Chapter 10

Lulu rolled on her side and brushed the hair from her face. She had been tossing and turning for over an hour unable to fall asleep. The run in with Zacharra earlier was bothering her more then she let on to Logan. When the got up to is apartment he asked if she was scared but she just brushed it off. She was scared but was not the type of girl to admit she was afraid of something or someone. There was nothing she can do about it, Zacharra would not let up till she was dead. She finally got up off the couch and went to the kitchen to get a drink from the fridge. Turning to return to the couch with her bottle of water she came face to face with Logan and he scared the daylights out of her causing her to drop her bottle of water. "Shit, you scared the crap out of me Logan."

"Sorry, I heard you get up. Are you ok?" he asked.

"Yea, I, umm, can't sleep."

"Zacharra?"

She rolled her eyes, "No, no… the couch is hard and not very comfortable."

"Oh, if you want I can sleep in there and you can have my bed." He offered.

"I see your motive here, you just want me back in your bed."

"No, I'll sleep on the couch Lulu."

"I know, I'm just messing with you. We are, I guess, dating again, trying again, whatever you wanna call it, so it's ok if you sleep next to me. You aren't going to get any yet though." She joked.

"I'm fine with that." He bent over, picked up her water and grabbed her hand, "Come on." She went over to his bed and laid on her side facing away from him and he lay facing her. He slid so that only inches separated them. She sensed that he was close and reached behind her pulling on his arm to wrap around her. He complied and they leaned into each other, spooning. She felt safe in his arms and felt herself drifting into sleep. Within minutes they were both sound asleep.

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Lucky stepped out of the elevator and instantly got a look from Epiphany. 'Doesn't she ever go home?' he thought.

"Mr. Spencer, visiting hours are long over. You can come back tomorrow morning after 9am." She insisted.

"What are you going to do, arrest me? I will only be a few minutes, maybe this is official police business."

Epiphany let out a sigh, "Being that tomorrow, or shall I say today is Thanksgiving I will allow you to visit with your father… for five minutes. Make it quick." Lucky gave her a slight smile and walked toward his fathers room. He pushed open the door to find his father wide awake. "Hey, I had a feeling you wouldn't be sleeping."

"How can I, I'm cooped up in a shitty hospital bed. What brings you here so late cowboy?"

"I need to talk to you about something. How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine, Monica said I should be getting out of here tomorrow sometime. Tracey has really been good to me, I am lucky she has been by my side through this." Lucky shot Luke a surprised look. "I know, surprising isn't it. But you didn't come here to talk about me, what can I do for you?"

Lucky sucked in a deep breath "Everything is falling apart. My marriage, my family, I think I need to get out of Port Charles for a while."

"What? Why, just because your marriage with Elizabeth failed. Believe me, I know, running isn't going to make it go away. Eventually you will have to come back and old wounds will still be there."

"No dad, there is more to it then that… Eliz… Liz lied to me about Jake. He is not my son, he is Jason's." Lucky said as he sat in the chair at Luke's bedside. "I can't sit here and watch Jason raise what should have been my son. I can't look at Liz without feeling betrayed."

"Wow, I didn't see that coming. How long has she known Jason is the father? During Jason's trial she testified that Jason was not the father."

"She lied, she has known all along. The only reason they told me is because Sam threatened to tell me. Elizabeth said that she kept it from me because she was afraid that I would relapse but I know it is just because she was afraid… because of Jason's business. She married me knowing all of this, she has been in love with Morgan the whole time. They are everywhere, I cannot face them right now, they took my son from me." Lucky admitted.

"Lucky, I cannot even begin to imagine what you are going through. I wish your mother was here, she'd know just what to say or do. I understand your need to leave though. I invented the concept. You do what you gotta do to get through this, if you need anything I'll be here, just hopefully not in this stuffy hospital."

"Can you explain everything to Lulu for me. She is staying at Jason's and I just cannot go over there right now." Luke nodded. "Tell her I will call her." Lucky got up and walked toward the door "Happy Thanksgiving dad."

"Same to you cowboy, don't be away too long." Lucky walked out of Luke's room, thanked Epiphany again as he walked past the nurses station. He had to talk to one more person before leaving town. Lucky pulled his phone from his pocket and dialed.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's me. Did I wake you?"

"No, is everything ok?" the voice asked.

"I'm leaving town for a while. I just wanted to let you know."

"Lucky do you think running is the answer?"

"I honestly don't know. Maybe I will be back in a couple days, but if I don't leave I am afraid of what I will do. I tried going to a meeting but telling strangers my problems, that I lost my son, my wife, my family and how I want to eat pills is not going to solve my problem."

"Well you can come here, stay here, we can help you get through this."

"No offense but sitting with You, Emily and Spencer, watching the happy family is not what I need right now. I thank you for the offer but my mind is made up."

"I am here if you need anything. Call me and let me know where and how you are."

"Ok Nicolas, thank you. Take care."

"Bye." Lucky hit end and threw his phone on the passenger seat. He started his car, pulled out of the parking lot and drove out of town.

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Thank you again for all the positive feedback. I am a fan fic addict and finally decided to write one. I never thought I would enjoy it so much.