Chapter 14
John woke up early, his mind on everything going on, but grateful that Georgie was finally sleeping through the night. Standing and stretching, he looked out the window and saw the streaks of color that announced the sun was soon to be rising.
Rubbing his chest, then his chin and feeling the prickly hairs on his face went to shower and shave before Georgie woke up. In the bathroom, he soon found his shaving kit and tossed it on the sink counter while making sure his clothes wouldn't get wet.
After a long hot shower in which his mind was kept busy going over all that had happened over the last few months, he soon was toweling off when he saw the basket under the counter. Kneeling next to what looked like a picnic basket, he couldn't help wondering why Georgie insisted on bringing it and had then placed it in the bathroom.
As he lifted the lid, his eyes widened, then slammed it close before lifting it mere inches before closing it again as his face flushed and other parts hardened. Hearing soft footsteps he quickly stood, his head narrowly avoiding the marble counter.
Georgie couldn't resist a quick giggle when she saw what he had been looking through. Her eyes traveled to his well defined shoulders that looked a bit dark compared to the whiteness of the hotel towel wrapped around his neck and the other one that was wrapped around his waist. "See something you like?"
Turning quickly, he looked at her then his eyes dropped as he couldn't look her in the face. Georgie swallowed her slight fear and said thickly trying to hid her attraction. "Or is it too weird?"
"No, but I feel a bit like you are experimenting and that I am merely the body you intend to use to facilitate all your fantasies." he said while he moved close enough to pull her into his arms. "Let me tell you, I am all yours whenever and wherever you want."
Georgie buried her head into his shoulder then muttered something he couldn't hear. "What was that?"
"I uh, I haven't actually really had any set fantasies, mainly you and me together, loving one another." she repeated a bit louder. With a heavy sigh, she continued. "I bought it when I first got to town. Remember when you yelled at me for being in the garage while wearing sandals?"
"If I had known, I would have locked us up in your studio and we would have never left." He said with a laugh even as he checked to make sure that the open area of the towel didn't show his hardening member.
"Yeah, right you were still going through your Hamlet complex. Remember?" she said with a raised eyebrow as Olivia's face flashed through her mind. Then unable to resist she added. "I am a bit worried, your taste in women has been a little suspect."
"Well I would say it has improved quite a bit." he said dipping his head low enough to give her a quick buss on the lips. "So, when do you plan to make me your living sex toy?"
Looking at the digital clock radio, she pretended to think about it then said "I would love to start now, unless you have other plans."
His heartbeat started to race, his body started to react and John found himself reaching for the basket at the same time as he knocked the phone off the hook so that no one could contact them. Backing her into the bedroom, he dropped the wicker basket on the bench at the foot of bed, while backing her onto it.
Georgie couldn't help laughing as with his hands spread out, he dropped down over her, his body mere inches away as he said "Do with me what you will."
Her hands moved to his shoulder, then she grabbed the ends of the the towel now dangling across her shoulder. Lifting her head, she gave him a quick passionate kiss, then her left hand slowly tugged the towel until it was now tossed on the bed to their side while noticing his growing erection starting to peek out from the hotel towel tied at his waist. "I think you are a bit overdressed."
Georgie lifted her hips just a bit, until their hips were rubbing against each other and said "Why don't you do something about that."
Moving off to the side, he laid down next to her, then laid down on his back and then tugged her over top of him. Georgie's knees tucked close to his waist, her heat settling on top of his growing erection.
Hearing his moan, she said teasing him. "If we want this to move any faster, you have to do something about all these clothes I am wearing. After all, weren't you were the one who asked me to wear something, anything to bed since it was slowly killing you."
She watched as his hands went to the hem of her small t-shirt and ruched it up as he slipped his hands underneath and cupped her breasts. "No bra?"
"No bra, also no panties." she offered up and watched as his eyes moved to her waist. When his hands started to massage her nipples, then tugged on them as they gelled into sharp points. "Well, what are you waiting on?"
"I am rather enjoying myself right now." he said loftily as he eased his head underneath the very thin t-shirt and nuzzled first one then the other point he had created. Georgie felt her body start to soften in preparation as her breath started to quicken.
Hearing him moaning a bit, she was getting ready to remove the shirt herself when she tensed at the quick and teasing tug before John's head popped back out and his hands yanked the shirt over her head as gently as he could.
Tossing the shirt across the room, John found himself admiring her smooth creamy white breasts that were inches away from his mouth. Licking his suddenly dry lips John couldn't wait to to taste her small pale pink nipples and found himself thrusting up in spite of trying to regain control.
Lifting his eyes to meet hers, Johnny pressed his lips against hers. Claiming her, wanting to possess her heart and soul. Deepening the kiss, he wrapped his arms around her, pulling Georgie down on top of his body, needing to feel skin against skin as even the towel at his waist slipped open and he was completely exposed in all his glory.
The delicious friction of her nipples against his skin, made him want more. Using his tongue to dive into her mouth, to explore her taste, John slid his hands down her body, cupping her rear, he moaned as he felt the wetness escaping from her through her pajama bottoms.
Georgie felt him straining to keep control as his hardness pressed against her, gasping as he ground her hips down, amazed at how wonderful it felt as John tightened his grip on her rear and she felt his tip pressing against her, in spite of the thin material. Moaning in want, she gripped his hips as she moved backwards so that she was now kneeling over him.
Getting a good view of his erection, she reached down and molded her hand around him as she teased and tormented him, knowing he would let her do whatever she wanted to and for as long as she could keep control. Georgie was enjoying his growing frustration when her whole world tilted as Johnny spin them around until her back was pinned to the bed.
