Chapter 24:

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"Whats wrong?" Courtney asked him right after he said that. "What?" He said. "You said earmuffs sweetie." Courtney said as Nathan covered his ears. "Oh my god. Now tell me what thats about" Courtney said. "Mommy? Can I take the earmuffs down now?" Nathan asked still holding his hands to his ears. "Yes you may." "Dont worry about it." Nikolas said as he picked Nathan up. "We are going to go see if aunt Liz is working so we can get more candy." Nikolas said. "Whatever." Courtney said back to him. "Wait." Nathan right before they were leaving the room. "What?" Nikolas asked. "We didnt give sissy a kiss goodbye or mommy." Nathan said. "You want too?" Nikolas asked. "Yes." Nathan responded. "Okay." Nikolas said as him and Nathan gave Courtney and Natalie a kiss and left.

"Sorry about that. He doesnt like doing the whole shot thing." Courtney said looking at the doctor. "Its fine." The doctor said. "You look pretty young for having two kids. How old are you?" "I turned 23 in March.My husband is older than me but my kids are only three and a month so its not that bad."Courtney replied while the doctor was giving Natalie her shot. She began crying. "Okay. We are all done and now all you have to do is check out. She seems pretty healthy so shes fine." The doctor said. "Okay thanks." Courtney said as she grabbed the things and walked out.

Nikolas went and met up with Liz. "Earmuffs." He said to Nathan. "Why didnt you tell me?" He asked Elizabeth. "Tell you what?" she asked back. "That Emily is back in town." he said. "Wait. Emily is back?" she asked. "You work at the hospital you should know theses things." He said. "I didnt know she was back. How did you find out?" She asked him. "Kids had doctors appointment." He said. "So she was Nathan's doctor today?" Elizabeth asked confused.

"No Natalies. Shes now Natalies doctor and I dont think she knew that Natalie was mine until I came in the room and Courtney introduced us not that we need that. She goes by Dr. Drake now" He said. "Oh." She said. "So Courtney is still in the dark about it then?" She asked. "Yes." "You better tell her. Port Charles for being such as small town things do get around pretty quickly." She said. "I know I just dont know how to tell her." He said. "Shes not going to care but you better tell her." Elizabeth said. "Nathan you want a lolipop?" She asked the little boy who took his hands down from his ears. "Do I have to do earmuffs again dad?" Nathan asked. "No. We are going to wait for mommy and sissy to get here so we can go." Nikolas said as Courtney came around the cornor.

"All ready?" She asked. "Hey Liz." She said. "Hey. Hows my neice doing?" She asked. "Healthy." Courtney said. "I'll be right back." Nikolas said. "Where are you going?" Courtney asked. "I'll be right back and when I do we are leaving so talk now." He said as he walked away. "He's been acting strange." Courtney said. "How?" Elizabeth asked. "Well he took Nathan and I took her and she has a new doctor named Dr. Drake and shes young and looks like she just got out of med-school and when she walked back in it was like he had to go for some odd reason and wouldnt tell me like just now." Courtney said. "Oh" Elizabeth said. She knew one thing. Never get in the middle of Courtney and Nikolas's fights because it was trouble for anyone who dared to get in the middle because when things get bad they get bad.

Nikolas walked around the hallways of the hospital looking for her. Finally he heard his name. He turned around and it was just the person he wanted to see. He walked up to the person who called him. "What the hell are you doing back in town Emily?" He asked her. "Well let me see. First I have a son here second Patrick got a job here and there was an opening so I took that which Im now your daughters doctor and third because my family is here." She said. "First you dont have a son. Just because you are his mother biologically does not mean shit in my eyes. Second thats nice for Patrick but you didnt have to come back with him and after today you arent being my daughters doctor for the simple fact I dont trust you and third Emily what family do you have left? Do they even know your back because Elizabeth surely didnt." He said.

"Today was my first day." She said. "Yeah I guess so." He said. "No matter what whore you got to replace me in my sons life it isnt going to work for very long because I am taking you back to court for custody." She said back at him. "Oh thats funny." He said. "For the simple fact that I wasnt the one that replaced you. Nathan was." He said. "Yeah whatever. He knows Im his mother." Emily said back. "Okay you left right before Nathan's first birthday he probably seen you a total of once a week before you left and in his eyes you arent and another reason that this is funny is you have been absent for two years in his life so I dont care. You can try but hell will freeze over before you take him from me. By the way you dont know Courtney and she isnt a whore-" he said. "Oh thats right she probably got paid better than that." Emily threw in. "You better watch what you say because right now Emily Im not in a good mood but as I was saying." He said. "Courtney isnt a whore and she is a better person then you'll ever be." Nikolas said right before he walked away. "This isnt over." Emily yelled as Nikolas didnt bother turning around but just simply gave her the finger and kept walking.

