CHAPTER
12
He knew it was wrong but Lucky couldn't help but feel content
and worthy when Sam was near. It had only been two days since Sam
woke up in his arms and that happy feeling of falling asleep with her
still hadn't left him. With Sam, he wasn't alone. They were connected
in more ways than they both could imagine. It wasn't just the baby
drama, but everything that happened to them from the very beginning.
She didn't have a stable childhood home. He didn't have that either.
She was a child con. He was too. She went on the run with her father
when she was a kid. He did too. he knew the life Sam had. He
understood it. It was just like his.
Standing on the docks while staring into the deep water, Lucky blinked back angry tears. Though he was a man of pride, the situation would have anyone angry and upset. Lucky thought back to what happened just ten minutes ago.
FLASHBACK
Lucky hurried down the steps and stood on the pier. He was off today and would be meeting Sam in a hour at Kelly's for some lunch. Smiling thoughtfully, Lucky thought 'Sam and I have been becoming good friends. Funny how we never spoke to each other before. Funny how I never really tried to talk to her before'. His pleasant thoughts were quickly interrupted when he heard footsteps behind him. Turning around to see who it was, Lucky's smile quickly disappeared when he saw the one person he didn't want to see. Elizabeth.
"Lucky, I want to talk to you, "
Elizabeth said briskly. Sure she handled the situation the wrong way,
but Lucky was the one who ruined their marriage. He lied.
Scowling
slightly as he forced a sarcastic laugh, Lucky said just as briskly,
"Too bad you don't always get what you want. I have to go. I'm
not ready to talk to you yet." "Too bad. I didn't ruin our
marriage Lucky. Your sister came to Kelly's basically calling me a
whore and yelling that i ruined your life. I want you to go tell your
sister the truth. I was doing what was best for the baby. I did what
I had to. If I told you the truth you would have relapsed."
"Thanks
for having faith in me. I haven't turned to drugs and i never will. I
won't make the same mistakes I did before. I learned from my mistakes
and taken responsibility for them. You still haven't. I won't
relapse. Cam needs his father." Lucky turned to face the water.
"But your not his father" Elizabeth said heatedly. She knew
what she was saying, just as she knew that it would break Lucky's
heart.
"ELIZABETH!" Lucky whirled around to face his
soon to be ex-wife. His heart tore at that statement. It wasn't
enough that Elizabeth stole the child who she claimed was his, but
now she was stealing Cameron. "I've been the only father Cam's
ever known. I love him and he love's me. You can't take that from us.
You can't stop us from being father and son."
"Your
not Cam's father. I may not be able to take away the past, but for
Cam, i wanted to tell you that you can't see him anymore."
Shaking his head in disbelief, Lucky could only disagree and
refuse Liz's demand. "No! No, i won't stop seeing my son."
"I've
said it before Lucky. I won't let my son be near a drug addict..."
"What more do I have to do?! I'm clean and I'm gonna stay clean!
Don't keep punishing me for doing something while I was high,
Elizabeth!"
"Just because you were on drugs doesn't
excuse you for cheating on me with Maxie!" Elizabeth said
angrily as she glared icily into Lucky. She was doing what was best
for her. And for Cam.
"I'm not! I never did. What I did was
wrong. I broke our vows. But I wasn't the only one that messed up.
You cheated on me too Elizabeth! You hurt our marriage. You held a
part. You couldn't see how lost I was after Jesse died. I blamed
myself da it! I got my partner killed! Everyone treated me like
sh! No one saw what was going on. Why the hell do you think i
turned to drugs in the first place?!," Lucky yelled. Taking a
few calming breaths, Lucky reverted back to a soft tone. Looking at
Elizabeth, he saw she was shocked by his outburst, but no sympathy
was seen in her eyes. Glee was more like it. "I'm not trying to
excuse for what i did. Instead of talking about it, I buried myself
in my problems. Elizabeth, please. We may not be together, and I'm
fine with that. But don't take away my son. Let me at least visit
him."
Remaining quiet for a few moments, Liz's silence gave
Lucky some hope. Not for his marriage, but for a relationship with
his son. Looking at him in the eye abruptly, Elizabeth simply said
"You just gave me every reason not to. What if Cam said
something that made you blow up at him? I'm not putting my child
through that. And I'm sure as hell not going to let him see you when
you relapse. The divorce papers will be in your mail tomorrow. And
don't even try a custody hearing. The court won't side with you.
They'll see a mother who is trying to protect her children."