His hands slipped between the silky material and her skin, then quickly divested her of her pajama bottoms and laid her back, watching as she stretched like her cat, exposing her body to his roving eyes.
He lifted back a bit, taking a good look at the woman lying on their bed, appreciating her loveliness, from her incredible breasts to her silky smooth and taut stomach and then down to her swollen and wet lower lips. Her face was flushed as he kissed her, his tongue thrusting into her mouth.
As they teased and taunted one another, both were getting breathless as the kisses became more urgent and demanding from each other. Tearing his lips away from her, he dragged them down her neck, then pressed an open mouthed kiss against pulse point.
Georgie arched her back in delight as he found a sensitive spot, one she hadn't known she had. When he gently bit her, the young woman moaned loudly missing the triumphant smile on his face before he returned to his journey down her body.
Clenching tightly at the sheet to keep from screaming, Georgie's body tensed as he feasted on her breasts. Flicking at her nipples with his tongue, John stopped long enough to circle the tip before returning to first one then other breast. Kissing the outer side of her left breast, he took a deep breath amused when she protested his stopping.
"Why did you stop?" she panted but didn't really need an answer as she saw his devilish grin as he returned to her nipples and claimed them quickly before flicking them once again with his tongue.
Georgie lifted her head off the pillow as she watched Johnny draw a wet trail from the valley between her now aching breasts down to her belly button then lifted his head to quickly press a kiss against her tattoo on her hip. He lifted his head once again, breathing in her scent quickly before pressing a kiss on her opposite hip and at the same time moved his arms under her thighs and parted them abruptly while dropping a quick kiss on her now parted wet nether lips.
John lifted his head long enough to meet Georgie's eyes before he rang his tongue down her slit relishing his first taste. As she started to squirm, he grasped her hips and held her steady as he strummed her clit and then gave her wet slit a quick lick. She moaned his name, he teased and tormented as her body quivered with need.
Now that he had control, John cradled her hips then eased his finger into her now dripping and pulsating spot.
Now begging for him to stop and yet not to stop, Georgie could feel the lust sweeping through her as he added a second finger to the one thrusting in and out then flicked her nub with his thumb sending her body into spasms as she tightened around him her body climaxing as she screamed out his name.
John didn't let her go, dipping his head to thrust his tongue deeper, not wanting to waste a single drop of her arousal. Georgie dug her hands into his hair as he continued to ravage her lower lips, sending her into orgasm after orgasm. Savoring her taste as she slowly came down from her high, John found he couldn't get enough of her as he felt his erection twitching from the need to bury himself deep inside of her. Pulling his head away from his feast to lay claim to her lips even as he made plans to possess her.
Without letting her move, John bent over then with the agile fingers that had given her such pleasure, he flipped open the lid on the picnic basket and grabbed a condom and ripped the packaging open. Rolling on the latex, John moved up, kissing Georgie yet again as he positioned his tip at her tight wet entrance. Thrusting inside her body, John moaned her name as he felt himself being squeezed from the remnants of her orgasm.
Georgie gasped as he sank into her, the hard fullness of him inside was setting off waves and waves of tiny flutters as she lifted her hips to meet his. When he drew back, then thrust again, then again, each thrust harder and faster their bodies meeting in perfect synchronicity.
Soon her long legs were wrapped around his undulating hips as his hand cupped her rear as they moved faster, sharper, both needing what they knew was going to be a spectacular collision of lust and love.
John felt her come, her body shuddering even as her body clenched tightly around him. Hearing her screaming his name, the Italian came hard, exploding deep within her. Shocked at the intensity, at the feelings of intimacy of what just had happened, John tightened his arms around her, whispering that he loved her.
"I love you too." she said still panting even as she pulled his head down into another kiss. John reluctantly pulled out of her, getting rid of the condom then quickly climbing back into their bed. Ten minutes later as they decided they were hungry for more than one another, ordering room service for two, he hung up the phone and said "They said it is going to be about twenty five minutes."
"Good, plenty of time for another round." she said moving to ease over top of him. Johnny laughed, then said "It will have to be a quick one."
"Oh, I think we can handle that." she with a smirk as she felt his body harden between her thighs...
Johnny was still feeling like electricity was flowing through his body as Georgie and he made their way down to the room that Jax had set up for the meeting. He felt his good feelings muted a bit when he saw that the older blond already in the room was watching the two of them with a clearly bewildered expression on her face.
Seeing Laura Spencer, all Georgie could think about was how she had been taunting Lulu. At the time she had believed Ethan/Lucky to only be the annoying girl's fake half brother, instead the man was Lulu's full blooded brother who thanks to Helena Cassadine's cruelty had been stolen from his family.
"Thank you for meeting us." said Elizabeth as Jason, Jax and she entered the room along with Luke who looked just as bad as his wife. "Luke, how is Lulu doing?"
As he ran his hands through his less than full head of hair, the silver haired man looked at the young woman who should want nothing to do with his family and said "She actually is doing better. Thank you for asking Dr. Cummings to attend to her. I have to agree that Dr. Winters needs help, she hasn't been fully aware of our family history and I think you are right, that not knowing was going to hurt Lulu's treatment."
"My daughter is floundering, she needs support right now, but with the death of Nicolas, it's going to be even worse." said Laura. Standing she found it hard to restrain herself but Luke said if she so much as mentioned Lucky's name without Elizabeth's doing so first, the brunette would more than likely bolt. "Carly, why are you here, it's not like you give a damn."
"Lulu and I have been growing close over the last few years. I was the one who came to you about the crush, remember Laura?" she asked stiffly. Carly had never liked Laura Spencer, but she did care about Lulu and she would stay and do what she could for her young cousin. "What does she need, what did the doctor tell you she needed?"
