Author's Note: Sorry for the delay, I had a school trip to go on and work
to make up, now I'm procrastinating most of it, so why no put it off by
writing another chapter???( enjoy! (oh ya, I'm aging Maxie, I figure
Lucky's been aged to about 25 now, so I'll make her 20.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Corinthos-Morgan Warehouse~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sonny sat at his desk attempting to go over some paperwork, but that wasn't working. His mind was fixated on Jason. He screwed up; he knew that. He'd screwed up a lot and he'd seriously damaged his relationship with Jason. He had to fix it but didn't know how. Sonny looked up when he heard the door open to see Jason entering his office.
"How's Liz?" he asked
"She's fine. What the hell were you doing at the hospital today?" Jason asked not sitting down but standing in front of Sonny ready to defend himself.
Sonny was more than a little taken aback by the way Jason spoke to him, but shook it off when he realized he deserved it, "I heard she collapsed and was in the hospital, I wanted to make sure she was O.K. I owe you and Liz that much."
"Is that supposed to make everything O.K.?"
"No, it's not. Jason, I'm sorry, I fucked up, a lot, I know that-" he started.
"Don't, not now." Jase said tiredly as he walked over to the window to stare out at the docks.
"I get it. If you want me to give you space that's fine, just don't shut me out. I know I haven't been a good friend and it'll take a lot to earn back your trust, but if you need anything just ask. You know you just have to ask right?" Sonny pleaded.
"No, I don't." Jason said before walking out of the office, leaving Sonny to curse himself yet again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kelly's~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So, what's bothering you?" Elizabeth asked while biting into her ice-cream cone.
"Why does something have to be bothering me?" Lucky returned only to be greeted by her glare. "Fine, but remember you asked. You left without a goodbye or any way to contact you. You never wrote, called, visited, nothing. When you finally do come home it's because of your grandmother and the first person you call is Jason." Lucky let it all out in one breath. "Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see you, and I like Jason well enough, but Liz, I just don't get it. Last I heard you two were barely speaking, I used to be the first person you called, even when we were just friends."
Liz sighed and looked down at the table. She knew this was coming, and she knew that she would be having a very similar conversation with Nicholas, she just didn't know how to explain to them what Jason was to her.
"Lucky, I love you. You know that right? You were my first love and my best friend and that will always be true. But you died and Jason was there for me in a way no on else was. I can't explain it, he listened to me, he believed in me. I can trust him with anything. And when he and I weren't speaking I was dying inside, being with Rick didn't help much either." She paused to collect herself. "I needed to leave and if I said goodbye I'd only end up staying. I needed space and I needed time. Italy was a special place to Jason and I. It was someplace I had always planned to go and I knew that if I were going to go anywhere, Italy would be perfect. So, I went. Jason found me. He knew exactly where I'd be and he came to me. All the pain, all the anger was gone and we were ourselves again. Bobbie called him about Grams, sure that he could find me and we came home. I love him Lucky. You probably can't understand it but I love him in a way I never thought possible and I've been given so many chances to be with him, I'm not going to screw it up this time. Loving Jason is like breathing and I don't want to miss him anymore. You may hate it but please try to respect it." She said looking Lucky in the eye.
"All I care about is whether or not you're happy."
"I'm happy." Elizabeth said with a smile.
"Good."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Docs~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sonny stood on the edge of the docs facing the water. It was official; he'd finally pushed Jason away. He may not have told him he was leaving the business, or hurl angry words his way, but he might as well have. Jason was lost to Sonny, and it was entirely his fault. He'd pushed away the one person he could always count on.
So engrossed in his thoughts, Sonny didn't even here the slight struggle behind him. He didn't notice that his one guard was down. It didn't occur to him to be afraid, or to turn around. He didn't see the figure behind him holding the gun. He only heard the loud crack of the gun and felt the searing pain in his chest as a bullet entered him from the back. Then his world went black.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kelly's~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"O.K., just so I'm clear, you're in Jakes, a beautiful blonde is making a pass at you, inviting you upstairs and you turn her down? Did you turn gay while I was away?" Elizabeth Asked Lucky in disbelief.
"Excuse me for not indulging in meaningless sex, there's more to life." Lucky said not meaning Elizabeth's eyes.
"I see that. So, what's her name?"
At that he looked up surprised and smiled sheepishly. Of course Liz knew, he couldn't hide anything from her.
"Can you keep a secret?" he asked her dead seriously.
"Of course I can." She said only to be interrupted by the ringing of her phone. "Dammit, I hate these things......Hello?.....What?....No, no, I'll be right over." Liz said with a stricken look on her face.
Despite her urgent words, Elizabeth didn't move. She sat motionlessly staring at Lucky, but she wasn't seeing him. She looked terrified. Lucky reached for her hand.
"Liz?"
"Grams had a stroke, she's barely hanging on."
