From the Ashes
Authors Note: Chapter 5 is up lol. Its morning in Port Charles at the beginning of this chapter...and the storyline for Luke and Skye is beginning as Helena and Tracey are planning on getting rid of Skye during the evening. The next few chapters after this one are going to involve a lot of Lusky. I've also decided not to continue with the Nem storyline. They will still be in here, but they will be a minor pairing. They will just be a couple that's happy and in the story from time to time lol. Luckily I hadn't even started to develop a storyline for them, so this works out perfectly. So the couples/triangles that are going to have a storyline are: Zaxie, Lusky, GQ, and Carly/Jason/Court/Jax. Oh and another thing...in this fic, Maxie and Georgie aren't too thrilled with their mother Felicia lol.
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Zander's dreams were interrupted by what sounded like somebody pounding on Maxie's bedroom door. He slowly opened his eyes and noticed Maxie was still sleeping next to him. He took a glance over at the clock and realized that it was 8:00 AM.
"Maxie open up!" a voice said from the other side of the door. "It's 8:00 and you need to be at the hospital by 10:00 today and breakfast is waiting on you."
Zander figured that it had to be Maxie's younger sister Georgie. Zander decided that he should wake Maxie up himself. "Maxie....." he whispered as he found himself stroking her hair slightly. He quickly pulled back once he saw her start to stir in her sleep.
Maxie's eyes fluttered open as they focused on the image of Zander right next to her. That was the face that she wanted to see when she woke up for so long and now it happened. "You're still here...." She said with a soft smile and then yawned slightly.
Zander nodded. "Of course I am." He said looking at her. He then remembered about Georgie. "Your sister wants you down for breakfast or something...I think she is outside your door yet...."
Right on cue Georgie's voice, louder than before, filled Maxie's bedroom. "Don't make me come in there Maxie." Georgie's voice said from the other side of the door.
Maxie groaned slightly. "I'll be right there Georgie!" Maxie called out to her sister as she looked at her door. She then glanced back over at Zander. "You better hide...Georgie would flip if she saw you in here."
Zander slightly grinned as he got out of the bed followed by Maxie. The two pushed the dresser away from the door and Zander quickly gathered up the sleeping bag, pillows and blankets that Maxie had gotten out for him and disappeared into the closet. Maxie walked over to the closet door. "I'll get her out as soon as I can." She said before closing the door to her closet.
Maxie walked over to her bedroom door and opened it to see a very annoyed Georgie Jones on the other side. "I'm sorry Georgie...I must have overslept." Maxie said as she watched Georgie take a step inside her room.
Georgie's eyes scanned over the room suspiciously. "Can you tell me why something was pushed in front of your door so I couldn't get in?" she asked turning around and facing her older sister.
Maxie was a little taken off guard by Georgie's question. "Did you try and come in my room?" she asked trying to get Georgie talking about that rather than having to answer her question. She didn't want to lie to her, but would if she had to.
Georgie planted her hands on her hips. "Yes, Mac told me to get you up for breakfast so I tried coming in here-"Maxie instantly cut off Georgie.
"We better get downstairs, I don't want Mac to be waiting any longer." Maxie said and quickly took a hold of Georgie's hand and dragged her out of the room with her.
Zander heard the sound of the bedroom door closing and opened up the closet door and stepped out of it. He was relieved that Maxie seemed to side step Georgie's question. Zander laid back down on the bed and stretched out, relaxing into the soft pillows as he wondered what he was going to do about breakfast.
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Maxie and Georgie arrived downstairs and walked into the kitchen. Maxie noticed her father was already seated at the table along with Dillon. Maxie took her normal seat and began to dish food onto her plate. Both Mac and Dillon noticed she was wearing the same clothes as yesterday.
"Max, do you mind telling me why you have the same clothes that you had on yesterday?" Mac said looking directly into his daughter's eyes wanting an answer. He hoped Maxie hadn't gone back to her partying streak....he liked how she seemed to have matured.
Maxie set her fork down and looked down at her clothes. She knew what Mac must be thinking at the moment and he couldn't be more wrong. "I fell asleep in my clothes reading last night." She replied looking directly back into her father's eyes not showing the slightest bit of hesitation at her answer.
Mac seemed to believe her...at least Maxie hoped he did. She had worked so hard earning her father's trust back; she prayed he didn't loose faith in her that easily. "Okay, I believe you." He said with a grin attempting to lighten up the mood.
Maxie smiled and took a bite of her breakfast, which was French toast. As soon as she chewed her first bite of breakfast, she thought about how Zander was going to get some breakfast. Her mind raced trying to figure out how she was going to get some food up to him.
Georgie and Dillon happily ate away at their food as they talked about this and that. After a long while, Mac decided that now was time for his big announcement. "Hey girls, I have got some news for you." He said getting everyone's attention at the table. Maxie snapped out of her thoughts and Georgie stopped talking to Dillon.
"Okay dad, we are all ears." Georgie said wondering what this was all about.
"Your mother is coming home for a visit." Mac said as he waited for their reaction. Neither Georgie nor Maxie seemed to be too pleased.
