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• he filled the doorway with an ominous presence, he wasn't pleased with her at all. Aside from changing the plans, which he was still quite bitter over, she wasn't taking care of the baby, which was not part of the arrangement. He stood there with his arms crossed over his chest, brow furrowed, looking less than pleased. No use hiding how he felt (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 9:56pm PDT

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• She didn't even really notice it was him, just flashed a quick smile and spoke. "The hostess will be with you in one minute." She stated as she rushed - well waddled was more like it - to the counter. She was still taking care of herself and the baby as best as she could, she was taking her vitamins, eating when she could, getting exercise...it was just harder then she had expected to do everything on her own. She didn't even have a crib yet and the baby could come at any day now... (NT) -- Juls, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 9:59pm PDT
  • "Cut the crap" he stated bluntly, eyes steely as he stared at her, jaw tense (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:01pm PDT

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• She stopped in her tracks at the cold voice, her hand going to her stomach before she let out a soft breath and turned to look at him. "Sorry, didn't realize it was someone I knew." She cleared her throat, looking over her shoulder. "Bonnie, I am going to go take a quick ten ok?" She questioned, before she looked back to Hudson, her brow raised expectantly. It was amazing, even here, doing manual labor like a no body, how much she could appear the perfect princess. (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:03pm PDT
  • "You're not taking care of the baby" he stated bluntly, leaving no room for pleasantries, he didn't feel the need to bother with them (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:09pm PDT

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• "I am taking fine care of the baby." She stated, her brow furrowed as she wrapped har arms around herself, leaning against the counter. She was physically exhausted, there were rings under her eyes, bags that had never ever been there before but at least she getting some money put away to get the things the baby would need. He'd hurt her numerous times and it wasn't easy to get over but she was working on it - she figured she could handle seeing him just because of the baby... (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:11pm PDT
  • "I've gotten calls from your doctors twice now about missing appointments. If you call that taking care of the baby you're wrong. And if you think I'm going to let you raise my baby acting like this, you're wrong. I'm changing the plans. We're going back to how we originally planned it. I'm raising the baby" he stated firmly. There was no room for playing around when it came to the babys health, he wasn't having it. (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:13pm PDT

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• She frowned heavily at that, letting out a soft breath. "Damn, I knew it was coming up..." She shrugged a touch, her brow furrowed. "I have been taking the vitamins and everything, what the hell do you mean acting like this? I am doing what I have to do to make sure the baby is provided for when its born, I have to work twelve hours a day to get enough to pay for where I am staying and put enough away to have an apartment and a crib when the baby is born, the appointment just slipped my mind." (NT) -- Juls, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:18pm PDT
  • "No excuses, it doesn't work that way Julietta" he refused to call her anything but that now that they weren't on good terms. "There isn't room for excuses with a baby, deal with it" he'd worked his ass off daily too to take care of her and the baby, but never once let something concerning her or the baby slip his mind. (NT) -- Hudsons, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:21pm PDT

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• "When did you become such an expert?" She questioned, her brow furrowed. "How do you expect to take care of a baby by yourself, Hudson?" She shook her head, definately over emotional thanks to the hormones coursing through her body in overload. "A baby needs its mother, you can't just take her away from me." She'd decided - for that day - it was a girl. Her brow furrowed as she ran a hand over her stomach, her eyes drifting away from him. "She's moving a lot, I think she remembers your voice." (NT) -- Juls, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:25pm PDT
  • "You had no problem letting me raise it before, and if you're allowed to make decisions like that without talking to me, then so am I." he shifted his weight, arms still crossed "And I had no problem making sure everything was done right when you were living in my apartment (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:34pm PDT

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• "I could keep track of my own appointments when i was living with her because I had nothing else to worry about, now there's just a lot going on. I have to get an apartment here soon, I have to work full time or I don't have any medical insurance to go to the doctors on..." She shook her head. "I don't know why I am even saying this, your just going to say I am making excuses and I am sorry I changed the plans so drastically just because I have grown up a bit in the six months I have been here and i don't want to abandon my child!" She let out a breath, glancing around for a second before she bit her lip awkwardly, Bonnie had to be able to hear every word of this. (NT) -- Juls, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:37pm PDT
  • he shrugged lightly "So growing up meant growing out of common courtesy?" he shook his head "It's ok for you to have me the one "abandoning" the child when I never wanted to in the first place but not you, is that it? How selfish can you get?" (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:49pm PDT

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• "I never said anything about you abandoning the baby. I want you to be involved in the babies life. You seem to just want me to pop it out, hand it over and keep walking afterwards." She shook her head. "Just because you don't live with the baby doesn't mean that your abandoning it or not taking care of her or anything like that, it just means that..." she nearly choked on the irony of the words she was about to say "...mommy and daddy couldn't get along." (NT) -- Juls, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 10:52pm PDT
  • "I never said I expected you to walk off. Hell Juls, I told you you could stay with us as long as you like. Why are there different standards here just because I'm the dad instead of the mom?" (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:05pm PDT

