A/N: Short and sweet, but the good stuff is coming either tomorrow or Monday with the next chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter Five

Saying goodbye to her mom and smiling at Kevin who was here to pick up her tipsy mom, Lulu shut the door and leaned against the door. Thinking about the conversation she and her mother had. She was glad that her mom understood where she was coming from and she felt more sure in her decision to be a friend to Johnny.

Locking up, she cleaned up the small mess they had made with wine glasses and popcorn before going to her bedroom. It was late and the kids would be up early, she should go to sleep but instead she reached for her phone. She had yet to thank Johnny for the flowers so she texted him.

'Thank you for the flowers, they were beautiful.'

Setting her phone down, she got her bed ready and slid in. Hearing the ding on her phone signally Johnny had replied. Picking up her phone, she felt her mouth spread in a wide smile.

'I know something that is more beautiful.'

Before she could text out a reply, her phone rang and she swiped right to answer the call. Pressing it to her hear, she could hear his breathing on the other end of the line. "Hey," she said simply.

"I hope it's not too late, but figured since you texted you were awake."

Cuddling further into her bed, she held her phone to her ear as she laid on her side. "Yeah, actually just got comfortable in bed. My mom was here and we spent some time together."

"How's Laura?" Johnny had always liked her mother, and her mother had a bit of soft spot for Johnny. Probably because he reminded her of Luke.

"Good. She's dating Kevin Collins. She seems happy."

"That's good. Have you heard from Luke?"

Lulu looked at the stack of postcards at the edge of her nightstands. His form of communication now, Luke sent a postcard from wherever he was with a scribbled note and an 'I love you,' at the bottom. She felt warmth whenever one came in the mail and couldn't wait to add it to the stack.

"Postcards from all sorts of different places. It's enough for now." If she had to get in touch with him for something serious, she would figure it out but for now, she was happy her dad seemed okay.

"That's good. At least you know he's alive."

Johnny understood the tense and sometimes hard relationship she had with her dad but the love that there was a lot of love on both side. "And I know where to reach him if I need him."

"I'm glad you're family is okay, Lulu."

"Thank you Johnny," she told him sincerely. Dante didn't understand her family dynamic at times, especially her devotion to Luke. She always chalked up to not growing up with a father. Johnny got it. "Any plans for tomorrow?"

"Yeah, finish getting my apartment good to go. Turns out my lease on my old place was still valid. One of my lawyers kept up the payments but it's empty. Got my bed but not much else."

She was glad he had a place to go to. "What about garages?"

"Going to look at some later in the week, don't want my same one. Too many bad memories."

She agreed, she didn't have many happy memories at the old place and Johnny needed a fresh start.

"Good idea. If you want some company this weekend, I might be able to swing it." She shocked her own self by offering. But Char would be with Valentin on Saturday and Rocco with Olivia. She would have free time.

"I'd like that," she could tell he had a smile by his voice.

"Great. Well the little ones will be up early and I'll have to be up with them." As much as she wanted to keep chatting with him, she knew she needed sleep.

"Okay. Night Lulu, sweet dreams."

"Same to you Johnny."

The rest of her week flew by and before she knew it, she had dropped Rocco at Olivia's and just kissed Char goodbye at Cassadine Island.

Her and Johnny had decided to meet up at Kelly's for a cup of coffee and then head over to the three garages his real estate agent had sent him. Walking into Kelly's, she saw him sitting at one of the outside table. Port Charles having a warm seasonable day and it as perfect to go look at places. "Mm, thanks, need some coffee. The kids didn't want to get ready this morning."

While both had been excited to go spend time with Olivia and Valentin, both wanted to sleep more. She felt tired from getting them ready and needed another boost.

"Well everyone made it okay and you look nice." Lulu felt her cheeks heat from the warm compliment and she felt glad she had taken to pick out something flattering.

"The top made me think of the sunflowers you sent me," she admitted shyly. But the huge grin that broke out on his face was worth the admission. "So where to first?" she said after a moment.

"We're meeting Lucy down by the pier." Johnny informed her and stood up, handing her her of coffee which she took a greedy sip of. "There are a few new places down there since the gentrifying of it."

That made sense, she just hoped he stayed away from Sonny's coffee shop. He didn't need the antagonizing that could come with it. Maybe she would go speak to Sonny just to make sure. His closeness with her father might work in her favor. Plus she wanted Johnny to stay on the straight and narrow.

"Good idea, funny fact, my mother is dating Lucy Coe's ex and Lucy is dating my mom's ex." The idea had been funny to her, how her mother and Lucy had basically swapped ex's. But they both seemed happy and while her and Scott would never be close, she was glad he seemed more content.

"Only in Port Charles." Johnny said as he held his coffee in one hand and his other hand reached down to rest on her lower back as they started to walk towards the pier.

"Only in Port Charles," she agreed. Enjoying the comfortable silence the rest of the way. Neither she nor Johnny felt the need to ramble, both just enjoying the other's presence.