Present in the Chapter:
-Emma Morgan- 17 year old daughter of Sam and Jason.
-Chloe J Hunter- 17 year old daughter of Maxie and Matt.
-Gabe and Maddie Morgan- 16 year old twins of Sam and Jason.
-Nate Scorpio-Drake- 17 year old son of Robin and Patrick.
-Brendan "B-Dubs" Webber- 17 year old son of Elizabeth.
-Ryan Rosco- 17 year old son of Faith Rosco.
-Aubrey Crowell- 16 year old daughter of Nadine Crowell.
-Parker Ruiz- 16 year old son of Manny Ruiz.
-Josslyn Jacks- 22 year old daughter of Carly Jacks.
-Joey Falconeri- 17 year old son of Dante and Brenda.
Mentioned in the Chapter:
-Lindsey Scorpio-Drake- 23 year old daughter of Robin and Patrick.
-Courtney and Connor Jacks- 17 and 16 year olds of Carly and Jax.
-Paige Cassadine- 17 year old daughter of Emily and Nikolas.
-Leah Zacchara- 15 year old daughter of Johnny and Maxie.
-Ava Jones- 14 year old daughter of Maxie.
-Katie Morgan- 14 year old daughter of Sam and Jason.
-Aiden Cassadine- 22 year old son of Elizabeth and Nikolas.
-Liam Drake- 15 year old son of Elizabeth and Patrick.
-Colton Cassadine- 14 year old son of Nikolas and Elizabeth.
Chapter 1: Broken Trust, Broken Bones
Chloe J
"Vote for Emma!" Chloe J said as she handed flyers out to random people. "Emma will greatly improve our school. Vote for her!" she handed out another flyer before taping a couple onto the lockers. She smiled at her accomplishment, flipping her blonde hair away from her face.
"Hey Brat." Emma's younger brother, Gabe, said as he approached her. "You're campaigning for my sister?"
"Of course." She smiled before taping up another sheet of the paper. "Joey is supposed to be helping but he isn't, which I expected."
"I got your back, Chloe J." they both turned to see Emma's other best friend, Nate, hanging up flyers. "Joey may not care if Emma is elected student body president or not, but we do. It's important to her."
"Thanks, Nate." Technically, she and Nathan are cousins. His parents are Robin Scorpio and Patrick Drake and hers are Maxie Jones and Matt Hunter, so they're like double cousins. Usually, they chose not to acknowledge that fact and to just be friends.
"So, where is Em?" Gabe questioned. He and Emma are the children of Sam McCall and Jason Morgan, along with their three other sisters. Emma, Nate, and Chloe J are seniors while Gabe (and his twin, Maddie) are juniors.
"Covering the bottom floor." Chloe J answered. The three kids started to walk down the hall, hanging flyers up as they went.
"Hey there, Chloe." The 17 year old rolled her eyes, feeling hate course through her veins at the familiar voice.
"It's Chloe J." she corrected. Her middle name was Jane, so for her whole life, she had gone by Chloe J or Chloe J Hunter. "Go away, Brendan."
"Hey Nate." The boy said, grinning at the other senior.
"Hey B-Dubs." Brendan "B-Dubs" Webber was Chloe J's enemy. She hated the boy with a passion. She didn't have a good reason; he just annoyed her constantly. He and Nate did the typical "boy handshake".
"Where's my girl Emma at?" Brendan questioned.
"1. She's not your girl, and 2. She's not here, so find someone else to annoy." Chloe J hung up a large poster.
"So hostile. It really hurts, Chloe J."
"Oh look, there's Ryan. Bye." Chloe J said as she ran off, using her boyfriend as an excuse to get away. Ryan smiled at her when she came over, immediately taking some of the materials out of her hands.
"Hey babe."
"Hi." She replied, grabbing his hand and dragging him out of the view of Gabe, Nate, and B-Dubs. She didn't mind the first two, but would rather they deal with the annoying boy than her.
"What was all that about?"
"Just Brendan being annoying." She was the only one that called him by his real name; she wouldn't call him his nickname since he always tried to call her Chloe instead of Chloe J. "Have you seen Joey around?"
"No, why?"
"He's supposed to be helping me put up posters for Emma, but I haven't seen him anywhere."
"How about I just help you?"
"Fine." She passed him a roll of tape and a stack of flyers. "You take the outside and the gym. Have fun!" Chloe J smiled before walking away.
Aubrey
The outside area was covered with chatting students. Everyone was laughing and talking with their friends.
Port Charles High was like any other high school. There were different cliques. People had enemies. There were groups of best friends that could never be broken up.
