Things Change
Author's Note: Hey everyone.... I always seem to start a fanfic and never get around to finishing them, but I'm going to make a huge effort to work on this fanfic until it is completed. I have all summer to write in this fanfic, so I'm pretty confident that I can put together a halfway decent fanfic to read.
Pairings? Triangles?...
Well, this fic is a Rexis (Ric and Alexis) fanfic, a LoLo (Lois/Lorenzo) fanfic, a Jamson (Jason/Sam) and a Casper (Courtney and Jax) fanfic all wrapped up in one lol.
I'm not sure where this fanfic is going to go, but I really see potential for these four pairs so I wanted to write a fanfic with them in it. Storylines will develop along the way.
Other characters will be in here from time to time for storyline purposes
One thing that's a tad bit different from current events on the show is that Nikolas is back to being Nikolas, but Nem aren't together. (I'm not much of a Nem fan anymore) Just thought I'd let everyone know that in case there are questions, as Nik will interact with Alexis later on.
And...one more quick thing...... Things that are written like this mean that the character is thinking that part.
With all of that said...enjoy! And don't forget to review :D
Alexis Davis flipped another page of paperwork, which seemed to have taken over her desk. There were documents after documents, which all required either her: revision, signature, or approval. She already planned on being her for a long while. Sighing in annoyance, as some papers had somehow gotten out of order, Alexis glanced over at her clock. 7:30 pm...she should be home, with her daughter...not at work signing a bunch of papers that didn't possess too much importance to her life. Alexis reached for the phone on her desk, and called her apartment. She wanted to check on her daughter.
Once being assured by the nanny that Kristina was fine and fast asleep, Alexis hung up the phone and dove back into her paperwork. "The sooner I get these done, the sooner I can go home." She said to herself while she read over a document.
"Talking to yourself again Counselor?" a voice said, which caused Alexis to look up from her work.
Alexis didn't even have to think about who it was; she knew that voice anywhere...Ric Lansing. A royal pain in the ass. He wasn't your typical DA. His life seemed to revolve against getting revenge on Sonny Corinthos, his half brother. He always seemed to be everywhere she was lately, always challenging her, annoying her....trying to get under her skin. Alexis never let him get the best of her. She was one woman that seemed to push back when pushed in his life.
"Don't you ever get tired of bothering me?" Alexis said taking off her reading glasses and setting them aside on her desk. She answered his question with a question as her response, which she hoped would not give him any pleasure.
Ric invited himself into her office and closed the door behind him. "I figured that you would be here. Hard working Alexis Davis...all work no play. Doesn't it get boring?" he asked raising a brow as he approached her desk.
"Go away Ric, I have no time for your games." Alexis snapped trying to get back to her work.
Ric wasn't going to comply with her request. She wasn't going to get rid of him that easily. "You are going to have all the time in the world for my 'games' over drinks at the Cellar." Ric asked taking a seat in an empty chair that sat in her office.
Alexis rolled her eyes. "You're an idiot Ric....last time I had drinks with you, you took advantage of my drunken state...so in response to your invitation, No." she sighed as she got up. She went over to the door and opened it. "Now...Out you go." She said with a simple hand gesture.
Ric just sat there and chuckled. "You are not getting rid of me that easily Alexis." He replied. "And you were the one who took advantage of me. If I remember correctly, you were the one who kissed me and seemed to rather enjoy it...."
"Oh my god....you are so full of yourself." Alexis said cutting him off.
Ric was getting some odd pleasure out of this. He loved it when he rattled Alexis' cage. The look in her eyes as they flickered with anger was something that you had to see to believe. Besides, he wasn't thinking about Sonny or Elizabeth when he was around Alexis...which was a breath of fresh air for him since those two seemed to own most of his thoughts. Now its time for the feelings part he thought to himself as he tried to keep the grin that he wanted to show express itself on his face. "Come on Alexis...are you afraid that another evening out with me, will make you spill your feelings for me?"
"Feelings?!" Alexis exclaimed. "I feel nothing for you!" her eyes narrowed as she shot him a dirty look. "Why can't you get that through that big egotistic heard of yours?" She couldn't believe the nerve of him, thinking that she had feelings for him. It proved his arrogance all right.
"Okay, prove it.....its just drinks Alexis." Ric said not bothering to answer her question. He smirked challenging her. He knew that she wouldn't give up a good challenge, so he figured that he could eventually convince her to go. And while they had their drinks, he could possibly find some more things out about Alexis...like why she was the only woman that seemed to not be broken by Sonny Corinthos after her involvement with him. He had heard about what happened to Brenda, Carly....And Samantha McCall as well since she was slowly starting to become broken and controlled by Sonny like Brenda and Carly...according to Ric that was.
