Port Charles Courthouse-

He'd never really been to the courthouse, despite his family relations. Damian didn't think that he would ever need to go for anything more than a trial that was being held for either his father or his uncle, but he knew that he was at the courthouse for a good reason. They didn't want to get married in a church. They didn't want something big. They just wanted to have a little ceremony where they would be almost completely alone. He felt honored to be one of the few people who were actually allowed to be there with them. Damian had been to several weddings, but Mexican weddings were those that were best forgotten. Hour long celebrations. They were hard to get through as a child, and as a teenager they were unbearable, especially when he was expected to be in them. The only wedding he wanted to be in was his own, and even that was stretching it.

"You look about as uncomfortable in that as I do…"

Damian turned his head over his shoulder, "Lucky… hi."

Lucky Spencer walked over and smiled. He was wearing a suit, much like Damian, but Lucky was a Spencer, he hated doing anything that required him being dressed up, he felt like it was against the very nature of his being. "Don't worry, these things should be short…"

"I can manage."

"You seem to be handling it better than me. I think I'm going to have a rash because of this stupid tie…"

"You never could put a tie on, could you?" Elizabeth asked, grinning widely as she walked up to the two men that would see her at her wedding. "Lucky, there are some things that you just can't do."

Lucky looked at Elizabeth, trying to keep his smile happy, but there was a little bit of sadness that was there, that couldn't be hid. Lucky didn't expect Elizabeth to love him anymore, and Lucky himself had moved on, but seeing Elizabeth in that dress made him think about what could have been. "You look…"

Damian couldn't hold it in. "Beautiful."

"Yeah, what he said…"

"You two don't look that bad yourself," Elizabeth felt some guilt for having them dress up, but it was her wedding, she had the right to ask that it be a formal occasion. "But you, Mr. Spencer, could use some help…"

Lucky blushed, "What are you talking about?"

"Look," Elizabeth walked over and grabbed the tie, loosening its hold around Lucky's neck, giving him more room to breathe before securing it again. It hung a little lower around his neck, but he wouldn't have welts or possibly pass out during her ceremony due to lack of circulation. She couldn't have that. "There," she patted him on his chest, remembering when she used to do it with an entirely different meaning, "that better?"

"Much," Lucky felt the pain subside almost as soon as she touched him. Maybe it wasn't because of her actions, maybe it was just because of her touch. "Thank you, Elizabeth."

"Anything for one of my dearest friends…"

"Where's Uncle Ric?" Damian wondered. He knew that it was bad luck for the bride to see the groom before the wedding, and he also knew that they needed all the luck they could get. Fate was against Ric and Elizabeth. Damian wished that it wasn't true, but it was. He'd do what he could to help them with their marriage, but it wouldn't work without both of them wanting to stay together. They said that they wanted that, but how long would they keep on saying that?

"I don't know," Elizabeth shrugged. "I hope he didn't get cold feet…"

"I don't think he would ditch you at the altar," Damian replied. "He loves you so much, Elizabeth. I can see it."

"So can I," Lucky agreed. "It'll be different this time."

Elizabeth nodded and smiled, "I know it will. Everything is going to be all right. But I just wanted to thank both of you for coming today."

"Where else would we be?" Damian stood next to Lucky, "You wanted us, we came… right, Lucky?"

"Right…"

Elizabeth knew Lucky well enough to see that there was something in his eyes. He was sad. But she couldn't do anything about it. She had made her choice, he had made his. She was willing to do everything that she was about to do with Ric with Lucky, but he didn't want it. "I should go put on the rest of my makeup…"

"You don't need it," Damian grinned. "You would look beautiful without any…"

"You haven't seen me early in the morning."

"But I have," Lucky remembered those days quite vividly. "You looked great, Liz."

"You're just saying that so I don't feel even more self-conscious about myself today. I shouldn't be this nervous, this is my second wedding…"

"You have to believe that everything is going to be all right, Liz," Lucky said sympathetically, giving her a hug. "I believe it…"

"Thanks," she whispered in his ear. "You have no idea how much that means to me, coming from you."

"You'll always be a part of my life," Lucky felt the beginnings of tears in his eyes, but he knew how to hold them back. "You might not be my love anymore, but you'll always be in my heart."

"You will, too… you know that." Unlike Lucky, Elizabeth couldn't hold back the tears. It meant so much to her that Lucky was trying to accept the relationship. She knew that Lucky had reservations about Ric, especially after everything that had happened.

