Disclaimer: Okay, I hate these so I'm making this short. I don't own any
characters except Mark. He is my creation. Keep this in mind!
Also, I forgot the timeline in the information chapter. This story takes place around two or three years after a new face out of the race. So Emily and lucky are eighteen or nineteen, and Melissa would be six. All other ages are irrelevant as of now, so don't worry about those. Hope you enjoy the chapter.
A new face after the race Chapter 1
It was just another day at Kelly's. The usual customers came in and a few new faces were present. The men and women were in private conversations until the door opened and someone ran noisily through them, disrupting their meal and catching their interest. The person who barged in didn't even know they were watching and listening to her.
"I'm so sorry. I left early, I swear! It's just my alarm clock didn't go off and my car broke down, and then the traffic was so heavy!" The person ranted as the young woman at the cast register laughed.
The person finally stopped talking as they caught their breath and looked around the place. She felt a blush grow on her cheeks as she realized she had just made herself a spectacle. She turned to look at the young woman behind the counter and then flew to the back of the café like restaurant to get her apron.
The woman behind the counter that held the cash register studied the customers as they went back to their own conversations. The other woman came from the back with an apron in her hand and walked over to the young woman.
"My apology wasn't needed, was it?" She asked as she looked around the tables where the people tried not to look back at her.
"Nope. Bobbie had to go out and left me in charge." She said as she studied the other woman. She had brown hair that was disheveled and blue eyes that was envied by many.
The blue-eyed woman groaned and rubbed her temples. "I tried being here on time, really I did!" She looked up and saw two brown eyes watching her. Her friend Emily also had brown hair that was currently held up in a ponytail.
Emily smiled and placed a hand on her right shoulder. "I know you did Liz. It just didn't work this time around."
Elizabeth Webber was a new citizen to Port Charles and had just begun working at Kelly's. When they met, they were instant friends and got along well even after finding out each other's flaws. She was currently living with her grandmother Audrey in a two-story house with her older sister, Sara.
"It never works out!" Elizabeth protested. If her sister Sara hadn't spent an hour in the shower she would have been here early even with the traffic.
"It has to." Emily responded as the door opened again and a man appeared. He had black hair that was a little messed up by the wind coming from outside. Emily looked back at Liz. "Do you want to take him or should I?"
Liz put on her apron and grabbed a notepad. "I will, I mean I owe you that much, right?" She replied as she walked over to the table where he took a seat at.
"What could I get you?" She asked as the guy looked up at her.
The man picked up the upside down coffee cup. "Coffee and some orange juice." He answered while studying her articles of clothing. His waitress was wearing blue jeans that must have gotten through a couple dozen washes and a blue shirt with the brand "American Eagle" on it. He couldn't see her feet, but he was guessing there were white tennis shoes on them.
"I'll be back in a minute." Liz responded as she walked back to where Emily was.
They shared a few words and the unnamed waitress went to the back. This left the other one standing at the counter and waiting for more customers to arrive or come up to her to pay their bills. She was another brown haired woman, but a few years younger than his waitress. She was wearing a red tank top with a denim jacket over it. He couldn't see her bottom half so he was clueless about what was there. But all in all, he knew two things. She was very attractive and that he had to find out her name and everything about her he could.
Meanwhile....
Lucky was typing furiously on the keyboard when the door opened to the small office he was in. He stopped typing and looked up to see his boss, Jasper Jacks, studying him. Jax, as he liked to be called walked in further and closed the door.
"How's it going?" Jax asked as walked around the crowded desk and stood next to where Lucky was sitting.
"Good, I'm almost done." Lucky responded while typing some word and phrases and clicking the mouse a couple of times.
"What was the problem?" Jax asked, interested. One of his employees was complaining about his computer being slow, and freezing up on him when he was on the net.
"You wouldn't even believe me if I told you." Lucky said as he finished the job and stretched his arms.
"Try me." His boss replied and leaned against the edge of the desk.
"The only reason why your employer's computer was slow was because he had a bunch of viruses and spy ware. You need to tell him to update his Norton antivirus more and clean his spy ware with that cd you gave him when he got here." Lucky said with a smirk.
"I don't even know if he has the cd Lucky. I mean, look at his desk and office! It's a pigsty!" Jax exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air.
"Why don't you threaten to fire him if he doesn't clean it up?" Lucky suggested. His boss was too soft sometimes. He liked that, really, he did, but sometimes being soft didn't work. Some people needed to be told something many times, or with force, anger, or threats.
