Chapter 3: A New Friend and Old Memories
A few days later, Elizabeth is working at Kelly's when Emily comes up to the counter. "How've you been Liz?"
"I've been fine. I haven't seen you for a few days. Where've you been?"
"Well, Mom and Dad have been wanting me to take it easy, so I took a few days off and just hung around the house with Grandmother."
"I bet she enjoys that."
"I hope she does, or else I've just been annoying the crap out of her for the past three days."
"Don't worry, Lila loves everyone."
"I know. So what's been happening with you? Anything new and exciting happen?"
"Well, as a matter of fact, when I ws searching for bike prices, I came across this guy on the internet. He seems really nice and we've been emailing each other, just talking about nothing."
"Have you been cheating on Ric?"
"Are you kidding? I love Ric and I definatly wouldn't cheat on him, especially someone on the internet."
"Well, I actually was kidding. So tell me about this guy."
"Well, he's actually from Port Charles, small world huh? We've decided to keep our identities a secret so if we run into each other, then it wouldn't be awkward. He's engaged as a matter of fact, and very committed to his job."
"Sounds cool, do you all talk about a lot of personal things, like your history?"
"We've also decided to not talk about that either, because that could reveal who we are."
"So does Ric know about this internet guy?"
"He knows that I've been emailing someone that I met on the internet, so yes he does."
"I see. Do you think you'll ever meet this guy in person?"
"We've only been talking for about three days, so that hasn't even come up yet."
Emily stops asking question for a bit and they talk about her remission and how her check up went. When Elizabeth's shift is up, she tells Emily that she is going over to her studio to go through all of her old stuff and put it into storage. It's getting to cluttered she says.
Elizabeth leaves just as Courtney walks in and they don't look at each other as they pass.
As Courtney walks up to the counter, Emily gets ready to leave. "Are you leaving? I has hoping that we could talk."
"Well, I have to go meet Zander, so I only have about five minutes. Is it importnat?"
"Not really. I just wanted to talk to you, and get to know you a little better. It's important to Jason that we get along."
"I don't have anything against you, so there aren't any problems."
"Elizabeth and I don't get along, so I was wondering if that caused you any problems?"
"No. I respect Elizabeth's opinion about certain things, but that doens't mean that we have to lile the exact same people. Right?"
"Right. Thanks. I was getting worried that you wouldn't like me because of that."
"Don't worry. I love Jason, so I hope there are no problems between us."
"Me too."
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Elizabeth walks into her studio and turns on the lights. She throws the keys on the table near the door, sets her bag down, and closes the door. As she walks over tot he couch, there is a knock on the door. "Who is it?" Elizabeth calls through the door.
"It's me, Ric. Can I come in?"
Elizabeth walks over to the door and opens it. "Hey, what are you doing here?"
"I just thought I'd stop by and see if I could help you. Nice door by the way. No one will be able to break into here. Is there a reason for that?"
"Well, I was kidnapped one time. Some guys were trying to get to Jason and we were close at the time, so they used me. After he found me, he had this door installed so it would be harder for them to break in and take me."
"I didn't know you and Jason had such a past." RIc seems a little worried.
"Yeah, I've known him for about four years now. We were really close once upon a time."
"I see that." There's an awkward pause. "So, shall we get to work?"
"Yes, we shall," Elizabeth replies.
Ric takes off his coat and slings it over the couch. He walks over to a pile of paintings as Elizabeth goes over to her supply shelves. Ric starts going through the paintings, putting some in boxes for storage and picking some out to put up in their apartment. One imparticular catches his eye. "What about this one? This is too good for storage. I think it would look great over the mantle."
Elizabeth turns around and seems shocked at the one he's talking about. "Actually, I painted that for someone a long time ago. I think it's about time I give it to them."
"Good idea. Who wouldn't want this painting? It's gorgeous."
"Thanks." Elizabeth says. HSe starts back to work, putting a lot of the supplies in boxes for storage. "I think it's about time for him to have it," she says under her breath.