Loves Labours (Read 11,098 times)

[André DiMera]

Chapter 15

SALEM HIGH
Claire walked out of the theatre and met up with Ciara.
CLAIRE: Hey.
CIARA: Hey. You did really good on that song.
CLAIRE: Thanks. How much of that did you see?
CIARA: Mostly just the song you did. But, a little bit of the one before it.
CLAIRE: Oh, cool.
CIARA: You okay?
CLAIRE: Yeah, I'm fine. Why?
CIARA: I don't know. It looked like Jade hit you pretty hard.
CLAIRE: It was just a jacket. Nothing to worry about.
The two walked off together.
JOEY: What about me and Jade?
J.J.: I don't know, man, I'm just not getting a good vibe from her.
JOEY: You don't even know her.
J.J.: No, but I've seen stuff tonight. And I don't like what I've seen.
JOEY: Like what?
J.J.: Like when she hit Claire with her jacket, making sure it was the zipper part that got her.
JOEY: Come on, dude. That was an accident.
J.J.: Looked that way, didn't it?
JOEY: What are you trying to say to me?
J.J.: All I'm saying is, be careful.
JOEY: Thanks for the concern, but it's completely unneeded.
J.J.: All I'm saying, Claire's your cousin. And if she treats your family like that, that's not cool.
JOEY: You're overreacting! Like I said, it was an accident. Besides, it's not like she would ever intentionally hurt Claire. Look, I get that Jade comes off a bit rude sometimes, but it's just a front.
J.J.: Whatever, dude. I'm just calling it as I see it. But, if you ever wanna talk about it, I'm here.
J.J. picked up his sheet music and guitar and walked out. Jade walked in.
JADE: What was that all about?
JOEY: Nothin'. Doesn't matter. Let's get outta here.

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Jan knocked on the door to Marlena's office.
MARLENA: Come in.
Jan walked in the door.
MARLENA: Jan. How are you?
JAN: Confused. Do you have time to talk?
MARLENA: Of course I do, take a seat.
Jan took a seat across from Marlena.
MARLENA: So, what would you like to talk about?
JAN: I met Belle and Shawn. Or, remet them, would be the proper word, I guess. I don't really remember them much from before.
MARLENA: And how did that go?
JAN: Not terribly well. I kinda ge the feeling that they're mad at me.
MARLENA: But, if they are, you don't recall why?
JAN: No. Dr. Evans, what happened between me, Belle and Shawn?

DIMERA MANSION
André sat at the chess board. Bart walked in.
BART: Boss, I know you said that I'd find everything out eventually, but I just gotta know something.
André moved a pawn forward.
ANDRE: What is it now, Bart?
BART: Rolfski was mentioning something about you having another brother. Now, I know Benjy, Tony and E.J. are long gone, and no one's heard from Pete in years. So, who was he talking about? He said the guys name was Chad, or something.
André smirked.
ANDRE: All in good time, Bart. All in good time.

[heroicmuse]

I wonder what Andre has in store for Chad.

Jan and Marlena's session sounds like it'll be really interesting.

Joey is in denial right now. I hope JJ keeps his eye on the situation and is able to really help when the time comes.

Great chapter André DiMera! Will there be previews?

[mae00]

Uh oh. I don't like the sound of this for Chad.

I wonder if Marlena will fill Jan in on what happened.

Joey, Joey, Joey. I really hope for Joey's sake he wakes up and really thinks about what JJ said.

[Kpatch]

Rolfski. LOL.

I hope the seed JJ planted in Joey's mind takes root, but knowing Joey, it'll just grow weeds.

Wondering how much Marlena will tell Jan or if she'll use the opportunity to try and draw some memories from Jan, maybe hypnosis?

Fabulous chapter, Andre. Fabulous week!

[fluffysmom]

Jun 10, 2016 10:29:24 GMT -5 Kpatch said:

Rolfski. LOL.

I hope the seed JJ planted in Joey's mind takes root, but knowing Joey, it'll just grow weeds.

