A Blank Slate
Chapter 1
Georgie listened as Dr. Julian told Carly Quartermaine how the recently deceased Sonny Corinthos had died. She just snorted, and wanted to tell her sister's doctor he didn't have to try that hard, Carly and her gal pal Sam Jacks didn't require much to attention to get in bed. Sighing as she went into the locker room and changed, glad to be at the end of her shift as a volunteer, she was planning on having dinner with her father that evening and discussing what to do about Maxie's attitude.
Hurrying home, she stepped on her brakes when she saw the limo parked in front. Wondering what was going on, she called out her father's name as she unlocked the door. "Dad?"
Mac came back down the stairs, then told Georgie that he had to cancel dinner. "Something has come up, can you come back later?"
"Uh, sure, but I spilled lemonade on my jeans so I need to change first." she said then saw him looking around then he suggested she check the dryer. "Fine, dad, but what is going on and who does that limo belong to?"
"I will explain later, I promise." he said giving her a weak smile. Georgie went to the laundry room and grabbed some clothes before changing in the small room and heading out. Seeing the license plate on the black car, she wondered what Mac's connection to the Zachara family was.
A week later, the two Jones girls were home, stunned as they listened to their distraught father explain that he had been fired from his job as police commissioner. "But what happened dad?"
Looking at Maxie, Mac took a deep breath then said "Anthony Zachara's wife overdosed in my bedroom. All I know is that when I came home last Tuesday, she had taken a bottle of pills and left a note saying she couldn't handle the pain any longer."
"Why here?" asked Georgie then she added "And why didn't you tell us?"
"Because I thought someone was trying to set me up and wanted to protect you, it is common knowledge that Anthony is half way insane. His son is ruthless, while I was fired and though the official reason was Anthony, I know that it came from his son."
"Dad, what happens now?" asked Maxie as she moved closer to her dad.
"I am going to track down what led Maria to take her life, I think it might tell me why she did so here. Georgie, there is money in the bank, I am going to arrange for the household bills to come out of that account. I know you planned to get away when you finished class this week but could you please stick around for the summer?"
Looking at her dad, she said "Of course, where are you going to be looking though, I mean if you have no idea why she did it, where do you intend to start?"
It was the first week in November when Georgie opened the door and saw a former detective standing there. The night before Georgie had been working at Kelly's and had to deal with Nikolas Cassadine in there with a female who wasn't Emily Quartermaine, the woman he had publicly become engaged to the night before. "Detective Taggert, what are you doing here?"
"Can I come in?" he asked somberly, when he had sat down and turned away her offer of coffee he said "I am sorry to be doing this, but there was an accident. Georgie, I am afraid that Mac's car exploded at the bottom of a canyon in Arizona. He didn't make it."
"NO!" she said, shaking her head as if it doing so would keep this horrifying news from being the truth. Her heart was racing, her skin started to sweat as she looked at the man sitting next to her. "You, you have to be wrong. You just HAVE to."
He held her as she cried, then made a few calls, soon Epiphany Johnson, the girls part time nanny during their childhood showed up to take care of the quiet Jones girl while Maxie was pacing in front of the sofa.
It was a rainy day as they buried their father with only a few close friends present. Seeing Jason Morgan, Georgie looked to where Bobbie and Tony Jones were standing then glanced at Epiphany who was holding up her sobbing sister. Seeing Stan holding an umbrella over them, she turned away while the rain drops hit her watching as the diggers tossed the first shovel of dirt on the shiny black coffin.
Shivering, she turned, feeling someone staring at her. In the shadows stood a man, she couldn't see him and she was sure he couldn't see any of the guests clearly through the rain, but something was unnerving her, giving her the feeling of someone walking over her grave instead of her fathers.
When Mac had been buried next to his beloved Felicia, they all left the grave site, never seeing the Zachara limo until they had reached the main road back into town. At the house, all the guests had left when Stan looked at Maxie and gave a subtle nod, before sliding papers to her before taking his mother home.
Maxie read the police report and vowed revenge. The police said the explosion and accident had been sabotage, that the brakes on the car had been cut and that there were traces of explosives in the trunk.
Georgie was alone in the house, sitting in her father's room going through old photo albums of her parents and knowing that she had to get out of here, had to stop wallowing in her grief. Going to her room, she quickly changed into jean and a t-shirt, then with a grimace went to Maxie's room and borrows some clothes.
The silk shirt paired with one of Maxie's skirts that was a bit shorter on Georgie's longer legs made her feel a bit less like her self. But looking in the mirror, Georgie grimaced, changed out of the outfit and could hear Epiphany's voice in her head saying "Stop trying to be what you aren't, Georgie girl."
Two weeks later after her sister had left for Paris, Georgie was sitting in the locker room listening to gossip and hearing her own name, stopped, stunned. Dillon, who had been traveling out of town for school and ELQ had returned and the nurses had seen him with Lulu Spencer the night before.
Calling the blond, she drove to the mansion after he had halfheartedly given her an excuse for them not to meet. "Dillon, what is going on, with us?"
Taking a deep breath, he replied. "Georgie, please understand, it's not you, it's me. I mean, I can't live like you want. I like sex, I know that you think waiting for marriage, but honestly, I don't see us together that long. I thought if I gave you enough time..."
He shrugged and said "I thought you would get over your hangups. Then there are the rumors about your dad, and well I can't bring the wrath of Zachara Enterprises down on ELQ." The blond felt slightly sick at what he was saying. He did love Georgie, but he didn't like to deal with confrontations or with chaos, it was why he had chosen Georgie originally, now he just wanted the trouble to go away.
