Chapter 1...Reconnection
Elizabeth Webber opened her eyes after a long night's sleep. She crawled out of her bed and looked at her clock. It was already 10:00am. Elizabeth realized that she had slept in much longer than she wanted to. Elizabeth dug through her drawer and found
herself a nice peach sweater to wear since it was now fall out in Port Charles. She then pulled out a nice pair of comfortable black pants to wear as well. Elizabeth rushed to get ready and once she was ready, Elizabeth rushed out of her studio and over to Kelly. Her first thing to do to get her life back on track was to get her old job back. Elizabeth stood outside of Kellys as she peered inside. She could see Courtney Matthews waiting on costumers along with some other waitresses. Elizabeth took a deep breath before going inside. She walked up to Courtney, who was busy waiting on a male costumer, and patiently waited for her
to get done. Once Courtney had taken the gentlemen's order Elizabeth spoke up.
"Courtney, do you have a moment?" she asked.
The blonde spun around and saw Elizabeth. "Sure, I have a moment...why?" Courtney asked as she looked at Elizabeth suspiciously.
"I was wondering if you have seen Tammy around?" Elizabeth asked. (A/N: Note sure if she is still the current owner, but in this fic she is)
"No I haven't....why?" Courtney said
"I...well...I was hoping to talk to her about getting my old job back." Elizabeth said quietly.
"Well...the place sure could use the help for sure. I have her number in back, let me call her for you." Courtney said as she started to go into the back.
"Hey Courtney." Elizabeth said.
Courtney stopped and spun around. "What?"
"Thank you." Elizabeth said with a smile. Courtney smiled back and then disappeared into the back. Elizabeth took a seat at an empty table and waited for Courtney to return. *That wasn't so hard. And Courtney isn't that bad of a person after all if she does this for me* she thought to herself. As she waited on Courtney to return, Elizabeth heard the door to Kelly's chime open and then saw Lucky Spencer walk in.
"Lucky!" Elizabeth called over to him to get his attention. Lucky turned and saw Elizabeth. She motioned for him to come over. Lucky walked over and took a seat at the table across from Elizabeth.
"Hey Elizabeth." Lucky said with a friendly smile. "I haven't seen you in a while. How have you been?"
"Uh...pretty good I guess. My divorce finalized today. I'm now officially free of Ric Lansing." Liz said.
Lucky smiled slightly. "I'm sorry about what happened with Ric, he didn't deserve you and he never will. But I know that you did love him at one time."
"Yes, I did love Ric at one time...but that love died away once I found out about him keeping Carly in that panic room. He lied to me, kept things from me and did many more things to me and I was too stupid to figure them out until I did. My god Lucky, Carly was in the house for a long time until I found her." Elizabeth said.
"Don't blame yourself Liz....it wasn't your fault." Lucky said as he looked at her. "It really wasn't...and if I see Ric come near you and you don't want him near you, then I'll give him a beating." Lucky said with a smile.
Elizabeth couldn't help but smile at his comment. "Thanks Lucky. I missed our friendship and I miss you. How about we go back to having a strong friendship again...like the good old days."
"I don't know about like the good old days, but I want to be your friend for sure. You are a nice person and who wouldn't want to be your friend." he said as he looked into her eyes.
Elizabeth smiled and before she could say anything else, Courtney had made her way over to where Lucky and Liz were.
"I've got some good news for you Elizabeth....you can have your old job back." Courtney said. "You start tomorrow. 8 am until 4 pm." she then added
"Thanks Courtney. I owe you." Elizabeth said.
"Well...how about covering a few shifts for me later on this week? Jason and I are going to try and get married again real soon and I need some time off to make some wedding arrangements." Courtney said then smiled to herself thinking about the perfect
wedding to Jason. Lucky rolled his eyes slightly and got up.
"I can tell that this is going to be some girl talk, so I'm going to leave now while I still can. I'll talk to you later Elizabeth." Lucky said then headed over to the counter to order something to drink. Elizabeth watched him leave and turned to Courtney.
"Sure thing, I can do that." Elizabeth replied. "Just call me about the dates and the times and I'll cover them for you." Elizabeth heard the door chime again and saw Jason Morgan walk in. She suddenly felt tense and hoped that he wouldn't come over to where she and Courtney were. But sure enough Jason made a beeline over to where the two were. Courtney saw Jason and gave him a kiss hello.
"Hey baby, what are you doing here? My shift doesn't end for a few more hours." Courtney said to Jason.
Jason smiled at Courtney then glanced over at Liz. "Is everything alright here?" he asked directing his question towards Courtney.
"Yes, everything is fine Jason." Courtney replied. "Oh great news....I can finally take my vacation time that I wanted to plan the wedding. Elizabeth is working here again and she is covering my shifts!" she exclaimed happily as her eyes lit up.
"Thats great Court." Jason said.
"Now what are you doing here again?" Courtney asked. "Not that I'm complaining though." she added.
