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| Chapter Twenty-Two Latin Sensation Ball (the Men continued...) |
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| "Alright, while we get set up for the last performances of the night, the deejay will play more of your dedications and the golden dishes will be collected. So we'll be back in forty-five minutes." Theresa turned and left the stage as everyone started to leave their tables. | |||||||||
| Brady sat at the table awaiting Mimi; she had gone off with Maria to help Theresa with something. Only himself and Michael were left at the table. "Alright, am I the only one who thinks something is going on?" Brady asked Michael. | |||||||||
| "No, I'm getting those feelings too. Maria has been jumping up to 'help' Theresa all night. Not that she wouldn't have done that normally. I just get the feeling that she knows something that she doesn't want to tell me." Michael answered. | |||||||||
| "Yeah, I'm getting that feeling from Mimi. Besides, that when she was here earlier, I could've sworn that I saw a look pass between her and the other ladies. I think that they're up to something. I just don't know what." Brady stopped talking as he saw Mimi and Maria headed to the table. | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| Mimi walked alongside Maria as they walked back to the table. | |||||||||
| "So everything is in the dressing room waiting for us. She told me that we are basically some of the last performances because after us the judges to make their decisions on who wins." Maria said as she neared the table and saw Michael talking to Brady. | |||||||||
| "You know, I think Brady and Michael are up to something." Mimi observed. | |||||||||
| "Yeah, I got that vibe, too. I mean look at them, they're usually at each other's throats because Michael hates how Brady flirts with me." Maria responded laughingly. | |||||||||
| "I know. But, he only does it to annoy Michael. I just can't believe that Michael let's Brady get to him so easily. Brady really likes doing that and to be honest, I think it's funny, too." Mimi looked at the table and saw Brady look directly at her. There was something in his eyes that she didn't recognize at first. "Oh my god. He knows." Mimi said freaking out. | |||||||||
| "Mimi, you've got to pull yourself together. He doesn't know and he can't find out, this is too perfect. Trust me after all the planning that we've done, nothing will go wrong. You just have to keep cool, okay. And don't let him do to you what you did to him. Stay cool." Maria said trying to clam Mimi down as they walked to the table. | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| Maria and Mimi walked over to the table. Mimi stood behind to Brady's chair while Maria eased into the seat beside Michael. | |||||||||
| "So what were you two talking about while were we gone?" Maria asked as she grabbed Michael's hand and held it. | |||||||||
| "Nothing and everything. Did you get everything settled with Theresa?" Brady asked Mimi as he felt her hands come on to his shoulders. | |||||||||
| "Yeah, everything is fixed. So do you want to dance?" Mimi asked as she leaned down do that she was eye level with Brady. | |||||||||
| "Oh, I guess so. There's no rest for the weary." Brady got up and took his wife's hand to lead her onto the already packed dance floor, leaving Michael and Maria at the table. | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| Brady and Mimi had been dancing for a while when they started to talk. "I called my mom, Conrad misses us. But, apparently he was having too much fun to stop and talk to me. I miss him already." | |||||||||
| "I know the feeling. It's hard to believe that he is already three years old. He's getting so big now, he'll be going to school soon." Brady responded as his hands moved up and down Mimi's back. "So what do you and the other ladies have planned tonight?" | |||||||||
| Mimi had been so focused on the thinking about their son that she almost got sucked into answering Brady. "Brady, as usual you are lacking any tact what so ever. And you are wrong. We aren't planning anything and even we were, what makes you think that I will tell you?" Mimi asked her husband. | |||||||||
| "Could it be the fact that you can't keep a secret? Besides you have to tell me, I'm your husband and we're not supposed to keep secrets from each other." Brady looked passed Mimi and saw the deejay getting ready to make another dedication song. He hoped it wasn't his so he'd have time to get the secret out of her. | |||||||||
