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About this FanFiction:
It's based around supercouple Caustin. grins and two other people: an infant, their daughter Aleigha. And a teenager, named Jadyn, who changes their life forever. No Intentions is the name because when Carrie and Austin return to Salem they had no intentions of...well just keep reading!

Prologue
Carrie sat on the plane with Austin and their 3-month-old daughter. They were on their way home to Salem. No one in their family had met Aleigha yet.

“Dad is probably falling out of his chair waiting,” thought Carrie to herself. She had been so excited when she found out that she was expecting and so far, every minute for the past 3 months had been a blessing. She wasn’t sure, however, that moving back to Salem would be the best thing for Aleigha. Carrie grew up around danger and she did not want that for her own children. Even though the Dimera-Brady feud was over, she was still concerned. After all, her family had had plenty of enemies in past years.

“Make this move all worth the while.” she whispered to the sleeping infant. Austin was also asleep. She could not go to sleep because she was holding Aleigha. In a couple of hours, it’d be her turn to sleep while Austin held their daughter. But she wasn’t sure she could fall asleep even if she wanted to.

Not only was she worried but also excited. She was excited about seeing everyone: Sami, Belle, her dad, Uncle Bo, Aunt Kayla, Will, Lucas, Claire, Shawn, her grandparents, everyone.

Carrie held Aleigha closer. She was more excited than worried.


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Chapter 1

“I am so excited about seeing my dad!” Carrie said to Austin as they were gathering their carry-on luggage, “I can picture it now! We’ll get off the plane and walk to the lobby and there he’ll be with a big grin on his face.” They gathered their belongings and their child and headed to the front of the plane.

As they walked off the ramp into the boarding area, Aleigha began to cry. Carrie’s immediate reaction was to comfort the infant.

“Oh it’s okay baby! You’re ears will feel better in a few hours. Shhh…shhh.” Carrie answered to Aleigha’s crying, “Everything will be alright.” They walked down to the lobby area and sure enough, Roman was standing there with a big grin on his face.

“There’s my baby girl!” Roman called out to them. “Hi you two…I mean three! Hi there precious.” He was in complete aww over his new granddaughter.

“Hold on we have got to get pictures of Aleigha meeting her grandfather. Let me find my camera…” Austin shuffles through his bag. “Ah! Here it is! You know we got tons of pictures of Aleigha on the plane. The camera loves her!”

“Oh! Hold on! I bought this little jacket for her. And it looks like it’ll fit her!”

“Come on Dad! First the booties that Marlena made and you sent with a card saying you made them and now a jacket that you claim to have bought?” Carrie was dumbfounded that her dad would even take credit for anyone’s work. Even if Marlena told him to send the booties for her, she had not said to put a card with it saying they were from him. She found out about this through talking on the phone with Marlena. They busted her own dad for forgery!

“I’m serious. I bought this jacket for Aleigha. Right there at that little store. You can ask that cashier right there!” Roman was appalled that he would even think about taking credit for something he didn’t do again. And sure enough, about 2 dozen jackets all the same pattern and color were hanging from racks. “Now do you believe me?”

“Yeah Dad whatever, come on let’s just get this picture!” Carrie said with a grin. They put the jacket on Aleigha and Carrie handed her over to her father.

“Okay proud Grandpa! Smile!” Austin snapped the photo and the first time Roman held Aleigha was archived.


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“I have got to get out of here,” thought the foster child to herself. Jadyn had been bounced from foster family to foster family for the past 10 years, ever since her mother passed. And no one knew where her father was. Jadyn was mad at her foster families, mad at her father, and mad at the rest of the family because it always seemed like no one cared about little Jadyn who’s been on her own since she was about three years old.

“Jadyn? Are you in bed yet?” her foster mother called from the hallway.

“Umm…no not yet! I was just finishing up some homework that I needed to…ummm…. finish!” she replied back to her foster mother. She heard the footsteps walk away. That’s when she decided to leave.

If she didn’t run away, she’d be stuck there and then put into another foster family. She’d never been with the same family for more than 2 years. She’d been with them for a couple of months and was already sick of them. Jadyn was ready to be on her own or at least with someone she knew would want her forever. The thing is, someone could adopt Jadyn if they wanted to but no one was looking for a 15-year-old girl. People were looking for babies and toddlers. That’s all anyone ever wanted now a days. Jadyn pulled out her duffel bag and began to pack the few belongings she had.

There was a knock at her bedroom door as she was packing.

