A new face out of the race Chapter 22
"I see." Emily said after a few moments. Lucky just watched her process his words. It hurt to admit that he wasn't the only one who was in love with her. He didn't think about what she would think or do either. In all truth he hasn't been thinking at all, once again. Oh yeah, he thought, its enough to tell her your in love with her, but to automatically tell her that someone else is as well! That's just suicidal!
"Is this true?" Emily asked she turned to look at Zander. Zander, having lost his temper seeing Emily torn up like this, just nodded. Emily just sat back on the chair, looking at neither of them. "How did this happen?" Emily asked, thinking out loud.
Lucky heard her but didn't answer too soon. There was no real explanation. You couldn't control your emotions, and falling in love it just happens without you knowing! He learned that the hard way. And look where that got them! "Hard to say Emily." Lucky said to hopefully ease some of the tension in the room.
"Yeah, I suppose it is." She said, still stuck in thought. Lucky's plan worked for a few seconds, but it didn't last long. Another long silence struck them. Lucky was thinking of what to say, but couldn't come up with anything. What do you say in a situation like this? You have two guys pinning for your feelings while your being held hostage by a mad woman out for revenge. Not to mention one of those two guys is the partner, who just happened to kidnap you to get here!
"What do you expect me to do?" Emily asked watching Zander and Lucky. "Pick one of you!" Emily exclaimed waiting for an answer from either of them.
Zander and Lucky just stared at each other and then turned to Emily.
"What would be the use?" Lucky asked. "We don't even know if were getting out of here alive, and then you won't be seeing Zander again after this."
Zander listened to Lucky's answer and objected to the second part of his reasoning. "That's not true! I'm sticking around."
"How can you expect to do that? You're working for Helena Cassadine! Besides, weren't you the one who organized this plan? How can you expect Emily or anyone to trust you? Furthermore, you brought Emily here by force." Lucky argued against Zander's statement. 'Not to mention you and I would clash, put Emily through torture, and then she won't even be talking to me.' Lucky silently added.
Emily sat back and watched Lucky and Zander clash, and didn't want another fight. She would go back to remembering her past, and she couldn't do that again. Besides she didn't want anyone hurt because she existed. Furthermore, they thought she could handle being talked for. She was an independent, and wasn't a possession nor an it.
"Stop it!" Emily screamed above Lucky's and Zander's argument sound level. They looked over at her. She was mad. That was a bad thing.
Emily walked over to them and looked at Lucky. "Lucky, I appreciate you being protective and trying to stand up for me." She looked at Zander. "You're a great person, and due to all the things you have done I will let them pass." Emily stepped back and glared at them. This time she spoke in louder tone. "But I will not excuse you for acting like barbarians fighting for a piece of meat. I am not a prize, but a person with feelings. I am not a possession or an it. I am an independent thinker. I don't need someone else to speak for me!"
Lucky and Zander looked at each other. They quickly realized how they were acting.
"Emily..." Lucky started, but Emily continued. "But if you want to act like that, be my guest! Just not around me! I can't handle it! Especially now!" Emily finished and ran from the room. Another door closed loudly down the hall.
Lucky and Zander looked at each other. The conversation between the three of them was doomed from the start, Lucky realized. He looked at the door and thought about going after Emily, but figured she wasn't happy with either of them and going to her would just make their relationship worse. That was the last thing he wanted to do. He needed Emily. She balanced his life. He knew that now. He had discovered that the hard way.
Zander also thought about going after Emily but knew when she was this vulnerable she usually resisted people. So he was stuck in here with his adversary; another person pinning for Emily's feelings. Wasn't this ironic? Zander watched Lucky walk to the bed and sit on it. He rubbed his temples lightly. He supposed he could go to his room, but he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep. He wouldn't be able to pay attention if he tried to read or surf the net either. So here he was, stuck in a room with his enemy.
"We can't do this to Emily." Lucky spoke up, and Zander realized he was speaking to him. "We have to learn to be civil or make some kind of temporary truce." He proposed.
