Switching Places
Chapter 36
: Our greatest natural resource is our children
Carly walked into Alexis's office for her meeting with her attorney. Diane gestured for her to come in while signaling for quiet. Seeing the exasperated look, she soon realized the woman was talking to Ric Lansing.
"Mr. Lansing, you don't seem to get what I am saying so I will use simple words, my client is not going to roll over and give you what you want. We are going to fight this so you might want to get ready for us to take this to court."
After she hung up the attorney she looked over the desk at her client and said "Did you give your ex-husband any reason to think you would back down on allowing your son to visit the Quartermaine family over the holidays."
"No, in fact Michael and I were there Christmas Eve and I was there yesterday. Why?"
"According to Mr. Lansing his client is claiming that you agreed to keep Michael away from them during a spirit of holiday giving. That you also agreed to let him help raise this new child."
Over my dead body, there is no way that Sonny is going to raise my younger child and as for Michael, I will allow whatever he is comfortable with. Not what Sonny wants. He is stuck living in the past; AJ has spent the last six months getting his act together."
"Are you sure that it isn't a setup, like this man is claiming?"
"Yes, and Sonny knows that I am not the only one convinced. If Jason is also convinced I think that should be good enough for Sonny."
"I read the file, you know this could get messy."
"If Sonny tries to push this, I have a way to push back, but I don't want to use it unless I have to." She said.
"If you have any information about the man, you might need to consider letting your attorney in on it." She said sarcastically.
"I will, if it is needed. For now, I have to take a quick trip into the city."
Carly called her mother and asked if she would go into New York with Michael and her, then made reservations.
Elizabeth walked into the hub, knowing that she would be working a lot less in the next few months.
"So how was your holiday?" Asked the gossip queen of GH.
"Just fine, Amy how was yours?"
Amy showed her the ring that her fiancee had picked out and after the suitable time admiring the ring, Elizabeth rushed off to see Dr. Jones, the man had asked her to stop in when she arrived today. Since she had joined the staff, he had held himself off at a distance so his requesting her was a bit of a shock.
"Dr. Jones, you wanted to speak to me." She said as she entered the small office.
"I was talking to my brother about Georgie and he asked me to tell you thank you for your help after her mugging. I want to add my own. While I think that you are making a mistake in your personal life by being with Morgan, you are most definitely in the right profession. You have a very nice bedside manner."
"Thank you. Is there anything else?" She asked.
"No, I just want to say thank you again; Frisco was very upset to hear about what happened to Georgie."
"Is he coming to see her?" She asked a bit curious.
"No, he is rather unavailable at the moment. His job is important."
"Dr. Jones, take it from someone who has abandonment issues with a father who claims his job is very important, nothing should be more important than his daughter. If your brother is too busy to visit her when she has been upset like this, maybe he should stop considering himself her father."
Tony looked down and said "I told him the exact same thing, but he think he is doing the right thing."
"He isn't. Mac Scorpio is the one who is there for those girls, not your brother. His thanks and yours I will accept, your brother's doesn't mean much."
Alexis was wiggling around wishing she was at home, but at least here there was a chance of rescue, she thought with an ironic laugh. Hearing footsteps, she called out hoping that it was one of the girls.
"Hello? Is anyone there?"
Seeing the blond head popping through the steam that was still in the bathroom, she called out "Maxie?"
"No, it's Felicia Jones, Alexis why are you using my shower?"
Alexis realized that the absentee mother had not checked her messages since she left. The girls and Mac had both left plenty of voicemails and text messages letting the detective know she was living there.
"I live here, look could you please hold the interrogation off until after I am unstuck."
Felicia reached in and helped the rather obviously pregnant woman from the floor next to the bathtub, as soon as they were out of the heated room, she asked how did you end up on the floor, do you need to go to the hospital?
"No, I just was wiping down the tub after my bath, when I could not get back up. You have not checked your messages have you?"
"Did something happen to Mac or the girls, and why are you staying here instead of Bobbie?
"No, my pregnancy was getting difficult and Mac moved me in, I had staying at the Brownstone. As for the girls they have had a few bumps but they are fine. Georgie was mugged a few days ago but she is doing better. Maxie and her are hitting the after Christmas sales as we speak."
"Why didn't Mac call my grandmothers, I would have flown home right away." She said. "As it is this is just flying in visit, I came to drop off some files for a few clients, you included. I will need to change my plans, thank you for telling me Alexis."
Jason went straight into Sonny's new office, Max had said that Sonny and Ric had gone inside almost two hours before and that they had not returned. Looking around, he saw no sight of either of them, but when he picked up Sonny's coffee cup he could smell the strong bitter scent.
"Get in here, he is missing. Tell Bernie to get me the address of that place on the Vineyard." Calling Elizabeth, he left a message to let her know he would not be home that evening and telling Francis to up security around her went to get his former boss back.
