Salem. As much as she wanted to go straight to her mom's she was hungry and decided on the perfect place to stop. She parked the car, put the babies in the stroller and headed for The Brady Pub.
She paused outside the door for a moment, took a deep breath and went inside. A waitress with strawberry blonde hair smiled and came over.
"Hi, how many are in your party?" She asked in a sweet voice.
"Just the three of us."
The waitress grabbed a menu and showed Mimi to a booth near the center of the restaurant. "Here ya go. Can I get you something to drink?"
Mimi was taking the babies' carseats out of the stroller and sliding them into the booth beside her. "Yes, could you please get me a diet coke?"
"Of course. Do you need anything for the babies? By the way they're adorable!"
"Thanks. Ummmm.... do you have a microwave or something you could heat these up on?" She pulled two bottles out.
"Sure, I'll be right back with them." She took the bottles. "By the way, if you need anything my name is Jennifer."
"Thanks!" Mimi turned her attention back to her children and adjusted them in their seats.
"Meems?!" A shocked voice asked.
Mimi turned and saw Belle Black had just come in. She jumped up and squealed. "BELLE!"
Belle ran toward her and gave her a hug so tight Mimi could barely breathe. "Oh my gosh! I missed you so much! Where have you been? What have you been doing?"
"Well I've been in California. As far as what I've been doing why don't you take a look?" She gestured toward the booth.
Belle looked over and gasped. "Oh my.... how? When?" She moved over to take a closer look at the two angels that were nestled tightly in their blankets and looking around curiously.
"Well that story could take a while but I'd like you to meet Anthony David and Elizabeth Maureen, your niece and nephew."
Belle looked up at Mimi with her jaw hanging. "My niece and nephew? You mean they're Rex's?"
Mimi slowly nodded and looked toward the ground. "I know I should have come home sooner but I just couldn't. I was still so hurt by him that I just couldn't bring myself to it. Then these two came along and life became hectic. But when Christmas time rolled around I realized I couldn't spend Christmas in California when I knew where I should be. I needed to be home and so did the twins."
Belle hugged her best friend. "Welcome home Meems. I'm glad you decided to come back."
"Me too."
Just then the waitress came back with the bottles and Mimi's diet coke. "Here ya go. When you're ready to order just tell me. Oh hey Belle." She smiled and went back to work.
Belle looked at the waitress and back at Mimi. She was hesitant but knew she had to tell her. "Meems there's something you should know...."
"MIMI!!!!!" Belle was interupted when Shawn and Philip came in. They engulfed Mimi in a hug and she laughed as the two men squished her between them.
"You know, I think I had a fantasy about this in high school." She joked as she stood between the handsome guys surrounding her.
The laughing was interrupted by the cries of two babies who didn't appreciate the lack of attention. Shawn and Philip looked at the babies and then back at Mimi with confussion written all over their faces. Mimi picked up a small baby dressed in a pale pink jumpsuit and handed it to Belle. She then picked up a baby in a baby blue matching jumpsuit.
"Shawn, Philip, these are my children. This is Anthony David and the one Belle is holding is Elizabeth Maureen."
Belle smiled and added, "They're our niece and nephew Shawn."
"I figured they were Rex's. Anthony looks exactly like him except for his eyes." Shawn said as he let Anthony grab onto his finger. The baby stared up at him with wide eyes and gurgled.
Mimi watched as her son stared at the man who to him looked like a giant. "I think you may have a fan club Shawn. You wanna hold him?"
"Sure. I'd love to." He lifted the baby out of Mimi's arms and cradled him in his own. "You have an attachment to Uncle Shawn's finger huh big guy?"
Belle looked to Philip who still looked stunned. "You wanna hold this one Phil?"
"Uh..... sure." He hesitantly took the baby in his arms. "Well aren't you a pretty girl? You're gonna be a little heartbreaker huh?"
Belle and Mimi stood back and laughed. "They don't look so tough now. We should get them around kids more often."
"Yea no kidding." Mimi laughed. "So when was the wedding?"
"It's actually gonna be in 2 weeks. Now that you're home I expect you to be there. And on top of that I expect you to be my maid of honor." Belle looked at her with pleading eyes.
Mimi smiled wider than she had in as long as she could remember. "Of course I will. I'd be honored. I missed you so much Belle."
"I missed you too Meems." Belle was so glad she was back but didn't know how she would tell her. How could she break her friend's heart? "Mimi there's something you should know. It's about Rex."
Mimi lit up at the mention of his name but wondered why this didn't sound like something she wanted to hear. "What about him?"
"Well you see he's kind of...." She was cut off when the bell over the door rang.
Mimi looked over at the door and saw a tall man walk in. A man with blue eyes, a lean physique and a smile on his face that she had been missing for so long. She was about to call out to him when she saw him rush over to the waitress that had been serving her and pull her into a long, lingering kiss. She felt her heart sink and tears sting her eyes as she watched the scene unfold.
"Hi honey, how have you been?" The waitress looked up at him with a spark in her eyes.
"I've been having a wonderful day. It's even better now that I'm here with you." He kissed her cheek.
"Come here. You have to see these babies that came in. They're absolutely adorable." She took his hand and led him to the table that Mimi, Belle, Shawn and Philip were gathered around. She pointed at the twins nestled in Shawn and Philip's arms. "Aren't they adorable hunny?"
Rex didn't even see the babies but instantly paled. "Mimi?" He said under his breath. She had tears streaming from her eyes and looked like her heart was breaking apart piece by piece. He then glanced over at the babies. One look at them and he knew. He turned back to Mimi and narrowed his eyes as though he were trying to process everything.
Jennifer stared at Rex, oblivious as to what was going on. "Sweetie, aren't they cute?"
Mimi couldn't take it any longer. She snapped both carriers back into the stroller and put each baby back into their carseat. She hugged Belle, Shawn and Philip. "Come see me later guys, I'll be at my mom's." Mimi turned her head to Rex and burning tears rolled down her cheeks. She couldn't think of the right words to say so without another word she walked out of the Pub with the babies in tow and out of his life again.
Rex stood stunned for a moment. What the hell had just happened? This couldn't be real, could it? He felt a tap on his arm and snapped out of his daze.
"Rex, are you ok?" Jennifer asked, now becoming concerned.
"No, I know her and the babies." He said, still dazed.
"How?" She questioned wondering what could cause him to act like this.
"That's Mimi and unless I'm mistaken, which I'm sure I'm not, those babies are mine."