Staring at him, not believing what she was hearing, Georgie thought back to how he hadn't shown up for the funeral, how he had had lame excuses for weeks, no months and said "So much for you being any kind of a man, Dillon. Now if you will excuse me, I have a hair appointment."
Dillon stopped her, reaching out for her arm, "Georgie, look... if you ever change your mind, well... I mean... I can't marry you, but..."
"Uh, Dillon." she looked at him and saw his hopeful expression and slapped him hard. "Get a life, and get checked, see Lulu likes to slum every once in a while, and I have seen her with a couple of the dockworkers."
"You're just jealous." he retorted. "Georgie, you are great and will probably go someplace in life, but not here, not in Port Charles. Good luck."
"Dillon, fuck off and don't come sniffing around when what I am saying is proven true." He just rolled his eyes well aware that Lulu had been a virgin the first time they were together, Georgie was just jealous of Lulu's family and her money.
At the hair dresser, Georgie saw the discreet sign and said "Instead of straightening my hair, can you leave it curly and give me some color?" Looking at her dirty blond hair that she had been straightening for years, Georgie decided now was the time to make changes.
That night, Georgie slipped on a pair of jeans and the silky shirt belonging to Maxie, then putting some money and her keys in her pockets, slipped out the door. Arriving at the new club outside of town that Dillon had dismissed as not being worth the time, she quickly found a table and orders a soda and some snacks.
Sitting there, listening to the piano player, her mind wandering, Georgie never saw the time or how the club emptied out until she tried to order another sofa. "I'm sorry, miss. But it is closing time."
"Oh, I'm sorry." she said flushing then paying her tab and leaving the poor waitress a good tip after taking up her table this long. "I was sort of …."
"Whoever he is, he is a lucky man." said the smooth voice behind her.
Turning to see the dancing brown eyes and the dazzling smile, she laughed and said "You were the piano player, right?"
"I hope so, otherwise, I was having a very strange dream." he said then told the waitress to lock up. Seeing Georgie look at him, he said "The owner is a friend of mine. They usually close around eleven on weeknights."
Looking at her watch, then around she said "Oh, please tell me I am not the reason..."
Lying, Johnny said "No, your not. I just wanted to keep playing." Not adding that he had bribed her waitress with a couple hundred dollars to stay as long as the dark haired girl wanted.
"So, who is he, boyfriend... husband... girl friend?" he asked with a smirk.
Laughing, Georgie said "Amazingly enough, a man I have never meet. Turns out I was sort of dumped today, well officially. In reality, my boyfriend has been MIA for months, I just hadn't noticed it with everything else going on in my life. While the reason he gave was our sex life, in truth... in truth it was fear of family and another man."
Looking at her, he said "He's a fool."
Feeling better, Georgie said "You know what, you are right. He is. And the woman he has been cheating on me with will do so much more damage than anything I can do."
As they walked to the door, Johnny asked. "Would you have dinner with me tomorrow night?"
"I wish I could, but I shouldn't have been out tonight, it is my last semester at school and I should have been home studying. How about Friday?" she asked hopefully.
"Can't, I am filling in for the regular guy here, but how about lunch instead." he asked.
"I have class until one." she warned only to be told to meet him at the Overlook which was only a mile off campus. "Wait, what's your name?"
"Johnny." he said then saw the expression then held his breath. "That isn't the name of the ex, is it?"
"No, I just know of someone else with that name, let's just say... he isn't someone I want to deal with right now." she said with a sigh. Then seeing his expectant expression laughed self consciously then said "Georgie, Georgie Jones."
"See you Friday, Miss Jones." he said getting into his Camero and watching her drive away in her jeep. "Most definitely.
Arriving home, he saw his father still up and reading. "Pop, what is it?"
"Just more stuff about Mac Scorpio. I still don't get it." he said furious. "He calls me, then dies on the way to the meeting."
Shoving the file into a drawer, he looked at his son and saw something he hadn't seen in a while. With a wry grin, he said "Okay, who is she? And please tell me you didn't meet her in that bar?"
"It's not a bar, it's a club and yes."
"Let me guess, dinner, dancing followed by more in the nearest bed." he said with a heavy sigh, wishing his son would work as hard at finding a lifemate as he did at work and playing the piano. "When are you going to realize you can't find true love at a place like that?"
"Actually lunch and dad, when I pick up a woman at Jake's, it's not for true love, more like a night of sex. And as for my date... she isn't the usual clubber." he said softly as he walked away. Anthony groaned, hoping Johnny wasn't falling for some bar babe like Jacks or Quartermaine had, leading their families into shame.
Arriving at the Overlook a few minutes late as a result of changing out of his suit first, Johnny saw the disgusted look on Georgie's face and said "I uh, I know I am a little late, but..."
Looking around in surprise, she smiled at him and said "I kind of thought you thought I stood you you up and left, I just got here."
Laughing, he said "I stopped and got sandwiches, I hope that is okay?" Handing her the bag, he led her to the bench at the opposite end where the Overlook was and asked "How was class?"
"Fine, I graduate at the end of this semester, right now I am finishing up with my Comparative Relations class and my Corporate Law and Finance class."
"MBA?" he asked only for her to laugh.
"No, law." she said then laughed at his expression. "What? Do you not like lawyers?"
As they spent the next hour talking, Georgie found herself relaxing forgetting all her own troubles as well as her family troubles. Wishing she had more time, she regretfully said "I have to get back to class."
Thanking him for lunch, she grinned at his question then said "I can't tomorrow, but I will be there Saturday."