Aubrey Crowell couldn't help but think this as she walked around. She was a junior and had gone to school in Port Charles since kindergarten, but usually stayed to herself. Sure, she had a boyfriend (Connor Jacks, to be specific), but she didn't exactly consider herself popular.
She walked by a table full of rapidly talking girls. Those were the "popular" girls. Chloe J Hunter and Emma Morgan were the most well-known girls in the entire school, though they weren't at their table today. They were seniors, cheerleaders, had good grades, both were beautiful, and they had cute boyfriends. They were the girls that every guy wanted to be with and every girl wanted to be.
Emma's younger brother and sister, Maddie and Gabe, were in her grade, but they weren't exactly friends with Aubrey. Sure, Connor and Maddie were best friends, but that didn't help Aubrey develop a relationship with the girl. It just made her feel like she was losing her boyfriend.
She passed Maddie's table as she was thinking that. She was sitting on top of the table, talking to her boyfriend Parker Ruiz. Aubrey had heard from Connor that Maddie's parents didn't know about Parker because they wouldn't approve of him. Something about their family's histories.
"Out of the way, people!" Aubrey was almost knocked over as Chloe J charged through the crowd. She went over to Maddie's table and stood on it.
"May I have your attention?" she shouted. The talking continued.
"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!" Maddie screamed. Silence.
"Thanks, Mads. Hello everyone! As you all know, I am Chloe J Hunter. My best friend, Emma Morgan, is running for student body president. Please vote for her! She has some very good ideas! And if you don't…well, I'm not allowed to threaten you with bodily harm, but let's just say that you all know who her father is."
Courtney Jacks, the daughter of Carly Corinthos Jacks and Jax Jacks (and Connor's older sister), and Paige Cassadine, the daughter of Nikolas Cassadine and Emily Quartermaine, walked around, giving everyone a paper that told them to vote for Emma.
"Okay, so, vote for Emma!" Chloe J yelled before getting down from the table. Everyone was still watching her. "Carry on!" she shouted, waving her hands dismissively before walking away, her stiletto heels pounding the pavement.
Aubrey watched her longingly, wishing she had enough courage to be like Chloe J Hunter.
Emma
The bell rang, signaling that it was the end of the day. Fridays were great for Emma. She got to go out with her friends, party, or spend time with her boyfriend. She walked out of English class and immediately saw the long, blonde hair of her best friend.
"CHLOE J!" she yelled. The girl turned around, rolling her eyes.
"Emma Morgan, I swear that if you ever yell my name like a hooligan again, I will punch you."
"Sure you will, C." She patted her head. "So what's the plan for tonight?" as Emma spoke, her dimples began to show. Chloe J groaned. "What?"
"By that smile you're giving, something tells me you already have a plan."
"Chloe J Hunter, when do I not have a plan?" the blonde groaned again, knowing this would probably involve something painful or something that she hated, just like all of Emma's other plans.
"I swear that I don't know why I'm friends with you."
"Because you love me." Emma smiled again. The two girls started to walk down the hallway towards Emma's locker. "So, how's the campaigning going?"
"Good. Today I made an announcement at lunch…and I might have hinted at your father shooting people if they didn't vote for you."
"Chloe!"
"Sorry!" the blonde only allowed Emma, and her twin brother Christian, to call her Chloe. To everyone else, including her parents, she was Chloe J. "So anyway, about this plan."
"Right." Emma opened up her locker, shoving her books inside. "I was thinking that we'd go to Court's party and then sleepover at my house?"
"Sounds good. What's the part in this that you know I'm going to hate?"
"Whatever do you mean?"
"The dimpled smile, Em. You only smile with dimples when you are trying to talk me into something."
"Fine." She groaned, rolling her eyes. "Joss's boyfriend is Aiden and since Courtney's having a party, she has to invite Aiden's brothers."
"What's the point? Liam and Colton are fine."
"Not them, Chloe J. B-Dubs."
"Ugh!" Chloe J screamed, throwing one of her books at a locker and then stomping down the hallway.
Emma just laughed, watching her go. She picked up the book Chloe J had thrown and put it into her locker.
"Hey sweetie. Can I borrow a 20?"
She turned around to see her boyfriend, Joey Falconeri. "You do realize that I'm the girl in this relationship, right? You're not supposed to ask me for money."
"Come on! I need some money! You've borrowed money from me before!"
"No I haven't. Actually, you owe me," she pulled a piece of paper out of her purse, "179 dollars and 82 cents."
"179 dollars!" Joey shouted.
"And 82 cents." She added before closing her locker. Emma started to walk away and rolled her eyes when she heard him following.
