"So this is the Gia you are talking about?" Theresa asked her friend.
"Yep. The one and only."
"Well I take this as my cue to leave," Chasity muttered to no one in particular. She started to walk towards the magazine rack so she could pick a magazine to occupy herself until it was time to leave. "Oh my god," she said disdainfully as she picked up a magazine. "Why does every magazine company think that everybody in the world loves this slut Britney Spears?"
"So I take it you aren't a Britney fan?" a girl asked her.
"I can't stand her. Can you?"
"Nope. My sister loves her though."
"Same here. My name's Chasity Crane."
"Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald."
"So your sister is the one that keeps talking about fate."
"Yep," Paloma replied sullenly.
"My heart goes out to you."
"Thanks. So I never heard about you before."
Chasity smirked. "Figures. All my parents care about is their golden boy Ethan. They don't care about me and my sisters and brother as long as we aren't in the tabloids," Chasity said bitterly. "Can you believe that they sent me away to boarding school at age 5?"
"Really? Well after my father and brother suddenly disappeared they sent me to my Aunt Maria's. They didn't ask me if it was okay with me. Just off I went and they only sent me a letter once a month. I am surprised that they brought me back here for the summer."
"Amazing. It's just amazing how parents forget about their own kids. But don't worry. Because I am going to make sure that my parents will be paid back for what they done to me."
"Well good luck." Paloma looked over Chasity's shoulder when she heard somebody enter the Book Café. "Oh there goes my friend Noah. Hey Noah over here!" Paloma yelled to her friend.
Noah broke away from his talk with Hank and started to walk over to Paloma and Chasity. "What's up Paloma?"
"Noah Bennett this is Chasity Crane," Paloma introduced.
Chasity turned around to look at the man her new friend was introducing to her. That's when she came face to face with the most beautiful man she had ever seen. Not only did he have an awesome body but he had some beautiful brown eyes. "Nice to meet you," she muttered.
"Same here. So are related to that ass Ethan?" Noah asked her as he looked her up and down. 'She is very gorgeous,' he thought to himself.
"Ouch! I take it that you don't like him?"
"Not at all. No offense but he is a jerk."
"None taken. Well if you excuse me I have to go to the ladies room," Chasity told them as she bent down to pick up her purse. "Maybe I'll see you two when I come out and then we can talk about how our parents ignore us."
"Yeah maybe you will," Noah whispered to himself as he watched as Chasity walk away.
"Well I can tell by the drool on your chin that you think that she's a knockout," Paloma said bringing Noah back to Earth.
"You can say that again."
"Well ask her out."
"Do you think she would say yeah?"
"Hell yeah!" Paloma exclaimed. "She was into you just as much as you were into her."
"Well o.k. I am going to do it the next time I see her," Noah declared.
"Don't you think that we should be over there with her?" Gabriel asked after he looked at Gia and Nikolas talking in the corner for the millionth time.
"She said she wanted to be alone with him so we are going to leave them alone," Whitney told him.
"If you say so," Gabriel muttered as he locked eyes with Simone and grinned when she started to blush.
"Hello everybody. I just wanted to tell you that computer is now free Jamal," Camilla told him with a wink.
"Well thank you your highness."
"Now I admit that me taking the chair from you was cruel but I am used to getting what I want."
"Really?"
"Yes. But I want to apologize. So I came over here to tell you to meet me at the Seascape at 8."
"What "tell" you're not going to ask?"
"Nope now I told you that we Cranes are very rude. The reservation will be under Harrison," Camilla whispered in his ear before she walked away.
"What makes you think that I will come?" Jamal asked her.
"Like I said I always get what I want."
*~*~
Chasity walked into the bathroom as Anastasia and Camilla came out of separate stalls. All three of them walked to the mirror and took out their lipstick. "I got a date tonight," Anastasia declared.
Chasity sighed. "Stacy reading a new romance novel is not a date."
"I mean with an actual human. His name is Jason and he is the boy I ran into."
"Wow so it's like love at first sight?" Camilla teased.
"Funny. What are you doing tonight?" Anastasia walked out the restroom and winked at Jason who was sitting at the counter.
"For your information, I have a date with a certain male Jamal Woods at the Seascape tonight. What about you Chas?"
Anastasia looked at Chasity expectantly. Chasity took a deep sigh. "Well I don't have…."
