Disclaimer: First NBC and CBS own the characters, However what I do with them will be my own. They do not have anything to do with any real, live, actual people. I am also not a professional writer. I am open to comments and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Because I never liked the writing for Bo and Carly (2.0), I will try to fix what those inept morons from the DOOL writer's room screwed up. I am a bit rusty, so sorry about that. This a mixed story, using Bo and Carly, Olivia Spencer and a few other characters from Guiding Light, and the cast of Law and Order: SVU (but mostly Olivia Benson). I have never written the GL or SVU characters so I hope I do them justice. Enjoy.

Prelude

September 22, 2011

Carly turned and took one last look at the few people who had come to say goodbye. Melanie and Jennifer were crying and waving while Daniel stood stoically next to them, his arm around the two women.

"Mom?"

Carly looked at the young man standing next to her and smiled even though her heart broke just a little more, thinking of the one person she wished was there.

"Are you ready to go?" Nicholas asked in his quiet baritone. He was worried she would change her mind.

"Yes, honey. I'm ready." Carly answered.

They both turned again and waved one last time at their farewell party before walking away arm in arm to board the Alamain jet, headed to Europe.

Bo stood behind the large board announcing the arrivals and departures of the various airlines and watched quietly as Carly walked out of his life once again, knowing this time she would never come back.

"Goodbye Princess." He whispered sadly, wiping away the stray tear that had fallen.

He saw the small group that had come to say goodbye to Carly heading his way and quickly shrank back into the shadows. The last thing he needed on the heels of Carly leaving was his family or Hope knowing he had been here. They would be all over him wanting to know why he felt the need to see Carly off. He was surprised they hadn't been here themselves, just to make sure she actually got on the plane and left town.

Shaking his head and burying his true feelings, Bo left the airport and headed back to his wife.

*OK so further thoughts, I'm changing how the writer's did things. I honestly don't know what happened after Carly left Salem (I don't know much about the last few months of her in Salem as I couldn't watch that drivel anymore, even for CC and PR) so I am making it up. *