"I'll think about it. I mean I don't know what to do with the guy. He has a master's degree and yet he can't clean his office or even his computer!" Jax said with frustration. Lucky felt for him, but this was one of those times that he was glad he was only a computer specialist. Firing or hiring, or even all that paperwork, he couldn't do.
"I would hate to see his apartment." Lucky joked. Jax looked skeptically at Lucky, but started laughing moments later.
"I know." Jax said as he recovered from his laughing fit.
A knock on the door interrupted their conversation. "Come in." Jax called with his Australian accent slipping.
Skye, Jax's wife entered with her purse in hand. "Here you are. I have been looking everywhere for you. Your secretary said that you would be in office number hundred thirty five, but he said you left. I had to ask others and interrupt their time just to find you."
Jax rounded the desk and walked to his wife with a smile on his face. "Well, here I am now." He responded as he gave Skye a quick peck on her lips and a hug.
Lucky sat back in the leather chair and watched their silent exchange of love. His boss and his wife Skye had been married for nearly a year and yet they still acted like newlyweds. Everyone expected them to act like that at least until Skye got pregnant and gave birth to a child.
"What are you doing here?" Jax asked as Lucky continued to watch the married couple.
"I was thinking we could go get something at Kelly's for lunch and have a picnic. It's a beautiful day outside, why spend it inside some office building." Skye said as Jax placed his hand on Skye's waist.
"That's a great idea, but shouldn't you be watching the construction workers?" Jax asked. Skye borrowed some money from her family in Pennsylvania and some from him to start a new business. A restaurant to be exact. It was still in its construction stage and she was having a hard time coming up with a name.
"Betsy is doing that, besides they will be taking their lunch breaks soon anyway." Skye answered.
"Okay, sounds like a plan then. Want to come along Lucky?" Jax invited. "We could pick up Emily and make it a double date thing."
Skye, who was oblivious to Lucky, looked at him. "Lucky! I didn't even see you!" She exclaimed.
"That's pretty obvious." Lucky commented with a laugh. Jax laughed along with him and kissed his wife's forehead.
"So?" Jax asked as the laughing stopped. "That is if it's okay with Skye." Jax turned to face his wife. "Do you mind if Emily and Lucky join us?"
Skye smiled. "Of course not. Emily is a great person, besides the more the merrier as they say."
"Nah, I would hate to interrupt." Lucky declined the invitation graciously. He probably would stop by Kelly's though. Emily was supposed to be working as far as he knew.
"You wouldn't be." Skye insisted as she nudged Jax to insist as well. When he didn't do just that, her high healed shoes stomped on his.
Jax stifled the pain and grinned. "Skye's right. You wouldn't be. Besides you have been overworking yourself and there is no more work to be done. Why don't you take the rest of the day off? Spend some time with your girl and your boss and his wife." Jax said and Lucky resisted the urge to mention to Jax he had just thought himself in the third person.
"I appreciate the offer, but I must decline. As for the day off, I'll probably take that. I need to make right with Emily." Lucky said as vaguely as possible. He had Emily pretty steamed at him.
"Problems with your girlfriend?" Jax questioned. It was all been there, done that to him. He had learned from them too. And look where he is now. He had been married to a woman he loved for almost a year.
"You could say that." Lucky agreed. Though problems might be vague, really big problems would be the complete answer.
"Better make right then, I find hiding from them doesn't help. Come on Skye, why don't we go before the lunch crowd comes? I hate those." Jax insisted. Skye quickly agreed and they left the office. "Good Luck with Emily." Jax called as the door closed.
Yeah, he needed plenty of that and none was around. Lucky thought. Lucky didn't even know if he and Emily were in speaking terms. He had text messaged Emily and called her a million times in the last few days, but Emily had ignored them. He couldn't blame her for that, he deserved it. He was being a crummy boyfriend and both of them knew it. Most of all him. Ironic, isn't it? If you know you're being a crummy boyfriend you usually fix it, but yet he's hiding just like Jax said. Well, he's not going to hide anymore. He's going to confront it and Emily, no matter what Emily will say or do. And do is more probable in his case.
Determined, he got up from the chair and grabbed his car keys and coat. He quickly closed the door to the office and headed to his truck with no stops in between. He would just hesitate more, and then his relationship would really be screwed. That was the last thing he needed.
Author's note: Hey, the first chapter! I finally got it finished! I'm so happy. Thanks for the review and further feedback on a new face out of the race. I will have chapter 2 up when I can, so more reviews will be appreciated.
