When the Past Becomes the Future

Two Birds One Stone

Tomorrow was the big day, the day of the DNA test for Tina's son. According to Tina she told the lab to send someone to his house at 6 so that would give him plenty of time to get home in case shooting ran a little late.

Juliette was still acting distant but had come over for dinner with Levi. Luckily the little boy hadn't picked up on anything but was currently in the middle of a tantrum when his mom told him he better start packing up. "You know you guys can just stay here tonight." Brian said.

"He has school in the morning and I have to be at the store early, it's easier if we just go home." Juliette responded.

"Why? You both have clothes here? I'd really like if you did." Brian said in a sad tone.

One look into those puppy dog brown eyes and Juliette knew she would be spending the night here. She sighed heavily before turning to her son, "Levi, Get upstairs and get ready for a bath. We can stay at daddy's tonight."

"Yay!!" Levi shouted, tantrum instantly forgotten as he booked it up the stairs.

"I'll give him a bath, you relax." Brian said.

Juliette shook her head and laughed, "When am I gonna learn to say no to you?"

"It's just easier if you don't." He laughed pulling her in a for a hug and kissing her forehead gently. He then got serious and pulled back to look in her eyes, "We're okay right?"

"Yes." She sighed. "I'm just nervous."

"You said we would be fine no matter the outcome Jules." Brian reminded her.

"I'm trying." She whispered with tears in her eyes. They were interrupted by a text coming from Brian's phone. He wanted to ignore it but Juliette pulled back, "Just answer it, might be work." She said sitting back on the couch.

(212)554-3867: Good Evening this is a confirmation of your appointment at 6pm tomorrow. Three blood samples will be needed from the following participants:
Brian Quinn
Jace Raymond (minor)
Levi Dawson (minor)

"This can't be right." Brian muttered to himself.

"What's wrong?" Juliette asked.

"It's a confirmation from the lab. They have Levi scheduled for a DNA test too." Brian said still very confused.

"Excuse me?!" She exclaimed jumping up. "Why is this woman scheduling things for my kid?!" Juliette Dawson was certainly not a fan of this woman but now she has crossed the line.

"Calm down, I will handle this. Let me give Levi a bath and then I'll set this all straight." Brian said.

"Do you want a DNA test for Levi? Because I told you at the beginning of all this that I would get one done. Is this some way of telling me you doubt he's yours?" She asked.

"No!" Brian finally shouted. This entire situation had given him a permanent headache that wasn't going away. "Now listen to me, I have no doubts that this kid is mine. He looks like me, he acts like me and I have felt an instant connection with him since the day I saw him in that library. Now please can I go give our son a bath and get him into bed so I can deal with this shit?" However Brian didn't even wait for an answer, he was already up the stairs before Juliette could open her mouth. She sunk down back into the couch rubbing her head feeling her own headache coming on.
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Juliette has finished cleaning the kitchen from dinner and was popping open a bottle of wine. If there was any day she needed a drink it was today. Suddenly she heard yelling from upstairs. Brian would never yell at Levi like this and when she glanced over at the house phone, the little red light told her that Brian was on the other one upstairs.