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Chapter 34:
A/N: Not putting in the anniversary I mean if you really want me too I can add it in there so anyway this takes place on Monday the day after the anniversary so yeah. Here ya go! Thanks for the support with this story and I know its getting long. Really long but just bare with me a little while longer.
She stretched out her arms on the empty bed which caused her to sit up. She looked around and hugged the sheet tightly against her body as rubbed her eyes getting the sleepies out of them and then running her hand through her hair so it was out of her face. She took a deep breath. Part of her was happy that Monday finally came while the other part was dreading it but the sooner she got over it the better she told herself every time she had second thoughts.
She sat there for a good ten minutes before deciding that she should go downstairs but first she had to get clothes on so she looked on the floor for some article of clothing near and then her blue eyes spotted her husbands shirt. Her head tilted to the side because she wasn't sure if she wanted to wear it or not but then again she really didn't care. It was only going to be her, Nikolas and the two kids anyway.
She made her way down the steps into the living room that was surprisingly empty. She shrugged her shoulders and plopped down on the couch as she pulled her hair up. She looked around wondering where in the hell were her husband and kids at. All of the sudden she heard laughter and footsteps coming down the hallway. She leaned her head over facing the hallway as she watched her kids come into the living room. All of them. First it was Nathan who was followed by the biggest kid of them all, who was her husband, who was carrying the infant.
"Hey hon." He said sitting beside her on the couch. "Hey mommy!" Nathan said as he climbed up on her lap. "Daddy said that you were going on a business trip today. Does that mean Im going to Uncle Lucky's?" Nathan asked her. "I don't know. Are you going to be good why mommy and daddy are out of town for a few days?" Courtney asked him back. "Yes." He said nodding his head. "Then I guess you are. Aunt Lu said she would keep you tomorrow night. Her and Dillon." Courtney said as she played with his hair which had been recently cut.
"Dillon?" Nikolas asked curiously. "Yeah. Wait you weren't told that her and Dillon got an apartment together?" Courtney asked him. "No I never knew there was a her and Dillon." Nikolas replied. "Yeah. Her, Dillon, Ryan and whats herface all got an apartment together." Courtney said. "Who is whats her face?" Nikolas asked. "Umm. She's related to Diego. She's his cousin or something. I forget her name but Ryan and her go out now." Courtney answered. "Sage?" he asked her. "Thats it." Courtney said as she clapped her hands.
"Sorry son but your staying at your uncle's until mommy or daddy gets back." Nikolas said looking down at the little boy. "Why?" Courtney asked him. "Earmuffs." Nikolas said as Nathan covered his ears and Natalie tried mocking him. "Hell will freeze over before I allow Nathan to stay with four immature adults regardless if they are related or not and besides I don't know Sage all that well and the way you are talking it doesn't sound like she'snotthe one sharing a room with my sisterand I don't want no monkey business going on in front of him." Nikolas told Courtney as she just looked at him.
"Then I guess hell will freeze over because I already told Lulu and Ryan they could have him. Sage's little cousin is coming in and she wanted Nathan so they could play because they are the same age." Courtney said looking at him as Nathan dropped his hands.He got tired holding them up. " I don't want Nathan to become the next big mobster of Port Charles. No thanks." Nikolas said getting up to place the baby in the swing.
"Okay first off it's a girl and just because she is related to mobsters don't mean nothing. Look at my brother I mean come on. Then look at me. Im happily married. I have two kids and a foundation and I love my life and wouldn't change it for a thing." She said leaning to give him a kiss before getting up to get her and Nattie's things ready.
Nikolas shook his head. He always told his self that he would be a man but boy was he a sucker when it came to that blonde. Nobody else. For some reason it was only her. He looked at Natalie because Nathan followed Courtney up the steps. "You know sometimes I think mommy is a witch. She always wins. She must have cast a spell on me or something." He said as Natalie just smiled big like always and laughed. "Yeah she is." He said picking the infant up to go upstairs because he was leaving right after Courtney was.
Later that night: (I put that a lot in my stories!)
She was putting Natalie's socks in her bag. That was the last thing that had to be packed besides her favorite stuff animal and blanket but she was just going to put that in the carrier with her. Her phone started ringing. She looked down at the number and then around the nursery. She flipped open her phone. " Hello." She said into it. "Yeah. I'll be there in just a few minutes. I got kind of delayed but give me twenty and I'll be there." She said as she zipped up the bag. "Okay." She said as she flipped her phone shut. "Time to get this over with." She said as she put the bag strap on her shoulder and walked out of the room and down the steps.
"Already?" Nikolas asked as he watched his wife make her way down the steps. "Yeah. I have to go get my bag and then we have to head out because Im running tight on time now anyway." She said as she dropped Natalie's bag on the floor and then made her way up the steps to get hers. Nathan looked at his father who looked at him. Nathan started to laugh. "Whats so funny?" Nikolas asked him. "You're silly!" Nathan yelled as Natalie started laughing again. Courtney made her way down the steps with her bags as Nikolas watched her.
She dropped them and then walked over to him. "I love you." She said giving him a hug. "I love you too and when you get back, you, me and the kids are going to vacation I promise. For a full week without any interruptions from either one of our jobs." He said into her ear. He hugged her tight and right then and there she wanted to tell him everything. But instead she held back her tears and hugged him back before pulling away so she could say goodbye to Nathan.