Also, I forgot the timeline in the information chapter. This story takes place around two or three years after a new face out of the race. So Emily and lucky are eighteen or nineteen, and Melissa would be six. All other ages are irrelevant as of now, so don't worry about those. Hope you enjoy the chapter.
A new face after the race Chapter 1
It was just another day at Kelly's. The usual customers came in and a few new faces were present. The men and women were in private conversations until the door opened and someone ran noisily through them, disrupting their meal and catching their interest. The person who barged in didn't even know they were watching and listening to her.
"I'm so sorry. I left early, I swear! It's just my alarm clock didn't go off and my car broke down, and then the traffic was so heavy!" The person ranted as the young woman at the cast register laughed.
The person finally stopped talking as they caught their breath and looked around the place. She felt a blush grow on her cheeks as she realized she had just made herself a spectacle. She turned to look at the young woman behind the counter and then flew to the back of the café like restaurant to get her apron.
The woman behind the counter that held the cash register studied the customers as they went back to their own conversations. The other woman came from the back with an apron in her hand and walked over to the young woman.
"My apology wasn't needed, was it?" She asked as she looked around the tables where the people tried not to look back at her.
"Nope. Bobbie had to go out and left me in charge." She said as she studied the other woman. She had brown hair that was disheveled and blue eyes that was envied by many.
The blue-eyed woman groaned and rubbed her temples. "I tried being here on time, really I did!" She looked up and saw two brown eyes watching her. Her friend Emily also had brown hair that was currently held up in a ponytail.
Emily smiled and placed a hand on her right shoulder. "I know you did Liz. It just didn't work this time around."
Elizabeth Webber was a new citizen to Port Charles and had just begun working at Kelly's. When they met, they were instant friends and got along well even after finding out each other's flaws. She was currently living with her grandmother Audrey in a two-story house with her older sister, Sara.
"It never works out!" Elizabeth protested. If her sister Sara hadn't spent an hour in the shower she would have been here early even with the traffic.
"It has to." Emily responded as the door opened again and a man appeared. He had black hair that was a little messed up by the wind coming from outside. Emily looked back at Liz. "Do you want to take him or should I?"
Liz put on her apron and grabbed a notepad. "I will, I mean I owe you that much, right?" She replied as she walked over to the table where he took a seat at.
"What could I get you?" She asked as the guy looked up at her.
The man picked up the upside down coffee cup. "Coffee and some orange juice." He answered while studying her articles of clothing. His waitress was wearing blue jeans that must have gotten through a couple dozen washes and a blue shirt with the brand "American Eagle" on it. He couldn't see her feet, but he was guessing there were white tennis shoes on them.
"I'll be back in a minute." Liz responded as she walked back to where Emily was.
They shared a few words and the unnamed waitress went to the back. This left the other one standing at the counter and waiting for more customers to arrive or come up to her to pay their bills. She was another brown haired woman, but a few years younger than his waitress. She was wearing a red tank top with a denim jacket over it. He couldn't see her bottom half so he was clueless about what was there. But all in all, he knew two things. She was very attractive and that he had to find out her name and everything about her he could.
Meanwhile....
Lucky was typing furiously on the keyboard when the door opened to the small office he was in. He stopped typing and looked up to see his boss, Jasper Jacks, studying him. Jax, as he liked to be called walked in further and closed the door.
"How's it going?" Jax asked as walked around the crowded desk and stood next to where Lucky was sitting.
"Good, I'm almost done." Lucky responded while typing some word and phrases and clicking the mouse a couple of times.
"What was the problem?" Jax asked, interested. One of his employees was complaining about his computer being slow, and freezing up on him when he was on the net.
"You wouldn't even believe me if I told you." Lucky said as he finished the job and stretched his arms.
"Try me." His boss replied and leaned against the edge of the desk.
"The only reason why your employer's computer was slow was because he had a bunch of viruses and spy ware. You need to tell him to update his Norton antivirus more and clean his spy ware with that cd you gave him when he got here." Lucky said with a smirk.
"I don't even know if he has the cd Lucky. I mean, look at his desk and office! It's a pigsty!" Jax exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air.
"Why don't you threaten to fire him if he doesn't clean it up?" Lucky suggested. His boss was too soft sometimes. He liked that, really, he did, but sometimes being soft didn't work. Some people needed to be told something many times, or with force, anger, or threats.
