You Can Be My Hero

Chapter Two

"Darcy!" Jane spoke softly, standing over her friend's bed and gently shaking her shoulder. "Darcy, wake up!"

The girl in question let out a throaty groan and burrowed herself further underneath of the covers and turning her back on Jane.

Jane rolled her eyes and flipped her dark, wet hair over a shoulder. "C'mon Darcy! Check out is at twelve and it's nine now!" She said, loudly as she jerked the blankets off of her friend causing her friend to roll onto her back and throw her a glare beneath squinted eyes.

"It's too early." Darcy groaned as she flipped onto her stomach and buried her face in the pillow. "Wake me up in like---an hour."

"No. You are going to get up so we can go down and get some of that continental breakfast and then you are coming back up here and are going to take a shower and get dressed. Now come on." Jane ordered, standing over the bed with her hands on her hips, watching as Darcy sat up, her hair in complete disarry.

"Fine!" Darcy hissed grumpily as she stood to her feet and stalked past Jane, wearing her striped knee high toe socks on her feet.

Jane just rolled her eyes and shook her head, staring down at her own clothing. She'd already taken a shower and gotten dressed while she'd waited in vain for her best friend to awaken.

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The two girls headed down for the breakfast that was basically just store bought danishes and pastries and muffins as well as a machine of juice and a pot of coffee and hot tea. After the small breakfast, they went back to the room so Darcy could shower and dress and so they could gather up their luggage and then they were back on the road once more. Music blasted from the speakers as Darcy moved her foot in time with the beat. "You know, you never did tell me why you decided to leave Toronto in the first place, Jane." She commented as she looked at her friend carefully. "I mean...you know why I decided to go with you but...."

Jane laughed bitterly and shook her head. "I doubt you would want to know why I decided on this road trip. It's pretty disgusting."

The girl in the passengers seat quirked a brow. "And my rape isn't?" She inquired, voice dripping with a slight anger.

Jane sighed. "Just trust me on this Darc. I'll tell you soon. Just....not now." She told her friend pleadingly.

Darcy looked at her friend carefully, suspicious eyes taking in the way her friend's hand clenched at the steering wheel, the way her shoulders slumped ever so slightly, the way her eyes darkened. Darcy knew then and there that it had to be bad so she nodded her head. "Okay fine." She told Jane before she reached out and wrapped cool fingers around Jane's. "But when you're ready to tell me, you know that I'll listen. I'm good at that."

The girl in the driver's seat turned her head and smiled softly, gratefully at her friend before she turned her attention back on the road.

And somehow, their friendship was made even stronger.

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Hours later and the two friends had finally arrived in Port Charles after what had seemed like forever.

"Thank God!" Darcy groaned softly as she lowered her small, bare feet to the floor of the car and slipped them back into her shoes. "Now all we need to do is find a hotel."

Jane chuckled as she pulled into a parking lot. "That shouldn't be a problem." She stated calmly.

Darcy looked up at the building that they had just parked infront of, wondering what her friend had mean. "The MetroCourt Hotel." She said aloud. Her lips set into a frown. "But....this place looks really fancy. Definitly fancier than a Days Inn." She commented doubtfully.

"We don't know that Darcy. Not until we get inside." Jane commented softly as she grabbed their suitcases.

"It's definitly more than we can afford." Darcy said dryly as she looked around the rather fancy looking lobby. She followed Jane up to the front desk.

An asian looking man stood there, typing things onto the computer infront of him and he looked up as soon as he saw them, a smile lighting up his face. "Hello. How can I help you?"

"We'd like to get a room please." Jane said, smiling softly.

"Two double beds or would you like seperate rooms?" He asked of them as he typed their information out onto the computer.

"One with two double beds." Jane replied carefully. She knew that she and Darcy had to be careful with how they spent their money in this town.

"That would be one hundred dollars." He told them, holding out his hand.

Both girls handed him a fifty and were handed their keys and headed torwards the elevator.

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They put up their luggage and then hurried back downstairs and out to the car to find a non-expensive place to eat, finally coming upon Kelly's diner.

They both looked around the crowded building. There weren't any seats available except up at the counter.

Jane took a seat beside a guy with messy brown hair and green eyes while Darcy took the other available seat beside a guy with brown eyes and short brown hair with a more muscular frame than the guy beside him.

The man beside Jane looked up and locked eyes with her curiously. "Hello." He said with a small smile on his face. "The Jackal doesn't believe that he's ever seen you before."

Jane smiled. This guy was unique. Something that she really liked. "You haven't. My friend and I just got here tonight. We are staying at the Metrocourt." She said, as she nodded her head to Darcy who already seemed to be in a deep conversation with the man beside her.

He nodded in understanding and then out out a pale hand. "I'm Damian Spinelli. Most call me Spinelli though. I don't exactly care too much for my first name." He stated with a slight frown. He could still recall getting picked on in school because he had the same name as the kid in The Omen.

"I'm Jane. Jane Vaughn." She said with a smile as she shook his hand. "That girl beside your friend is Darcy Edwards."

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Meanwhile, Darcy was in a deep conversation with Milo Giambetti.

"So...is there much around here to do?" She asked him lightly, giving him a wicked grin that caused him to gulp nervously and tug at his tie.

"There's an arcade and a bar with a pool table and dart board. We have a bowling alley and a movie theater and an arcade." Milo told her carefully.

Darcy's brown eyes lit up brightly. "An arcade?" She asked happily, grinning wonderfully. "There's an arcade here?"

At his nod, she laughed.

"Would you take me to it?" She asked him with a soft pout of her lips.

To be continued.....

Next Chapter Milo introduces himself to Jane and Spinelli introduces himself to Darcy. Darcy and Milo go to the arcade and Spinelli shows Jane around town.