The next night, Sam and Carly were rushing around like maniacs before the club opened. Jax sat down next to Patrick and both watched as the women went around changing things they had just "perfected" moments before.
"Now I know this is typical Carly behavior," Jax said, "But I have never seen Sam act like this. She must really be nervous."
Patrick nodded his head in agreement, and smiled. "Yeah, she wasn't even this nervous on our first date! I wonder if I should take offense to that."
Jax laughed. "Sam doesn't let stuff like that faze her. I'm surprised she's letting this."
"She hasn't talked about much other that this since last night."
"Only last night?" Jax joked, "Carly's been talking about this since last month!"
Carly and Sam were just walking over, and Carly said, "Hey! You know, it's all turning out nicely though."
Both women wrapped an arm around each other. "Now, if you lazy guys will get up, it's time for us to get ready to welcome people."
All four of them walked over to the door, as people started to walk in. Sonny walked in with Kate, and Jason and Liz walked in behind them. Sam hugged Jason and whispered to him, "I hope you and her are happy together Jase. She deserves it after the hell Lucky has been putting her through." He smiled at her before she quickly turned away to comment on how pretty Elizabeth looked.
Patrick and Jason nodded at each other, and Jason moved over to Carly who was waiting to bombard him with arguments about why he shouldn't be here with Liz. Patrick stiffened beside Sam and she looked up at the door, wondering what he was seeing amongst the throngs waiting to enter. She saw Lucky there, waiting to come in with Lulu, and Nikolas and Emily stood behind them.
Patrick leaned down and whispered, "Somehow I don't think Lucky is going to take Elizabeth and Jason being here together very well."
Sam nodded. "Can you go tell Jason that he's here? He'll find some way to handle it."
Patrick walked away to do so, returning quickly to Sam's side to greet more people as they walked in. "Jason said to tell you he'll handle it and for you to not pull a Carly."
Sam threw a dirty look Jason's way, and laughed a little. "He's so funny, isn't he?"
Patrick chuckled, and flung an arm over her shoulders. She leaned into him, and he pressed a quick kiss on her forehead. "Thanks for being here with me tonight, Patrick. I would have felt really awkward alone."
He smiled down at her. "I have the feeling you would have found somebody to come with you. I bet Jason would have."
Sam looked up at him. "I hope you know that Jason and I are truly over Patrick. I am thoroughly focused on spending time with you and enjoying your company."
"I know. I just know how Morgan is from what I've heard. He's incredibly loyal to those he cares about, and you are one of those people." He paused, and said, "But he's not the only one who cares about you Sam. I do too."
She was slightly surprised to hear him say that, but smiled. "I care about you too, Doc. But you better be careful, because you'd be pretty easy to fall for, and I don't take heartbreak very nicely."
"Who said anything about heartbreak? I think I might enjoy the fall right along with you."
There were very few people trickling through the doors, and Sam and Carly knew they had some networking to do inside the club. Patrick, Sam, Carly and Jax stood by the bar talking quietly before the women would start the night off with a small speech.
Carly walked over to where two microphones were waiting, and grabbed them. Handing one to Sam, she said, "Okay people, welcome to Wicked, the newest, hottest, most happening place to be in Port Charles."
Sam interrupted, "We're so glad you could all come, we hope you have a great time. For the first 2 hours, drinks are on the house! The D.J. will start the dance music any moment, so get ready to have fun!"
Everyone clapped, and the two women walked back over to Patrick and Jax.
Patrick pulled Sam into his arms, and whispered into her ear, "This place is amazing Sam. You and Carly have done an awesome job. I think you are going to be very successful in the night club business." He kissed her softly, and they headed out to mingle amongst the crowd.
