Kayla- Lorenzo won't be leaving anyone alone for awhile... Yeah, Maxie was
hurt that her man couldn't be honest with her, but since she knows how much
it means to Damian that he's honest about everything with everyone it hurts
her that he can't be honest with her, of all people. She is, at least in
her mind, entirely justified.
Story-
Kelly's-
Elizabeth was working once more. The patrons' smiles and idle banter made her feel more at ease. She could focus on what they were telling her rather than dealing with her own problems. Although, aside from Damian, she didn't really have any problems. She had admitted that she was in love with Ric again, because it was the truth. They were going to give it another shot, and she had a feeling that it would end up being something that they could both be happy with. They knew the worst that each had to offer, and they were willing to accept those flaws. She was going to be off of her shift as soon as the hour was up.
Ric walked in, a huge smile on his face the minute he saw Elizabeth. While he was always exceptionally happy to see the woman that he loved, today he had even more reason to be happy with the things that had happened. "Elizabeth," He walked up right next to her.
"Hi," Elizabeth would have hugged him, but she had two dirty plates in her hands. She certainly didn't want to get Ric's suit all messed up with whatever it was that was on those plates, she could no longer tell.
"Do you have a minute?" Ric wondered. "There is something that I need to tell you."
"Yeah, just give me a second to put these away," Elizabeth rushed to the back to put the plates in water, someone else would clean them. If they weren't cleaned towards the end of her shift she would.
Ric waited patiently on one of the stools, or at least as patiently as he could. In the span of twelve hours he had done a few considerable things with his life. He had exiled Scott Baldwin from Port Charles, thus ending the regime that Scott had put into action when he was the District Attorney. He had freed his nephew from the incarceration that he unjustly received. He only hoped that Damian wouldn't sue the department for a conspiracy. Actually, he hoped that Sonny wouldn't do it, since he was almost certain that Damian would not. Maybe if Sonny did Ric could call in the favor that Sonny now owed him. Ric did not want a lawsuit marring the very beginnings of his legal career. That was not his idea of a good debut. Of course, it was up in the air if Sonny would indeed go with Ric's request. Sonny was a man driven by honor when it came to just about everyone else but Ric. Not that there was much that Ric could do, he couldn't even blame Sonny for being so distrusting of himself.
What would he do as District Attorney? He hadn't made a public announcement yet, it could wait for a bit. There was no need for the people to know that there was a shift in power right away. Monday would be the day he would do it. Unless Mac leaked it out to the press, or Lucky. He didn't think that they would, but their alliance was dissolved as soon as Damian walked out of the Police Department a free man. There was no telling how either of those two would act, especially Lucky. Being a Spencer gave him a degree of randomness in everything that he did. After all, Lucky had broken up with Elizabeth, even after he got all his memories back. That was one of the most foolish things that Lucky could have possibly done. But it was also to Ric's advantage. Elizabeth would have stayed with Lucky if they hadn't broken up. She was loyal to the person that owned her heart, and it would have stayed Lucky's. It would have never even went to Jason.
"Ric?" Elizabeth walked from the back area and saw that Ric was contemplating something. What was going on in his head? She didn't know, although she wished that she did. She wanted to make sure that it wasn't something that would push her away. She had just given him her heart again. She didn't want it stomped on like it was nothing. That would have hurt her so much. "Honey?"
Ric enjoyed being called 'honey,' it showed that they were back together. "Sorry, sweetheart," Ric said somewhat aloof. "Just mulling about what could have happened."
"With what?"
"It doesn't matter," Ric said.
"It does matter, Ric," Elizabeth protested. "It matters a lot to me. Please tell me what you were thinking."
Ric couldn't lie to her. She had such compassion in her eyes and he knew that if he lied to her early in their relationship he would never stop. He could lose her again. There was no way that he was going to let that happen once more. "I was just thinking about what would have happened if Lucky and you would have never broken up. How much I would have lost because you would have never been in my life the way you are on this day. I would have fallen in love with you anyway, Elizabeth, I couldn't do otherwise. You are the one that I know I want to spend the rest of my life with, but I also know that you are loyal to the people that you love. Sometimes foolishly loyal like you were with me when I was being a horrible person that disgusted you. But I know that if you would have stayed with Lucky, or even Jason for that matter, I would have never had you."
"Why are you thinking about my past relationships?" Elizabeth wondered, somewhat alarmed. But she could tell that he was honest with her about what he was thinking of, and for that she was thankful.
"I was just taking value of the things in my life, Elizabeth." Ric grabbed her hand softly and rubbed it. "You don't need to worry about that. The reason I came here tonight was to tell you that we got him out."
Elizabeth smiled, "You did?"
Ric nodded, "He's been a free man and every single charge that was brought up against him has been dropped as of this morning."
Elizabeth hugged him, "I'm so happy and so grateful to you! Ric, that's wonderful!"
"There's more,' Ric said, pulling away from her so that he could look her in the eyes, but still holding onto her. He didn't want to let go. "I've been made the District Attorney. Scott Baldwin was working against Damian because he was working with Lorenzo Alcazar. He made false evidence that made it appear that Damian was the one who held the murder weapon. I knew that he was doing something and I put a recording device under his desk. I found what I needed and I got him to sign everything over to me."
