At first I wasn't sure I was going to be able to post this tonight. We have some major storms passing through our area right now. Luckily the power hasn't gone out so you get this update. I wanted to welcome and thank Lady Cake, Ishaana, and QueenAddek, for their reviews! And also thank Ayshen and Taylor.
Just to note, Mac may or may not seem out of character in this part, I guess it's all in how you view it.
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Chapter Seven
The P.C.P.D.:
"I thought better of you Mac, I really did."
Looking up Mac Scorpio saw Tracy Quartermaine-Spencer standing in the doorway of his office. He watched as she strolled into his office, shutting the door behind her, and sat down in the chair directly across from his desk.
Pinching the bridge of his nose, he asked her, "what are you talking about Tracy?"
"You, letting your daughter marry Nikolas Cassadine."
"I'm not letting her do anything, Tracy," Mac sighed, "Georgie won't listen to me."
"Of course she won't listen to you," Tracy scoffed, crossing her legs, "but you can certainly do something to stop these nuptials from happening."
"Like what Tracy? Lock her in her room for the rest of her life?" Mac said, "she's a grown woman, she makes her own choices, I can't stop her."
The police commissioner knew why Tracy was there. He knew she wasn't concerned about Georgie like he was. No, obviously she knew the conditions surrounding Georgie and Nikolas' marriage and the birth of their future child. Clearly, she was worried about her marriage and what Laura's return would spell for her and Luke.
Mac couldn't have been more right. Once she'd heard about the wedding involving the unconventional pair, she'd confronted Luke about it, and after a whole lot of nagging she finally got the truth out of him. While she hadn't shown any outward reaction to the news, inside she was in a turmoil. Luke tried to assure her that nothing would change between them, but she wasn't so sure. Luke had loved Laura for a very long time, and despite his arguments that this was for his children, Nikolas, and Laura, Tracy couldn't help but wonder.
That's why she was in Mac's office.
"Please! There's plenty you can do," Tracy hinted.
"But I won't do any of it," Mac replied, "however,...should you or someone else devise something to keep from getting married, I won't stand in your way."
"And you wouldn't warn Georgie or Nikolas?"
"I wouldn't warn them," Mac said, "but I can't account for Helena. She seems to know every little happening in this town. So if someone where to do something, it wouldn't surprise me if she found out. It would be best interest to proceed with caution."
Tracy realized that Mac was subtly giving her the go ahead to try and stop the wedding. An agreement passed between them, silently. She could try, but she wasn't going to get any help from him.
While Mac felt a level of guilt for what he'd just done, Tracy left his office feeling pleased and much more secure about her marriage to Luke. But she took Mac's warning about Helena to heart. The Cassadine's weren't anyone to be trifled with and by trying to break up Helena's scheme, Tracy was taking her own life into her hands.
The Launch:
Feeling the breeze coming off of the water blow through her hair, Georgie took in a deep breath. She was currently on her way to meet Spencer for the first time. Well, technically not the first time, but the first time as someone who was going to become a big part of his life.
His step-mother.
The thought that she was not only going to become a mother to her own biological child, but also a step-mother to Spencer, still hadn't fully set in. Or perhaps it had. Those who knew the details of the situation were constantly reminding her of that fact but so far, on her part, there hadn't been any real fear about it. Maxie had commented that Georgie was taking it better than she would have, on any day. And perhaps she was.
Pulling her gaze from the water, Georgie turned to look at the approaching castle. It wasn't becoming a step-mother or a mother that scared Georgie. Becoming a mother, from what she'd learned from both Alexis and Skye was a learning process, and Georgie had always been a fast learner.
What did scare Georgie was the change of leaving behind the life she lead. Working at Kelly's and volunteering at the hospital. While she and Nikolas agreed that she could and most definitely would continue with school, working and volunteering had always been a big part of her life.
But life's all about change, Georgie thoughtfully reminded herself.
And it's true. Life is constantly changing for everyone, and yet the world doesn't come to an end. We adapt to the change, deal with it, and find the good in the situation.
And from where Georgie was sitting, there was a lot of good to be found. Laura would come back to her family and friends, after being trapped in a dark place she didn't deserve to be in. Spencer would gain another step-mother, and thinking back on the own incredible changes that Mac brought into her and Maxie's lives, she knew it could be a good thing.
As for she and Nikolas. Who knew what the future would bring. So far they'd been getting along really well, as it is developing a friendship. Though Georgie was still wary about giving her heart away, again. She didn't know whether she had it in her to fall in love with Nikolas.
Whoa, where did that come from? Georgie wondered to herself.
This wasn't about love. This was about protecting the ones they loved.
However, if Georgie were honest with herself, there was a lot about Nikolas that struck with a chord inside her soul. While Nikolas was definitely attractive and clearly very intelligent, he was also caring and generous. And there was still so much more about him that she didn't know and that she would probably never find out.
"His heart still belongs to Emily, and probably always will," she murmured to herself as the launch came up to the dock.
Georgie couldn't, and wouldn't hold Nikolas' love for Emily against him.
