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Luke pulled another bottle of liquor from a box and set it on the bar of the Haunted Star. He hoped that Friday night would bring in a huge profit. Making money with the casino was a better option then pulling con after con. Laura wouldn't be happy if she one day discovered he left their kids alone while running all over the world scheming. However, if the opportunity arose, he thought with a grin.
"Please tell me that you aren't thinking about running off to pull a con," Alexis asked him with a raised brow.
Luke grinned again, "You know me too well, Natasha."
Alexis walked over to the bar and laid her briefcase on the counter, "Leaving two teenagers with a house to themselves is always a great idea."
"Lucky and Lulu are hardly the type to throw parties," Luke responded as he moved the now empty liquor box off the bar.
"If this was last year I would agree with you, but ever since we had to track down our oldest children and their friends in Mexico I'm not putting anything past them," Alexis said as she pulled papers from her briefcase.
"Touché," Luke said as he poured them some water, "I'm guessing that keeping me from running off on a scheme isn't the only reason you've graced me with your presence."
Alexis placed a small stack of papers in front of Luke, "You would be correct". She handed him a pen, "Shadybrook needs you to sign some more papers."
Luke picked up the form that contained the list of people barred from seeing Laura, "I thought I already signed this. Your brother and his insane mother aren't allowed near my wife. Don't tell me that Shadybrook conveniently lost the list so your brother could see her behind my back. I swear Natasha if he goes near her-"
Alexis threw up her hands, "Calm down, Luke. Stefan has promised me to stay away from Laura as long as Nikolas can see her as much as he wants."
"Then why have me sign this again?"
"Because there is a name that you might want to add to the list," Alexis ran her hands through her hair, "Scotty Baldwin is back in Port Charles."
Luke groaned, "And I'm guessing it's not just for a visit?"
Alexis shook her head, "He bought a house across the lake from me. His son Logan is a freshman at PCU and his daughter Serena is a senior at PCH."
"This just gets better and better," Luke said as he picked up a bottle of scotch. "Water is not strong enough for this."
Alexis watched him pour a glass a scotch and hoped that Luke would find a way to deal with Stefan and now Scotty in a way that didn't involve self-destruction.
"So what do you think?" Georgie asked Molly nervously while picking at her lunch.
Molly finished reading the last sentence of Georgie's article on the series of one act plays the drama club was having, "It's great. I'm excited about going to see all the plays now."
"You were going to see them anyway," Georgie reminded her. "In fact you're the one who told me the plots of all the plays."
"But after reading your article, I'm even more excited about the plays," Molly replied with enthusiasm.
"I just hope Kristina likes it," Georgie said as she fiddled with her water bottle.
"I'm sure she'll love it," Molly said positively.
Georgie glanced over at Kristina who was sitting with Maxie a couple of tables away, "Should I go give it to her now before I lose my nerve and rewrite the whole thing?"
Molly turned around and looked over at her sister's table, "Her and Maxie appear to be having a serious conversation". She turned back around, "I'd wait. But don't change it. It's great the way it is."
"You're sure?" Georgie asked uncertain.
"For the final time…YES," Molly said reassuringly.
"Thanks," Georgie said with a weak smile, "Sorry for being so neurotic."
Molly shook her head, "It's okay. I think we're all allowed to be neurotic sometimes."
Georgie laughed, "Hopefully this is the last time I go loony over an article for the paper. My head is just all mixed up lately."
Molly grinned mischievously, "Maybe if you weren't constantly thinking about Cam you could get some work done."
"Molly!" Georgie said as her cheeks reddened from embarrassment.
"Well, it's the truth," Molly reminded her.
"Yeah but you don't have to announce it to the whole cafeteria," she said as she buried her face in her hands.
"So what's going on with you two?"
Georgie shrugged, "I don't know. Boys are so confusing."
"That's true," Molly reached over and picked a fry off of Georgie's tray.
"Hey!"
"Well, you're not eating it. Plus my mom tried to make breakfast this morning. And I'm starving."
"Oh," Georgie said as she pushed the tray towards Molly, "have as much as you want. I'm not really hungry anyway."
"Thanks," Molly said as she grabbed some more fries.
Georgie worriedly glanced back over at Maxie and Kristina. She hoped that Kristina like her article enough to publish it in the paper and that Maxie didn't find out about Cam anytime soon. She didn't need her big sister embarrassing or teasing her.