"I have to go home to my daughter...and I have this paperwork to finish before I do that....and you are keeping me from doing that." Alexis said with a sigh as she paused from her rambling. "Okay, you annoyed me....now you can leave." She hoped Ric would finally be agreeable and leave her alone, but she most likely doubted that one.
"Nope....that paperwork will be here tomorrow...and I bet Kristina is asleep by now...so come on." Ric pointed out as he stood up and joined her by the door.
Alexis wasn't getting anywhere with him. Ric Lansing wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer. She bit her lip trying to think of what to do. If she had drinks with Ric, he would leave her alone and she would prove him wrong. But she didn't know why he seemed to be pushing to spend time with her....it was almost like he had an agenda. Everything was about Sonny with Ric.... She had no connection to Sonny...except for Kristina. Could he know about Kristina being Sonny's daughter? She thought to herself. No, no...you are being silly Alexis; there is no way Ric could have found that out. The only other person that knew her secret was Carly, and she most certainly wouldn't spill to Ric. Carly hated Ric...with good reason.
"Fine, you win....I'll have a drink with you....happy?" Alexis said with a sigh. "And you are going to buy." She added.
"Okay, I'll buy." Ric replied with a slight laugh in triumph.
"And I said a drink...which only means 1." Alexis said as the two of them left her office together.
Lois Cerullo was reading over some paperwork for L&B trying to find a way to boost its profit without having to cut certain things out of the budget. She had been at this for a while now. Lois wanted to make this company a success again, like it used to be when she was back in control before. Her long fingernails tapped the paper as she got a train of thought going. If Jax did invest like he had planned on doing, she wouldn't have so many worries....but she hadn't heard from Jax in a while. He is probably off with Courtney somewhere she thought to herself with a smile. She liked Courtney Matthews; Lois thought she was perfect for Jax. She was definitely the kind of girl that would shape him up so to say...get rid of his playboy features most of all.
She glanced around the studio and than at her watch. "Oh my gawd...its 7:30 already?!" she exclaimed in her Brooklyn accent as she jumped up from the stool she was sitting on. She had been there a lot longer than she had intended on being. She closed her eyes since her vision was a bit blurry from reading small print on documents for so long. When she opened them, she found her vision to be back to normal.
"That's it Lois...too much work for you for one day." She said to herself as she tossed the documents onto the table next to her.
Lois wondered what her daughter Brooke Lynn, whom she called Brookie, was doing at the moment. The rebel teen was living at the Scorpio house with Mac and Felicia along with their daughters Georgie and Maxie. Lois knew her daughter was safe being that Mac was a man of the law so to say.
Lois pulled her cell phone out of her purse and debated whether or not to ring Brooke Lynn's cell and finally decided against it. She didn't want to push her daughter further away by making unnecessary phone calls to her.
Lois tossed her cell phone back into her purse and collected everything that she needed before heading out of the studio. She made sure she locked it behind her. As she walked out to her car, she decided that she didn't feel like turning in for the night after all. So she got in her car and drove to wherever she wind took her so to speak. She wound up at the docks for some strange reason.
Lois remembered it to be a place of thought, so maybe that's why she subconsciously went there. She had a lot on her mind recently....her daughter's music carreer, her daughter not being able to stand her, Ned trying to reunite with her.....or at least thinking about that. She still remembered him dancing with her to their song and kissing her. She sure showed him.... hit him where it hurt. Lois didn't want to go down that road again, she fell in love with Eddie Maine and he was gone. Her and Ned were too different for each other and she didn't feel like going through what she went through with him again, she made up her mind to just be friends with Ned. And by darn she was going to stick to it.
She must have been so lost in thought that she didn't hear someone come up behind her until she heard a voice say something. She jumped startled and spun around. "What in the hell are you doing...trying to scare me?!" she said her eyes narrowed at the man behind her. Lois instantly recognized him as Lorenzo Alcazar. Sage's uncle, the rich shady character that she had recently met.
"Woah, woah...sorry." Lorenzo said in defense as he took a step back. "You seemed out of it, and I was just making sure you were ok." He said. "Which I can obviously tell that you are now."
Lois sighed slightly. "Good for you, you win a medal for seeing if I'm okay...." She said sarcastically and then paused. "But I have to tell you, if you scare me like that again, you are the one that's not going to be okay." She added looking him directly in the eyes.
Lorenzo didn't know if she was joking or if she was trying to threaten him. He chuckled in amusement. "Consider myself warned."