Over the next three weeks, Georgie and Johnny got together for lunch every other day, the very rare dinner and spent Saturdays after his sets ended, talking about nothing and everything. She knew his dad was a widower whose wife had died recently and he knew Georgie was an orphan, but the specifics were not discussed, both avoiding subjects that caused them pain.
Thanksgiving saw Georgie visiting Maxie in New York where she had flown in to deal with one of her bosses diva fits while Johnny called. They spent the night before on the phone, individually watching It's Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown, joking and teasing one another.
Turning when Maxie entered, Georgie quickly ended her conversation and asked her sister "What was so urgent?"
"I want your help taking down the Zachara family, for what they did to dad." she said firmly while pulling out the folder she had in her purse. "Read this. Stan got it for me when dad died, I waited until now, hoping that the Zachara family's guard is down."
Georgie was sick as she read the file, brakes cut, explosives in the trunk causing the gas tank to explode. "I just don't understand, why?"
"Why? What?" asked a snottily voiced Maxie who swallowed her annoyance with her younger sister and said "Dad deserves to be avenged and I need you to teach me how to take down the Zachara Corporation."
"How am I supposed to know that?" she asked peevishly. "You need someone on the inside, or someone with vast knowledge of the company, like Jason Morgan or one of those type guys."
"Didn't you write a report a few years ago, for that business class?" asked Maxie desperately.
"Maxie, that was theory, and not every single company operates the same way." she said. "Besides, I used ELQ as my base company and Edward Quartermaine doesn't always play by the books."
"At least it will give me an idea." she said then tossed in. "If I read it and it doesn't work, then well, I will move on to something else. There is always seducing John Zachara, but I just don't think I could stomach having sex with him."
Georgie didn't want to help, but the idea that Maxie would go that far, that she would sleep with the man who had destroyed their father worried her. She was reminded of what she had been planning on discussing with her dad the night this all started, all about how Maxie was having sex with Lucky Spencer.
Mac had seen Lucky with a local call girl while he had been seen around town with Maxie, Summer looked a lot like his mother Laura Spencer and Mac had busted the younger man with her, having sex and calling the blond mommy. He had warned off the younger Spencer before letting Luke in on it.
Georgie had already been worried because she was aware of Lucky's interested in Elizabeth Corinthos and didn't want her sister dumped. Thankfully, Kate had offered Maxie a spot in the Paris office before that could happen.
Walking to the windows, Georgie looked back at her sister, Maxie was the older child, but she had spent a lifetime cleaning up her sister's messes in spite of Epiphany telling her that Maxie wouldn't mature if she didn't face her own consequences. "Fine, I will fax you the report, but Maxie, what you are talking about... it's illegal. Dad wouldn't want you to go to jail so don't cross the boundary of common sense."
Maxie waited until her sister had gone to bed, then quickly called Lucky. "I have a way of taking him down that can't be tied to you. I have to head back to Paris then I will return. I need you to set me up a place like we discussed."
The blond slowly grinned as she recalled the day she had found a partner to take on John Zachara.
Maxie was heading out from her office when she saw Lucky Spencer talking to her boss, listening in, she thought about it then went to track down her ex-lover when she went to lunch. "I heard you talking to my boss, to Kate. Why are you so interested in John Zachara?"
Lucky looked over the petite blond, then said "Didn't you sister just graduate from college, early?"
"Yes, Christmas week, why?" she asked curious at to the change in subject. When he explained, she said "That won't work, I can do it. Just tell me what to look for."
Lucky was an idiot but he had no intention of giving her that just in case it blew up. Having a idea he suggested she go to her sister and get her help without telling the straight-laced bitch what was going on.
He had had a few run-ins with the annoying smarter sister over the years and loved the idea of her getting the blame for what he had planned. Looking at Maxie, he gave a slow grin and looked her up and down before saying. "How about meeting me later?"
Maxie was running through her list, and absentmindedly agreed while Lucky placed a call to his dad after leaving. "I have an insider in Zachara, and it is the perfect cover to get information on their International business dealings. And the best part is, it can't be traced to us." he said thinking on how well his past screw-up was going to be yielding dividends for him.
Over the next few months, things went hay wire for Georgie and her beau. First he couldn't attend her graduation, leaving her with only Epiphany in the audience to cheer her on. Then there had been a fire in mid January on the family's horse ranch that they leased out to their neighbors in Texas.
She had flown south, spending almost eight weeks there dealing with the mess that the police had labeled an arson. They had blamed some illegal vagrants but Georgie doubted that, why would they burn down a dry and safe place to stay.
Finally at the end of March she had flown home only to be stood up by her sister at the airport. Grumpy and tired, Georgie had taken a taxi home only to realize she had to go to Bobbie Spencer's house to get her house keys.
Arriving she slipped in the back door and overheard her Uncle Tony discussing ew, she thought to herself as she got what Carly was threatening the man with. Grabbing her keys, she left just as quickly as she came.
Walking the mile and half to her house, she tried to wrap her mind around Carly sleeping with her stepfather when she ducked into the Metrocourt for a coffee. Seeing Jasper Jacks and his little girl talking to Emily, she couldn't help feeling bad for the blond, his wife was a tramp and his mother in law, well, Alexis had been a bitch to both of the Scorpio girls since Mac had been fired.
Hearing her name being called, Georgie regretted coming to the high end hotel until she saw it was Elton Hubert, an old friend of her mothers and a local interior designer. As she listened to his request, she said "I know nothing about fashion, that is Maxie."
"I don't want you to run my company, just take a look at my financials, tell me where my weaknesses are and how to change that." he said reaching over to fix her collar. "Much better."