"I was just going to warn you about Carly...shes on a mission....to get us married asap. She is prying for a fast wedding and I wanted to warn you about her. Don't let her pressure you into anything that you don't want in the wedding...remember I'm doing this wedding for you because personally I'd rather elope or have a very small ceremony where there are none of those tuxes or anything. Anyway, she said that she was going to stop by here soon, so be prepared." Jason said.
Courtney laughed and smiled. "Don't worry Jason, I can handle Carly." she said. "Now I have to get going...there are costumers to wait on and I need some good tips. I'll see you tomorrow for your shift Elizabeth and I will see you later at home Jason." she
said before leaving to go and wait on more costumers. The next minute was a minute of silence. Elizabeth and Jason exchanged glances but neither of them said anything.
"So I guess you are working at Kelly's again." Jason said breaking the silence
"Yeah I am. I wanted my old job back and Courtney helped me get it back." Elizabeth said.
There was another moment of silence and Jason finally sat down across from Elizabeth. He sat on the edge of the chair and sighed slightly. "I just wanted to let you know that Sonny let Ric live and...." he started then got cut off.
"I don't care about Ric anymore. I divorced him." Elizabeth said instantly. "You had no idea did you?"
Jason shook his head. "No, I didn't. I've been preoccupied lately....I just figured that you were still married to him."
"Well you figured wrong, I hate Ric Lansing as much as you, Sonny and Carly do." Elizabeth said. "Can we have a decent conversation without bringing up Sonny, Ric or some business things?" she asked.
Jason shifted uncomfortably in his chair. "I guess we can." he replied.
"Good." Elizabeth said. There was another moment of silence and Elizabeth decided to break it. "How have you been doing?" she asked.
"Uh...I guess okay. I've been busy with wedding planning and other things. Who knew that planning a wedding let along 2 in the same year could be so hard." he said and cracked a slight smile. Elizabeth smiled. She felt the tension die down and felt less tense.
"Well planning a wedding is very hard. You didn't really expect Courtney to marry you in some cheap chapel where you can wear that motorcycle jacket of yours did you?" she said
with a slight laugh.
"I guess not. Courtney loves me...but she wouldn't agree to that." he said with a slight chuckle.
*********
Courtney came out from the back and saw Jason and Elizabeth sitting at the table chatting away. Another waitress, Lisa came up behind Courtney.
"You better watch that man of yours girl. He looks a little too comfortable with that girl over there." Lisa said then went into the back again. Courtney continued to watch the two of them and then shook her head getting all the thoughts of what Lisa said to her out of her head.
Elizabeth Webber opened her eyes after a long night's sleep. She crawled out of her bed and looked at her clock. It was already 10:00am. Elizabeth realized that she had slept in much longer than she wanted to. Elizabeth dug through her drawer and found
herself a nice peach sweater to wear since it was now fall out in Port Charles. She then pulled out a nice pair of comfortable black pants to wear as well. Elizabeth rushed to get ready and once she was ready, Elizabeth rushed out of her studio and over to Kelly. Her first thing to do to get her life back on track was to get her old job back. Elizabeth stood outside of Kellys as she peered inside. She could see Courtney Matthews waiting on costumers along with some other waitresses. Elizabeth took a deep breath before going inside. She walked up to Courtney, who was busy waiting on a male costumer, and patiently waited for her
to get done. Once Courtney had taken the gentlemen's order Elizabeth spoke up.
"Courtney, do you have a moment?" she asked.
The blonde spun around and saw Elizabeth. "Sure, I have a moment...why?" Courtney asked as she looked at Elizabeth suspiciously.
"I was wondering if you have seen Tammy around?" Elizabeth asked. (A/N: Note sure if she is still the current owner, but in this fic she is)
"No I haven't....why?" Courtney said
"I...well...I was hoping to talk to her about getting my old job back." Elizabeth said quietly.
"Well...the place sure could use the help for sure. I have her number in back, let me call her for you." Courtney said as she started to go into the back.
"Hey Courtney." Elizabeth said.
Courtney stopped and spun around. "What?"
"Thank you." Elizabeth said with a smile. Courtney smiled back and then disappeared into the back. Elizabeth took a seat at an empty table and waited for Courtney to return. *That wasn't so hard. And Courtney isn't that bad of a person after all if she does this for me* she thought to herself. As she waited on Courtney to return, Elizabeth heard the door to Kelly's chime open and then saw Lucky Spencer walk in.
"Lucky!" Elizabeth called over to him to get his attention. Lucky turned and saw Elizabeth. She motioned for him to come over. Lucky walked over and took a seat at the table across from Elizabeth.
"Hey Elizabeth." Lucky said with a friendly smile. "I haven't seen you in a while. How have you been?"
"Uh...pretty good I guess. My divorce finalized today. I'm now officially free of Ric Lansing." Liz said.
Lucky smiled slightly. "I'm sorry about what happened with Ric, he didn't deserve you and he never will. But I know that you did love him at one time."
