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Chapter 33

The guys were sitting around the kitchen table completing their lunch break. They were meeting in Jason's home office today because Elizabeth had been feeling crappy this morning and he didn't want to leave her alone. Although he hadn't made any official announcement yet everyone knew that Elizabeth was pregnant. They were only keeping quiet because it was bad luck to announce it before the first trimester ended. Sonny had informed them that the ziti was made with whole grain flour and was very healthy. He'd also mixed in a lot of grilled vegetables. He knew how important it was for pregnant women to eat a balanced diet.

Right now the woman in question was over at the island making herself a cup of herbal tea. She wasn't allowed too much chocolate so she saved her hot chocolate for bedtime. She'd eaten already and needed to move around. This was something else she remembered from her first pregnancy, an inability to stay still. She would go until she dropped which should be in about an hour. During the first week in the new house she'd gotten into a routine of napping about an hour after lunch. During the week it had been fairly easy, this weekend Jason had taken Cam and Morgan to the zoo so that she could rest.

The house phone rang and Elizabeth grabbed it. "Hello. Okay send her up." She saw the guys look over wanting to know who was arriving. "Your sister is here." She said to Jason. Even though Emily was on the approved list the guards still had to call. Jason didn't want anyone just walking in on them. He said he got enough of that with Carly to fill three lifetimes.

Thinking on the blonde Elizabeth gave a small shake of her head. They'd had lunch yesterday and Elizabeth had had to tell her the wedding was not going to be at the hotel. Carly was hurt but covered it well. So she should find a time to have her out to the house. A time when Jason was out.

Her thoughts were interrupted when the front door slammed shut and Emily came storming into the kitchen. "It's been a week and he hasn't called me." The doctor said steaming. "What the hell is wrong with him? I'm a great catch how could he not call me. I mean really I'm a doctor, I graduated top of my class. I'm the top resident in the top program in the county. I'm smart, funny and pretty. What the hell is he waiting for?" Emily said finishing her rant.

"Asshole." Elizabeth said with conviction. She caught Jason's eye and walked over to the table snagging a plate of brownies since the guys were done eating.

"Who is she talking about?" Although he thought he had a clue. He'd told Falconeri to be careful where Emily was concerned. Apparently the younger man had taken that as a warning to back off completely. Truthfully Jason didn't care if the two of them saw one another. Dante was about as safe as a guy in their world got, he just didn't want Emily hurt. There was also the bonus that Jason actually liked Dante as a person. Something he couldn't say about Nicholas. He hoped he hadn't screwed this up for his sister. He wanted her to be happy.

"I have no idea." Elizabeth admitted she was behind on her gossip. Not working had taken her out of the loop.

"But you just called him a name." Cody pointed out.

"She's my best friend. I always have her back." For Elizabeth it was that simple. Going back across the room she joined her pacing best friend. "We should go kick his ass."

"Yeah, we should. Passing me up. I mean really, he should be so lucky as to get a date with me." Emily crossed her arms over her chest and pouted a bit.

Elizabeth retrieved the strawberry ice cream from the freezer and got two spoons from the drawer. "Obviously he's an idiot." They both dug into the carton.

"But he's hot." Emily said around a mouthful of the frozen treat. "I deserve a hot a guy. A hot guy who graduated top of his class from Columbia." She'd done her research. "Did you know that Nicholas is dating Lisa Niles?" Emily said switching topics. She'd seen the two of them outside the hospital on her way to her car. They were kissing. Lisa had also been making catty comments at work.

"Skank." Elizabeth didn't have to fake that one. Lisa had tried to come between Patrick and Robin. The blonde doctor had immediately been ostracized by her co-workers. No one messed with one of them. "We should replace her shampoo with hair removal cream. You know the one that's used to prep for surgery."

Emily laughed out loud. "Oh my god, that would be so good. She's always flipping her hair like she's in a commercial."

"What would we do to him though? Because it's clear he needs to be taught a lesson." Elizabeth had no issue with Nicholas moving on it was healthy for both of them. But he should not be dating someone from the hospital she believed he was doing that just to be mean.

"Yes he does. But what should we do?" Emily scooped out more ice cream and gave it some thought.

The guys just watched the women as they plotted. "Okay your girl is a lot scarier than I gave her credit for." Cody said to Jason.

"This is nothing you should she her when she's really pissed. You would need to take cover." Johnny told the guard. "Just ask Francis. She forgive you yet?"

"Nope." She still spoke to him and listened when he gave instructions but she was still peeved with him. "But I've got a plan." He knew exactly how to get back in her good graces.

"Do I want to know?" Jason asked his friend.

"I never got her arrested that was OB." Francis said defending himself while throwing the other man under the bus.