"Would you have done this for Damian even if you wouldn't have been made the DA?" Elizabeth had to know. She knew that Ric still wanted some power. Was his reason for helping his nephew, someone who was his flesh and blood, that selfish?
"Elizabeth, I did this because it was the right thing to do, because it's my job to help protect the people who are being punished for no reason. You know that. I'd never use Damian as a pawn in anything. He's never hurt me in any way."
"I just wanted to hear you say that to my face," Elizabeth said. "I needed to make sure that you were the man I loved, the honest decent man that I knew was inside of you all along."
"I want to celebrate, come out with me, please."
"I can't go out dressed like this," Elizabeth replied. "I look horrible."
"You look as beautiful as you always have," Ric said. "I don't care how you're dressed."
Elizabeth blushed, "How can I turn down an offer like that?"
"You can't," Ric replied coyly. "It's the perfect offer."
"I still have to finish my shift."
"I can wait," Ric sat on the stool again. "I'll wait right here for you."
"You don't have to..."
"But I want to," Ric kissed her hand. "I want to spend every possible moment I can just looking at you and knowing that you care about me as much as I care about you again."
Elizabeth blushed again. Ric was always romantic, even when she wanted him to go away. She didn't want him to go away at that moment, though. There was nothing more that she wanted than to have him stay around her as much as he could.
Ric wasn't lying to her. He would have done what he did for Damian even if it didn't mean that he wouldn't have gotten anything out of it, but he knew that he could, and since he knew that he could get something out of the situation he was going to make sure that he did. Elizabeth didn't need to know that, though. She didn't need to know that he did have a slight motivation towards empowering himself. He also did it for her. He could provide more for her as the District Attorney. His pay would be higher, he could make her happier with lavish gifts. Things that would make Sonny's spending on Carly seem tame by comparison. He didn't want to make such trite comparisons between the relationship that his brother had with his wife and Ric's relationship with Elizabeth, but he knew that Elizabeth deserved everything that Carly got from Sonny and more. Elizabeth was everything that Carly could never be. She was compassionate and loving. She wasn't vindictive. She was pure.
As Ric watched Elizabeth treat each customer with the care that she would give everyone, even a complete stranger off the streets, he knew that he had made the right choice. He also knew that he wanted to be with her more than ever. He wanted her to be his wife again. Maybe she would say yes. Maybe tonight would be the night to ask. He didn't have a ring, but that didn't really matter. He would ask and hopefully she would say yes to him again. The people around them wouldn't like it, but he didn't care what they thought. He didn't care what Lucky thought, what Sonny thought, even what Audrey thought. He and Elizabeth belonged together.
Story-
Kelly's-
Elizabeth was working once more. The patrons' smiles and idle banter made her feel more at ease. She could focus on what they were telling her rather than dealing with her own problems. Although, aside from Damian, she didn't really have any problems. She had admitted that she was in love with Ric again, because it was the truth. They were going to give it another shot, and she had a feeling that it would end up being something that they could both be happy with. They knew the worst that each had to offer, and they were willing to accept those flaws. She was going to be off of her shift as soon as the hour was up.
Ric walked in, a huge smile on his face the minute he saw Elizabeth. While he was always exceptionally happy to see the woman that he loved, today he had even more reason to be happy with the things that had happened. "Elizabeth," He walked up right next to her.
"Hi," Elizabeth would have hugged him, but she had two dirty plates in her hands. She certainly didn't want to get Ric's suit all messed up with whatever it was that was on those plates, she could no longer tell.
"Do you have a minute?" Ric wondered. "There is something that I need to tell you."
"Yeah, just give me a second to put these away," Elizabeth rushed to the back to put the plates in water, someone else would clean them. If they weren't cleaned towards the end of her shift she would.
Ric waited patiently on one of the stools, or at least as patiently as he could. In the span of twelve hours he had done a few considerable things with his life. He had exiled Scott Baldwin from Port Charles, thus ending the regime that Scott had put into action when he was the District Attorney. He had freed his nephew from the incarceration that he unjustly received. He only hoped that Damian wouldn't sue the department for a conspiracy. Actually, he hoped that Sonny wouldn't do it, since he was almost certain that Damian would not. Maybe if Sonny did Ric could call in the favor that Sonny now owed him. Ric did not want a lawsuit marring the very beginnings of his legal career. That was not his idea of a good debut. Of course, it was up in the air if Sonny would indeed go with Ric's request. Sonny was a man driven by honor when it came to just about everyone else but Ric. Not that there was much that Ric could do, he couldn't even blame Sonny for being so distrusting of himself.
What would he do as District Attorney? He hadn't made a public announcement yet, it could wait for a bit. There was no need for the people to know that there was a shift in power right away. Monday would be the day he would do it. Unless Mac leaked it out to the press, or Lucky. He didn't think that they would, but their alliance was dissolved as soon as Damian walked out of the Police Department a free man. There was no telling how either of those two would act, especially Lucky. Being a Spencer gave him a degree of randomness in everything that he did. After all, Lucky had broken up with Elizabeth, even after he got all his memories back. That was one of the most foolish things that Lucky could have possibly done. But it was also to Ric's advantage. Elizabeth would have stayed with Lucky if they hadn't broken up. She was loyal to the person that owned her heart, and it would have stayed Lucky's. It would have never even went to Jason.
