Emily Quartermaine, a young high school senior, turned off the light on her desk, it had been a long night cram session yet again for the young student. She was glad finals were almost over, only 2 more exams and she would be finished with high school. She dreaded the discussion with her parents about taking the year off instead of focusing on the year ahead at Berkley. She wanted to experience the world a little more before going back to studying, she had been deep in books for too long, she was ready to take on whatever would come her way, she was willing to take the leap of faith and try it out on her own.

She reach back her arms and stretched her back muscles, they had been tied in knots for a few days now, stress from finals she figured, and had hoped soon the aches would disappear. She got up from her chair and made her way thru the darkness to the bed. She removed her robe and slippers, then climbed into the soft double sized bed that invited her. She laid back on the plush pillow, and her head sank down into it. She turned onto her side and pulled her knees to her chest, she reached for the spare pillow and held it against her. The nights had been lonely since Nikolas had left, she knew though there was no going back. Their relationship had crumbled right before her eyes, leaving her heart broken, she was still saddened by the thought of him, he fresh in her memories as she laid there in the darkness alone.

Emily wasn't expecting the heartbreak that came with finding love, she was naive that way, she guessed. She had certainly made the mistake of opening up her heart to someone, to the first man to come along, and she vowed never to open up that way again to any guy who might sweep her off her feet. She wasn't ready to fall in love, she needed time to mend what was broken, and she felt it would take some time before she'd be ready for someone to be that close again to her.

As she laid in the darkness, her eyes began to slowly close, sleep had begun to over come her. The late nights studying were catching up to her and she realized she was more tired then she originally thought. She pulled the pillow closer to her and wrapped her arms tightly around it, a part of her wishing it were the man she once loved. Sleep overtook her quickly and dreams of what could of been play in her mind as outside the black iron gates of the Quartermaine estate, the city of Port Charles welcomed home the new Assistant District Attorney and her son.

Back at the Port Charles Police Station .....

Zander still sitting waiting for his mother and getting impatient, got out in their car and decided to see what was keeping her. He made his way up the cement stairs of the police station and walked through the double doors of the squad room. Shouting could be heard from the doorway, as the suspect the police had in custody was throwing around threats to everyone in the room.

"Do you know who I work for?!" the suspect shouted at whoever was listening to his tantrum.

"Yes Morgan we know who you were work for, you don't have to keep reminding us." Mac snarked back.

"Well, if you know, then you also know the man is not going to be happy about this."

Alexis leaned into Ric .. "Who does he work for?" Just as Zander approached the two of them.

"Sonny Corinthos." he spoke up from behind.

"And how do you know that?" Alexis surprised that her son knew that.

"Everyone knows Jason Morgan and Sonny Corinthos, don't they?"

"You talk like their famous or something." Ric remarked.

"Aren't they? They're on the top 10 most wanted list, Mr. Corinthos himself has been hunted down more then once by the federal government over the years, no?" Zander continued on.

"Yes, but ...." Ric began

"Ric, this is my son, Alex. Alex this is DA Lansing." Alexis introduced them.

"How do you know all this stuff?" Ric asked as he extended his hand to the young man.

"I can read." Zander replied with a smirk and his mother shot him a look.

He shot her a look back as Morgan carried on about getting arrested. Alexis tugged on Alex's arm and pulled him to the side, so Ric could not hear her scold him.

"Can you behave please?"

"Ma I'm not 10 years old."

"Then don't act like one." she replied sternly.

Zander rolled his eyes at his mother's words. She gave a tug on his jacket and led him towards the officer's desk and sat him down in the chair.

"Look, I'm going to make a few calls and see if I can find us a place to stay tonight. Then I want you to take the car to the hotel and stay there. I don't know how long this will take tonight, and it looks like they're going to need me here."

He agreed to do that for his mother. He just wanted to be someplace else, anywhere but sitting in a police station. "Okay, I can do that."

Alexis made a few phone calls to some places that Ric suggested and then sent Zander on his way to get settled in. Alexis turned to Ric who was looking over some files that were laying on the desk in front her.

"He's a good kid, just a little misguided lately."

"That the reason you and he came to Port Charles? For some guidance?"

"Came back." she replied quickly.

"Oh, so you moved to Manhattan to get away from the crime here in Port Charles, is that it?" Rick chuckled.

"No, we moved to Manhattan because of my husband's job." Alexis replied, telling Ric an excuse she liked to use often when confronted with the reasons of her and Zander being in the city, that they obviously did not belong.

"I see. And now?" Ric asked as he looked up from the paperwork.

"And now, he's my ex-husband and I wanted a better life for Alex, so I brought him home."

"And that's what you wanted too?.... To come home?" Ric replied, leading Alexis to believe he wanted to know her feelings about the divorce.

"What I want or need doesn't matter Mr. Lansing. Alex is my life and his needs come first."

"I do wish I had a mother like you, Ms. Davis."

"You didn't ....."

"Let's just say that the relationship I had with my mother was rocky at best."

As they stood talking, Mac approached.

"Sorry to interrupt but I think we're going to have some problems on our hands with Morgan. He's lawyer'd up."

Ric looked down at his watch ... "I'm surprised Sonny hasn't shown up yet, he's usually two steps behind Morgan."

The three turned towards the double doors, when Mac and Ric heard a voice that sounded familiar.

"What's going on here Mac?"

"What's going on here, Sonny, is that Morgan here has been arrested."

"Yes, I can see that, what's the charge this time?"

"Aside from resisting to comply and assault on one of my officers, nothing. We just wanted to talk with him and he didn't come willingly."

"Yeah I'm sure." Sonny replied just as Justus Ward strolled into the squad room.

"You know I don't like being summoned here like an employee, Sonny." Justus snapped.

"Never mind that, just get Jason released."

Alexis stood back and watched as Justus tried to have the charges against Jason dropped and she took the initiative and stepped up.

"Excuse me .. Hi .. Alexis Davis." she spoke up and stepped towards Justus, introducing herself..

"Hi ... Justus Ward. Nice to meet you."

"Alexis Davis is our new Assistant DA." Mac remarked as he looked up from the folder he was reading.

"Really. I hate to be rude but this doesn't concern you .... Mrs. Davis." Sonny exclaimed.

"It's Ms. And it does now. I was just given this case. And sorry, but Mr. Morgan isn't going anywhere."