Skye stood inside the Quartermaine mansion. She felt like an outsider again. The only reason she was even staying there was because Alan wanted her to finish out her years in high school at PC High. If it weren't for that she would have been out of there before anyone could say 'ELQ'.

Skye picked up a bottle of clear liquid from the wet bar. She knew perfectly well what it was. She had seen her supposed mother Althea with a bottle of it countless times.

'One drink won't hurt.' Skye thought as she poured herself a glass. She drank it and it burned as it went down her throat. She poured herself another until two became three and three became four. She finally stopped when her best friend Carly said, "Skye are you drunk?"

"No," Skye said pouting. "I'm completely ssober." Skye began to sway. "People always think they know sso much about me. They don't know anything."

"Okay Skye, You have to sit down." Carly helped Skye to the couch.

"Okay." Skye passed out. Carly called for Sonny and they helped carry her up to her bedroom. Carly had already packed because she would be spending the night at the Quartermaines thanks to Lila.

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Cameron stood at the edge of the Quartermaines fountain. "Hey, what are you doing here?" Cameron heard some one snicker. It was AJ. Cameron paid no attention to AJ. Most intelligent people didn't.

'I hope mom is home.' Cameron thought to himself. His parents had divorced and his mother had begun to drink quite a bit. That left Cameron responsible for himself, his mother and his little sister Paige.

Cameron stared down at his shoes. They looked awful as did his shirt and jeans.

Cameron couldn't take worrying about Paige and got in his car, a beat up, old Cadillac, and drove to the apartment where he lived.

He knocked on his neighbor, Mrs. Baker's door. Mrs. Baker and her dog, Duchess, greeted him. "Hello Cameron."

"Hello, Mrs. Baker." He greeted her with a smile. "Has my mother come to pick up Paige?'

"No dear, she hasn't." Mrs. Baker shook her head sadly. "Paige dear!"

"Hi Cameron." His bouncy little eight-year-old kid sister came to the door. Her dark hair had been pulled up into pigtails and her dark eyes looked up at him sadly, "Mama's not back yet is she?"

"She'll be back soon." Cameron said soothingly. "Hey, why don't you stay here and play with Duchess?"

"Can I come with you Cameron, please?" Paige's brown eyes looked up at him sadly.

"Sweetheart, why don't you and I bake some cookies." Mrs. Baker interjected.

"Okay."

'Thank you.'' Cameron mouthed to her. He set out to find his mother although he knew where she would be, Luke's.

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Sonny Corinthos heaved Skye on to her bed with the help of his girlfriend Carly Benson. She belly flopped on to the bed with a nice 'thud'. "Jeez, she is NOT as light as she appears." Carly said as she bent down and began to take off the high- healed black shoes. "Thanks for the help. I'm going to stay up here with her." She stood up as they kissed passionately.

" I'll see you tomorrow at school, okay?" he said grinning slightly.

Carly gave a face of mock impression; putting her hands on her hips. "So, your going to got to school tomorrow? Wow!" she laughed as Skye gave out a snort.

Sonny laughed. "Your funny. I'll see you later." With one last kiss, he walked out of the room, shutting the door quietly as he heard the party raging on downstairs.

He walked down the spiral staircase. He looked around in the crowd for his sister, but he couldn't find her. Suspecting that she was with her friend Elizabeth that she was okay. He found a beer and he opened the can and began to drink it when the phone began to ring. Hoping that someone would answer it he let the phone ring.

When it got around towards the fourth ring, it was pissing him off so he picked up the phone, hoping that it want the Quartermaines. "Hello?" he asked plugging one ear so he could hear better.

"Yes.um, is a Michael "Sonny" Corinthos or a Ric Lansing there. This is an emergency. I need to speak to him right away." Said an urgent voice. It was a male's voice that he didn't recognize.

"This is Sonny, why?" he said as he heard people cheering. He looked over to see people chugging beer then smashing the cans on their foreheads.