"Oh great....what's her reason for coming this time?" Maxie said with a sigh as she cut up a bit of her French toast and popped it into her mouth with her fork and chewed it until it was gone.
"How about to see you girls." Mac replied knowing this wasn't going like he had wanted it to.
Georgie huffed. "Oh that's rich....the only reason she came last time was because you were seriously hurt."
Mac looked at Georgie sighing heavily. "Look, I know you girls still think she abandoned you, but she had good reason to be away...I want you to be nice to her once she gets here."
"When is she getting here?" Maxie asked looking up from her meal.
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Luke Spencer looked at the telephone in the Spencer House. He wondered if Skye was up already or not. He had fun ice-skating with her and Lulu yesterday and Lulu wouldn't stop rambling on and on about how much she liked it. He walked over to the phone and picked it up off its cradle and sat down on the sofa and started dialing the number to the cottage where Skye was living. He hoped that if he woke her, she wouldn't be too upset. Luke punched the final digit into the telephone and placed it up to his ear as it rang waiting to see if someone would pick up.
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Skye, who was dreaming away in bed, was jolted awake at the loud ringing at her telephone. She groaned and looked at the clock, which read 8:45 AM. She sleepily reached over and grabbed her cordless phone off her nightstand and hit a few buttons before turning it on. "Hello??..." she said sounding half awake.
"Rise and shine Darling." Luke's voice came over the end of the other line. Skye felt like she would strangle him if he were in the room with her right now. What was with him...waking her up yesterday around 7 and now he was waking her up at this time on a Sunday morning. "Luke....are you crazy? This is my day to sleep in....." she said yawning between words.
Luke knew she made a good point; he would need her fresh and refreshed the next day for work at the Haunted Star. "Okay, okay...go back to sleep Red....but promise me something first." He said as he glanced around the room he was in, hoping she would agree.
Skye at that point would agree to anything. She was desperate to go back to bed and sleep in until her heart was content. "Sure...what is it?" she asked trying not to yawn.
"Dinner...you and me tonight." Luke said. "We have business we need to discuss." He quickly added hoping she bought it. The truth was, he just wanted to have dinner with Skye, but he figured she would be more open to accept his invitation if he threw in the word business....he didn't where they were in their odd relationship that they had.
Skye didn't know if it was the lack of sleep or the fact that she was excited about going to dinner with Luke, but she found herself accepting the invitation instantly even though she was very tired. "Sure, Sounds good to me." She said smiling to herself. "What time did you want to have dinner at?"
"I'll pick you up around 6." Luke replied. "And don't ask where we are going, because it's a surprise....oh and wear something Red." He smirked and then hung up the phone putting it back in its cradle.
Skye was greeted with the dial tone and managed to put the phone back on her nightstand before collapsing into the soft pillows in her bed and drifting back off to sleep. The last thing she thought about before going back to sleep was Luke Spencer.
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Helena Cassadine looked at the little devise that would result in the ultimate revenge against Luke Spencer...oh revenge was sweet all right. That would teach that self-arrogant bastard for killing Stefan and causing so many problems for the Cassadine family. She knew she couldn't kill Luke physically, he was too clever and powerful...but if she destroyed him emotionally by getting rid of someone he cared about like Skye, then she could break Luke Spencer down emotionally until he was worse off than Laura Spencer was.
The old woman glanced around her hotel room where she was staying at while she was in Port Charles. Windermere was no longer a place she wanted to be since the little twit Emily Quartermaine-Cassadine was living there along with her grandson. Now she just had to figure out the right time to plant this little devise. "Oh times a ticking Skye....you don't have much time left." She snickered and smiled wickedly to herself. She picked up her phone and called Tracy Quartermaine's cell. She had a little job for her partner in crime...she needed to know Skye's plans for the evening.
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Tracey Quartermaine heard her cell phone ring and quickly answered it hoping it was her son Dillon. He had left the house to have breakfast with Georgie and her family, which disgusted Tracey. "Hello?" she barked into the phone once she answered it.
"Aren't you grouchy." Helena's voice came from the other side of the phone. "I just wanted to let you know that we are going to off Miss Red tonight." She said. "I got what I needed to rid the planet of her. Everything including Skye is going away with a boom."
Tracey's eyes got wide as she wondered what Helena meant. "What on earth do you mean?" she questioned.
"I've been thinking of ways to rid her...and I finally decided how to." Helena said.
Tracey wondered what the old woman had come up with. She knew it wouldn't be good for Skye. "Can you give me a hint or something?" she asked.
"No...but I need you to try and figure out her plans for tonight...can you do that?" Helena asked.
Tracey sighed. "Yeah, but I'm not sure what figuring out Skye's plans for the evening is going to accomplish...but I'll do it."
"Just get me the information before tonight and call me back." Helena said and then terminated the conversation.
Tracey heard the dial tone and stuffed her phone back into her purse where she got it from. "Great...how in the world am I going to do this???" she said to herself.