“Jadyn?” she heard her foster mother call. “You need to get into bed now. You don’t want to be tired during school tomorrow do you?”

She didn’t answer her. She wouldn’t. If she spoke, she’d blab her mouth about running away. Jadyn quickly shoved her duffel bag under her bed and pretended to be asleep. Her foster mom walked in just as Jadyn shut her eyes.

“Well, I see that you are asleep. I’ll just turn off the light and shut the door…” Katherine really expected Jadyn to open up her eyes and do that all herself. She didn’t really believe that Jadyn was asleep. But Jadyn didn’t move. She kept on pretending until she heard those footsteps fade into another room.

Without turning the light back on, Jadyn finished packing her belongings. She knew it would look a little off if someone saw a teenage girl walking down the street with a suitcase so she thought it’d be best if she just brought a bag to put maybe some clothes in to last her maybe a week. They’d track her down eventually anyways and she’d end up with everything so she was not too concerned about valuable possessions at the moment. Her only chance at getting her toiletries would be to pretend she was going to the restroom and shove those items out the window, picking them up later. Perfect.

She hid her duffel bag and changed into some pajamas. Sleepily, she opened her bedroom door and walked to the bathroom. She knew that she’d have to do this quickly and quietly. She would also have to flush the toilet and wash her hands on the way out. Since the bathroom was so messy to begin with, they wouldn’t notice that one toothbrush was missing. As she was shoving her items out the window, she flushed the toilet to drown out the sound. When she was back in “her bedroom”, she pulled out her duffel bag once again, this time, opening the window and pushing out the screen as well. She crawled out, placing her feet strongly on the ground below her. Luckily, this house had been one story and the foundation was not very high either. She was able to put the screen back on and shut the window behind her. And she was off.


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“Good morning, Carrie.” Austin said quietly as his wife woke up.

“Mmmm…good morning.”

“How did you sleep last night?”

“Considering the fact that I was jetlagged…oh just like…great anyways. I had tons of wonderful dreams last night. Except for the two times that Aleigha woke me,” said Carrie “but it was worth it. I never dreamed that having a child to love and nurture would feel this amazing.”

Carrie was also really looking forward to her first day back at Salem U Hospital. On the side, she still did fashion but her number one priority job-wise was Salem U. Her number one priority of anything was her daughter. Aleigha had opened up her eyes and exposed her to everything. At that exact moment, Carrie realized that she and Austin were doing the right thing by their daughter. She was surrounded by family and by love. Carrie’s only real issue, though the great family feud was over, was her mother Anna’s involvement with Tony DiMera. Yeah, sure Tony was not the one who destroyed her family’s lives, that was the work of Andre. It just felt odd for Carrie because her entire life they believed that it was Tony who was destroying the Brady family. And even though she clearly knew that Tony was innocent, she was still cautious when around him.

“Come on, Carrie. Let’s get up.” They slowly but surely crawled out of bed and began their day.

“How’s my pretty girl today? Huh?” asked Carrie to the smiling infant. “I love you. You know that Aleigha? I love you so much!” Carrie had made it a habit to tell Aleigha that she loved her every morning when she woke up and every evening when she put her to bed. She figured that love starts early when it comes to her child.

Carrie still was not ready to put Aleigha in a crib in another room. Aleigha remained in the bassinet for now. Not to mention, Aleigha was still getting up at night.

About two hours later, Carrie was off to work. They did not live to far from the hospital so Carrie decided to be eco-friendly and always walk to work. She felt safe walking around town nowadays. Carrie made a quick stop at the Java Café for a cappuccino. As she walked out, she ran into a teenage girl, spilling her drink everywhere.

“Oh, I’m so sorry. My bad. I’ll try to watch where I’m going next time.”

“No it’s okay. I can just go buy another one,” replied Carrie. “Shouldn’t you be in school? I could of sworn classes started at 9.”

Oops. Someone actually noticed that Jadyn was not in school.

“Oh well. I’m…home schooled!” she replied quickly though unsurely.

“Uh huh, yeah. Why aren’t you really in school?” Carrie knew that something was not right.

“I don’t have to tell you!”

“Apparently you’re not as good a liar as my nephew. When he skipped school, he told people that he was already in college. And since you apparently are not in college yet, maybe I should just call my dad who just so happens to be Commander Roman Brady. You do know that it’s required by law that anyone under the age of 18 must attend school right?” Carrie watched as the girl looked at her worried.