"Your mother is in the hospital. I'm afraid that she's in critical condition and it doesn't look good. She's asking for you and-" he didn't let the man finish before Sonny dropped the phone and was pushing his way through the crowd. Literally. If someone was in his way, he would shove them to the ground.

He jumped into his car, breathless. Sonny knew he had gone too far. Too far this time. Deke had bet his mother and now his mothers in the hospital.

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Courtney pulled the shirt over top of her head. She was so frail and she hurt. A lot. She loved Jason without a doubt, but it was her first time making love to someone and her body ached. She looked at Jason who pulled her into a lingering kiss. "I need to go." She said as he withdrew and lightly touched her forehead with his. " My parents will start to worry if I don't come home."

He grinned. "Okay, do you want me to take you home?" she nodded as he put his arm around her waist and led her towards the door as he opened the door. Before they walked downstairs. He gently kissed her temple and whispered in her ear, "I love you."

Courtney smiled broadly "I love you, too" They walked down the steps and out the door. Jason led her garage where she seen his motorcycle. When she sat straddled leg on the bike. She winced when Jason was looking but she didn't want to seem immature and whine about riding a motorcycle.

As they sped down the streets of Port Charles, It began pour down rain. She had her check against his back as her arms where held tight around his waist. They finally arrived at Courtney's house on Charles Street. He got off before her and helped her off the motorcycle.

They kissed passionately for a while in the rain. Courtney never knew that you could love someone so much, the way she felt for Jason right now. This time Courtney pulled back. I'll see you tomorrow. I love you. Bye." With one last kiss she took out her house key and opened the door to find the house deserted. She didn't know where everyone was and frankly, she didn't care.

Changing into dry clothes she didn't bother to take a shower. She fell on the bed hugging herself. All she wanted to do was sleep, but she wished that Jason was lying beside her.

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Carly sat on the edge of the bed. Her life was getting crazier and crazier. First her trailer trash mother is reveled not to be her mom, but really an ex hooker who doesn't even know who fathered her. 'Kind of pathetic' she thought re thinking her life.

Her mother Barbara Jean "Bobbie" Spencer didn't even know that Carly was her daughter. Only her, Skye, Sonny and her CRAZY uncle Luke knew.

Luke had told her that it wasn't right to keep a mother from its child, even when Bobbie was looking for her. Carly had pleaded with Luke not to tell her mother that she was her daughter, saying that she wanted to tell her herself. So when Bobbie confronted Luke about her "missing daughter" Luke helped her and said she was dead.

'Not the best alibi in the world, but it would do.' She thought as Skye gave out a loud snort, and then she mumbled something. Carly laughed softly at her drunken friend. She was actually was taking a liking to her crazy uncle. He was really nice to her.

Then she thought about her old life back in Florida. How she lived in a dump with a mother she loathed and the only up side was her being a cheerleader. Now she had Sonny and Luke to help her.

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Jason rode back up to the Q mansion to see the party in full swing. When he was inside, he changed into dry clothes, smiling from ear to ear when he heard a loud shout from down stairs. 'Their back.' He thought as he looked out the window while pulling a blue t- shirt over his head to see a bunch of kids out on the lawn.

"JASON! SKYE! GET YOUR UNGREATFUL ASSES DOWN HERE NOW!" shouted his grandfather Edward. Jason just shook his head as he opened the door and walked down stairs. Not even his pain in the ass family could get on his nerves. He saw his brother A.J. standing in the front of the room and his cousin Ned sitting on the steps.

"Where is Skye?" Edward hissed through clenched teeth as Jason just laughed, which surprised his family standing by the door.

"Skye plastered," A.J began then he looked up realizing what he said. "I- I mean sleeping. She's sleeping. Out cold."

"THERE WAS LIQUOR HERE TO?!" Edward bellowed, Jason shook his head crossing his arms over his chest. "Where the hell is the damn butler?" he asked more calmly looking around the room. Ned pointed to the closet by the stairs. Alan walked over to the closet and out fell Reginald, the butler, arms tied behinds his back legs tied together and he was gagged

"You tied up Reginald and stuffed him in a closet?!" Monica asked as Alan bent down and began to untie him.