"What could I have possibly borrowed that much for?" he demanded.
"I don't know, Joey. Why don't you tell me?" she kept walking. Joey grabbed her wrist, forcing her to turn to face him. "Get off of me."
"Please, Emmers. Just 20 dollars."
Before she knew what was happening, her wrist was being ripped from Joey's grasp, causing her to grab it in pain. She looked over to see Parker Ruiz had slammed him into the lockers.
"You okay?" her sister, Maddie, was at her side, examining her wrist.
"I don't know." She replied.
"Why was he grabbing you like that?" Maddie questioned.
"He…he wanted to borrow money."
"Boys, break it up!" one of the teachers came over, pulling Parker off of Joey. "What is going on here?"
"He was grabbing my sister's wrist." Maddie answered, motioning towards Emma. The older of the two just shook her head.
"I'm fine. It was just a misunderstanding."
"Fine, but if it happens again, you are both going to be suspended." The teacher walked away. Joey glared in Emma's direction before leaving.
"How's your arm? I'm sorry that I hurt it." Parker said, coming over.
"It's not your fault." Emma assured him.
"Yes it is. If I wouldn't have pushed him so hard, then your arm wouldn't have been ripped away from him."
"I'm fine." Was all Emma said.
"No you're not. You can barely move your wrist. We need to take you to the hospital." Maddie commented.
"Maddie…"
"No objections, Emma. You're going."
"Fine. Can you at least call Nate to bring me? I don't want you to get in trouble in case Mom or Dad sees you with Parker."
"Okay." She pulled her cell phone out of her pocket, dialing Nate's number. "He said to come down to his car."
"What about my car?" Emma wondered.
"I'll take it for you. Gabe brought me this morning."
"Thanks, Mads." She passed her sister her keys before walking out to Nate's car.
Josslyn
Josslyn Jacks felt like she was living the life. At the age of 22, she was already helping her father take over businesses across the country without really doing any work. Currently, she was lying outside tanning.
Her cell phone rang and she reached over, picking it up. "Josslyn Jacks."
"Hey Joss, it's me." She immediately recognized the voice of the girl who was practically a little sister to her, and one of her sister's best friends.
"Hi Em. What's up?"
"Um, I hurt my wrist earlier and Nate's taking me to GH. Do you think you could meet me there and pretend you're my sister?"
"Why?" Josslyn questioned, though she was already slipping her jeans on over her bikini.
"I'm only 17. I don't want them to call my parents."
"Emma, if you hurt your wrist, your parents are going to notice."
"I know, but I need more time. Please?"
"I'll be there in five minutes." She pulled her blonde curls into a bun on top of her head before putting on a hot pink tank top and matching flip-flops. She hung up her I-phone before grabbing her keys, practically running to her convertible.
"Mommy, I'm leaving!" she called as she ran through the house. She heard Carly's muffled reply from upstairs and flung open the front door, slamming it closed.
Josslyn entered the hospital and went over to the Nurse's Station. She was thankful that she didn't know any of the nurses or doctors standing around.
"Hi, do you know what room Emma Morgan is in?" she questioned with a smile. The nurse on duty looked to be in her mid-20's and like she really didn't want to be there. She chomped down on her gum as she spoke.
"Are you family?"
"She's my sister."
The nurse looked down at a file, blowing a bubble as she read. "Room 516."
"Thank you." Josslyn walked down the hallway before entering the room. Emma and Nathan were sitting next to each other on the bed, both of their feet hanging off. Nate's touched the ground, but Emma's weren't close. She was tiny, like her mother. "Hey."
"Hi." Both kids said. Josslyn pulled a chair over, sitting across from them.
"What's going on?"
"I sprained my wrist." Emma replied.
"How?" she avoided Josslyn's eyes, causing Nate to roll his. He looked at the blonde.
"Joey wanted to borrow money from her. They got in an argument when she said no and he grabbed her wrist so she wouldn't walk away. Maddie and her friend Parker came over and Parker slammed Joey into the lockers. When he pushed him, it made Emma's wrist rip out of his hand."
Josslyn sighed. "Emma…"
"No, Joss. I'm not going to sit here and listen to you tell me all the reasons why I shouldn't be with Joey."
"Well you obviously wanted to talk or you wouldn't have called me. If you just wanted someone to help you get out of telling your parents, you would have called Molly or Kristina who look like they could be your mom. I'm sorry Emma, but I'm not the type that's just going to sit there and watch some creep hurt the kid that is practically like a sister to me and you know that."
"Nate, you better get out of here in case your parents or your Uncle Matt see you."
