Llanview Bound

"So, who's my father?" Skye questioned.

Rae looked at her daughter, she knew she should have told her the truth from the beginning, "You already know who he is. He lives in Port Charles." She paused, "Tony Jones."

"Tony Jones." Skye repeated, "Tony Jones is my father?"

"Yes." Rae answered truthfully

Skye was confused, "Why didn't you tell me before?"

"I wanted Alan to be your father so much and I kept telling myself over and over until I convinced myself that you were his." Rae confessed.

"Does Tony know?"

Rae shook her head, "I don't think so, he was married to someone else, we had a brief affair."

Skye took a minute to let things sink in, " You really loved Daddy....Alan, didn't you?"

"Yes, I'll always love him on some level. But as for you, I want you to get to know Tony, I'll even come with you to tell him."

Skye shook her head, she wasn't sure that she wanted to get to know him, "Mom, I love Daddy and I couldn't imagine anyone other than Alan Quartermaine as my father. I'm not sure I want to go through all those things again."

"I understand, but he has a right to know."

Skye nodded, "I know he does. Can we just change the subject?'

"Sure" Rae agreed, "What else has been going on?"

"What makes you think anything's going on?" Skye said defensively.

"Well, you're obviously running from someone. Who is he?"

"What makes you think it's someone?"

Rae watched Skye's movements, "It isn't?"

"It's Ned."

"Ned? Ned Ashton? Rae questioned, "Tracy's son?"

"Yes, we bonded over his daughter, Kristina. Everything was moving along great and then I went and did something stupid."

"What's that?"

Skye sighed, "I fell in love with him."

"Why is that so terrible?" Rae asked with a smile.

She studied the floor, "Because I'm as unlucky in love as anyone could get."

Rae gently lifted her daughter's chin, "Skye, you need to be a little more confident. You deserve to love and be loved back."

Skye nodded in agreement,, "Ned and I are so good together and I love him more than I ever thought possible."

"More than Jax?"

"I love Ned more than I've ever loved any man in my life, I couldn't't have gotten through any of this without Ned's support and Kristina. She's such an amazing baby." Suddenly her mood fell.

"Is something wrong?"

She debated on whether or not she should tell her, but she did want a better relationship with her and this was a start. "No, well, you see, Jax was out of town and he just returned, he wasn't too happy when he found Ned and I together."

"What do you mean by together?" Rae questioned.

"Ned and I were making love in his living room and Jax walked in."

"Oh, well, I imagine that was a shock, Skye."

"We tried to explain, but he wouldn't listen" Skye told her, "Jax and I had a few unpleasant run in's before that and then one after, which is the main reason I'm here."

"I'm surprised that you came to me about this."

"What was I suppose to do?" Skye asked, "Tell the Quartermaine's that Ned and I are together? We're just not ready yet and besides we may never have to."

"What do you mean?"

"Ned and Jax got into a fight and I told Ned that I was going to fix things with Jax, but Jax wouldn't listen and I told Ned the only way to fix things after than was for me to leave."

"Why would you leave?" Rae asked her.

"Because Ned and Jax have been friends for years."

"And you don't want to ruin their friendship?"

"Right." Skye confirmed, pushing a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Skye, love knows no bounds. Ned loves you and is probably looking for you right now."

She felt the tears building in her eyes, "Well, I've made it impossible to find me."

"How so?"

"This is the last place anyone would suspect me to come." Skye told her, "Llanview isn't my most favorite place. Anyway, it doesn't matter now."

"Has anything good happened since May?" Rae asked, gently wiping away Skye's tears.

"I thought I was pregnant."

"When?"

"Well, the first time was a few months after Jax left me and I had slummed around the Luis Alcazar and then this guy named Coleman. All that sex and all that semen and yet my body killed all the life giving essence. Then the second time was just recently, Ned and I waited patiently for the results of the pregnancy test and it was negative."

"Are you upset?"

Skye shook her head, "No, Ned and I need more time together before bringing life into the world."

"I agree. Parentage isn't anything to rush into."

"I just hope Ned and I can work things out. I don't think me running from the problem is going to sit well with him. Ned helped me get back on the wagon."

Rae felt terrible, "Skye, I'm sorry, I should have been there."

"To catch me after Jax pushed me off?"

"To help you through it." Rae told her, "I want to be a better mother to you but, you're going to have to meet me half way."

"I want to be a better daughter, maybe we can figure this out together."

