Chapter 28:
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A/N: I know I said no update til Three Years and The Past was over but I couldn't do it. It started driving me insane not updating this for what two weeks now so I figured I would do everybody a favor. I hope that you's are reading Three Years also. I think it's a good story and for anybody who stopped reading High School High because I killed Nikolas (Sorry!) Go check the last chapter out. I wrote that one especially for you's! Anyway on with this story!
"Lulu?" Nikolas yelled as him and Courtney ran into the main living room of Wyndermere. "In here!" She yelled back. Nikolas grabbed his wife's hand and they walked into the den where they was his brother Lucky among other cops. "Good you're here." Lulu said when she saw Nikolas and Courtney enter. She could tell Courtney had been crying because her mascara and eyeliner was running down her face but she didn't say anything.
"You did the right thing by calling the cops." Nikolas said as he looked at Courtney who was still in shocked that this was happening. Sure she wasn't the most like person right now but why would anyone want to steal her kids. God she wished this was all a nightmare. "Take Courtney and talk to her while I talk to Lucky." Nikolas told Lulu quietly. "Okay." She said back as Lulu walked over to Courtney. "Hey wanna come outside with me to get some fresh air?" Lulu asked her. Courtney wiped her tears and let go of Nikolas's hand and went outside with Lulu.
"How was your night out?" Lulu asked trying to get Courtney not to think about this but knew that it wasn't going to happen. "Most of it was good." Courtney responded as a black car pulled up and two people ran out. Courtney looked up and it was her brother and Carly. "You okay?" Carly said as she ran up to Courtney and hugged her. "No." Courtney wasn't going to lie. There was no reason too. Carly broke away and looked at her best friend. "Im going to go inside and see if there is anything I can do." Sonny said as it was quiet. "Okay." Courtney said as he walked in.
The three girls were quiet. Carly and Lulu weren't exactly sure what to say because they knew this was hard on Courtney. Carly had been through this once before as well but that was different. That was because of Sonny's business but Nikolas didn't do anything illegal and neither did Courtney. They didn't have a lot of enemies either. Well besides the obvious Emily but would she stoop so low as to steal the kids? Carly wasn't sure but being Carly she now had an idea.
"I'll be right back." Carly said as she got up. "Where are you going?" Courtney asked her looking up. "I'll be right back." Carly said again as she went to the car and dialed somebodies number. Courtney and Lulu looked at each other. Ryan pulled up about two minutes later. Courtney was glad that everybody was showing up to show their support but then again wasn't. She wasn't sure why either.
"Hey Court." Ryan said as he sat beside Lulu on the step. "Hey." She said back to him as somebody came up behind her and started rubbing her shoulders which caused her to jump. "Shh." She heard in her ear. She knew it must have been Nikolas. She turned around and she guessed right. She just looked at him trying to hold back tears that way she wouldn't cry again. He knew that she wanted to cry but also knew that she didn't want to do it in front of him. "Come here." He said softly to her as Ryan and Lulu watch her stand up. "Come with me." Nikolas said as he grabbed her hand and walked into the house.
"Where were they going?" Carly asked. "I don't know." Ryan told her. "Well it's a good thing she went in." Carly said. "Huh?" Lulu and Ryan asked in unison. "I have a plan. Im not going to tell Courtney or anybody else about it and neither are you two." Carly said. Lulu and Ryan were both confused. They knew Carly was crazy just not this crazy. "You want in on it or not?" Carly said as she was tired of getting this look. "Sure." Ryan said. He always like to do stuff like this. "Alright. Come on. I'll tell you on the way there." She said as she started walking to the car.
"Where are we going?" Ryan asked. "You'll see. We have to take your car though. Sonny will get mad if I take his." Carly said. "Do you have to drive?" He asked her. "Do you want in?" She asked him as he nodded his head. "Then yes." Carly said as they climbed in Ryan's Eclipse. "I like you car." Carly said. She wasn't used to driving something like this. Hell she wasn't used to driving. They pulled out of the driveway and Carly sped off. "Do you have a licenses?" Ryan asked as Carly was now swerving. "What? Who needs a licenses? I know how to drive." She said as she ran a red light and was doing twenty over the speed limit. "Im going to die tonight." Lulu and Ryan both thought to their selves.
