A/N I own nothing but my character Jinaya. This is my first fic so bear with me. I just started watching GH and only got the cliff notes version of past events so I'll be making up a lot of stuff on my own.

Name: Jinaya Jinx "Jinxie" Ward

DOB: April 24, 1983

Mother: Celeste Stevens

Father: unknown

Back-story: Jinaya's mother was the product of Mary Mae's son Bradley Ward affair. The woman skipped town with the baby and never contacted Bradley again. After her mother dies in an accident, Jinaya's mother, Celeste, was placed in foster care only to runaway at the age of 13. At 16 she shows up on Mary Mae's doorstep pregnant and strung out. Mary Mae tries her best to get Celeste clean and to take better care of herself and her child but Celeste isn't interested. After giving birth to Jinaya she takes off. Mary Mae never heard from her again. When Jinaya first meets Luke Spencer, she causes a slew of accidents, causing Luke to nickname Jinaya, Jinx, something she hates at first but eventually comes to embrace. When Jinx first meets Lucky he is 10 and she is 9. Jinx developed a crush on Lucky which make Lucky very uncomfortable. Even though he continuously tried to evade her he was quick to defend her when the other kids were teasing her because of her origins. Eventually Jinx got over her crush and she and Lucky became best friends. Because of their friendship Jinx spent a lot of time at the Spencer home earning her a place in both Luke and Laura's hearts as well. After Mary Mae passed away Justus, Jinx's uncle, offers to take in his niece but Jinx refused to leave the house not wanting to leave the only home she's ever known and the presence of Mary Mae's spirit. Luke and Laura, after much pleading from Lucky, agree to take her in as Mary Mae's spirit was just as strong in their house as hers. She stayed with them for years until Lucky's supposed "death" in the fire in his apartment.

The rest of Jinx's story will be revealed during the story.

Chapter 1 Welcome Home Jinxie

January 2010

Jinaya "Jinx" Anne Ward let out a shaky breath as she stood in front of The Haunted Star. Her heart was brimming with anxiety while she fought with herself over whether she had made the right choice. 'What if they don't want to see me?' she took an involuntary step fears of rejection making her want to turn tail and run as fast as she could. She hadn't been in Port Charles in almost a decade. She had left that night and never looked back. She wasn't expecting a very warm welcome under the circumstances, but she couldn't deny the longing she had to see all of them. Even though she spent the last 9 years trying to escape her past, the people she left behind never left her thoughts. She had missed them terribly and it took a good amount of strength for her to stay away, but that was what she needed to do at the time. She had had so much to work through and after that horrible night, she knew she had to do it alone. It was a decision that was both difficult and heartbreaking but it was one she could not find herself regretting. After all, in those years she had seen more of the world she'd ever seen in her entire life. She had also earned her master's and had very big plans. Jinx had spent enough years helping herself. Now it was time to return the favor. With a deep breath, she held up her head and walked right into Luke's bar.

Luke stood behind the bar pouring himself a drink They weren't opening for another hour and after another one of his award winning fights with Tracy he felt he'd earned himself a shot. He sometimes wondered how they made their relationship work but somehow in midst of all the fighting there was some weird unspoken understanding between them to accept each other for who they are. Luke was about to down his drink when he heard the door open and shut.

"We're not open yet. Come back in an hour!" He called out while finishing his shot. When he still heard footsteps entering he groaned and slammed his glass down. "I said-." He froze mid sentence staring at the person who stood in the middle of the floor.

"Jinxie," Luke gasped.

Jinx's heart was going a mile a minute as she stared at her surrogate father. He had still looked the same, minus the blonde hair and clean shaven face. His eyes were just as warm and full of adventure as she remembered. "Hi," she squeaked her mind going blank with fear.

Luke stared in awe at the daughter he'd never had. She had grown considerably. Whereas the last time he saw her she was 5'2 now she stood at 5'6. Her once short hair now fell below her shoulders. Her caramel skin glowed in the light. She was no longer the skinny young girl who he had taken in. She had grown into a very beautiful woman, and he had missed it. The thought caused an ache inside him. He walked out from behind the bar and took slow steps toward her. Her brown eyes became glassy with unshed tears. Before he could stop himself he pulled her into his arms.

Jinx choked back a sob as she clutched onto the closest thing she's ever had to a father. She had dreamed of this moment for years, and even though she had not been expecting this reaction she'd always hoped for it.

"What took you?" He spoke into her ear causing her to both cry and laugh at the same time.

"You know me Uncle Luke, I could never be on time to save my life." Luke just held her tighter and she returned the favor. After several moments they finally parted and Luke led her to a nearby table. She took her seat across from him. Neither of them could contain the happiness on their faces at being together again.

"So…" Jinx began. Luke's brow raised in interest. "What's new with you?" There was a beat of silence before it filled with the sound of their intermingled laughter Luke wiped at his eye and took Jinx's hand in his.

"How you been showgirl?" He asked. Jinx smiled at the old endearment Luke had given her.

"Good. I've been keeping myself out of trouble, unlike you," She said. Luke gave her a unconvincing confused look.

"I don't know what you mean." Jinx just laughed.

"Sure you don't," Jinx said rolling her eyes. "How's Lulu?"

No sooner had the question left her mouth did the blonde girl in question come storming in the bar. "Dad, you will not believe what I just heard- oh," she stopped short a few feet from the two. "Sorry I didn't realize you had company." Luke looked at Jinx whose back was to Lulu and stood up.

"No its okay sweetheart, you actually have very good timing. " Luke went around the table and up to Lulu. "I think there's someone here you'd like to see."