Wondering how much Marlena will tell Jan or if she'll use the opportunity to try and draw some memories from Jan, maybe hypnosis?

Fabulous chapter, Andre. Fabulous week!

I was wondering about hypnosis too Kpatch.

Will there be previews André DiMera?

[André DiMera]

Thank you guys so much for the comments and reading my story! O'm glad you're enjoying it! And now...

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Next Week...

Bart has found out about Chad...
BART: You have another brother?

This week, find out where he is.
CHAD: Hey.

Meanwhile, as the school year comes to an end, the teens get ready for the Last Blast...
CLAIRE: This is gonna be great!
JADE: I need you to do something.

Plus, Ernan gets some unwelcome news.
ERNAN: Bloody hell!

All this and more next week on LOVES LABOURS.

[heroicmuse]

Uh oh! Whatever Jade wants, Claire better not do it.

Can't wait for all of this! Especially Chad

Thanks for the previews André DiMera

[fluffysmom]

Jun 11, 2016 8:39:01 GMT -5 heroicmuse said:

Uh oh! Whatever Jade wants, Claire better not do it.

Can't wait for all of this! Especially Chad

Thanks for the previews André DiMera

I agree about Jade and Claire.

It all sounds good!

Thanks André DiMera.

[Kpatch]

Any week with Bart in it is a good week!

[André DiMera]

Chapter 16

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
It was now the next day. Jan was in Marlena's office.
MARLENA: I'm sorry that our session ended so abruptly yesterday, but I wanted to wait to explore this when we had a bit more time together.
JAN: Explore what?
MARLENA: Your memory. Has any of it come back?
JAN: Not really. I get these weird flashes of places, but they don't mean anything to me yet.
MARLENA: I see. That's understandable. I want to see if I can help give your memory a bit of a jumpstart.
JAN: How?
MARLENA: Hypnosis.
JAN: What? Like that thing magicians do to make people act like ducks?
MARLENA: Not exactly, though a lot of people conflate the two. This is a true form of hypnosis.
JAN: Okay. Can we start now?
MARLENA: Certainly. I just feel that there is one thing you should know first, Jan.
JAN: What?
MARLENA: The mind is a complex thing. And, although I can understand how frustrating it is not to remember anything about your life from the year 1999 forward, I just want to tell you that some of what we find may be a little...intense. That's why I need you to trust me.
JAN: I do. Dr. Evans, you're the only person I trust right now.
MARLENA: Well, let's begin, shall we?

SALEM INN
Ernan was in the room that he and his daughter shared. He was currently looking over a map. There was a knock at the door. He opened it. Aiden walked in.
AIDEN: Ernan Whelan, I presume.
ERNAN: Aye. What's all this about? Who are you?
AIDEN: I am Aiden Jennings, co-founder of the Law Offices of Jennings and Donovan.
Aiden handed Ernan an envelope.
AIDEN: And you've been served.
Ernan looked from Aiden to the envelope, then back to Aiden.
ERNAN: What's all this about?
AIDEN: Just open the envelope, read the papers inside, and you'll find out.
ERNAN: Do you have any idea who you're dealing with?
AIDEN: Whatever you're about to say, it would choose your words very carefully.
ERNAN: Is that so? Well, you and whoever put you up to this, they're going to regret it.
AIDEN: We shall see. I'll show myself out. Good day.
Aiden left the room. Ernan opened the envelope and read the legal documents within.
ERNAN: Bastaird!