Chasity was tapped on the shoulder and turned around to see Noah Bennett standing there. "Oh hey Noah. What's up?"
Noah ran a hand in his hair. "I was wondering even though we just met if you would want to go out tonight?"
"I would love to," Chasity replied.
A smile tugged at Noah's lips. "Great! Well I was hoping we could go to the movies and then go somewhere to eat afterwards?" It sounded more like a question than a statement.
"Great. I'll meet you at the movie theater around 6."
Noah nodded his head as he walked back to a table where Kay and Simone were watching the ordeal. Kay grabbed her brother's arm as he passed her. "So it looks like you have finally gotten over Theresa. Who's the chick?"
Noah plucked his sister's hand from his arm. "That chick," he said putting emphasis on "chick", "is Chasity and me and her have a date tonight." Noah walked away leaving Kay to chuckle to herself. "At least he is finally over Theresa."
*~*~
Gia put her head in her hands. She couldn't believe that when she decided to come to Harmony to forget Nikolas he was here too. But she couldn't let him ruin her vacation. She had to have fun even if there was the slim chance that she would see him everyday. "Gia are you even listening to me?" Gia looked up at Nikolas. "What were you saying?"
Nikolas took a deep breath. "I said I think you should just go back to Port Charles."
"Why?" Gia asked her voice getting louder. "Look I am staying here whether you like it or not. So just leave me alone." Gia began to walk away but Nikolas gently grabbed her arm. "I can't leave you alone Gia," he said quietly. "I can't leave you alone because I…"
"Look I don't want to hear it. Just make sure you do it okay?" Gia stalked away from Nikolas as Theresa came to comfort her friend.
"Hey are you okay?" Theresa asked him.
Nikolas bit his lip so the tears wouldn't fall. "Yeah. So how about you take me to see Pilar?" Before Theresa could answer Nikolas was out the door with Paloma, Theresa, and Ethan on his heels.
*~*~
Gia brushed the tears from her eyes as she walked to the counter. "Well that went well," she said sarcastically.
"Are you okay?" Chad placed a drink in front of her.
"I can deal."
Chad dropped his rag onto the counter. "Well let's go. I can take you to your hotel room right now."
Gia looked around. "Where's Gabriel?"
*~*~
Gia, Jamal, Chad, and Whitney walked towards Gabriel to hear Simone give him his number. As Simone walked off, Jamal gave him a stiff slap on his back. "Well little cousin it looks like you have a date too."
"Yeah. Well I need to get back up after…"
"Toya," Chad, Gia, and Jamal said in unison the annoyance in their voice obvious. "Well I was just about to take ya'll to the hotel. Are you ready?"
"Yeah. Let's go."
*~*~
Lucas slipped into his room hoping his parents didn't notice him. He scoffed by his thought. When he arrived, Julian looked busy drinking his brandy and his mother was too busy fussing over Ethan. He went to his duffel bag and pulled out an illegal amount of weed. He got a piece of paper out and proceeded to make a blunt. He licked the paper close and put it in his mouth. He then took the lighter out his pocket and lit the blunt. He took a big puff and exhaled. This was the good life.
*~*~
Camilla came out her bathroom a robe tied around her body. She looked at her new blue jean dress and smiled. She couldn't wait to see Jamal. Butterflies fluttered in her stomach whenever she thought of him. He seemed like he wasn't a pushover just like the other boys her father and grandfather set her up with. He was real and tough. And that is what she liked about him. As soon as she zipped her dress her phone rang. Her perfectly manicured hand picked the phone up. "Hello."
"My darling Camilla. How are you doing?"
Camilla sucked in a breath. "Grandfather. I am doing fine. So what do I owe the pleasure?"
"I was just calling to inform you that a young man by the name of Bradley Hotchkiss will be escorting you to the Lobster Shack tonight."
Camilla let out a small laugh. Ever since Ethan picked Theresa over Gwen, her father and grandfather have been counting on her to make the Crane/Hotchkiss merger. But she wasn't going to have it. She didn't give a damn about Bradley Hotchkiss. And he felt the same way about her. "Grandfather I already have plans."
"If you mean with that commoner cancel them."
"What if I refuse?" Camilla asked losing her patience.
"Then you and he will regret it." The dial tone rang throughout the phone. Camilla slammed the phone down. "Damn him. Damn him to hell," she muttered.