Nikolas took Courtney upstairs as everybody else was still in the den or in the kids room looking for clues. "What are you doing?" Courtney asked him. She was going to be pissed if he wanted to have sex at a time like this. "Well I figured that you could get changed into something a little more comfortable and covers up more not that I have a problem with it but it seems to be distracting half of the police force down there. Besides I figured I could talk to you for a minute." He said as she just looked at him and smiled for a second and then thought about everything that was going on.
He unzipped her dress for her as she slid out of it. She reached for her black slacks that he handed her and slid those on and a button up shirt. She pulled her hair back in a clip and looked at him. "It'll be okay." He whisper in her ear as he pulled her into a hug. "No it wont." She said back. She knew he only said it to cheer her up. "Lets get back downstairs and see if they have a lead." Nikolas said. "They don't know who it is yet?" Courtney knew who it was she just didn't say anything to Nikolas because she didn't want to fight with him if he thought different.
"There are two suspects. Helena and Emily." He said. "Helena?" Courtney asked confused. "My psychotic grandmother who wants the Cassidine heir." Nikolas said. "But I never even met Helena before. How would she have knew about Natalie or that we are going out?" She was confused still. "My grandmother has connections. Just because you never saw her doesn't mean she never saw you. Remember our first Christmas when I went and seen family?" "Yeah." "Well I went and seen my uncle Stefan and his wife as well as some other Cassidine family members and I didn't know my grandmother would be there but she was. She knew all about you and our relationship before I even had a chance to say anything to anybody about it. She also knew that I brought you your ring and told me that if I was to marry you it would be the biggest mistake of my life because you were nothing. But I knew better and I loved you and it didn't matter what she thought of you as long as me and Nathan loved you and we do." He said as she looked up at him.
"She also called me not too long ago telling me she knew all about Natalie and that I would soon regret marrying you like she said." He finished. "Why didn't you tell me?" She asked. "I didn't want to scare you." He said. "Oh. So this is one of those, I was trying to protect you things then?" She asked him furiously. "Yeah." He said as she pulled away. "I thought you weren't going to hold anything back from me." She said pissed off that he would keep something from her. He didn't know what to say. "We will deal with this later. Lets get back down stairs." She said as she walked out the door. He knew he just made things worse for Courtney.
She walked back downstairs and opened the front door to see if Carly, Ryan and Lulu were still there but they werent and she saw that Ryan's car was missing. She knew something was going on now. Ryan would have never left without saying goodbye unless, unless Carly put him up to it. Courtney went inside to find Sonny. "Where's Carly?" Courtney asked once she found him. "What do you mean where is Carly?" Sonny asked her back. "Her, Ryan and Lulu left. She didn't tell you were she was going?" Courtney asked. "No!" Sonny said. He knew Carly was up to something.
"Pick up Ryan!" Courtney said getting frustrated. "Hello?" Ryan said answering his cell. "Where the hell did you's go?" Courtney asked. "Carly is still driving. I don't know where we are at or going." He said. "What! Carly has a suspended licences for reckless driving and too many speeding tickets." Courtney said into the phone as Ryan looked at Carly who grabbed the phone. "Don't worry about a thing babe. I'll call you in a little bit. Love you." Carly said as she flipped the phone shut.
"Okay. If we are going to do this. No answering the phones unless its one of us. Other than that don't answer it!" Carly said. "Alright lets go." Carly said as she got out of the car and so did the two teenagers. "Where are we at?" Ryan asked. "You'll see." Carly said. "Follow me." She said as they walked over to an elevator and got on. The elevator stopped and Carly got off. "Coming?" She asked the two of them. "This our stop?" Lulu asked. "No I thought we should wait on the next one." Carly said irritated. "Okay. No reason to get cocky." Ryan said as they stepped out.
Carly walked over to a door and started banging. She banged for a least a minute before Ryan said something. "Maybe we should come back in the morning." He said. "It is the morning." Carly said looking at her watch. "Well maybe we should come back when its eight o'clock and not two." He couldn't believe he let Carly talk him into this. "No. Its now or never." She said back to him. She continued banging as the door finally opened. "What!" The person said who answered the door. "Thank god you finally answered." Carly said as she pushed him out the way to let herslef in. "We need your help." She said as the door got shut behind the two teenagers.
A/N: There you go. I don't know when the next update is coming but its coming. Probably next week or a little later. Sorry! No promises though! Read and Review
