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A Partnership Develops
Coleman pensively sat at his desk in the back room of Jake's. Suddenly he shook his head as if to dispel his thoughts then he slowly opened the top desk drawer and dropped the letter he had been reading inside. The letter was very short in fact it only had one line that stated, "I will be in Port Charles in two weeks - Jimmy". That name brought back so many memories, some good and some bad. Coleman thought enough of this and stood up to walk back into the main room of Jake's.
Coleman nervously ran his hands through his hair as he walked into the bar. Turning his head towards the juke box, he noticed Sky sitting at one of the tables. Her back was to him, but he knew that it was her by her brilliant red hair and her posture. A smile quickly replaced the pensive look on his face. He approached her table determined to find out what she wanted.
Sky did not know why she was sitting at Jake's yet again. Well that was not exactly true she wanted to enlist Coleman's expertise in digging up dirt and blackmail to help make her plan a success. The real question was why she desired Coleman as her partner, and that question she preferred not to answer. Sky heard someone approaching her table. She looked up and there he was, Coleman, as if her thoughts had conjured him. He smiled down at her which caused her heart to skip a beat. Why did he have that effect on her, Sky contemplated it was just inexplicable. In fact, he looked more unkempt than usual which was hard to do in Coleman's case.
Coleman was amazed at how truly beautiful Sky was. She was wearing an aquamarine top that suited her coloring perfectly. His smile grew broader as he inquired, "What brings you by my humble establishment today princess?" Sky responded, "I was just in the neighborhood." Coleman laughed, "Ya right. This neighborhood is just up your ally." "Oh alright, I came to enlist your help with a little plan I have been thinking about." Sky answered. Coleman smirked, "It wouldn't involve any gun play would it? If so then count me out." Sky sarcastically stated, "No. The plan requires your area of expertise - blackmail." "Oh if that is all, then count me in who's the target and what is my take" Coleman asked. Sky smiled a sly smile and said, "Edward and potentially big." "Great, tell me your plan" Coleman stated as he sat down at the table.
Coleman said, "Sounds like a workable plan Sky, in fact brilliant. I will see what I can find out. Let's shake on it partner." "Here's to us, partner" Sky answered as she shook Coleman's hand. The brief touch sent tingles up her arm and down her spine causing her to briefly look at the pool table. Noticing the direction of her gaze Coleman gave her a very seductive smile. Flustered Sky ended the handshake and immediately stood up. "Well Goodbye until tomorrow then" Sky softly murmured. Coleman appreciatively watched Sky leave the bar then picked up the phone to call in a couple of favors.
The Next Day..
The Brownstone
Bobbi sat on her bed worrying about Luke. Lately, he seemed to be drowning in his sorrow over Laura. In fact, she wondered if he would ever recover from the loss. Bobbi decided that she needed to see him. As she came down the stairs, she noticed Lucas sitting on the couch.
"Lucas, honey I may be gone a couple of hours. I am going to Luke's to check on your uncle. There is left over spaghetti in the fridge if you get hungry." Hurriedly, Bobbi went to the closet for her coat.
"Okay mom. Good Luck" Lucas responded as Bobbi put on her coat and left.
Luke's
Luke sat at his desk drinking scotch. He was furious. He could not believe Nikolas; that ungrateful brat. Luke knew he would figure out a way to get power of attorney away from him. Actually he scheduled a meeting with Nikolas and Nikolas' attorney for tomorrow night maybe an opportunity would present itself. Nikolas did not understand what he and Laura meant to each other. He needed this for his own sanity otherwise he would literally go crazy because all connections to Laura would be lost.
Thankfully the phone rang before he spiraled into the abyss that was calling out to him. "Hello!" he gruffly answered. "What did you say? He was what!!! When? Okay - yes fine. Thanks for letting me know." Great just what he wanted to hear, as if life was not complicated enough. He had to tell Barbara Jean as soon as possible.
