Chapter 7:
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They quickly pulled away. "Sorry." Sam said quickly.
"No you are fine." Nikolas answered as Courtney just turned around to face the water.
"Did you want me to go ahead and put Ethan to bed for you?" Sam asked him.
"If you want." Nikolas responded.
"I'll do it." Courtney replied as she began walking past Nikolas and Sam and inside.
"Listen Im really, really sorry. I didn't realize you know." Sam began to say.
"No its fine. To be perfectly honest it should not have happened." he said rubbing his hands over his face.
"So what time are we leaving tomorrow?" Sam asked him.
"About eight so be ready." Nikolas replied.
"I already am." She said walking beside him and looking out.
He just laughed. "You are going to like Port Charles." Nikolas said looking at her.
"Hey I would settle for B.F.E. if I had too. Any place is better then here." She said with a smile.
"B.F.E.?" Nikolas asked her.
"Bum fuck Egypt" Sam replied as he just laughed.
"I better go inside now." Nikolas said looking at her.
"Hey wait." Sam said as he stopped in his tracks.
"Yes?" Nikolas asked her.
"Never mind." Sam said as she turned around again.
"No what were you going to say?" Nikolas asked her.
"Its not important." Sam said walking past him and inside.
He watched her walk in and then took what happened before she walked out here.
He couldn't believe that he actually kissed her.
Okay maybe he could but what possessed him to do it?
He shook his head and walked back inside.
"Hey. Want to watch a movie with us?" Alexis asked him.
"Um no not tonight. Im kind of tired." Nikolas said looking at them and then walking up the steps.
"Okay Ms. Gossip. What is going on?" Alexis asked turning to her oldest daughter.
"Why do I know?" Sam asked her. "What makes you think I know?" she finished.
"Because if its juicy and gossip Samantha knows it." Sonny said putting his two cents into it as Alexis just looked at him.
"Sorry." He mouthed to her.
"I dont think it's my business to tell." Sam said looking around.
"Did he fire her!" Bernie asked with excitement.
"Nope." Sam said looking at him.
"Are you going to tell us or not?" Alexis said looking at her mother.
"Nope. The suspense is good you know that?" Sam asked as she got up and walked up the steps.
"There you go." he heard as he stood in the doorway and watched the girl he just kissed place his son in the crib.
He heard cooing noises and he knew his son was happy.
"You aren't sleepy yet are you?" Courtney asked looking down at him.
He just smiled up at her.
"How about I rock you and then maybe you'll get tired huh? Not that you didn't play enough today. You are like one big ball of energy!" She said as she lifted him up from the crib and carried him to the rocking chair.
This all brought a smile to his face as well as thoughts in his head.
"Whatcha thinking?" A voice said walking up behind him.
"Are you going to be like this once we get to Port Charles?" He asked her.
"Maybe." She replied as he smiled and shook his head.
"He really likes her doesn't he?" Sam asked quietly as they just watched Courtney rock Ethan.
"Yeah and the feeling is mutual there." Nikolas said looking down at her.
"So is your girlfriend this active in Ethan's life?" Sam asked him.
She could tell how his expression changed that it was a no regardless of what excuse he would come up with.
"She is a doctor so she doesn't get much time off. She's around kids all the time to begin with. She doesn't always play with him but some days she does." Nikolas answered.
"Yeah but she's not Courtney is she?" Sam asked him.
He just looked at her. "There are many differences between the two. Actually they are complete opposites but Courtney gets paid to do her job." Nikolas said looking down at her.
"True but Courtney doesn't have to do have the stuff she does for Ethan. She doesn't have to love him because its not her job but she does anyway because thats how she feels." Sam stated not looking at him.
"She doesn't have to consider you and Ethan the only family she really has either but thats also the way she feels." Sam said before patting him on the shoulder and walking away.
He walked over to her five minutes later.
"Hey." he said silently as she looked up at him.
"He's asleep. I was going to put him in ths crib in a few but I was looking at him and wondering how something so little could ever have a worry in the world." Courtney replied looking down at him.
"Yeah I know." Nikolas responded as Courtney got up and put him in his crib.
"Well I'll see you in the morning then?" Courtney asked him.
"Yeah. We leave about eight. I'll make sure you get up and Bernie isnt in your bed when you do." He said nodding his head.
She nodded her head back and began walking out the door.
"Night." He said before she left the room.
"Night." She replied before walking down the hall.
Did she regret the kiss they shared not that long ago?