"That's sounds great. Why don't we go to the palace for lunch and begin."

Twenty minutes later Skye and Rae were seated at the Palace. Skye looked around at the familiar faces and some of the not so familiar ones. She had to admit, sometimes she missed Llanview, but right now, she missed Port Charles. Snapping out of her thoughts, she made conversation with her Mother.

"So, Mom, why don't you catch me up on what's been going on around here."

"Alright." Rae looked over and spotted Lindsay, "Lindsay killed Sam Rappaport and spent some time at St. Anne's, she's just been released and is now in business with David Vickers."

"Interesting." Skye commented, "Continue."

"Kevin Buchanan is the Lt. Governor and he's now married to Kelly Cramer but has a thing for Blair, who is going to marry Walker Lawrence."

"Who is Walker Lawrence?" Skye asked.

"Mitch Lawrence's brother."

"Mitch, the one who terrorized everyone here?"

Rae nodded, "Yes."

"Blair sure knows how to pick 'em." Skye joked.

Back in Port Charles, Ned paced back and fourth in the foyer of the Quartermaine Mansion. It had been exactly four hours since he had last seen Skye. He wasn't sure on where she had disappeared to. She didn't pack anything, she just up and left, as is.

Monica walked through the front door, "Ned, there you are."

He gave her his full attention, "What did you find out?"

"Nothing. Nobody has seen Skye in the last four hours."

Ned sat down on the settee, "This is all my fault."

Monica sat down beside him, "No, it's not. If you want to blame anyone, blame Jax for acting like a selfish, spoiled child instead of a grown man." Monica told him, "Then again, maybe we're going about this all wrong."

"What do you mean?" Ned asked.

"Where's the last place you would expect Skye to be?"

"Llanview." He quickly answered.

"Then my money's on Llanview."

"You think?" He asked, "You really think she would go there after what happened with Rae?"

"Yes. Skye has gone to the place you'd least expect her to be."

"I have to get to Llanview." Ned told her, "If I don't get there soon, it may be too late."

"What do you mean?"

"She may fall off the wagon or go on a killing spree or something." Ned said non jokingly, "Skye tends to do irrational things when she's upset."

"Tell me about it." Monica remarked, remembering Skye's events from the last year.

Two hours later Ned found himself in Llanview, walking through angel square, he noticed a woman sitting on a bench, her young son was sitting in the stroller beside her.

"Excuse me, I'm Ned Ashton, I was wondering if you could help me find someone."

Blair smiled, "Of course. I'm Blair Cramer, are you new in town?"

"No, I'm just looking for Skye Quartermaine, you don't happen to know her, do you?"

"Skye Quartermaine?" Blair questioned, "As in the Quartermaine's, Edward Quartermaine and ELQ?"

Ned nodded, "Yeah, that would be her."

She was confused, "Let me get this straight, you're looking for Skye, a scheming, manipulative red head with an attitude problem."

"Yes." Ned answered again, "Have you seen her?"

"I can't believe that Skye's a Quartermaine." Blair said, still in shock." Huh, interesting. Anyway, about Skye, I seen her a few hours ago, she was heading over to her Mother's office."

"Where's that?" Ned asked.

"It's right across the street, in the second building." Blair pointed to the building. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

"Why are you looking for Skye?"

"Because I love her." Ned told her, "Thanks for the help."

Ned walked in the direction Blair had shown him, once inside the building he found Rae Cummings' office. He tapped on the door a few times before someone opened it.

"Skye." He shouted.

She tried to shut the door, but his hand held it still, "Skye, we need to talk."

She tried again to push the door closed, "Ned just go away, you shouldn't be here. You should be in Port Charles with the Quartermaine's and Alexis and your daughter."

"Why?"

"Because, they're your family and you need them."

"No." Ned argued, "They're my family, but I don't need them as much as I need you."

"I'm poison Ned, I'll just mess everything up." Skye began to sob, "I've already ruined your friendship with Jax and if we're together it's only going to make the Quartermaine's mad, they'll think that's I'm just trying to weasel my way back into the family."

"That's not true." He told her, "Monica is the one that helped me find you."

"Monica helped you find me?" Skye repeated, "Why?"

"Because, she knows about us."

"You told her?"

"I had no choice, I had to find you and besides, she already had her own idea's about what was going on between us. You said it yourself, she asked if there was something going on." Ned pushed to door open as Skye gave way, letting him inside the office.

"Skye, please come back with me."

TBC.....

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