The upside of this situation, if there was one it would help take his mind off of Laura. He grabbed his jacket and headed toward the exit. Before he reached the door it opened and Bobbi walked into the office.
"Luke, where are you going?" she asked
"To see you" he replied with a worried look.
Noticing Luke's expression Bobbi inquired, "What's wrong Luke?" Giving into her fear that something might have happened to Laura.
"You will never believe the phone call I just received. Barbara Jean you better sit down."
"Luke, what is it? Tell me what is wrong" Bobbi replied with a hint of panic in her voice.
The Quartermaine's
"Reginald!" yelled Edward "What is the matter with cook? This breakfast layout is paltry at best - No eggs! No sausage! No bacon!"
Reginald retorted, "Alan told cook to cut back on foods high in cholesterol for the sake of your heart." He added under his breath "Why he bothered I will never know" as he left the room.
Edward grimaced when he bit into the unbuttered whole grain toast. It was a sad day when he lost control of the Quartermaine household he thought to himself.
Walking into the room, Alan noticed his annoyed father sitting on the sofa. Great Alan pondered he is not going to be very receptive to the dinner engagement that I am planning.
"Good morning father."
Standing up Edward ferociously replied, "What is good about it Alan?"
"Father please, I would like to have at least one civil morning to enjoy my breakfast."
"Fine Alan but enjoying breakfast is not going to be easy with this offering" Edward responded with a sweeping gesture of his arm over the buffet table.
After several minutes, Alan decided this was as good a time as any to let his father know about the dinner party on Friday night. Both Sky and AJ stated they would attend. Once Alan told Edward, Edward gave the expected retort of "What! You invited your demon spawn and colossal mess-up to this house. Thanks for making my morning worse" and with that Edward stormed out of the room.
The Lakehouse
Sky was exhausted. After she had returned from Jake's last night, her father had called to invite her to dinner on Friday night. She told Alan that she would attend. As a result, she had one more thing to occupy her mind as if Coleman and Jax were not enough. Consequently, she tossed and turned all night.
Sky told herself to get moving because she planned to meet with Coleman in about an hour, and she still needed to take shower and get dressed.
Forty minutes later Sky was ready. She picked up her purse and walked outside just as AJ stepped out of his car. Wonderful I am going to be late Sky thought.
"AJ, I can't talk right now. I have a meeting in which I am already running late. I really have to go." "Sky wait I have to talk to you about the dinner Friday." AJ rebutted as he gently grabbed her arm.
"I am sorry AJ, really I am, but I do not have the time to discuss the dinner right now. Can you meet me at the grill for lunch - say one o'clock?"
"Okay but you better not be late."
"Thanks. See you at one."
Sky unlocked her car and got in on the driver's side. She opened her purse to retrieve the directions to Coleman's. She really did not know if it was a good idea to meet at his place, but last night she had said that she wanted to meet someplace private; private enough that there was no chance any of her family members would interrupt. Coleman suggested his place which sounded perfect at the time. Now she had reservations because it could end up too private. Oh well too late now she reminded herself, with that thought, she started her car.
Coleman's
Coleman sat on the black leather sofa watching ESPN while he waited for Sky. She shocked him last night when she said yes to meeting at his place. She never wanted to come over even though he had suggested it to her several times. He guessed there was a first time for everything. He had been up until the wee hours of morning contemplating her plan against Edward and the letter he had received from Jimmy. He developed some interesting ideas regarding Edward, but he was still at a loss on what to do about Jimmy. A knock at the door startled him out of his rumination.
"Good morning gorgeous. Me casa es su casa" he smugly smiled as Sky entered into his home.
The appearance of his living room surprised Sky. The room did not resemble the flea market ensemble she expected. In fact, the décor was not horrible even tasteful if one liked overly masculine ambiances. A black leather sofa and recliner, glass wrought iron coffee and end tables, and a very large entertainment center comprised the furniture in the main area of the room. What appeared to be a hockey jersey and very old hockey sticks in glass case hung over the fireplace mantel. The room had three large windows, a picture window to the left of the front door and two long narrow windows on the side wall. A very nice gun display cabinet was positioned in between the two narrow windows. Overall the aesthetics of the room were pleasing.
