"Your what?" Laura asked confused.
"I'm pregnant." Marlena repeated trying to calm down.
"Are you sure?" Laura asked her.
"Mike told me earlier today." Marlena informed her.
"Is it John's?" Laura asked her curiously.
"Of course it's John's baby Laura. Who else would be the father?" Marlena asked shocked that Laura had asked such a question.
"Well, I've just had this feeling that something happened between you and Roman and that was why you were so upset." Laura explained to her.
"Heavens no." Marlena gasped. "Nothing has happened with us like that and nothing ever will."
"I know that dear. I'm sorry that I even thought something like that could happen." Laura apologized realizing that she offended Marlena. "What did John have to say when he found out the news?"
"He doesn't know yet." Marlena informed her. "I can't bring myself to tell him Laura."
"Why not honey? You shouldn't have to be going through this alone." Laura said giving her a hug.
"I'm just so afraid that if he knew the truth about the pregnancy that he would push me into telling Roman the truth right away." Marlena explained as she started to cry again. "I just don't want to make this any more painful than it is."
"Oh my God." Kristen whispered as she heard the news that Marlena was pregnant. "That can't be possible."
"May I help you with something?" Bridget asked seeing Kristen standing by the door. "Are you here to see Dr. Evans?"
"No, I must have taken a wrong turn." Kristen said quickly walking off toward the elevator.
"She's a strange one." Bridget said as she left.
"I can't believe that Marlena's pregnant." Kristen thought to herself as she left the hospital. "Now that ruins everything that Roman and I have worked so hard to accomplish. I'll never get John back now if he knows that Marlena is carrying his child."
Kristen found herself walking along the pier as she pondered the thought that she was never going to get John back. She realized that maybe now she was going to have to give up everything that she had worked so hard to accomplish.
"That bitch!" Kristen yelled looking out onto the water. "I should've known that she was going to do something like this so that John would stay with her."
"Kristen, hey how's it going?" a voice called out to her.
"Roman," she said turning to face him.
"Funny finding you here." Roman smiled walking over to her. "How have you been?"
"I've had better days." she sighed looking back at the water. "How about you?"
"I'm having a great day Kristen." Roman informed her. "I had a romantic breakfast with Doc this morning and I know that she's coming around."
"She is?" Kristen asked facing him.
"I really think so Kristen." Roman said giving her a hug. "Your plan was brilliant. Now that I'm taking these pills, she thinks that I'm sick again so she's going to try her best to see that I stay healthy."
"If only you knew." Kristen thought as she watched him. "Do you really feel like your making progress?"
"Absolutely Kristen." Roman explained to her. "I think that soon Doc will be unable to resist my charms. Hopefully very soon we will be able to begin our lives again living as a husband and wife should. I just wish that I could get her to commit to me physically somehow. That would surely be the seal of our love."
"Well Roman...." Kristen began about to tell him the truth when an idea popped in her head. "I think that I might be able to help you out with that one."