So she promised herself right then and there, to protect her own heart and mind, that she would not fall in love with Nikolas. No matter what it took.
Wyndemere Castle:
In the distance Nikolas could hear the motor of the launch approaching and knew that Georgie had finally arrived. Nikolas had spent a majority of the morning thinking about her visit in one way or another, especially within the past hour when he knew she would be coming. Strangely enough, he felt almost excited about the visit.
He couldn't pin down exactly what was causing his excitement, whether it was nervousness or something else entirely, but it was nearly driving him nuts.
Perhaps that's why Spencer's drawing's are turning out better than mine, he thought to himself, looking over at the little boy's picture. Which looked a lot better than the strange combination of lines Nikolas had put on his own piece of paper.
The two year old was so lost in his drawing that he didn't realize that his father had stopped and was now starting at him. Nikolas wondered what Spencer would think of the changes that were about to occur. He knew that Georgie would be a good influence on Spencer, she was caring and patient, two things Nikolas learned were necessary in raising a child.
And having a mom would be good for Spencer. Nikolas knew that the boy didn't remember Emily. She'd died before he'd come to this stage, where children begin to develop recognition of who people were. Later in Spencer's life he would tell the little boy about her, but he wanted his son to have that mother figure he'd never had growing up.
A knock on the doorway, diverted Nikolas' attention from Spencer. Looking up he saw Alfred, who moved aside and let Georgie in. He watched as she moved into the room a little hesitantly, her hands clasped in front of her, and her eyes trained on Spencer.
"Hi," she said quietly, giving Nikolas a little wave when she noticed him looking at her.
"Hi," he responded before gaining his son's attention, "Spencer there's someone here who'd like to meet you."
The child looked up at his father and then over toward the door where Georgie still stood. Once he noticed her he became shy and made his way toward his father. There he buried himself in his father's lap.
"Spencer, this is Georgie," Nikolas reminded him, "remember from Kelly's, she always gives you cookies. We talked about her last night."
Georgie moved slowly toward them, and sat down on the floor where they'd been coloring. She tried to remind herself that all children around his age were shy, but the thought of him not liking her made her slightly nervous.
"Hi Spencer," Georgie said, a soft smile gracing her features.
"Hi," he said quickly, before turning his face back to his father.
"Where you coloring?" she asked.
He nodded his head, his face still turned away from her, but when he heard the crayon on the paper he turned around to look at her.
"Would it be alright if I colored too? I know how to draw frogs, would you like me to show you?"
Nikolas watched his son interact with Georgie. As soon as a frog had begun to take shape on the paper, Spencer's attention perked up and prompted him to move toward her. He moved until he was able to clearly see what she was doing and watched her carefully. Once she was finished she showed him the drawing.
"Neat, huh."
"Yeah!" he responded enthusiastically.
While Georgie tried to show Spencer how to draw the frog, Nikolas decided to back away just a bit from the situation. They'd planned to spend the rest of the day together, which they thought would give Spencer a solid introduction to Georgie.
And by dinner time it had.
After coloring, Spencer and Nikolas brought Georgie to the little boy's play room, where he showed her his favorite stuffed animals, and several of his favorite toys. They played there for awhile, until Nikolas asked if she would like to see the stables.
Since she was a little girl, Georgie had spent a lot of time with her grandmother in Texas, where the older woman owned a ranch with horses. Because of that experience, Georgie had come to adore the animals and was thrilled to see them.
The three made their way down to the stables where Nikolas proceeded to show her around and introduce each one of the prize horses he owned. From his purebreds to the thoroughbreds he owned, leaving Georgie practically in love.
"And this is-"
"A Nez Perce," Georgie finished for him.
"Yeah," Nikolas said, slightly baffled that she would be able to recognize a horse by breed. He watched as she was almost hypnotically drawn to the tan and white mare, "her name is Wendy."
"Like Peter Pan?" she asked, stroking the horses nose.
"Yeah, like Peter Pan," he replied.
Georgie looked back at where he stood, with Spencer on his hip, and blushed when she noted the intensity of his gaze.
The small group stayed in the stables a bit longer, long enough for Spencer to pet his pony, before they headed back to the castle.
Georgie stayed through dinner, until Spencer's bedtime. Both she and Nikolas took it as a good sign when the little boy insisted that George read him a bedtime story. Nikolas helped Georgie pick out Spencer's favorite book and watched she snuggled into bed with him and read him to sleep.
The nanny returned, and Georgie was introduced to her, before leaving. Nikolas insisted on taking her home, which gave the two the opportunity to talk about Spencer and his reaction.
"You should definitely come by more often, so Spencer can get used to your presence and you being around me," Nikolas said as he pulled up to the Scorpio house.
"I'd like that," Georgie replied, "it was a lot of fun to be around him. Lila Rae, she plays differently than Spencer, it's neat," needing reassurance from Nikolas she asked him if he really thought Spencer liked her that much.
"Trust me he did," he told her. Taking her hand and gave it a small squeeze, "Don't worry, Georgie, he liked you. You're going to make a great mom."
