AUTHOR'S NOTE ::: This is the love story of Marty and Todd. It also includes several other characters as well as their storylines. This story will be submitted in several parts and is based off the hit soap One Life to Live, yet the "history" has been changed somewhat to suit the purposes of this story. Not all the parts of this story will contain erotic sex scenes as there is a plot. First and foremost, this story is a romance/drama, not a sex story.
Also, I'd like to note that I do not own ABC's One Life to Live or the characters and I will NOT be receiving any payment whatsoever for writing this story. It is intended for entertainment purposes only.
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*~Todd and Marty ::: Chapter Six~*
Cole arrived at the hospital that morning after Nora presuaded him to go see his mother and new baby sister. He felt very uneasy as he walked into his mom's hospital room. "Mom, it's me. The son you forgot," he said, looking down at the baby who was lying in his mother's arms. He couldn't help but feel little for that newborn baby; he felt little besides jealousy. That baby would get all of his mom's love, and he was sure he would get nothing.
"Mom, the only reason I'm here is because Nora said that Todd Manning is now out of the picture. Is it true? Is Todd really out of your life?" Cole demanded.
Marty looked at her son. "Cole, I..I've been trying to remember you but it's hard," she said softly.
"Yeah, Todd is gone. He chose to leave," she said as she held baby Paloma.
"Do you want to meet your sister?" she asked, hoping that Cole would at least open up to the child. Afterall, baby Paloma was Cole's younger sibling.
Cole looked down at the baby in his mother's arms like she was a two-headed alien or something. "No, Mom. I don't think I really wanna hold her. It would hurt too much, with my own baby girl now dead and buried. Did you think about that before you slept with Todd Manning and produced a child that was so very much related to my own baby girl that died?" Cole said harshly. "In fact, I know for sure I DON'T wanna hold her. She looks just like Todd Fucking Manning."
With those words, Cole stormed out of the room and ran smack into Vicki in the hallway, Jessica's mother. "Get out of my way!" he growled.
"Cole, stop..." said Vicki. "I need to talk to you." To Cole's great surprise, Vicki proceeded to tell Cole that his baby daughter Hope was in fact alive. It would seem that one of Jessica's alters had taken Hope from the hospital nursery, replacing Cole and Starr's child with Jessica's own stillborn infant daughter.
"My kid is alive and Starr didn't even bother to fucking tell me?!" Cole said in a sneer. He then left the hospital, a very angry look on his face.
"Cole, please....!" Marty cried out, but he was gone. She sat there sadly with tears shining in her blue eyes. Why did he have to be so cruel? She was trying so hard to make peace with her son. Cole had grown up in a happy home with Marty and his father Patrick. Marty only wanted the same for Paloma. Not only had Todd deserted the baby, but now Cole, too, and Cole was Paloma's big brother.
Once in his car, Cole shot up on drugs, then headed right over to Dorian's house. He would find out exactly why Starr hadn't told him about his daughter....
*~O~*
Meanwhile, back at The Sun, Todd had been pushed to the floor and a nude, horny Tea DelGado was lying on top of him. Todd wasn't made of stone. He couldn't help but be effected.
"Ohhh Todd, is that your cock getting hard? Do you want me to take care of that for you?" Tea crooned.
"I'd rather shoot it off with a gun, than have you touch it," Todd sneered, pushing her off of him.
"Todd, what's with all the animosity? This is the first time EVER that I haven't been able to seduce you," Tea pouted, still standing there completely naked despite Todd's repeated rejections of her.
"Think about it, Tea... The woman I LOVE is lying in a hospital bed right now and she just had my baby," Todd bit out.
"You mean, Marty had the baby?" Tea gasped out.
"She did... last night..."
"So why aren't you with her?!"
"Because I fucked things up like I always do... will you please just get dressed... or get the fuck out... or something? I can't stand to look at you anymore... and if I have to look at you another moment, I'm bound to jump right off the top of the Palace Hotel again!"
Suddenly in a huff, Tea covered herself. "Fine, be that way... but you know how to reach me...... IF you want me," Tea spoke before walking out.
