A/N First part of Chapter 2...Money Money...

"I knew it!"

"Alexis…"

Alexis Davis pulls herself away from her computer, pushes the hair out of her face, and readjusts her glasses. "What?"

"I told you she forgot…pay up." Kristina demands.

Chloe pulls a bill out of her purse and slaps it into the red head's waiting hand.

"What? What did I forget?"

"MetroCourt…Dinner…7 p.m. any of this ringing a bell sister dear?"

"No, I didn't forget, that's Friday." Alexis flips furiously through her calendar. "And today is Friday….so I guess I'm late."

"Alexis you were late an hour ago. Now, now you've stood us up."

"I'm personally wounded. I might cry…"

"Stuff it Krissy."

"Hey Chloe, what did Alexis promise to do the next time she blew off Girls' Night Out?"

"No…" Alexis objects.

"Well, Kristina, I vaguely remember her vowing to go to Karaoke night with us."

"I never…"

"Oh, but you did Alexis." Kristina laughs.

"Look, I'm sorry I forgot about dinner, but this case is extremely important."

"It will still be there on Monday Alexis, lets go and have some fun."

"Easy for you to say. Do you have any idea how much Sam's tuition is? And don't get me started on the wedding…"

"Oh, Alexis."

"What?"

"It's always about money for you isn't it?" Kristina accused. "That's such bad Karma."

"I'll give you bad Karma…" Alexis threatens.

"Stop…Kristina it's not all about money for Alexis and Alexis, Sam and Jason are paying for the wedding themselves."

Alexis snorts. "You mean Jason is paying for it! And you, I know you are giving Sam that dress for free. I know you are!"

"As a wedding gift Alexis." Chloe says gently. "Money isn't the real issue, it's the wedding that has you going crazy."

"Why don't you just tell Sam…Davis women don't marry. It's not in our blood."

"I want Sam to get married…"

"Someday…"

"Yeah, someday. What's the rush? Why can't they wait until she's done with school."

"If you have it your way she'll be in school until she's working on her fifth doctorate…"

"She's just a baby." Alexis sighs.

"She's three years older than you…"

"Kristina." Chloe warns. "Jason is a good guy Alexis, and he's crazy about Sam."

"I have nothing against Jason."

"Yeah…riigggggghhhhhhhhht."

"Sam wants her dad to give her away." Alexis slumps in her chair.

"What!"

"How's that going to work?"

"I've told her Stefan will give her away."

"Oh, I bet she loves that idea." Kristina rolls her eyes.

"Stefan is the closest thing she has to a father. It makes perfect sense."

"To you maybe, Sam and Stefan get along like oil and water."

"I don't understand that. If it weren't for Stefan…."

"You would have had to given up Law School." Kristina pipes in.

"Or the baby…" Chloe adds.

"And your lives would have been destroyed."

"Well, it's true."

"Maybe it's true…maybe it isn't. But if we're sick of hearing that story, I'm sure Sam probably chokes on the thought of it. She hears it every time she's at Wyndemere."

"Alexis don't you think it was a little difficult for Sam to watch Stefan dote on Nikolas and treat her like a second class citizen." Chloe prods.

"Stefan loves Sam."

"I know Hon, but Sam has to wonder, what if her dad had stayed in the picture…"

"Like that would have happened!"

"She needs to know Alexis."

"Well that's a shame because it's just not going to happen. Are we going out or what?"