"Are you sure?" he questioned. Emma nodded her head, so he left.
"Has Joey ever hit you?" Josslyn asked. Emma looked at her.
"Of course not! I can't believe you would even say that!"
"It's not that much of a stretch. You guys have been going out since you were 15 years old. That's a long time for anyone and sometimes, couples get frustrated and…"
"I didn't call you here to be my psychiatrist, Josslyn." Emma snapped.
"Then I'll just call your mom and she can be it for you. You know that I love you, Em, but you're getting awfully defensive right now and that just shows me that something is wrong." She waited for a reply, but Emma avoided her eyes. "Whatever. So, what are they going to do with your wrist?"
"They're giving me a brace thing."
"Don't they need permission from your parents to do that?" the doctor came in, so Josslyn quit talking. He was an unfamiliar man and looked to be about 25.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Owen Avery. You are?"
"Josslyn." The blonde replied, shaking his hand.
"There's no way that you can be Miss Morgan's mother…"
"No, I'm her sister. My parents can't make it, so they sent me instead."
"Oh really." They both looked to the door to see Epiphany Johnson standing there.
"Um, it was nice meeting you, Dr. Avery. I'll see you at home, Em!" Josslyn tried to rush from the room but Epiphany put a hand up, stopping her.
"Dr. Avery, take a good look at these two ladies because they are some that you're going to be seeing around here a lot. This," she pointed to the girl on the bed, "is Emma Morgan. Her parents are Sam and Jason, both of who seem to live in the emergency room. And this," she pointed to the blonde by the door, "is Josslyn Jacks. Her father is a major contributor to the hospital and on the board, but normally when you see her, it means she's up to something. Both of their grandmothers work here, they are Dr. Monica Quartermaine and Nurse Bobbie Spencer. The girls are not sisters."
"To be fair, Nurse Johnson, I feel like Emma should be my sister. We just have this close bond that allows me to think, 'hey, what if we shared the same parents?'. I'm sure you understand…"
"No, Miss Jacks. I do not." She was clearly not amused by Josslyn trying to get out of the situation. "Now take a seat and I will be calling both of your parents."
"Come on, Pippy…" Josslyn started.
"Miss Jacks, that is certainly not the way to get me on your side."
"I'm sorry, Nurse Johnson. But could you please not call our parents?"
"I have no other choice. Emma is under 18 and, therefore, cannot make medical decisions by herself. And you, you should not have come here, especially after the lab rat situation."
"Lab rats?" Dr. Avery interrupted.
Epiphany turned to him, seemingly happy to discuss the time. "Oh yes, the lab rats. See, Josslyn here has a problem with authority and to her, no means yes. So when she and her best friend Lindsey, Dr. Robin Scorpio and Dr. Patrick Drake's daughter, decided to ask if they could examine the rats for a project and were told no, they thought it would be a good idea to try it anyway. So, they snuck into the lab and saw that some of the rats were being experimented on and some were going to be dissected. They decided that it was be better to just let them go. As you can imagine, it was quite annoying to have 500 rats running wildly around the hospital."
"Now, Pippy, that was so long ago. Must you dwell on it?"
"It was only 5 years ago and I can still hear their squeaking whenever I go in the locker room."
Owen Avery just grinned. It was obvious that Epiphany really liked Josslyn and that the beautiful young girl liked to push her buttons.
"So, now I need to go call your parents."
"Epiphany, please!" Josslyn begged. "Daddy will take away my car for sure this time! Just call my grandmother or something! I promise I won't ever do another scheme in this hospital, unless it is absolutely necessary."
"I'm sorry, Miss Jacks." She left the room.
"Emma." Josslyn angrily groaned. "This is all your fault! When I see Joey, I'm gonna kill him…"
"What's going on in here?" Jason Morgan stood in the doorway, watching both girls.
"Un…Uncle Jason." Josslyn stuttered, stepping towards Emma's bed. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to see Monica. Can I ask what you are doing here?"
"Are you her father?" Owen interrupted.
"I'm Emma's father and Josslyn's godfather."
"Now why didn't I use that? Technically, we're god sisters…"
"Start talking, Josslyn." Jason said.
"I'll do it, Joss." Emma said. "Daddy, I hurt my wrist at school and I didn't want you and Mom to worry."
"How did it happen?" he demanded.
"Daddy…"
"Emma Joy Morgan, if you don't start talking right now…"
"She fell when we were hanging up flyers." Everyone turned around to face Chloe J, who was standing in the doorway. "It's no big deal, Jason."
Jason eyed the girl suspiciously before turning to the doctor. "What are you going to do to my daughter?"