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Carly Roberts waltzed up to Jason Morgan's Penthouse door and knocked loudly on it. She was determined to get Jason out and about for a while. It seemed he was all work and nothing else since his divorce to Courtney. She hated being so close to Sonny's Penthouse...which was her home for a while. She could only imagine what he was doing in there...probably Sam McCall for the thousandth time. Since Carly got custody of the children, Sam had moved into Sonny's Penthouse with him. She still had images of those two when she saw them in bed together. Carly shook those images off when she saw Jason's Penthouse doorknob slowly turn and watched the door open. Jason was standing on the other side of the door dressed in a pair of jeans and a black shirt. He seemed a little surprised to see Carly so early in the morning.
"Hey Jase." Carly said with a friendly smile as she took a glance inside of his Penthouse. "I hope I'm not bothering you....but I wanted to stop by and spend some time with my best friend."
"Actually, I'm busy right now Carly." Jason replied in his usual cool and crisp voice.
Carly could tell that he wasn't in a good mood right off the bat. Carly obviously could see through that lie and knew that he wasn't busy. "Oh really?? Well with what Jason??" she questioned forcing her way inside. "You don't look busy."
Jason was becoming annoyed by Carly. "I said I was busy Carly....." he said biting his tongue trying not to snap at her. Jason was in no mood for Carly's games today.
"Work right?" Carly asked rolling her eyes sitting down on his couch. "All you do is seem to work recently...ever since your divorce finalized to Courtney...." She started and was cut off by Jason.
"Don't you have some other place to be?" Jason snapped.
Carly knew she hit a sore spot about Courtney. "You can't evolve your life around the business Jason!" she exclaimed jumping to her feet. "I know your marriage to Courtney didn't work, but you can't do this to yourself. Courtney couldn't handle your lifestyle but I'm sure you will eventually find someone that can."
Jason just stared at her shaking his head. It wasn't that simple, nobody could handle life in the mob....except for Carly that he knew of. Besides, he just didn't want some random girl, he still loved Courtney and he needed time before even thinking about moving on. Courtney wasn't the only girl that couldn't handle his lifestyle...there was Elizabeth as well.
Carly sighed. "I came over here to spend time with my best friend...and I'm not leaving here until I do." She crossed her arms and gave him one of her determined looks.
Jason knew there was no making her leave. Carly Roberts was as stubborn as a mule. "Where are Michael and Morgan?" Jason asked.
"They are at Bobbies for a little bit. I was hoping you could spend time with them along with me." Carly said. "Michael wants to play catch in the park and I already told him that you would."
Jason sighed. "Why did you do that Carly??" he asked.
"I did it because I am not giving you a choice here. Now grab your jacket and come on, we are going to pick up Michael and Morgan and spend the day together. Then after that, if you feel the need to come back here and work on the business, you have my blessing and I'll leave you alone." Carly says.
Jason reluctantly grabbed his leather jacket off the coat rack and put it on.
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Jason and Carly, along with Michael and Morgan, walked around in the park. Carly was pushing Morgan around in his stroller, while Michael walked alongside next to Jason. Jason and Michael planned on playing catch after they walked around for a while. Jason had to admit, this was a good distraction from his work and the business. His eyes scanned around the park as they walked. Something caught his eye and he stopped in his tracks...Courtney. There she was, sitting down on a park bench watching a few young children playing together.
Carly noticed Courtney right after Jason and looked over at him. "Why don't you go over and say hi?" she suggested.
Jason sighed not sure this was a very good idea but decided to anyway. "Fine, but if I didn't know any better, I would have thought you would have planned this."
Carly shook her head. "No, I didn't plan this....because like you know, most of my plans never work." She paused. "Michael, Morgan and I will be here if you need us."
Jason nodded and then walked over to Courtney. He took a seat next to her breaking Courtney's train of thought.
"Hey, how are you?" Jason asked his eyes meeting hers.
Courtney bit her lip. "I'm okay....I've been busy with my new job and all." She said.
Jason fell silent. He had heard about Courtney's new job with Jasper Jacks. He wasn't too thrilled with having her work with Jax since Jax and Sonny were enemies. He was wondering if Jax using her for information like Brian Beck was for a while. He wouldn't put it past Jax at all.
Courtney knew what he was probably thinking. "You know, Jax isn't using me for information if that's what you are thinking."
Jason sighed. "I'm sorry, I can't help it....Beck did it and Jax...-"he was cut off by her.
"And Jax is not doing that." Courtney said finishing his sentence not the way Jason had planned on finishing it.
"I am trying to look out for you Courtney because I care...and I always will." Jason said his blue eyes looking into hers.
Courtney looked back into his eyes. "I know that, I just want you to believe that someone isn't always using me." Courtney sighed softly and looked away. "This job is me moving on from my life with you. I couldn't handle your life, but I can this one." She rose to her feet. "I have someplace that I have to be...." She said.
Jason rose to his feet. "I understand, just understand this....I will always look out for you because a part of me will always love you."
Courtney felt fresh tears form in her eyes. "Just stop...don't keep saying that." She shook her head. She looked at him one last time and hurried off before she lost it in front of him. _____________________________________
Courtney found herself on the docks. She let the tears fall crying softly. This wasn't fair...why couldn't she handle Jason's life. If she only could, they would be together and still married and neither of them would be feeling all of this pain. She stared out at the water and didn't hear some footsteps come up behind her. She felt a gentle hand being placed on her shoulder and instantly turned around. She saw a pair of concerned eyes looking back at her....they weren't belonging to Jason....they belonged to Jax.
