Unexpected Branches Chapter 33

I just wanted to let you guys know that I used my iPod touch to post this so please excuse and crappy grammar.




Jordan's pov

I let myself into the house and heard the sound of hysterical laughter that sounded like it was coming from the living room. I expected to find Mel with one of the girls but instead I found her sitting on the couch by herself looking at something on her laptop. She turned and greeted me and of course I had to ask her what was so funny. She patted the spot next to her and when I sat down she turned the computer so it was facing me. It only took a minute of reading to figure out what I was looking at. It was one of those websites where girls posted things about the girlfriends and wives and about things that these girls had supposedly done with whatever guy the particular board was about.
" You do know that 99 percent of the stuff that these girls post is total fantasy right?" I asked her. She rolled her eyes and gave me that look that she liked to give me when I had said something obvious.
" I know Sherlock. That's what is so funny. You got to give these girls credit they are pretty creative. This is my favorite one." she said pointing to a post toward the bottom. I started to read it and it was my turn to roll my eyes. This girl was claiming that I had slept with a friend of hers and got her pregnant and that was why I was going to get married so quickly.
" Why are you even looking at this crap." I grumbled a little more grumpy than I intended. She looked a little bit surprised by my reaction.
" Well I knew that it had gotten out to the media and when you were so vague with that reporter yesterday I knew people were going to be talking about it and I was curious." she explained while watching me.
" Just do us both a favor and stay off this. It's nothing but a bunch of stupid teenagers who have nothing better to do with their time then to try and ruin other peoples reputations." I saw a flash in her eyes and I knew instantly that she didn't like me telling her to not do something. I opened my mouth to apologize but she didn't give me a chance.
" Just for the record I'm a grown ass women and I can do whatever the hell I want and frankly I find it offensive that you think I would be stupid enough to believe everything that I read.
Shit now she was pissed. I knew I needed to make this right as quickly as possible. She shoved the laptop off onto the couch and went to get up. I grabbed her by the wrist and tried to pull her back down. She was being stubborn and tried to resist at first but I had the advantage of being stronger and finally she relented and let me pull her onto my lap. She still had that look on her face that let me know that she wasn't going to let me off easy. I brushed her hair back and kissed her neck softly.
"I'm sorry for being such an ass. I've had a lot on my mind lately. Do you forgive me?" I asked in my best I'm sorry voice. She didn't say anything and I kissed her neck again and I felt her relaxing against me. She tilted her head and let me kiss her again and I took that as a silent apology accepted. We sat in comfortable silence and I was tempted to tell her the secret that I had been keeping for the last few days but before I had the chance she turned her head and kissed me and I forgot about anything else.

Mel's pov
Jordan had been acting moody and weird the last couple of days and I couldn't figure out what was going on. It started with a phonecall that he excused himself to take which he had never done before. I wanted to ask him what was wrong but I figured that he would tell me sooner or later. The wedding was only a few days away and I was getting excited but I was nervous at the same time. I left to hang out with the girls and to make sure all of the details were taken care of before the big day. I was worn out and I went home earlier then I originally planned. The door was open so I let myself in. I heard Jordans voice coming from the kitchen. I went to say hi to him but I stopped short.
" I plan on telling her but I just don't know how shes going to take it." I heard him tell whoever it was he was talking too. I knew it wasn't right but I couldn't help but stand there and listen. This was my chance to find out what was going on.
" What am I suppose to say? Hey I hired someone to find your mom but shes dead and you have a younger sister? I don't want to upset her so close to the big day."
All of the air left my lungs as my brain processed what I had just heard. I dropped my purse as tears started to fall down my face.
"Hold on a minute." I heard him say. Part of me wanted to run but I felt like I was rooted to where I was standing. He came around the corner and his eyes got huge.
"Eric I have to go." he said quickly into the phone before hanging up. I still couldn't say anything but I had a million questions running through my mind.
" Tell me what you found out." I said in a voice barely above a whisper
" The PI I hired to look onto it called a few days ago with information. He told me that after she left Canada that she moved to Oregon and eventually married a man named Jarrett Stoner. Two years later they had a daughter. She died a few years ago. It was breast cancer."
I swallowed but it was painful as I tried to keep the tears from really coming but that didn't last long when he came over and wrapped his arms around me. That was all it took and I started to sob. After everything that happened I guess I had always thought it in the back of my mind that I would have the chance to see her again but now I knew that wasn't going to happen and it made me sad. I finally got myself under control.
"What's her name?" I asked as I pulled away.
He hesitated for a few seconds but he finally answered.
"Jane. Jane Mcintire. I have her number if you want to get a hold of her." he said like he was waiting for me to yell at him or something.
" I don't know Jordan. I just need some time to think about everything okay." He nodded his head and told me that he would support me whatever I decided to do.
"I was going to tell you but I didn't want to upset you before the wedding. I really hated keeping secrets from you though." I knew he had meant well and as upset as I was I couldn't blame him. I kissed him and let him know and he looked relieved. I told him that he better get upstairs to nap before his pregame routine was ruined. He asked me to lay down with him and even though I wasn't tired I didn't want to be alone so I agreed. I curled up beside him but I couldn't sleep. I started to wonder about this girl that until today I had known nothing about. I wondered what she looked like and what kind of person she was. Even though I told Jordan that I wasn't sure what I wanted to do I knew that I was going to have to meet this women.

