AN: Thanks for the reviews guys, they were great! Um yea I am ALL about subtracting the mob from the show, it is SOOO not interesting. It was interesting in the 90's. You cannot have this many years full of mob stuff, The Sopranos lasted for 86 episodes. Less than 86 hours and they had GOOD (logical) writers. GH over a decade! Of course even if they offed the mob stuff, I am not watching again for a long time. I am VERY bitter.

Story: We don't really see characters being normal. We need a lazy day. So obviously it feels OOC for Jason, but whatever he can adapt by now. This is basically dialogue between characters. Hope it isn't too annoying.

Part Eight

-o-o-o-The Q's-o-o-o-o-

She was walking down the stairs as Jason was let into the house by Alice. "Please tell me you feel as horrible as I do."

He laughed, "I don't think I drank as much as you."

She whimpered. "You haven't heard Charlie today. My hangover seriously only started when I walked into the house to hear him screaming."

"Why was he screaming?"

"He's five and a boy?" she shrugged. "He has a friend over until noon, hang out with me?"

"You don't want to hang out with them?" He goaded.

"Ugh," she groaned at him.

"What time did you get home?" He asked following her into the living room.

"7. I forgot to set my alarm."

"He was yelling at 7?"

"I seriously thought my head was going to explode."

"You need a drink," he headed towards the living room.

"No seriously, I think I'd die-"

"You'll feel better," he said stepping back and pulling her with him when she didn't follow.

-o-o-o-

"No, no you're cheating," Brenda's loud declaration greeted the Spencer family as they walked in the door.

"How am I cheating Brenda?" There was a chuckle tinting Jason's words.

"You're smiling, you totally cheated, Luke?"

"She's right you cheated," Luke adamantly declared.

"Your face is in a pillow," Jason pointed out, still amused.

"What's going on in here?" Lucky asked with a smile walking into the living room. Brenda, Jason and Charlie were on the floor, surrounding a board game, plates nearby and Luke was face down on the sofa.

"Sunday brunch," Luke called out as he pushed up.

"It's Saturday," Liz frowned.

"Point is I haven't seen this much bacon in four years and we're on our third bottle of champagne. The grownups are away and the kids are having a party."

"I had chocolate chip pancakes for lunch, with whipped cream," Charlie boasted the news to his friends.

"We had sandwiches," Cameron frowned up at his father.

"Yea those do seem kind of lame now, don't they?"

"We should go out for chili dogs," Luke said pushing himself up. "Ugh," he blanched and held his stomach. "I'll be fine in a minute."

"So 3 bottles of champagne?" Liz questioned walking a little further into the room, noticing the juice filled highball glasses.

Brenda looked down, "Flutes were too small, they were becoming time consuming and Jason felt like a girl drinking-"

"When did I say that?" He cut her off.

Brenda forgot all about Liz and once more focused on Jason, "When you asked if you really had to drink it?"

"It's a mimosa," he explained because truly that was self-explanatory, even to him.

"You drink orange juice," she shook her head at him.

"It wasn't bad champagne either," Luke smirked.

"So drinks? Food?" Brenda slightly weaved even though she was seated.

"I think we're good," Lucky nodded slowly. This was odd even for their family.

"Sure?" Brenda got that belligerent look in her eye, similar to Robin trying to bet the house.

"Yea," Liz eagerly nodded with a smile, "we were just on our way over to Wyndemere and we thought we'd see if Charlie would like to go."

"Can I?" Charlie turned to his mother enthusiastically.

"But Jason and I were playing a game with you," she pouted.

"You two won't stop fighting."

"We aren't-" their voices overlapped each other.

"We were talking," Brenda countered.

"A lot," Jason rolled his eyes.

"Spanky and I talk like that," Luke gave a knowing nod.

"And I'm going to be sick," Lucky muttered.

Brenda stopped glaring at Luke, to wistfully stare at her son, "So you don't want to hang out with us?"

"You two play with each other," Charlie crinkled his nose as he stood.

Luke snorted.

"Shut up Luke," Brenda sing songed, trying to hide her attitude from her son.

"How does your boyfriend feel about you and-"

"Luke," Brenda snapped a little too slowly.

"Boyfriend?" Charlie turned back to his mother.

Brenda's mouth opened and then shut.

"It's not the bird guy is it?"

She rolled her eyes, "No the bird guy is still in New York. Let's go get your crap, I mean stuff," she said pushing up.

"So yea," Lucky said after a moment of silence and a nod of his head as the room had completely settled into awkward silence, "how was the rest of last night?"

-o-o-o-Wyndemere-o-o-o-

"Are you jealous of Jason and Brenda?" Lucky cornered his wife once they were finally alone. Alfred and the nanny keeping a watchful eye on the boys.

"What?" Liz shook her head vehemently, "No of course not."

"Then why have you barely spoken this afternoon?"