"Time, time and to actually face that she has done nothing wrong. That she didn't know he was Lucky. That it only went as far as feelings of love, that it might have been some part of her knowing he was his brother subconsciously." said Luke.
"John, I was wondering if you could possibly talk to her, she thinks that if men know the truth, they might find her lacking as a woman, to know that she had fallen in love with her b-br-brother. She cared for you, and you helped her before, please think about it." continued Spencer.
"Luke, no. I wish her well but Lulu tends to cling and I won't give her false hope." he said denying the man. "I think that my help would make things worse."
The older man had hoped, but clearly Johnny and Georgie were a couple and his daughter's past with Georgie was influencing his decision. With a sigh he said "Maybe I can find that Spinelli kid."
Georgie had kept quiet up to that point, then thought about it. "Luke, why not talk to Dillon. See if he is willing to help her."
Everyone in the room turned to stare at the girl at the center of the recent chaos in town and then when Laura started to protest her suggestion, Luke hushed her and thanked Georgie. "You're right, but before I contact him, does he know you are alive?"
"I don't know." she replied a bit shocked to figure out that she had no idea exactly who knew she was alive and who didn't. "I would contact Tracy and ask her. Either way, I still think that asking Dillon for help would be best."
Luke stepped into the hallway and made the call. In LA the blond haired man listened still in shock at the first words that Luke had said to him. As he let what the man was saying sink in, he asked "Has Georgie asked about me other than in regards to Lulu."
"No, she hasn't." Luke wasn't thrilled with the question but knew that the younger man would soon move past his shock. "She is dating that Zachara kid, she seems pretty wrapped up in him."
"What happened, who kidnapped her? Why didn't anyone let me know she is alive?" he asked stunned at all the information being thrown at him.
"It's a long story involving Alcazar, Lansing's father and Logan Hayes among others." he said with a heavy sigh and not wanting Dillon to blame Nik, he might not come to help Lulu if he knew her brother's part in the Jones girls disappearance.
"I will be home after the wrap up party." he told Luke. "I will do what I can, but Lulu had already moved on by the time I left town, so I am not sure what help I will be."
Back inside, Laura waited and waited for Elizabeth to ask about Lucky but she was talking softly to Jason Morgan, to Carly Jacks of all people and watching the young couple who seemed to be interested in only one another. Huffing a bit, she snapped "Don't you want to know about Lucky?"
A bit surprised at the harsh and plaintive tone, Carly said "Luke said he was getting treated at Shadybrook. That it is hard for him to wrap his mind around being Lucky not Ethan. That he has gained some of his memories, already."
"I wasn't talking to you." she snapped then glared at Elizabeth who was still holding Morgan's hand. "I was talking to you, how can you not be worried about the boy you once loved with everything in you."
"Laura... I am sorry for your sake but I was already over my feelings for Lucky years ago. I let obligation and trying to fix myself keep me in the fake Lucky's orbit way too long and my children suffered as a result. While I feel for Lucky, I let that boy go a very long time ago one night in Kelly's and I am okay with that." she said looking at the woman. "I think that this Lucky, this Lucky will understand."
"Well I don't." she snarled. "He needs your support, your love to help him..."
Elizabeth interrupted the woman. "Laura I have heard this all before and I have given up enough of my life to fix the mistakes created by Helena Cassadine and your family. I am not a Spencer, I am a Morgan. I am the mother of two darling little boys and am expecting a third child. I don't have time nor the guilt to deal with this. You are Lucky's family, you support him, because I refuse to prop him up with false promises for a relationship that died over ten years ago."
"Laura, enough." Luke entered the room after talking two people waiting outside and looked at his ex-wife and said feeling exhausted. "We discussed this, Elizabeth is married to Jason, even Lucky knows this and understands, why is it so hard for you?"
"He loved her." she said feeling like her heart was breaking on behalf of her son. "He needs her."
"No, no I don't." Luke had asked Lucky if he wanted to be here for this, he had said that Dr. Cummings would decide that for him. Apparently she had decided it was a good idea. "Elizabeth, while I was Ethan I have seen you, seen you twist yourself inside and out for others. I know that you moved on, of course you did. I wouldn't have wanted anything less for you. I came here today to apologize for what my family put your through and what my double put you through."
"Lucky, I am sorry for your sake what you lost, time wise, but..." she felt helpless because she saw the boy she knew in the man before her but at the same time she knew that if he had been around all these years, they would have ended years ago.
"Don't be. YOU, you did nothing wrong. I have seen you with Jason, the two of you are a set, a pair. My mother wants to act like I am still seventeen and that nothing has changed. Things changed, I have changed. Mom, you need to let this go. Lulu needs you to be strong."
Lucky looked at the girl he remembered but didn't recall loving and then at his mother who seemed determined to force him back into the life he had led years before. Things had changed, he had changed.
At the doorway, he looked back he saw Jason and Elizabeth holding hands and knew that he had to tell them what he remembered. "Hey, Morgan. Do you remember when I lived about your garage?"
Nodding because he didn't trust himself to say anything. Just the name Lucky was enough to send his blood pressure into orbit. Jason was shocked at what Lucky had to say. "Elizabeth would come there, you asked me why she avoided you, do you remember that."
Once again, Jason could only nod. Lucky gave a sigh then said "One of the first memories I got back the other day was what I thought before I told you she was simply shy instead telling you about her history. Were you aware that everyday at the same time, you would go and wash your hands free of the grease."
Pausing Lucky looked around, seeing his cousin wondering what was going on, seeing the others including his parents looking confused and Dr. Rae a bit worried at him he said with a slightly ironic chuckle. "I kinda thought you had a thing for my girlfriend, turns out you did. You just didn't know it yet. Elizabeth, you two fit together in ways we never did. I am happy for you."