Lucky was sitting in the bullpen filling out some paperwork when he saw them bringing up Sam McCall. She had to go to GH for a follow-up visit and he had actually refused the assignment, telling Taggert since he had been sleeping with the woman it wasn't a good idea for him to be there.
As he finished his paperwork he heard Capelli taking another one of his mysterious calls, as soon as he heard the name McCall, he perked up his ears and pretended to take longer than needed, leaving immediately afterwards. Thinking on what he had heard, he knew that the man had not been talking to a fellow officer so whom had he been speaking to and why was he being so secretive about it?
Sam was in the stirrups, handcuffed to the chair with a female officer in the room Dr. Meadows tried to deal with the patient in a calm and civilized tone of voice, but enough was enough.
"Miss McCall, you would have died without the surgery, so think about that next time you want to scream another one of your foul little comments. Deal with it, if you had not taken the laxatives your child would not have died. You did this, not me, not this hospital." Turning to the officer while removing her gloves she said in a disgusted tone of voice. "She is going to be fine physically but I would suggest a full mental workup."
Elizabeth listened to Jason's message and grimaced since it meant she would be eating alone. Emily had made dinner plans with Zander who had arrived back in town the day before. Telling Emily that it was important that they speak, he had persisted until she had agreed to eat that night with him and some mystery guest.
Seeing the Jones girl along with Brooklynn and Sage she was amused to see they were carrying lots of shopping bags along with their heavy winter coats. "Ladies what may I do for you?"
"We are finishing up the baby's room at Alexis' place, and I was wondering if you still painted?" Asked Georgie.
"Of course I do, but now it isn't my focus, why?" She asked curious.
"Do you think you could mix up some paint for us? We have this box we need to paint for the baby's room but we want to match it to the colors in this pillow, the peach ones." Said Sage as she pulled out the small baby pillow.
"I could try but where are you planning on painting that, Alexis can't be around paint fumes."
"What about your studio, can we paint it there?" Asked Maxie as Brooklynn and Sage looked on hopefully.
"You are in luck my husband is at work this evening, so why don't you meet me after my shift at the studio; do you know where it is?"
"Maxie does, she went there where Alexis forgot a file. Can we eat there as well?" Asked Brooklynn.
Carly left her mother and son at the Museum of Natural History got on the subway and after transferring managed to make it to Bensonhurst. Walking the neighborhood, she tried all the Falconari's in the phone book until she located Olivia.
Walking the streets, she went into the pizza parlor across from her building. Seeing the woman coming her way, she ducked into a booth ordering a couple of slices and a large soda. Hearing Olivia call out to a young man that looked about nineteen she realized she had seen him before.
Where though? She thought as she sank her teeth into the New York style pie. As the young man tried to charm his mother, Carly choked on the idea that floated through her head. Stopping to drink some of her soda she once again thought, there was no way. Looking at the man named Dante she saw his quick grin with full on complete dimples and knew.
Sonny had a child, a boy. Perfect, just perfect. Seeing him look her way, then look again at her obvious interest, she knew she had been caught but would have to cover herself.
Walking over she said "Are you a student at PCU, in Port Charles?"
"Yes, he is. Who are you?" Asked the woman with the strong accent.
"My name is Carly Benson. I was at the bookstore with a friend of mine who is starting class there this spring, you were checking out the young brunette."
"Yeah, the hottie coed, I looked all over campus for her, do you know her?" He asked to the amusement of his mother who had relaxed at the questions.
"Yes, but you might want to pull the interest back Romeo, she is a high school student, she turns fifteen this spring plus her dad is the police commissioner."
Olivia asked the woman what she was doing in Bensonhurst. "My ex-husband is from here; I am in the city with my son and mother. They went to the museum, I got lost. When I saw the train to here, I just hopped it on impulse."
"Who is he?" She asked suspiciously.
"Sonny Corinthos, his first name was Michael growing up. He has never forgotten this place and I was curious about it. Honestly we are in the middle of a custody battle and for some reason it seemed like a good idea to visit." She said making sure to look her into the eyes.
"That man should not be allowed to father children. The mob is no place for a family. I wish you luck."
Carly dearly wanted to ask the questions on the tip of her tongue but realized that she understood the woman's concerns. "Thanks, I might need it."
Carly walked away from the pizza joint, slowly. She had come looking for dirt, but what she had found was not going to be used. No one deserved the life that her children had lived in their previous life. While it had been rich in material goods and Sonny had loved his children, she and him had only given them a selfish kind of love. This time, they would know she put them first, always.
Walking up the steps with Francis she could hear the girls giggling and teasing one another. "So did you remember the pillow? She asked going to unlock the door.