“Look, I just can’t be in school right now. It’s kind of a big deal for me. And it’s my business. If I don’t attend one day of school it won’t bother me too much!”

“What’s in your bag then? If you’re just missing one day of school?” asked Carrie questioningly. Carrie really wanted to know what was up with this girl and why she was not in school. She looked like a good kid. The kind who wouldn’t skip school but looks weren’t everything, she knew. “Let’s start with something simple. What is your name? You do not even have to tell me your last name. A first name would be fine. Just so I know what to call you.”

The girl hesitated. “Jadyn.”

“Jadyn. Now we’re getting somewhere.” Carrie was at least surprised that Jadyn said her name. “Jadyn, you can trust me. Why are you not in school today?”

“Because…” she hesitated again. “Because I ran away from home!”

Carrie was surprised. “Why on earth would you run away from home?”

“Well, I wouldn’t really consider it a home. It’s more of a temporary placement. That’s what it’s been for as long as I can remember.”

“Foster care?” Carrie guessed.

“Yeah, and I’m sick of it. No one wants to adopt a 15 year old. Everyone is wanting babies and young children.” Jadyn was getting upset in front of a total stranger. But she was used to it. She was used to getting angry in front of people she did not even know.

“Listen to me Jadyn, I’m probably required by law to take you in now. You are probably considered missing at this exact time and if I don’t, it would probably be considered kidnapping which is something I would never do. Not taking you to the Salem P.D. would be just as bad as kidnapping. Just come with me and we’ll work something out. Okay?” Carrie really wanted to help her.

“Okay. But wait, first, don’t you want to get another cappuccino?”

“Not right now. If I turn my back, you might try to leave. Now come on. I’ll make sure that nothing bad happens to you.”

“Can you take me?”

“Take you where?”

“Like take me. Have me. Foster me. Something like that? You are one of the kindest people I have ever met.” Jadyn was beginning to like Carrie. And yet, she did not even know her name yet.

“Oh honey I’m going to have to check with my husband and we’d have to be approved to foster you and all sorts of things. We also have a newborn to look after and I do not know how that would play out. Come on, I’ll just take you to the PD and we’ll go from there okay?”

“Alright.” Jadyn was really hoping that Carrie could look after her. No matter what happened in the future, she wanted this kind person to take care of her in the near future.


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Carrie and Jadyn walked into the Salem P.D.

"Sit down right here and don't leave." Carrie turned to an officer. "Can you keep an eye on her? Just make sure she doesn't leave."

"Alright." replied the officer.

Carrie turned back to Jadyn. "I'm going to go talk to my da-the commander for a second. Don't try to pull anything."

"Don't worry. I won't." Jadyn was now solely curious as to what happened to the foster children who tried to run away. Carrie turned her back to go into her dad's office.

"Dad? You have a minute?" she asked as she walked in.

"For you, I always have a minute. What's up baby girl?"

"It's a police issue. You see that girl out there? She ran away from her foster home."

"I'm sorry did you say 'foster home'?" Roman wasn't to surprised. Foster children often had trouble trusting people. They never knew when their trust would be betrayed.

"Yeah Dad. I literally ran into her this morning." Carrie was already late for her first day back at the hospital. She had not worked there in years.

"Maybe you should fill out this report and get on to work. We'll work on locating her social worker and foster parents. Did she by any chance say why she's in foster care?" He was curious as to where her parents were. Carrie shook her head. She filled out the report and was on her way. As she walked out the door, Jadyn gave her a look that told Carrie that she was not happy that she was leaving.

Carrie stooped down to where Jadyn was seated and said "I'm sorry that I am leaving but I'm already late for work. Commander Brady will make sure to contact your social worker and current foster parents. I'm sorry but I have got to go now." Jadyn just kept looking forward.

As Carrie walked away, she heard Jadyn whisper back "I understand." Carrie was gone. Another person who had come and gone from Jadyn's life.

"Jadyn? Please come in here." Roman called her for his office door. Jadyn regretably obeyed.


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Carrie could not stop thinking about Jadyn. As her work day came to an end, she called Roman.

"Hey Dad. It's me. I was just thinking about Jadyn. Is she okay?"

"Oh yeah. She's fine. Her social worker came and got on to her about running away and then took her back to her foster family." Roman replied. Carrie was not completely sure that Jadyn was okay though.

"Dad? Did she say anything to you about why she ran away?"