Leaving he thought about Emily's sister Rebecca and their past together. He couldn't help wondering if he hadn't died, if he hadn't lost all that time, if maybe just maybe he would have ended up with the girl he had grown up with.
Back in the room, Laura was being helped out of her chair by Luke who seemed very concerned for her. Seeing Baldwin in the doorway and giving him a very somber and sharp nod, he asked Georgie if she had a few minutes, that Scott would only talk to her if she was okay with it.
Seeing Laura now talking to the lawyer, Elizabeth who came over as Georgie agreed to talk to Scott asked. "Luke, is Laura okay?"
"No, I wanted to commit her, but for once Baldwin is right, she needs to see this through or she will break permanently. I think what Lucky did today got through to her better than anything we could say. Morgan, take good care of Elizabeth."
The older man left, looking back from the doorway he watched as the three remaining men in the room embraced their loves and then looked down at his wife and felt a sadness at all they had lost. Their daughter was fighting to regain her sanity, their son was dealing with losing half his life and his ex-wife was well on her way to spending even more time in a locked room. Luke couldn't help wondering if that curse Helena had placed on them had finally won.
Scott Baldwin came inside, then asked to speak to Georgie alone but she said that she wanted Elizabeth to remain. "Fine, fine. I just wanted you to know. I spoke to Mac, talked to the agents. I know what my son did. I just don't know why he would go so far, break so many laws. Lulu Spencer could not be the reason."
"I don't know the why Scott, but Logan went over the edge." she replied having no answers to give the man. The attorney scowled when he saw his daughter in the hallway talking to Sonny Corinthos son, making plans to tell her that he wouldn't allow her to date the boy, he was stopped by Elizabeth who said "Maybe it is time to let old hatreds go. They can do no one any good. Michael is no more Sonny than Serena or Logan are you."
Starting to argue, he heard Laura arguing with Luke and knew that it was time to let the past go in more than just his children's lives. Still he gave the blond boy a glare which for which both his daughter and her pal Kristina childishly stuck their tongues out at him.
Michael in a way was grateful for the death looks, hopefully that meant the man was on his side and didn't want him dating his daughter. Not that Serena wasn't nice, because she was but the girl never stopped talking. It reminded him too much of his mother, who was coming his way. "Mom."
"When are you moving home?" she asked as she straightened the color on his shirt, then noticed how messy his hair was. She was starting to fix it when he moved further back out of her reach. Carly frowned at the movement even as she said. "Your brother misses you and I don't like not knowing where you are at night."
"Mom, I am almost seventeen. And I like living at the Quartermaines and you see me at the hotel all the time. Morgan and I spend more time together than we ever did before my coma." he pointed out. "Besides, you are getting ready to have another kid. You need to stop smothering me and acting like I am still five."
"She's your mother, she is going to always want to smother you to death." stated Jax who then frowned "Maybe we should rephrase that and say she is always going to want to know where you are and what you are up to."
"I know, I know." he said good-naturedly even as he laughed at the unintentional joke Jax told. "Look how she is about Uncle Jason and he is a grown man. Seriously mother, he is a grown man with kids of his own, he doesn't need another mother."
"I am his friend, not his mother." she snapped, she was not thrilled to even hear the suggestion she was that old.
"Well you act like his mother." her son tossed back then watched as Jason escorted Elizabeth out of the room without talking to them, he clearly had a lot on his mind. He saw his mother start after them and said "Where are you going?"
"To ask why he didn't say goodbye." she said rolling her eyes like it was obvious.
"Mom, that is what you do to your children, not your friends." he said. "Now, if you will excuse me, I have a job to do. Jax, why did you want me here?"
Jax thought about it for a moment then recalled what he needed to talk to the blond. "Oh, I remember. The woman that bought out Crimson returned it to me, I am bringing in an editor from London and was wondering if you want a job working there instead of the hotel?"
The idea of models and other lovely women at the teenager's eyes glittering in excitement as Jax gave a knowing chuckle and said "Yeah, I thought so. I can remember when I was your age."
"When do I start?" he promptly asked only for his stepfather to tell him at the beginning of the next week. Thanking Jax, he gave his mother a kiss on the cheek and told her. "I wouldn't point this out to you if I didn't love you."
"Go away." she ordered then called out to him. "No models, I swear if you start dating a model... I will not be a very happy woman."
Muttering about Brenda Barrett under her breath as she paced back and forth, she then looked at her husband and said "What did you do? Who is this woman you are bringing in?"
"Her name is Susanne and she is old enough to be my mother." he said enjoying her suspicousness. "By the way, Brenda is bringing her new baby and Jagger to town for her child's christening. She invited us to the ceremony."
"No way in hell." she said then dragged him off. Seeing that Jason and Elizabeth were gone, she decided she would talk to her best friend later about what she had overheard and went to seduce her husband and remind him he was married to her, not Brenda Barrett.
John sat in the now empty room, looking at Georgie who seemed a more relaxed. "Do you want to search for your friends? To let them know that it is safe now."
With a sigh, she lifted his hands that were tightly clasped in hers, kissing his knuckles in thanks she said "No, I will send a message to them, but they will be searching for new lives, I have to let them go, let them find peace."
"What now?" he asked. "What do you want to do? Stay here or go? But just so that you know, wherever you go, I go."
"I want to stay, for at least a while. I have to face my anger, my fears." she replied. "Do you mind staying in the studio with me, I know it is a little small, but it feels like home."
"Are you sure, after what happened there, then there is your cat." he didn't know what to say to her about her animal. He had a good idea what the cat had meant to her, should he suggest getting a replacement pet.