She held his gaze for the first time in hours, her perfect sweet Lucky. The boy she'd been in love with since she was just a girl. The boy she forgave and who always forgave her. She was hurt by Jason replacing her and Jake with a new family, but she was disgusted by herself and how Lucky looked at her. She and Nikolas, were done, over, never again. "I just don't know if she's the best influence on our boys, maybe they shouldn't be spending so much time with Charlie."

"Why? Because she had a few mimosas with brunch?"

"Did you see her last night?"

"She was out with her friends; it wasn't like she was driving."

"And what about today? She was drinking with Charlie around."

"At their house." He stopped himself from pointing out his parents had drank with him around plenty of times, Luke never made for a strong argument.

"What if Charlie had an accident and needed to go to the hospital?"

He couldn't help, but laugh, "I think there was a ratio of 3 servants to-"

"Lucky, it just isn't appropriate," she stopped him, wishing she could stop this discussion because she knew she was clutching at straws.

"Brenda's a great mom, Liz, the boys have a lot of fun hanging out with her and Charlie. What Brenda, Jason and my dad do when they aren't expecting visitors is their business not ours."

"Fine Lucky," she shook her head, "can we just drop it?"

"Does this mean you don't want to see the movie with them on Wednesday, even Nikolas said he'd come with-"

"Are you trying to set Nikolas up with her because you can't date her yourself?" She asked in annoyance.

"I can't believe you'd even ask me that."

"Have you seen your track record?" She shook her head, suddenly convincing herself that she was right. She wasn't having these feelings because of Nikolas or Jason, it was Lucky.

"That's hardly-"

"The first time we were engaged, you decided you were in love with my sister and do I need to remind you of Maxie Jones?"

"Li-"

"I need to clear my head, I'm going for a walk," she shook her head and turned.

"Li…Liz," he called out and went chasing after her.

-o-o-o-Brenda's room, late afternoon-o-o-o-

"-Then Jason and I fell asleep watching a movie. Alvin was curled up on his lap like a cat when I woke up." Brenda shared her day, while sprawled across her bed waiting for Charlie to come home.

"Aww," Robin had a sweet mental picture.

"No, awww. It was supposed to prove Jason wrong by leaving him out of his crate."

"Maybe the dog's finally learning Bren-"

"No I dropped my glove when we came inside and he took off with it. It had holes by the time I got it back."

Robin stifled a laugh, "Sorry."

"No, you aren't you find my misery funny, but you know what it's fine. It's coming for you."

"Oh we're not getting a dog." Robin was adamantly against that since Alvin's arrival.

"Oh yes you are, can't you just see Mac being like Edward and thinking every child needs a dog."

"No, I can imagine Uncle Mac deciding a dog would eat Emma's face and getting our entire neighborhood rezoned."

"Dog free zone?"

"Exactly?"

"If he does that, can I move in?"

Robin laughed, "Definitely. So what else?"

"Oh. Um Luke told Charlie I had a boyfriend."

"You're kidding."

"Uh no."

"How'd he take it?"

"He asked if it was the bird guy?"

"Who's the bird guy?"

"This guy I went out with a couple times in New York."

"Does he look like a bird?" Robin couldn't help, but question.

Brenda snorted, "No he just had the brilliant idea of introducing our kids to each other by being trapped in the woods together looking for birds."

"Charlie's good and all, but-"

"Yea, silent and still, it was hell for both of us."

"Was the guy cute?" she had to admit, she vicariously lived through her best friend at times.

"Gorgeous and funny and kind and he BOMBED his first date with my son, so he didn't get another."

"But you liked him?"

"He was attractive, successful and older than me."

"So that's a yes," Robin asked.

"He would have been great for Charlie, if he just gave him another chance."

"What about you?

"Seriously average looking, not annoying and gets along with my kid are my requirements nowadays."

"What about love?"

"Did that, over that."

"Just like that?" She'd thought so too after her disastrous end with Jason so soon after Stone, but then Patrick crept into her heart.

"If you had my track record with men-"

"So maybe you should give Bird Guy another chance."

"He's in New York."

"Which is a half hour plane ride," Robin pointed out.

"He does keep calling."

"So invite him up and plan the day."

"Hmm maybe…." Brenda pondered, then frowned, "Aren't I sleeping with your brother in law? Shouldn't you be telling me not to date other people?"

"I'm just trying to get the awkward period over as fast as possible."

"Awkward period?" Brenda's face scrunched.

"Yea because it's not like you guys can divvy me and Patrick up after you guys breakup-"

"We can't breakup, we're not together," Brenda argued.

"Oh yea right," Robin refuted.

"It won't be awkward."

"Yea right," Robin rolled her eyes.

"It wo-"

"Call Bird Man," Robin ordered.

Lots of set up for future chapters because I have not figured out how to tell this story without including the entire story that's in my head. :-P