"Ric?" Elizabeth walked from the back area and saw that Ric was contemplating something. What was going on in his head? She didn't know, although she wished that she did. She wanted to make sure that it wasn't something that would push her away. She had just given him her heart again. She didn't want it stomped on like it was nothing. That would have hurt her so much. "Honey?"
Ric enjoyed being called 'honey,' it showed that they were back together. "Sorry, sweetheart," Ric said somewhat aloof. "Just mulling about what could have happened."
"With what?"
"It doesn't matter," Ric said.
"It does matter, Ric," Elizabeth protested. "It matters a lot to me. Please tell me what you were thinking."
Ric couldn't lie to her. She had such compassion in her eyes and he knew that if he lied to her early in their relationship he would never stop. He could lose her again. There was no way that he was going to let that happen once more. "I was just thinking about what would have happened if Lucky and you would have never broken up. How much I would have lost because you would have never been in my life the way you are on this day. I would have fallen in love with you anyway, Elizabeth, I couldn't do otherwise. You are the one that I know I want to spend the rest of my life with, but I also know that you are loyal to the people that you love. Sometimes foolishly loyal like you were with me when I was being a horrible person that disgusted you. But I know that if you would have stayed with Lucky, or even Jason for that matter, I would have never had you."
"Why are you thinking about my past relationships?" Elizabeth wondered, somewhat alarmed. But she could tell that he was honest with her about what he was thinking of, and for that she was thankful.
"I was just taking value of the things in my life, Elizabeth." Ric grabbed her hand softly and rubbed it. "You don't need to worry about that. The reason I came here tonight was to tell you that we got him out."
Elizabeth smiled, "You did?"
Ric nodded, "He's been a free man and every single charge that was brought up against him has been dropped as of this morning."
Elizabeth hugged him, "I'm so happy and so grateful to you! Ric, that's wonderful!"
"There's more,' Ric said, pulling away from her so that he could look her in the eyes, but still holding onto her. He didn't want to let go. "I've been made the District Attorney. Scott Baldwin was working against Damian because he was working with Lorenzo Alcazar. He made false evidence that made it appear that Damian was the one who held the murder weapon. I knew that he was doing something and I put a recording device under his desk. I found what I needed and I got him to sign everything over to me."
"Would you have done this for Damian even if you wouldn't have been made the DA?" Elizabeth had to know. She knew that Ric still wanted some power. Was his reason for helping his nephew, someone who was his flesh and blood, that selfish?
"Elizabeth, I did this because it was the right thing to do, because it's my job to help protect the people who are being punished for no reason. You know that. I'd never use Damian as a pawn in anything. He's never hurt me in any way."
"I just wanted to hear you say that to my face," Elizabeth said. "I needed to make sure that you were the man I loved, the honest decent man that I knew was inside of you all along."
"I want to celebrate, come out with me, please."
"I can't go out dressed like this," Elizabeth replied. "I look horrible."
"You look as beautiful as you always have," Ric said. "I don't care how you're dressed."
Elizabeth blushed, "How can I turn down an offer like that?"
"You can't," Ric replied coyly. "It's the perfect offer."
"I still have to finish my shift."
"I can wait," Ric sat on the stool again. "I'll wait right here for you."
"You don't have to..."
"But I want to," Ric kissed her hand. "I want to spend every possible moment I can just looking at you and knowing that you care about me as much as I care about you again."
Elizabeth blushed again. Ric was always romantic, even when she wanted him to go away. She didn't want him to go away at that moment, though. There was nothing more that she wanted than to have him stay around her as much as he could.
Ric wasn't lying to her. He would have done what he did for Damian even if it didn't mean that he wouldn't have gotten anything out of it, but he knew that he could, and since he knew that he could get something out of the situation he was going to make sure that he did. Elizabeth didn't need to know that, though. She didn't need to know that he did have a slight motivation towards empowering himself. He also did it for her. He could provide more for her as the District Attorney. His pay would be higher, he could make her happier with lavish gifts. Things that would make Sonny's spending on Carly seem tame by comparison. He didn't want to make such trite comparisons between the relationship that his brother had with his wife and Ric's relationship with Elizabeth, but he knew that Elizabeth deserved everything that Carly got from Sonny and more. Elizabeth was everything that Carly could never be. She was compassionate and loving. She wasn't vindictive. She was pure.
As Ric watched Elizabeth treat each customer with the care that she would give everyone, even a complete stranger off the streets, he knew that he had made the right choice. He also knew that he wanted to be with her more than ever. He wanted her to be his wife again. Maybe she would say yes. Maybe tonight would be the night to ask. He didn't have a ring, but that didn't really matter. He would ask and hopefully she would say yes to him again. The people around them wouldn't like it, but he didn't care what they thought. He didn't care what Lucky thought, what Sonny thought, even what Audrey thought. He and Elizabeth belonged together.