"What's so funny?" Lois asked him wondering what in the heck he was chuckling at.
"Nothing...nothing at all." Lorenzo replied hiding a grin. He stuck his hands in his pockets. "So what are you doing here at the docks Lois?" he asked trying to start up a conversation with her.
"That's none of your business Mr. Alcazar." Lois simply shot back. She didn't feel the need to explain why she was at the docks to Lorenzo Alcazar; he didn't have to know that...so she wasn't going to tell him.
"Call me Lorenzo." He said. "And at least let me see you off to where you are going. Its getting dark out, and the docks aren't the safest place for a woman to be alone at." Lorenzo offered wondering if she would agree.
"I don't think so, I'll take my chances with the scary dark." Lois said and started to walk off. She stopped and spun around. "Oh and Lorenzo, I still am interested in working with Sage. Stop by the studio tomorrow or sometime and we can talk about the details that I forgot to mention in our first meeting and about what I got planned for your niece."
"How about we talk over the details now?....at a different location though. How does the Cellar sound?" Lorenzo wondered if Lois would accept his invitation. He was intrigued by her for some odd reason, and he wasn't thinking about Carly Corinthos at the moment....which was nearly impossible for him since he wanted to be with Carly more than anything. But Carly was with Sonny, married to the guy... and Lorenzo was finally starting to understand that he and Carly were over.
Lois thought for a moment and debated whether of not to accept.
Courtney Matthews took out a picture of her and her now ex husband Jason Morgan from her desk drawer. Sighing softly, Courtney ran her finger over Jason's image in the picture. She remembered exactly when that picture was taken. She was so happy then...so naive. She actually thought she could handle his lifestyle when that very same lifestyle went against everything she believed in. Now things were over, for good. They did this dance for a while and whenever they got close again, something would always get in the way. Courtney knew it was fate interfering to save heartbreak for both of them. She was moving on, putting her time and effort into her foundation...and getting closer to Jax Jacks by each passing day.
"Goodbye Jason, I'm finally free." She said as a small smile formed on her face. She was now out of the Mob life....Sam McCall was the next victim of that lifestyle. Courtney tossed the picture back into her desk drawer and closed it with a swift kick of her foot. She had just sat back down when she heard a knock at her door, she was glad for the interruption. "Come in.," she said wondering who it could be.
"Am I interrupting anything?" Jasper Jacks said as he stepped inside of her office.
Courtney shook her head. "No, you are not interrupting anything." She said standing up from her desk. "What can I do for you?" she asked him.
"Have dinner with me, you need the distraction...and if I'm not mistaken, our bet is still going on...and you know the terms of it, and I'm a very persistent guy." Jax said rambling on and on with slight grin.
The bet...it was the most unusual thing Courtney had ever participated in. The terms would be that if she could resist Jax's charm and not go to bed with him for three months, that he would double his contribution to her foundation. That bet was also the thing that seemed to put a damper on things between her and Jax. She didn't know if he was still thinking about only winning the bet, or developing feelings for her. Jax was way too difficult of a subject to think about, so she pushed those thoughts out of her mind. She would have all her answers once the bet was over.
She thought about his invitation for a moment. She did think a good night out would be good for her, plus she would be spending time with Jax. He had a way of making her smile and laugh more than she had ever when she was Jason. She felt like she could breathe with Jax, and not be worried about him being shot or something if he was ever late for dinner or some other occasion.
She nodded. "Well okay you are in luck because I haven't eaten yet, dinner sounds good."
Jax smiled in triumph. He remembered when Courtney would have shot down his invitation in a second, or at least tried to find a way out of spending some time with him....that was in the early days of the bet. "I thought we would try a new place for dinner...it just opened up, and I want to see how the food is there."
"Sure, sounds good to me. Hopefully the food is halfway decent, because I'm starving." Courtney said with a smile.
Jax chuckled. "Well we will find out once we get there." He paused and stuck out his hand. "Shall we?" he asked. It was a simple gesture, but Jax always liked being close to Courtney. If it was kissing, hugging, or simply linking arms or holding onto her hand.
Courtney took her hand and then jerked it away as she remembered something. That confused Jax and he gave her a curious look waiting for some sort of explanation.
"I'm not dressed for dinner....I don't want to wear a business suit there. Do you mind if we stopped over at my loft so I could change?" she asked him.
Jax didn't mind one bit. "Nope, I don't mind at all." He replied. "Besides I can't wait to see what you wear....but I have one request." He said.
"And what's that Jax?" Courtney asked biting her lip as she wondered what his request was.
