I'm so glad that you guys like this story and want me to continue with it.
I'm also glad that there are still some Sax fans out there despite what the
writers are doing to them. I'm a die-hard Sax fan myself and I am
desperately praying that no matter how many circles the writers send them
in on the show that they'll find their way back to one another.
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Coming Home
Skye sat in the dark in her apartment looking through the window at the bright lights. She sat gazing at the beautiful city she lived in, unable to be a part of that beauty. She'd been in Paris for two years now and it still didn't feel like home. Edward had been true to his word for once and had found her a good job at a corporation which neither he nor Jax had any link to. She should have been happy but she wasn't. She had a wonderful job in an amazing city filled with wonderful people but none of that could ever compare to the brief happiness she had shared with him. She'd had a few affairs since she left Port Charles. She had tried desperately to recreate the magic the two of them had shared but anything she had with other men was empty. They were replacements. They could never love her they way he had. So she'd given up on love completely and retreated to the confines of her apartment where she spent her time away from work alone with an unopened bottle of vodka on the nightstand. She didn't drink after she left Port Charles but knowing it was there and she had the strength to resist temptation made her proud. She was surviving on her own. She was doing just fine. She didn't need him at all.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of a telephone.
She answered quickly and was shocked when she heard the voice on the other end.
"Skye are you there?" The voice asked.
"Yes, I'm here what do you want Grandfather?"
"I want you to come home."
"What!" She said incredulously. "You didn't want me in your precious house to begin with so why would you want me to come home?"
"Lila wants to see you. Her health has been getting worse and she wants the family home for the holidays."
Skye was shocked. "I spoke to her just last week and she didn't mention anything."
"You know Lila was never want to worry anyone. But I know she wants you to be here. Will you come?"
"I'll take the first flight out in the morning."
"Very well. Reginald will meet you at the airport."
"See you in a couple of hours grandfather."
Skye hung up the phone and closed her eyes and exhaled. She was going home. She made two wishes that night in the dark. One was that she would be able to stay in the same room as her family and not push someone through a window and the other was that she had the strength to avoid Jax and not go running back into his arms.
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"You can stop here." Skye told Reginald.
"Edward gave me specific instructions to bring you straight to the house."
"Look my plane was delayed and I promised a friend I'd meet him here. Edward can wait for half an hour can't he? You go ahead and I'll take a cab to the house."
"Whatever you say Miss. Quatermaine."
Skye got out of the car and walked into Kelly's. It had hardly changed, not that she'd expected it to. She looked around and seeing that her friend was late she took a seat at the counter and ordered a coffee.
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Jax was running late for a meeting but needed a cup of coffee and decided to make a quick stop at Kelly's.
He stepped in and quickly stepped out again gasping in disbelief. He eyes had to be deceiving him. Skye was in Paris. He was sure of it. After he had gotten the necklace he had gone to her house and the Quatermaines'. Besides saying that she didn't want to see him, they wouldn't tell him anything. He had found her though. He searched till he found her. She was living in Paris. He even went as far as to go to her office but when he saw her there she looked so happy compared to how hurt she had looked during her last months in Port Charles. He couldn't bare to crush her again so he left. She had moved on and maybe it was time for him to do the same. And he'd tried. Damn it, he really tried but nothing was ever the same. Everywhere he went he saw here face. Every voice he heard said her name. She haunted his every waking moment and all of his dreams. He was sure his mind was playing tricks on him but he had to be sure. He walked into Kelly's took a deep breath and said her name.
Skye recognised the voice that was calling out to her and she shuddered. She didn't want to turn around but her body had taken over and before she knew what she was doing she had turned to face him.
"I can't believe it you. It's been so long." He rattled off, still not certain this wasn't an elaborate fantasy.
On seeing him all Skye felt all her old feeling rushing back to her. Her pain at him leaving her. The betrayal she felt about him choosing Brenda over him. But most importantly she felt her longing for him. But she wouldn't let her heart betray her again. She couldn't let him in again.
"It hasn't been long enough, Jax." She replied sarcastically.
He ignored her comment. He hadn't expected her to be happy about seeing him but he had hoped.
"What are you doing here?"
"Meeting an old friend who just walked in, so if you don't mind......... Actually I don't really care whether you mind or not." She said with a smile before getting up, walking to a table and taking a seat facing him.
"Hey Red." Said the man sitting across from her.
"Hey yourself Coleman. How have things been since I left?"
"Fine. Just fine. I see your little trip did you some good you look great."
"Thank you so much. Who never Gary Coleman could be such a gentleman?" She said with a small laugh.
"How long are you here for?"
"Till after New Years. After that I'm gone for good so you better enjoy the company while you can."
"I intend to."
They sat and laughed together while Jax stared at her. Skye knew he was looking but refused to meet his gaze. As he sat there watching her laugh with that pathetic excuse for a man he vowed to himself that she would never leave again unless she was by his side. He didn't know how but he was going to make her his again if it was that last thing he did.
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That's it! Thanks so much for the reviews and I hope you review this chapter as well. Don't be shy let me know what you think. And by the way if it sounded like there was something going on between Skye and Coleman relax they're just friends. Of course there's no harm in Jax thinking otherwise. Anyway read review and review some more. I'm out.