"Elton, there are pros that do that, you might be better off using one of them." she suggested then was told he would prefer it was someone that knew him, that knew how he thought. "Okay, I will be there Monday morning, okay? Have all your paperwork gathered, it is going to take a week or so, okay?"
Heading home, she saw Maxie's car in the drive and was curious as to what her sister was up to. Entering, she saw her sister wearing some of her clothes and asked. "Maxie, I thought you hated the way I dressed?"
Flushing, Maxie played it off saying. "I needed something boring and bland for a meeting I have to attend. Since it looks like you buy most of your clothes at Audrey Hardy's yard sales, I thought you were perfect to borrow from."
Gritting her teeth, Georgie waited until Maxie had left then realized she hadn't gotten the answer to her question of why she was dressed that way.
It was another week of phone tag before Johnny and she got to spend any time together. He was tense and a bit short, causing Georgie to head home early. Answering her cell by rote as she dried her tears at his tone earlier, she heard. "Georgie, I am sorry. I just have been dealing with a lot and I took it out on you. Can you forgive me?"
"Yes, I mean... I do understand dealing with things." she said sighing as she read the paperwork dealing with her father's estate. "Is there anything I can do?"
Wishing he wasn't lying, pretending to being a piano player, instead of admitting who he was, Johnny thought about his assistant and said "No, I wish you could."
Hanging up, he went to his father's study and said. "We need to talk."
Looking up from the report he was reading, Anthony said "What is it?"
"My assistant, Millie Cummings, her real name is Maxie, she is the daughter of the late commissioner."
"How did you miss that?" asked Anthony leaning back in his chair. "Please tell she isn't the reason you have been so distracted the last year."
Shaking his head, while sitting down on the sofa, Johnny said. "No, that is this girl I meet at the club. My security filter missed it, so did the agency we hired. I fired them an hour ago, Harper and Cruz had all kinds of excuses but what it boils down to is they are either incompetent or they accepted a bribe from her.
"So what is Miss Scorpio up to and is she the reason we have had sudden hits on our accounts." asked Anthony looking at his son.
"Yes, at least for the minor ones, but the big ones... I had Morgan's guy run her, she worked for Kate Howard as a fashion editor, she doesn't have the background to take this on. She did date Lucky Spencer for a while though." he said quietly knowing his father would make the connection. "The only reason I figured it out was she forgot her cell phone today and I answered it."
"Go talk to your pal Morgan, find out his opinion on the Spencer connection. Then cut her loose... unless, maybe we should keep her around and feed her false information." said the wily old master.
"I don't like it, I have had a few run-ins. I asked Spinelli to get me a complete bio when he returns from Europe next month." said a weary John. "I uh, I have to head out. I sort of snapped at that girl I was telling you about. I owe her an apology."
"Who is she?" asked his father. This one had been around a while.
"Georgie, her name is Georgie." he said with a grin before heading out.
Anthony made the call then asked. "Get me everything you can on my son's latest girl friend. Make sure she will do as his wife."
Trevor grimaced, not sure how to tell the old man that his son had been keeping this relationship under wraps.
Arriving at his studio the next day, Johnny called Georgie over and made dinner for them. As they ate, she looked at him and said. "I missed you, I can't believe how much I missed you."
"Same here." he replied. "I kept haunting that bridge, all I ever saw was some blond with a couple different guys, but never you. I did wonder, a ranch in Texas, then why are you here?"
"Long story, my mom married my dad, he was an okay guy but suffered from wanderlust so they divorced. She met my stepdad who was great, they married and a few years later my grandmother Marie died. She left her ranch to my sister and I. Dad took care of it then when he died, it fell to me since I wouldn't trust my sister to babysit a gold fish. She has no sense of responsibility to her job let alone something that doesn't pay her money. If it was up to her, 150 years of family history would be condos, a strip mall or even worse a street filled with McMansions."
Wanting to protest since his company was partially built on those particular types of businesses, he instead asked. "You have something against McMansions and strip malls."
"Not in their appropriate place, but that isn't our ranch." she said firmly. As they ate, Johnny was sweating, a bit worried about how he was going to have to tell her the truth about who he was. He had kept his hands to himself this long mainly because he loathed deceiving her. His plans for them hopefully included a future not just the present.
Georgie looked at the time, then said. "We have to be at the window soon."
Seeing his confusion, she said. "It's supposed to be a clear night and there is going to be a meteor shower at eleven-thirty."
Amused at her child like excitement, he teased her telling her she was reminding him of a little kid watching fireworks. "Fireworks, no way. They are common, shooting stars... my mom used to say that they were omens, that if you missed seeing them, you missed out on any good coming your way for the next year."
Holding her as the window was lit up with the light of stars billions of miles away, Johnny kissed her neck, unable to stop himself. When she moaned and moved her head closer to his other shoulder, exposing her neck, it was difficult to resist but he did. "Have dinner with me at the Overlook tomorrow night." he whispered as he knew he had to tell her, then hopefully they could move forward.
Turning in his arms, she said yes her eyes looking into his. Johnny felt his hands clench as he tried to stop himself from giving in to the question there but instead he said her name against her lips, causing them to separate slightly.
The heat, the need flared up, and he couldn't resist any longer. His hand lifted and undid the strange hair thing with the sharp point holding her hair up. As it tumbled around her face, he edged her back against the corner, his hand threading themselves into the curls, as his lips hesitated then plundered hers like a starving man.
Georgie opened her mouth to his, thoughts fleeing at her response to his deep kisses, her lashes fluttered as she found herself losing touch with anything but him. When he lifted his head, her eyes opened and she felt herself lost as he rasped "You, you are so beautiful, inside and out."
