Matt Finds Out

Mat paced Summer's room, waiting for her to get home so he could talk to her. He had to have heard her wrong earlier, she couldn't possibly be pregnant... it was impossible. Finally the door opened and SUmmer came in, stopping short when she saw her brother. "I need to ask you something and I want the truth."

"Okay," Summer replied, setting her purse down on her desk. "What?"

"Are you pregnant?"

Summer froze and licked her lips. She turned to Matt and opened her mouth to reply, only to close it again. Instead she just nodded. "Yeah, I am."

"Did Jamie... did he pressure you? It is his right? Pete didn't..."

"Pete tried, I knocked him out first," Summer assured her brother. And Jamie didn't pressure me. he wouldn't. You know, Matt, about what happened to him. He wouldn't want to do anything like that to me."

Matt nodded and sat down on the flor by the fot of Summer's bed. "I can't believe this."

"Oh yeah, and I find it totally wonderful and good," Summer replied with a sigh as she sat down next to her brother.

Matt put an arm around Summer's shoulder and pulle her close. "It'll be okay, Sum," he said. "What are you going to do?"

"I don't know," Summer said shaking her head. "The only thing Jamie and I know si that we are not aborting this baby. It's part of us. We made love and now we've got a baby to show it. We can't kill our baby."

"Okay," Matt said. "You could give it up for adoption. Aren't the Reed-Roberts', the friends of jamie's dad, looking to adopt?"

"Yeah, but... Don't get me wrong, i like Dr. Reed and Officer Roberts, their nice. But... I don't want to watch othe rpeople raise, baby."

"What does Jamie think about adoption?" Matt aske,d curious.

"I don't know," Summer admitted. "I think he wants to keep it, the baby. He was really scared at first, but now... he's kinda happy about it. He's still terrified of being a father so young, but..."

"Okay. You can't jsut agree to what he wants, Summer. You gotta do what you want."

"I won't just give Jamie's baby away, not if he wants it," Summer said. "And I'm not sure i want to give it away, either."

"You ar ehaving an abortion, Summer."

The siblings looked up and saw their mothe rint he doorway, her face a mixture of disappointment and anger.

"Mom!" Summer said. "I'm not having an abortion!"

"Yes you are! You're 16 years-old, that's too young to have ababy!"

"It's my baby! I will not kill it!" Summer said, gettign back to her feet and facing off against her mother. "I won't kill my baby."

"Then you won't live in this house."

Summer looked at her mother in shock for a minute. Then she nodded. 'fine. I'll pack a bag tonight and get the rest of my thigns by the end of the week," she said, raising her head high.

"And where are you going to go, SUmmer? Back to your father?" Jancie asked.

""No. I'll go to Jamie."

"You think his family will want you and that thing in their home? It'll disgrace them worse than it disgraces me!"

"If they won't, then Jamie and I'll be on our own. But we're having this baby. And we;re keeping it," Summer said, slamming the door shut in her mother's face. SHe bowed her head and started to cry, her shoulders shaking.

Matt turned her around and hugged her, letting her cry. "Come on, let's get you packed, and then I'll go with you, okay?" he said. "I want to have a little chat with Jamie about getting you pregnant."

Sumemr laughe.d 'DOn't hurt him, Matt. It's not like I wasn't a happy and active participant."

"Never tell me about your sex life again, Sum," Matt said jokingly.

End Of Matt Finds Out

Jamie Meets Mitch Brady

Jamie laughed. "Summer, sweetie, angel, do you really need 100 teddy bears?"

"I do not have a hundred!" Summer replied, tossing an all white bear at Jamie. "Only like 50, max."

Jamie looked at the bear that had bounced off his head and noticed it's lack of eyes and nose. 'What happened to this thing?"

"I've had Snowball there sicne I wa sa baby," Summer replied. "He lost one eye when I wa s atoddler, the nose when I was like 10, and the other eye last Valentine's day."

"Valentine's day?" Jamie asked.

"When I got home that night I threw him across the room. I was pretending he wa sa baseball aimed at the head of the man who hurt you," Summer replied, scoting over and kissing Jamie. "I still wish i'd had the chanc to kick him while I was wearing a pair of spiked heels."

Jamie laughed. "Gee, do you have some hosility towards him?"

"He hurt you. He made you scared, made you feel alone. He deserves to be castrated."

"Ooh..." jamie said whincing. "Remind me never to piss you off."