"I'll think about it. I mean I don't know what to do with the guy. He has a master's degree and yet he can't clean his office or even his computer!" Jax said with frustration. Lucky felt for him, but this was one of those times that he was glad he was only a computer specialist. Firing or hiring, or even all that paperwork, he couldn't do.
"I would hate to see his apartment." Lucky joked. Jax looked skeptically at Lucky, but started laughing moments later.
"I know." Jax said as he recovered from his laughing fit.
A knock on the door interrupted their conversation. "Come in." Jax called with his Australian accent slipping.
Skye, Jax's wife entered with her purse in hand. "Here you are. I have been looking everywhere for you. Your secretary said that you would be in office number hundred thirty five, but he said you left. I had to ask others and interrupt their time just to find you."
Jax rounded the desk and walked to his wife with a smile on his face. "Well, here I am now." He responded as he gave Skye a quick peck on her lips and a hug.
Lucky sat back in the leather chair and watched their silent exchange of love. His boss and his wife Skye had been married for nearly a year and yet they still acted like newlyweds. Everyone expected them to act like that at least until Skye got pregnant and gave birth to a child.
"What are you doing here?" Jax asked as Lucky continued to watch the married couple.
"I was thinking we could go get something at Kelly's for lunch and have a picnic. It's a beautiful day outside, why spend it inside some office building." Skye said as Jax placed his hand on Skye's waist.
"That's a great idea, but shouldn't you be watching the construction workers?" Jax asked. Skye borrowed some money from her family in Pennsylvania and some from him to start a new business. A restaurant to be exact. It was still in its construction stage and she was having a hard time coming up with a name.
"Betsy is doing that, besides they will be taking their lunch breaks soon anyway." Skye answered.
"Okay, sounds like a plan then. Want to come along Lucky?" Jax invited. "We could pick up Emily and make it a double date thing."
Skye, who was oblivious to Lucky, looked at him. "Lucky! I didn't even see you!" She exclaimed.
"That's pretty obvious." Lucky commented with a laugh. Jax laughed along with him and kissed his wife's forehead.
"So?" Jax asked as the laughing stopped. "That is if it's okay with Skye." Jax turned to face his wife. "Do you mind if Emily and Lucky join us?"
Skye smiled. "Of course not. Emily is a great person, besides the more the merrier as they say."
"Nah, I would hate to interrupt." Lucky declined the invitation graciously. He probably would stop by Kelly's though. Emily was supposed to be working as far as he knew.
"You wouldn't be." Skye insisted as she nudged Jax to insist as well. When he didn't do just that, her high healed shoes stomped on his.
Jax stifled the pain and grinned. "Skye's right. You wouldn't be. Besides you have been overworking yourself and there is no more work to be done. Why don't you take the rest of the day off? Spend some time with your girl and your boss and his wife." Jax said and Lucky resisted the urge to mention to Jax he had just thought himself in the third person.
"I appreciate the offer, but I must decline. As for the day off, I'll probably take that. I need to make right with Emily." Lucky said as vaguely as possible. He had Emily pretty steamed at him.
"Problems with your girlfriend?" Jax questioned. It was all been there, done that to him. He had learned from them too. And look where he is now. He had been married to a woman he loved for almost a year.
"You could say that." Lucky agreed. Though problems might be vague, really big problems would be the complete answer.
"Better make right then, I find hiding from them doesn't help. Come on Skye, why don't we go before the lunch crowd comes? I hate those." Jax insisted. Skye quickly agreed and they left the office. "Good Luck with Emily." Jax called as the door closed.
Yeah, he needed plenty of that and none was around. Lucky thought. Lucky didn't even know if he and Emily were in speaking terms. He had text messaged Emily and called her a million times in the last few days, but Emily had ignored them. He couldn't blame her for that, he deserved it. He was being a crummy boyfriend and both of them knew it. Most of all him. Ironic, isn't it? If you know you're being a crummy boyfriend you usually fix it, but yet he's hiding just like Jax said. Well, he's not going to hide anymore. He's going to confront it and Emily, no matter what Emily will say or do. And do is more probable in his case.
Determined, he got up from the chair and grabbed his car keys and coat. He quickly closed the door to the office and headed to his truck with no stops in between. He would just hesitate more, and then his relationship would really be screwed. That was the last thing he needed.
Author's note: Hey, the first chapter! I finally got it finished! I'm so happy. Thanks for the review and further feedback on a new face out of the race. I will have chapter 2 up when I can, so more reviews will be appreciated.