This is going to be more Georgie oriented than the others. She is staying in Port Charles and needs to learn to get on with what has happened. The next chapter will be more Elizabeth and Jason. Thanks for reading.
Nik headed straight home to Sarah to tell her the news about Emily and Georgie. He didn't think it was fair to lead her on and so he knew that he had to tell her the truth. Sarah was waiting in the den with her bags packed to go back home to Malibu. "Liz called and told me about Emily. I won't make it hard on you because I know that you still love Emily. I know you love me too but I know that your love for her is stronger and deeper than mine. I want all of you or none of you. You are so important to me and I would love to be able to just be your friend. I hope that everything works out for the both of you." She kissed him on his cheek and had Alfred walk her to the launch. Once she was on the launch she had a taxi waiting to pick her up and take her to the airport.
Sarah called Liz on her way home. Liz felt terrible about Sarah and Nik breaking up but she knew that her sister had to do what was right for the both of them. "I love you Sarah. You and I will always be sisters but you have to know that right now I am on cloud nine because my best friend is alive. She was there when I needed her the most and these last few years without her was unbearable. You have been a rock for me on so many occasions since her "death". Liz hung up with Sarah and went into the study to see Emily. She was so grateful that they believed her son. Jake was very in tune to her and his father. His instincts were what made them feel the need to go see if she was alive.
"I can't believe that you were able to get Georgie and me because everyone believed we were dead. When I heard that Jake was the one that figured it out, I was shocked. I think that I saw him from time to time but I thought that I was losing my mind. I know that your son, Jake saved me. He is my hero. So many times I was tormented by Helena because she would tell me when Nik was there. She would tell me that he never said anything about me and that he didn't miss me at all. She even told me about you and Nik and that at one time you thought that Nik was Aiden's father. I was crushed but I also understand because I was gone. I want you to know that I am so happy that you and Jason are back together. I want you to know that I always thought about you all." Emily started to cry on Elizabeth's shoulder. Elizabeth joined in with her and that is how Nik and Jason found them.
"Okay, you two break it up. No more crying on our watch. I love you both too much to see you cry." Jason went over to hug his sister and then grabbed his wife and gave her a very hot and long kiss.
"You two need to get a room. Hi sweetheart. I have heard that my grandmother loved filling you in on my life or should I say love life. If I thought for one second that you were alive, I would have moved heaven and earth to get to you. My grandmother did a great job on covering you up and the same for Georgie and even Jake." Emily knew that Nik was telling the truth.
"I was planning on moving to California but now I am not sure what to do. Do you want to stay here in Port Charles or move to Malibu? I know that Jason and Elizabeth love it out there and so do their boys. I just want you to be happy. I was also thinking that maybe you should see Dr. Collins. Just for everything that you have been through. You need to see someone that you can talk to freely and not worry about hurting someone's feeling." Emily took in with everything that Nik had said. She knew that she was hurting and needed to release it.
Monica was on cloud nine and then she remembered that she moving from Port Charles. What was she going to do? She wanted to move to California and had the house being built but if Emily wanted to stay in Port Charles then she would stay for her daughter's sake. "Emily, I need to ask you a very important question. I have put the mansion up for sale and was moving to Malibu to be near your brother and his family. I want you to know that if you want to stay then I will gladly take down the "For Sale" sign and stay here with you. We can always go visit your brother." Emily was shocked and didn't know what to do or say.
"Mom, you have to do what you want to do. When Jake, Jason and Nik found me all I wanted to do was to go home but I realized that everything has changed since I was "dead" and I think that maybe a fresh start somewhere else would be good for me. I just don't want to leave Nik and Spencer. They are all that I have thought about since I was being held a hostage. I am not sure exactly where I want to be yet but I do know who I want to be with and that is Nik." Nik walked over and hugged Emily. His heart had been hers for so long and no matter who tried to get it, she was all he wanted.
"I was thinking maybe that we could go on a trip. There is a little time before school starts and we could go to Italy, France, Spain anywhere but Greece. We could take a month and stay in Hawaii. I will go to the ends of the earth with you and I want you to know that I will always love you." Emily was moved to tears. There was nothing holding her back but she had to get her life back legally before all that could be done. Jason had called Diane and had her started on the paperwork for both Emily and Georgie Jones. Diane was getting known as the person who brought back people from the dead and made them live again. She loved her job and was the best at it. The judges would just look at her and after reading the papers they already knew what she was going to need from them.
Emily was getting adjusted to being back home but Georgie was not doing as well. She had lost her faith in people and she seemed so lost. Maxie was so happy to have her little sister back. Her mother was there and was so grateful that she had a second chance with her youngest daughter and the one person that she never thought to see was also there. The minute that Maxie heard that her sister was alive, she called her dad, Frisco. Frisco was on the next flight there to Port Charles and even beat Nik's plane home. Georgie almost didn't recognize her father but she wasn't so sure if she was really happy to see her "parents". Now seeing Maxie and Mac made her happy. Robin came over with Emma and Patrick. They also made her very happy. Maxie was with Nathan and Maxie told her about her daughter Georgie. She was shocked to find out about Maxie and Spinelli. She wasn't sure how she felt about that either.