"I wouldn't castrate you, James Daniel bowen, you're too much fun to do that," Summer said with a grin.

"I love it when you say my full name," Jamie replied, giving SUmmer another kiss.

Sumemr smield and started to get up. "I'm goign to go se if Matt has any tape."

"I'll go," jamie said. "You jsut sit and stuff the teddy bears into the bag." Jamie smield againas he left the room. He turned and spotted Matt coming up the stairs with Jancie and a man he didn't recognize. "Hey, Matt? You got any tape? A couple of boxes are stuff so ful we can't get them to stay closed."

"Yeah, i do," Matt said, nervously.

"What's wrong?"

"Are the boy who got my little girl pregnant?" The man asked, stepping towards Jamie.

Jamie swallowed. "You're Summer and Matt's dad?" he asked.

"Yes. You're the boy who got my little girl pregnant?" Mitch repeated, hsi eyes narrow.

jamie swalloed again. "Yeah, I'm the fathe rof Summer's baby."

Before anyone could do or say anything, Mitch had hit Jamie.

End Of Jamie Meets Mitch Brady

Betty-Ann's Arrival

"So I get a female partner?" Julian said as he sat with his feet on Malcolm's desk.

"Yeah," Malcolm replied, shoving Julian's feet off the desk. "I'm sure it'll drive Sarah crazy with jealousy."

"Nah, she trusts me," Julian replied. "As long as this Betty-Ann isn't some 20 year-old betty boop type."

"I'm hardly 20, and no way do i ahve the chest," came a woman's voice formt eh door way. "I'm Bety-Ann Benson."

Malcolm looked up and hsi eyes widened in shock, causing Julian to turn in his seat. When julian's eyes fell on the woman, he jumped up. "What kind of sick joke is this?" he said.

"Excuse me?" Betty-Ann said, confused. "What's wrong?"

"Who the hell are you?" Julian demanded.

"I told you, I'm Betty-Ann Benson."

"Then why do you look like my former partner's late wife?" Julian asked.

Betty-Ann looked between the two men, suddenly realizing that maybe transferring to Heaven Falls hadn't been a good idea afterall."I tka eit the former partner you're talking about is Micheal Bowen?"

"How'd you know?" Malcolm asked.

"I met him in Santa Fe last March. He told me I reminded him of his late wife," Betty-Ann replied, running her fingers through her hair. "I decided I should coem see him, tlak to him."

Julian looked over at Malcolm, unsure whether to beleive the story or not. "I guess you didn't hear, Ms. Bensen. Miek died in a car accident last April. Almsot killed his new wife too," Julian said, watching the woman for her reaction.

"Michela mentioend being engaged..." Betty-Ann said putting her hand agaisnt the door frame to steady herself. "I... he died?"

"I'm afraid so," Julian said, more and more torubled by the similarities between this woman and Elizabeth. His eyes widened when he saw Jamie entering the station, and he moved clsoer. "Mal, Jamie's here," he said urgently.

Before either could leave the office to stop Jamie the teenager had sptted them and gotten to right outside the door. "When you're done I ned to talk to you, uncle Jules," Jamie said cheerfully.

Betty-Ann turned around at the sound of the voice and when she saw the young man behind her she took a step backward, soemthing Jamie also did.

"Oh my God," Jamie whispered, looking at the woman who looked identical to hsi mother. "Mama?"

"Jamie, this si betty-Ann Bensen, she jsutjoined hte force..." Malcolm started, trying to defuse the situation. but Betty-Ann had other ideas.

"Baby," she whispered as memories hit her.

~*~*~

Betty-Ann/Elizabeth was inlabor with Mike beside her, holding her hand.

"Push Lizzie, your almost done," Mike said.

A cry suddenly sounded and a bundled up baby was passed tot he sweating Betty-Ann/Elizabeth a moment later. "My bueatiful boy," she whispered, rubing her finger over hsi eyebrow. "Our beautiful boy."

"He looks jsut like you," mike said.

"Oh, so I'm wrinkly, red, andcovered in goo?" Betty-Ann/Elizabeth replied.

~*~*~

7 year-old Jamie ran in the front door. "Mommy! I got an A in art!"

~*~*~

"Mommy, wake up! Mommy!"

~*~*~

Elizabeth sank to the floor in shock as the memories hit her. Suddenly she knew, she remember so much she hadn't before.

Jamie crouched down next to her reaching out to touch her then stopping, not sure what was happening. "Ms. Bensen?" he finally said.