Sam groaned as she pushed through the doors of the student union while trying not to drop her stack of books. She had to do a project on 18th century literature for her English class and had just left the library. She needed to grab some lunch before trudging through the books. As she neared the campus café a guy turned around and bumped into her causing all her books to go flying across the floor. Sam groaned again, "This day just keeps getting better and better."
The guy scrambled to help her pick up the books, "I am so sorry. I really should watch where I'm going."
Sam bent down and picked up another book, "It's okay," she looked up and noticed how attractive the guy was. He had blond hair, blue eyes, and was very tall. Of course most guys were very tall compared to her.
He smiled at her and handed her another book, "I'm really sorry. Is that all of them?"
Sam counted the books in her hands and was relieved they were all there, "That's all of them. Thanks," she said with a smile before turning to leave.
"Uh, wait," he said causing her to turn around, "I didn't catch your name."
She smiled again, "Sam."
"You have a last name Sam?" he asked returning her smile.
"Davis."
"Like Sammy Davis?" he asked with a grin.
"Funny," she said trying not to laugh.
"Sorry, I guess you've heard that one before," he said. "Well it was nice to meet you Sam Davis. I'm Jason Quartermaine."
Sam raised an eyebrow, "Quartermaine? As in Edward, Tracy, and Dillon Quartermaine?"
Jason nodded, "Grandfather, aunt, and cousin. I'm guessing you're from Port Charles?"
"Yeah I've lived here most of my life," Sam said while adjust the books in her arms, "Dillon is the same age as my sister Kristina."
"It is nice having family around, isn't it?" he asked.
"Yeah, it kinda is," Sam said as she smiled again, "Well, it was nice meeting another member of the Quartermaine family. I guess I'll see you around Jason."
"That would be nice," Jason said as he smiled one last time before turning and walking away.
Sam smiled and continued towards the café. 18th century literature is useful after all.
Michael slid into a chair at the table next to Dillon in Chemistry class. "What's new, dude?"
Dillon looked up at him briefly, "Miss Editor back there is on my case about my article."
"I can hear you, Dillon," Kristina responded.
Michael turned around and looked at Kristina. He hadn't turned his article in either.
"And where's your article Corinthos?" she asked.
"I'm almost finished," he said with a weak smile. Truth was he hadn't even started but he wouldn't dare tell her that. Watching Kristina freak out was only fun if you weren't on the receiving end of the freak out.
"That's what you told me yesterday," Kristina said as she rubbed her head.
"I'll have it to you by tomorrow morning," hopefully he could get rid of his writer's block by then.
"I want it first thing in the morning," Kristina told him, "if I don't have everything in by tomorrow afternoon then we're not going to have a paper this week."
"You'll have it," he looked over at the empty seat next to her, "Where's Maxie?"
"Probably avoiding me because I just reminded her at lunch that she hasn't turned in her column yet," Kristina said as she rubbed her head again.
"Man, we're a bunch of slackers," Dillon joked.
Kristina glared at him.
"Oh, come on, lighten up Kristina," Dillon told her.
"I can't lighten up," Kristina said frustrated. "There's a whole lot of blank spots in this week's issue right now."
"Has anyone turned in their articles?" Michael asked.
"Dante gave me his story on the football team. Georgie just gave me her article on the drama club. I've done the editors column, the article on the girls field hockey team, and I've put the horoscopes and weather section in."
"That's all you have," Dillon asked concerned.
Kristina shrugged, "We have a small staff this year. All the editions have been two pages shorter then usual. I've been trying to get people to join the staff but no one is interested. I'm thinking about having a weekly column contest to help add some bulk to the paper."
"Might be a good way to get some more staff members," Dillon said.
"Hopefully," Kristina sighed, "and I still have to add in the features section, the weekly poll results, and the upcoming events. I'm going to end up slumped over my computer unconscious."
Michael and Dillon laughed.
"I'm almost done with my article. I'll help you get the rest of the paper together so all we have to do is add the missing articles," Dillon offered.
Kristina sighed with relief, "Thanks Dillon. I so owe you."
"Don't worry. I will collect." he responded with a grin.
Michael and Kristina raised their eyebrows at him.
Dillon pondered what he said, "That didn't come right, did it?"
"No," the answered in unison shaking their heads.
"Yeah, I'm gonna turn around now," Dillon said as he turned around.
Michael and Kristina laughed as the bell rang. Michael turned around too. Kristina looked at the empty seat next to her and then looked at the door. Where was Maxie?