With disbelief written all over his face Lucky could only say, "How
did I ever think i loved you?". Not even hurt by the remark at
all, Liz just smirked and said " I ask the same question to
myself everyday." Turning away from him, Liz walked away, not
only ending their marriage but taking Lucky's son with her.
END
FLASHBACK
Lucky couldn't handle it anymore. Finally letting
out sobs of defeated tears, Lucky grieved for the son he lost. Lucky
grieved for Cam. He had nothing holding him back from ruining his
life now. Nothing at all.
Looking at her watch,
Sam wondered where Lucky was. He was fifteen minutes late. When she
saw he wasn't here, she didn't think much of it at the time. Fifteen
minutes later, Sam was getting worried and upset. 'He didn't have
work so that's not why he was late. Did he find something better to
do and forget to call me,' Sam mused sadly. Thinking that over, Sam
shook her head. Lucky wasn't that type of guy. She quickly got up
from the table she was saving at Kelly's and said goodbye to Mike.
"Hey Mike, if Lucky comes in can you call me and tell him to
give me a call."
"No problem, Sam. I'll see you
later." Bidding goodbye once again, Sam went through the exit of
Kelly's and went off to search for Lucky. Lucky wasn't the type of
guy to get boozed up early in the day, so she ruled out the
MetroCourt and Jake's. 'Was he with his brother or sister? Maybe his
mom' thought Sam. They were definite possibilities and she would go
there. First, though, she would check the docks. Maybe he was staring
off at the distance. Port Charles residents always do that. The docks
was the perfect place to think anyway and everyone went there to
think.
As she walked towards the docks, Sam saw she was right.
About to call his name from the steps, Sam quickly stopped in her
tracks. She never said the words on the tip of her tongue. What she
saw was close to breaking her heart and worried her immensely.
There was Lucky, sitting on the bench, sobbing. Knowing full well that only something awful would turn Lucky into this, Sam rushed to Lucky's side.
"Lucky," Sam said with real care. She quickly sat down on the edge of the bench and took Lucky's face in her hands. Thinking what she saw before would break her heart, Lucky's revealed face shattered her.
His hair messed up from being clenched in mis death grip, Lucky's eyes held all the pain in the world. Sam gasped in shock. Lucky tried to control himself, but couldn't. Tears escaped his eyes without any sign of slowing down. His eyes were puffy and blood red. Lucky whimpered in pain and anguish as he tried to form words to speak.
"Oh my god, Lucky. I..." She didn't know what to say. She couldn't think. He just looked so broken. So she did what she felt. Pulling him into her arms, Sam whispered "We'll get through whatever it is, Lucky. We'll get through this. I'm here." Burying his face into her neck, Lucky sobbed as if his world was ending and just listened to Sam. He again tried to speak but sobs would only come out. Finally Sam heard his broken words. "Elizabeth..Cam...my son...she...took...me...my son." She couldn't piece the sentence together. She only knew it had to do with Elizabeth and Cam. Before thinking about it more, Lucky pulled away and cried "I lost my son! Elizabeth took Cam. I'll never see him again. He's...no god no" before breaking down once again. Shocked and saddened by this news, Sam pulled Lucky into her arms once again. Whispering into his hair, "I'm sorry," as her own tears started to fall. Pulling his face back with her soft hands, she whispered "I'm sorry. If I could take away all your pain and hurt I would. If i could just... but I can't. All I can do is say I'm sorry. And be there for you. And believe me, Spencer " Sam caressed Lucky's cheek as she put her forehead against his, "I am. I'm here. I'm here." With that they looked into each other's eyes.
Realization finally dawned on Lucky. He wasn't alone. He had Sam. All he wanted to do was kiss her and hug her. Lucky wanted to feel Sam's arms around him again just as it had been two minutes ago. He didn't want anything more. But before he could act, before he could do anything, Sam moved towards Lucky and placed her lips over his and slowly kissed him. It wasn't passion filled, or angry. It was sweet. Her lips moved against his. They were soft lips, and he felt relief finally. The hurt would never go away, but some of it was slowly leaving. The kiss was short, but it felt right. Moving away, Sam looked into Lucky's eyes with trust and compassion as she brushed the tears away from his cheeks. Placing a kiss on his forehead and then on his closed eyes, Sam's hands found itself in Lucky's hair, and finally kissed him on his lips again. They felt the others emotions just as clearly as their own and drowned themselves in it. Pulling back again, Sam hugged Lucky tightly. Lucky held just as tightly, as if he was afraid to fall. As they held each other again, Sam whispered "We have each other. I'm here."
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