Georgie couldn't handle seeing everyone and knowing that they were able to live their lives without her. She thought about them all the time and especially Spinelli. She loved him so much and now the only thing she wanted to do was run. She walked out of her parent's house and kept walking until she got to Kelly's. When she was there, Dillon walked in. The shock on his face was almost laughable. "I guess you didn't read today's paper. Emily and I made the front page about being back among the living."
"I thought I heard someone say something about my cousin but I know that I didn't hear anything about you. I am so happy that you are alive. I have thought about you for so long. I came back to ask you to come help me film a movie and that is when I heard that you had "died". My heart was broken. I want you to know how special you have always been to me."
There were others that came into the restaurant and all started staring at Georgie. Georgie grabbed her breakfast and took off. Dillon went following after her and they both caught their breath. "I am sorry that I do something that made you run like that. I just wanted you to know how much I care about you." Georgie looked at him and started to cry. She was truly overwhelmed by everything that had happened to her and what she was going thru now with everyone staring at her.
"It's not you. I am just scared of everything right now and they were staring at me and I had to leave. I am thinking about getting help. I heard that Dr. Collins is a great therapist. I know that I am going to need some kind of counseling. Just not sure how to get started."
"Let me help you. We can go over to General Hospital together and I am sure that either he or someone that is just as great as him will be there to help you with your coming back from the dead." Georgie looked at him and started to laugh.
"Thank you for that. It sounds so funny when you say "back from the dead" like I had some kind of disease. I hope they have vaccinations for it because I think this whole town could use a good dose. Or maybe just kill Helena so she can't hurt anymore people like she did to Emily and me. I also heard that she did that Jake, Jason and Robin. How can someone do that and get it away with it for so long." Dillon just held her hand because there was nothing to say to that.
They walked over to General Hospital and went to the information desk. Around the corner, Georgie saw Robin with Patrick. "Robin, can you help me? I need to see someone about everything that has happened. I am so overwhelmed and scared right now that I am not sure what I am going to do?" Robin took her up to the fifth floor to see if any of the psychiatrists' were available to see Georgie.
"Dr. Collins, can I speak with you for a moment? My cousin, Georgie Jones is back and she needs to see someone. I know that you are a friend of the family and if it is too close can you recommend someone for us?"
"Georgie, I am so glad that you are back. I heard about your "death" and I was very saddened about it. I have known you since you were a baby. If you still want to talk to me, it's fine. I just want you to be comfortable with whoever you talk to." Georgie looked at her cousin and then at Dr. Collins.
"I think that I would feel more comfortable talking to you since I do know you. You understand my history and I know that you wouldn't say anything in confidence. When I can see you?"
"Well, you are lucky. I am free right now. I have the next couple of hours free if you would like to talk to me now?" Georgie was very happy that finally she was going to feel more like herself.
They went into his office and Georgie told him all that had happened to her since she was taken away from everyone. She felt alone and even though she knew that everyone thought she was dead she had hoped that somehow her mother or father would figure it out that she wasn't dead and go look for her. Kevin gave her some things to think about before their next session. He wanted to see her once a week for an hour to help her get back on her feet. He gave her a prescription for her anxiety and also a journal to help her write things down so she could get them off her chest.
Dillon waited for till she finished with Dr. Collins. "Would you like to go to the Metro-Court for some lunch? We never got a chance to eat our breakfast and you must be hungry."
"I would love that. Thanks. I feel better now that I have talked to Dr. Collins. It is weird that my mother dated him at one time and his brother kidnapped me as a baby and tried to kill her. Just another day in paradise or what we call Port Charles. How did you like living away from here? I have always wanted to get away from here and I spent the last eight years or so on an island in Greece. It should have been so much nicer. I am thinking about complaining to the owners about the accommodations but I guess I will let this one slide." Dillon forgot how much Georgie could make him laugh.
"You are amazing. I am so glad that you are back here. I want to take you to NYC for a couple of days. We could go shopping, see a show on Broadway, anything you like. I want you to have everything that you have always wanted."
Georgie thought about it and her smile started to fade. "The only thing that I want I can't have. I wanted to be finished with school and be married by now. I was hoping maybe a couple of children and a husband that loved me for me. That will never happen. By the time I finish school and get married, I will be too old to have any children. I am just a freak now that I am back from the dead. Everyone has gone on without me and I am afraid that I am too late to get into the game."