Nikolas walked back to the waiting room were Courtney, Liz and the two kids were at. "Lets go." Nikolas said as he hit the button. Courtney could tell he was mad. "Whats wrong?" She asked him. "Dont worry about it." He said as he stood in front of the doors of the elevator so they wouldnt close. "Bye Liz." Courtney said. "Bye. Call me later." She said. "I'll be calling you from jail to go get my kids." She said. "By the looks of it I'll be killing their father today." She said. "Bye Nathan." Liz said. "Bye Aunt Liz. Tell Uncle Lucky hi and Cameron and Lucas too." he said. "Okay." Liz said as she watched them go in the elevator. She went back to the nurses station where she saw Emily at.

"Hey Elizabeth." Emily said. "Hey. I heard you were back." Elizabeth said. "Nikolas?" Emily said. "Yup. He didnt tell me why or anything like that though." Elizabeth said. "I came back because I want what is mine." Emily said. "What exaclty would that be Emily?" Elizabeth asked not really wanting to argue but knew it was coming. "My son. My family and my friends and whatever else barbie has of mine." Emily said. Elizabeth just laughed because she remember thats what she used to call Courtney and regrets it. "What?" Emily asked. "I use to call her barbie when I first met him but Courtney is really nice and I hate to tell you this but she didnt take anything from you." Elizabeth said.

"Yes she did. She has my son calling her mommy. My best friend sticking up for her." Emily said. "No she never told Nathan to call her mom. He called her C until the night before she married Nikolas and thats when Nathan started calling her mom. He did it all on his own." Elizabeth said. "Sure." Emily said not wanting to believe her. "And as far as her taking your best friend away Emily, if your talking about me, Im not your best friend let alone your friend because if we were you wouldnt have left and never called me but if you want advice dont ruin Nathans life just to get back at Nikolas for moving on and having the family that you always dreamed of having." Elizabeth said right before she walked out.

"I think I should drive." Courtney said. "No I'll drive" Nikolas said back as they put the kids in the car. "Well I think that if I want my kids to die today that you should drive but if I want them to live I should and right now I want my kids to live even though Im not so sure I want their father too because he's being an ass." Courtney said as her and Nikolas were standing outside the car. "Well I cant help it." Nikolas said. "Then tell me what is wrong." Courtney said. "Oh my god. Didnt I tell you not to worry about it. Just in case I didnt here I go again. Dont worry about it Courtney. It has nothing to do with you so leave it alone." He yelled across the car to her. They were in the parking garauge and everybody who was in there heard them arguing.

"If you dont want me to know and want me to stop asking you then you need to stop getting pissy with me every two seconds." She yelled back. "Get in the car." He said back to her. She looked at him. "No. Im not allowing you to drive because your pissed off at god only knows what." She said back. "So now your saying that I would put our kids in danger then?" he asked her. "Not on purpose but if I was to let you drive right now yes." she said. "You cant tell me what to do with my kids Courtney!That is something you need to grasp real quick." He said.

She thought about it for a minute. "No Nikolas I cant but you cant tell me what to do with them either and if I feel that they are in danger then Im not allowing it." She said. "Will you please get in the car so we can drop Nathan off with Monica." he said. It wasnt four yet but Monica had to work at five so he was going early. "Whatever." She said. She got in the car and neither one of them said anything to each other the whole car ride.

After dropping Nathan off they went back home. Still not a word. Courtney got Natalie and went inside. She sat on the chair and fed the baby her bottle. Nikolas came in and sat down on the couch and acted like everything was fine. "Is she eating good?" He asked her. She didnt say anything but simply nodded her head. "Are you mad at me?" He asked her. "Mm." She responded. "Think about that question for a minute and then ask me again." she said looking at him. "What the fuck Courtney!" He said back. She just looked at him. "Whats wrong now?" he asked her.

"You!" She yelled back as she placed the baby in the carrier. "Ever since we were in the doctors office with Natalies doctor you have been an ass." she said. "Is there something going on that you dont want me to know about?" She asked him. "Oh is that your way of asking me if Im cheating?" He asked her. "I never accused you of cheating but since you brought it up whats going on between you and Natalies doctor and dont tell me nothing because there is something." She said. He just laughed and put his hands over his face. "Dont you think that if I was to cheat on you dont you think I would do it with atleast somebody hotter than you? I mean get real here Courtney. You may be blonde but I know you arent stupid." He said.