"You'd better go," Lucky said, releasing his hold on her, "you need to finish the makeup. Can't have you being late to your own wedding…"

Elizabeth wiped her eyes, "You're right. I'll see you both in a few minutes…"

Lucky watched her leave into another room, closing the door behind her. With Elizabeth safely out of eye and ear's reach, Lucky gave a loud sigh, for a moment forgetting that Damian was even there. It was like a chapter of his life was being taken away from him, and he didn't want that.

"You still care about her, don't you?"

"I just don't want her to make the same mistakes that she did the first time…"

"She won't."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because my uncle is a different person now. He's not driven by his hatred of my father. Elizabeth used to be the one thing that would keep him tied down to his humanity, now she's his reason for getting up in the morning."

"Are you sure you're not just hoping that's true? You didn't know Ric when he did the things that he did… when he took my cousin and her unborn child and held them captive…"

"He's saved my life, Lucky. He's done it twice… I'm as much Sonny Corinthos's son as Morgan is."

"He wants someone to be on his side…"

"Is that so much to ask, Lucky?" Ric asked as he walked up. "Is it so much to ask that I have one member of my family that doesn't think I'm some version of the anti-Christ?"

"Ric…"

"Don't try and apologize to me, Lucky," Ric said bitterly. "I know that you would just be doing it so you didn't ruin Elizabeth's wedding day. I know you don't like me, I know you don't trust me and I'll be completely honest when I say that I have no reason for you to even give a damn about me, but I will not have you thinking that I'm not in love with Elizabeth. She's important to you and you're important to her, I don't like that, but I respect it."

"If you know how important she is to me then you know how much I hate you for what you did…"

"You can't hate me nearly as much as I hate myself for the decisions that I made in the passed. I almost killed the woman that I love because at the time I was so blind with anger towards my brother. I'm not that person anymore. I want you to believe that."

"Then you need to give me a reason to."

"And you need to stop thinking that I'm automatically going to be the same person that I was back then…"

"I think you both need to just stop," Damian interrupted. "You guys don't like each other, you probably never will, but you both love her, don't you? I know you both care about Elizabeth so much and that neither of you want to ruin her life, or her wedding day, but if you keep on doing this… the only thing you're going to accomplish is that."

Ric shook his head. He knew his nephew was right. The hatred that was boiling between the two men was only going to cause Elizabeth pain. It wasn't the best way to start off a marriage. "I'm going to go check and see if the judge is ready…"

Lucky waited for Ric to leave, "You're good at that, you know?"

"At what?"

"Defending him when nobody else will…"

"I'm not defending anyone, Lucky, and I'm hurt that you would even think that I'm trying to do it. I just want Elizabeth to be happy, like both of you. She means a lot to me as well."

"You were never in love with her…"

"And that gives you a right to continue doing this? Continue to hover over her like some giant animal…"

"I'm just trying to protect her!"

"From someone who isn't going to hurt her, Lucky! You're looking for reasons to demonize him… and I'm not going to say that he hasn't already done plenty of things that would give him that reputation, but if you can't see that he's changed then you're just like my father…"

"I'm nothing like Sonny."

"You're blindly hating Ric and refusing to see that he might just be a different person. I would call that very Sonny-like."

"I shouldn't be here…" Lucky knew that he couldn't keep up with the image of him being happy with everything that was going on.

"If you leave she won't forgive you…"

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because she wants you here," Damian knew how hard it had to be on Lucky, to see his first love getting married to someone that wasn't him, let alone to someone he didn't like. He felt for Lucky, but that didn't mean that he was going to say that everything that Lucky was doing was okay, because it wasn't. "She told you how much you mean to her. How much do you think she'll be hurt if you just leave?"

"Maybe I made the mistake of letting her go…"

"I'm sure you did. She's a great woman, but you can't change the past. Just be there for her, Lucky, right now, when she needs you the most."

Ric came back in, "The judge is ready… I'll be waiting."

Damian started to walk towards the door, "Well, what's it going to be? She can't get married if you're not here, they need two witnesses…"

Lucky thought about it for a long moment. Elizabeth did mean a lot to him, but she had moved on and so had he. It was hard to think of her without someone else, but she had the right to be happy. And Damian was right, she would be hurt if he left. Without saying a word, Lucky gave his answer as he followed the younger man towards the room. He just hoped he was doing the right thing.