Courtney held her son Tyler as she thought of the man she had shared her childhood, most of her teenage, and only a few years of her adult life with. Nikolas Cassadine was a great guy. Caring, responsible and loving but so much more at that. Even the word amazing couldn't sum it up. She knew the day she left his life would be easier without her. She left to do him a favor. She didn't want to jepordize his happiness because she loved him too much; but now after a three year absence she was back in Port Charles to face her past once and for all.
"Hi Daddy.." She smiled as she walked into Kelly's. Mike looked up from the counter and the image of his little girl all grown up with a child of her own brought happiness to his face and tears to his eyes. It was the first time he had seen her since she had left other then a few letters she had sent with pictures. "Courtney! And this little handsome guy must be Tyler." He smiled as he took his grandson. "Papa?" Tyler asked Courtney. Courtney nodded to her three year old baby boy. "Yep that's papa..."
After catching up with Mike she had bought her and Tyler Ice Cream cones and was leaving she wasn't watching where she was going and ran right into a man. "Oh I'm So..." Nikolas turned around and his eyes widened the size of Texas. "Oh My God..." He was almost rendered speechless. "Courtney." Courtney looked at him and didn't say a word. She didn't expect him to still be in Port Charles. He always talked of getting out of here when he could so why was he stil here? She noticed the wedding ring on his finger but once he realized she had he was quick to hide it. "You...I missed you..." She stammered to get the words out. "I missed you too." he replied.
"Is...Is this...Is he..." "Yeah." She replied knewing what he was trying to get at. They could always read each others thought and finish the others sentence. "He's my son." "How old is he." "Two." She lied but she couldn't let him know Tyler's true age for a reason. "He Must look alot like his father." Nikolas smiled at the little black haired brown eyed boy who resembled Nikolas but Nikolas blew off the resemblence. If the little boy was in fact two there was no chance that Nikolas could be the father. "Courtney can I ask you something?" he asked as he brushed a piece of unruly hair from her face and looked into her eyes. All she could do was nod. Those gestures felt like old times she really missed those times and him. "Why?" "Why?" she repeated confused. "Why did you leave me?" he wanted to know. That question had lingered since the day she left without a goodbye or anything. It was as if she had just vanished into thin air.
"I had to..." she said. "I had to make your life easier without me and and.." He looked at her with a look of compassion in his eyes. "My life was h--- without you in it." he replied. "the ring on your finger?" she asked softly. "My marriage is a complete sham..We loved each other in the beginning but now it's just something of convience." he took the ring from his finger and put it in his pocket. "Can we talk somewhere more privately please?" he asked politely. "Sure." she said as she led him to the house she had bought not far from her brothers home.