"Hey...are you okay?" Jax asked softly. Jax was just passing by when he saw the blonde looking out at the water and heard her crying softly. He had to make sure she was okay.
Courtney shook her head no and found herself hugging him tightly just to have someone to hold onto.
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Zander, who had flipped on the TV and begun watching it, heard footsteps ascend up the staircase. He sprung off the bed and went back into the closet and closed the door all the way but a crack so he could see out of it. The footsteps grew closer and closer and he heard and saw Maxie's bedroom door open. He held his breath not knowing who was about to enter, but was relieved to see that it was Maxie.
Maxie quietly shut the door behind her and figured Zander was in the closet. "You can come out Zander, its only me." She said as she set the tray of everything she had brought up on the bed. Maxie also set a newspaper on the bed as well.
Zander walked out of the closet and shut the door behind him. He noticed the food on the tray and the newspaper and grinned. "Thank you, I was starving." He said as he took a seat on the foot of her bed. He picked up the paper and flipped through it trying to catch up on the current events. An article about an engagement announcement caught his eye. "Whoa, I didn't expect this..." he said as he reread the names making sure he wasn't seeing anything. The article was announcing the engagement of Lucky Spencer and Elizabeth Webber.
Maxie took a seat next to him on the foot of the bed. "Yeah, Lucky and Liz got back together after things fell apart with Liz and Ric." She said looking over at the article as well. "I didn't know about the engagement but I'm happy for them."
"What happened between Elizabeth and Ric?" Zander asked setting the newspaper down giving Maxie his full attention.
Maxie bit her lip trying to find the simple way to explain it. "Ric never gave up his vendetta against Sonny after all. Some big mess happened and before Elizabeth's baby was due, she found out about Ric lying to her again and the stress made her go into premature labor. She sadly miscarried and their relationship never recovered." She said. "Elizabeth turned to Lucky in comfort and they fell in love all over again I guess."
The baby....gone. His and Elizabeth's child was gone. Zander was stunned. He had never expected the baby to die. He thought Elizabeth and Ric would be raising the child by now in a white house with a yellow picket fence....or something to that effect. He felt like the wind was knocked right out of him. He sat there for a minute registering everything. Not only was his father dead, but his unborn child with Elizabeth was gone too.
Maxie noticed how speechless Zander was. "Are you okay?" she asked softly looking into his eyes.
Zander slowly nodded. "The baby that Elizabeth lost was....mi-." he started but was surprised that Maxie cut him off.
"The baby was yours, I know that." Maxie said. "I found out about that a while ago. Now I understand why Ric Lansing had it in for you."
Zander hated the name Ric Lansing because of the man behind the name. "I was too screwed up to be a father then...and Ric Lansing was no potential father of the year either. He did stupid things too. I would have rather signed my parental rights to someone worthy, like Lucky.... Someone who is not psychotic like Ric. The bastard tricked me and then decided to pin point me as the suspect in the Beck shooting in fear that I'd fight for my child." He sighed softly and then decided not to talk about it anymore. That wasn't a pleasant topic for him especially now that his child was dead and since it was over and done with. "How did you manage to bring me breakfast." He said looking over at the food on the tray.
Maxie glanced over at the tray as well. "Well Georgie and Dillon went out into the living room probably to play their kissing game...." She rolled her eyes. Georgie and Dillon were always showing public affection these days, probably because they were madly in love. Maxie wished for that one day and secretly envied her sister a bit for having found someone like Dillon so early in her life. "And Mac had to make a trip to the bathroom....so I gathered a bunch of things up on a tray and came up here." She explained. "I don't think I've ever collected things so quickly before in my life....in fact, I wasn't even sure what I was putting on the tray."
Zander looked over what was on there. A cereal bowl, a spoon, Fruit Loops Cereal, a carton of milk, and some toast. "This is just fine, and by the way...I happen to like Fruit Loops." He smirked as he opened up the box and poured some Fruit Loops into it and added some milk. He picked up his spoon, mixed the dry cereal in with the milk for a little bit and started eating away. "So when do you get off of your shift at the hospital?" he asked in between bites.
The hospital...Maxie had completely forgotten about it. She looked over at the clock on her nightstand and noticed it was already 9:30. She still had to get ready. "The hospital! Oh crap, I still have to get ready." She exclaimed jumping off the bed. She dashed over to her bathroom and turned around. "If you hear someone coming up the stairs, you know the drill. I'll be taking a shower and getting ready." She didn't even wait for an answer; she just went into the bathroom and closed the door.
A minute or so later, Zander heard the shower turn on and begin running. He continued to eat his cereal and looked over the paper seeing what else he had missed while he was away.
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Tracey had no idea how she was going to figure out Skye's plans for the evening....in fact, she didn't know if she could. She sighed softly to herself and decided that she would have to tail Skye during the day or find a clever way to get that information out of her. It was too early to find out right now...she would have to wait a little bit. Patience wasn't one of Tracey's strong points, but she would have to be patient now.