"Yes, the loss of Leo, it hurts." she said her voice hoarse as she thought about the death. "But it is more out of guilt. I took him in, promised to protect him. Yet, I can't run from it, I did that when we fled the compound. I fled from what I saw there, the deaths, the horrible way the other girls lost their lives while I was in the tunnels. I... some part of me... I can't help it, I can't help thinking I should have done more to save them."
"More than likely you would also be dead. Georgie, you got justice of a sorts for them. You did what you could to honor their lives." he said gently as he stared at her hands. "My sister, her death was sad but I am well aware that she did terrible things, she was responsible for Michael being shot."
"I still loved her, she was still my sister no matter what." he said awkwardly trying to bring it around to her sister. He was not sure that she would ever be whole until she faced Maxie. "I guess what I am trying to say is maybe you need to talk to Maxie. Scream at her, slap her if you need to. I just think you need to deal with her."
Her hands shaking, Georgie let go of his and placed them flat on the conference table then looked at his face. "I know, I am going to. I think I need to do this today, but I can't have you there, I can't do this if you are there."
Feeling hurt a bit, then he saw her face and said "Georgie, I would never hold it against you. I know that your sister's actions cost you a lot, and I am not just talking about what happened in regards to Logan Hayes and his sick plan. I am talking about your whole life. I think you both need it."
"Do you want to call and meet her?" he asked.
"Not really but I am going to head over to the house, talk to her there. Deal with her without giving her a warning, without giving her time to get her barriers up, her lies polished." she said with a sigh. Taking his cell phone which he was offering she called her father. "Where is Maxie?"
"At her apartment, she is having to clear it out since Lulu isn't capable." he said with a sigh. "She is looking for a roommate."
"I need to talk to her, but it can't be there. Do you think you can ask her to stop over to the house later?" she didn't want to involve her father but knew that she wasn't up to seeing her sister in the space she had shared with the girl who had set out to ruin her life.
Mac agreed, then hung up to call her sister then made another call to Robin.
"Uncle Mac, this has been long needed. I will come over, stick around, but if you are there, I don't think that Georgie can just be honest, she will try to protect your feelings." she admitted. "I already heard from Maxie that Frisco took Spinelli away."
Maxie was humming the tune on her iPod as she entered her family home. Setting her bag down on the table, she pulled out the ear buds and turned off her music. Turning around, she was shocked to see Georgie then said "Did dad call you too?"
"No, I called him, asked him to arrange this meeting. Sit down Maxie." she ordered. Frowning a bit, but just grateful her sister was talking to her, Maxie was soon on the sofa. "Good. Maxie don't even make the mistake of thinking I am here because I forgive you, I don't."
"Then why am I here?" she asked starting to stand only for Georgie to move in and push her back on to the sofa. Maxie felt a strange sense of panic at the hard look in her sister's eyes. "What is up with you?"
"I wanted to talk to you, to tell you a few things. Maxie, you are one of the most selfish people I have ever met in my life. I do love you, but honestly I have no respect for you, no trust and I seriously can't help thinking I hate you." Seeing her sister tearing up, she sighed then said "I won't feel guilty because you shed a few tears. I can't because you never learn, you never grow. I mean, not going into the mess you created with Elizabeth and Lucky, you are still a complete screw up."
"I am not a screw up. Since I lost you, I have grown or at least I was until that woman got me fired from Crimson, then there was Spinelli. I was planning on marrying him." Georgie snickered, she just couldn't believe what her sister was saying. "Stop, just stop, don't you understand, to honor you, I made changes. I did things differently."
"No, no you didn't. You were still mean and selfish to anyone you didn't need something from. Maxie, this isn't what I brought you here for. I have something for you. You are going to watch this." she said. Taking out the CD, she put it into the DVR and hit the play key.
"Georgie, they run this crap all the time on the news." she said rolling her eyes. "Why am I watching this?"
"This, THIS is what almost happened to me. This is what you were fantasizing about." she said hitting rewind and then play. "Do you get that there is something wrong with you, if you want this to happen to you."
"Why can't you get that it was a fantasy, I didn't want to ACTUALLY be sold." she snapped at her sister. "What Logan did, I didn't cause that. He did, he got this idea in his sick mind."
"Maxie, while you are right, that he was the one who actually kidnapped me, I can't bear to look at you, to think about you wanting someone to even play at doing this to you." she cried out. "You, you don't seem to get what I am so angry with you."
Standing, Maxie glared at her sister and said "You are right, I don't. I don't get why you are angry with me, with your sister. Yet you are all forgiving of others."
"No, that is you, you are the one acting best buds with the bitch that tried to ruin my life, who did ruin my marriage. You, you are the one who made the whole mess worse with your behavior, your bet with Logan, yet you moved in with her, were hanging out with her, how could you, Maxie, how could you?"
Georgie spat out, then continued. "But then that is the story of my life. You screw yours up, you fuck things up and I am the one who pays. You have sex on the internet, I am the one who had to deal with the fallout at school, the snickers, the sideways looks. You trade Lucky Spencer drugs for sex, fake getting pregnant and lie and cheat. I am the one who deals with the nonsense."
"I didn't ask you to protect me, I never wanted you to." called out Maxie.
"No, you never ask, you just create messes and I get stuck dealing with it, because if I don't deal with it, it makes my life a living hell. But you never once, I repeat never once think before you act, before you lie. My entire life has been spent cleaning up your messes."
"Fine, then leave, go live your dream life, with John Zachara. A man that before you died you would have scorned for who his father was. Doesn't that make you a hypocrite?" she sneered at her sister. "Seriously, you stand there acting like you were the golden child when you were as big a screw up as I was. What about your marriage? Or did you forget that?"