| "That's rich coming from you, Black. But you are right so maybe I will tell you if I had a secrets you don't know about." Mimi said thinking that technically it wasn't a secret since he could look on the program and see his name as well as everyone else's listed under the performers. | |||||||||
| Brady was about to respond when he heard his name on the deejay's next dedication. ~Damn, now I'm not going to find out what's going on. ~ "...Brady wants to tell his wife that he loves her and there's nothing he wouldn't do for her." All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) * came on. | |||||||||
| Mimi stopped dancing and looked up at Brady, her arms were still wrapped around his neck. Brady stopped dancing to watch for her reaction. | |||||||||
| Hey love | |||||||||
| You say you need someone to be there for you | |||||||||
| To love you all night long, huh | |||||||||
| It's kinda funny but | |||||||||
| I don't think you have to look further | |||||||||
| Because I'm right here and I'm ready | |||||||||
| To do all the things you're man won't do... | |||||||||
| "Brady, how could you... how did you...?" Mimi couldn't say anything. | |||||||||
| "Well since you seem to be tongue-tied I will try to answer the questions you want to ask to the best of my ability. First, off I choose this song to remind you of something. Do you remember what?" He asked as he pushed her hair back behind her ears. | |||||||||
| Mimi looked the intensity of his blue eyes and knew she had to answer. "This is the song that played at the club that night. The night that Noah broke up with me and I saw you at the bar. You told me that I didn't need him because I deserved better, I deserved you." | |||||||||
| Girl to me you're like a diamond | |||||||||
| I love the way you shine | |||||||||
| A hundred million dollar treasure | |||||||||
| I'll give the world to make you mine... | |||||||||
| "That's right. Now why did we stop dancing? No matter." Brady started to dance again this time he brought Mimi's smaller, softer body into full on contact with his. His hands roamed her body. | |||||||||
| "Brady, we can't do this here. Everyone will stare at us." Mimi answered looking around. | |||||||||
| "Meems, when have we ever cared what people thought? Ah, let me make a correction when have I ever cared what people thought. So now let's get back to the song. Why do you think I picked this song?" Brady asked her. | |||||||||
| "We danced to this song at the club and it was the first time we... we--," | |||||||||
| "It was the first time we almost made love." Brady answered. | |||||||||
| I'll put a string of pearls right in your hand | |||||||||
| Make love on a beach of Jet black sand | |||||||||
| Outside in the rain we can do it all night | |||||||||
| Out to tour the places he would not | |||||||||
| And some you never knew would get you hot | |||||||||
| hing is forbidden when we touch | |||||||||
| Baby I wanna do | |||||||||
| All the things your man won't do | |||||||||
| I'll do them for you (whoa)... | |||||||||
| They moved around the dance floor in seductively sensuous movements that people stopped to watch them. Brady's hands were above her butt and his leg was attempting to move between her yet, her dress constricted the movement. | |||||||||
| "Brady..." Mimi whispered as she looked at him. | |||||||||
| "I know, but there's another reason I picked this song for you. It's because when we danced to this, I knew that I was in love with you." Brady said as he twirled Mimi around. "I knew that Noah wasn't good for you because he never treated you like you deserved to be treated and I knew that I'd treat you better." | |||||||||
| 1-2 what ya gonna do | |||||||||
| What good is a diamond nobody can see | |||||||||
| I hear he got you on lock down | |||||||||
| But I got the master key | |||||||||
| I'll light thousand candles all around | |||||||||
| Show me the subway I'll go down | |||||||||
| Nothing can be sweeter than the sound of making love | |||||||||
| Baby when I start I just can't stop | |||||||||
| Nothing is forbidden when we touch... | |||||||||
| "I know that he was going to loose you to me when we danced to this song. It doesn't matter what happened or what was going to happen after we left the club together, Mimi. Because, in my heart you were mine from that day to forward." | |||||||||
| Baby (baby) I wanna do | |||||||||
| All the things your man won't do (every little thing) | |||||||||
| I'll do them for you.... | |||||||||
