Chapter Twenty-Two

The first episode of Everyday Heroes was to air this very night, Sam was a bundle of nerves, she had protested the fact that Lucky wanted to watch it, but finally gave in. It was odd for her because he actually looked like he was interested in what she was doing. Which reminded her, she had promised Lucky that she was going to talk to Amelia and see if there wasn't a job around the studio that he could do.

Lucky made popcorn and was just bringing it into the living room, when the beginning music began to play for the show. He sat next to Sam, taking her hand in his. "Don't worry so much, I know you will be great, trust me." Lucky said.

"Thanks for believing in me, it means a lot." Sam said honestly.

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Everywhere else, the people Sam had known for the past few years, friend and foe alike tuned in to watch her debut on television. The Quartermaine's sat in front of the TV. Jason was listening as the show's theme music played, but wasn't watching he was taking this time to spend with Cam and Alan.

Although Jason was holding Alan and whispering words of endearment and assurance that Liz was going to be okay, his eyes were constantly drawn towards Cameron. The little boy would spend minutes looking at Alan's chair, no one took a real interest in the boy's fondness of the chair, but to Jason it seemed so odd.

Monica had told Jason that Cameron wouldn't sit in it, he would just claim that it was grandpa's chair, not his. At first Monica thought it odd, but she was sure he had heard enough while being in the house, so she disregarded it like everyone else.

When Cam was done starring at the chair he would walk back over to Jason and plop into his lap, eliciting a shrill giggle at the funny way daddy's faced scrunched up.

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Jax was sitting with Michael and Morgan, waiting for Sam's show to come on, the boys had badgered him into watching it. They really liked Liz, Cam and Alan, but they had known Sam for quite sometime, so watching her on TV was "Way Cool!!!"

Jax looked towards Morgan, noticing that the boy had not made it. He slept with his chin resting on his chest, a small amount of drool descending from his lips. He contemplated getting up and putting the boy in his bed, but Michael looked so comfortable curled up next to him, that he just took the small pleasure that Michael was finally accepting his as another father figure.

He would never replace Sonny in their lives, but he did have hopes that one day they could see him not as an evil stepfather, but as someone who they could trust and confide in.

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Amelia sat in a hotel room about two hours outside of Port Charles. She couldn't afford the problems that were liable to come down upon her, once the real people in charge found out what she did with the show.

Also, incase the whole thing backfired, she wanted to be as far away from the mob boss and his enforcer as possible.

Four clips for the show had now been taped, so as a teaser, the first episode offered a hint of what was to come. Amelia had to smile to herself, they were never going to see this coming, everything had worked out perfectly.

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Molly was once again back in Alexis home. Ric had for once been intelligent, he had a Will saying that should anything happen to him, Alexis was to get full custody. It tugged at her heart strings some, but after everything they had been through, she could no longer claim blindness to the man she had married. He was dead, and speaking ill of the dead is taboo, but she couldn't be happier he was gone.

Finally feeling somewhat better after this round of chemo, Alexis waited to see what Sam had finally become. She felt guilty about not taking a more active role in her daughters life, but she couldn't fathom why she would jump out of one engagement and into a marriage with a completely different man. Some things that girl did baffled her.

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Carly sat beside Liz, speaking quietly, just so she wouldn't think she was alone. She had noticed Jason doing it and he had told her, that he did it, so that even if she was a sleep and perhaps not in the best dream. She could focus on his soothing voice to keep herself calm. While he really didn't know how much of a help it was, it was a help to him.

"You know Liz, you have to be alright, the doctors say you are doing well and that the surgery was a success, but now that you have managed to drag me into your weird world, well I have grown kind of fond of you, so the prospect of you not making it kinda freaks me out. Besides if you decided to up and die on all of us, mostly the boys and Jason, I would have to crossover just so I could kick your butt for leaving those precious boys without a mother and Jason without his soulmate. Got It, I will not rest if you leave us all, your afterlife would be forever haunted. And sure you could get logical and claim haunting a ghost would be stupid, but nonetheless, I would do, you know I would." Carly said, completely unaware that she was being watched.

"Whatever are you talking about Carly?" Liz asked, feeling slightly disoriented by the sight and ramblings of Carly.

"Liz, what are you trying to do, give me a heart attack?" Carly questioned, although the tone of her voice was light, no animosity present.

"What do you mean, you're the one talking to a sleeping person." Liz said, a smile briefly touching her lips. Whatever the doctors had given her, was working wonderfully, she hardly felt any pains at all, although she was sure that when they began to wear off, she wouldn't undoubtedly feel it all again. "Carly do you know where Jason is, I wanted to talk to him about the continuance, or if we even got one."

"You were granted a continuance, and while they contemplated taking Cameron and Alan out of your care and place them with someone until a later date, the judge granted leniency in your case, allowing the boys to stay with their grandmother, Monica, till the case was decided." Carly said, catching Liz up as much as she could.

"Why would the courts want to take my children out of our home, they are not hurt or in dang…" Liz said and then realized what she had just said. The judge did think her kids were in danger and that the possibility of her being a bad mother had some grounds. "Lucky!" She said with vehemence, "He did this didn't he, he found out I was mugged or something and is blaming Jason and the business. I cannot believe he would stoop so low, but then again, I can."

"Don't worry about it Liz, the boys are well cared for, Milo and Declan have temporarily moved into the Q mansion, keeping an extra close eye on the boys. Besides that, your boys have all the Q's there, Edward would lay his life down before he saw harm befall your children, the joys of you having Golden Boy's kids." Carly said with a laugh, her eyes sparkling with mischief, but now it was good natured prattle. Once she allowed herself to get to know Elizabeth, she found she couldn't help but like her.

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