With an expression of surprise, Sky turned to face Coleman.
"Not what you expected sweetheart" Coleman said with laughter in his voice.
"Not even close" Sky snidely answered which caused Coleman to grin at her. Sky really wished he would not smile at her like that because every time he did she lost her train of thought.
Annoyed with herself Sky rudely stated, "Listen Coleman, I am meeting AJ at one o'clock so I do not have a lot of time. Shall we get down to business?"
In a mockingly business like tone, Coleman answered, "Sure honey. I called in a few favors last night. A friend of mine will tail the old geezer until we can find something to latch onto. Meanwhile, let me run some ideas by you regarding Edward. A few of my ideas are pretty straight forward and simple while others are a little more complicated."
"Shoot" Sky responded as she sat on the sofa with Coleman quickly joining her.
"Several of your ideas sound fantastic especially your last idea. Do you think you could actually implement it?" Sky enthusiastically questioned Coleman after discussing multiple options with him over the last half hour.
"No problem but it may take a little money to get the ball rolling" Coleman responded.
Sky gave him a conspiratorial smile and said "Just let me know how much and when you need it."
God when she got that naughty look in her eye and smiled at him like that all Coleman could think about was kissing those incredible lips. Moreover, Coleman's reflection on said lips brought to his mind all the incredible things she could do with them which caused an immediate physical reaction from him.
Sky immediately recognized the desire in Coleman's eyes resulting in a similar reaction in her. The attraction she felt for Coleman was completely incomprehensible to Sky. All she knew was she had to have him at that moment and before she realized what she was doing she had moved closer to him. She grabbed the nape of his neck to pull him in for a kiss. It never felt like she could get close enough to him even when she wrapped her body around him. She just wanted to consume and be consumed by him in that moment.
Sky tasted wonderful. Coleman felt like he had died and gone to heaven. He gently laid Sky back onto the sofa and from there passion overtook them.
Sometime later, Sky propped her chin up on her right hand while her left hand idly played with the hair on Coleman's chest. Coleman causally ran his right hand up and down Sky's back. They were stilled lying on the sofa with Sky on top of Coleman. Sky glanced up and noticed a picture on Coleman's end table. The picture included a man and woman standing in front of a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. The man had long dark hair pulled back in a ponytail and a very full mustache much like the biker guy from the village people. He was dressed in dirty jeans and a black leather vest. The woman was a stunningly beautiful blond. Her hair appeared to be curly. She was dressed in cutoffs and a halter top. Sky was intrigued. "Coleman, who are those people in the picture on your end table?" Sky asked
"What picture?"
"This picture" Sky answered as she reached over Coleman's head for it.
"They are nobody. I liked the Harley hence the display of the picture." Coleman responded in a very secretive way.
"I do not believe you. First of all half the bike is covered by the people standing in front of it, and second you seem very defensive about it."
"Just drop it okay."
Before Sky could ask why, her cell phone rang. "You better get that Sky." Sky sat up and reached for her purse. "Hello" she said into the phone.
"Sky, where in the hell are you. I have been sitting at the Grille for the last half hour. I told you that I needed to talk to you about Friday and asked you not to be late." AJ shouted from the other end.
"Calm down AJ, my meeting took longer than I expected. I am sorry that I did not call you. Stay put I should be there in about 20 minutes." Sky hung up the phone and then added "Coleman, I have to go meet AJ, but believe me I will find out about that picture and why you are so defensive about it."
Once Sky had dressed and had left to go meet AJ, Coleman sat down on the recliner with the picture. He stared at the picture for what seemed like an eternity. Finally he asked the picture, "Tell me what am I going to do now Jimmy" of course he expected now response.