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Coming Home
Skye sat in the dark in her apartment looking through the window at the bright lights. She sat gazing at the beautiful city she lived in, unable to be a part of that beauty. She'd been in Paris for two years now and it still didn't feel like home. Edward had been true to his word for once and had found her a good job at a corporation which neither he nor Jax had any link to. She should have been happy but she wasn't. She had a wonderful job in an amazing city filled with wonderful people but none of that could ever compare to the brief happiness she had shared with him. She'd had a few affairs since she left Port Charles. She had tried desperately to recreate the magic the two of them had shared but anything she had with other men was empty. They were replacements. They could never love her they way he had. So she'd given up on love completely and retreated to the confines of her apartment where she spent her time away from work alone with an unopened bottle of vodka on the nightstand. She didn't drink after she left Port Charles but knowing it was there and she had the strength to resist temptation made her proud. She was surviving on her own. She was doing just fine. She didn't need him at all.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of a telephone.
She answered quickly and was shocked when she heard the voice on the other end.
"Skye are you there?" The voice asked.
"Yes, I'm here what do you want Grandfather?"
"I want you to come home."
"What!" She said incredulously. "You didn't want me in your precious house to begin with so why would you want me to come home?"
"Lila wants to see you. Her health has been getting worse and she wants the family home for the holidays."
Skye was shocked. "I spoke to her just last week and she didn't mention anything."
"You know Lila was never want to worry anyone. But I know she wants you to be here. Will you come?"
"I'll take the first flight out in the morning."
"Very well. Reginald will meet you at the airport."
"See you in a couple of hours grandfather."
Skye hung up the phone and closed her eyes and exhaled. She was going home. She made two wishes that night in the dark. One was that she would be able to stay in the same room as her family and not push someone through a window and the other was that she had the strength to avoid Jax and not go running back into his arms.
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"You can stop here." Skye told Reginald.
"Edward gave me specific instructions to bring you straight to the house."
"Look my plane was delayed and I promised a friend I'd meet him here. Edward can wait for half an hour can't he? You go ahead and I'll take a cab to the house."
"Whatever you say Miss. Quatermaine."
Skye got out of the car and walked into Kelly's. It had hardly changed, not that she'd expected it to. She looked around and seeing that her friend was late she took a seat at the counter and ordered a coffee.
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Jax was running late for a meeting but needed a cup of coffee and decided to make a quick stop at Kelly's.
He stepped in and quickly stepped out again gasping in disbelief. He eyes had to be deceiving him. Skye was in Paris. He was sure of it. After he had gotten the necklace he had gone to her house and the Quatermaines'. Besides saying that she didn't want to see him, they wouldn't tell him anything. He had found her though. He searched till he found her. She was living in Paris. He even went as far as to go to her office but when he saw her there she looked so happy compared to how hurt she had looked during her last months in Port Charles. He couldn't bare to crush her again so he left. She had moved on and maybe it was time for him to do the same. And he'd tried. Damn it, he really tried but nothing was ever the same. Everywhere he went he saw here face. Every voice he heard said her name. She haunted his every waking moment and all of his dreams. He was sure his mind was playing tricks on him but he had to be sure. He walked into Kelly's took a deep breath and said her name.
Skye recognised the voice that was calling out to her and she shuddered. She didn't want to turn around but her body had taken over and before she knew what she was doing she had turned to face him.
"I can't believe it you. It's been so long." He rattled off, still not certain this wasn't an elaborate fantasy.
On seeing him all Skye felt all her old feeling rushing back to her. Her pain at him leaving her. The betrayal she felt about him choosing Brenda over him. But most importantly she felt her longing for him. But she wouldn't let her heart betray her again. She couldn't let him in again.
"It hasn't been long enough, Jax." She replied sarcastically.
He ignored her comment. He hadn't expected her to be happy about seeing him but he had hoped.
"What are you doing here?"
"Meeting an old friend who just walked in, so if you don't mind......... Actually I don't really care whether you mind or not." She said with a smile before getting up, walking to a table and taking a seat facing him.
"Hey Red." Said the man sitting across from her.
"Hey yourself Coleman. How have things been since I left?"
"Fine. Just fine. I see your little trip did you some good you look great."
"Thank you so much. Who never Gary Coleman could be such a gentleman?" She said with a small laugh.
"How long are you here for?"
"Till after New Years. After that I'm gone for good so you better enjoy the company while you can."
"I intend to."
They sat and laughed together while Jax stared at her. Skye knew he was looking but refused to meet his gaze. As he sat there watching her laugh with that pathetic excuse for a man he vowed to himself that she would never leave again unless she was by his side. He didn't know how but he was going to make her his again if it was that last thing he did.
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That's it! Thanks so much for the reviews and I hope you review this chapter as well. Don't be shy let me know what you think. And by the way if it sounded like there was something going on between Skye and Coleman relax they're just friends. Of course there's no harm in Jax thinking otherwise. Anyway read review and review some more. I'm out.