"We're just going to put a brace on her wrist. She sprained it. I need you to sign a consent form." Jason signed the paper.
"Josslyn, Chloe J, let's go." He led the two girls to the waiting room.
"Uncle Jason, is there any way that you could keep this from my father?" Josslyn begged.
"I should tell him, but I'm not going to. Next time, you need to contact me immediately, okay?"
"Okay. Bye Uncle Jason." She hugged him. "Bye Chloe J." she got on the elevator, glad to be away from her uncle's very watchful glance.
Emma
Emma came out into the waiting area, walking straight to her best friend. She held up the black brace to her father, showing him what the doctor had done. Jason looked over it.
"How do you feel?"
"It hurts a little bit, but I'm fine. Dad, can I go to Courtney's party tonight? It's at Aunt Carly's and everyone is going to be there."
"I guess." He hugged his daughter. "I have to get to work. Are you driving home?"
"No, Maddie has my car." Jason looked confused. "Gabe drove her to school this morning, so she didn't have her car and I couldn't drive mine here, so Nate took me and Maddie took my car home."
"Okay. Do you want me to take you home or is Chloe J going to?"
"I will." Chloe J volunteered, looking at her friend.
"She's gonna spend the night after the party, 'kay Dad?"
"As long as it's okay with your mother." He kissed her forehead. "Be safe, girls."
"We will." They answered together.
"Oh, and Daddy!" Jason turned around. "I'm going to go get something to wear from the mall, so expect a new purchase on my credit card."
"Emma, don't buy the whole store." Was all he said before getting on the elevator.
"Actually, Em, we don't need to buy new clothes." She turned to look at Chloe J. "My mom just got some new samples and she said that the two of us, your sisters, Jacelyn, and my idiot sisters could have some." They started to walk towards Chloe J's car.
"Idiot sisters, huh? What have they done now?"
"Well, let's see. You know how Ava and I wear the same size shoes?" Emma nodded, already knowing this would be bad. Chloe J loved her shoes and hated when her 14 year old sister touched them. "She decided it would be a good idea to wear my brand new Jimmy Choo Shoes today to school! And guess what?" Emma motioned for her to go on. "She spilled milk all over them. Milk, Emma! I didn't even know that was possible!"
"And Leah?" she questioned, referring to Chloe J's 15 year old sister.
"She's just annoying." Was her reply as they climbed into the car. "So, my house?"
"If I can borrow some of your heels, then yes."
"As long as you don't get milk on them." Chloe J rolled her eyes as she spoke. "You're lucky. Maddie and Katie are cool. My sisters are just brats."
"They're not brats. You just know they're not as cool as me, so they annoy you." Emma answered with a cocky smile.
Chloe J rolled her eyes again. "Whatever you say, dork." She slammed on her breaks when someone ran out in front of her car. "Get out of the road!" she screamed, honking her horn.
Emma just laughed. Riding with Chloe J was always interesting. They both watched as the person looked at them, a grin on his face.
"You. Have." Chloe J unbuckled her seatbelt. "Got. To. Be." She opened her car door, slamming it behind her. "Kidding. Me!" she went right over to B-Dubs, smacking him across the face.
"Hey, Chloe, relax! I was just testing your reflexes!"
"My name is Chloe J." she grounded out through her clenched teeth. "I wish I would have hit you."
"Now, come on. Don't be so tense, honey."
"Call me honey one more time and I will punch you in the face."
"Whatever you say, hon…" before he could even finish, Chloe J had punched him in the nose. That's when Emma jumped out of the car, running over.
"Hey, stop it." She said, grabbing both of Chloe J's arms. The blonde glared angrily over her head at Brendan, who was wiping the blood from his nose.
"Wow baby, you have quite a right hook!" when Chloe J started struggling to get away from Emma, the brunette whipped around, coming face to face with the much taller boy.
"You better get out of here before I let her run you over."
Brendan laughed, walking away. Emma led Chloe J back over to the car, hearing her best friend grumbling the whole way. "I'm gonna kill him." Was the only thing she could make out.
"Come on, Chloe. Let's go look at your Mom's samples."
"Fine." She put the car back in drive and took off towards her house.
There's the first chapter of That's Life! It will be easier to tell the characters apart as the story goes on.
There are twelve main characters and so far you have met five (Emma, Gabe, Maddie, Chloe J, Nate), three were mentioned (Courtney, Connor, Paige), three will be in the next chapter (Mia, Zack, Brittany), and I'm not sure when the last (Hunter) will be around, possibly the next chapter, but maybe a little later depending on how I divide it up.
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