Zander thought about that. He almost laughed. Truce with him? How long would that last? One second? Zander knew Emily probably needed them to be civil, and he wasn't that smart on truces or girls, but it would never survive. They'd mention one thing, not having anything to do with Emily, and they would be at each other's throats either way. They were born enemies.
"Well?" Lucky asked, and looked at him from the bed.
"As much as I don't want to hurt Emily, a truce would never workout." Zander replied. "As for being civil, that wouldn't last long either." Lucky heard the response, but couldn't believe it. He doesn't want to hurt Emily, but he knocks out both ways of not doing that? Zander continued though. "So the thing we need to do is stay away from each other. It's simple enough."
Lucky stared and him and felt his temper flare up. That's how Zander wants to handle things? Did he not care an ounce for Emily's feelings? Lucky answered, moments later, temper slightly controlled. The last thing he needed was to lose his temper, look where it landed him! "That's how you want to handle the feud between us? Stay away from each other? If you haven't noticed, were limited in space to do that. And I know you and I would want to talk to Emily. Then were just going to be back to this! That won't help her!"
"I have my ways of handling the situation, I expect you figure out how to do that too." Zander said and walked to the door. He turned one last time to look at Lucky before he left. "By the way, at the end of this situation don't expect me to get lost or let Emily leave this place. She has no place to go. If you don't remember her adoptive mother kicked her out of the penthouse. She also needs a friend to help her sort through her past, and that friend isn't you." Zander said threatenly and left the room.
Lucky listened to Zander's threat and watched him leave the room. This 'situation' was getting more dangerous by the second. He needed to get Emily and him out of here before something happened. Something bad and having to do with Zander.
Author's note: Hey thanks for all the reviews. I decided by the help with a few of you that I will wait for the rewrite of the first story. The third story will be started as soon as this one is done. So now that is said, keep reviewing. Also one last note, the last sentence could be considered foreshadowing, wink, wink.
"I see." Emily said after a few moments. Lucky just watched her process his words. It hurt to admit that he wasn't the only one who was in love with her. He didn't think about what she would think or do either. In all truth he hasn't been thinking at all, once again. Oh yeah, he thought, its enough to tell her your in love with her, but to automatically tell her that someone else is as well! That's just suicidal!
"Is this true?" Emily asked she turned to look at Zander. Zander, having lost his temper seeing Emily torn up like this, just nodded. Emily just sat back on the chair, looking at neither of them. "How did this happen?" Emily asked, thinking out loud.
Lucky heard her but didn't answer too soon. There was no real explanation. You couldn't control your emotions, and falling in love it just happens without you knowing! He learned that the hard way. And look where that got them! "Hard to say Emily." Lucky said to hopefully ease some of the tension in the room.
"Yeah, I suppose it is." She said, still stuck in thought. Lucky's plan worked for a few seconds, but it didn't last long. Another long silence struck them. Lucky was thinking of what to say, but couldn't come up with anything. What do you say in a situation like this? You have two guys pinning for your feelings while your being held hostage by a mad woman out for revenge. Not to mention one of those two guys is the partner, who just happened to kidnap you to get here!
"What do you expect me to do?" Emily asked watching Zander and Lucky. "Pick one of you!" Emily exclaimed waiting for an answer from either of them.
Zander and Lucky just stared at each other and then turned to Emily.
"What would be the use?" Lucky asked. "We don't even know if were getting out of here alive, and then you won't be seeing Zander again after this."
Zander listened to Lucky's answer and objected to the second part of his reasoning. "That's not true! I'm sticking around."
"How can you expect to do that? You're working for Helena Cassadine! Besides, weren't you the one who organized this plan? How can you expect Emily or anyone to trust you? Furthermore, you brought Emily here by force." Lucky argued against Zander's statement. 'Not to mention you and I would clash, put Emily through torture, and then she won't even be talking to me.' Lucky silently added.
