Shakiness and Speculation

"You've been so jittery these past few days." Madison remarks noticing her roommate's behavior. "I know I keep asking you this... but are you okay?" She questions looking at Schuyler concerned.

"Yeah…" Schuyler insists a nervous look appearing across her face.

"You've been so jumpy…" Madison observes. "Are you sure you don't need to see the doctor or something…"

"No, No, No…" Schuyler insists shaking her head. "I'm fine Madison. I really am. You know it may just be..." She pauses trying to come up with an excuse for her behavior. "I don't know the change in the weather, and there is you know the flu going around."

"But you don't seem to have a cold or anything." Madison remarks. "Well outside of you shivering at times." Madison becomes thoughtful. "It started that Saturday…"

"Yeah, I mean it's probably just much of nothing.." Schuyler interrupts. She then tries to calm herself and smiles. "You know uh… speaking of that Saturday, I wonder if they will ever catch who ended up hurting Lily Ashby at Fen's wedding." She comments flashing back to that evening, thinking about how she had attacked Lily and then fled with the statue. Schuyler had driven away and went home shaking from what she had done. Madison had worked a shift that night and didn't come until hours later. Before she did, Schuyler had taken the statue, put it in a garbage bag and threw it in a dumpster in the back of a shopping center a few miles away. She had cleaned herself up and hoped that no one would discover what she had done.

Madison gives her a curious look and then shakes her head. "I don't know, but that's crazy isn't it?" She asks. "I do wonder who did that." She then looks over her friend and a thought hit her.

"Oh, wow is that why you've been shaky?" She ponders.

Schuyler's pulse starts to race and she begins to get very nervous.

"Whaatt do you mean?" She asks scared.

"I mean are you nervous because you are worried about Fen's safety?" Madison asks. "Is that why you're so shaky?" She looks over her friend again. "I know how much you care for him." She states knowingly. "Are you afraid someone is after him and his family and that's what got you on edge?"

Schuyler sucks in a breath and then lets out a sigh of relief. She was happy that was what Madison was thinking instead of thinking she was Lily's attacker.

"Yeah, that may have something to do with it." She remarks. "I mean Fen is such a good guy, and he was trying to enjoy his wedding, and someone attacked one of his family members."

"It's wild." Madison remarks. "But maybe I don't know... it was a crazed fan or something. Or maybe someone looking for attention." She then does a dismissive gesture with her hands. "Who knows what type of crazy it was…" She guesses. "When it comes to pop stars, wild stuff happens all of the time." She shrugs.

"Maybe it was something like that." She then thinks. "Or maybe it was just some random weirdo hanging out in the ladies' bathroom, looking to attack someone." She shakes her head. "I heard Ana was in the bathroom prior to Lily being attacked…" She looks at her friend. "You heard that, too right?"

Schuyler nods, trying to keep her composure. "Uh...something like that." She makes a face. "But at least she wasn't hurt right."

"Yeah thank goodness." Madison states. "Could you imagine how Fen would have felt if his new wife had gotten attacked on their wedding day. That would have been awful."

"Yeah, terrible…" Schuyler adds. "She's lucky she got away before the attacker got Lily."

"Very lucky." Madison agrees. "And it's weird that no one saw the attacker. I heard that the security cameras were turned off that day. Something about the resort deciding to update their systems…"

"That's so weird…" Schuyler interjects.

"But I guess the attacker is happy." Madison muses. "This makes it a lot harder to catch them."

"Yeah…, they are probably grateful for that."

Madison shakes her head. "I do hope they catch who did this. They deserve to be in jail."

Schuyler eyes widen. "Uh… uh-huh."

Madison then becomes thoughtful for a moment and looks at her friend and smiles. "But fear not Fen is okay." She states comfortingly. "As far as I know he's on his honeymoon right now enjoying the start of his marriage."

Schuyler makes a face and Madison gives her an apologetic look. "Look, I know how much you care for Fen, but you knew that wedding was going to happen…"

Schuyler sighs. "Yes, I know…

"And even an attacker couldn't stop it…" Madison muses. "So, it's probably meant to be…"

Schuyler sighs.

"But you can finally move on from your crush on him. And focus on you and hopefully find you, your own good man." Madison suggests. "There are some fine men here in town, many of them would be happy to get to know you."

Schuyler gives Madison a doubtful look. "Yeah, you know... about that, I think…like you've said before... I'm really going to focus on me and improving my life. Before I uh…try to get into another relationship."

Madison nods approvingly. "That's good to hear. You be the best person you need to be for you and then you could still end up with a good man and romance that you crave."

