Chapter 33 "Elizabeth learns the Truth"

(Nicholas and Emily are at Kelly's. Nicholas is ordering some food while Emily is at the table. After Nicholas orders, he decides to go to Emily and wait till the food is done. He sits at the chair across from her)

Nicholas: "Hey."

Emily: "Hey."

Nicholas: "Have a lot of homework to do?"

Emily: "Yeah, I have a test tomorrow in POD."

(Nicholas chuckles)

Emily: "What's so funny?"

Nicholas: "I don't know why you study when you ace your tests every time."

Emily: (chuckles softly) "Well, I like to be prepared. And I don't always ace my tests."

Nicholas: "Oh, I'm sorry. An A – then."

Emily: "Oh, you're funny."

Nicholas: "I know. I can't help myself. You must be one of those people who don't have to study and get A's."

Emily: "I guess I'm just lucky to know the material fast."

Nicholas: "Yeah, I guess."

(Melody brings him his food, which is in a bag)

Melody: "Here you go."

Nicholas: "Thank you. How much do I owe you?"

Melody: "$8.25."

(Nicholas digs in his jeans and pulls out a ten dollar bill)

Nicholas: "Here you go."

Melody: "Okay, I'll be right back with your change."

(She is about to leave when Nicholas tells her to stop)

Melody: "What?"

Nicholas: "You can keep the change."

Melody: "You don't have to do that, Nicholas."

Nicholas: "I WANT to do it, Melody. Keep the change."

Melody: "Okay. Well, thank you, then."

Nicholas: (smiles) "No problem."

(Melody goes back to the kitchen to finish cooking)

Nicholas: "I just want you to know that I appreciate you coming to visit Michelle with me."

Emily: "Oh, it's not a problem, Nicholas. I want her to know that I'm there for her, too. I know what it's like to not have any friends when a person first moves into a new neighborhood."

Nicholas: "Is there a certain time you need me to bring you home?"

Emily: "I'll probably go home at 8 or so. If that's ok?"

Nicholas: (smiles) "That's perfectly fine."

Emily: "Okay."

(After about 20 minutes or so, Melody brings the food in a paper bag to Nicholas)

Melody: "Here you go."

Nicholas: "Thanks."

Melody: "No problem. Have a nice day, you two."

Nicholas & Emily: "You two."

(Nicholas and Emily grab their stuff and leaves Kelly's. At the hospital in Elizabeth's room, Lucky is about to tell her the truth about him and Michelle)

Elizabeth: "I want the whole truth, Lucky."

Lucky: "I just wish you would wait till after the baby's born. I don't want you to get all excited."

Liz: "Do I look like I can't handle the truth?"

Lucky: (nervously) "Well, no…but…"

Liz: "No 'buts'. Like I said, you either tell me the truth, or I will go to Michelle and I'm pretty sure she'll fill me in on everything."

Lucky: "I don't want you going anywhere near Michelle."

Liz: "Then tell me."

Lucky: "Okay, I will."

(Lucky moves around in his chair till he gets comfortable)

Lucky: "Okay, here goes."

(He takes a deep breath, then exhales)

Lucky: "I was at work at the construction site with Ricky one night. I had to get some construction supplies for him in the alley. All of a sudden, I heard some guys about 250 feet or so away talking. I'm not sure how far away being it was dark."

Liz: "What were they talking about?"

Lucky: "Drugs."

Liz: "Drugs? Could you see them?"

Lucky: "No, I couldn't see them. I was about to go to Ricky with the stuff when I heard them talking more. They were talking about a shipment that was coming from San Diego. When I was trying to get back to Ricky, I accidentally made some noise behind some bushes. I quickly ran away from the guys and they saw me running."

Liz: "Did they chase you or try doing anything?"

Lucky: (shakes his head) "No. I think they didn't want to create a scene, so they didn't come after me."

Liz: "What happened next?"

Lucky: "Well, Ricky noticed I was a little shaky, so he asked me what the problem was, but I just said nothing. Later on, when work was done for the night, I was about to get into my pickup when someone grabbed me from behind and covered my mouth so I couldn't speak."

Liz: (worriedly) "Oh, my God, Lucky."

Lucky: "Well, I'm fine as you can see."

Liz: "What happened next?"

Lucky: "They blindfolded me and said if I screamed that they would kill me."

Liz: "Well, obviously they didn't or you wouldn't be here right now."

Lucky: (chuckles) "That's what Nicholas said when I told him."

Liz: "Ahem." (hinting at him to continue talking)

Lucky: "Anyway, they brought me to a warehouse and tied me to a chair and told me if I tried to scream, that no one would hear me. They threatened to kill me, but decided not to. They asked me what I overheard. I said nothing worth telling someone. They didn't believe me and put a gun to my head. I told him that I only overheard them talking about drugs and to and from they were shipping them to. I told them that was all I overheard. He said he had a job for me to do. I figured in my mind he wanted to keep a close eye on me. He said I was going to go undercover for a few weeks, which turned out to be a month or so. He wanted me to smuggle drugs in San Diego or something."

Liz: "That's why you were gone for so long. I was wondering why."

Lucky: "That's not the worst part."

Liz: (sighs) "Oh, great. What?"

Lucky: "They hired this woman to pose as my 'girlfriend'."

