Chapter Six- Sunny Delight

They made it to the cabin with only a few more arguments. Jason was seriously thinking about stopping for some ear plugs for himself or duct tape to put over Lulu's mouth.

Though if he did, Carly would bitch at him so much he would have to take it off again five seconds later.

So that idea was probably out.

Once they parked the car and climbed out, the door of the cabin opened and Grandma Spinelli was holding a shotgun on them.

"We come in peace!" Lulu yelled, holding her hands up.

"You gangsters leave me and my grandson alone!"

"We only want to ask your grandson for a favor," Jason said "If you will just lower your weapon I can explain why I need his help. I'm Jason Morgan and -"

"He told me everything," Grandma Spinelli said from the porch "Damien stole your girlfriend Sam and now you want him dead."

"What?" asked Carly, with a are you freaking kidding me look on her face "If Spinelli wants Sam he can have her!"

"Who are you? His wife?"

Carly told her, "I should be but no. Listen, ma'am, your grandson has evidence that that proves a woman was set-up for a crime she didn't commit. And if he keeps running then this same woman will go to prison for life for something that was self- defense."

"Damien, get out here!" Grandma Spinelli yelled

Damien Spinelli stepped onto the porch , looking sheepish.

"Hey, Blonde One." He said to Lulu

"Hey Mobster Dude." he said to Jason.

"And who are you?" he asked Carly. His eyes moved over her body, "Looking fine as sunshine. Yum! I shall call you Sunny Delight!"

"Don't start that nickname crap again." Jason told him. "Call her Carly or Ms. Spencer or better yet nothing. Don't speak to her. Just get in the car so we can head back home. Sam is going to be convicted if you don't testify."

"You lied to me, Damien." Grandma Spinelli said "Are these people here trying to kill you like those gangsters last night or not? You know I'm a perfect shot and I do not want to go to hell for putting a bullet in a innocent person."

Damien pursed his lips and thought about lying.

Lulu said, in a warning voice, "Spinelli!"

"All right, yeah, Grammy, I lied. The women are harmless but I'm not so sure about Mobster Dude One or Two."

She lowered the gun. "So, who sent those guys last night?"

"Lorenzo Alcazar and he does wish to do harm to your grandson." Jason said "But if you place him in my care I will guarantee his safe return back to Port Charles. If he doesn't go back Sam will be wrongly convicted of murder."

"You have to go back then." Grandma Spinelli told Damien.

"But Grammy-"

"You're going back." Grandma Spinelli said

Spinelli looked at Lulu.

"You're going back." Lulu told him

Milo gave him a dirty look.

Jason said, "Mrs. Spinelli, Alcazar wants to hurt your grandson, not you, so you should be safe once he isn't with you. But I wouldn't feel comfortable with you going home or staying out here in the woods by yourself. I can arrange local protection for you if you want to check into a hotel for a week or so, just until we get back and Spinelli testifies."

"I have friends in Memphis." she replied "You can drop me off there on y'all way home. But if anything happens to my grandson," she tapped her shot gun "I'll be coming to Port Charles to look you up, Mr. Morgan."

Jason nodded. "Milo you drive Mrs. Spinelli's car. Everyone else can ride with me."

"Nobody drives Big Bessie but me." Grandma Spinelli said, pointing at a twenty year old Cadillac that sat nearby.

Jason gritted his teeth. Can anything go easy on this trip? he asked himself

Carly said, "That's fine. Jase and I will ride with you and your grandson. Milo and Lulu can follow behind us."

"Works for me," said Milo as he smiled at Lulu.

After the Spinelli's got their luggage everyone walked over to the cars.

Damien went to sit in the passenger seat but his grandmother said, "Young man! The ladies sit in front."

Jason looked at Carly with a OH hell no look. She laughed and climbed into the front seat, leaving Jason and Spinelli in the back together.

IN THE SUV, Lulu was finally able to play the radio and chat as much as she wanted.

Softly the radio played, "Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go. So make the best of this test, and don't ask why. It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time. It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life..." ( Green Day)

She said to Milo, "You soooooo need to get out of the mob. Look at what it did to Jason. Sucked the fun right out of him. According to Carly he was like way wild when they were our age. Doing crazy stuff like train surfing and riding a motorcycle through the living room at the Quatermaine's. Now he is just boring. You don't want to end up like that. Do you?"

Milo said, "Jason has seen a lot of stuff go done with Sonny, Carly and the kids. A lot of... tragedies, Lulu."

"Oh," she said softly

"Yeah, and we only see him when he's working. He's probably a lot different with Sam at home."

"Ugh, Sam." Lulu made a face.

"What? Now you don't like Sam?"

"Do you?"

"She' s alright." Milo answered.

"She isn't Carly. And that's enough reason right there for me to not like her."

"I don't get it."

"Carly is a Spencer. We stick together. What she wants, I want. And vice a versa. She wants me to be with my soul mate and I want her to be with hers."

Milo asked, surprised, "You have a soul mate?"

The song ended with, "It́s something unpredictable, but in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life." ( Green Day)

Lulu ignored his question and looked out the window. "What does that medallion you wear around you neck mean?"

Milo put his hand on it. "You noticed that? When? I never take it out."

"Last night. I went in your room... to borrow a blanket... and you were sleeping.."

Milo blushed, thinking about her seeing him in his underwear.