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION
It was a dark landscape. More like a tunnel, really. Chad walked through it. In the time since we last saw him, he had grown a small beard. He walked up and down the tunnel, hoping to see something. Then, he came upon it. A door. An actual door. He must have wandered into a part of the tunnel he hadn't before. He pulled the handle, and opened the door. There was a small room, and two people on the other side of the door. These people are known to us, but not to Chad.
REX: Are you one of his men?
CHAD: What?
CASSIE: It's just, we've been down in this room a long time. Usually, one of his men comes down to see us, and on rare occasions, so does he.
CHAD: He? He who? Where am I? Who are you?
CASSIE: I'm Cassie, and this is Rex. As for where we are...
REX: I'd say several miles below the DiMera Mansion.
CHAD: I mean, I knew this was the tunnels, but I didn't know he had a secret room down here.
REX: So, you are one of his men?
CHAD: What? No, no, I'm brother.
CASSIE: Brother?
REX: We didn't know Tony had a brother.
CHAD: Tony?
REX: He's our father.
CASSIE: Well, our adopted father. Tony DiMera.

[heroicmuse]

Oooh. This will be interesting with Chad and the twins!

LOL at Jan thinking hypnosis is making people think they're ducks. It will be interesting to see what happens with this.

It's so great to see Aiden being on the right side of things. I wonder what was in that envelope.

Great chapter André DiMera!

[mae00]

So Chad found the twins....if he was able to get in the room so easily, why haven't they escaped/left on thier own by now?

Can't wait to see the fallout from the envelope.

[Kpatch]

Chad meets new family members, like daily. LOL. It's great seeing Rex and Cassie again. Wonder if anyone else is roaming around the tunnels.

[fluffysmom]

Chad finding Rex and Cassie was a big surprise. I wonder if the three of them will find a way to escape.

I wonder what's in the envelope.

Jan is in for some big surprises when she starts regaining her memory.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 17

DIMERA SECRET ROOM
CHAD: Tony DiMera?
REX: Yes. He is our father. Our adopted father.
CHAD: You guys do know that Tony is dead, right?
CASSIE: What? When did that happen?
CHAD: Oh, about seven years ago.
Cassie chuckled.
CASSIE: No, he's not. We saw him just a few days ago.
CHAD: No. I'm sorry to tell you, but that's not Tony.
REX: It looked like him.
CHAD: It wasn't, okay? It was André.
CASSIE: Who?
CHAD: I don't know the exact story or anything, but from what I've been able to piece together, André is Tony's cousin. At some point, when they were younger, Stefano had André get plastic surgery to look exactly like Tony.
REX: So, the man who's come down to visit us isn't Tony?
CHAD: No. Like I said, Tony's dead. He's been dead for years. Anyway, why is he keeping you down here?
CASSIE: We don't really know. Every time we ask, he evades the question.
REX: I've been trying to work it out, and even I can't.
CASSIE: Which is unusual, because Rex is a genius.
CHAD: And you two haven't tried to get out of here?
REX: Why would we?
CHAD: Because you're being held captive by a maniac!
REX: I mean, we have food, shelter, each other. Everything we could ever want. And, besides, Tony comes down here and visits us every now and then.
CHAD: What about other people?
CASSIE: I mean, I do kind of miss seeing other people. But, it's not that bad.
CHAD: You guys are being kept here as prisoners, and you don't even care? Well, I'm not gonna be André's prisoner any longer. I've already been down in these tunnels for weeks. So, I'm gonna try and find a way out of here. You two joining me?

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
The lights in Marlena's office had dimmed. Jan was lying on the couch. Marlena was sitting in front of her.
MARLENA: You should be in a hallway with numerous doors. Do you see it?
JAN: Yes.
MARLENA: Behind each of those doors are different parts of your memory. In theory, when you open one of the doors, you should gain some memory back. Try opening one of them.
JAN: I cna't. I tried opening one, but it's locked.
MARLENA: That's okay. That's normal. It means your mind isn't ready for that memory yet. Try a few of the other doors.
JAN: I found one. I can open this one.
MARLENA: Excellent. What do you see?
JAN: This boy from school. But, we're not in school. We're someplace else. Like...like an island, or something. And it's not cold, but I'm shaking for some reason. And this boy, he gave me his jacket and is holding me. I'm freaking out about something, but I don't know what.
MARLENA: Do you remember the boys' name, Jan?
JAN: Shawn.