Juliana's Story part 2
"What do you mean Frisco changed everything?" Jasper asked giving her a puzzled look.
"You don't know that much about him do you?"
"No, just know his family ties here in Port Charles."
"Then allow me to tell you about Frisco. He started out by being the lead singer for Blackie Parish's band. They called themselves Riff Raff. Now don't get me wrong I liked Blackie well enough. He was a nice enough guy, and he wasn't too bad on the eyes either. But Frisco had something, hell he still does. Don't ask me what it is because I couldn't tell you. But whenever he walks into a room, you're immediately drawn to him; well I am anyway." Juliana paused; a big smile was on her face, causing Jasper to smile as well.
"The first time I met Frisco was at a practice for Riff Raff. He was singing "Sneak Attack", which looking back on it now seems fitting. He noticed me dancing along and winked. That was it I was hooked."
"Doesn't take much to get you hooked does it?" Jasper asked with a laugh.
"Shut up Jasper. Let me tell my story." Juliana said picking up one of the pillows and hitting him with it.
"Sorry. You were saying?"
"Anyway, I'd get out of school and go watch him rehearse. It used to drive Grandfather up the wall. Apparently, we Quartermaines were too good to be associating with the common folk. I still did it anyway. Tania, who he was dating at the time, used to tease him about having a groupie. He'd just smile and wink at me; seemed to do that a lot when I was around. Blackie hated it. Said it was his band. I should be his groupie.
"He used to try out new songs on me. If I didn't like them then he'd toss it from the play list. Sometimes, I wonder if he'd tried them out on other people what would have happened."
"Were they really that good?"
"I don't remember now. But I somehow think Frisco wasn't that pleased with them and was looking for an excuse to cut them. If I remember rightly they were ones Blackie tried to write after he stole 'Make Me Believe It.' So yeah they were bad."
"Wait this Blackie guy stole a song?"
"It's a long story. Not really all that important. Needless to say Blackie went down a wrong path and it ended up costing him everything. In the meantime I was growing to like Frisco more and more. Everyone used to tell me it was pointless, that Frisco saw me as nothing but a little sister or groupie. I decided to prove them all wrong.
"About two days before he met Felicia I went to see him. I told him how I felt. That I was in love with him. Now to have heard everyone else tell it, he was going to laugh in my face."
"Did he?"
"No, of course not. He smiled, gave me a hug and kiss on the forehead and told me to get back to him in fifteen years."
"Then he met Felicia and I'm guessing things went downhill from there."
"That's putting it mildly. It wasn't Frisco and me anymore. She hated that I went to rehearsals for the band, hated that I was always hanging around. Not that I should have been considered a threat I was what nine? Anyway, for a little while things were fine. But then my birthday rolled around. He had promised me a day like we used to have, just the two of us. We could do anything I wanted. But when the time came he was off on some treasure hunt with Felicia.
"When he came home he tried to make it up to me. But I was just so hurt. I didn't want anything to do with him. Jason, being Jason, had tried to make me see things had been out of his control; but I wouldn't hear it. Told Jase he had no idea because he was at school most of the time and to stay out of it." Juliana paused and began pacing the room.
"Jules, what is it?" Jax asked.
"Look we're
skipping ahead. Not much happens
anyway. I just locked myself in my room
for days after they got married. Only
one I'd talk to was Jason. He didn't
tell me I was being stupid. He
understood that I felt like I had lost my best friend, not to mention the love
of my life. In the meantime Frisco went
from singer to cop to WSB agent in a matter of months. Felicia hated it. I thought if he was happy then let him do
it. Besides, I'd always thought Robert
was cool. And now I had my own personal
James Bond to admire. I didn't know any
better. I was still young. I didn't
think about the danger Frisco was putting himself in. Looking back I suppose I should have been as
angry about it as Felicia considering what happened.
"Skip ahead a few years. Felicia receives a music box from the
WSB. It's from Frisco for their
anniversary. She also receives word that
he's been killed. They tell her they've
found his grave up in Canada. So she heads up there with Sean, Tony, and
this new friend of hers Colton Shore. God did I hate the guy. He was annoying as hell. The perfect match for Felicia, had she not
already been married to Frisco."
"You really didn't like Felicia did you?"
"No. And if you wait a few minutes I'll get to why. So they go and they see the grave. She comes home and waits what seemed like a few days before announcing she and Colton are engaged. I was so pissed. Hadn't Frisco meant anything to her? She said he'd want her to get on with her life. I told her she could at least wait a little longer. Needless to say these fights went no where. But then came the big slap in the face. They got married the day after Frisco's birthday, which also happened to be Frisco and Felicia's anniversary."
"You must have flipped."
"I did. Not that it did any good. I only got told I was being a spoiled brat and that I should stay out of it. Frisco was gone I had to deal with it. He wasn't coming back, no matter what I did. But you see Jasper that was the thing. I didn't think he was dead. I kept telling Jason I didn't feel it. I would have known if he was dead. No one believed me, so finally I just shut up and let Felicia marry Colton."
"Did you go to the wedding?"
"Yeah. It was a night wedding if I remember right. All I remember is that it rained really badly. We had a thunderstorm that day. If that wasn't an omen I don't know what was. They moved the reception from the park, which was where the wedding had been, to somewhere else. I didn't feel like going so I convinced Lila to convince Monica and Alan to let me just stay in the park for a while. I told them it had finally hit me Frisco was gone and that he wasn't coming back."
"Had it?"
"Hell no. I could feel him. I could tell he was there. Don't ask me how. Lucy says it's probably because I'm psychic. Who knows? Anyway, I was sitting under a tree not too far from where the cake was just thinking. A few minutes after everyone left this guy comes out from behind some trees. There was this flash of lightning and I saw the guy's face."
"Who was it?" Jax asked
"Frisco. He took the knife and sliced it through the cake. Scared me to death. He looked so different, older. I mean he was older, but there was something wrong. Before I could go talk to him he took off. I ran after him, broke one of my shoes and ran my tights. I lost him near the docks.
"What happened then?"
"The next day I looked all over for him. Finally, I went to see Robert. I figured I ought to tell him what was going on. Of course Robert, Anna, and Sean didn't believe me. Boy were they all about to get the shock of their lives."
tbc
