Again thanks to everyone. This is a chapter just for Elizabeth. it isn't very long. But I am trying to speed it up a little bit. Enjoy.


Liz

That night after the boys had gone to bed, she sat down with the results in her hands and she just stared at them. She was going over the night that she and Lucky had made Aiden. It was the first time they had been together since they had gotten back together. The night he had given her an engagement, and asked her to be his wife. Of course, Nikolas and Rebecca had shown up when he was about to ask her. She always thought that she had slept with Lucky that night in reaction to the other two showing up, but she had been wrong. She had needed to be Lucky that night. She had been so sure that night that she loved him completely and wholly.

She didn't feel that way anymore. She didn't feel anything anymore for any of the men that had helped her wreck her life. She didn't care about Jason, Lucky, or Nikolas. Lucky had been so hateful to her after what had happened with Nikolas, and he had every right to be. Yet, she was supposed to forgive him when he had slept with Sarah, Maxie, and then Sam. She had been expected to get over everything.

Jason. Her love for Jason had started after Lucky had supposedly died. They had connected through her grief. He had let her vent and cry and act out however she wanted. Then he pushed her away time and time again. He had constantly told her of the danger, and she could never understand why it was okay for Carly, Courtney, and Sam. It didn't matter anymore.

Nikolas. He had pursued her despite the love he had for his brother. He had told her he loved her and wanted her. She had given in despite everything in her telling her how wrong it was. It was so wrong. She could never take back that damage, but now it seemed so unimportant. All of it was just so irrelevant.

She was jolted out of her thoughts by a knock on her door. She looked at the clock and saw that it was late.

"Coming," she called when whoever it was knocked again.

She folded the paper up and slipped it into her pocket. She sighed to herself as she opened the door. Lucky was standing in front of her. She was surprised that she didn't feel the rage anymore as she looked at him. All her anger seemed to have just left her body when Jason left.

"Come in," she told him softly before walking away.

She heard him close the door behind him as she walked back to the couch.

"Are the boys in bed?"

"Yes, Aiden and Cam just went down. They've had a rough few days. Hopefully, I can get them back into a routine."

He cautiously sat down next to her on the couch and warily looked at her, "How are you doing?"

"Peachy. What is going on with Sam?"

"She's in custody. She'll go before the judge tomorrow for her bail to be set. I am sure Alexis will post it."

She rolled her eyes and sighed. Of course Alexis would stand by her daughter. She had forgiven Sam for sleeping with Ric. What was killing a small child compared to that?

"I wanted to come by earlier but I wasn't sure if it would be a good idea. I wanted to see how you would act once you saw me. You were pretty angry with me," he started slowly as if he was afraid of her.

"I was angry with you. In a way, I still am. But it's not your fault. Besides, there's something that I need to tell you that made me not so angry anymore."

"What's that?" he asked curiously relaxing a little.

She reached into her pocket and removed the paper. It looked so innocent but it was loaded with disastrous news.

"A couple weeks ago, I sent out for something. It was obviously something that happened before all of this with Jake. I needed to know for sure so I had another paternity test done in secret. Without your knowledge or Nikolas'. Especially without Helena's knowledge of it. Crazy bitch," she said mumbling the last part.

"You did another paternity test?" he questioned in disbelief tensing up again.

She nodded and handed him the paper. She wanted him to read it for himself. She couldn't be the one to make him realize that Aiden was his. She watched as his eyes widened as he read the truth that was in his hands. He looked up at her in shock and awe.

"Mine? He's mine?"

She wanted to smile at him for reassurance but she didn't have it in her. She just didn't care anymore.

"Yes, he is yours. Helena faked the other tests. Not surprising at all," she stated simply.

He sat back against the couch and closed his eyes. She knew he was trying to absorb what he had just learned. That was what he did when he was trying to understand something. Like he was letting it wash over him completely and utterly.

"He's mine," he whispered with his eyes still closed.

"I think that you and I should both tell Nikolas together."

"I agree. Elizabeth, I know that I shouldn't say this. But I always knew he was mine. I knew it from the moment I looked at him. I have a son. We have a son. From that night. That absolutely amazing night."

"Easy, Lucky. This doesn't mean anything for you and me."

"I know. I mean since I am getting married to Siobhan and all. But Elizabeth, it just shows we weren't all for nothing. It shows that despite all that happened, it was worth it. It meant more than just pain. Aiden was conceived in love, and not lies."

She should have cared about that dig, but she didn't. He was right. The night Aiden was conceived was a magical night for her and Lucky, but it didn't matter anymore.

She was caught off guard when he abruptly hugged her, and she was too tired to resist. She pulled away first and moved away from him.

"So hopefully, everything that happened between me and Nikolas is just a distant memory. We need to focus on him and Cam, and nothing else." Elizabeth stated looking at Jake's picture on the fireplace.

"Elizabeth, I have already let go of that. In retrospect, I was no better than you with what I did with Maxie and Sam. That stuff is over. We have something to actually look forward to," he assured her.

She turned around to face him, "You have something to look forward to. I have been with Aiden all along. I have nothing to look forward to except taking care of my two boys. Two, Lucky, not three. I love Aiden and Cam, and I never want to take for granted the time I have with them. I am trying so hard, but it just seems endless. This grief feels like it will never end."

"I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking. Elizabeth, please, let me help you with this. I will step up. You know I will. I already loved Aiden before this, but it just felt like it exploded inside me. We can do this together."

She angrily wiped the tears from her face. She was so sick of crying. She was sick of hurting, and it had only just started.

"Lucky, when will it stop hurting? When?" she cried turning away from him again.

"I really don't have an answer for that. If I knew I would tell you. You just have to let yourself feel what you feel."

She took a deep breath, "Please, can you just leave for now? I just want to go to bed, and be alone. I just want to cry alone."

He nodded before gently kissing her forehead and he was gone. She was alone just like she had wanted to be. She lay down on her couch and closed her eyes. She wanted to forget. She wanted the images to all go away. It never was going to stop.