He wondered as he sat down on the edge of the bed.
He had a feeling things were about to get complicated.
Very complicated once they got back to Port Charles.
The next morning they woke up and went to the air port.
"Excited?" Courtney asked Sam.
"Very!" Sam exclaimed as Courtney laughed.
"Okay so you speak a little different then Nikolas. Why?" Sam asked her.
"Im from Manhattan thats why." Courtney replied.
"Oh." Sam said. "Then why are you in Port Charles?" Sam was curious now.
"Long story short, my dad got tired of supporting me and when he did I was on vacation in Port Charles so I kind of got stranded here." Courtney said looking at her.
"What an ass. Have you heard from him? Do you have a boyfriend?" Sam was a nosey little thing.
"My dad. No I have not heard from him. My ex-boyfriend Patrick though has called me." She said.
"Is he cute?" Sam asked as Courtney laughed.
"Very but he's not boyfriend material." Courtney answered nodding her head yes.
"How long did you's date?" Sam continue to come with her million and one questions.
"About two years. Off and on sort of." Courtney said as Nikolas tried reading his paper but couldn't.
This was the first time she had talked about her ex boyfriend and he was curious.
"Oh. Why did you's break up?" She asked the blonde.
"Sam." Nikolas butted in.
"No its fine. We broke up because I was too self centered and he didn't want a girlfriend really he just wanted sex." Courtney responded.
"Ooo." Sam wasnt exactly sure how to reply to that one there.
The rest of the ride was small talk really.
No more thousands of questions with answers that follows.
The arrived in Port Charles and headed back to Wyndermere.
"This city is really pretty." Sam said looking at the other two adults.
"Yeah it is." Courtney said as they laughed.
"Oh god." Nikolas thought.
"What the hell did I get myself into? Two females in the same house?" He continue to think.
"Here we are." He said breaking out of his thoughts as the launch came to a complete stop.
"God Nikolas this place is huge!" Sam said stepping off.
"Its bigger inside. I got lost the first day I was here." Courtney said as Sam laughed.
"Are you serious?" Sam asked her.
"I still do occasionally. I just dont call hm because he still hasn't let me live down the last time I called him." Courtney finished as Sam and Nikolas just laughed.
They walked inside the living room.
"I thought I cut the light off before we left?" Nikolas said looking over at Courtney.
"You did." She replied back at him.
They heard footsteps coming from down the hallway.
"Shh." Nikolas said looking at them as he pushed Sam behind him and wrapped his arm around Courtney's waist since she was holding Ethan.
"Hey baby!" the person exclaimed as Sam knew who that was in an instant.
"Hey! What are you doing here?" he said kind of startled.
"Well you know you were coming back today and what not so I thought I would be good if we spent sometime together." Emily said.
"Who's this?" Emily finished as she just now noticed Sam.
"Sam this is Emily my girlfriend. Emily this is Sam my cousin." Nikolas said introducing the two lady's to each other.
"It's nice to meet you. So is she going to be watching Ethan for you now?" Emily asked.
"Im going to put the baby down for his nap." Courtney said interrupting her.
"Im coming with." Sam said following her.
"Why would Sam need to watch Ethan?" Nikolas asked her as he walked over to the desk.
"Well I thought maybe since you have family now your nanny." Emily said emphazing the word.
"Was going home." Emily finished.
"No. Courtney's staying. Sam is here to keep her company and to remand alive." Nikolas replied.
"They look best of friends." Emily said annoyed.
"I dont know. Im not them." Nikolas answered.
"Please tell me you did not come here to argue about who's Ethan's nanny is again." Nikolas replied looking at her getting pissed off.
"No but somehow she's been the center of all our arguments lately." Emily said looking at him.
"I dont have time for this." Nikolas responded looking at her.
"Im sorry baby." Emily said walking over to him.
"I missed you and I had all these thoughts in my head that you-" She stopped herself before she could continue.
"What?" Nikolas asked her.
"I just had a feeling that you were going to come home and not feel the same about me or" she began.
"Go ahead." He said edging her on to finish.
"Or you were going to cheat on me." Emily said looking up at him as her arms were now wrapped around his neck.
A silence came over the couple.
"You dont have anything to say to that?" Emily asked him.
"No." Nikolas simply answered.
She was shocked. "Did you?" She asked him.
"Did I what Emily? That could mean so many things." Nikolas stated looking at her.
"Do you still feel the same about me? Did you cheat on me while you were gone?" She asked him as he just looked at her.