"No, I didn't. I am just saying that my worst screw up isn't as bad as your smallest mess. As for John, I now look at a lot of things differently. Maxie, I own a gun, I know how to shoot it. I know how to kill someone with a knife. I know how to do all sort of things I shouldn't, but I have Logan and you to thank for that." she said smugly thinking about her long morning.
"Let me guess, you learned how to be a bitch and that you can turn on your family?" she snapped.
"No, sister dear, that you taught me." she sneered then said "Maxie, I just wanted to face you, try to get over my anger at your part in my kidnapping. But in the end, you are still my sister, at some point I am going to get past this. But I did decide that while we may still be sisters, we will never be friends."
With that Georgie walked to the door then looked at her sister who was sitting there shell shocked and felt some regret at the pain she was causing Maxie, but she wanted her sister to make a real move towards changing. Someday, someday she truly hoped that Maxie and she could get back what they once had, but right then and there, no, there wasn't a chance.
Arriving back at the studio, she saw John talking to her father and to her mom who had let her know she was heading home to the ranch. "Mom."
"Georgie." she said as she started to head over to her little girl. Georgie hesitated then returned the hug that the blond was giving her. "I know that you are not ready for this, but I just need to hold you, to know that you are really, really going to be fine. I really was hoping you could come to Texas and stay with me there."
"Mom, I am remaining in Port Charles. With John." she said her eyes meeting his over her shoulders. "Well, except for maybe a few trips before school starts. There are a few places I want to see."
"I do want to show you some of my favorite sites in Europe." said Johnny. "Besides, you have to find out what is happening with that snotty school you got into."
"Snotty?" she said with a raised eyebrow. "Seriously, from a man who eats his bunny from the feet up?"
Mac watched as the mobster blushed then pulled his daughter into his arms then kissed her on the nose. Feeling like a third wheel, he slowly got Felicia out of there. In the hallway, he looked at his ex-wife then said "Can't you stay in town?"
"No, I need to get back to work. Mac, take care of our girls." she said then asked "What are you going to do about his job? About what he does with Morgan?"
Mac looked at her, then said "I just got my daughter back. I am going to hope and pray that things change, if they don't. I will do my job and hope that Georgie understands." he said as they left the building.
Upstairs, Georgie was sitting on the floor by where Leo had been found. Wiping the tears, she leaned against John and said "Do you think Jason would mind if we got out of here for a couple of weeks?"
"I know he wouldn't." he said kissing her brow. Taking out his phone, he called the man in at home and let him know what was going on. Turning down the offer of the jet, he looked at Georgie and said "Pack light, we can buy what we need as we travel."
Robin who had come down the stairs after Georgie left, held Maxie while she cried. "It's going to be fine. You both need to deal with the anger, the resentment and Maxie, maybe you need to talk to someone. You also need to think about this, who is Maxie and what does she want from her life?"
Two months later, Johnny and Georgie were coming off the jet and heard her name being shouted. Turning to see Robin and Patrick along with their little girl, she quickly hugged her cousin and as they talking over one another trying to give and get the news, John looked at Drake. "May I?"
A bit shocked at the mobster taking the little girl, he watched as Emma reached for his lips and peeled them open. "Aaaahhhh!"
The button nosed little girl giggled then reached for her mother. Robin took her little girl then took a breath long enough for Patrick to explain that his brother had just flown out to join their father in Africa. "Does anyone know you are home?"
"Just Jason and Elizabeth, we asked them to keep it quiet." said John as they went to get their luggage. Robin looked at Georgie then said "Has Elizabeth talked to you about Maxie?"
"No, we just left them a message about being back, nothing more. Why, what has she done now?" she asked a bit tired.
"She uh, she is involved with that artist Franco. She is his muse." said Robin. "She got her job back at Crimson but her new boss is pretty tough, she doesn't get away with the stuff she did with Kate Howard."
"Good, I hope she is happy now." she replied then after directing the men who met them which was their luggage, she looked at Robin and said "What is it? You look a bit tired?"
"Nothing much, an ex-girl friend of Patrick's came to town, tried to cause some trouble, but she soon go the message. However, she moved into the empty spot at Maxie's apartment. It was pretty tense for a while. Lulu is home, she is doing a lot better. But her fire, her Spencer stubbornness, it's gone. She seems broken."
"I am sorry, for her sake." replied Georgie. "I thought I heard she was dating some friend of Michael's?"
"Sonny's son, Dante. She was but his ex-girlfriend, your old friend Brooklynn came to town. They are now living together, Lulu didn't take it well. Lucky is still getting treated." she said as they came to the limo. "I guess, I will see you later."
"Do you have time for lunch tomorrow?" asked Georgie looking at Johnny as he watched the guards load their luggage. "Johnny has meeting with Jason all day so I am going to free after visiting with dad."
"Kelly's?" she asked then went to take Emma to their car. Johnny meanwhile joined Georgie in the back of the limo and pulled her close. "Are you okay? I know you wanted to tell her."
"Yes, I do wish I could tell her but I know that you need to talk to Jason first. I also have to deal with finding us a new place to live. I do want to keep the studio though." she replied as he lifted her onto his lap and rested his hand on her stomach. "Are you sure you aren't upset about this?"
With a small smile, he said "No, I love this, besides this way I get to spoil you and you can't fight me on it."
Pulling his head down into a kiss, she was about to lift her leg over his when the limo came to a stop. Whispering she asked. "Do you think we could ask them to drive us around town, and we can come back later."
Groaning as the door was opened, he gave her a quick kiss and whispered "I promise to make it up to you."
"You had better." she warned then took the guard's hand as she left the car. John followed, pulled her back into his arms and kissed her. "Unless you have changed your mind, get back in that car and get your meeting over."
