AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey guys thanks for the reviews, you're all great! Oh, and
I've found out a few things that I've kind of messed up in the story so
far. Skye, apparently is in her late 20's or early 30's on the show, well
in here I made her 26. We're just gonna keep it that way, but I just wanted
to let you know that I realize my mistake. Also, apparently, there weren't
a lot of people at Skye and Jax's wedding (I didn't see that episode) but
we'll just pretend that it was a big wedding, therefore Collin and Dawne
weren't noticed. Anything else I messed up, please excuse me. Well on with
the story!
"Where to boss?" Alex, Jax's limo driver, asked as his boss came down the stairs into the garage.
Jax shook his head. "I'll dive myself this time, thanks," he replied as he pulled out the keys to his BMW convertible and unlocked it with the electronic keys.
"Sure," Alex nodded to him and went back to his magazine.
Jax started the car and pulled slowly out of the garage, knowing exactly where he was headed. He was going to confront Skye, he'd put it off all day, but today he was going to do it.
He sighed to himself as he pulled out of his driveway and matched his speed to the other cars on the street. Ever since that little girl had shown up yesterday, it was all he could think of. He'd never imagined Skye as a mother, much less a loving one, but she was exactly that. It hadn't been an act yesterday when she ran into her daughter's arms, it had been real.
Skye had a daughter. It still didn't sit well with him, it was just too strange to think of her having a child. As he came to a stoplight he leaned over and pressed the speed dial on his phone, calling one of his business friends.
"Barker," the man answered when he picked up the phone.
"Dan, it's Jax," he replied.
"What can I do for you?" Dan asked knowing it wasn't a friendly hello Jax was calling him for.
"I need you to find out anything you can on my ex," Jax answered getting straight to the point.
"Brenda?" Dan inquired.
"No, Skye," he corrected. "I want you to focus around the time she was 19, she'd have been in college then at Harvard. Find anything abnormal and call me back."
"Can I ask why you're checking up on your wife?" Dan asked curiously.
"You can, but I won't answer," Jax answered.
"Do you realize I just called Skye your wife and you didn't correct me?" he questioned his friend.
Jax was silent, realizing Dan was right. "Call me back as soon as you get the information," Jax said, ignoring the question. He waited until he heard Dan confirm it before ending the call.
He hadn't even driven 5 blocks before his cell phone rang again. He glanced at the caller ID, noting it was Barker and answered it. "That was fast."
"That's my job," Barker replied. "She started school at Harvard in August of '96, took a three week leave of absence for a personal problem in mid April, but came back and finished her freshman year. Do you want me to find out what the problem was?"
"No," Jax shook his head. "I already know, but I do want you to find out the name of every man she's ever slept with."
"Geeze," Dan whistled. "Are you sure you want to know that? I'm mean, she's a woman that uses sex to her advantage, the list could be a mile long!"
"Just focus on her high school and college years Dan," Jax replied with resentment. With that he clicked the phone off just as he pulled into the parking lot of the Port Charles Hotel.
He handed his keys to the nearest valet and walked into the building. "Mr. Jacks," the receptionist smiled a warm greeting when she noticed him walking towards her. "How nice to see you. What can I do for you."
"I need Ms. Skye Quartermaine's room number," he replied.
"She's in the Rose Suite," she replied without even looking it up on the computer. "Penthouse. Room 541."
"Thanks," Jax nodded and headed off to the elevator and punched the button for the fifth. The elevator dinged as it reached the final floor and he waited as an elderly couple hobbled out of the elevator before letting himself out.
He headed off for the familiar room, the one she always stayed in, so he knew his way effortlessly. He reached the door and knocked two sharp knocks and waited. He frowned as the door opened revealing Collin who purposely blocked his view into the room.
"Mr. Jacks," he nodded looking him over with a brief dislike.
"Mr. Francis," Jax replied in the same cool manner Collin and greeted him in.
"Can I do something for you?" he asked.
"I want to speak with Skye," Jax nodded as he remained standing outside the door, waiting for Collin to let him in.
"She's not here," he answered shortly.
"Where is she?" Jax inquired.
"She's at the hospital," Collin replied. He nodded at Jax's confused look. "Yeah, something about having an ultrasound."