Authors Note: Chapter 5 is up lol. Its morning in Port Charles at the beginning of this chapter...and the storyline for Luke and Skye is beginning as Helena and Tracey are planning on getting rid of Skye during the evening. The next few chapters after this one are going to involve a lot of Lusky. I've also decided not to continue with the Nem storyline. They will still be in here, but they will be a minor pairing. They will just be a couple that's happy and in the story from time to time lol. Luckily I hadn't even started to develop a storyline for them, so this works out perfectly. So the couples/triangles that are going to have a storyline are: Zaxie, Lusky, GQ, and Carly/Jason/Court/Jax. Oh and another thing...in this fic, Maxie and Georgie aren't too thrilled with their mother Felicia lol.
Thanks for the feedback for Chapter 4 (
And finally...don't forget to review! I love reading reviews and it encourages me to write more and more often than if I didn't get any lol
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Zander's dreams were interrupted by what sounded like somebody pounding on Maxie's bedroom door. He slowly opened his eyes and noticed Maxie was still sleeping next to him. He took a glance over at the clock and realized that it was 8:00 AM.
"Maxie open up!" a voice said from the other side of the door. "It's 8:00 and you need to be at the hospital by 10:00 today and breakfast is waiting on you."
Zander figured that it had to be Maxie's younger sister Georgie. Zander decided that he should wake Maxie up himself. "Maxie....." he whispered as he found himself stroking her hair slightly. He quickly pulled back once he saw her start to stir in her sleep.
Maxie's eyes fluttered open as they focused on the image of Zander right next to her. That was the face that she wanted to see when she woke up for so long and now it happened. "You're still here...." She said with a soft smile and then yawned slightly.
Zander nodded. "Of course I am." He said looking at her. He then remembered about Georgie. "Your sister wants you down for breakfast or something...I think she is outside your door yet...."
Right on cue Georgie's voice, louder than before, filled Maxie's bedroom. "Don't make me come in there Maxie." Georgie's voice said from the other side of the door.
Maxie groaned slightly. "I'll be right there Georgie!" Maxie called out to her sister as she looked at her door. She then glanced back over at Zander. "You better hide...Georgie would flip if she saw you in here."
Zander slightly grinned as he got out of the bed followed by Maxie. The two pushed the dresser away from the door and Zander quickly gathered up the sleeping bag, pillows and blankets that Maxie had gotten out for him and disappeared into the closet. Maxie walked over to the closet door. "I'll get her out as soon as I can." She said before closing the door to her closet.
Maxie walked over to her bedroom door and opened it to see a very annoyed Georgie Jones on the other side. "I'm sorry Georgie...I must have overslept." Maxie said as she watched Georgie take a step inside her room.
Georgie's eyes scanned over the room suspiciously. "Can you tell me why something was pushed in front of your door so I couldn't get in?" she asked turning around and facing her older sister.
Maxie was a little taken off guard by Georgie's question. "Did you try and come in my room?" she asked trying to get Georgie talking about that rather than having to answer her question. She didn't want to lie to her, but would if she had to.
Georgie planted her hands on her hips. "Yes, Mac told me to get you up for breakfast so I tried coming in here-"Maxie instantly cut off Georgie.
"We better get downstairs, I don't want Mac to be waiting any longer." Maxie said and quickly took a hold of Georgie's hand and dragged her out of the room with her.
Zander heard the sound of the bedroom door closing and opened up the closet door and stepped out of it. He was relieved that Maxie seemed to side step Georgie's question. Zander laid back down on the bed and stretched out, relaxing into the soft pillows as he wondered what he was going to do about breakfast.
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Maxie and Georgie arrived downstairs and walked into the kitchen. Maxie noticed her father was already seated at the table along with Dillon. Maxie took her normal seat and began to dish food onto her plate. Both Mac and Dillon noticed she was wearing the same clothes as yesterday.
"Max, do you mind telling me why you have the same clothes that you had on yesterday?" Mac said looking directly into his daughter's eyes wanting an answer. He hoped Maxie hadn't gone back to her partying streak....he liked how she seemed to have matured.
Maxie set her fork down and looked down at her clothes. She knew what Mac must be thinking at the moment and he couldn't be more wrong. "I fell asleep in my clothes reading last night." She replied looking directly back into her father's eyes not showing the slightest bit of hesitation at her answer.
Mac seemed to believe her...at least Maxie hoped he did. She had worked so hard earning her father's trust back; she prayed he didn't loose faith in her that easily. "Okay, I believe you." He said with a grin attempting to lighten up the mood.
Maxie smiled and took a bite of her breakfast, which was French toast. As soon as she chewed her first bite of breakfast, she thought about how Zander was going to get some breakfast. Her mind raced trying to figure out how she was going to get some food up to him.
Georgie and Dillon happily ate away at their food as they talked about this and that. After a long while, Mac decided that now was time for his big announcement. "Hey girls, I have got some news for you." He said getting everyone's attention at the table. Maxie snapped out of her thoughts and Georgie stopped talking to Dillon.
"Okay dad, we are all ears." Georgie said wondering what this was all about.
"Your mother is coming home for a visit." Mac said as he waited for their reaction. Neither Georgie nor Maxie seemed to be too pleased.