With yet another kiss, he smirked at her hot and bothered expression and warned the guard to protect her with his life. Back in the limo, he felt his smile fade as the driver took him to the meeting.
"Morgan, what is going on?" he asked as he walked into the warehouse.
"That CD Sam made, we were looking at it, finally. You need to see this." he said then had Cody hit play. Watching as his father discussed killing his sister, John swore when he saw the man talking to him. "Yeah, that was Raynor's partner."
"I need to go and see him." he said grimly. "Any trouble from Spencer?"
"No, strangely enough, Spencer has been staying away. He went to Ireland, met a girl and so far has left us alone. His father went after Helena again. She is on the warpath still. At least she left Spencer alone." He said "Alexis has been handling things."
"How Michael?" he asked not sure if mentioning the boy was a good idea.
"He has had a few bumps. A stripper tried to get her hooks into him, but actually Kristina teamed up with Carly to get rid of her." he said thinking on how Carly had been shocked when her son had compared Carly to this Abby. It had caused a rift between mother and son for the last month. "He wasn't happy to learn they were right, as for business, he is doing fine working for Jax. Then there is Dante, Sonny's unknown son, he has been great with him."
Johnny called Diane to make sure his father was allowed visitors then went to Pentonville. Spending almost an hour listening to his father's usual rant, he then asked "What do you know about a dirty FBI agent mixed up in white slavery?"
"Nothing and why do you want to know?" he asked suspiciously.
"Did you know what Trevor was up to?" he asked feeling sick as he thought about what Georgie had gone through.
"No, that brings down the heat too quickly." said Anthony who then frowned when John explained what he knew. "Dammit, it is hard to find good help these days. Besides, when are you going to get me out of here?"
"Never. I have a new life, you are not going to have any part of it." Johnny stood and walked to the locked door.
Anthony cackled then said "Yeah, you and that little girl you are seeing, does she know what you have been doing. Do you really think now that you are back she will stick around, after all her father is going to go after you."
Johnny looked at his father then said "Someday soon, you are going to end up dead. When that happens, I won't mourn you, hell I won't bother to bury you, you are going to end up in potter's field buried in a pine box."
Leaving he made the call, then told the driver to take him to meet Georgie.
Georgie and Robin were talking to Elizabeth when Michael, Brooklynn and a dark haired man entered Kelly's. "Hi, long time no see."
"Brook." Georgie stood and hugged her old friend, was introduced to Dante Falconari and greeted Michael. "Is Serena still bothering you?"
Blushing, Michael said "No, she is seeing someone, are you home for good?"
"Yes, we are. I am looking for a house for us." she said then saw Brook's frown that quickly disappeared. "Dante, may I borrow my friend for a few minutes?"
The two men went to the counter while Georgie drew Brook outside. Asking the dark haired girl, Georgie wasn't sure what her response would be "How are you, really?"
"Fine, things are fine." she said defensively then like she couldn't help herself Brook asked. "What about Dillon, you didn't even stick around long enough for him to see you before you fled to Europe with that rich mobster of yours. You know, the same man that was having sex with a woman old enough to be his mother, seriously, I mean yuck, Georgie."
"Brook, Dillon and I were done long before I was thought dead. And as for Johnny, that was his past, like Dillon was mine. You should know, we are planning on getting married, we are planning a future together." Georgie saw the way the dark haired girls eyes widened and said "What is up with you?"
Sighing, Brook said "I just don't know you, I feel like you couldn't be bothered to let your friends know you were alive, you run off without giving us a chase to see you. Then look at you, Georgie, look at how you are dressed."
Georgie looked down, she was wearing a simple summer dress with two inch heels then at her friend who was still dressed like she had in high school, maybe a bit more New Jersey shorish. "What is wrong with what I am wearing."
"You look like... I don't know, like one of those debutantes, the type of girl that my grandmother wants for Dillon. What happened to you?" she asked plaintively.
"I grew up. Seriously Brook. I have a job working for the foundation that the woman who saved me set up before she disappeared. I have a career and I just spent a month shopping in Europe. If you will excuse me, I have to return to finish lunch with Robin and Elizabeth."
Inside, feeling a bit out of sorts, Georgie counted to ten, trying to control the nausea, knowing that Johnny wanted to tell everyone at once. "Excuse me, I have to get out of here."
Elizabeth who was a lot farther along knew that look and told Robin she was going to drive Georgie over to the warehouse then in the car pulled out the box of animal crackers. "Here, trust me, these help."
Stunned, Georgie asked. "How did you know?"
"It's subtle but when you were talking to Brook, you instinctively protected your stomach, the way your face looked when Robin ordered the liver and then there is the nice green tinge to your skin." she said then pulled out one of the water bottles.
Driving to the other side of town, Georgie asked her to stop when she saw that the Outback was gone. Elizabeth told her that Mac had it torn down then sold the property to Jason. "He also tore out the flowers at the house, like you requested."
"He told me about the flowers, yet never mentioned this." she said hesitating before telling Elizabeth. "We haven't told anyone, we are waiting until the party tonight. I still can't believe how friendly Carly was when we hired the small ballroom."
"She has been a bit different since the night Cameron almost died." Elizabeth said "She has also been rather supportive of Lucky. That surprised me. Michael has been giving her a bit or trouble mainly because he calls her on her crap. I truly think that this time, she is going to be happy with Jax. Sonny's death...it made a difference. It shook her."
"Sonny dying, that still surprised me. I know about Claudia, Johnny told me what happened, how it all happened." said Georgie a bit shocked still at all he had told her. "I was worried about him, but we worked it out, we spent a couple of weeks at Lake Coma. That was where I found out I was pregnant."
"Do you know how far along you are?" asked Elizabeth as they finally arrived at the warehouse.