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• "There aren't different standards, I just don't want to feel like I am a bother or a guest to you or a nanny to my baby my whole life." She bit her lip, her brow furrowed just a touch as she gazed up at him. "There has to be some compromise we can make here - people who aren't together have kids all the time and they can handle it..." (NT) -- Juls, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:09pm PDT
  • "If you were living with me you'd be my roommate not my guest or my nanny. You'd be the kids mom as well. I don't know what the hell got you all in a huff over this to begin with. Everything was fine, then all of the sudden you storm off and tell me you're not going to let me raise the baby like we'd planned without so much as asking me how I felt. You've been nothing but difficult from day one about this, and damn I don't know what else I'm supposed to do here short of crawl on my knees and beg. I've jumped the hoops and done the tricks, how much more are you expecting from me?" he asked, shoving his hand through his hair agitatedly (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:16pm PDT

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• Tears pricked at her eyes as she thought all this over and after a second she turned, sinking down into a booth and resting her elbows on the table there, her face resting in her hands as she let out a slow breath. She just wasn't sure how she could handle just being his 'roommate' after all the feelings she'd had for him. "You think it will work?" She questioned, bringing her eyes back up to his. "I mean, us living together, raising a child together, when we can barely get along half the time?" Her voice wasn't angry at all, just honestly questioning on what exactly he expected to happen. (NT) -- Juls, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:21pm PDT
  • he shrugged "We seemed to be gettin' along just fine till you up and left" he shoved his hands in his pockets "Maybe that was just my imagination (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:33pm PDT

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• She sniffled a little bit, brushing her hand over her eyes a touch. "Don't you understand at all why I was upset over that?" She questioned with her brow furrowed, her voice still not angry, just trying to let him know what had been going through her head. "I am fat and ugly and whiny and you didn't even want me when I wasn't any of that...and now I am all of that and this gorgeous blonde shows up at the door..." She shook her head. "Its a girl thing...I guess." She shrugged, biting her lip a touch as she tried to calm herself down. (NT) -- Juls, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:36pm PDT
  • he crossed his arms and frowned "I hardly wanted her, what I wanted was to keep my job, and her being my boss, it seemed best to keep her appeased since I needed the benefits and the money you know" (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:40pm PDT

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• She nodded a touch at that, slowly, defeat lining her features heavily. "I'm really tired." She stated softly, her hand running down her face as she bit her lip and looked back at the clock. "I need to get back to work, Bonnie had a girl call off on her..." It was crazy, her working like this, she had never done a days work in her life. (NT) -- Juls, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:43pm PDT
  • "And if I hadn't wanted you.....believe me, things would have been a lot different than they were Juls" wanting her had been his problem, it was why he'd actually gone so far to propose to her. For a moment he'd gotten the crazy idea that he deserved a normal life and could give her what she wanted. But he was just a no good uneducated southern boy with nothing to his name and she had the world at her feet. What did he have to offer (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:46pm PDT

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• The tears threatened to spill over her lashes thanks to the way that his words softened just a touch and the familiar 'Juls' that slipped from his lips. Her hands covered her eyes as she tried to hide the tears of confusion, hurt and sheer exhaustion that were now going over her dark lashes and down her olive cheeks. She could only be strong for so long before she broke down.. (NT) -- Juls, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:48pm PDT
  • he stood there silently and waited for her to respond in some way shape or form to give him a way to react, a slight frown on his face (NT) -- Hudson, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:54pm PDT

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• She drew back a little, the tears evident on her cheeks as she tried to calm herself down and not make a big scene though her voice was ragged and a hiccup escaped when she spoke again. "Your...your the only one who calls me Juls." The tears fell down more earnestly at that, streaming down her cheeks. Bonnie was watching with a worried gaze from across the diner - about ready to go kick the young man out. (NT) -- Juls, Thu, Apr 14 2005, 11:57pm PDT
  • he smirked lightly "Your names just too fancy for my vocabulary cupcake" (NT) -- Hudson, Fri, Apr 15 2005, 12:02am PDT

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• She sniffled again, wiping at her eyes again before she shrugged her shoulders and looked up at him. "I really need to get back to work..." She looked exhausted though, she was just tired physically, the princess wasn't used to this kind of work and she had been so stressed out lately. She didn't even know what to do now, if he was wanting her back with him, if she was just going back to her dark cold hotel room when she left here. (NT) -- Juls, Fri, Apr 15 2005, 12:05am PDT
  • he shook his head "You need to get some rest and cut this charade. Just come on back and stop running yourself to the ground" (NT) -- Hudson, Fri, Apr 15 2005, 12:08am PDT

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• It was as if Bonnie was waiting for those words and she was behind them in a moment. "Your man here is right, honey, you go on home and you rest up cuz that baby is going to be coming anyday now, you need to get your strength back up now." She shifted to help her up before she guided her towards Hudson - the older woman looking up at the tall good looking man. "You get her home and get her to rest, you here me? And Julietta, I wanna see that baby first time you get it out, you here me?" Juls just nodded, still a little overwhelmed. (NT) -- Juls, Fri, Apr 15 2005, 12:11am PDT
  • he stared at the other woman very suspiciously but nodded, taking her elbow and guided her towards the door (NT) -- Hudson, Fri, Apr 15 2005, 12:18am PDT