"Oh great....what's her reason for coming this time?" Maxie said with a sigh as she cut up a bit of her French toast and popped it into her mouth with her fork and chewed it until it was gone.
"How about to see you girls." Mac replied knowing this wasn't going like he had wanted it to.
Georgie huffed. "Oh that's rich....the only reason she came last time was because you were seriously hurt."
Mac looked at Georgie sighing heavily. "Look, I know you girls still think she abandoned you, but she had good reason to be away...I want you to be nice to her once she gets here."
"When is she getting here?" Maxie asked looking up from her meal.
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Luke Spencer looked at the telephone in the Spencer House. He wondered if Skye was up already or not. He had fun ice-skating with her and Lulu yesterday and Lulu wouldn't stop rambling on and on about how much she liked it. He walked over to the phone and picked it up off its cradle and sat down on the sofa and started dialing the number to the cottage where Skye was living. He hoped that if he woke her, she wouldn't be too upset. Luke punched the final digit into the telephone and placed it up to his ear as it rang waiting to see if someone would pick up.
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Skye, who was dreaming away in bed, was jolted awake at the loud ringing at her telephone. She groaned and looked at the clock, which read 8:45 AM. She sleepily reached over and grabbed her cordless phone off her nightstand and hit a few buttons before turning it on. "Hello??..." she said sounding half awake.
"Rise and shine Darling." Luke's voice came over the end of the other line. Skye felt like she would strangle him if he were in the room with her right now. What was with him...waking her up yesterday around 7 and now he was waking her up at this time on a Sunday morning. "Luke....are you crazy? This is my day to sleep in....." she said yawning between words.
Luke knew she made a good point; he would need her fresh and refreshed the next day for work at the Haunted Star. "Okay, okay...go back to sleep Red....but promise me something first." He said as he glanced around the room he was in, hoping she would agree.
Skye at that point would agree to anything. She was desperate to go back to bed and sleep in until her heart was content. "Sure...what is it?" she asked trying not to yawn.
"Dinner...you and me tonight." Luke said. "We have business we need to discuss." He quickly added hoping she bought it. The truth was, he just wanted to have dinner with Skye, but he figured she would be more open to accept his invitation if he threw in the word business....he didn't where they were in their odd relationship that they had.
Skye didn't know if it was the lack of sleep or the fact that she was excited about going to dinner with Luke, but she found herself accepting the invitation instantly even though she was very tired. "Sure, Sounds good to me." She said smiling to herself. "What time did you want to have dinner at?"
"I'll pick you up around 6." Luke replied. "And don't ask where we are going, because it's a surprise....oh and wear something Red." He smirked and then hung up the phone putting it back in its cradle.
Skye was greeted with the dial tone and managed to put the phone back on her nightstand before collapsing into the soft pillows in her bed and drifting back off to sleep. The last thing she thought about before going back to sleep was Luke Spencer.
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Helena Cassadine looked at the little devise that would result in the ultimate revenge against Luke Spencer...oh revenge was sweet all right. That would teach that self-arrogant bastard for killing Stefan and causing so many problems for the Cassadine family. She knew she couldn't kill Luke physically, he was too clever and powerful...but if she destroyed him emotionally by getting rid of someone he cared about like Skye, then she could break Luke Spencer down emotionally until he was worse off than Laura Spencer was.
The old woman glanced around her hotel room where she was staying at while she was in Port Charles. Windermere was no longer a place she wanted to be since the little twit Emily Quartermaine-Cassadine was living there along with her grandson. Now she just had to figure out the right time to plant this little devise. "Oh times a ticking Skye....you don't have much time left." She snickered and smiled wickedly to herself. She picked up her phone and called Tracy Quartermaine's cell. She had a little job for her partner in crime...she needed to know Skye's plans for the evening.
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Tracey Quartermaine heard her cell phone ring and quickly answered it hoping it was her son Dillon. He had left the house to have breakfast with Georgie and her family, which disgusted Tracey. "Hello?" she barked into the phone once she answered it.
"Aren't you grouchy." Helena's voice came from the other side of the phone. "I just wanted to let you know that we are going to off Miss Red tonight." She said. "I got what I needed to rid the planet of her. Everything including Skye is going away with a boom."
Tracey's eyes got wide as she wondered what Helena meant. "What on earth do you mean?" she questioned.
"I've been thinking of ways to rid her...and I finally decided how to." Helena said.
Tracey wondered what the old woman had come up with. She knew it wouldn't be good for Skye. "Can you give me a hint or something?" she asked.
"No...but I need you to try and figure out her plans for tonight...can you do that?" Helena asked.
Tracey sighed. "Yeah, but I'm not sure what figuring out Skye's plans for the evening is going to accomplish...but I'll do it."
"Just get me the information before tonight and call me back." Helena said and then terminated the conversation.
Tracey heard the dial tone and stuffed her phone back into her purse where she got it from. "Great...how in the world am I going to do this???" she said to herself.
