Second Chances
I'm glad you all liked my first chapter...I have a few ideas for this but no set in stone outline so comments and suggestions are definitely loved. I am also planning to tell Damian and Aubrey's story through a series of flashbacks as seen here. I don't own GH because you know if I did Spinelli would definitely have a better storyline. Lyrics(Landslide by the Dixie Chicks)
Spinelli entered Kelly's Diner a place that he was just recently getting used to frequenting again as it still held the fond memories of his fair Georgie. As he entered the diner Mike smiled at him.
"Long time no see."
Spinelli smiled at him and sat down at the counter.
"The Jackal has had a hard time being here since the death of his faithful friend."
"I think it's safe to say Georgie will be badly missed. So can I get you your usual, Orange Soda and Barbeque Chips?"
Spinelli shook his head as he remembered one day late last summer. Georgie had come over to Casa De Stone Cold rather late asking him to fix a waffle iron. Though he had told her his skills were of a cyber nature he did manage to fix the apparatus. Little did he know that her dropping by for this favor was her own special Georgie brand of flirting.
"I think today I'm going to have a waffle in her memory."
Mike nodded heading in the back.
As the older man left memories of that day came flooding back to him when suddenly he heard a voice from behind him.
"I'm surprised you came back."
Spinelli tilted his head back to see a familiar pair of blue grey eyes looking at him.
"The Jackal needed to get back on that proverbial horse."
"I'm glad. Don't tell anyone else but I've missed you around here."
Spinelli was stunned.
"You missed me Maxie."
"You called me Maxie. Not Bad Blonde One but Maxie."
"That's your name isn't it? And besides Georgie would want her sister and her best friend to get along."
"What makes you think you were her best friend?"
Spinelli shrugged and was about to speak when he heard a familiar song on the radio and zoned out:
I took my love and I took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide brought me down
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November 2003:
A fifteen year old Damian Spinelli and a Not-Quite sixteen yet Aubrey Dawson were just leaving the local Cineplex.
"I swear Aubs if it weren't for you turning sixteen in..." he paused to look at his watch, "about three and a half hours then I think I'd have to kill you."
Aubrey smiled and gave Damian a pout that she knew would melt his heart.
"No...Not the puppy dog pout Aubs. You know that is my one piece of Kryptonite."
"Come on. I know you liked it. I saw you tearing up at the end."
"It was allergies."
"Yea right. And besides I thought you liked Keira in that Pirate movie last summer. You do know she's staring in an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice next month.
Damian smiled. Even though he was a guy he wasn't ashamed to admit...well at least to Aubrey that he was looking forward to seeing Austen's work come to life on the big screen with his celebrity crush playing the roll oh Heroine Elizabeth Bennett.
"I thought Keira kicked ASS in Pirates but this was NO Pirates. This was some sappy romantic comedy that was totally clichéd."
"You liked it."
"No I did not. You know I would have rather seen the final Matrix film."
This was true. Damian was a sci fi nut.
It was at that time Gwendolyn Dawson pulled up in front f the theater.
"So how was the date?"
"Mother it was not a date."
Gwendolyn simply nodded as Aubrey, sitting shotgun fiddled with the Radio Dial. Soon the sounds of the Dixie Chicks's song Landslide began to fill the car.
Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life
"Please do we have to listen to the Dixie Chicks. It was bad enough that I had to sit through that sap fest."
"Birthday girl here. And besides this is my mother's car. If your Granny drove us I know I wouldn't complain about your song selections."
"Fine, but when we get back to your place."
"You get to pick out what we see and listen to until midnight, Deal."
She leaned over into the backseat and shook his hand.
--
He was back in the now sitting in Kelly's as Maxie was waving her hand in front of her face.
"Earth to Spinelli."
The young hacker blinked a few times realizing where he was and his present company and momentarily thinking to himself that he really did enjoy that movie.
"You seemed to zone out there. Let me guess you were thinking about my sister."
Spinelli didn't want to explain Aubrey or the random memory of her that creped into his head so he nodded.
"I miss her too."
It was then that Mike had come out from the back with Spinelli's waffle.
"So Mike, still need me to cover my sisters shifts."
"Actually we just hire a new girl."
"So it's really settling in. My sister is gone, been replaced."
"No one can ever replace Georgie."
"Senior Sir is right. Your sister is irreplaceable."
--
Hope rolled over in her bed and looked at the alarm clock blinking. She then looked at her watch and freaked. She must have unplugged the clock in her sleep and was going to be late. She had been working at Kelly's now for about two days and was starting to get the hang of it. She grabbed her things as she headed toward the common restroom for a quick shower glad to see that at the moment the other tenants went using it. As she stepped into the hallway she could hear the faint sounds of the jukebox from down in the diner.
Well, I've been afraid of changing 'cause I built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I'm getting older too
Well...
Sure she had heard the song before then however this particular day it sent a strange chill down her spine.
--
"Care to split the waffle with me."
Maxie nodded as Spinelli felt a sense of familiarity about the sinario.
"How about I take the strawberries and you take the whipped cream." She smiled as she said this almost like reading his mind. He was about to comment about how he shared an almost identical moment like this with Georgie when the sounds of footsteps coming down the stairs broke their concentration.
"Sorry I'm late Mike." Hope said pulling her wet mass of Blonde curls up into a ponytail and tying her apron on.
As Spinelli looked at the new waitress he blinked a few more times. Had the Jackal snapped, was he now seeing spirits like the Blonde One's Wicked Step Mother or was he really seeing Aubrey alive and in the flesh.
"Maxie, Spinelli, this is Hope."
"Nice to meet you," Maxie said with a bitter tone before heading back out into the cool air while Spinelli continued to sit in silence.
'They say everyone has a twin.' He thought to himself. Little did he know he was looking at the real thing.
TBC
I hope this chapter was just as good as the last. Here are the names of the reviewers who correctly guessed Step By Step xxbutterflypunkbellexx & SEEKER-2000 this chapter's Easter egg...what was THE movie in question