"James Daniel Bowen, you knwo better than to call you mtoher by a strange name," Elizabeth said, looking up at her son, who was suddenly grown up. "Is it really you, baby?"

"Depends, is it relaly you, Mom?" Jamie countered, not wanting to truly believe it was.

"It's me. You're jsut now recovered amnesiac mother," Elizabeth replied.

Jamie sat down fully on the floor, shock written plainly on hsi face. But hsi eyes were filled with hope. "Mama."

"There's no proof she's Elziabeth, jamie" Malcolm said. "I saw your mother's body, I checked her pulse myself."

"And i heard my little by crying for me to wake up!" Elizabeth snapped. "Damn it, Colm, it's me!" she added, not evne thinking as she used the name she had always called him.

"Well that's a goos sign it's her," Malcolm said.

"But we need to be certain. A blood test can do it easily," Julian said.

"It's her. I never told anyone I cried for mama to wkae up. Eveyrone assuemd I went into shock immediately," Jamie said, finally reachign out and lightly touching Elizabeth's leg. "You're really real?"

"I'm reallly real, baby," ELizabeth assured him.

"We need to make sure, Jamie," Julian repeated. "I want it to be Elizabeth, too. But we have to make sure."

"He's right, baby," Elizabeth told Jamie. "It's best if we get a test done or somethig to prove I'm me."

End Of Betty-Ann's Arrival Snippet

Jamie Learns About Jadyn

"You live here?" Jamie said as he pulled his truck up outside the apartment building Elizabeth had directed him too.

"What's worng with it?" Elizabeth asked with humor.

"Nothing. It's jsut... Dad and I lived here for about 5 years."

"You did?" Elizabeth asked, surprised. "Not the house?"

"Dad sold it after... he couldn't handle staying there. I didn't evne go back to the hosue after that night, i lived with Uncle Laurence and Aunt Catherine for a few months," jamie explained. "We moved from apartment to apartment for a while, but 5 years ago we rented a place in here and stayed."

"What apartment?" Elizabeth asked.

"7-D," Jamie replied.

Elizabeth started laughing. "Fate," she said. "I'm in 7-C."

Jamie laughed with her as thye got in the elevator. As it reached the 7th floor and they stepped out, they heard a baby crying. Elizabeth rushed to her door and opene dit, which amde the cyring loude.r Jamie followe dher in, and was shocked to see her pick up a little baby from a bassinet.

"It's okay, sweetie, mommy's here," Elizabeth said.

A girl in her early 20's rushe dout of the kitchen. "Ms. Benson! I thought you were gonna be out all day!"

"How much did you bribe the people on thsi floor not to tell her you suck as a baby sitter, Janine?" Jamie said as he entered the apartment.

"What are you doing here?" the girl, Janine replied.

"He's my son," Elizabeth replied. "From befor emy bought of amnesia where I named my self Betty-Ann Benson of all things. How do you knwo eachother?"

"She babysat me once when I was 10 and had the flu," jamie said. "Needless to say I didn't, get better since she forgot to give me the meds, and I couldn';t rest sicne she had MTV blaring."

"Get out, Janine."

"Where's my money?"

"Get out!"

Janine lef tina huff and Jamie closed the door behind her. He turned back to his mom, who was still holding the bay and trying to clam her down. "Mom?" he asked softly.

Elizabeth turned. "It's complicate,d but she's your father's."

"How?" Jamie asked stepping clsoer to look at the baby. "I mean... how?"

"I saw Mike in Santa Fe last March. I didn't... I didn't recognzie him. H told me... he told Betty-Ann that she looked jsut like his late wife. We were at a bar, and... one thing led to another. A few weeks later I was pregnant, but when i trie dto clal Mike I couldn't get a hold fo him."

"Our number changed," Jamie said, still watching hsi fussing little sister. "Her name's Jadyn?"

"Jadyn Anne," Elziabeth replied. "She's not usually so grumpy."

Jamie came rght up next to his mom and peered down at his sister. "Can I hold her?" he asked after a minute.

Elizabeth nodded and passed Jadyn to him. She was going to position hsi arms to hold her, but noticed he was allready holding her correctly. "You're a natural," she commented.

"Not really. I've practised."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, I..." Jamie started. "Okay, so you wanted to bring me back her eto meet Jadyn, huh?" he said, changing the subject. "How about we go to my place now so I cna show it to you?"

Elizabeth nodded. "We'll have to fit the car seat into your truck."

