ROAD TRIP

CHAPTER SEVEN- A Pathetic Loser Deal

She chuckled. "This is one of those pathetic loser deals, isn't it?"

Milo smiled at Lulu.

She continued, "Where if neither one of us finds someone by the time we are old and decrepit then we hook up with each other and pretend that it was all meant to be?"

"Once we are old and decrepit we might be senile too and actually believe it was all meant to be." Milo told her

Lulu considered that, and then said "Hmm. All right. What age do you think we'll be desperate enough to convince ourselves that fate actually exists?"

"25?" Milo suggested, thinking he wouldn't mind if they set the day for the deal to start as tomorrow. It couldn't be soon enough for him. Given enough time, he was sure, some other guy would see how amazing Lulu Spencer was and she was forget all about The Bodyguard who once had a crush on her.

"25?" Lulu asked "That seems a little young."

"You think?"

"How about fifty?" Lulu asked

Milo shook his head, no. "What? We'll be falling apart by then. And our memories will probably be shot. I doubt we'll even remember this conversation."

"True. Okay Thirty six then." Lulu said "When I'm thirty six."

Milo agreed "If no soul mate turns up for either of us then we get together."

"Deal. Eighteen years from today, if we are both single, we met up again and that's it. Me and you for life after that." Lulu said

"You willing to decide all that right now? With a guy you barely know?"

"Like it is really going to come to that! You'll probably be married with six kids by then. But if not..." Lulu said

Milo thought for a moment, "Where should we meet?"

"Kelly's. I am sure it will still be there. In fact, if I don't pick a major soon, I may end up running the place."

"You got yourself a deal, Lulu."

She said, "But if you meet your soul mate don't wait on me..."

Milo shrugged.

"What does that mean? You weaseling out of our deal already" Lulu asked

"Course not. But maybe I wouldn't mind waiting on someone like you." he said

"Someone like me?" she asked, noting the sweet way he said the words.

" Yeah, Lulu, to me someone like you is worth waiting for."

Lulu smiled and looked out the window.

IN THE CADILLAC, Spinelli was telling Jason and Carly how he escaped Alcazar's goons the night before.

"So I hear this dude say 'Tell me where the kid is or it's all over, old lady!' and I am like no way is anybody messing with my grams. So I unlock her gun case," turns out Grandma Spinelli is a card carrying member of the NRA " and take out the shot gun. When the goon comes busting into the bedroom I unload on him."

"And you are still alive," Carly said. "Amazing."

"I hit him on the first try." Spinelli said

Jason rolled his eyes.

"Okay, so it was in his foot," Spinelli admitted "That double barrel weighs a lot more than you would think. I started to drop the gun and it went off. But I got the job done. When that goon hit the ground,

crying like a little girl, I grabbed his gun and ran to save Grammy."

"And who was supposed to save you?" asked Carly

"Funny, Sunny Delight."

Jason grabbed his hand and crushed his fingers, "Last warning."

Spinelli jerked his hand away, "Okay, okay. Getting back to my story.

You should of saw Grammy wrestling with Alky's other goon. She looks elderly but she can pack a heck of a punch. I put the shotgun right up to his head and he started seeing things my way real quick. We tried him up and hit the road." Spinelli looked at Jason "You should think about hiring me. Then you wouldn't keep getting in these kind of messes."

"Damien, you will finish college and then become a podiatrist like we discussed." said his grandmother from behind the driver's seat "Is that understood?"

"I don't even like feet, Grammy! They creep me out. I don't want to work with feet all day."

"You will work with feet and like it," she ordered him.

In a tortured voice Jason asked, " How long till Memphis?"

"Another hour or so," said Grandma Spinelli

"Anyone have any aspirin?" he asked

Carly passed him some. "Your leg hurting again?"

"Yeah, among other things." Jason said, holding his head.

BACK IN PORT CHARLES, Ric and Alexis were in court. Alexis started to feel weak and resigned as Sam's lawyer. Ric dropped the charges.

Once everyone else left the court room, Alexis said to Ric, "You did that because you feel sorry for me."

"Why would I feel sorry for a tough Cassadine woman like you?" Ric asked "You could kick my ass."

"With one hand tied behind my back." Alexis said

"Exactly." Ric started to walk out.

Alexis called after him, "Hey."

"Yeah," he looked back.

"Thank you, Mr. Lansing."

"Anytime, Mrs. Lansing."

Alexis watched him leave,, with fantasies of beating the crap out of him warring in her mind with fantasies of him turning back into the man she fell in love with.

The Natasha side of her personality won out and, in her mind, she swung him around over her head like a WWE wrestler until he begged for mercy.