"An ultrasound?" Jax repeated in shock.
Collin nodded. "She's pregnant."
"Pregnant?" he repeated.
"With your child," Collin nodded.
Jax stood in shock for a moment. How could she be pregnant with his child? They hadn't slept together in months. "You're lying," Jax said cautiously, hoping he was right.
Collin cocked his head to the side. "You're right, I am. But I was telling the truth when I said she wasn't here."
"Well where is she?" Jax asked, his voice sounded completely relieved.
"She and Dawne are at the pool," he replied. "They should be back in a few moments, why don't you come in and wait for them?" he added when Jax started to leave for the pool.
Jax nodded slowly and stepped inside, wondering if he'd just stepped into something he wouldn't be able to get out of. He looked around the room slowly, noting that the couch and been turned into a makeshift bed and felt a bit relieved to know she and Collin hadn't slept together last night. He could see into the bedroom and also noted that the bed wasn't made, but on the pillow was a teddy bear. It was obvious Skye had Dawne sleep with her.
"What do you want to talk to Skye about?" Collin asked as he studied Jax thoroughly. "Wait, lemme' guess," he held up a hand when Jax opened his mouth to reply. "Dawne? Was I right?"
Jax nodded slowly. "I want to know who the father is."
Collin smiled. "She won't tell you. I'm one of the few that knows."
"Then maybe you'll tell me," Jax suggested.
"Skye's my best friend, I wouldn't tell somebody something she didn't want them to know," he replied, shaking his head.
"But I'm not somebody, I'm her ex-husband," Jax corrected.
"Emphasis on the "ex" part of ex-husband," he said with obvious dislike. "She doesn't have to explain herself to you anymore since she's nothing to you."
"Skye is not nothing to me," Jax corrected him. "I was in love with her once."
"Were you?" Collin asked in mock surprise. "I sounded to me like you left her practically the moment you heard Malibu Barbie Brenda was alive. You hadn't even been married to her two weeks... Sure doesn't sound like love to me."
"Skye lied to me," Jax defended himself.
"And you didn't lie to her?" Collin asked. "What about all those times you told Skye you were going to a meeting and went to Brenda's? What about the time you promised her that Brenda wouldn't come between your marriage? And here's the kicker- I just love this one- you promised to love, honor and cherish her for the rest of your life. I know, I was there. And sorry, but it doesn't look to me like you're dead yet."
"People get divorced all the time," he replied his defense faltering a little. Hearing his faults from someone else just made them seem real, as if they were just finally sinking in.
Collin smiled a humorless smile. 'You're right, they do. Hell it was Skye's fourth marriage might as well make it her fourth divorce at the same time, am I right? Is that what you were thinking?"
"Skye and I had our problems from the beginning," he replied.
Collin gave a snort. "See, that's your problem right there. You think marriage is supposed to be perfect. You thought once you and Skye were married, she'd turn into the perfect little housewife. Cleaning and cooking for you, bearing your children........... Well guess what?" he asked and cocked a brow. "Skye ain't no housewife and she's definitely not perfect.
"Skye is -on the other hand- a manipulating, controlling, vicious, egotistical bitch to people she doesn't know or like. But when you get to know her she turns out to be this intelligent, loyal and kind, outrageously sexy woman, who loves her daughter with all her heart," he told Jax with pure love and respect shining in his eyes. "And you let that go. You threw her away like yesterday's trash," his eyes turned to coal and hate as he looked back at Jax.
Deep inside, Jax felt Collin's words, and they tore at his pride, but he kept a mask of indifference over his face as he spoke. "You don't like me, do you?"
Collin looked him up and down slowly. "That all depends on your next move," he replied cryptically as the door opened and Skye and Dawne stepped inside.
Skye was smiling ear to ear, as if she hadn't stopped since her daughter arrived, Jax noticed. He was also aware of the skimpy black string bikini she was wearing under a netted cover-up, but braced himself and didn't look down again.
"Jax," she said in surprise and he watched her smile fade from her eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"I-I wanted to talk to you," he replied. "Alone," he added when he looked over at Collin and down at the little girl that was Skye's daughter.
"I'm kind of busy, can we do it another time?" She said more like a demand than a request.
