Guilty Conscience- Chapter 1 Newlywed Fueds (cast) (Cranes, LFs)
by Spongebob_rules
 

summary- Julian thinks he has done the right thing by keeping his past with Eve a secret, but
has he really only succeeded in getting himself in too deep? A scandal breaks out in Harmony
after it is revealed that Antonio signed Sheridan's papers to have her committed.
The Cranes are thrown into the scandal during EM's custody trial!
EM is kidnapped, and the kidnapper is NOT who you think!
 

Julian resentfully stared at the wall as Rebecca whispered some of his deepest darkest secrets in his ear. He felt as if a noose was slowly closing around his neck.

"Why did I agree to marry you?" Julian asked.

"Because of what a good and loving wife I am to you," Rebecca said sarcastically. Julian's head snapped in her direction, unaware that he had said it out loud.

"That's the biggest bunch of bull-" Julian said. Even for sarcasm, he couldn't beleive her nerve.

"Wow sounds like they're really going at it in there," Whitney said.

"Yeah," Fox agreed. "They've barely been married a week and they're already worse than dad and mom ever were." Fox said.

"You're a coward." Rebecca said.

"I can think of a million things I could say about you, dear," Julian said snidely.

"Oh yeah, well lets hear them." Rebecca said. "No point in waiting for me to rip you to shreds later."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Julian asked.

"Well, you should know because you seemed to think I would after finding out about your relationship with you know who." Rebecca said.

"You know who?" Julian asked.

"I'm not going to say her name because you'll be in
here thinking about her all night." Rebecca said.

"Oh God, Rebecca, is that all you can say?" Julian
asked.

"Don't side track me Julian." Rebecca said. "You're still in one peice now aren't you?" Rebecca said. "And how long have I known? Gee, when I asked you if you were having a relationship with someone else, you said no, but we get to L.A. and I walk in on the two of you, and you give me some lame excuse like she was helping you get something out of your eye." Rebecca said. "Now you're sitting in here worrying about her feeling guilty about who you're married to!"

"That's none of your business." Julian said.

"Oh, I think it is." Rebecca said. "You were involved with me before you ever went on conscience trip. I am very upset with you Julian. I helped you get rid of Theresa when you were miserable with her, but the second I helped you get rid of her, you started thinking about how you could get rid of me." Rebecca said.

"That wasn't fair." Julian said.

"Admit it Julian." Rebecca said. Julian was tired of arguing with her.

"Go," Julian said dismissively. Rebecca's jaw dropped. She knew if she pushed Julian too far she wouldn't see him the rest of the night.

"Fine," Rebecca said, their argument starting to cool down. "But we have a lot to talk about later." Rebecca said.

"Fine," Julian said, just wanting her out of his library. Rebecca left the library. Julian stared, not even bothering with the drink he had just opened. He
closed it and put it away. He had thought he was doing the right thing to protect Eve, but he couldn't get Rebecca's comment out of his head.

"If I did the right thing to save Eve's marraige by keeping our past a secret, did I do the right thing putting Eve in this position?"
Julian asked. "Maybe I haven't changed at all."
Julian said. Was he just fighting a losing battle?
Julian buried his face in his hands miserably. He
gave up. Every time he tried to protect Eve, he only seemed to end up hurting her more. No matter how they tried to solve the situation, things ended up dragging out more. He felt like he was trapped in one of those movies where the main character tries to go back in time to fix something but every time the situation ended up getting considerably worse. Every
time he was around Eve, he wanted her more and more, and every time they got closer, he had been putting them at more risk of getting caught, especially when it led to them being unable to keep from kissing each other- in public places. Eve was a respected doctor, first reccomendation of all of her family and friends. He remembered several times when she had to pick between helping out in the latest Harmony crisis or her family. He didn't know how she did it all. After giving it some thought, he realizied that if he kept putting them in situations where they could have gotten caught, she could have lost all of that. He couldn't do that to her.

"What have I done?" Julian asked. Julian started to feel like he was a lost cause, then went back into
his old ways.

"We will find a way to help you get your son back," Miguel said to Theresa in prison.

"There has to be a way to stop the Cranes at the custody battle." Theresa said.

Theresa didn't know who was going to help her now.

"Theresa, we're all behind you one hundred percent of the way," Simone said, who had gone with Miguel since Charity was keeping her promise to death.

Charity sighed. She couldn't beleive what losing
Miguel was doing to her.

"Christmas cookie?" Tabitha offered, still trying to get rid of the dozens of Grace Bennetts Christmas cookies that had been delivered.

"No thanks," Charity said. Tabitha walked off for a private chat with Endora. She chuckled.

"Keeping Charity's promise with Papa Smurf really is costing her relationship with Miguel!" Tabitha said. "I almost feel sorry for the girl!" A feather fell onto the table.

"Timmy?" Tabitha asked. A scroll appeared by the feather.

"Timmys princess needs to help Charity!" the letter
said.

"Oh, Timmy, you know I'm a witch, I can't do goodness," Tabitha said sadly. She hated disappointing Timmy, but she was a witch. There
was more on the letter. Tabitha read it.

"Timmy knows his princess can." the letter said. Tabitha sighed.

"Tim Tim, you know I can't do good, but if it makes you happy, I promise I will go easy on Charity." Tabitha said. There was one last message on the letter.

"Thank you princess." The letter disappeared.

Later, Julian had finished relaxing with a cigar in
his library. Rebecca walked in. They had both insencerily apologized for the way they acted earlier, even though both of them knew that neither one of them really meant it. Julian began making several legal phone calls.

No way was any son of his going to be some local!
Julian thought. Rebecca stared at him in shock.

"What happened to you?" Rebecca asked, completely stunned by Julian's sudden change in behavior. Julian
couldn't even stop long enough to answer with all of the legal calls he had to make.

"This is not the same Julian I talked to earlier!" Rebecca said to herself.

"Mind if I make some of those calls, pookey?" Rebecca asked. "Seems like you have a lot of legal work to do!" Julian handed her a phone and a list of contacts.

"Knock yourself out," Julian said. Rebecca looked at the extremely long list of contacts- they sure had a long list of lawyers and legal aides to contact.

"What have I gotten myself into?" Rebecca asked. Rebecca smirked. Julian walked back into the room,
deciding that Rebecca didn't need such a power trip. He grabbed the list and devided it up. Even devided between the both of them, the list of contacts seemed excessive. But part of being a Crane was having to squish your competition like a bug, right? Rebecca thought, picking up the phone. Julian couldn't help but smirked as Rebecca walked in with a numb arm and her neck at an odd angle. Not saying anything, she collapsed onto the sofa. Julian smirked.

"Too many phone calls, Becks?" Julian asked. Rebecca distractedly answered him.

"I've got a call on the other line- I've got three other calls on hold-" Rebecca said, muttering several random area codes.

"Sorry, pookey, I've made so many phone calls I'm thinking in long distance phone numbers!" Rebecca said. Julian smirked.

"You know what they say about payback," Julian thought. He figured if he started her out as Mrs. Crane with
some of the more drawn out and tedious jobs, she'd
back off on her power trips for a while.

"Rebecca, can you do me a favor while I fill out the last bit of tonights paperwork?" Julian asked.

"What?" Rebecca asked.

"Could you order a pizza?" Julian asked.

"Julian!" Rebecca moaned. "Alright," Rebecca said. She sighed with releif when all she had to do was hit speed dial. "Oh, pookey, if they accidentally send you a plain cheese and forget the sauce for the breadsticks like last time, I'm not calling a lawyer!"
 
 
 

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