"Yes as a matter of fact, she was very open about that. She also mentioned that if she were to be placed with a new foster family, she wouldn't mind if it was you and Austin."

"She did ask me if she could stay with us but I told her that its a long process and I would need to talk to Austin about it." Carrie wanted to make sure Jadyn was okay but she did not want Jadyn to get her hopes up about staying with her and Austin.

"Just don't worry. Jadyn will be okay. Worry about what you need to worry about." They hung up and Carrie headed home.

As she was walking, she began to wonder more and more about Jadyn. Little did she know, half an hour away, Jadyn was thinking about Carrie.

"How can I talk to her again?" Jadyn thought to herself over dinner.

"Jadyn? You alright?" Katherine, her foster mom, asked.

"What do you think?" Jadyn was getting an attitude.

"Just calm down. It was just a question."

"Sorry. May I be excuted?"

Katherine hesistated. "Yes you may."

As Carrie entered the door to her house, she was greeted with the smiling faces of Austin and Aleigha.

"Hello Mommy. How was work today?" Austin asked holding baby Aleigha up in front of him. Aleigha cracked a big smile and cooed.

"Well Aleigha, my baby, it was just wonderful." Carried replied taking their daughter from Austin's arms. "Now, if you don't mind I need to talk with your daddy."

Carrie sat down on the couch with Aleigha still in her arms. "Austin?"

"Is something bothering you?"

"Yeah, something is. You know when I called you during lunch and said my day started off weird?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Well, I stopped at the Java Cafe and I met this girl. A runaway. From a foster family."

"So what did you do?"

"I took her to my dad and her foster family came to get her."

"And..."

"Something she told me struck me as odd." Carrie said.

"So what did she say?"

"She wants to live with us. I only said two words to the girl and she already is wanting to move out of her current home and movie in with us."

"I don't blame her."

"You don't?"

"Of course I don't! You are quite charming."

"Oh just stop!" Carrie replied jokingly.

Aleigha spontaneously bursted into laughter.

"So what do you say, Austin?" She suddenly turned serious. We could apply to be foster parents. I'm sure there are more kids out there other than Jadyn who need a loving, caring home."

"I agree with you 100%." was Austin's reply.

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No Intentions: Chapter 6



Carrie tried to sleep in that Saturday morning but she was awoken by the sound of the phone ringing. She crawled out of bed to answer it.

“Hello?” Carrie asked sleepily.

“Carrie! It’s me.” Roman answered on the other end of the phone.

Carrie groaned. “On my day off? That’s when you decide its okay to call me?”

“But Carrie, I need to talk to you Ja-“

“What did Jadyn do this time? Set a house on fire?”

“No, she ran away again. Her foster parents just let me know.” Said Roman in a strong voice.

There was a pause as Roman waited for Carrie’s response. “What do you want me to do about it?”

“You are helpless sometimes, you know that?”

Carrie hung up.

“Hello? Carrie!”

Carrie put the phone down and crawled back into bed.

“So, who was that?” Austin grumbled.

“My dad. Hey, we still taking Aleigha to the park today?”

“Yeah, why not?”

“Okay then, let’s get up and get her dressed.” Carrie was tired but if they didn’t leave soon, the day would be over before they knew it. (Not in Salem it wouldn’t)

As Carrie walked into Aleigha’s bedroom, she thought about what her dad had just told her. Then she thought about the few days before then, when she met Jadyn.

Before walking over to Aleigha’s crib, Carrie grabbed the video camera that was resting on the dresser. She pressed the record button.

“Good morning Aleigha Baby! Time to get up!” Aleigha opened her eyes at the sound of her mommy’s voice, turned her head and smiled. “Do you want to go see the duckies today?” Aleigha cooed.

Carrie got Aleigha dressed and fed. She and Austin bundled their child up and they were out the door.

As they walked through the park, Aleigha contently watched everything in sight. Austin day-dreamed about the future and told Aleigha stuff she wouldn’t even remember in five minutes and Carrie…could not get Jadyn out of her mind.

“Where could she have gone?” Carrie muttered under her breath.

“What was that Honey?”

Carrie was so focused on her thoughts that she had not even heard him. “Maybe I should try the Java Café…” as she muttered under her breath again.

“Carrie! What are you muttering?”

She looked up at Austin. “I just have things on my mind is all. Hey, you want to go for coffee? We’re not too far from the Café.”

“Yeah sure, warm up a bit.” as he gave Carrie a weird look.