Nikolas and Nathan walked Courtney and Natalie out to the launch and said more goodbyes. "Call me." He said hugging her one last time and then giving her a kiss. "Every night." She said back to him with a smile as the launch approached. "Be good for Uncle Lucky, Aunt Liz, Uncle Ry and Aunt Lu for me?" Courtney said as she bent down to Nathan's level. "I will mommy. I promise. Take care of sissy for me." He said back to her. "I will." She answered as she stood straight up.
Courtney reached the docks a few minutes earlier then she thought she would but Jason was still there. "We cant be seen here together." Courtney said quickly because she knew Lucky would be near here any moment to go get Nathan and then Nikolas would be over. "Yeah I know. The plane is all ready. Do you have everything you need?" Jason asked her.
"Yeah. Listen I know this is getting harder by the minute for you because I know damn well it is for me but I wanna say thank you so much for everything youare doingfor me." Courtney said. "Nah. Don't worry about it. Everything will be okay as soon as we get back." He said as he touched her cheek . "Lets go. I'll grab your bags you grab the baby." He said as she smiled. "Thanks." She said as she lifted the carrier up and they walked off as the same person stood behind the wall speechless.
Thirty minutes had passed since Courtney left and Lucky had came and gone. Nikolas was gathering the rest of his things when there was a knock at the front door. "Who the hell could that be?" He wondered as he dropped what he was doing and walked to answer the door. It shocked him who it was. Yeah they were cousins but still. They weren't the social able kind. "Sam what can I do for you? Im kind of busy at the moment I have a plan to catch." He said when he opened the door.
The beginning of the plane ride was silent until Natalie started crying. "Come here baby." Courtney said picking her up. Jason just watched her. "I always knew you would make a good mother." Jason said watching her. "Thanks. I wasn't sure I wanted kids to tell you the truth until I met Nikolas." She said looking over at him. "Yeah I know they aren't in my future." He said.
"Why not?" Courtney asked him. "Doesn't Sam want kids?" Courtney finished asking him. "Im sure she does but me and Sam don't go out anymore. We broke up." he said. "Besides I wouldn't make a good dad anyway." Jason finished. "Oh." was all she said. She didn't know what else to say so she changed the subject.
"You would make an excellent father." She said as he began shaking his head no. "Yes you would. Since you are helping me Im going to help you and teach you all about babies. We'll use Natalie." She said walking over to him. "Here hold her." She said trying to pass the baby to him as he shook his head no. "You aren't going to break her. Nathan holds her all the time. Take her Jason Morgan." She said as he kept shaking his head no but finally took the infant from Courtney when she yelled.
"See that wasn't too bad now was it?" She asked him. "She's so light." He said looking at her. "I know." Courtney said watching Natalie who once again was just laughing at Jason. "We're just about there so if you could buckle up that would be great." The captain said over the speaker. "Let me take her." Courtney said taking the baby back from Jason and sitting down. "You know what." She said as she looked over to Jason. "What?" He asked her.
"You love Sam and I think when we get back you should get her back." Courtney said. Jason just looked at her. "Okay Courtney at least we know you haven't changed that much. You still try doing twenty different things at once. When we are done here I'll think about it." Jason said. "Fine." Courtney said back to him as they just about landed.
"Its important I swear." Sam said as Nikolas opened the door more as a signal for her to come in. "Okay whats so important?" Nikolas asked as they made their way into the living room. "Its about your wife and Jason." She said getting right to the point. "Okay what about Courtney and Jason?" He asked her. "Jason and I broke up and I have reason to believe its because of your wife." Sam said as Nikolas just laughed. "Its not funny. Im serious." Sam said. "Okay now tell me why you believe that?" Nikolas said.
"Well Saturday night I was on my way to Kelly's and I saw Courtney talking to Jason on the docks. I didn't catch all of it but I heard something about leaving Monday night and witnessed a hug. She also told him that you or Sonny couldn't know. Well I wasn't going to say anything but then tonight I was walking on the docks again and I saw them and they left together and Courtney said something about this being hard and Jason told her when they got back everything would be okay." Sam said as Nikolas just looked at her.
"Courtney wouldn't cheat on me." He said. "Nikolas you have to believe me. She's not going on any business trip. Look." Sam said pulling out her digital camera. "I got pictures because I knew you wouldn't believe me." Sam said handing him the camera and sure enough she was right. Nikolas was now pissed off. This couldn't be happening to him. "Okay thanks Sam. Can you leave now please? I have somewhere I have to go." Nikolas said. "Yeah sure no problem." Sam said as she walked out of the living room.
He walked over to his desk and looked down. Right now no business trip mattered to him. All that matter was what was going on behind his back and he was determine to get to the bottom of it all. He reached for his phone that was placed on his desk and dialed a long distance number and waited for the other line to pick . "Track her now!" was all he said before hanging up. He sat there only two minutes before the phone started ringing. He picked it up. "Hello?" He said. "Thanks. Do me a favor/" He said. "Follow her and tell me who she's with and what they do. Call me on my cell I wont be home." He said right before he hung up and walked out of the house.
A/N: I know! Long and boring but it had to be this way for the next chapter. Trust me. I know it was long and boring. I wrote it but I still love hearing from you and I promise next chapter will get better!