She trembled as his calloused thumbs traced the hallow of her neck, he smiled as he felt her pulse leap at his caress. Johnny followed the gentle soft skin to her back before easing down to the hem of her shirt and asked. "Are you sure?"
Her eyes had never left his face as she whispered "Yes."
With shaking hands, she went to cover his only for Johnny to lift her shirt and easing it over her head, tossed it to the sofa. When he did the same for his own, he heard Georgie's breath catch and saw her face. His heart twisted for a second then he held her hands to his heart and asked. "It's beating rather fast."
Laying her hand flat, Georgie felt him tense as she leaned forward and breathed in his scent then placed a kiss where her hand had been. When he bent his head, Georgie thought he was going to kiss her, instead he kissed her neck, then gently sucked on her skin, marking her as his.
Georgie felt her knees giving away and then a bit dizzy before her senses told her he had picked her up and carried her over to the bed. Standing at the edge, he said. "Kiss me."
Flushing, she did just that as he placed her on the bed and then stepped back to look down at her. As she stared up at him, his hand reaching for the knot holding on her skirt and freed it. "You know, we can stop at any time?"
Johnny was well aware she had never gone here, that this was going to be her first time and he had done research, not wanting to hurt her but knowing that a little pain was going to be inevitable. Seeing her nod, he leaned down and kissed one exposed breast then the other.
Georgie felt her heart stop, then watched as he expertly divested her of the small piece of silk. She felt like she was on the brink of something then had a keen sense of expectation as he fumbled with his belt then his jeans before he kicked them off and they landed under the bed. She could see his arousal and felt a tad bit apprehensive.
But her worried ended as he bent down and kissed her breast again before taking the peaking nipple between his lips and tugged on it. As he treated it's twin to the same delightful treatment, Georgie lost all sense of where she ended and he began. All she knew was she had to touch him like he was touching her never noticing as what little they still had on was now gone.
As she gained confidence from his urgency and the sense that he was clearly as involved as she was, Georgie explored the whorl of soft hair on his chest, searching for the pointed tips she could barely see in the dark.
She grasped his hair when she felt his hands heading south then slide into her. "Johnny." she gasped softly as her hips thrust up against his hand.
Johnny searched for control, his mind went to condoms, even as he gently explored without penetrating. Reaching for the drawer he hoped like hell he had placed box in there when he had gone to the store earlier that week. Pulling her into a kiss, not wanting her to realize what he was doing and kill the mood, he slide his other hand deeper, easing inside of her and finding her soaking wet.
This time it was his turn to moan as he felt how tight but warm and wet she was. Lifting his head, he saw her smile and said. "I uh, I have to do this."
Seeing her confusion, he ripped open the condom and slid it on. When he moved in closer, he felt her hand reach over and cup him, like she was weighing and measuring him. He felt his need rushing, taking over as he eased her onto her back then reached down to cup her hand on him tighter, thinking about maybe having her do that again at a later date even as he drew her hand up to his shoulder.
Bending down, he kissed her, pulling her back into the midst that seemed to be surrounding them as he placed himself at her opening then thrust into her, not stopping until he was sure she could hold no more of him. Hearing her gasp, he pulled back worried only to have her pull his head back down into another kiss.
Breaking the kiss off, he asked urgently. "Are you okay? Should I stop?"
Her eyes widening, she blushed as she said. "I am fine, it's just... it's...it feels like... a fullness that I don't want to go away."
Johnny saw the honesty in her eyes as he pushed back in and felt her respond in kind. When she moaned for him not to stop, Johnny leaned down and pulled her back into another mind numbing kiss while she clasped her hands behind his neck and tugged at his hair as they thrust and parried. As they slowly built up a steady rhythm, Georgie felt an ache, a need to not let him pull back but pull back he did before he thrust one more time.
Feeling the ache disappearing into pure bliss, Georgie never heard the words he moaned as she came apart in her arms. Johnny was a bit worried, he hadn't wanted to tell her he loved her just yet, at least not until he told her the truth about who he was.
Coming down off her high, Georgie couldn't resist asking. "Is this always like this?"
Kissing her still warm skin, Johnny said. "No, but I was told with the right person... it is."
His own heart slowing Johnny awkwardly disposed of the condom and came back with a warm clothe and handed it to her before returning to the bathroom and starting the tub he had never used. Returning, he saw her blushing and bent down to pick her up.
Returning, he settled her in and bent down to kiss her. "I will be right back."
Walking to his bedroom, Johnny took in the shabby studio and felt a sense of regret for giving in here, in this tiny apartment on a bed that had been in the attic at Crimson Point while there were lies between them. At least that was his brain's opinion, his heart was saying yes, marry her first, then tell her who you are while his body was chiming in to carry her back to bed and take her again.
Getting control, he returned just as she was standing. When he saw the bubbles that were sliding down her body, he kept reminding himself she had to be sore. Pulling his robe off the hook behind the door, he wrapped her up in it and said. "Lets get you back to bed."
Johnny felt Georgie tense as she lay down in the bed, knowing he had a way to ease this, he pulled her back into her arms and admitted "You are the only woman I have ever slept with."
Seeing she didn't believe him, he kissed her shoulder then said. "No, not that I have had sex with, but I usually sent them home afterwords. I have never wanted this intimacy, this need to know you are going to be here with me, when I wake up."
Early the next morning, before it was even daylight, Johnny woke Georgie up with a kiss that soon led to the same activities as the night before. Kissing her as they finally came back down, Johnny asked. "What are you doing today?"