"I forgot about that." Jason said glaring down the table. "You two got busted drag racing." They'd both been younger and Jason had wanted to kill his friend.

"She never got booked." And Johnny paid the ticket she'd gotten.

When Elizabeth walked out of the room and came back a few minutes later with her cell phone all the guys focused once again on what the girls were discussing. It was clear that during their sidebar they had missed something.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Elizabeth asked her best friend. "Once it gets started then it's going to almost impossible to stop."

"It's no less than he deserves. He got pissed at me when I refused to stand by and support his drug addicted, wife-beating brother. Did you know that he said if you had handled things better this wouldn't have happened?" Emily had been struck speechless when he made that announcement. That one sentence was the beginning of the end of their relationship.

"Seriously?" Elizabeth like Jason had expected Nicholas to take his brother's side but for him to blame her for what happened was just wrong. Still she didn't want Emily to get eaten up with guilt. "That's not important. What is important is what you want to do about him flaunting his relationship with Lisa in your face. And that tomorrow you won't wake up feeling guilty."

"Make the call." Emily said putting down her spoon. She forgave Nicholas for breaking her heart and cheating on her while she was trying to recover from being raped and this was how he treated her. She didn't think so.

"Okay." Elizabeth dialed the number and waited until it was answered on the other end. "I need a favor."

"Whatever the Maternal One needs." Spinelli answered happy to be of service. Right now he was in Jason's office behind the coffee shop working on a project for Mister Sir.

"Can you make it look like someone is in the county illegally?" Elizabeth asked the young man.

Spinelli simply scoffed. "I know that you did not intentionally mean to cast doubt upon the awesomeness of my cyber skills so I shall let that pass."

Elizabeth smiled, the hacker was so strange. "I need you to bring Nicholas Cassadine to the attention of INS. See if you can get him deported to Greece and if you can get his assets frozen that would be good too." Let's see him pay for a lawyer then.

"I had no idea you had this side to you." He was surprised at the request. She was more of a match for his master than people suspected. "May I ask why?"

"He hurt Emily and now he has to pay." Elizabeth said smiling at her best friend.

"I would be most honored to champion the Dedicated Doctor. I will call you when the quest has been completed." Spinelli said ending the call.

"Okay." Elizabeth said as she put down her phone. "I think you have a call of your own to make."

Emily smiled wide as she retrieved her phone and the business card Dante had given her. "Wish me luck." Elizabeth reached out and took her friends hand. "Hi, Dante? It's Emily."

"Well, hello there Doctor Emily. How are you?" He asked. He hadn't been able to get her out of his mind.

"I'm good. How are you? And your coat?" She gave Elizabeth a thumbs up.

"We are both fine. The stain came right out." He leaned back in his chair curious as to why she called. He was glad that she called on his personal cell, which was the only line he had that wasn't tapped.

"Good, I was wondering if you might like to meet for dinner some night this week." Emily held her breath.

"I'd like that." Dante might be committing suicide but he had really liked what he saw of her. Maybe she could keep her brother from killing him. Life was boring without risk or at least that was what his mother believed. He named a restaurant and a time.

"Okay, I'll meet you there?" Emily got a high-five from Elizabeth.

"Sounds good. I'll call if I'm going to be late. Work and all." He didn't think he'd be late. Ric would most likely tell him to leave early thinking he was getting what he wanted.

"Same here. Bye." Emily hung up and raised her hand in the touchdown symbol. "I GOTTA DATE!" She yelled dancing around.

"Of course you do. Obviously the man has great taste." Which was the total opposite of what she said earlier.

"You are the best friend ever. Wanna go shopping for a dress?" Emily wanted to look good.

"I can't Francis is in meetings all day." Elizabeth looked over at the table.

"We could send Milo." Sonny said and didn't understand why everyone laughed. "What?"

"Milo worked the last Girls Night Out." Was all Jason said, but of course Johnny couldn't leave it there.

"He got an earful and now he can't look at Elizabeth or Emily without turning red." The Irishman filled in the blanks.

Sonny just looked at the ladies and smiled. He knew what a group of women could be like. "I'm shocked." He said in mock disappointment.

"Carly was there." Jason threw in and watched as Sonny's eyes got wide.

"Okay the two of them being friends is not going to work." The older man was afraid of what his ex might have said. "You need to control your woman."

"Yeah, you figure that one out and let me know what to do." Jason responded sarcastically. "I'll call Hank to go with them."

"How about we go tomorrow?" Emily offered her friend was starting to flag a bit. Pregnancy was a lot of work. "I'll call tonight and set it up. Right now I need to get home." With a hug she left.

Elizabeth yawned and informed the group she was going to go lie down. Jason made a mental note of the time. In fifteen minutes he would go check on her. Make sure she was sleeping peacefully since the nightmares hadn't yet stopped.

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