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Carly Roberts waltzed up to Jason Morgan's Penthouse door and knocked loudly on it. She was determined to get Jason out and about for a while. It seemed he was all work and nothing else since his divorce to Courtney. She hated being so close to Sonny's Penthouse...which was her home for a while. She could only imagine what he was doing in there...probably Sam McCall for the thousandth time. Since Carly got custody of the children, Sam had moved into Sonny's Penthouse with him. She still had images of those two when she saw them in bed together. Carly shook those images off when she saw Jason's Penthouse doorknob slowly turn and watched the door open. Jason was standing on the other side of the door dressed in a pair of jeans and a black shirt. He seemed a little surprised to see Carly so early in the morning.
"Hey Jase." Carly said with a friendly smile as she took a glance inside of his Penthouse. "I hope I'm not bothering you....but I wanted to stop by and spend some time with my best friend."
"Actually, I'm busy right now Carly." Jason replied in his usual cool and crisp voice.
Carly could tell that he wasn't in a good mood right off the bat. Carly obviously could see through that lie and knew that he wasn't busy. "Oh really?? Well with what Jason??" she questioned forcing her way inside. "You don't look busy."
Jason was becoming annoyed by Carly. "I said I was busy Carly....." he said biting his tongue trying not to snap at her. Jason was in no mood for Carly's games today.
"Work right?" Carly asked rolling her eyes sitting down on his couch. "All you do is seem to work recently...ever since your divorce finalized to Courtney...." She started and was cut off by Jason.
"Don't you have some other place to be?" Jason snapped.
Carly knew she hit a sore spot about Courtney. "You can't evolve your life around the business Jason!" she exclaimed jumping to her feet. "I know your marriage to Courtney didn't work, but you can't do this to yourself. Courtney couldn't handle your lifestyle but I'm sure you will eventually find someone that can."
Jason just stared at her shaking his head. It wasn't that simple, nobody could handle life in the mob....except for Carly that he knew of. Besides, he just didn't want some random girl, he still loved Courtney and he needed time before even thinking about moving on. Courtney wasn't the only girl that couldn't handle his lifestyle...there was Elizabeth as well.
Carly sighed. "I came over here to spend time with my best friend...and I'm not leaving here until I do." She crossed her arms and gave him one of her determined looks.
Jason knew there was no making her leave. Carly Roberts was as stubborn as a mule. "Where are Michael and Morgan?" Jason asked.
"They are at Bobbies for a little bit. I was hoping you could spend time with them along with me." Carly said. "Michael wants to play catch in the park and I already told him that you would."
Jason sighed. "Why did you do that Carly??" he asked.
"I did it because I am not giving you a choice here. Now grab your jacket and come on, we are going to pick up Michael and Morgan and spend the day together. Then after that, if you feel the need to come back here and work on the business, you have my blessing and I'll leave you alone." Carly says.
Jason reluctantly grabbed his leather jacket off the coat rack and put it on.
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Jason and Carly, along with Michael and Morgan, walked around in the park. Carly was pushing Morgan around in his stroller, while Michael walked alongside next to Jason. Jason and Michael planned on playing catch after they walked around for a while. Jason had to admit, this was a good distraction from his work and the business. His eyes scanned around the park as they walked. Something caught his eye and he stopped in his tracks...Courtney. There she was, sitting down on a park bench watching a few young children playing together.
Carly noticed Courtney right after Jason and looked over at him. "Why don't you go over and say hi?" she suggested.
Jason sighed not sure this was a very good idea but decided to anyway. "Fine, but if I didn't know any better, I would have thought you would have planned this."
Carly shook her head. "No, I didn't plan this....because like you know, most of my plans never work." She paused. "Michael, Morgan and I will be here if you need us."
Jason nodded and then walked over to Courtney. He took a seat next to her breaking Courtney's train of thought.
"Hey, how are you?" Jason asked his eyes meeting hers.
Courtney bit her lip. "I'm okay....I've been busy with my new job and all." She said.
Jason fell silent. He had heard about Courtney's new job with Jasper Jacks. He wasn't too thrilled with having her work with Jax since Jax and Sonny were enemies. He was wondering if Jax using her for information like Brian Beck was for a while. He wouldn't put it past Jax at all.
Courtney knew what he was probably thinking. "You know, Jax isn't using me for information if that's what you are thinking."
Jason sighed. "I'm sorry, I can't help it....Beck did it and Jax...-"he was cut off by her.
"And Jax is not doing that." Courtney said finishing his sentence not the way Jason had planned on finishing it.
"I am trying to look out for you Courtney because I care...and I always will." Jason said his blue eyes looking into hers.
Courtney looked back into his eyes. "I know that, I just want you to believe that someone isn't always using me." Courtney sighed softly and looked away. "This job is me moving on from my life with you. I couldn't handle your life, but I can this one." She rose to her feet. "I have someplace that I have to be...." She said.
Jason rose to his feet. "I understand, just understand this....I will always look out for you because a part of me will always love you."
Courtney felt fresh tears form in her eyes. "Just stop...don't keep saying that." She shook her head. She looked at him one last time and hurried off before she lost it in front of him. _____________________________________
Courtney found herself on the docks. She let the tears fall crying softly. This wasn't fair...why couldn't she handle Jason's life. If she only could, they would be together and still married and neither of them would be feeling all of this pain. She stared out at the water and didn't hear some footsteps come up behind her. She felt a gentle hand being placed on her shoulder and instantly turned around. She saw a pair of concerned eyes looking back at her....they weren't belonging to Jason....they belonged to Jax.