| "I always knew that you were mine. Even if you hadn't of gotten pregnant with Conrad. You were going to be mine. I love you. And I didn't marry because of our son. I married you because I wanted to and I love you." Brady said bringing his hands to frame her face. "There is nothing that I won't do for you." | |||||||||
| Oh, I got a Jones for you | |||||||||
| There ain't a damn thing I won't do for you | |||||||||
| I'll make your body scream with my sex machine | |||||||||
| I won't stop until I hear your mother scream | |||||||||
| Baby I wanna do (I wanna do) | |||||||||
| All things your man won't do | |||||||||
| I'll do them for you.... | |||||||||
| As the song ended, Brady and Mimi were on the dance floor, dancing with a sexy sensuality oozing from them with every step. | |||||||||
| "You know I love you Mimi?" Brady asked as his hands still framed her face. | |||||||||
| "Yes, of course I do. But, I also know that, that's not all you love about me." She answered. | |||||||||
| "What do you mean?" | |||||||||
| "I can really say what I mean. But, I can show you." Mimi hands moved from Brady's neck to his hair as Mimi brought Brady's mouth down on hers in a breath-taking kiss. | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| Michael and Maria had been sitting at the table for a while when Maria turned to Michael as a man came to the table and got her attention. | |||||||||
| "Excuse me, Miss. But, I've been noticing you sitting here all night and was wondering if you'd like to dance with me." The man looked about two or three years older than Maria but he seemed to be an okay guy. So Maria was going to dance with him since Michael couldn't dance. | |||||||||
| "She can't. She is going to be dancing with me, her husband." Michael answered helping her up out of her seat and heading to the dance floor. | |||||||||
| As they found a spot on the crowded floor and began to move sway side to side. Not really dancing because Michael didn't like to dance, Maria spoke up. "You know Michael, that was a little rude. You didn't have to drag me away from that guy." | |||||||||
| "So you weren't going to dance with him, you were going to turn him down in a much gentler way than I did?" He asked her knowing that if she would have he would have stopped her from doing so. | |||||||||
| "Yes, I would have turned him down in a nicer way. Or I would have danced with him, if you didn't do anything because frankly considering that I'm a married and a mother of twins with another child on the way, it's flattering to see that someone other than you is interested in me." She answered him easing her hands around his neck. | |||||||||
| "Well, if you like I'll morph into Rath sometime and hit on you so it will make you feel better. Besides, I don't think that anyone but me should be interested in my woman." Michael knew that he was going to get an argument out of Maria if he played along right. | |||||||||
| "Yeah, you do that. I thought Rath was kind of sexy when I first saw him. And Liz told me that he was a good kisser so that might be fun. It would be interesting to see you as him. And by the way Michael, I'm not your woman, I'm your wife. There's a difference." | |||||||||
| "Like I said my woman." As Michael and Maria continued to playfully bicker the deejay came on. | |||||||||
| "This next song is for Michael to Maria. It's a tape that he says only you will understand." The deejay played the song, as it started to play. The song was In the Air Tonight * covered by Maria and the Whits. | |||||||||
| Maria's green eyes rounded in surprise when she heard her own voice. | |||||||||
| I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord | |||||||||
| I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh Lord | |||||||||
| Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord, Oh Lord... | |||||||||
| "Michael how did you get this? How did you know I sang this song with Alex's band?" Maria was bewildered. She couldn't believe that Michael had a recording of her singing this song. She didn't even know how he knew she sang this song in her first live performance with Alex. | |||||||||
| "It's my recording, I never got this from Alex." Michael answered. | |||||||||
| I've seen your face before my friend | |||||||||
| But, I don't know if you know who I am | |||||||||
| Well, I was there and I saw what you did... | |||||||||