Grand Plans Chapter 31

This is a short update and I am really sorry that it took this long. My laptop decided to break on me and I haven't had the money to fix or replace it. I'm hoping by the end of the month I can do one or the other and then I will be able to update all of my stories.

I woke up later than I wanted to since all of the excitment from the night before had made it hard to go back to sleep. I knew that this wasn't going to be easy but I was determined to make it work. Jordan had already left for practice so I got up and grabbed my laptop and went to work looking up the info that I would need. I started with the most important thing, the marriage license. I was happy to find that all it would take is a trip down to the county building, our drivers license and a application along with a forty five dollar fee and filling out an application. Three days from that time we would have a marriage license. I wrote all of the information down on a piece of paper that I had sitting beside me. The next thing that I looked up was a dress. Even though I wanted this to happen as soon as possible the one thing that I had my heart set on was wearing a white dress, even if it wasn't something fancy. I felt a little pang of hurt go through me as I looked at diffrent styles and wrote down a few numbers to some local shops. It wasn't too often that I thought about the women that had abandoned me so long ago but it was times like this that I part of me wished that she was still around. I tried to put the thought out of my mind as I grabbed my phone and made some more phone calls. When I was done I had an appointment for the next day at two shops that said that they thought that they had some dresses that they thought fit what was I was looking for. I really wanted some female opinions and since there wasn't any way that I was going to get it the way that most women do I called up the two ladies that I trusted the most to see if they could help me. I wasn't surprised at all by Kelseys or Veros reactions. They were both excited until they realized what I wanted to do and that quickly turned to disbelief. Vero actually went as far as to ask me if I had gone completely insane. Neither of them could believe it but much to my relief they both agreed to meet me at the first dress shop the next afternoon. As I sat down my phone I realized that I hadn't bothered to eat breakfast and my stomach was letting me know that it wasn't happy with me. I wanted to eat but I wanted to wait and see if Jordan was going to be home anytime soon. I sent him a text and I quickly got one back. He was running an errand and wasn't sure how long it was going to take. I sent him one back and to let him know that it was fine and that I would see him whenever he got in.  I decided to take a break and I went to watch some tv while I waited for him to come home. I started to doze off and later I was awakened by something touching my face. When I opened my eyes I saw Jordan leaning over me moving some hair that had fallen in my face.
" Hey" I said as I sat up and yawned. He sat beside me and gave me a kiss before I noticed that he had something in his hand.
" What is that" I asked and he handed me a small bag without saying anything
" Just look and tell me what you think."
I tipped the bag and out fell two small boxes. I opened the first one and inside was a silver band that had diamonds set into all the way around. The second box contained a similar band that was larger in size.
" I knew that you were going to have to do most of the planning so I thought that this was the least I could do."
I took my ring out of my box and fit it with my engagment ring. The styles seemed to fit well togeather and I slipped it back off and set it back in the box.
" Is there something wrong? If you don't like it I can always take it back." he said
"No I like the ring." I said and even though I really didn't want to admit what the problem was I found myself telling him everything that I had been feeling about my mother.
" You've never really talked about her before." he said as he pulled me into his body and wrapped his arm around me
" There wasn't ever much to talk about. I was so young when she left that I don't really remember a whole lot about her and when I was old enough to figure out that something wasn't right I learned really quick that it was a topic that shouldn't be brought up. The ironic thing is that as much hurt and anger that I have had over the years at how selfish she was, a part of me was kind of glad that she did what she did or otherwise may have never met you and ended up with the great life that I have now."
I could feel the tears start to well up in my eyes and he was quiet as I put my head into his shoulder and cried. After a few minutes of him rubbing my back I finally felt a little better.
" I'm sorrry. This is suppose to  be a happy time and here I am bringing up old emotional baggage."
" Don't be sorry. It sucks that your mom choose to not be a part of your life but just remember that you have people that love you. My mom considers you and Tanya to be the daughters that she never had.
" I know that and I know how lucky I am."
" I have some other good news. I told the guys and at the end of practice I guess that Sid went and talked to Mario. He told him about our plans and he said that there wasn't anything going on at the arena and that if we wanted to we could use one of the suites to have the ceremony in if we wanted. He said that we could consider it part of our wedding gift if we wanted.
" That would be great. It was one of the things that I was worried about." I said as this piece of information lifted my mood considerbly.
I ran to the kitchen and grabbed the info that I had looked up earlier. I sat down and showed him what I had found and we made plans to get the stuff for the marriage licence done. everything felt like it was falling into place and I was trying hard to not let my past affect my future