"We can fit it," Jamie said, raising one hand and letting Jadyn grip his fingers. "How old is she?"

"A little over a month," Elizabeth replied, amazed at how quickly her daughter had calmed down. "This is... she never takes to strangers so quickly."

"Well I'm not a stranger, am i Jadyn?" Jamie said, smiling. "I'm your big brother."

Elizabeth smiled as she gathered together Jadyn's things.

End Of Jamie Learns About Jadyn

Elizabeth Meets Summer

Jamie unlocked the door of the guest house and led his mom inside. "Home, sweet home," he said, dropping his keys in a basket by the door.

"How on earth did you tlak my fathe rinto letting you live here by yourself?" Elizabeth asked as she set Jadyn's diaper bag and carrier down near the couch and picked Jadyn up. "Though it's better than you being in that house!"

"That was my arguement," Jamie admitted. "I lvoe Aunt Annie and Uncle Richard, and i evne love Grandpa Daniel, but Miranda and Dnaiel Jr... I hate them. And I'm pretty sur ethe feeling's mutual. But Miles and Evelyn weren't happy that I moved in here."

"Miles still works for the fmaily?" Elizabeth asked. "I rmemeber him being the gutler when I was a little girl!"

Jamie laughed. "Yeah, he still works for them. And insults Daniel Jr. and Miranda every chance he gets," he said as they entered the kitchen. "You want some water or something? We've got some ice tea..."

"ice tea in december?" Elizabeth asked.

"Yeah, well... see, there's something I need to tell you, Mama..."

"Jamie? I'm home!"

"Who's that?" Elizabeth aske,d turning towards the lviingroom door jsut as Summer wlaked in.

"Oh we ahve compa..." Sumemr started, then she got a good look at Elizabeth's face and froze. 'Oh my..."

"It's her, Sums. it's really my mom. A blood test proved proved it. She's alive," Jamie said, beaming.

Summer smiled nervously. 'That's great!" she said. 'Did you tell her...?"

"I was jsut about to," Jamie admitted as he wlaked voer to SUmmer. "You shouldn't where this insdie, you'll get overheated," he admonished lgithly as he helepd ehr take off her coat.

Elizabeth gasped at the obviosuly pregnant belly of the girl. "What?" she asked.

"Mama, this is my girlfriend, Summer," jamie said. he put one hand on SUmmer's stomach and smiled nervously. "And our baby."

End Of Elizabeth Meets Summer

Danny's Born

Summer sat in the hospital bed, groaning in pain as another contraction hit her.

"Not much longer," Jamie said from his seat next to the bed.

"Shut up," Sumemr hissed through gritted teeth. "I hate you."

"No you don't," Jamie replied, smiling.

"Yes. I. Do."

"You weren't sayign that when we conceived thsi little guy," Jamie argued, still smiling. "I seem to rmemeber repeated use of the phrase 'I love you, Jamie'."

"Jsut shut up!" Summer said as another contraction hit.

"Whatever you want, angel girl," Jamie said.

"Okay," Sarah said as she checked to see how thigns were going. "I think it's time. Summer, when your next contraction comes, I want you to push, okay?"

Summer nodded fearfully, and looked over at Jamie, who ha dbeen holding her hand the entire time. "I'm scared," she whispered.

"It's going to be fine," jamie assured her. "Pretty soon our little guy will be here and..."

He was interrupted by SUmmer's cry as another contraction made her cry out as she pushed. When the contraction ended she was crying. "It hurts."

"I know, angel, but it's almsot over," jamie said, trying to comfort her. Another contraction hit and Summer screamed in pain. Jamie kept hold of SUmmer's hand, ignoring the pain as she squeezed it, and kissed her forehead. "Not long now," he whsipered. "jsut hang on."

A cry broke into jamie's whispered words of comfort, and both teens looked towards the end of the bed, where Sarah was wiping the face of the baby.

"Is he okay?" Summer asked.

"He's beautiful," Sarah rpelied, wrapping the baby in a blanket and brining him around to the parents. "Absolutely beautiful."

Summer took the baby in her arms and looked down at him. "He's all gooey," she said. "But he looks like you, Jamie."

"So I'm all red, wrinkly, and covered in goo/" Jamie asked, remembering the story his mom had told him.

"Shut up and say hello to your son," SUmmer ordered.

"Hey thee little guy," Jamie said, reaching out and running on finger alogn the baby's cheek. "I'm your daddy."

End Of Danny's Born