| "That night, Isabel and I had tried to reach Nasedo for the first time. But when we didn't we went home. Or at least Isabel went home. I went to the club where you were performing. I heard you sing, I know that I told you I was never there. But, I lied. I was there, in the audience all the way in the back. It was the first time I ever heard how truly beautiful your voice was." | |||||||||
| And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord | |||||||||
| I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh Lord | |||||||||
| I can feel it in the air tonight, Oh Lord, Oh Lord | |||||||||
| And I've been waiting for this moment all my life, Oh Lord, Oh Lord... | |||||||||
| Maria couldn't believe that he had been there that night. She and Michael had been broken up at that time and were barely talking to each other. He had come to hear her sing. She wondered if he knew that she had picked that song because of him. | |||||||||
| "I remember seeing you up on the stage singing so beautifully. You looked nervous but you held your own up there. I wanted to go up there and kiss you afterwards. But, I didn't want you to know that I'd been there. So I left but not before I took a tape that someone had been making. It was my own private treasure that you made and I used to listen to it whenever I started to miss you." Michael said and Maria smiled at the thought. | |||||||||
| Well I remember, I remember don't worry | |||||||||
| How could I ever forget, it's the first time, the last time we ever met | |||||||||
| But I know the reason why you keep your silence up no you don't fool me | |||||||||
| The hurt doesn't show; but the pain still grows | |||||||||
| It's no stranger to you or me... | |||||||||
| "Michael I never knew that you were there that night. But, I remember how I wished that you had been there. Because I wanted you to hear me sing. I never told anyone this. But, the reason I picked the song was because it made me think of you." | |||||||||
| "Well, it made me think about you and how important you are to me. This is our song Maria because the words speak to us and that's all we need. That's why I had the deejay play that song to remind you of how important you are to me. As well as our sons and daughter." Michael said as he reached in between them and touched Maria's stomach. She smiled and looked at him questioningly. | |||||||||
| "Sons, we're having a boy?" Maria asked excitedly. | |||||||||
| "Yeah, our son is sleeping happily." He looked into her eyes. "I love you Mrs. Maria DeLuca Guerin," he leaned down and kissed her on the lips kind of like a peck. | |||||||||
| When Michael lifted his head, Maria smiled gleefully. "I love it when you say my name, Spaceboy. But, I expect a better kiss than that." Maria pulled his head back down to hers and kissed him the way she wanted to be kissed. With an intensity that only Michael and Maria could share. | |||||||||
| I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord | |||||||||
| I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh Lord | |||||||||
| I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord | |||||||||
| I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh Lord, Oh Lord... | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| Chloe had been having fun all night. She was enjoying spending time with Philip. She realized how much she had missed him during his enforced absence from her. But, she knew that he had missed her, too. And that made her feel even better. | |||||||||
| They were either dancing with each other, talking with other people or just enjoying their time together the whole night. However, now they were taking a break of sorts while Philip went to go get a drink for her. She stood by the tables watching the other couples dance. | |||||||||
| Philip walked back to his wife with a drink in his hand. "Did you miss me?" He asked her as he handed her the drink. She took the drink and sipped a little before answering him. | |||||||||
| "Well, maybe a little bit. But you were only gone for a couple of minutes." Chloe answered as she placed the glass on the table and wrapped her arms around him. "Come on, let's go dance." She released him and pulled him on the dance floor behind him. They were dancing to an old song by Janet Jackson. | |||||||||
| Philip danced with Chloe pulling her to his body and placing his chin on her head. He knew that his song would be the next dedication because Shawn had told him when he went to get the drinks. He knew that he should let her be surprised but he couldn't let her be completely surprised. "Chloe," she lifted her head and looked at him. "I assume you've noticed all of the dedications the guys have been doing?" | |||||||||