Dillon looked at Georgie and it broke his heart. He realized that she was the best thing that ever happened to him and he just let her go. "You are not a freak. You are beautiful, smart and amazing. I was crazy to ever leave you." The two sat in silence for a little bit thinking about the other. They both were so much alike but he had done most of the things he wanted to do except find the right person. Georgie had so much that she missed and now she was going to be eight years behind all her friends. She didn't even know what to do about it.
"Georgie, have you ever thought about writing what happened to you. It would be a great way to get all the pain out on paper. Then you can either send it off to be published or you can throw into a fire and leave it there. I think that you could have a great book. Maybe then you can write more. You can also help me write some stories for me to film." Georgie looked at Dillon and wondered if she should do that or just try to forget the bad times. Writing though was something that she had always loved to do. She knew that she could help Dillon on making movies. That was something that she had thought about doing when she was younger. The two of them went back to her parent's house and told them what was going on.
"I just want you to know that I am getting help from Dr. Collins. Dillon has asked me to help him write some of his new screenplays. I love you all but I think that I might just get my own place over at Kelly's." Felecia and Mac were a bit stunned. There were so happy that she was alive and just assumed that she would be living with them.
"I have an apartment over my restaurant at the "Floating Rib". You could stay there rent free till you figure out what you want to do and where you want to go. You know that you will always have a place here at home." Mac went over to hug Georgie and soon the tears were flowing all around.
"Thanks, Mac. That would be great. I would love to take that apartment. I really don't have much to take there. I just want to start out fresh and I want to get the things that have been going on in my brain for the past seven or eight years. One of my assignments is for me to put my feelings down on paper. This will help me or at least try to help me move on. Mac, can you give me the key to the apartment. I think that I would like to move in today if that is all right. It is just too much for me to be around so many people at once. I know that you are both trying to help but I need some space." Georgie got the key from Mac and went upstairs to pack her things. She was surprised to see that most of her stuff was still there. Maxie had a couple of her things because she wanted a part of her sister with her.
Emily was also having feelings of everything coming down on her. She felt that at any time someone was going to grab her again and take her away from everyone. This was one of the reasons that moving to California sounded so good. She wanted a fresh start and she knew that she couldn't go into Windermere. That was the last place she was at before she was kidnapped. It also seemed to be scary on a good day but after that night it was truly a place of nightmares for her. She didn't know how to tell Nik that she loved him but she couldn't live there.
Nik could see it in her eyes that there was something that she wanted to say but couldn't say it. She was afraid of hurting him. "Em, just tell me what you want to tell me. I know you want to say something but are afraid to say it. I need to know. If you don't love me, I will be okay but I just need to know." Emily then laughed at that. She couldn't believe that he would think that but maybe because of his grandmother was the one that kidnapped her that was why he thought that.
"Nik, I love you. No matter what your grandmother has done or said to me can't take our love away. I just can't live at Windermere. It gives me nightmares just thinking of that place, along with the island of course. I was thinking since my mother is selling the estate and moving to California, I would go with her. I would love if you and Spencer moved to California too. I am sure that you could find an old scary castle to move too." Emily went to hug Nik and then he pulled her into a long steamy kiss.
"I was going to sell this place and move to California. That was the reason that I was here. Elizabeth's sister, Sarah and I were together before we found you and we were getting ready to move to be with her. Sarah heard from Elizabeth about your being alive and coming back home. She had her bags packed and wished us the best. She knows that she could never have my heart like you have it. I am not saying this to hurt you but I think that you need to know what my plans were and that I was ready to move too. Windermere has a lot of good memories but also a lot of loss and pain. I was thinking of just burning it down but then I guess that wouldn't be the best way to leave Port Charles."
Elizabeth and Jason were getting ready to take the boys back to Malibu. School was starting soon and she wanted to get all the materials that she would need for their classes. Nik stopped Elizabeth to ask her a question. "Do you think that you could still home-school Spencer for me? Emily and I are also moving to California. I know that school starts in a couple of weeks and that with everything going on that you might have reservations about helping me.
"Nik, I would love to teach Spencer. You have always been there for me even if I didn't think that you were always helping me. Sarah understands about you and Emily. She wants you to be happy and that also goes for Emily. I am very happy that the three of you are moving out there. If you can't get back to Malibu in time, I can e-mail Spencer's work to him and he can e-mail me back. I will get his curriculum while I am getting my boys their curriculums."
Jason looked at his sister and smiled. "I have the best wife any man could have. I am glad that the two of you have each other. This should be an interesting time in your lives. You can stay with us until you find a place. Mom will be moving down around Thanksgiving. We should be in our new place then. Just know you are always welcome. Just remember not to invite your grandmother, Nik. I can't help what I would do to her if she showed up." Nik looked at Jason and knew he wasn't kidding.
The next day Jason and his family were flying home. Nik was putting his place up for sale and so was Monica. Georgie was moving into the apartment above the Floating Rib. Things were going to work themselves out for everyone. All everyone needed was a day at a time. Step by step till all the fear and nightmares went away.