"A meeting with a friend." she said then wrinkling her nose added. "I should get home and dress. He is attending the wedding across the harbor this afternoon."
Johnny blinked at that one, hoping whoever she was meeting wasn't anyone he knew, he idly asked her about what. "A job, he needs me to do a little research for him."
Hurrying home, she quickly started coffee before rushing up to shower a bit sore from her recent activities but not canceling on Elton, he had always been there for the girls including getting Maxie her dream job with Kate Howard.
An hour later, explaining his financial options with the designer, Georgie rejected his offer of being her first client. "Thank you but you have done more than enough for our family. I actually have a job offer for until I take the bar."
"You do know, your mother and father would be so proud of you." he said kissing her check. "I know I am."
"Shouldn't you be heading out to that wedding." she joked. "I mean, it's very important to not be fashionable late for the wedding of the year."
Georgie was in Kelly's when she saw the empty boats heading back to Spoon Island. Turning to the waitress, she asked. "Penny, did the wedding party head back early or something?"
Grimacing a bit, the Asian girl said. "No, wait, you haven't heard, have you?"
Seeing her face, Penny said heatedly. "That prick, Prince Nikky was caught by a dead
rabbit. Turns out that stipper, Courtney is pregnant with his kid. She showed up at the church today."
"Oh my god, poor, poor Emily. What a bastard." said Georgie as she left the diner and was on her way to the docks. Seeing Johnny up ahead in a suit, she called out to him only for him to ignore her. Wondering if she had just seen someone who looked like him, she shrugged and went to his studio apartment.
Knocking on the door, she saw it wasn't all the way closed and entered. Sniffing, she felt her heart stop then said to herself that she was overreacting to the smell of the perfume. "C'mon Geogie, lots of women, wear that perfume, your sister wears it."
Johnny saw his door was open and entered to see Georgie at the window in jeans and a white t-shirt. Grimacing at the suit he had on, he called out to her only for her eyes to narrow. "How did you get in?"
"Door was open when I got here." she said then asked. "Why the suit, wait, did you just come from Spoon Island,where you there to play for the reception?"
Feeling trapped, Johnny hesitated then said. "No, I was there for another reason. Do you mind if we go for a drive so I can tell you about it?"
"No, just let me call and check on my friend from earlier." she said before calling Elton and asked. "What happened?"
Listening, she said "Did you read the papers yet since you had the time?"
Sighing, the designer said. "Yes and you are right in your recommendations. I am paying you for this, no arguments."
"I will not accept payment, I look on it as payback." she whispered then hung up as Johnny came out of the bathroom similarly attired to her jeans and t-shirt just as his phone rang.
"I uh, have to get that." he said then listened to what Spinelli had to say. "Are you sure?"
"Yes I am. Lucky Spencer has your entire plan, it was slipped to him by Millie aka Maxie Jones this afternoon at the wedding."
"Wait, Millie? I uh... one second." he said feeling sick to his stomach as he turned to Georgie and in a flat tone asked. "Can you come back tomorrow, this is going to take the rest of the night."
A bit put off by the tone, Georgie left, her feelings hurt as she went back to the diner and arranged take out for dinner. Seeing the newspaper, she sat down to read it when Penny told her it would be a few minutes for the cookies.
Skimming, she stopped breathless when she saw the picture of her boyfriend. Stopping to read the article, she felt her heart stop... then the pain. Certain she was going to die from it, Georgie grasped her heart then called out with a teary voice to Penny. "Nevermind."
Rushing home, she sat down at her lap top and Goggled that most hateful name, then hitting images saw his face. Clasping her heart as she went to the newspaper archives, she tried to convince herself it was a mistake, that she hadn't given her virginity to the very man who had killed her father.
Meanwhile Johnny had met Spinelli and was reading the folder. Looking at the research, he felt sick as he realized he had been conned and screwed over in more ways than one. With shaking hands he thanked Spinelli then took the folder. "We should have let them keep it."
"But Mr. Zachara sir?" asked Spinelli.
"It's fake, I was setting it up to take down my assistant the feckless Maxie Jones." he said coldly. "Too bad I wasn't aware that they would go so far as set the other sister up to seduce me."
Calling Morgan, Johnny asked him to meet him at the Metrocourt for lunch the next day and in spite of his aching and now bitter heart, he went home and trashed his office. Seeing his father at the doorway, he said. "Things have been taken care off."
Anthony didn't say a word, taking the file on Georgie Jones back to his office. Something about this wasn't right, but he would give his son time to grieve before interfering. Because the one thing he was sure of Georgie Jones would not help the Spencers even for revenge against the people she thought killed her father.
The next day, both were numb as they woke up. Johnny was on the phone with London, pissed to find out that their stock was still bleeding from the false quarterlies that had been released. Spending the day in the office, dealing with a temp on top of his problems, he wasn't in the mood when she reminded him he was to have lunch with Morgan at the Metrocourt.
Stopping in his father's empty office, Johnny grabbed a bottle of his rare Burgundy well aware that since Morgan was a part owner in the hotel they could drink it.
Georgie was in a wretched mood as Maxie came in whistling. "Stop being so cheerful."
Looking at her grumpy sister, Maxie said with a smirk. "Stop being such a bitch. Look, I have good news. I got revenge for dad. By this time next month, Zachara Enterprises is done for. Now if you will excuse me, I will dump these in the laundry room. If you want to wear them you can wash them."
Seeing her clothes, Georgie just ignored her sister certain she had done something that was going to blow up in their faces. "What did you do?"
