Family Ties

Author's note: In this fic, Danny was never revealed as Jason's biological son. (Not yet anyway.) But he also never died nor came back with a new face. Oh, and I aged Cameron to a teenager finally because I can! Haha This is basically an AU futuristic family fic with some angst tossed in for good measure. It should be 9-10 chapters at most and I promise not to keep you hanging forever in limbo waiting for more.

I miss Lusam so much!

P.S. Updates to my other stories are coming very soon. Don't give up on me yet.

Chapter One

June 1, 2016

"Are we there yet?" Aiden Spencer asked as he shifted on the seat. He was excited. Excited as if the coming party were in his honor. Sam found it endearing. Meanwhile, four-year-old Danny - the strong and silent type if there ever was one - sat sandwiched in between his big brothers saying nothing. But Sam had seen the look of excitement flash across his bright blue eyes this morning when she had told him they were having a special party for him up at The Lakehouse. She knew he was looking forward to it just as much as everyone else was. He was just like his uncle though in that he wasn't overly demonstrative or talkative. It was something she appreciated, something that stabilized her somehow, because she could depend on it. Danny was sweet and shy and Aiden wild and excitable and now-teenage Cameron was alternately sulky and smiley. (Smiley anyway when Sam's sister Molly was around.) This life she had at this moment was peaceful and calm and only occasionally now did her deepest insecurities rear their ugly head.

"Almost there, bud," her husband answered looking at the boys in the rearview mirror. He smiled at them a moment before turning that boyishly-handsome smile on her. He lightly reached for her left hand and brought it to his lips, gently pressing his lips into her palm for a moment, as Cameron and Aiden howled their disgust. She just smiled back at him as he placed her hand back on her growing belly.

"I love you," he whispered to her and she nodded, mouthing the words back to him. She massaged the mound of flesh under her turquoise maternity top and rested her head back on the seat, watching the town zip by her window. All around her were familiar sights and sometimes she found it incredibly hard to believe that she had lived here for so long. Before coming to Port Charles, she had never stayed in one place for longer than a year or two at a time. Usually less when she was running cons …

She marveled how much everything had changed since first coming to the New York hamlet on the heels of one Jasper Jacks. (Jax who was now happily married to chatty Nurse Nadine.) Sam had not ever been in love with Jax but she had appreciated him. He was the first man to really evoke her attentions and he had brought her here where she had ended up finding true love. True, abiding love. She had lost a lot too – a lot of it due to her own fears and reactionary behavior – but she had found happiness somehow. Being Lucky Spencer's wife, getting her second chance with him when she thought all was lost forever, was a beautiful thing.

She smiled as she felt Lucky watch her as they came to a stop at a red light. "Penny for your thoughts," he said.

Sam turned to face him, hand never leaving her stomach where their little girl was growing inside of her. "I am thinking how lucky I am – no pun intended. I had nothing and no one when I first came to Port Charles and now … Look around the car, Lucky, I have it all."

"The idea of having it all used to scare you," Lucky said as the light turned green and he put his foot gently on the gas pedal.

"You know me so well," Sam said. "All I knew was that when you thought you had it all, that's when you had everything to lose but… I have stopped looking over my shoulder every two seconds since you came back into my life. I have started looking forward and that's a gift, Lucky, a gift you gave me."

"You did the same for me, Sam," Lucky said.

"Ugh you guys are so sappy," Cam complained.

"Oh you have no idea, Cameron," Sam said winking at her step-son in the rearview mirror. He shook his head at her but gave her the briefest of smiles. Sam had never helped raise a teenager before and this was a new experience that she found alternately infuriating and satisfying.

Lucky chuckled, his laugh a rich, throaty sound that Sam liked to hear so much.

"Dad, are we there yet?" Aiden piped up again.

"We'll be there in less than two minutes," Lucky said. "No worries, bud. We will get there before the cake is all gone."

"There will be cake?" Danny finally spoke and Sam looked at him in the rearview mirror with a big smile on her face. The gleam in her son's eyes was unmistakable now.

"Yep, cake. Lots of cake," Sam said. "And neither your grandma Alexis nor I made it so it should be edible."

"Edible?" Danny echoed.

"Yeah that means you can eat it without puking everywhere," Cam said with a smirk. He had been a witness to and victim of Sam's cooking experiments.

Danny just nodded but he was smiling happily as Lucky pulled up in front of the Lakehouse. "We're here, we're here!" Aiden crowed happily as he began to anxiously tap on the window as if it would get him out of there any faster.

Lucky brought the Jeep to a stop and they began to pile out. Cameron helped Danny out of his booster seat and Lucky opened the door for Aiden who came hurtling out and ran up the steps, screaming "We're here!" excitedly and loudly.

Cameron walked ahead with Danny and Lucky helped Sam out of the Jeep. Together they walked hand-in-hand to the house. They had just stepped over the threshold though when they were pulled in opposite directions. Aiden was tugging on Lucky's arm, wanting to show him the stack of presents Danny was getting and Molly wanted to confide something in Sam as did Kristina who was looking at Taylor Wallace with a knowing grin.

Sam was soon pulled into the kitchen where Alexis was overseeing the caterers. She got to give her mom the briefest of hugs, and then her sisters propelled her outdoors to the patio and began to jockey for whom got to tell her their news first. Life was certainly never dull in this family.

TBC