*~O~*
Hours later, fter a long day at the Sun, Todd went back to the Palace Hotel. He checked his cell phone and there weren't any calls, not from Blair, Tea, Starr, or Marty. With a heavy sigh, he got ready for a shower.
Meanwhile, a nurse came into Marty's hospital room, seeing the incredibly sad look on her face. She checked Marty's vitals, seeing that Marty's blood pressure was a little low. The nurse got worried, so she went quickly to get the doctor. "Is something wrong, Marty?" asked Michael when he saw how pale Marty was. Michael took Marty's pulse but he didn't like what he found.
"Cole was so cruel.... and Todd left," Marty said as though in a state of shock. "How can anyone be so cruel? Paloma's his sister...and he...he...."
Seeing the state Marty was now in, the nurse reached for the baby. Paloma protested at being taken from her mother's arms. "Take the baby to the nursery and call Mr. Manning. I think she needs another transfusion," Michael said to the nurse before she left the room with Paloma.
"Marty, listen to me. You lost a hell of a lot of blood last night and after the surgery, we nearly lost you, too," said Dr. McBain. "You need to concentrate on your health and just try to get better."
Marty couldn't register a word coming out of Dr. McBain's mouth; she was feeling miserable. "So cruel. So cruel," she softly repeated.
She didn't hear anything around her, nor was she aware of what the hospital staff were doing. She just couldn't fathom Cole's behavior. His harsh words kept echoing in her head.
Paloma was taken to the nursery and the nurse went to give Todd Manning a call. She tried his house first, but there was no answer. Finally, she reached him on his cell.
Todd had just stepped out of the shower, and he was dripping wet. He grabbed his cell phone, noticing right away that the call was registering from Llanview Hospital. "Marty?" he spoke into the phone.
"Mr. Manning," said the nurse. "You need to get to the hospital right away.... there is a problem."
"I'm coming," said Todd, his heart thudding his chest when he thought there might be something wrong with Marty or Paloma.
Todd got in his car and sped to the hospital. "What's going on?" he said, when he met the nurse right outside Marty's hospital room.
"Tell me right now, is Marty okay?!" Todd insisted of the nurse. "Is it Paloma..... tell me!"
"Mr Manning, Cole Thornhart was here earlier to see his mother. There were some words exchanged between him and Marty, then later when I went to check on her, her blood pressure was dangerously low. When Dr. McBain got there, her pulse was erratic. The doctor says we may need to do another transfusion..."
Before the nurse could say another word, Todd burst into Marty's hospital room. "What's going on? Is Marty going to be okay?" he asked Michael as the doctor was standing over Marty's bed.
Michael turned to look at Todd. "Stay here....We need your blood again," said Michael. Then to the nurse, Dr. McBain said, "We need to do a direct transfusion this time. Get that set up right away. I don't like how low her blood pressure has suddenly dropped."
"Marty, can you hear me?" Todd whispered to her, as the nurse started setting everything up to the second transfusion. "I'm here...." he said to her softly as he took a chair next to her bed. He then let out a soft hiss of pain, feeling the nurse jab a needle into his arm.
"Sorry, Mr. Manning," said the nurse. "It's vital that we get this transfusion started right away."
Marty still didn't register anything going on around her." Why? Why? Why?" she kept saying. She wasn't even aware that Paloma had been removed from her arms and that Todd was sitting next to her, holding her hand.
With his free hand, Todd reached out to caress a lock of Marty's long hair from her face. He frowned, because she didn't seem to know he was there. He then watched as his blood flowed through the tubes and into her body. "Marty, what happened? What did Cole say? I'm sorry I wasn't here," he said to her softly as he waited for her to respond.
Todd's blood seemed to be exactly what Marty's body needed as almost immediately her vitals began to stabilize. "Thank you, Mr. Manning," said the nurse as she removed the needle from Todd's arm and applied a bandage.
Todd ignored the nurse, all of his attention zeroed in on Marty. "Marty, please speak to me," Todd coaxed as the nurse removed the needle from Marty.
Once Marty's vitals started to get back to normal, it took a few minutes for her to come out of her state of shock, and she could hear Todd's voice.