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Chapter 14 - The Dinner

AJ was cooking up a storm, he wanted everything to be perfect for Lisa. He had never felt this way about any woman ever before. He never felt this way about Courtney or Carly, he couldn't explain how he felt, he didn't think he was in love, he didn't know her long enough to be in love with her, or did he? AJ was happy that Dillon meddled in his love life, through forcing a parent-teacher interview with Ms. Lisa Vickers.

He felt as if he had turned a corner in his life, getting it back in order, all he needed now was to get his son Michael back from Sonny Corinthos. But for the moment he was enjoying the time that he has now been spending with the new woman in his life.

It was six o'clock and AJ was putting the finishing touches on the somewhat elaborate dinner he was making. There was a knock on the door, a big smile grew across AJ's face, he knew it was Lisa. He casually walked to the door, he opened it to find the most beautiful woman standing there. She was wearing a mauve cocktail dress and her hair was pin straight, he noticed that her hair wasn't as long as he remembered but he liked it at the shoulder length that she was now sporting.

"You look absolutely beautiful." greeted AJ with a smile.

"Why thank you. You don't look to bad yourself." replied Lisa with a smile.

"Please come in and have a seat."

They walked towards the dining area where AJ had lay out the most romantic dinner he had ever made. AJ started with a French Onion soup and garden salad, followed by a lamb roast with roasted potatoes and steamed cauliflower.

"AJ this is delicious!" exclaimed Lisa as she was sipping on her French Onion soup.

"What's delicious?" said a voice that came from the front door.

"Dillon? I thought that you were having dinner with Ned tonight?" asked AJ.

"I was but then Lois showed up and I was like 'see you later'." explained Dillon.

"Dillon why don't you join us?" asked Lisa.

"I don't want to intrude... is that lamb?"

"Dillon you can stay and have dinner with us if you want to." offered AJ.

"Nah, I'll just go and warm up a Pizza Pocket."

"Dillon, sit down." said both AJ and Lisa together.

"Wow you two should be parents."

"Dillon shut up and eat your lamb." said AJ.

At the dinner table they all discussed what happened in their respective day. Lisa told AJ and Dillon about how her grade 9 French class was having a hard time grasping the concept of "passé composé" and how they always seem to manage to waste a lot of time in class. AJ told Dillon and Lisa about what shape ELQ was in since he had left. He told them that they were in better shape than Buchanan Enterprises and Chandler Industries and that he might have to go to a special meeting with the Buchanans and the Chandlers within the next two months.

"Hey AJ does this mean I can have another party?" asked Dillon.

"No." replied AJ.

"Is it because of what happened last time?"

"Yes."

"It wasn't my idea to put stove-top popcorn in the microwave, that was all Maxie's doing. And the water balloons... that was all Lucas and Kyle."

"Sure pass the blame onto others."

"Although I'm not inviting Sage Alcazar again. She has been this total drama queen lately making everything about herself."

"That's my niece alright, always wanting to be the centre of the universe." said Lisa.

"Your what!" asked Dillon.