"This is the only free time I could weasel out to talk to you," he replied, which was a complete lie.
"I see," she nodded and with her eyes she told him she knew he was lying. "Well I guess since it's the only free time you have......" She turned to Collin. "Collin, would you mind taking Dawne to the ice cream shop down the street?"
"Sure," Collin nodded and looked up at Jax as he crossed the room giving him an If-you-hurt-her-I'll-kill-you-and-make-it-look-like-an-accident look. "Come on Princess," he said picking her up and hoisting her high on top his shoulders.
"I want a vanilla cone!" she exclaimed.
"And you shall have one," Collin replied telling her to duck as he walked out of the room with her on his shoulders.
Skye shut the door slowly behind them, waving good-bye to her daughter as she did. She turned around and stared at Jax, waiting for him to pound her with questions, but he didn't. "What?" she asked after they'd stared at each other for what seemed like an excruciatingly long moment.
"I still can't get used to the fact that you're a mother," he replied shaking his head.
"Well get used to it 'cause it's not gonna' change anytime soon," she replied sarcastically.
Jax ignored her sarcasm knowing that it was simply something she did when she was nervous. "How long will she be here?"
"'Til the end of the week," Skye replied slowly. She'd known Jax would eventually come to talk to her, but she'd been ready for a fight.
"So soon?" he asked.
"She's on spring break, I've got to get her back or else they won't take her back for the rest of the year," Skye replied.
"Sounds like a very particular place," he observed.
"It is," she replied. "It's the best school in Europe."
"Is that why she's there? Because it's the best?" Jax asked.
Skye looked him up and down, something was off with him, but she couldn't quite figure out what it was. "There's that, and it's one of the most secure schools there is. Even royalty send their kids there."
"So why did you want her to go to the most secure school?" he asked.
"For some reason I really don't think you came here to discuss Dawne's schooling with me, so just say what you came here to say Jax," she demanded.
"I want to know who her father is," he replied after a seconds hesitation.
"I already told you, I can't say," she replied.
"Why not?" he asked.
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I have a right to know!" he exclaimed as if it were the most logical answer in the world.
"I'd love to see where it's written down that an ex-wife has to tell her ex- husband who the father of her child is!" Skye exclaimed.
Jax clenched his jaw tightly for a few seconds. "Skye, it's killing me," he said quietly. "It's been gnawing at me ever since she showed up yesterday. I don't know why, but it just kills me to know you didn't trust me enough when we were engaged to tell me about her."
"Jax I did trust you," she replied, her voice softening. "I just didn't trust my family with this kind of knowledge." She sighed. "Look, Dawne is in a lot of danger being here, and-"
"Danger?" Jax repeated. "What kind of danger."
"I can't tell you that," she shook her head. "It's too complicated to explain right now."
Jax nodded, knowing she wasn't going to tell him, not now anyway. He looked down at her chest for the sixth time since they'd been talking and groaned. "Skye, please, put some clothes on."
Skye looked down, observing her skimpy bikini with interest. She looked back up at him with amusement in her eyes. "You've seen me in a lot less than this before Jax. Or do I have to remind you we were once married?"
Jax shook his head. "No, but if you don't put some clothes on you may have to remind me why I ever divorced you."
Skye's smile faltered at his words. She knew in that moment that if she didn't cover up she could lure Jax to her bed, something she told herself she wanted very badly. But she reached over and wrapped the sheet on the couch around herself anyway.
For her, sleeping with Jax would cause her to think they were back together again, but for Jax it would simply be sex. It wouldn't mean a damn thing to him and Skye knew it. She wasn't about to risk her heart with this man again.
Jax let out a sigh of relief when she wrapped the sheet around herself. He told himself that's what he'd wanted her to do, but deep inside he had hoped she'd use the knowledge that he was still turned on by her to her advantage. But she didn't, and it confused him slightly because she'd been trying to win him back for such a long time.
She just doesn't want Collin and Dawne to walk in on us, he reasoned. It would be too hard to explain to her.
"Maybe you should go," she requested quietly.
He nodded and headed for the door. He paused, his hand on the door handle. "Skye," he began and she turned to him. "I just wanted you to know.......... You could never be nothing to me."
