Carly was sitting in her office- she was suppose to be finishing up invoices but she was staring off into space.
Dillon and Lulu? She thought, where is Georgie?
Carly shrugged and tried to go back to work. It didn't matter.
Jason and Liz, Carly thought, Lucky and Sam? That is the weirdest. Did they just switch partners? Carly snorted at her little joke but quickly realized something must be wrong there and none of this was funny. She looked at the clock and realized Nikolas and Courtney would be meeting her for dinner soon.
She locked the office and made her way to the restaurant. When Carly got there Nikolas and Courtney were waiting. She smiled and waived. She was making her way over to them when someone grabbed her arm. Carly looked down and saw Sonny.
"Can I help you?" she asked coolly. She smiled sweetly at the girls and waived.
"We need to talk" Sonny said.
"Later- I am meeting Courtney for dinner" Carly said. 'I am very busy tonight. Maybe tomorrow would be better" With that Carly started away.
"Just don't leave town Carly" Sonny called after her.
"Hi" Carly greeted Nikolas and Courtney.
"Hi" Courtney replied. She motioned for Carly to have a seat.
Nikolas nodded in her direction and a light bulb went off in Carly's head. "Oh by the way Nikolas, I needed to talk to you" she started as she motioned for the waitress to come over. "I don't know if I should tell you because I feel like a rat but then again this kind of falls under the aren't thing. Since Luke isn't here I am coming to you"
"Yeah?" Nikolas asked.
"Lulu and Dillon checked in here today. She saw the look on Nikolas's face, 'Now wait- she says it is because she was scared of the blackout"
Nikolas looked suspicious, "and you believed that?"
"Well- not really" Carly admitted, "But I figured better let them check in here or risk them going somewhere that can't be supervised right?"
Nikolas shrugged, "True" he said, "Thanks for letting me know"
Carly smiled, "Your welcome"
The three sat there in silence for a moment.
"I am going to call Lulu" Nikolas said, "I will be right back"
Nikolas stepped away from the table leaving Carly and Courtney alone.
"Ok- so when is the wedding and how great are things right now?" Carly asked.
Courtney grinned, "Things are beyond great. And I am going to start planning the wedding next week. Will you help?"
"Of course" Carly replied.
Courtney cleared her throat, "Why did Jax leave town?"
Carly coughed, "Um- you would have to ask him"
Courtney would have pursued that further but suddenly there was a commotion at Alexis's table. Both women turned to look and saw Sam and Alexis yelling at one another.
"Would you let me explain?" Sam yelled.
"Explain what?" Alexis countered. It was obvious Alexis wasn't comfortable with how public there argument was and she was trying to back off. 'Sam- let's take this outside please?" She glanced down at the kids. "There are children here."
"No- never mind. I didn't sleep with Ric but I wont be able to convince you of that so goodnight mom" Sam replied. She picked up Lila and went back to the elevator.
Carly gasped. Sam with Ric? No way.
Courtney and Carly looked at one another but before they could comment Nikolas came back to the table. "I should go and check on my aunt" he looked at Carly, "I didn't get in touch with Lulu- should I go up and check on her"
Carly shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe I will," she told him.
Nikolas went to go and talk to Alexis and Courtney nudged, 'it looks like Sonny is doing a good job with Alexis" she whispered.
Carly looked over at the table and smirked. Sonny had his arm around Alexis and was whispering in her ear. Well, well, well- look at who had made amends, she thought. Carly just shrugged at Courtney. "His business- not mine"
"Unless they get back together" Courtney teased, "the she would be Michael and Morgan's step mom"
"God forbid" Carly muttered.
Nikolas came back to the table a moment later, "I think everything is ok" he told them, "Now where were we?"
"Lulu" Carly started but the moment she opened her mouth the lights went out. "Damn" she said.
Carly excused herself from the table and made her way to the front of the restaurant. "Excuse me everyone," she said loudly. She kept banging on things until she had people's attention. "The back up generators she kick on momentarily. But even then the elevators might not be up and running. Once the backup generators are on you may choose to stay here or use the stairs back to rooms. But please stay here until then. Thank you"
Carly made her way back to the table, "Sorry guys" Carly said, "Is John ok?"
"He seems fine" Nikolas said. "We may stay here until the lights come on. I am not crazy about carrying an infant upstairs in the dark"
"I hope Sam made it up before the lights went out." Courtney said concern in her voice.
"I am sure she did" Nikolas assured her.
At that moment the backup generator came on and saw lights came back on. Several people cheered.
"You did a good job Carly" Jax said, "I left my hotel in capable hands"
Carly nearly fainted when she heard his voice. She turned around and he was standing behind her.
"Jax-I" Carly stuttered. "I-when did you get back?"
Jax smiled, "Tonight. I heard about the blackout warnings and wanted to make sure you didn't get overwhelmed. I see I needn't worry."
Carly was furious. He came because of the blackouts. Not because he missed her. "No" Carly he hissed, "No need to worry. In fact you shouldn't have even come back" She stood up and tried to walk away but Jax blocked her way. "Move"
"Not until you listen to me," Jax said, "Carly- I missed you"
Carly didn't even think about the fact that everyone was still listening- especially Courtney.
"Missed me?" Carly echoed. "Not from what I heard. Your mother told me about the gold-digger. Is that why you came back? Did she take you for all you had?"
Jax just chuckled, "No- I came to my senses. She wasn't I wanted. I wanted you"
Carly melted, "You mean that?" she asked. Tears were welling up in her eyes.
"Yes" Jax re-plied. He closed the gap between them. "There is something I wanted to do for a while- since I have been gone"
"What's that?" Carly asked moving closer.
"Kiss you" Jax told her and then he leaned in. He pressed his lips to Carly's and nearly knocked her off her feet. She wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened he kiss. They were interrupted a moment later by a loud couch. They turned and saw Courtney staring at them.
"Care to explain" she said. She had a scowl on her face and her arms crossed.
"Sure" Carly said. She sat down and prepared to tell her best friend the whole truth and nothing but it…