Emily sat back and watched Lucky and Zander clash, and didn't want another fight. She would go back to remembering her past, and she couldn't do that again. Besides she didn't want anyone hurt because she existed. Furthermore, they thought she could handle being talked for. She was an independent, and wasn't a possession nor an it.
"Stop it!" Emily screamed above Lucky's and Zander's argument sound level. They looked over at her. She was mad. That was a bad thing.
Emily walked over to them and looked at Lucky. "Lucky, I appreciate you being protective and trying to stand up for me." She looked at Zander. "You're a great person, and due to all the things you have done I will let them pass." Emily stepped back and glared at them. This time she spoke in louder tone. "But I will not excuse you for acting like barbarians fighting for a piece of meat. I am not a prize, but a person with feelings. I am not a possession or an it. I am an independent thinker. I don't need someone else to speak for me!"
Lucky and Zander looked at each other. They quickly realized how they were acting.
"Emily..." Lucky started, but Emily continued. "But if you want to act like that, be my guest! Just not around me! I can't handle it! Especially now!" Emily finished and ran from the room. Another door closed loudly down the hall.
Lucky and Zander looked at each other. The conversation between the three of them was doomed from the start, Lucky realized. He looked at the door and thought about going after Emily, but figured she wasn't happy with either of them and going to her would just make their relationship worse. That was the last thing he wanted to do. He needed Emily. She balanced his life. He knew that now. He had discovered that the hard way.
Zander also thought about going after Emily but knew when she was this vulnerable she usually resisted people. So he was stuck in here with his adversary; another person pinning for Emily's feelings. Wasn't this ironic? Zander watched Lucky walk to the bed and sit on it. He rubbed his temples lightly. He supposed he could go to his room, but he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep. He wouldn't be able to pay attention if he tried to read or surf the net either. So here he was, stuck in a room with his enemy.
"We can't do this to Emily." Lucky spoke up, and Zander realized he was speaking to him. "We have to learn to be civil or make some kind of temporary truce." He proposed.
Zander thought about that. He almost laughed. Truce with him? How long would that last? One second? Zander knew Emily probably needed them to be civil, and he wasn't that smart on truces or girls, but it would never survive. They'd mention one thing, not having anything to do with Emily, and they would be at each other's throats either way. They were born enemies.
"Well?" Lucky asked, and looked at him from the bed.
"As much as I don't want to hurt Emily, a truce would never workout." Zander replied. "As for being civil, that wouldn't last long either." Lucky heard the response, but couldn't believe it. He doesn't want to hurt Emily, but he knocks out both ways of not doing that? Zander continued though. "So the thing we need to do is stay away from each other. It's simple enough."
Lucky stared and him and felt his temper flare up. That's how Zander wants to handle things? Did he not care an ounce for Emily's feelings? Lucky answered, moments later, temper slightly controlled. The last thing he needed was to lose his temper, look where it landed him! "That's how you want to handle the feud between us? Stay away from each other? If you haven't noticed, were limited in space to do that. And I know you and I would want to talk to Emily. Then were just going to be back to this! That won't help her!"
"I have my ways of handling the situation, I expect you figure out how to do that too." Zander said and walked to the door. He turned one last time to look at Lucky before he left. "By the way, at the end of this situation don't expect me to get lost or let Emily leave this place. She has no place to go. If you don't remember her adoptive mother kicked her out of the penthouse. She also needs a friend to help her sort through her past, and that friend isn't you." Zander said threatenly and left the room.
Lucky listened to Zander's threat and watched him leave the room. This 'situation' was getting more dangerous by the second. He needed to get Emily and him out of here before something happened. Something bad and having to do with Zander.
Author's note: Hey thanks for all the reviews. I decided by the help with a few of you that I will wait for the rewrite of the first story. The third story will be started as soon as this one is done. So now that is said, keep reviewing. Also one last note, the last sentence could be considered foreshadowing, wink, wink.