She nodded slowly, slightly confused. He stared at her a few seconds, then quietly left, leaving her staring after him, wondering what he was talking about.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: So there is chapter 4, I hope you all like it. Well, please review because I like reviews, LOL! Oh and if anyone knows how to get FanFiction.net to let me put tabs on the paragraphs and italicize words, please let me know. Please review!
"Where to boss?" Alex, Jax's limo driver, asked as his boss came down the stairs into the garage.
Jax shook his head. "I'll dive myself this time, thanks," he replied as he pulled out the keys to his BMW convertible and unlocked it with the electronic keys.
"Sure," Alex nodded to him and went back to his magazine.
Jax started the car and pulled slowly out of the garage, knowing exactly where he was headed. He was going to confront Skye, he'd put it off all day, but today he was going to do it.
He sighed to himself as he pulled out of his driveway and matched his speed to the other cars on the street. Ever since that little girl had shown up yesterday, it was all he could think of. He'd never imagined Skye as a mother, much less a loving one, but she was exactly that. It hadn't been an act yesterday when she ran into her daughter's arms, it had been real.
Skye had a daughter. It still didn't sit well with him, it was just too strange to think of her having a child. As he came to a stoplight he leaned over and pressed the speed dial on his phone, calling one of his business friends.
"Barker," the man answered when he picked up the phone.
"Dan, it's Jax," he replied.
"What can I do for you?" Dan asked knowing it wasn't a friendly hello Jax was calling him for.
"I need you to find out anything you can on my ex," Jax answered getting straight to the point.
"Brenda?" Dan inquired.
"No, Skye," he corrected. "I want you to focus around the time she was 19, she'd have been in college then at Harvard. Find anything abnormal and call me back."
"Can I ask why you're checking up on your wife?" Dan asked curiously.
"You can, but I won't answer," Jax answered.
"Do you realize I just called Skye your wife and you didn't correct me?" he questioned his friend.
Jax was silent, realizing Dan was right. "Call me back as soon as you get the information," Jax said, ignoring the question. He waited until he heard Dan confirm it before ending the call.
He hadn't even driven 5 blocks before his cell phone rang again. He glanced at the caller ID, noting it was Barker and answered it. "That was fast."
"That's my job," Barker replied. "She started school at Harvard in August of '96, took a three week leave of absence for a personal problem in mid April, but came back and finished her freshman year. Do you want me to find out what the problem was?"
"No," Jax shook his head. "I already know, but I do want you to find out the name of every man she's ever slept with."
"Geeze," Dan whistled. "Are you sure you want to know that? I'm mean, she's a woman that uses sex to her advantage, the list could be a mile long!"
"Just focus on her high school and college years Dan," Jax replied with resentment. With that he clicked the phone off just as he pulled into the parking lot of the Port Charles Hotel.
He handed his keys to the nearest valet and walked into the building. "Mr. Jacks," the receptionist smiled a warm greeting when she noticed him walking towards her. "How nice to see you. What can I do for you."
"I need Ms. Skye Quartermaine's room number," he replied.
"She's in the Rose Suite," she replied without even looking it up on the computer. "Penthouse. Room 541."
"Thanks," Jax nodded and headed off to the elevator and punched the button for the fifth. The elevator dinged as it reached the final floor and he waited as an elderly couple hobbled out of the elevator before letting himself out.
He headed off for the familiar room, the one she always stayed in, so he knew his way effortlessly. He reached the door and knocked two sharp knocks and waited. He frowned as the door opened revealing Collin who purposely blocked his view into the room.
"Mr. Jacks," he nodded looking him over with a brief dislike.
"Mr. Francis," Jax replied in the same cool manner Collin and greeted him in.
"Can I do something for you?" he asked.
"I want to speak with Skye," Jax nodded as he remained standing outside the door, waiting for Collin to let him in.
"She's not here," he answered shortly.
"Where is she?" Jax inquired.
"She's at the hospital," Collin replied. He nodded at Jax's confused look. "Yeah, something about having an ultrasound."
"An ultrasound?" Jax repeated in shock.
Collin nodded. "She's pregnant."
"Pregnant?" he repeated.
"With your child," Collin nodded.
Jax stood in shock for a moment. How could she be pregnant with his child? They hadn't slept together in months. "You're lying," Jax said cautiously, hoping he was right.