| "Well, it was kind of hard for me not to notice, Philip. They were on every couple of songs. I personally think that they were all beautiful choices but I have to say that I'm so glad that you didn't do anything like that. As nice as it seems, it's a little embarrassing." Chloe answered thinking about all of the songs in general. | |||||||||
| "So you wouldn't have wanted me to do that for you?" | |||||||||
| "No, not really. Why?" Chloe asked suspecting that Philip made a dedication to her. | |||||||||
| "Well, I guess you should know I--," he was interrupted by the deejay. | |||||||||
| "Our last dedication of the night will be from Philip Kiriakis to Chloe, he says that even though you probably don't want me to do this, I did it anyway. So here is our song..." the deejay played As My Girl *. | |||||||||
| Hey babe, it's been a long while | |||||||||
| Baby, baby been a mighty long time | |||||||||
| I watched you, even though you would not see baby (Check it) | |||||||||
| Glad to see that you're so fine and | |||||||||
| I remember you back when | |||||||||
| Girl you blew my mind | |||||||||
| And I saw, even though you would not see | |||||||||
| Lady, yeah, yeah, baby, baby... | |||||||||
| Chloe looked up at Philip to see him grinning down at her. "That is real cute, Philip. So you knew I didn't want you to do that. Yet, you do it anyway." Chloe said a little amused but trying not to show it. | |||||||||
| "Hey, I think that this was a romantic gesture, you should appreciate." Philip said picking up a step at the faster pace in the song. | |||||||||
| Be as you are | |||||||||
| Girl it's okay with me | |||||||||
| You're such a star | |||||||||
| Maybe one day you'll see | |||||||||
| That whatever you are | |||||||||
| I'm just hoping you'll be as my girl ... | |||||||||
| "Romantic Philip," Chloe couldn't hold in her laughter. "I know that I haven't been with you for a while. But, As My Girl is not a romantic song. It's only another one of your possessive, stalkeristic tendencies that you obviously haven't got over yet, coming out in a song." Chloe said patting his cheek to accentuate each word. | |||||||||
| "It is a romantic song. It says that you can be just as you are and I'll still love you. You don't have to change a single thing about yourself. Besides, it's coming from the heart. So wouldn't it be romantic, then?" Philip asked frowning a little only causing Chloe to laugh more. | |||||||||
| Oh I need to be back | |||||||||
| Back by your side | |||||||||
| Sugar back way back when | |||||||||
| Kissing was a crime | |||||||||
| I miss you and I know you miss me | |||||||||
| Baby, oh | |||||||||
| Baby, baby, baby... | |||||||||
| "Philip, my dear darling husband you are a trip. Don't frown." Chloe said as she attempted to turn his frown into a smile. | |||||||||
| "Okay, but seriously you know why I picked this song. Well, I picked it because I don't think we need a song that will say I love you. I know that you know that I love you and I don't have to tell you that by a song. And anyway we both know that you are my girl." Philip said as he smoothed a strand of hair that had fallen from Chloe's elegant style, and leaned down to kiss her on the lips. | |||||||||
| Baby girl, showing off cars with laughter | |||||||||
| You're my world (my world) | |||||||||
| Paradise form deception | |||||||||
| How about you and me ever after as my girl? | |||||||||
| Be as you are | |||||||||
| Girl it's okay with me | |||||||||
| You're such a star | |||||||||
| Maybe one day you'll see | |||||||||
| That whatever you are | |||||||||
| I'm just hoping you'll be as my girl ... | |||||||||
| As Philip released Chloe's mouth she moved back a few steps. "I ... I have something I want to tell you. Let's go sit down." She grabbed his hand and led him back to the table where she sat on his lap. | |||||||||
| *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* | |||||||||
| Belle and Liz were just on their way back to the table as they were walking they talked about the new plan. "So he said that he would do it?" Belle asked. | |||||||||
| "He said that he would do anything for me. And this qualifies as anything. But, I think they we need to go tell Chloe because she was going to tell Philip about our performance at twenty of. Oh my god, what time is it?" Liz and Belle walked into the ballroom. | |||||||||