Schuyler gives Madison a shaky smile. "Thanks Madison, for always supporting me."

"Sometimes you drive me crazy, but I do care about you and I have your back." The two women smile at each other and Madison squeezes Schuyler's arm affectionately. They then continue to work during their shifts at the GCAC. While they are doing that some people start to arrive there, including Nick and Lily who arrive separately.

Nick smiles when he sees Lily enter the room.

"Lily!" He calls out going over to her.

"Hey Nick." She greets him warmly.

"How are you doing?" Nick asks concerned.

"I'm feeling a lot better." Lily informs him.

"Well, you look great." Nick replies smiling at her.

"Thanks." Lily returns his smile.

"Are you here to get some dinner, I was actually going to have some myself. You're more than welcome to join me…" He smiles brightly.

"I would love too,..." Lily tells him. "But I…" She stops when she sees Cane and Mattie and Charlie entering the restaurant.

"Am actually having dinner with Cane and the kids." She tells him.

"He wanted to spend time with us before he went back to London." She informs him.

Nick nods understanding. "Understood." He says. "But I'm glad you're doing better, what happened to you was really a scare…" He says thinking back to the attack.

"Yes, it was frightening, but thank you for checking in on the kids and me…"

"Absolutely. We were all worried about you. Man, I hope they catch the creep who did this…" An angry look comes across Nick's face. "I mean what type of sicko hides in a woman's bathroom to attack a random woman…."

Lily sighs. "I don't know. But I also hope they catch who did this." Her and Nick continue to talk as Cane watches them.

He turns to the twins. "So, your mother and Nick have gotten close since I've been gone?" He asks. Charlie shrugs as he looks at the menu. "They're friends." Charlie states in a matter of fact manner. "I mean I think they hang out sometimes."

"They have become close." Mattie tells him honestly. "Mom got Nick through a rough time after he lost custody of Christian." She informs her father. "They do like to spend time together."

"Well, I did notice how he was hanging around her, after her attack." Cane remarks. "Are they uh… romantic?" Cane asks a bit awkwardly.

Charlie lets out a laugh. "You're asking are they together?" Charlie says. "I don't think they are together like that." He puts his menu down and looks at his sister. "Are they?"

Mattie shakes her head. "Mom says they are just friends, but I have asked her about this."

Cane eyes widen. "Oh…"

The twins look at Cane curiously. "Why do you ask, dad?" Mattie probes.

"Just asking." He sits up straighter and gives his children a serious look. "You guys know that even though your mother and I aren't together anymore. I will always care for her."

Charlie nods. "Yeah, we know that, dad."

"And I just want her to be happy." He glances over to her talking with Nick. "And not get into a situation that's bad for her." He expresses sincerely. "I mean she's been through enough as it is. And Nick has a long list of flameouts when it comes to relationships, and I don't want to see her get caught up in that."

"Well, you could tell her that." Mattie suggests.

"Ah…I don't want to overstep." Cane tells his children. "Me and her... we're in a good place and I don't want to annoy her by bringing it up." He glances over at Nick and Lily again and Lily lets out a laugh at something that Nick says.

"I really do want her to be happy and careful." He then smiles at the twins. "But I know she's a smart woman and I know you guys would also alert me if she needed any help or anything."

"Of course." Mattie promises him.

Cane nods, thinking. "Okay, you guys keep looking out for your mother." He then smiles again at his kids and they talk some more, while they wait for Lily to come over and join them for dinner.

Lily finishes up talking to Nick.

"Well, I don't want to keep you from your family. But maybe sometime next week we could get together and have some dinner?" He suggests smiling.

Lily smiles. "Yeah, we can do that." She agrees. They smile at each other. She bids him good-bye and Nick smiles again as he watches her walk away. He really was glad that she was okay, not only because a terrible thing had happened to her, but because he had really to come care for her.

Schuyler is serving another table and became nervous when she sees Nick and Lily together. She was glad when Lily went over to join Cane and her kids.

Madison then comes out. "Which table are you going to next?" She asks her.

Schuyler looks around nervously. She didn't want to go over to Cane and Lily's table, but she also didn't want to serve Nick who had also sat down. She breathes a sigh of relief when she sees another customer, Kyle Abbott and decides to head over to his table.

"I'll go take care of him." She says and heads over to take Kyle's order. Madison notices again how jumpy Schuyler seemed and hoped that there was nothing seriously wrong with her friend. And she hoped that if it was that Schuyler would trust her enough to tell her. She goes and serves Cane and Lily's table and the two ladies continue to work at their shift.