A Partnership Develops
Coleman pensively sat at his desk in the back room of Jake's. Suddenly he shook his head as if to dispel his thoughts then he slowly opened the top desk drawer and dropped the letter he had been reading inside. The letter was very short in fact it only had one line that stated, "I will be in Port Charles in two weeks - Jimmy". That name brought back so many memories, some good and some bad. Coleman thought enough of this and stood up to walk back into the main room of Jake's.
Coleman nervously ran his hands through his hair as he walked into the bar. Turning his head towards the juke box, he noticed Sky sitting at one of the tables. Her back was to him, but he knew that it was her by her brilliant red hair and her posture. A smile quickly replaced the pensive look on his face. He approached her table determined to find out what she wanted.
Sky did not know why she was sitting at Jake's yet again. Well that was not exactly true she wanted to enlist Coleman's expertise in digging up dirt and blackmail to help make her plan a success. The real question was why she desired Coleman as her partner, and that question she preferred not to answer. Sky heard someone approaching her table. She looked up and there he was, Coleman, as if her thoughts had conjured him. He smiled down at her which caused her heart to skip a beat. Why did he have that effect on her, Sky contemplated it was just inexplicable. In fact, he looked more unkempt than usual which was hard to do in Coleman's case.
Coleman was amazed at how truly beautiful Sky was. She was wearing an aquamarine top that suited her coloring perfectly. His smile grew broader as he inquired, "What brings you by my humble establishment today princess?" Sky responded, "I was just in the neighborhood." Coleman laughed, "Ya right. This neighborhood is just up your ally." "Oh alright, I came to enlist your help with a little plan I have been thinking about." Sky answered. Coleman smirked, "It wouldn't involve any gun play would it? If so then count me out." Sky sarcastically stated, "No. The plan requires your area of expertise - blackmail." "Oh if that is all, then count me in who's the target and what is my take" Coleman asked. Sky smiled a sly smile and said, "Edward and potentially big." "Great, tell me your plan" Coleman stated as he sat down at the table.
Coleman said, "Sounds like a workable plan Sky, in fact brilliant. I will see what I can find out. Let's shake on it partner." "Here's to us, partner" Sky answered as she shook Coleman's hand. The brief touch sent tingles up her arm and down her spine causing her to briefly look at the pool table. Noticing the direction of her gaze Coleman gave her a very seductive smile. Flustered Sky ended the handshake and immediately stood up. "Well Goodbye until tomorrow then" Sky softly murmured. Coleman appreciatively watched Sky leave the bar then picked up the phone to call in a couple of favors.
The Next Day..
The Brownstone
Bobbi sat on her bed worrying about Luke. Lately, he seemed to be drowning in his sorrow over Laura. In fact, she wondered if he would ever recover from the loss. Bobbi decided that she needed to see him. As she came down the stairs, she noticed Lucas sitting on the couch.
"Lucas, honey I may be gone a couple of hours. I am going to Luke's to check on your uncle. There is left over spaghetti in the fridge if you get hungry." Hurriedly, Bobbi went to the closet for her coat.
"Okay mom. Good Luck" Lucas responded as Bobbi put on her coat and left.
Luke's
Luke sat at his desk drinking scotch. He was furious. He could not believe Nikolas; that ungrateful brat. Luke knew he would figure out a way to get power of attorney away from him. Actually he scheduled a meeting with Nikolas and Nikolas' attorney for tomorrow night maybe an opportunity would present itself. Nikolas did not understand what he and Laura meant to each other. He needed this for his own sanity otherwise he would literally go crazy because all connections to Laura would be lost.
Thankfully the phone rang before he spiraled into the abyss that was calling out to him. "Hello!" he gruffly answered. "What did you say? He was what!!! When? Okay - yes fine. Thanks for letting me know." Great just what he wanted to hear, as if life was not complicated enough. He had to tell Barbara Jean as soon as possible.