When they entered the Java Café, Carrie scouted the establishment for any sign of Jadyn. When she didn’t spot her anywhere, she just went up to the counter and ordered their coffee. She also asked the person behind the counter if she could warm up Aleigha’s bottle as it had gotten cold.

When they’d all gotten their drinks, they sat down at a nearby table. “Alright now, we all have something warm to drink…” The door opening interrupted Carrie’s sentence. Jadyn, hauling a backpack, walked inside.

Carrie suddenly had the urge to hide. She didn’t want Jadyn to spot her but there was no turning back now.

“Carrie!” Jadyn shouted. She walked over to their table. “This must be your daughter. She’s such a little cutie. And you must be Austin.”

“That’s Mr. Austin to you and…who are you?”

“Austin, this is Jadyn. Whom is supposed to be with her foster family.”

“I don’t want to go back.”

“Jadyn, you have to.”

“Rephrasion: I am not going back!”

“But you have no choice. We aren’t even approved to be foster parents. We only applied yesterday.” Jadyn stopped with her demanding face.

“Oh I get it. You don’t want me just like everyone else.” Jadyn stormed out before Carrie could respond. Carrie wasn’t about to take that response. She chased after the teenager.

“Jadyn! Come here!” She grabbed the girl by the arm and turned her around.

“What? You obviously don’t care about me.”

“I never said that. I said that we were not approved to be foster parents to any child yet. If we didn’t love children, Austin and I wouldn’t have Aleigha.” Austin, with Aleigha in his arms, stepped out of the Café. “Listen, I need to call my dad and tell him you’re alright. Okay? Don’t go anywhere.”

Carrie whipped out her cell phone and called Roman. “Dad, I got her. We’re at the Java Café.”

“Oh so you did decide to help after all.”

“I never said that I wouldn’t help find her. It was 8 o’clock in the morning, cut me some slack.” Jadyn watched Carrie’s conversation on the phone with much interest. “We’ll bring her down to the police station. Jadyn’s smile disappeared.

“No! I’m not going back to my foster family!”

“Jadyn, no one said that you were going back to them if we took you to the police station.”

“But that’s what going down there leads to.” Jadyn was close to tears. Why was she so desperate to stay away from that foster family? Carrie knew for a fact that they never hurt her or anything. Jadyn was just upset.

“Come on Jadyn. Here Austin hand me Aleigha.” They headed back to where they parked their car, with Jadyn in tow.

When they got to the police station, Jadyn’s foster parents were the first ones to greet them.

“Jadyn what is wrong with you? Why do you keep running away?” her foster mom, Kathy asked her.

“I don’t want to live with you guys! Just leave me alone!” was Jadyn’s harsh response. Austin ushered her to Roman’s office.

When they entered his office, Roman had a few things to say to her.

“Jadyn, I do not know if you realize how dangerous running away can be. You could run into the wrong people, starve to death if you’re never found…the list goes on and on.”

“Commander Brady, you lectured me about running away last time.” Jadyn was getting to be highly annoyed.

“I know I did but I’m going to keep lecturing you until it sinks in. Obviously it did not sink in the first time. Maybe it’ll sink in this time. Austin, can I talk to you for a moment? Jadyn please send Carrie in on your way out. And stay with Ms. Kathy. You here me? Don’t go anywhere.”

Jadyn left the room and sent Carrie inside, she was still holding Aleigha. “Yeah Dad? What is it?”

“Well, I was talking to Jadyn’s social worker. She says that this behavior is very odd for Jadyn. She’s never run away before this foster family. So she really has no clue what is going on with her.”

“What’s Jadyn’s background? Where is she from? Who were her parents?” Carrie still had so many questions.

“Well according to her social worker, her mom passed away nearly 10 years ago and her dad didn’t want her. Jadyn was born in Illinois, which is where her current foster parents live.”

“You see we wouldn’t even be eligible to foster her because she’s from a different state.”

“Her social worker thought about that and so long as you are at least close to the border between states, which we are, she’ll let you foster her. She knows that no harm will come to Jadyn in your care because she expects the best of a Commander’s daughter.”

Carrie was somewhat confused as to what had just happened. She walked out of his office with Austin, Aleigha and Roman.

“Jadyn, pack all your stuff. You’re going home with Carrie and Austin tonight.”

“Are you serious?! Thank you!” Jadyn had the biggest grin on her face that Carrie had ever seen.

They gathered Jadyn’s things up from her foster family’s house and they went home. The four of them.


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