The next day Nadine got up early to report for her first day of work. She was a bit excited and scared at the same time. She hadn't seen most of her fellow colleagues in so long. Then, a thought hit her what if she runs into Rebecca. She's not sure what happened to her. Nikolas just said she wasn't with him anymore. Did she still live in Port Charles? Was she still working at GH or did she get a job somewhere else? Nadine tried not to think of it and started to get ready for work.

General Hospital was bustling with activity. There had been an accident and the hospital was total chaos. Nadine came in and saw all the activity so she ran to the locker room to put her things away and came out to assist in anyway she could.

Nadine came out and saw Patrick Drake working on a patient so she ran over to be of any assistance. Dr. Drake smiled when he saw her and started shouting out orders. She turned to do what he asked when he said,

"Nadine"

"Yes"

"It's good to have you back."

"Thanks. It's good to be back."

Then Nadine ran off.

Nikolas was walking towards Lucky and Liz's house for breakfast. Lately, they all tried to get together once and awhile for breakfast as a way of catching up. Nikolas rang the doorbell and Liz answered it ushering him in. They hugged and he sat down on the couch. Then, Lulu and Lucky came in from the kitchen. They hugged each other and sat down.

They were all grabbing food in front of them and started talking. They were all catching up on each others lives. Lulu talked about Johnny and her job. Lucky talked about his job. Liz talked about the hospital and the boys.

Liz looked at Nikolas and started

"Speaking of hospitals how's Nadine?"

Nikolas rolled his eyes.

"I knew you were going to get there somehow."

"Well, how are things with her?"

"Actually, right now not very good."

"What happened? I thought after her spending the night at Wyndamere you guys were getting on the right track."

Lulu interjected," Wait, she spent the night at Wyndamere?"

Nikolas responded, "Nothing happened, unfortunately."

They all laughed in unison.

Nikolas continued, "I thought we might be getting somewhere. We were talking mostly me apologizing over and over again."

"So what happened?"

"I made the worst mistake."

"Nikolas, what did you do??"

"I kissed her."

"And…the problem was?"

"Then, I invited her back to Wyndamere."

"No, you did not Nikolas. What's wrong with you?" Liz said while laughing.

Liz shook her head.

"Did you think it was going to be so easy to get her to forgive you?"

"I didn't invite her back to go to bed with her. I just wanted to be with her. Of course if she wanted more to happen I wouldn't be turning her down."

They all laughed.

Nikolas continued, "I just don't know what to do. All I know is that I need to get her back. I'm not too happy where we left things. She told me to keep my distance and give her time to regain my trust."

"Then, do what she asks."

"How am I supposed to win her back when she doesn't want me anywhere near her?"

"It will happen if you both feel the same way about each other. Which I'm pretty sure you both do."

"I don't know. I thought I saw it in her eyes before I kissed her but after all I saw were tears."

"Don't you think that is a sign? If she didn't have any feelings for you she wouldn't be so emotional and affected by you being so near."

"Yeah, Maybe. I guess all I can do is just wait it out."

"Nikolas. Yes. But don't wait too long. Be around but don't be around at the same time."

Nikolas nodded his head understanding exactly Liz's meaning. The last thing he wanted was to lose her to anything or to anyone.

Lucky and Lulu sat there the whole time mostly silent during Liz and Nikolas exchange on the subject of Nadine. Nikolas just realizing the conversation somehow turned to just about him.

"So, is there anything that we can talk about except my messed up love life or lack of it?"

Lulu responded, "No, not really. Right now you take the cake of having the most messed up life."

"Thanks."

"Anytime."