| "It's twenty-five of. We need to get to Chloe now before she says anything." Belle said as she looked at the clock on the wall. Liz and Belle rushed back to their husbands and then headed back to the table where Chloe was with Philip. Since Max already knew about the plan he followed the women's cues exactly. | |||||||||
| The two couples arrived back at the table with a minute to spare. Chloe was just about to tell Philip about the performance when he noticed the other couples. "Hey what's up?" He looked up and asked. | |||||||||
| "I think... I think I'm in labor," Belle huffed out quietly as she clutched her stomach. Shawn immediately went to her side to help her stand. | |||||||||
| As Chloe stood and moved off Philip's lap she turned to Belle, "Are you sure?" Chloe asked. | |||||||||
| "Chloe, if she says she's in labor, then she's in labor!" Shawn answered for Belle as he and Max lowered her into a chair. He didn't know what to do. Well, he knew what to do but he was caught by surprise. | |||||||||
| "Shawn, you need to go outside and bring the car around. Make sure it's at the entrance. Then, Max, Chloe and I will bring her out," Liz ordered as she got into her role. | |||||||||
| "Are you sure? I mean Belle do you want me to go?' Shawn asked as he kneeled down in front of her. She nodded and then he practically ran out of the ballroom. | |||||||||
| "Philip, I want you to go round up everyone and let them know what's going on." Liz said as she bend over the huffing Belle. | |||||||||
| "Okay, I'll be back." He left after giving Chloe a reassuring pat. When he was completely out of seeing distance, Belle stopped huffing and smiled. | |||||||||
| "This is going to be great." She said high-fiving Liz and explained the new plan to Chloe. After she heard the rest Chloe smiled too. | |||||||||
| Twenty Minutes Later... | |||||||||
| The men were all standing by the table trying to figure out what happened. "Okay, I was outside in the car for fifteen minutes and Belle never showed up. Where is my wife?" | |||||||||
| "We don't have any idea," Miguel answered. "Because, Belle isn't the only one missing, our wives are all gone too. We thought that they had left with you and then you came strolling back in here." | |||||||||
| "Yeah, and Max is gone too." Michael added. | |||||||||
| "Then what the hell happened? They didn't just disappear. When I left here, Belle was here with you," he pointed at Philip. "Max, Liz and Chloe." | |||||||||
| "Well, after you left, Liz sent me to get everyone else. Which I did. Then when I got here only the guys were here. We thought that Max and the ladies were all with you." Philip explained. | |||||||||
| Shawn was about to loose it completely when Brady tapped him on the shoulder to see Belle casually walking to the table. "Okay, what the hell are you doing here?" Shawn asked. | |||||||||
| "Well, Shawn, you planned this event and then invited me to it. Don't you remember?" Belle asked cheekily. | |||||||||
| "Yes, but what I think your husband is referring to is why are you aren't at a hospital considering that you're in labor." Brady said to stop Shawn for loosing it. | |||||||||
| "Oh that, well it was a false alarm. It must have been something indigestion." She answered. | |||||||||
| "Okay, then how about where are our wives?" Michael asked as Belle sat down. | |||||||||
| Belle looked at all the men, innocently. "They're coming. They're just refreshing their make-up. Look the next performance is about to start so why don't you all sit down so you don't ruin everyone else's view." The men knew that Belle was right so they all sat down. | |||||||||
| Theresa walked up onto the stage as the lights went down and only one spotlight was on. She had her hair in a different style. It was a straight and hung down about her shoulders. Her dress had a Latin theme being a short and flirty pink. "Now, is time for the Latin part of the entertainment. It needs no introduction, so here is our first performance. It's a group performance that promises to be very surprising, Zan and his ladies: Shiri, Taylor, Majandra, Nadia, and Farah. Please welcome Zan and his royal five." She walked off the stage as the curtain opened. | |||||||||
| While everyone was focused on the stage, Michael paid special attention. ~Zan, what the hell is going on? ~ He asked himself. | |||||||||
| Belle looked from the stage to the men's faces and smiled to herself, everything was perfect. | |||||||||
| On to Chapter Twenty-Three | |||||||||
| Menu | |||||||||
| *Song Credits: AllThe Things(Your Man Won't Do) - Joe; In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins; As My Girl - Maxwell | |||||||||