She looked at him.

He said, "You changed the subject."

She said, "You answer me and then I will think about answering you."

Milo let out a breath. "Okay...my father gave this necklace to me...in a way. He left it to me when he died. Max has one too. My dad and his brother, they were twins, got them for their eighteenth birthdays. The picture is of river in Italy and the words are in Italian. They translate to - Where you go, I shall be too."

"That's beautiful," Lulu said softly.

For a moment the only sound in the car was the radio, "The batter swings and the summer flies as I look into my angel's eyes. A song plays on while the moon is high over me, something comes over me. I guess we're big, and I guess we're small. If you think about it, man. You know we got it all.
Cause we're all we got on this bouncing ball. And I love ya free, I love ya freely.." ( Five for fighting)

Milo finally spoke, "Your turn, Lulu. You know who your soul mate is?"

Lulu looked away. "I used to think.. maybe.. I did. But now, I don't know. I think not everyone gets a soul mate. My parents did. My brothers did. But me..."

He said, "There's still time, you know."

"Yeah, I guess," her words were hopeless, as if it was all decided for her at eighteen years old.

Milo tried to cheer her up, "Hey, I don't have a soul mate either. So if you don't ever find yours..."

She chuckled.

Her eyes lit up, and she asked "This is one of those pathetic loser deals, isn't it?"

BACK IN BIG BESSIE, Grandma Spinelli fixed Carly with a probing look.

The she said, "You said your not that one's wife but you should be." She nodded back at Jason. "What you two doing? Shacking up? Living in sin? Following the devil's path to destruction?"

"I wish," Carly said, winking at her.

Grandma Spinelli said, "Sit up straight, young lady! And listen up. You make him marry you first before you give up any goodies. No goodies before God says so." She wagged a finger at Carly. " Words to live by."

"Yes, ma'am." Carly answered and then smirked at Jason. "She says you have to marry me."

"Does that mean The Goddess is available now?" Spinelli asked. excited.

His grandmother complained, "Ugh, I can not hear The Goddess again! That is all you have been blabbering on about since you got to my house. Goddess this. Goddess that. You would think she was Annette Funicello."

"I don't even want to know," Jason muttered under his breath.

"Who is that?" asked Carly

Jason groaned.

"M- I-C," Grandma Spinelli sang sweetly "See you real soon. K-E-Y. Why? Because we like you..."

Jason stared at her like she was an alien.

"M- O- U - S- E." she finished singing "Damien loves watching the Mickey Mouse Club reruns with me. Don't you, Damien?"

He mumbled, his face red, "Sure, Grammy."

Grandma Spinelli, "Annette Funicello was one of the original mousketeers. Quite popular with the young men in her day. I don't see how this Sam can hold a candle to her."

"The Goddess is much hotter than," Damien started

"Zip it!" his grandmother commanded.

Damien slouched down in his seat.

"Thank you." Jason said loudly, glad someone could put a cork in Spinelli.

"He causes you a bit of trouble you just give him a spoonful of cod liver oil. Shuts him right up," Grandma Spinelli advised Jason.

"Thanks for the tip. Carly write that down." Jason said "I will be sure to use it if he gets out of line."

Carly shook her head no at him.

He shook his head back yes.

" The only other thing that works on him is," Grandma Spinelli said "The Lord."

She flipped on the radio and a preacher started spreading the word at top volume. He was speaking about abstinence.

"Preach on!" Grandma Spinelli cried. She looked at Carly, "You hear that? That's the word of God. No goodies! Say it with me."

"No goodies." Carly said, trying to keep a straight face.

"Damien?" his grandmother asked

"Grams..." he whined

Jason smirked at him.

"Don't make me pull Big Bessie over and give you what for." she threatened

"No goodies." Damien repeated.

"Mr. Morgan..." Grandma Spinelli prompted.

"What?" Jason asked innocently

"No goodies before marriage. Promise me." she instructed.

Jason stared at her.

Carly's shoulders shook with held in laughter but when Grandma Spinelli looked at her, she tried to appear angelic and God fearing.

"Unless you don't follow the law of Our Lord, Mr. Morgan? Are you a heathen? Am I trusting my grandson's life to a devil following miscreant?"

"No goodies till God says so." Carly told Jason, then covered her mouth the hide her laughter. She made a choking sound.

Jason refused to say anything.

"I can't trust my grandson's life to no devil follower!"

Jason choked out, "No goodies till God says so."

"I don't know if I believe you, Mr. Morgan."

"You've convinced me. I've seen the light." Jason said "No goodies."

The radio preacher yelled out, "Amen!"

Grandma Spinelli said, "If you need any tips on how to stay sexually pure you can call me at any time, Mr. Morgan."

Carly covered her whole face, cracking up.

"Are you okay?" Grandma Spinelli asked, worried.

Carly recovered, looked at her, and said "That was so moving."

Grandma Spinelli said, "You get that ring on your finger, sweetie. Don't let anything stop you. No matter what you see on Jerry Springer the best way to live is still by the Lord's plan. In fact, we could pull over right now and find a little church..."

Carly looked at Jason and joked "It's a nice day for a white wedding..."

Jason's voice was desperate when he cried out "We really are on a schedule, ma'am. Got to get back home to help Sam."

"Oh yes," Grandma Spinelli said, rolling her eyes. "The Goddess."