"Forget it Im leaving." she said as she put her shoes on. "I'll pick Nathan up from Monica." She told him as she lifted the carrier. "Um no you wont. You arent going no where with my kids." He said. "You know what Nikolas Im tried of you telling me what I can and cant do with Natalie and Nathan. They are just as much my kids as they are yours." She said back. "Natalie maybe but Nathan isnt." He said. He knew he shouldnt have said that. "Whatever." Courtney said as she walked out the door. "Courtney wait." Nikolas said as he watched her walk out the door and slam it. "Wait." He said again following her. "For what? I told you Im leaving." She said as she got into the car. "Can we please talk?" He asked her. "Why so you can tell me how you have more rights over the kids then I do and we can continue arguing? I think I'll pass." She said as she back out of the drive way.

She went to Kelly's and had dinner with Elizabeth. She didnt tell her how big her arguement was with Nikolas or that they even had one. Elizabeth never mentioned Emily's name either because she knew they were probably still arguing. "I gotta get going home." Elizabeth said. "Yeah. Tell everybody I said hi. I gotta go get Nathan from Monica." Courtney said. "Okay." Liz said as she hugged Courtney and gave Natalie a kiss. Courtney went and picked Nathan up and went back to Kelly's. Lulu and Ryan were sitting at a table when she got back. "Hey sis." Ryan said. He had moved to Port Charles back in Febuary and was going to go to school with Lulu in the fall. "Hey." She said as she sat down at the table with them.

"Whats wrong?" He asked her. "I dont know. I've been asking that question all day." She said. "Oh so I take it that you and Nikolas are arguing then?" Lulu asked her. "Yup" she replied. "Sorry to hear that. Can I hold Natalie?" Lulu asked. "Go ahead hon shes your neice." Courtney said. "I know just making sure." Lulu said as Courtney's phone began ringing. "Hello?" she said. "What?" "I told you I would." "Dont worry about." She said into the phone. "I dont know." she said back as Lulu and Ryan began laughing. "Earmuffs sweetie." Courtney said looking at Nathan. "Earmuffs Uncle Ry." He said. "Okay." Ryan said. Nathan and Ryan covered their ears. "I said that I didnt know. When you want to stop being such a pompous asshole husband call me." She said as she flipped her phone shut which hung up on Nikolas.

"Okay no more earmuffs." Courtney said looking at Nathan and Ryan. Lulu was laughing. About a minute later Ryan's phone began to ring. "Hello?" he said as he answered the phone. 'Hey its me dont tell your sister that you are talking to me.' Nikolas said. "Are you having me followed. I mean how do you know where I am?" Ryan asked. 'I heard Nathan talking to you in the background anyway dont tell Courtney. She is probably sitting across from you and giving you that look that says if you are talking to my pompous asshole husband I will kill you.' Nikolas said as Ryan looked up and began laughing. "Yup. Now what can I do for you?" Ryan asked. 'Its simple. Tell Courtney that you will watch Nathan so she can come home and talk to me because I know that she wont come home with the kids if she thinks we are going to argue.' Nikolas said. "Okay are yous?" He asked. 'No I wanna settle this but like I said before dont tell her you were talking to me.' He said. "Gotcha and you owe me." Ryan said before he closed the phone up.

"And who was that?" Courtney asked. "Maxie." Ryan said. "Why who did you think it was?" He asked her. "Earmuffs Nathan." She said. Nathan covered his ears. "my pompous asshole husband." She said. "I got an idea." Ryan said. "What is that?" she asked. "I dont like it when you and Nikolas fight because I mean you two love each other so much and if you two cant make it to one year there is no hope for anyone else especially me." He said. "Dont get married and you wont have a problem." she said. "Alright me and Lulu are going to watch Nathan and Natalie for you while you go talk to Nikolas." Ryan said. "I dont know about that." Courtney said.

"You have too. Its my turn to return the favor. You always made me go talk out my problems with my girlfriends." Ryan said. "Thats different." Courtney said. "How?" Lulu asked. "There are kids involved and we are married." Courtney said. She couldnt believe she was now arguing with teenagers. "Too bad. Thats why we said we would watch them. Now dont make me take you over there myself." Ryan said. "Whatever. I swear to god if anything happens to my babies you two better run because I will kill you. You two will be second and third on my list." She said. "Whos first on your list?" Lulu asked. "Nikolas." Courtney said as she walked out the door. "It was Nikolas on the phone wasnt it?" Lulu asked. "Yup." he responded.

She got home and went into the living room. "Nikolas?" She yelled. There was no response. She walked upstairs to see if he was there. She went into the bedroom and saw rose petals on the floor. She felt somebody come up behind her and put their hands over her eyes. "Shhhh." He whispered in her ear. She smiled big. "If you think this is going to make me forget about earlier your wrong." She said. "I know it wont. I know you." He said. "I am, however, going to tell you why I was the way I was today." He said. "Why was that?" She said as she broke his hold and turned around. "Im going to tell you on one condition." He said. "Whats that?" She asked. "You dance with me." He said as he hit the play button on the remote. Their song came on. She just looked at him. "Well?" He said. "Okay." She said back.