"Nothing. I let others do it for me." she said smugly before returning from her leave of absence glad to be back wearing designer fashions.
Georgie left the house, then went to see Diane Miller her new boss as of next week planning on visiting Epiphany afterwords. Arriving, she saw the attorney wave her into the room. "Georgie, the position I offered you last week, is no longer available."
Stunned, she saw the woman wouldn't meet her eyes. "Miss Miller, what is going on?"
"My dear... rumor is you were part of a scheme to take down Zachara Enterprises but that the son figured it out. Set up a false trail that you then gave to your business partners."
Stunned, she protested but Diane said regretfully. "While I believe you, Mr Morgan made it clear he wouldn't be able to trust you working for me."
"Diane, I didn't do it. He is the one who set me up. Lied to me, made me think he was someone he wasn't." she stated only to realize she was wasting her breath. "Excuse me."
When she was at the door, Diane called out. "Georgie, whoever set you up, they did a good job. If you are arrested, please don't try to represent yourself, let me know. I will arrange an attorney."
Shocked at those words, Georgie felt her eyes watering as she got that Johnny had done this to her. He had played with her emotions, still after revenge for his mother dying in her father's bed.
She was leaving the hotel when she saw the rat entering, talking to Jason Morgan. Slipping up the employee stairs, she watched them, her heart burning as they smiled and joked.
Johnny tried, he really did, but he just felt sick as he did what his PR department had suggested and acted like nothing was going on. He could tell that Morgan could see it as well and that the other man wasn't feeling too much better after his adopted sister had had such a terrible wedding the day before.
"How much longer, do you think?" he asked then stopped talking as the waiter brought over his linguine with clam sauce and Morgan's Spaghetti marinara. Taking a large drink of the wine, Johnny felt like the whole world was staring and judging him a fool even as he tried to figure out how to eat the pasta in front of him.
"Spencer, getting off the elevator." warned Jason then said. "Wait, he went to the terrace."
Following him, Johnny saw the man talking to Georgie and just walked away. Returning he poured himself another glass of the wine then said in a bitter tone. "He is meeting with her right out there, I can't believe I thought I had feelings for this woman."
Georgie rolled her eyes as Lucky went on and one. "Spencer, go away. I can't stand you, I can't stand your entire family that feels so entitled just because your father was once Mayor. And let's face it, your family would still be living in that walk up on ninth if your dad's former Madam of an aunt hadn't died and left you all that filthy money."
"When they come for you, just know... I offered you a chance to get out of this." he sneered.
Shaking her head as she got what was going on. Maxie had done some with Lucky to hurt Zachara Enterprises at just the right time for her to get blamed. Pissed off, she looked at the loser and said "I wouldn't take up with you if you were the last man on earth."
"I would watch how you talk to me, Maxie was telling me about that prime real estate in Texas, how long if you face legal bills do you think you can hold onto it. You might want to think about that, after all your sister likes nice and expensive things."
Walking back in, Georgie saw Johnny and Jason talking to some dark haired woman who had her back turned and felt a sting when she saw the man she had thought she was in love with flirting. When the older woman had left, Georgie walked over and said "Jason, I need a minute with John."
Seeing her, Jason saw the broken expression, it was one he had seen in his mother's eyes years before and walked away wondering why the mastermind was acting like the victim. "What do you want?" said Johnny coldly. "Too bad for you all you got were old files."
"I won't proclaim my innocence. I won't dignify this." she said as she looked at him the went to walk away.
"I do have to say." he called out. "That going so far as to give up your virginity like that. That goes way beyond the call of duty."
Freezing, stunned and aching deeply she turned and got control of her breaking. "Here I would have thought a man of your skill would realize when he is being played. I haven't been a virgin since I was sixteen. I just added that so I could stay out of your bed as long as possible." she said wanting to hurt him the only way she had left.
Grabbing her wrist, Johnny stopped her from leaving and said in a frosty tone. "I have had better. Take some lessons, come back in a few months, maybe we can hit the sheets again. I will just make sure that I don't have any business papers around. I am sure by then you will need the couple hundred dollars"
Picking up his plate, she smashed the pasta in his face then threw the last of the wine at him. "Go to hell."
"Been there baby, like the night I found out my mother died in your father's bed." he said staring at her.
Looking at him, she gave him a smirk and said. "Well she was probably there because you dad is as bad in bed as you are."
Letting her gone, stunned at what she had said, Johnny watched as she left by the stairs while Jason walked back over. "Zachara, are you absolutely sure she was the one working with Spencer. There is something wrong here."
"Yes, I am your man Spinelli was the one who found the files. Don't let her innocent face fool you." he said before heading to the bathroom.
A month later, Georgie was feeling sick as she opened the paperwork Diane Miller handed her. "Thank you for this."
Thinking on the visit from the head nurse at the hospital, Diane said. "I didn't do much, just pointed out to Anthony that there would be bad publicity over this."
"It's funny, I didn't do anything yet I am standing here holding paperwork that if I sign says I admit to doing so but agree to stay away to avoid charges. Like I want to be anyplace near them." she said before wiping the tears and signing.
Handing the pen back to Diane, she saw the look in Epiphany's eyes and snapped. "Don't you start. We both know she couldn't deal with this."
As the attorney folded the papers, Georgie went and tossed her cookies yet again. She was sure she had grown an ulcer from dealing with all of this for the past month. Maxie seemed to have no idea the damage she had done by setting out to destroy that company.
Two weeks later, Georgie saw in the papers that Anthony was now head of his company again and that Johnny had gone back to his playboy ways and was even then on his way to sailing to South America.
