A/N – Thanks for the reviews! Virgy15 – I think Sonny/Faith would have been interesting too. Glad you guys are still feeling the story!

Chapter 35 – Oh Brother!

Later that evening, Liz decided that she wanted to go see Ethan. Jason had to run to the warehouse, so she texted him to let him know she was going out. She told Johnny and then asked Carly if she wanted to come. Of course Carly agreed.

"You need something dressy to wear." Carly said looking through her own closet.

Liz frowned. "Let me go see what I have. They bought some more of my clothes yesterday."

She left Carly's penthouse and went back across the hall. She dug through her closet and finally found a blue sleeveless dress to wear. The dressed stopped just above her knees and she had the perfect Manolos to wear with it. She decided to iron her hair out for once and she applied her makeup carefully. Pleased with the results, she grabbed a small purse and put some lipstick, her phone, money, and driver's license into it before going downstairs.

Someone was knocking on the door and she knew it was Carly. She swung it open and both Johnny and Carly just stared at her.

"What?" Liz said panicking. "Should I change?"

Johnny said yes and Carly said no.

Carly laughed. "You look absolutely stunning in that color. Maybe I need to change."

Johnny smiled. "You look great Carly. Besides, it closes at one. By the time you go through your closet again, we'll never make it."

Carly smacked his arm as Liz laughed. "You look beautiful Carly." Liz said walking towards the elevator.

They went down to the car and before Johnny got inside he called Jason. "You need to get home and change into a suit and get to the Haunted Star. Your girl is rocking her Manolos and looks way too good." He only knew they were Manolos because Carly had said something to Liz.

Jason frowned. "Who the hell is Manolo and why is he with my girl?"

Johnny chuckled. "I'll explain later. Are you coming or not?"

"I don't want her to think I don't trust her."

"I wouldn't let my girl go somewhere alone looking like Liz does right now."

"Well, it's not like I can talk to her or anything." Jason said beyond frustrated.

"Okay, it's on you." Johnny said hanging up the phone and getting into the car.

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When Carly and Liz walked in, Emily had seen them and scurried over to greet them. "Elizabeth and Carly welcome."

Liz grinned. "Emily, it's so nice to see you."

"Can I get you something to drink?"

Carly smiled. "How about some champagne?"

"Great, I'll be right back."

The place was pretty busy. Elizabeth looked around and was quite impressed. Emily came back with two glasses. "Consider that on the house." She said smiling. "Do you like to gamble?" She asked Liz.

"Honestly, I've never been to a casino before."

Emily grinned. "Well, I'll have to have my boyfriend show you around."

"I would love that."

"Let me go find him."

Liz turned to Carly. "I'm so nervous."

"Relax, he has no reason to hate you or anything."

Carly looked over her shoulder. "Here he comes."

Liz slowly turned around and watched Ethan walk over. He was handsome and she thought he looked more like Holly than she was expecting.

Emily smiled. "Ethan, this is Elizabeth."

"Hello." She said shaking his hand. She couldn't stop staring at him and Ethan was taken aback by it.

He studied her. She was beautiful but something clicked in his head and he asked. "What is your last name?"

Liz grinned. "Scorpio."

Ethan's eyes grew big and he swept Elizabeth up in his arms and twirled her around much to Emily's shock. Liz laughed and he finally put her down and then kissed both of her cheeks. "Oh my God, I can't believe I'm finally meeting you."

Emily was totally stunned. "Can someone please explain what's going on?"

Ethan turned to her. "This is my half-sister. We share the same father."

Emily grinned. "Oh my God, that is fantastic." Ethan had mentioned that he had a half-sister, but he never said her name.

"Come sit down and tell me all about yourself." He said leading her over to the VIP section.

Emily stopped Carly who was about to follow them.

"Carly, I just wanted to make sure that we are okay. Jason and I are trying to mend our relationship and I really don't want anyone interfering in that."

Carly sighed. Part of her still hated Emily, but she wasn't stupid enough to cross Jason if he wanted Emily in his life. "I am going to try to not think about what you did and move forward. I know losing Logan was difficult for you and I do wish things hadn't gone the way they did. But, if Jason wants you in his life, I'm not going to interfere with that." Carly felt her lip twitch and she clenched her jaw shut. She knew she should quit while she was ahead.

Emily was quite surprised. It wasn't a typical Carly response. "Well, thank you Carly." Carly nodded and they walked back to where Ethan and Liz were sitting.

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Patrick walked into the Haunted Star. He needed to unwind and maybe pick up a game of poker. He walked over to the bar. Johnny spied him and picked up the phone again. "Where are you?" He asked Jason.

"Sitting on the couch about to have a beer."

"I hope you haven't cracked it open yet. Patrick just showed up."

Jason didn't say anything.

"Jason?"

"Johnny, I told you, I don't want her to think that I don't trust her."

"Okay, suit yourself."

Jason sighed as Johnny hung up on him. His phone rang soon thereafter and he answered it rather annoyed. "What?" He yelled.

"Jason?" Alexis asked tentatively.

"Alexis?"

"Yes."

"Sorry about that. How did it go with Sonny?"

Alexis groaned. "He glared at me but that's about it. I was wondering if you'd be willing to be seen with me one more time."

Jason shrugged. "What did you have in mind?"

"Luke wanted me to look over some paperwork at the Haunted Star, so I thought maybe you could accompany me tonight."

Jason chuckled at the irony. "Alexis, I don't know if that's such a good idea."

"Jason, I promise we'll only stay for an hour at the most. You don't even have to talk to me if you don't want to."

Jason sighed. "Alright, I'll meet you there in a half hour."

Alexis smiled. "Thank you so much!"

Jason got up off the couch and got dressed. He hoped this wasn't a big mistake.

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Ethan and Liz talked for a while and got caught up and then he showed her around the ship. They all ended up back in the main room and Liz froze when she saw Patrick sitting at the bar.

"Is there something going on with you and Patrick?" Ethan asked curiously. He had noticed that Elizabeth never mentioned that she was in a relationship.

"Not now. He's my ex-boyfriend. We were pretty serious a few years ago." She said quietly.

"Did it end badly?"

"No, it was a mutual decision. I was moving away."

Ethan nodded. "Let me guess, he probably wants to pick up where you left off?"

"Possibly." She said. "But, I have no interest in doing that."

"Well, you can't hide. I'll try to run interference if you like." He said glad to be of some kind of help.

Liz smiled. "It's okay. I can handle Patrick Drake."

Someone called Ethan's name and he excused himself. Emily went over towards the steps to greet someone.

Patrick turned and looked around. His eyes connected with hers and he grinned.