The upside of this situation, if there was one it would help take his mind off of Laura. He grabbed his jacket and headed toward the exit. Before he reached the door it opened and Bobbi walked into the office.
"Luke, where are you going?" she asked
"To see you" he replied with a worried look.
Noticing Luke's expression Bobbi inquired, "What's wrong Luke?" Giving into her fear that something might have happened to Laura.
"You will never believe the phone call I just received. Barbara Jean you better sit down."
"Luke, what is it? Tell me what is wrong" Bobbi replied with a hint of panic in her voice.
The Quartermaine's
"Reginald!" yelled Edward "What is the matter with cook? This breakfast layout is paltry at best - No eggs! No sausage! No bacon!"
Reginald retorted, "Alan told cook to cut back on foods high in cholesterol for the sake of your heart." He added under his breath "Why he bothered I will never know" as he left the room.
Edward grimaced when he bit into the unbuttered whole grain toast. It was a sad day when he lost control of the Quartermaine household he thought to himself.
Walking into the room, Alan noticed his annoyed father sitting on the sofa. Great Alan pondered he is not going to be very receptive to the dinner engagement that I am planning.
"Good morning father."
Standing up Edward ferociously replied, "What is good about it Alan?"
"Father please, I would like to have at least one civil morning to enjoy my breakfast."
"Fine Alan but enjoying breakfast is not going to be easy with this offering" Edward responded with a sweeping gesture of his arm over the buffet table.
After several minutes, Alan decided this was as good a time as any to let his father know about the dinner party on Friday night. Both Sky and AJ stated they would attend. Once Alan told Edward, Edward gave the expected retort of "What! You invited your demon spawn and colossal mess-up to this house. Thanks for making my morning worse" and with that Edward stormed out of the room.
The Lakehouse
Sky was exhausted. After she had returned from Jake's last night, her father had called to invite her to dinner on Friday night. She told Alan that she would attend. As a result, she had one more thing to occupy her mind as if Coleman and Jax were not enough. Consequently, she tossed and turned all night.
Sky told herself to get moving because she planned to meet with Coleman in about an hour, and she still needed to take shower and get dressed.
Forty minutes later Sky was ready. She picked up her purse and walked outside just as AJ stepped out of his car. Wonderful I am going to be late Sky thought.
"AJ, I can't talk right now. I have a meeting in which I am already running late. I really have to go." "Sky wait I have to talk to you about the dinner Friday." AJ rebutted as he gently grabbed her arm.
"I am sorry AJ, really I am, but I do not have the time to discuss the dinner right now. Can you meet me at the grill for lunch - say one o'clock?"
"Okay but you better not be late."
"Thanks. See you at one."
Sky unlocked her car and got in on the driver's side. She opened her purse to retrieve the directions to Coleman's. She really did not know if it was a good idea to meet at his place, but last night she had said that she wanted to meet someplace private; private enough that there was no chance any of her family members would interrupt. Coleman suggested his place which sounded perfect at the time. Now she had reservations because it could end up too private. Oh well too late now she reminded herself, with that thought, she started her car.
Coleman's
Coleman sat on the black leather sofa watching ESPN while he waited for Sky. She shocked him last night when she said yes to meeting at his place. She never wanted to come over even though he had suggested it to her several times. He guessed there was a first time for everything. He had been up until the wee hours of morning contemplating her plan against Edward and the letter he had received from Jimmy. He developed some interesting ideas regarding Edward, but he was still at a loss on what to do about Jimmy. A knock at the door startled him out of his rumination.
"Good morning gorgeous. Me casa es su casa" he smugly smiled as Sky entered into his home.
The appearance of his living room surprised Sky. The room did not resemble the flea market ensemble she expected. In fact, the décor was not horrible even tasteful if one liked overly masculine ambiances. A black leather sofa and recliner, glass wrought iron coffee and end tables, and a very large entertainment center comprised the furniture in the main area of the room. What appeared to be a hockey jersey and very old hockey sticks in glass case hung over the fireplace mantel. The room had three large windows, a picture window to the left of the front door and two long narrow windows on the side wall. A very nice gun display cabinet was positioned in between the two narrow windows. Overall the aesthetics of the room were pleasing.
