An Angel Wronged
Chapter 2
Elizabeth stood at the docks in the chilly afternoon, waiting for her boyfriend to show up. He promised to meet her here during his lunch break earlier, when they had time to talk.
Her boyfriend, she felt so guilty about calling him that. She felt like she was betraying Emily, Zander said she wasn't because Emily broke up with him long ago. But no guys really know the rules of friendship.
The top rule of friendship was that you didn't date/sleep with/ go out with, choose what you want, your friend's ex no mater what. So why is she? Why hadn't she told Emily yet? She deserved to know. But Elizabeth guessed she didn't have the courage or the strength to think of the consequences.
Elizabeth knew that Emily wouldn't mind Zander moving on; Emily told her she broke up with him so he could find happiness. She believed he wouldn't find happiness being tied to a paralyzed woman, coasts away. But the only thing she wouldn't be happy about, sure she'd act like it for their sake, but Emily would be really angry because it was her and that she hadn't told her. Emily hated being lied to, and this was what she was doing.
Elizabeth sincerely hoped Emily would get past it. Elizabeth valued their friendship dearly as she did Jason's, Emily's adoptive brother, but Jason didn't she guessed. He ignored her like the plague, to say the least. It tore at her heart.
Besides she was supposed to care for Zander, not pin for her best friend's brother. Thank goodness Zander didn't figure that out.
Elizabeth quickly cut out those thoughts as she heard footsteps coming towards her. IT was Zander, coming from work at ELQ. Elizabeth thought he looked quite nice in the suit he wore, but didn't say anything on it.
They had a small talk, and enjoyed each other's company, before Zander had to go back cause of some emergence. God knows what it was if it was the Quartermaines.
This left Elizabeth in bitter silence, the cold wind blowing around her. Elizabeth decided to wait to see if Jason would come by. She waited an half an hour before giving up. It was obvious he had something else on his mind, certainly not her.
Elizabeth sighed as her heart lost all hope of something romantic coming between them. Her self-pity was saved by her vibrating cell phone. She found it, checking who was calling before answering with a "Hello?"
"Hey, Liz, I know this is short notice but can you meet me and Nik at Kelly's later?" Lucky asked, getting to the point right away with a small greeting.
"Sure, what time?" Elizabeth asked, welcoming a meeting with her male friends.
"How about four? Does that sound good to you?" Lucky proposed.
"That's sounds good, see you at four then." Elizabeth mentally put a reminder to herself. Lately she had been forgetful, more that usual.
"Yeah, see you then. Bye." Lucky said and waited until Liz said the same thing before hanging up.
Elizabeth got up to leave and did after one last look for Jason's presence. Shaking her head, she walked towards home to get ready to meet Nikolas and Lucky.
Around four o clock later, Elizabeth walked through the door and made her way toward the table where, Lucky and Nikolas waited.
"Hey, did I make it on time?" Elizabeth asked as she sat down in the empty chair waiting for her warmth.
Nikolas looked at his Rolex. "Does two minutes late count as on time?" Nikolas joked and all three of them had a might laugh at Elizabeth's expense.
The laughter died down and they centered on why they were here. "Okay, since were all here, have you heard from Emily lately?" Lucky asked.
Nik was the first to answer. "I talked to her a couple weeks ago, but I doubt that counts as lately." He said.
"I haven't either." encouraged Elizabeth.
"Me either." Lucky echoed and stopped right there. He continued on with why he asked this question even if Emily was all their best friends. "It's not like Emily to stay silent this long." Lucky justified.
"Your right, its not, but what can we do about it Lucky? Emily has a different life than we were here. She's not in Port Charles with us, and she has more friends, a different system. It's not like she lives here and has to be in direct contact." Elizabeth reasoned.
"I know that, Liz, but something isn't right, okay? I can feel it, something is wrong." Lucky continued to insist Emily was in danger.
"Lucky, I hate to insult your instinct for I know it's strong, but you're wrong. If something was wrong, wouldn't I and Liz feel it too?" Nik also reasoned.
"Maybe, but I've known Emily longer." Lucky pursued his feelings and then stopped trying to go from this from a different angle. "Look, when you last talked with Em, how was she?" Lucky asked.
"Well, she was pretty vague, but overall good, on our last phone call, but that might be because Gia was around. You know Gia and Emily, civility only goes too far." Nikolas replied.
"I haven't noticed either from Em's last phone call." Elizabeth put in.
"You wouldn't notice Elizabeth; you were probably too worried that she'd ask about Zander's new girlfriend, which I note would be you." Lucky pointed out selfishly, but he was stuck on Emily needing to know at all costs.
Nik was as well. "Lucky has a point, you need to tell her, you can't put it off anymore, and you'll have to live with the consequences of dating your best friend's ex and not telling her. You got yourself into this mess; you can get yourself out of it."
Nikolas and Lucky were obviously adamant of Elizabeth facing her actions. Elizabeth felt like she was being bullied on, but understood. They cared for Emily too.
Elizabeth was about to respond as her cell went off. All three looked at her expectantly and Elizabeth gulped as she found it and answered it without looking at who was calling in fear.
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