"I know exactly." she said drily. "The very first time, in spite of condoms."
"Were they Enduros?" asked Elizabeth sarcastically while giving Georgie a smile that had her laughing in spite of how they had made her life miserable all those years before.
"No, the second one broke." she said her face hidden as she suddenly laughed yet again as she remembered the urgency that had been accelerated that round. "Elizabeth, from the moment I met him, some part of me was attracted to him. But then, I couldn't deal with things. I was too worried about what others thought. Who knows, maybe I would have stood up to Lulu and chased him back then if I was more assertive."
"I understand, trust me, if anyone does, I do." said Elizabeth then looking at Georgie asked. "What about your sister, Maxie is working on changing, at least she isn't automatically scowling at people anymore."
"I know that if we stay, I am going to have to deal but for now, for now I am going to worry about things I need to, my sister and our relationship will require more work than I have the energy to give right now." she said then saw her fiancee coming out the main doors with Jason.
After a few minutes during which she whispered to Johnny that Elizabeth had figured out, Jason told them that they would see them later at the hotel. "And John, think about what I suggested."
As the young couple headed back to the hotel to get ready for their evening, Johnny explained about Jason's offer. "With my father dead, I have no worries about us moving home, but we still have to talk to your father."
As they exited the limo and crossed the lobby, Georgie thought about this offer to move into the Towers and said "I appreciate the idea, but John, I would prefer we wait until we find a house, with a yard and room to grow. Those penthouses almost seem to be plagued with sadness and despair."
"It would only be a temporary spot, until we find a house. I just worry about you walking up those steps to the studio." he explained as she slid the key card across the reader before letting themselves into the room.
Resting her head on his shoulder, Georgie said "I get that, but there is just something about those penthouses, I can't even stomach the idea of living there. If your father isn't a threat, I would... I would prefer to live elsewhere, even if its this hotel for now."
John shelved the discussion for now, knowing that they had to get into their dress clothes, seeing Georgie wink at him, then point out that they had almost ninety minutes before heading to the party. "You are playing with fire." he warned as he started to unbutton his shirt.
"You made a promise earlier, I just want you to fulfill it." she said as she backed her way into the bedroom while kicking off her shoes and reaching for the zipper on her dress. Seeing him toe his own shoes off, she laughed, turned and rushed towards the bedroom only to be caught around the waist and lifted and then tossed down on the bed.
Leaning over her, he kissed her then pressed his lower body onto her and said "Then I guess I had better fulfill my promise."
Christmas 2010
Georgie was placing the last present under the tree when she heard her little girl crying. Turning to the small playpen, she saw that Tabitha was wide away and wanting out. Lifting her dark haired little girl, she couldn't help asked. "Are you wanting Santa, is that why you are so upset?"
As her husband entered the room removing his winter coat, he said. "No, that sounds like her mommy, not our sweet little innocent baby."
Taking her from Georgie, John couldn't resist breathing in the lavender and oatmeal that their almost six month old always smelt like and tightening his arms around her before kissing his wife. "How was your day?"
"Fine, I was at the hospital preparing for the party tonight." she replied while laying a blanket on the floor so that Johnny could lie Tabby on it. "By the way, your ex-girlfriend was there."
"Which one?" he asked as they sat down on the couch watching the tree lights and their daughter.
"Olivia, she came to see Brook and Dante." replied Georgie. "They were in town visiting Tracy. I can't believe she is still going to marry Luke. I mean seriously how many times is she going to let him run off and then return."
"To be fair, he has been spending a lot of time with his son in Ireland and with Lulu in Paris." he felt the need to point out. Luke Spencer was a piece of work, but as long as he kept his family out of Port Charles, John had no problem with him.
"I heard that Lucky contacted Elizabeth the other day, to actually apologize for what the fake Lucky did when they found out who he was." she told him. "Did Jason tell you?"
"Yes, I can't even imagine what the Cassadine family was thinking. I just am glad they are gone."
"Except for Alexis and I really doubt she is going to suddenly start having delusions of grandeur. Are you ready for tonight." she asked a bit worried. Jason and he didn't like Franco, the artist who was still with Maxie, none of them did really. He was too weird, too out there but so far he had been Maxie's longest relationship to date. She had made an attempt to locate Spinelli only to be warned off by the WSB, her own father and even the head of the agency.
"I am as ready as I will ever be. Your dad is still pretty upset about the explosion." That was an understatement, Mac had been convinced that John and Jason were not out like they had been claiming. It had been a tense few months, until the fire inspector had found that the fire really had been the result of faulty wiring in one of the latte machines.
That night after a dinner at which yet another truce was declared between warring fractions, Georgie watched as Johnny read a story to Tabby while Georgie opened the envelope she had received earlier that night.
At midnight unable to sleep, Georgie opened the note she had gotten earlier that day from Emira. Reading it, she gave a soft smile at the news that the few women who had escaped were now all accounted for and happy, that their savior herself was if not happy at least accepting of life.
The small country she had been born it was now in the middle of an uprising and the ruling family had fled to Switzerland. When the US government had swept the mess created by two of their own agents under the carpet, she had worked tirelessly on the International front to help the woman she knew were still enslaved around the world, giving her a purpose in life.
Getting to the part where she wished Georgie's family a happy holidays and hoped she had a good life, Georgie wiped a tear, wishing she had done more to shine a light on things, but then walking down the hallway heard her little girl turning over in her crib and knew that her life, her future were now centered on the man she had found happiness with, her daughter who was a living breathing symbol of that love and in this town, Port Charles had a lot of secrets and darkness over the years, but lately she had to admit, she could see the dawn rising, and knew that the future was going to be a bright and shining one.