Liz: "Who was this woman?"

Lucky: "You know who it is."

Liz: (confused) "I know who this person is? Lucky, there are how many women in this town. How am I supposed to know who the person is?"

Lucky: "She's new in town. She's currently in a hospital room because her baby has a low heartbeat."

Liz: (thinking out loud) "Her baby…"

(She starts to understand whom he is talking about)

Liz: "You're talking about Michelle."

Lucky: "Yes."

Liz: "That's right. I remember you telling me a little about her. How did that guy let you come back to Port Charles?"

Lucky: "He said my job was done and that if he needed me again, he knew where to find me. He said if I told anyone, I would be dead. But I had to tell someone. I was going out of my mind."

Liz: "So you told Nicholas."

Lucky: (nods) "Yes. I haven't heard from this guy since everything happened. I didn't plan for Michelle to be involved in this, though, Elizabeth."

Liz: "How do I know whether or not to believe you, Lucky? Because you've lied to me before."

Lucky: "I'm not lying about this."

Liz: "I bet you also didn't plan on sleeping with her, either."

Lucky: "I was forced to do that, Elizabeth."

Liz: "Lucky. Come on. Do I look that stupid to you? No one forces you to sleep with someone."

Lucky: "They were going to kill me if I didn't do what they told me."

Liz: "Okay, I believe you on that."

(Liz looks down at her belly)

Liz: "How many times did you sleep with her?"

(She looks up at Lucky)

Lucky: "What should it matter how many times I've slept with Michelle? It doesn't matter."

Liz: "Because I want to know."

Lucky: "We slept in the same bed every night, but we only had sex…once or a few times. I don't know. I don't remember."

Liz: "Did you enjoy it, Lucky?"

Lucky: "What do you mean?"

Liz: "Did you enjoy having sex with Michelle?"

Lucky: "No! Of course not! Every time I slept with her, I was thinking about you. I kept picturing you. That was the only way I got through everything, Elizabeth, was knowing that you were waiting for me in Port Charles."

Liz: "Whatever."

Lucky: "Elizabeth, it's true! I love you, not Michelle!"

Liz: "Just tell me the rest of the story."

Lucky: "Okay. One night, we…we were forced to…to…"

Liz: "To what?"

Lucky: "Sleep together."

Liz: "You mean have sex, right?"

Lucky: (stutters) "Y-Yeah."

Liz: "I see."

Lucky: "Elizabeth, you need to understand something. I didn't want to do this…any of this. But they would have killed me if I didn't."

Liz: "I understand that part. I just can't believe you slept with someone. Mainly Michelle."

Lucky: "Not by choice."

Liz: "I can't believe that you were kidnapped. Well, at least now I knew where you were. I was worried sick when I didn't hear from you."

Lucky: "They said I could call someone and at least tell them I was ok."

Liz: "I'm glad you called me. But I wish you would have told me the truth."

Lucky: "I didn't want to put you in any danger. I feel like that now…that I'm putting you and the baby in danger."

Liz: "You never told me who the guy was that was in charge of this whole thing."

Lucky: "Gislo Yasmen."

Liz: "Interesting name."

Lucky: (chuckles softly) "Yeah, no kidding."

Liz: "So…what now?"

Lucky: "What do you mean?"

Liz: "I mean, what happens now with this whole thing with Gislo Yasmen and Michelle?"

Lucky: "I don't know about Gislo. Michelle and I were not supposed to tell anyone about this, but I needed to be honest with you and I couldn't keep it a secret from Nicholas because I didn't know what to do."

Liz: "I'm sure you didn't. What has Michelle said about this whole thing?"

Lucky: (chuckles) "She still thinks in the back of her mind that I'm going to leave you for her."

Liz: (confused) "Have you given her any reason to think that?"

Lucky: (shakes his head) "No. No. Absolutely not. I have told her time and time again that I love you and only you."

Liz: "And she still thinks that you would eventually leave me for her?"

Lucky: (nods) "Yep. Although, she's starting to have a thing for Nicholas. Nicholas told me awhile ago that he was developing feelings for her, but after everything that has happened, I don't know if he still does."

Liz: "There was something about her when I first met her all those months ago. Something that wasn't right."

Lucky: "You would have been right."

Liz: "She always wanted to talk to you and she just made me feel kinda uneasy."

Lucky: "You didn't really say anything about that."

Liz: "I guess I didn't want to sound negative about her. She was new in town and I didn't want to give her a bad time being she didn't know anyone."

Lucky: "Yeah, that's understandable."

Liz: "I can't believe that she'd think you would leave me for her."

Lucky: (chuckles) "Yeah, me either."

Liz: "Thank you for telling me what happened."

Lucky: "My only regret is that I should have told you sooner."

Liz: "Yes, you should have. But I understand now why you didn't."

Lucky: (surprised) "You do?"

Liz: "It doesn't mean that I'm going to forget what happened, Lucky. But I understand that you didn't want to sleep with Michelle."

Lucky: "I'm glad you understand. I would never intentionally hurt you, Elizabeth."

Liz: "I know. Now there's only one thing left to talk about."

Lucky: (puzzled) "What's that?"

Liz: "The paternity of the baby Michelle is carrying. If she's pregnant with your child or not."

TO BE CONTINUED

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