"Hey...are you okay?" Jax asked softly. Jax was just passing by when he saw the blonde looking out at the water and heard her crying softly. He had to make sure she was okay.
Courtney shook her head no and found herself hugging him tightly just to have someone to hold onto.
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Zander, who had flipped on the TV and begun watching it, heard footsteps ascend up the staircase. He sprung off the bed and went back into the closet and closed the door all the way but a crack so he could see out of it. The footsteps grew closer and closer and he heard and saw Maxie's bedroom door open. He held his breath not knowing who was about to enter, but was relieved to see that it was Maxie.
Maxie quietly shut the door behind her and figured Zander was in the closet. "You can come out Zander, its only me." She said as she set the tray of everything she had brought up on the bed. Maxie also set a newspaper on the bed as well.
Zander walked out of the closet and shut the door behind him. He noticed the food on the tray and the newspaper and grinned. "Thank you, I was starving." He said as he took a seat on the foot of her bed. He picked up the paper and flipped through it trying to catch up on the current events. An article about an engagement announcement caught his eye. "Whoa, I didn't expect this..." he said as he reread the names making sure he wasn't seeing anything. The article was announcing the engagement of Lucky Spencer and Elizabeth Webber.
Maxie took a seat next to him on the foot of the bed. "Yeah, Lucky and Liz got back together after things fell apart with Liz and Ric." She said looking over at the article as well. "I didn't know about the engagement but I'm happy for them."
"What happened between Elizabeth and Ric?" Zander asked setting the newspaper down giving Maxie his full attention.
Maxie bit her lip trying to find the simple way to explain it. "Ric never gave up his vendetta against Sonny after all. Some big mess happened and before Elizabeth's baby was due, she found out about Ric lying to her again and the stress made her go into premature labor. She sadly miscarried and their relationship never recovered." She said. "Elizabeth turned to Lucky in comfort and they fell in love all over again I guess."
The baby....gone. His and Elizabeth's child was gone. Zander was stunned. He had never expected the baby to die. He thought Elizabeth and Ric would be raising the child by now in a white house with a yellow picket fence....or something to that effect. He felt like the wind was knocked right out of him. He sat there for a minute registering everything. Not only was his father dead, but his unborn child with Elizabeth was gone too.
Maxie noticed how speechless Zander was. "Are you okay?" she asked softly looking into his eyes.
Zander slowly nodded. "The baby that Elizabeth lost was....mi-." he started but was surprised that Maxie cut him off.
"The baby was yours, I know that." Maxie said. "I found out about that a while ago. Now I understand why Ric Lansing had it in for you."
Zander hated the name Ric Lansing because of the man behind the name. "I was too screwed up to be a father then...and Ric Lansing was no potential father of the year either. He did stupid things too. I would have rather signed my parental rights to someone worthy, like Lucky.... Someone who is not psychotic like Ric. The bastard tricked me and then decided to pin point me as the suspect in the Beck shooting in fear that I'd fight for my child." He sighed softly and then decided not to talk about it anymore. That wasn't a pleasant topic for him especially now that his child was dead and since it was over and done with. "How did you manage to bring me breakfast." He said looking over at the food on the tray.
Maxie glanced over at the tray as well. "Well Georgie and Dillon went out into the living room probably to play their kissing game...." She rolled her eyes. Georgie and Dillon were always showing public affection these days, probably because they were madly in love. Maxie wished for that one day and secretly envied her sister a bit for having found someone like Dillon so early in her life. "And Mac had to make a trip to the bathroom....so I gathered a bunch of things up on a tray and came up here." She explained. "I don't think I've ever collected things so quickly before in my life....in fact, I wasn't even sure what I was putting on the tray."
Zander looked over what was on there. A cereal bowl, a spoon, Fruit Loops Cereal, a carton of milk, and some toast. "This is just fine, and by the way...I happen to like Fruit Loops." He smirked as he opened up the box and poured some Fruit Loops into it and added some milk. He picked up his spoon, mixed the dry cereal in with the milk for a little bit and started eating away. "So when do you get off of your shift at the hospital?" he asked in between bites.
The hospital...Maxie had completely forgotten about it. She looked over at the clock on her nightstand and noticed it was already 9:30. She still had to get ready. "The hospital! Oh crap, I still have to get ready." She exclaimed jumping off the bed. She dashed over to her bathroom and turned around. "If you hear someone coming up the stairs, you know the drill. I'll be taking a shower and getting ready." She didn't even wait for an answer; she just went into the bathroom and closed the door.
A minute or so later, Zander heard the shower turn on and begin running. He continued to eat his cereal and looked over the paper seeing what else he had missed while he was away.
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Tracey had no idea how she was going to figure out Skye's plans for the evening....in fact, she didn't know if she could. She sighed softly to herself and decided that she would have to tail Skye during the day or find a clever way to get that information out of her. It was too early to find out right now...she would have to wait a little bit. Patience wasn't one of Tracey's strong points, but she would have to be patient now.
