See You Again

Summary: After learning of Carly's plans to marry Sonny and of the kidnapping of TJ, Jacks gained custody of his daughter, not wanting Josslyn around that dangerous life. Right before her senior year, she comes back to Port Charles with her father and might even find a bit of romance with a childhood friend.

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Part One

Josslyn Jacks was curled up in her seat of she and her father's private plane. She wasn't asleep, though it might look it. Instead, she found herself focused on looking out the window as the flew closer and closer to Port Charles. She hadn't been there in seven years. Not since her mother married Sonny Corinthos, yet again. Her father hadn't wanted her around that life. The danger of it. Infact, it was a wonder he was even allowing her to come back, now. Her father had always ensured that her brothers, mother, uncles, and grandmother came to visit her in Australia.

She felt rather than saw her father come to sit across from her. She turned her attention to him then, seeing his loving smile that was filled with the slightest bit of reluctance.

"We'll be landing in a few minutes, Josslyn." He told her softly, not really happy about it. For so long, his little girl had been safe. Keeping her away from this hellhole had ensured that. But now she was back here and he could feel a tightness in his chest as he worried.

Josslyn nodded at that and sat up straight, fingers tapping against the arm rest restlessly. She bit her bottom lip, nerves getting to her as she took in a deep breath and counted to ten. There was really no reason to worry. This was where she'd lived the first ten years of her life. She supposed it was her father's nervousness getting to her. Or perhaps the fact that she would be seeing how things had changed since she'd been here. She stopped thinking of it abruptly as the plane stopped.

She and her father stopped at the Metrocourt and got a hotel room to stay in so she could was up a bit before they went to visit her family. She wasn't expecting the knock on the door. Not at all. She let out a sigh and shut off the shower, thankful that she hadn't began to wash her hair yet. Slowly, she grabbed her robe and slid it on before walking out into the living area of the suite, throwing the door open. Her blue eyes widened as she saw her mother standing there, wide smile on her face.

"Josslyn! Baby!" Carly squealed, stepping forward to hug her daughter tightly, not caring that the dripping water from the teen's hair was soaking through her shirt. She pulled back and framed her daughter's face with her hands, looking her over. "You look so gorgeous!" She breathed. Josslyn was easily almost her height barefoot and her face was like that of a doll, in Carly's opinion.

Josslyn laughed at that and smiled at her mom's behavior. "It's good to see you too, mommy." She answered, sounding like a little girl again as she hugged her mom once more.

Her mother grabbed her hand and stepped inside the suite, pulling her daughter towards the couch. "You know, I asked your father it would be okay for your brothers and I to take you out to eat. They are so excited to see you." She said, not letting go of her little girl's hands as they sat next to each other on the sofa. "He said that it was okay so long as I didn't let you near Sonny."

The teen didn't reply to that, shifting awkwardly. She knew her mother probably wasn't pleased by that fact, even if she got why her dad didn't want her around her brothers' father. It made her feel stuck in the middle. Something that she didn't quite enjoy. "Um...I should go finish my shower and then afterward, we can meet Michael and Morgan. I'm really eager to see them." She answered, changing the subject quickly. She stood up without waiting for her mother's reply and hurried back to the bathroom.


She'd just walked into Kelly's with her mother when she was suddenly picked up by a strong, familiar pair of arms. The blonde let out a sharp squeal at that and wrapped her slender arms around her brother, Morgan's neck, burying her head into it as he placed her back on her feet. When she pulled away, she saw her brother there, beaming down at her. Michael beside of him, expression soft.

"What the hell, Josslyn?" Morgan snorted in disbelief. "You're almost as tall as me."

As soon as Morgan let go of their sister, Michael moved in to hug the girl. He buried his head in her hair for a moment, placing a small kiss to the top of it. "It's great to see you, Josslyn." He told her with a smile, catching his mother's tearful expression as she watched the three of them, reunited once more. "We've been waiting for this moment for days."

Josslyn grinned at that and nodded in agreement. "I have too." She answered quietly. She took that moment to look around Kelly's. It hadn't changed much from the last time she'd been here, although new people seemed to be working. She frowned a bit in thought as she saw a familiar mop of curling, dark hair and the flash of dimples as the boy behind the counter smiled at a customer. "Is...that Spencer?" She questioned in disbelief, turning her head to look at her family. She couldn't think of why he'd be working here. It wasn't as if he really needed the money.

Her mother nodded and stared at the boy with a sad expression that Josslyn didn't quite understand. "He's been working here since he was sixteen. He's wanted to prove that he's not like his father after...well, after he found something out. He's been living with Sonny, Avery, and I ever since."

The blonde was confused by that as she continued to gaze at the boy until he glanced up, dark eyes meeting hers. She saw the recognition in his eyes as soon as he saw her and within moments, he'd come over to greet them.

"Josslyn?" Spencer Cassadine asked, small smile on his lips as he noticed his childhood friend.

The two teens were so taken by each other that they hardly heard her family telling them that they were going to get a table.

As soon as Josslyn nodded, she felt Spencer hug her gently as if she was something precious and she couldn't help but marvel at the difference between the boy she knew as a child and the young man before her now.

Next Part: Spencer tells Josslyn about how he came to live with her mother and his uncle.