"Alright first off Im sorry for what I said to you right before you left about Nathan. I didnt mean it but I knew that what I said would hurt you and thats sort of why I said it and then I realized that I dont like hurting you because everytime your sad Im sad." he said as he pulled her closer. "Okay." she said. "And the reason I was the way I was earlier is because I do know who Natalies doctor is. I know her personally. Im not cheating on you. I never could make love to anyone else but you." He said.

"Okay so how do you know her then?" Courtney asked. "I know Dr. Drake or Emily as I should say because she is Nathan's mother." He said. Her eyes got wide. "What?" she asked him. "Yes that is Nathans mother. I was furious earlier as to why she is back in town. So when you came out I went and I found her when I left you alone at the hospital today." He said. "I take it you found her then?" Courtney said. "Yup." He said. "What all did she say?" She asked him.

"She said that she was going to take me to court for custody of Nathan amoung other things which I really dont want to talk about." Nikolas said. "Why not?" Courtney asked. "Because I know that if the things she said could set my temper off I know that you would be about ready to kill her." He said as he smiled real big. "And you dont want me to do anything stupid." She said. "Oh baby. That wouldnt be stupid. You would be doing alot of people a favor. I just dont think I could raise our kids without you and not have you laying beside me everynight." He said.

She smiled. "You forgive me?" He said. She looked at him. The song 'I wanna be closeto you' by Avant came on. She looked into his dark brown eyesand then kissed him. She pulled away. "I forgive you." She said. She gave him another kiss. He kissed her back and wouldnt stop. Next thing they knew it was seven thirty and they had to go get the kids. "We have to go get the kids." she said. "I know he said back."

Ryan and Lulu were sitting at the same table with the kids when two people walked in. Lulu was now feeding Natalie a bottle while Nathan was eating ice cream that his grandpa brought him with his Uncle Ryan. "Hey Lulu." The girl said. "Hey Emily. When did you get back in town?" Lulu asked. Ryan had no clue who she was. Lulu knew that this must have been what Nikolas and Courtney were arguing about.

"The other day. I got a job down at the hospital. Patrick was needed for surgery so we decided to come back." Emily said. "Is this your boyfriend?" She asked Lulu. "No." She replied. "We arent allowed to date but even if we could we wouldnt. Shes not exactly my type."Ryan said looking at the girl. "Did Luke tell you you couldnt go out with him?" Emily asked. "No my sister did." Ryan said. Lulu knew Ryan wasnt going to be too happy when he found out who Emily was especially if he had a temper like Courtney which he did.

"Who's your sister and why cant yous go out?" Emily asked while Patrick stood beside her. "Because my sister married her brother." Ryan said. "Dont listen to Nikolas Lulu." Emily said. "Oh so your sister is-" Patrick began saying. "Courtney." Emily finished knowing he didnt know her by that but by barbie. "Yeah. How do you know her?" Ryan asked. "Ryan Im sure Patrick and Emily want to eat so how about we leave them alone." Lulu said. "Hell no. I wanna know who these two people are and how they know my sister." Ryan said.

"Aww. Uncle Ry you are suppose to say earmuffs. Mommy is going to hurt you now. She told you this before. How many more times is she going to have to?" Nathan said. Lulu just laughed. "Im sorry.I forgot. Just dont repeat every word your mother says. It get freaky kid. I felt like she was yelling at me when you said that."Ryan said while Emily just admired the little boy she once gave up. "Do earmuffs for me now?" Ryan said. "Yes." Nathan said as he covered his ears. "Ryan just let it go okay. I dont want a scene in front of Nathan and Natalie. We'll get in trouble because you know Courtney and Nikolas will jump our shit especially Nikolas." Lulu said.

Nathan took down his earmuffs when he saw somebody in the window. "Look Uncle Ry. Mommy and daddy are here." Nathan said as he got down and ran to the door. "Great." Emily said. "This isnt going to be good." Lulu thought to herself.Nikolas opened the door and let Courtney in first. They didnt see Emily and Patrick there at first. "Hey mommy." Nathan said. "Hey sweetie." Courtney said as she picked the baby up and her eyes met Emily's. She turned her head around to look at Nikolas. "Damn it." He said.

A/N: Sorry its long but I hope you like it. I left off there before it gets to long to write but I will update soon promise. Reviews are always loved. Also next chapter will explain the whole Patrick thing as well as why Emily left. Nathan does earmuff because most three year olds repeat everything they hear. I know my neices and nephews do.