"Yes, I did love Ric at one time...but that love died away once I found out about him keeping Carly in that panic room. He lied to me, kept things from me and did many more things to me and I was too stupid to figure them out until I did. My god Lucky, Carly was in the house for a long time until I found her." Elizabeth said.
"Don't blame yourself Liz....it wasn't your fault." Lucky said as he looked at her. "It really wasn't...and if I see Ric come near you and you don't want him near you, then I'll give him a beating." Lucky said with a smile.
Elizabeth couldn't help but smile at his comment. "Thanks Lucky. I missed our friendship and I miss you. How about we go back to having a strong friendship again...like the good old days."
"I don't know about like the good old days, but I want to be your friend for sure. You are a nice person and who wouldn't want to be your friend." he said as he looked into her eyes.
Elizabeth smiled and before she could say anything else, Courtney had made her way over to where Lucky and Liz were.
"I've got some good news for you Elizabeth....you can have your old job back." Courtney said. "You start tomorrow. 8 am until 4 pm." she then added
"Thanks Courtney. I owe you." Elizabeth said.
"Well...how about covering a few shifts for me later on this week? Jason and I are going to try and get married again real soon and I need some time off to make some wedding arrangements." Courtney said then smiled to herself thinking about the perfect
wedding to Jason. Lucky rolled his eyes slightly and got up.
"I can tell that this is going to be some girl talk, so I'm going to leave now while I still can. I'll talk to you later Elizabeth." Lucky said then headed over to the counter to order something to drink. Elizabeth watched him leave and turned to Courtney.
"Sure thing, I can do that." Elizabeth replied. "Just call me about the dates and the times and I'll cover them for you." Elizabeth heard the door chime again and saw Jason Morgan walk in. She suddenly felt tense and hoped that he wouldn't come over to where she and Courtney were. But sure enough Jason made a beeline over to where the two were. Courtney saw Jason and gave him a kiss hello.
"Hey baby, what are you doing here? My shift doesn't end for a few more hours." Courtney said to Jason.
Jason smiled at Courtney then glanced over at Liz. "Is everything alright here?" he asked directing his question towards Courtney.
"Yes, everything is fine Jason." Courtney replied. "Oh great news....I can finally take my vacation time that I wanted to plan the wedding. Elizabeth is working here again and she is covering my shifts!" she exclaimed happily as her eyes lit up.
"Thats great Court." Jason said.
"Now what are you doing here again?" Courtney asked. "Not that I'm complaining though." she added.
"I was just going to warn you about Carly...shes on a mission....to get us married asap. She is prying for a fast wedding and I wanted to warn you about her. Don't let her pressure you into anything that you don't want in the wedding...remember I'm doing this wedding for you because personally I'd rather elope or have a very small ceremony where there are none of those tuxes or anything. Anyway, she said that she was going to stop by here soon, so be prepared." Jason said.
Courtney laughed and smiled. "Don't worry Jason, I can handle Carly." she said. "Now I have to get going...there are costumers to wait on and I need some good tips. I'll see you tomorrow for your shift Elizabeth and I will see you later at home Jason." she
said before leaving to go and wait on more costumers. The next minute was a minute of silence. Elizabeth and Jason exchanged glances but neither of them said anything.
"So I guess you are working at Kelly's again." Jason said breaking the silence
"Yeah I am. I wanted my old job back and Courtney helped me get it back." Elizabeth said.
There was another moment of silence and Jason finally sat down across from Elizabeth. He sat on the edge of the chair and sighed slightly. "I just wanted to let you know that Sonny let Ric live and...." he started then got cut off.
"I don't care about Ric anymore. I divorced him." Elizabeth said instantly. "You had no idea did you?"
Jason shook his head. "No, I didn't. I've been preoccupied lately....I just figured that you were still married to him."
"Well you figured wrong, I hate Ric Lansing as much as you, Sonny and Carly do." Elizabeth said. "Can we have a decent conversation without bringing up Sonny, Ric or some business things?" she asked.
Jason shifted uncomfortably in his chair. "I guess we can." he replied.
"Good." Elizabeth said. There was another moment of silence and Elizabeth decided to break it. "How have you been doing?" she asked.
"Uh...I guess okay. I've been busy with wedding planning and other things. Who knew that planning a wedding let along 2 in the same year could be so hard." he said and cracked a slight smile. Elizabeth smiled. She felt the tension die down and felt less tense.
"Well planning a wedding is very hard. You didn't really expect Courtney to marry you in some cheap chapel where you can wear that motorcycle jacket of yours did you?" she said
with a slight laugh.
"I guess not. Courtney loves me...but she wouldn't agree to that." he said with a slight chuckle.
*********
Courtney came out from the back and saw Jason and Elizabeth sitting at the table chatting away. Another waitress, Lisa came up behind Courtney.
"You better watch that man of yours girl. He looks a little too comfortable with that girl over there." Lisa said then went into the back again. Courtney continued to watch the two of them and then shook her head getting all the thoughts of what Lisa said to her out of her head.