Jinx turned to face the woman who she had considered her little sister. She had grown so much. Jinx barley recognized her. She watched as the recognition appeared on her face.

"I know I owe you an expla-," Lulu threw her arms around Jinx before she could finish her statement. Jinx immediately hugged her back. "I missed you so much," Lulu cried finally pulling away.

"Me too," Jinx told her. She took a strand of her blonde hair between her fingers. "Last time I saw you, you were a brunette," She laughed. Lulu smiled at her.

"Shh, it's my deep dark secret," she joked. Jinx chuckled and hugged her again.

Once the girls were done crying over each other the reunited three sat down and began catching up with one another. Jinx told Luke and Lulu decided to get her degree. She spent the last 6 years earning both her B.A and Masters in social work.

"What did you do before that?" Lulu asked her.

"Traveled mostly for the first few months, then I-," She took a breath. "I went through some things and had to take some time to get myself together."

Luke and Lulu shared a look.

"I'm fine now," Jinx assured them. "That's what matters. Besides I learned a lot about myself during that time in my life and I needed to go through what I went through in order for me to move on and realize what I wanted to do with my life, which is one of the reasons I came back, other than the obvious of course."

"Do tell showgirl," Luke pressed.

"Not yet. It's sort of a surprise."

"Aww come on, I think I've been kept in the dark about your life long enough," Luke argued, but Jinx just shook her head.

"I don't want to excite anybody until it's a done deal. Besides, I did tell you some of the things I was doing."

"Yeah, in postcards," Luke snorted, "and letters with no return addresses. All of which contained the bare minimal of information." Jinx could see Luke getting frustrated. He was beginning to have the reaction she always feared he'd have.

"You know why I did that." Jinx said quietly.

"Yeah, I know you didn't want me to come after you, but you could've at least given me a phone number, or some way I could contact you. Maybe I coulda let you know how we were doing without you"

"Dad, lets not do this now okay, she's back. Can't we just be happy about that now?" Lulu pleaded. Jinx gave her a grateful smile.

"It's fine Lulu. Uncle Luke, if I allowed myself to talk to any of you I knew I'd just run back here and that wasn't what I needed. And anyway if I'd given the slightest bit of info of where I was or where I'd been you would not have been able to stop yourself." Jinx could see Luke was about to protest. "Look me in the eye and tell me that's not true." Luke was about to do just that before he stopped himself.

"Damn it! After all these years you still are the one person I cannot lie to." Jinx smiled at him.

'Why is that?" She asked perplexed at how the king of cons was never able to tell her one falsehood.

Luke looked into her eyes and said, "You remind me too much of her, and God help I could never lie to that woman." Jinx's smile slowly faded and she gave a slight nod of her head. He didn't have to tell her who he was talking about. For years all she heard from everyone was how much she both resembled and acted like her great grandmother.

"Listen, I know I probably put you through hell when I left and I can never apologize enough for that but leaving Port Charles was something I had to do. I needed a fresh start. So many things had happened; I was suffocating in despair I just needed a change and I knew you would never had let me go willingly especially after what happened to Lucky." Jinx could barely say his name Luke and Lulu both noticed.

Jinx continued, "You guys have to know I never stopped thinking about you, and there was no way I could have stayed away if I wasn't keeping tabs on you."

"Oh well that's good to know," A voice said from the behind them.

Jinx turned around to face the newcomer and gasped.

Lucky Spencer stood before in a black coat and anger on his face. Jinx was frozen.

"It's nice to know that while we were worried sick about you, you couldn't even be bothered to pick up the damn phone." Lucky fumed.

Eeasy cowboy," Luke said standing trying to calm Lucky.

"No dad, she comes here after how many years no word and we're just suppose to accept it?"

"She did keep in touch Lucky," Lulu defended. Lucky let out a humorless laugh.

"Yeah she did didn't she? I saw all the postcards you sent to dad Jinx. Guess I didn't warrant any such gesture right. For 9 years I didn't get so much as a birthday card but you made sure dad knew all about your little exploits huh."

"Lucky that's enough!" scolded Luke. Jinx hadn't taken her eyes off of Lucky the entire time. Tears were running down her face, her eyes wide in disbelief.

"Lucky?" She managed to gasp out.

Lucky just ignored her. "You know what have your little reunion. I suddenly have better places to be," he remarked coldly before angrily walking out the door.

Lulu gave Jinx a sympathetic look and went after him. Luke let out a disappointed sigh and shook his head.

"Give him time Jinxie. He just needs to cool down." Luke finally looked at Jinx who had came to stand next to him and saw that she was pale. Her expression was frightened and shocked. "Jinxie? Jinxie what's wrong?" She slowly looked to him before her eyes rolled up. She fell barely missed the floor as he caught her in his arms. "Jinxie! Jinxie wake up. Come on showgirl open those eyes for me." Luke begged.

After a few seconds Jinx's eyes slowly fluttered open. "There you are. Don't scare me like that." Luke teased, though she could hear the fear in his voice.

"What happened?" she asked. Luke slowly helped her onto her feet.

"You passed out. I don't what happened but you looked as though you saw a ghost," Luke answered. Jinxie's head snapped up.

"Lucky. I thought I saw Lucky." She said her voice shaky.

"You did." Luke told her his face a mask of confusion. "He was here."

Jinx's looked to Luke and shook her head. "No, that can't be." Luke looked at Jinxie his frown deepening.

"Yes, he was here, remember?" Jinx shook her head harder.

No! That's impossible." She cried." He's dead. Luke, Lucky's dead."