Sitting on the back deck studying for the bar, Georgie heard Maxie rushing in. "Did you hear about ELQ, they are in deep shit. Turns out their condoms were defective. They have a huge lawsuit facing them."
"Georgie! Did you hear what I said?" asked Maxie as she took away her books. "Get this, Tracy Quartermaine had to step down as president of the pharmaceutical division. She has known they were defective since April and never warned anyone. The best part is your ex, well he was caught with his pants down. Lulu is preggers and he used the family brand."
Ignoring the crowing blond, Georgie just took her books away and went inside. "Go away, Maxie. I am thinking on heading down to Texas for a while." She wanted to get there before the property no longer belonged to them. As of September 1st it would belong to the Zacharas in exchange for not facing jail time. She had been hurt that Johnny would use her love for that property against her but then she hadn't really known the man, only who he had wanted her to see.
Georgie was packing to leave when she stopped over at GH to see her doctor and arrange for iron pills to deal with her anemia only to be told she had to talk to Kelly Lee. "Georgie, have you had unprotected sex recently?"
Georgie's mind went back to the ONLY sex she had ever had and said. "No, we used condoms."
"Is there a chance they were Enduros?" she asked delicately. Georgie paled then said. "Oh please, don't tell me..."
"I am running tests even as we speak but I think it is a good possibility." she said gently then saw the anger on Georgie's face as she left the office. Not ready to deal, Georgie drove over to ELQ and pushed her way into Dillon's empty office.
Growling as she left, she saw Edward walking her way. "You had better hope I am not pregnant."
"Dillon and you got together?" he asked pleased. Lulu Spencer had too much of her father in her and he would rather have an heir from the Scorpio girls, they could be gotten rid of easier.
Walking up close, Georgie saw the greed and planning in the old man's eyes and snapped. "Not in this lifetime. However if it is true, you are going to pay, do you hear me?"
The old man glared and said. "Why should I be worried about a little snip like you?"
Matching him glare for glare, Georgie said with a cold grin. "2493-146. I am sure you remember the case, the file and I would have no problems going to the press about how Edward Quartermaine hired men to burn down his own grandson's house. How AJ killed Gina Williams by driving drunk and crashing into that oak tree. Anything else, and so that you know, the files aren't anyplace you can find them. And if something were to happen to me, they got straight Jason Morgan."
"What do you want?" he asked nervously as he got that he was being blackmailed and that she had proof of things he never wanted that bastard Morgan to have.
"World peace." she snarked then said. "Nothing, but if I am pregnant, you are paying my medical bills since I don't currently have insurance. Oh, and Edward..."
When the old man flinched at his first name, Georgie said. "Lulu, likes a certain dockworker, Logan Hayes. If she is really pregnant like the rumors, its more than likely his."
Arriving at her car, Georgie answered her cell phone and froze as she got what Kelly was telling her. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, you are pregnant Miss Jones." Georgie hung up, before pulling out of the front of ELQ and straight into the path of the Brinks truck. By the time the driver arrived, her air bag had deployed and there was bleeding from the head wound.
"Miss, what is your name?"
"Georgie, tell Johnny... tell Johnny I am sorry about the baby." she said before slipping into unconsciousness to escape the pain.
At the Metrocourt, Maxie was listening in horror to what Epiphany was telling her. "Are they sure?"
"Yes, now there is more I need to tell you so turn that phone off." snapped her old nanny. By the time Epiphany got through telling her about Georgie as what her sister had given up to protect her, Maxie was white as a sheet. "Oh my god, what have I done?"
Epiphany heard her phone ringing and with a grimace answered and swayed as she stood. "Thank you Stan. We will be right there."
Looking at Epiphany, Maxie wiped her tears and said. "What is it?"
"Georgie was in a car accident, we have to get to the hospital."
Rushing in, they heard Drake and Julian discussing things with Dr. Lee. Walking over, Epiphany asked why she was being consulted only to be rocked by the news. "Do what you have to to save that little girl, you hear me?"
Maxie slipped away in shock, sitting in the chapel, she prayed, then fell on her knees and begged.
"Dear god, I know you have no reason to listen to me, but please, save my sister. She has done so much for me and now... I may have ruined her life."
Whispering, she continued. "Tell my dad, I am sorry, I thought it was the Zacharas, I had no idea. Tell him I won't let Lucky get away with blaming Georgie to cover up my mess. I am so sorry. I swear I will make him pay."
Epiphany entered and asked sadly "You didn't learn a thing did you, you are still out for revenge. Don't you get that without your revenge, there is a good chance your sister wouldn't be lying in that bed?"
Turning, Maxie said. "I am not after revenge. I am going to fix my mistakes."
Leaving she was going to see the head of Zachara Enterprises when Patrick Drake exited her sister's room. Maxie never saw the computer geek hanging around as the man delivered the news. "Your sister is going to be fine, physically, but she has amnesia."
"What?" asked Maxie.
"Your sister doesn't remember anything past your father's death." he informed her.
Spinelli quickly called Anthony Zachara and gave him the news, then went to find his boss. While waiting he had located the very lovely Elizabeth and had some great news for his boss.
Maxie entered the room to see Georgie sitting up and had an inspired idea. "Georgie, let's go to Texas while you get better, okay?"
Agreeing, Georgie asked. "Why are you so upset and why was the new baby doc treating me?"
Johnny tossed his ringing phone overboard. He didn't want to deal with his father's orders to return home... he couldn't deal with the memories that were sticking to him like glue. All he wanted was to track down Jerry Jacks and find out who hired him to kill Mac Scorpio so that he could prove to her... so that he could clear his own name.
TBC