"C'mon, let's go." Lucky said taking charge, partly to help Elizabeth and partly to help his own rising fear.
"This is it isn't it?" She asked, her voice small.
"We don't know that. C'mon."
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Corinthos-Morgan Warehouse~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sonny sat at his desk attempting to go over some paperwork, but that wasn't working. His mind was fixated on Jason. He screwed up; he knew that. He'd screwed up a lot and he'd seriously damaged his relationship with Jason. He had to fix it but didn't know how. Sonny looked up when he heard the door open to see Jason entering his office.
"How's Liz?" he asked
"She's fine. What the hell were you doing at the hospital today?" Jason asked not sitting down but standing in front of Sonny ready to defend himself.
Sonny was more than a little taken aback by the way Jason spoke to him, but shook it off when he realized he deserved it, "I heard she collapsed and was in the hospital, I wanted to make sure she was O.K. I owe you and Liz that much."
"Is that supposed to make everything O.K.?"
"No, it's not. Jason, I'm sorry, I fucked up, a lot, I know that-" he started.
"Don't, not now." Jase said tiredly as he walked over to the window to stare out at the docks.
"I get it. If you want me to give you space that's fine, just don't shut me out. I know I haven't been a good friend and it'll take a lot to earn back your trust, but if you need anything just ask. You know you just have to ask right?" Sonny pleaded.
"No, I don't." Jason said before walking out of the office, leaving Sonny to curse himself yet again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kelly's~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So, what's bothering you?" Elizabeth asked while biting into her ice-cream cone.
"Why does something have to be bothering me?" Lucky returned only to be greeted by her glare. "Fine, but remember you asked. You left without a goodbye or any way to contact you. You never wrote, called, visited, nothing. When you finally do come home it's because of your grandmother and the first person you call is Jason." Lucky let it all out in one breath. "Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see you, and I like Jason well enough, but Liz, I just don't get it. Last I heard you two were barely speaking, I used to be the first person you called, even when we were just friends."
Liz sighed and looked down at the table. She knew this was coming, and she knew that she would be having a very similar conversation with Nicholas, she just didn't know how to explain to them what Jason was to her.
"Lucky, I love you. You know that right? You were my first love and my best friend and that will always be true. But you died and Jason was there for me in a way no on else was. I can't explain it, he listened to me, he believed in me. I can trust him with anything. And when he and I weren't speaking I was dying inside, being with Rick didn't help much either." She paused to collect herself. "I needed to leave and if I said goodbye I'd only end up staying. I needed space and I needed time. Italy was a special place to Jason and I. It was someplace I had always planned to go and I knew that if I were going to go anywhere, Italy would be perfect. So, I went. Jason found me. He knew exactly where I'd be and he came to me. All the pain, all the anger was gone and we were ourselves again. Bobbie called him about Grams, sure that he could find me and we came home. I love him Lucky. You probably can't understand it but I love him in a way I never thought possible and I've been given so many chances to be with him, I'm not going to screw it up this time. Loving Jason is like breathing and I don't want to miss him anymore. You may hate it but please try to respect it." She said looking Lucky in the eye.
"All I care about is whether or not you're happy."
"I'm happy." Elizabeth said with a smile.
"Good."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Docs~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sonny stood on the edge of the docs facing the water. It was official; he'd finally pushed Jason away. He may not have told him he was leaving the business, or hurl angry words his way, but he might as well have. Jason was lost to Sonny, and it was entirely his fault. He'd pushed away the one person he could always count on.
So engrossed in his thoughts, Sonny didn't even here the slight struggle behind him. He didn't notice that his one guard was down. It didn't occur to him to be afraid, or to turn around. He didn't see the figure behind him holding the gun. He only heard the loud crack of the gun and felt the searing pain in his chest as a bullet entered him from the back. Then his world went black.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kelly's~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"O.K., just so I'm clear, you're in Jakes, a beautiful blonde is making a pass at you, inviting you upstairs and you turn her down? Did you turn gay while I was away?" Elizabeth Asked Lucky in disbelief.
"Excuse me for not indulging in meaningless sex, there's more to life." Lucky said not meaning Elizabeth's eyes.
"I see that. So, what's her name?"
At that he looked up surprised and smiled sheepishly. Of course Liz knew, he couldn't hide anything from her.
"Can you keep a secret?" he asked her dead seriously.
"Of course I can." She said only to be interrupted by the ringing of her phone. "Dammit, I hate these things......Hello?.....What?....No, no, I'll be right over." Liz said with a stricken look on her face.
Despite her urgent words, Elizabeth didn't move. She sat motionlessly staring at Lucky, but she wasn't seeing him. She looked terrified. Lucky reached for her hand.
"Liz?"
"Grams had a stroke, she's barely hanging on."
"C'mon, let's go." Lucky said taking charge, partly to help Elizabeth and partly to help his own rising fear.
"This is it isn't it?" She asked, her voice small.
"We don't know that. C'mon."
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