Collin cocked his head to the side. "You're right, I am. But I was telling the truth when I said she wasn't here."
"Well where is she?" Jax asked, his voice sounded completely relieved.
"She and Dawne are at the pool," he replied. "They should be back in a few moments, why don't you come in and wait for them?" he added when Jax started to leave for the pool.
Jax nodded slowly and stepped inside, wondering if he'd just stepped into something he wouldn't be able to get out of. He looked around the room slowly, noting that the couch and been turned into a makeshift bed and felt a bit relieved to know she and Collin hadn't slept together last night. He could see into the bedroom and also noted that the bed wasn't made, but on the pillow was a teddy bear. It was obvious Skye had Dawne sleep with her.
"What do you want to talk to Skye about?" Collin asked as he studied Jax thoroughly. "Wait, lemme' guess," he held up a hand when Jax opened his mouth to reply. "Dawne? Was I right?"
Jax nodded slowly. "I want to know who the father is."
Collin smiled. "She won't tell you. I'm one of the few that knows."
"Then maybe you'll tell me," Jax suggested.
"Skye's my best friend, I wouldn't tell somebody something she didn't want them to know," he replied, shaking his head.
"But I'm not somebody, I'm her ex-husband," Jax corrected.
"Emphasis on the "ex" part of ex-husband," he said with obvious dislike. "She doesn't have to explain herself to you anymore since she's nothing to you."
"Skye is not nothing to me," Jax corrected him. "I was in love with her once."
"Were you?" Collin asked in mock surprise. "I sounded to me like you left her practically the moment you heard Malibu Barbie Brenda was alive. You hadn't even been married to her two weeks... Sure doesn't sound like love to me."
"Skye lied to me," Jax defended himself.
"And you didn't lie to her?" Collin asked. "What about all those times you told Skye you were going to a meeting and went to Brenda's? What about the time you promised her that Brenda wouldn't come between your marriage? And here's the kicker- I just love this one- you promised to love, honor and cherish her for the rest of your life. I know, I was there. And sorry, but it doesn't look to me like you're dead yet."
"People get divorced all the time," he replied his defense faltering a little. Hearing his faults from someone else just made them seem real, as if they were just finally sinking in.
Collin smiled a humorless smile. 'You're right, they do. Hell it was Skye's fourth marriage might as well make it her fourth divorce at the same time, am I right? Is that what you were thinking?"
"Skye and I had our problems from the beginning," he replied.
Collin gave a snort. "See, that's your problem right there. You think marriage is supposed to be perfect. You thought once you and Skye were married, she'd turn into the perfect little housewife. Cleaning and cooking for you, bearing your children........... Well guess what?" he asked and cocked a brow. "Skye ain't no housewife and she's definitely not perfect.
"Skye is -on the other hand- a manipulating, controlling, vicious, egotistical bitch to people she doesn't know or like. But when you get to know her she turns out to be this intelligent, loyal and kind, outrageously sexy woman, who loves her daughter with all her heart," he told Jax with pure love and respect shining in his eyes. "And you let that go. You threw her away like yesterday's trash," his eyes turned to coal and hate as he looked back at Jax.
Deep inside, Jax felt Collin's words, and they tore at his pride, but he kept a mask of indifference over his face as he spoke. "You don't like me, do you?"
Collin looked him up and down slowly. "That all depends on your next move," he replied cryptically as the door opened and Skye and Dawne stepped inside.
Skye was smiling ear to ear, as if she hadn't stopped since her daughter arrived, Jax noticed. He was also aware of the skimpy black string bikini she was wearing under a netted cover-up, but braced himself and didn't look down again.
"Jax," she said in surprise and he watched her smile fade from her eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"I-I wanted to talk to you," he replied. "Alone," he added when he looked over at Collin and down at the little girl that was Skye's daughter.
"I'm kind of busy, can we do it another time?" She said more like a demand than a request.
"This is the only free time I could weasel out to talk to you," he replied, which was a complete lie.
"I see," she nodded and with her eyes she told him she knew he was lying. "Well I guess since it's the only free time you have......" She turned to Collin. "Collin, would you mind taking Dawne to the ice cream shop down the street?"