With an expression of surprise, Sky turned to face Coleman.
"Not what you expected sweetheart" Coleman said with laughter in his voice.
"Not even close" Sky snidely answered which caused Coleman to grin at her. Sky really wished he would not smile at her like that because every time he did she lost her train of thought.
Annoyed with herself Sky rudely stated, "Listen Coleman, I am meeting AJ at one o'clock so I do not have a lot of time. Shall we get down to business?"
In a mockingly business like tone, Coleman answered, "Sure honey. I called in a few favors last night. A friend of mine will tail the old geezer until we can find something to latch onto. Meanwhile, let me run some ideas by you regarding Edward. A few of my ideas are pretty straight forward and simple while others are a little more complicated."
"Shoot" Sky responded as she sat on the sofa with Coleman quickly joining her.
"Several of your ideas sound fantastic especially your last idea. Do you think you could actually implement it?" Sky enthusiastically questioned Coleman after discussing multiple options with him over the last half hour.
"No problem but it may take a little money to get the ball rolling" Coleman responded.
Sky gave him a conspiratorial smile and said "Just let me know how much and when you need it."
God when she got that naughty look in her eye and smiled at him like that all Coleman could think about was kissing those incredible lips. Moreover, Coleman's reflection on said lips brought to his mind all the incredible things she could do with them which caused an immediate physical reaction from him.
Sky immediately recognized the desire in Coleman's eyes resulting in a similar reaction in her. The attraction she felt for Coleman was completely incomprehensible to Sky. All she knew was she had to have him at that moment and before she realized what she was doing she had moved closer to him. She grabbed the nape of his neck to pull him in for a kiss. It never felt like she could get close enough to him even when she wrapped her body around him. She just wanted to consume and be consumed by him in that moment.
Sky tasted wonderful. Coleman felt like he had died and gone to heaven. He gently laid Sky back onto the sofa and from there passion overtook them.
Sometime later, Sky propped her chin up on her right hand while her left hand idly played with the hair on Coleman's chest. Coleman causally ran his right hand up and down Sky's back. They were stilled lying on the sofa with Sky on top of Coleman. Sky glanced up and noticed a picture on Coleman's end table. The picture included a man and woman standing in front of a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. The man had long dark hair pulled back in a ponytail and a very full mustache much like the biker guy from the village people. He was dressed in dirty jeans and a black leather vest. The woman was a stunningly beautiful blond. Her hair appeared to be curly. She was dressed in cutoffs and a halter top. Sky was intrigued. "Coleman, who are those people in the picture on your end table?" Sky asked
"What picture?"
"This picture" Sky answered as she reached over Coleman's head for it.
"They are nobody. I liked the Harley hence the display of the picture." Coleman responded in a very secretive way.
"I do not believe you. First of all half the bike is covered by the people standing in front of it, and second you seem very defensive about it."
"Just drop it okay."
Before Sky could ask why, her cell phone rang. "You better get that Sky." Sky sat up and reached for her purse. "Hello" she said into the phone.
"Sky, where in the hell are you. I have been sitting at the Grille for the last half hour. I told you that I needed to talk to you about Friday and asked you not to be late." AJ shouted from the other end.
"Calm down AJ, my meeting took longer than I expected. I am sorry that I did not call you. Stay put I should be there in about 20 minutes." Sky hung up the phone and then added "Coleman, I have to go meet AJ, but believe me I will find out about that picture and why you are so defensive about it."
Once Sky had dressed and had left to go meet AJ, Coleman sat down on the recliner with the picture. He stared at the picture for what seemed like an eternity. Finally he asked the picture, "Tell me what am I going to do now Jimmy" of course he expected now response.