"Wear something red." Jax simply replied with a smirk, which was followed by a playful hit to his chest by Courtney.
"I'll think about it...okay?" Courtney said as she linked her arm with Jax's. "Okay, now that we got that out of the way, lets go."
Jason Morgan walked into his Penthouse and looked around. He wondered where his new "roommate" was. He knew that he was doing the right thing about claiming Sam's baby as his. He could bear to watch little Michael's heart break if his family got torn apart again. "Sam?" he called out as he scanned the area looking for any sign of the petite brunette.
Sam walked down the stairs slowly making sure to be careful as she did so. She didn't want to take another spill down a flight of stairs. She was lucky she didn't loose her baby when she fell down the stairs at the convent. "I'm right here Jason." She said once she had reached the bottom of the stairs.
"I got you some food." Jason said holding up the grocery bags he got from the store. "And before you tell me that you aren't hungry, you are going to eat." Jason set the bags down on the table.
Sighing softly, Sam went over to the bags and looked in them. Milk, yogurt, bread, tuna, some packaged meat, Goldfish crackers....among other things. She pulled out the Goldfish crackers and opened them. "Thanks." She said going over to the sofa and sitting down. "Are you sure this is going to work out?" she asked as she took a handful of crackers. Sam wasn't feeling that well so she hadn't really eaten that much during the day.
Jason shrugged. "I don't know Sam, but I know I did the right thing by switching those tests. I can be a father to this baby and Sonny can't....this is how it has to be."
"Cracker?" Sam asked passing the box of Goldfish Crackers to Jason.
Jason stuck his hand in the box and took a handful of crackers and popped some in his mouth.
"I hope Sonny really appreciates the sacrifice you made for his family." Sam said looking over at Jason.
Jason turned his attention to Sam setting the box down on the table. "He does, he can be a father to Michael and Morgan all the while knowing the baby he fathered with you is well taken care of."
"What about your life Jason?" Sam asked. "And what about Courtney?"
"Sam....we already had this discussion....Courtney and I are divorced now. We aren't going to get back together....she couldn't handle my life when we were together and my lifestyle isn't going to change so we are over." Jason replied.
"I really messed up your life, maybe I shouldn't have agreed to the plan." Sam said thinking about how much lying about being the father of her child impacted Jason's life.
Carly was furious at him when he told her but she seemed to be getting over it, Courtney very sad to think that he former husband had cheated on her. Monica and Alan didn't approve of Jason's "one night stand child" with Sam and the same went for most of the Quartermaines too. Emily wasn't as upset as everyone else was and offered to help out with the baby....and Sonny knew the plan so Sam knew Jason's friendship with Sonny was still strong.
"No, you did the right thing." Jason said. He didn't want Sam to have second thoughts. The plan was already in motion; there was no going back now. Jason knew this was the way would work for the best. He was actually a bit excited about being a father again. That was one of the two things he knew he was good at...the other was his job.
"This seems so surreal." Sam said resting against the back of the sofa. "I never planned on any of this happening....I never planned on getting pregnant in the first place." She sighed.
"Have you eaten dinner yet?" Jason asked out of the blue. That caused Sam to instantly sit back up in a regular sitting position.
Sam shrugged. "No...but I haven't been feeling very well today, blame it on being pregnant. You know how us pregnant women work, we feel horrible a lot through the whole pregnancy. I think that Men should carry the children....then they could know how it feels." She said with a smile.
Jason actually cracked a smile at her comment about men having the children. "I haven't ate dinner yet either, so I was thinking about just ordering a pizza for the both of us." He suggests.
"Sure, that's fine with me." Sam said as she watched Jason get up off of the sofa.
"Jason...." Sam said her voice dropping its tone a bit.
Jason stopped and turned around to face her. "What?" he asked a little bit curious to what she wanted to tell him.
"Thanks for everything you have done for me so far, and plan on doing for me in the future." Sam said smiling slightly. Her eyes seemed to light up a little bit. She never had someone sacrifice so much for her before in her life, and knew Jason was a one of a kind guy...and she wouldn't have agreed to this arrangement with anyone else but him.
So? What do you think? Should I continue? Reviews are welcome...heck they are encouraged lol. I love reading reviews, and I like it when people give suggestions. That may come in handy if I get stuck with a case of writer's block sometime during the coarse of this fic. I hope I stayed in character for the 8 characters that are in here so far.
Also, the more reviews I get...the faster it encourages me to write lol ;)
Oh, one more thing....please don't leave flames because you don't like a certain couple. You could just skip over their parts if you don't want to read them. But feel free to leave flames if you don't like something else about my fic so far.