"Sure," Collin nodded and looked up at Jax as he crossed the room giving him an If-you-hurt-her-I'll-kill-you-and-make-it-look-like-an-accident look. "Come on Princess," he said picking her up and hoisting her high on top his shoulders.
"I want a vanilla cone!" she exclaimed.
"And you shall have one," Collin replied telling her to duck as he walked out of the room with her on his shoulders.
Skye shut the door slowly behind them, waving good-bye to her daughter as she did. She turned around and stared at Jax, waiting for him to pound her with questions, but he didn't. "What?" she asked after they'd stared at each other for what seemed like an excruciatingly long moment.
"I still can't get used to the fact that you're a mother," he replied shaking his head.
"Well get used to it 'cause it's not gonna' change anytime soon," she replied sarcastically.
Jax ignored her sarcasm knowing that it was simply something she did when she was nervous. "How long will she be here?"
"'Til the end of the week," Skye replied slowly. She'd known Jax would eventually come to talk to her, but she'd been ready for a fight.
"So soon?" he asked.
"She's on spring break, I've got to get her back or else they won't take her back for the rest of the year," Skye replied.
"Sounds like a very particular place," he observed.
"It is," she replied. "It's the best school in Europe."
"Is that why she's there? Because it's the best?" Jax asked.
Skye looked him up and down, something was off with him, but she couldn't quite figure out what it was. "There's that, and it's one of the most secure schools there is. Even royalty send their kids there."
"So why did you want her to go to the most secure school?" he asked.
"For some reason I really don't think you came here to discuss Dawne's schooling with me, so just say what you came here to say Jax," she demanded.
"I want to know who her father is," he replied after a seconds hesitation.
"I already told you, I can't say," she replied.
"Why not?" he asked.
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I have a right to know!" he exclaimed as if it were the most logical answer in the world.
"I'd love to see where it's written down that an ex-wife has to tell her ex- husband who the father of her child is!" Skye exclaimed.
Jax clenched his jaw tightly for a few seconds. "Skye, it's killing me," he said quietly. "It's been gnawing at me ever since she showed up yesterday. I don't know why, but it just kills me to know you didn't trust me enough when we were engaged to tell me about her."
"Jax I did trust you," she replied, her voice softening. "I just didn't trust my family with this kind of knowledge." She sighed. "Look, Dawne is in a lot of danger being here, and-"
"Danger?" Jax repeated. "What kind of danger."
"I can't tell you that," she shook her head. "It's too complicated to explain right now."
Jax nodded, knowing she wasn't going to tell him, not now anyway. He looked down at her chest for the sixth time since they'd been talking and groaned. "Skye, please, put some clothes on."
Skye looked down, observing her skimpy bikini with interest. She looked back up at him with amusement in her eyes. "You've seen me in a lot less than this before Jax. Or do I have to remind you we were once married?"
Jax shook his head. "No, but if you don't put some clothes on you may have to remind me why I ever divorced you."
Skye's smile faltered at his words. She knew in that moment that if she didn't cover up she could lure Jax to her bed, something she told herself she wanted very badly. But she reached over and wrapped the sheet on the couch around herself anyway.
For her, sleeping with Jax would cause her to think they were back together again, but for Jax it would simply be sex. It wouldn't mean a damn thing to him and Skye knew it. She wasn't about to risk her heart with this man again.
Jax let out a sigh of relief when she wrapped the sheet around herself. He told himself that's what he'd wanted her to do, but deep inside he had hoped she'd use the knowledge that he was still turned on by her to her advantage. But she didn't, and it confused him slightly because she'd been trying to win him back for such a long time.
She just doesn't want Collin and Dawne to walk in on us, he reasoned. It would be too hard to explain to her.
"Maybe you should go," she requested quietly.
He nodded and headed for the door. He paused, his hand on the door handle. "Skye," he began and she turned to him. "I just wanted you to know.......... You could never be nothing to me."
She nodded slowly, slightly confused. He stared at her a few seconds, then quietly left, leaving her staring after him, wondering what he was talking about.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: So there is chapter 4, I hope you all like it. Well, please review because I like reviews, LOL! Oh and if anyone knows how to get FanFiction.net to let me put tabs on the paragraphs and italicize words, please let me know. Please review!
