Elizabeth and Cameron left the park to head back to the Port Charles Y for the makeup class Miss Rachel promised Elizabeth earlier. The parking lot was packed, but on the 3rd drive around, Elizabeth was able to find a spot in the far right corner. She unlatched Cameron from his carseat and put him in his stroller, grabbed his diaper bag and headed towards the classroom.

The hallways were overly crowded due to the doubling up of Miss Judy's class. Elizabeth noticed a few mothers from her Mommy & Me class, but they were all very anxious for the doors to open, so neither of them happened to notice Elizabeth and Cameron walked in. The children from the older class were a good year to a year and a half older than Cameron, all walking and talking up a storm. Just as the doors were about the open, Cameron started crying loud enough for the entire line of mothers to turn around and take notice. Elizabeth brushed them off and gave Cameron a bottle while waiting for the rest of the mothers to walk into the room.

This room was different from Elizabeths usual classroom. There was a low-rise balance beam set up in the back of the room and other child-friendly gymastics equipment, far more advanced for Cameron. Elizabeth walked Cameron around, pointing out the different toys and murals on the wall and mentioned that one of the cartoon figures on the wall was the same one that she painted in his room at home. Once the parents began to settle down, Elizabeth parked Camerons stroller with the rest of the strollers in the back and quickly joined the other mothers from Miss Rachels class up front. As she was sitting down, she placed Cameron in between her lap and had a clear view of the door when Alexis, Kristina and Ric walked in.

Ric's eyes locked immediately with Elizabeth's. They stared intently at one another for a good 5 seconds when Alexis suddenly realized who Ric was focused on. The 3 walked into the room, apparently late since everyone was already was in the room by the time they came in, but the class didn't start yet. Elizabeth tried to take her eyes off of Ric by talking to Cameron, but every time she turned towards Ric's direction, he was staring right back at her. After settling Alexis and Kristina in their usual seats, Ric hesitated for a moment, but casually walked over to Elizabeth and Cameron, who was busy crawling on the floor with one of his fellow classmates.

"This is surprising," said and obviously confused Ric, as he squatted down towards Elizabeth and smiled at her.

"Our class was canceled this morning, so we were called in for a makeup. I really had no idea you and Alexis would be here," Elizabeth calmly said, as she fidgeted with her hands to try and cover up her nervousness.

"I hope I'm not making you uncomfortable. That's the last thing I would ever want to do," Ric replied.

"Not at all. It just through me for a loop when I saw the 3 of you walk in together." Cameron crawled back towards Liz and plopped into her lap. Ric and Liz both simultaneously laughed.

Ric leaned down further towards Cameron. "Hey little buddy. Are you and your mommy excited for story time with Miss Judy?" Ric looked up back towards Elizabeth. "Wow. He's getting big. Last time I saw him he could barely crawl."

"I know. One day he's a newborn who just sleeps all day and the next he's crawling all over the place. He's growing really fast," Liz continued, while Cameron was firmly planted in her lap, as his eyes darted all over the room at the other children.

"Listen," Ric hesitated. "I know this may not be the right time to ask but I still have a lot of your stuff at our apar- I'm sorry," Ric apologized. "My apartment." Ric paused. "I kept hoping you'd stop by, but I could totally understand why you wouldn't. Would you like me to bring them over to Audrey's?"

"I'll save you the trip. Cameron and I can stop by later tonight if you're going to be around."

Ric enthusiastically shook his head in agreement "That would be great. I'll be home all night. I've got some work to take care of and you know me. It's much easier to get work done at home without all the distractions of the PCPD."

"Sounds like a plan." Elizabeth noticed Miss Judy was approaching her footstool in the center of the classroom. "Well, I hope you, Kristina and Alexis have fun today."

Pointing at a giggling Cameron, "You too. See you later," Ric replied, as he stood up and walked back to the opposite side of the room and joined Kristina and Alexis at their seats.

Elizabeth turned around once more and noticed Ric staring right back at her. Elizabeth shyly turned away as class was about to start.

"Welcome everybody. I see we have some friends visiting from Miss Rachels class. Let me introduce myself. My name is Miss Judy and I am so happy to see all your smiling faces here today!"

Felicia walked into her empty house, with 2 oversized shopping bags full of groceries. With the keys dangling from her hands, she clumsily dropped the two bulky packages on the desk closest to the door. Agitated, Felicia went back to close the door but wasn't able to get back to the desk in time before the top-heavy bags toppled over, spilling the contents all over the desk and the floor beneath.

"Just great!" Felicia exclaimed as she got on her knees and began picking up the groceries. Ducking her head under the table, she was able to grab the frozen entrees that spilled out on the floor. "What's this?" Felicia picked up a package of Chinese Noodles. "I didn't buy this. How did this get in there?" Felicia continued to examine the package and noticed the expiration date. "March 15, 2004? I definitely don't want this now!"

Felicia finished picking up the rest of the groceries and secured them firmly on the table. She picked up one bag at a time to bring into her kitchen, to ensure she wouldn't have to go through this struggle again. On her second trip back from the kitchen, she brought with her a large trash bag, so large, that she kept knocking over all her ornaments and picture frames on her shelf.

"Oh shucks! Look at this mess now!", as she slammed the garbage down and rearranged her shelves. She glanced over to Mac's desk and saw the expired Chinese Noodles and tossed them inside with the rest of the trash. She did a quick glance around the room as she was tying the bag shut. "I told you not to eat in the living room," she said to herself as she walked over to pick up Brooks leftovers from breakfast. Sweating in aggravation, she picked up the garbage bag and began walking towards the door. Not being able to see exactly where she was doing, she started walking towards the wall closest to the foyer. As she slowly made her way across the room, her walk was put to a sudden stop when she came crashing down, spilling the contents of the garbage bag all over the floor as Felicia screamed in astonishment.

With her head buried in the trash, "What was that?!! What in the-" Felicia turned around, still lying on the floor, and saw Maxies overnight bag at the base of her feet. "How in the world did that get there?" Felicia lifted herself up from the floor, still covered with bits and pieces of garbage, picked up the bag and brought it to the desk.

"Is Maxie home?", she said as she opened the zipper. "It's all her clothes!" She turned around and walked towards the stairs. "Maxie!! Maxie Jones, if you're home, get down here now!" Silence. She walked back over to her bag and looked through it again. "If Maxie's home, where could she be?"