When they had eaten and she had mixed the paint that Georgie had brought, she supervised as they painted the small chest as well as the wooden box. Helping them clean up, she was enjoying their hindrance instead of help not noticing her husband standing in the doorway until the silence of the girls got her attention.
"Hello." She said as he walked over and hugged her tightly. Looking into his eyes she knew that something had happened so she suggested that they all head out. "Tomorrow the pieces should be dry enough to put on the topcoat."
As Maxie and Georgie realized the time and raced off, Brooklynn said a quiet hello to Jason, while Sage seemed to be avoiding the man. As soon as they were heading down the stairs she asked her friend if Jason scared her.
"No, I knew him from when I was a kid; he is scary at his job. I just have never seen that side." She said with a shrug.
"I wish I hadn't. My dad wasn't very discreet around me. I knew he killed people." She said quietly as they walked away unaware of the guard who Jason had sent to make sure they got home okay.
Upstairs, Jason was telling Elizabeth about Sonny and Ric. "So, he knows that Ric is his brother?"
"Yes, it got ugly while I was there, turns out Ric's mother really did fall down the stairs, while trying to zip Sonny into his coat, Sonny was just a kid though. This Trevor made it seem like it was maliciousness on his part."
"Trevor Lansing sounds like a real piece of work. Carly won't say much about him, but in spite of her hatred of Ric, she feels sorry for him for having Trevor as a father, that tells me something."
"She won't talk to me either. We really need to know about that part of the story." Jason helped her gather her things as they locked the door and headed home; wanting to do nothing more than go back to the cabin and ignore the world together.
As they arrived home, Elizabeth could hear the smashing barware as Sonny was destroying his penthouse, wanting to help she suggested they go in, but Jason told her to let him be. "He could hurt you without meaning to; I would not be able to deal with it. I would more than likely kill him."
"Sonny is in pain, add that to what we know about his mental state, this could be a disaster."
"I just want to know why Lansing moved up the timetable, according to Carly this wasn't to happen yet."
Entering they saw Emily who was holding herself around the middle. "Do you need to go the hospital?" Jason asked.
"No, I just spent the evening with Zander. His mystery dinner was with his date, Cameron Lewis. He is moving back into the family home with him. We talked about the past and Zander's future. Elizabeth, he credits you with getting him to face his past. He sends his thanks."
After holding her best friend close, Elizabeth asked how Christmas went only to enjoy her response when Johnny entered to say that Sonny had fallen asleep. "Good night." Said Emily as she hurried up the stairs to give the couple some privacy.
As they played pool, Jason and Elizabeth talked about their day, enjoying the peace and quiet before the seduction of time together enticed them upstairs into another type of game.
The sight of their mother sitting on the sofa when they entered the house stunned Maxie and Georgie. After hugs and kisses, they soon realized she had heard about the mugging and assured her that Georgie was fine.
Mac took a call from Capelli and rushed off to the office; glad to escape the strained atmosphere that had settled when Felicia was caught up on their lives. Alexis had gone to bed and the girls had been upset at her suggestion of going home. He was also upset at the idea; he was enjoying the attorney's wit and companionship.
He knew he was developing deeper feelings for the woman, but he also knew his horrible track record, and didn't want to ruin the great friendship that had sprang up between them. As he left, he called himself a coward but the truth was he had no idea himself what to say to the woman who had once owned his heart, but now was just the mother of his daughters.
Georgie waited until Maxie had gone to bed then once again reassured her mother that she was fine. "It still scares me that he is out there, but the fact is, dad is here, I have my friends close by as well."
"What about this Dillon, did he break your heart?" She asked her youngest child.
"No, I mean I think we could have been really good together, but this attack broke something in spite of the fact he wasn't responsible for my being in the park. I have been talking to this doctor at GH, it helps, but the thing that keeps me from falling for Dillon was talking to Elizabeth the night it happened. You know what happened to her in the park."
"I do, does talking to her help?"
"Yes, but that night she stayed with me, we talked about what happened to her, I asked about Lucky and his saving her. I never knew he was the boy she was supposed to go to the dance with. She helped me realize that I am the one who will get me though this, but that help should not be turned away."
Bobbie shook her head as she hung up the phone; something had to be done. The young man had turned up in the ER again this evening. Mr. John Smith had multiple contusions and a severely strained rotor cuff like someone had held his arm back for an extended length of time.
Calling Jason, she left a voicemail, "Jason, the man you were interested in was back in the ER, it was bad. The attending called me since I left a note in the file. What is going on?"
Meanwhile at GH, the young man saw the police entering and ducked out the exit after paying his bill. Seeing the doctor who had looked after him pointing in the direction of the cubicle where they had treated him, he made it look like he was gone, then backtracked, his mission for the night not over with yet.
Taking out the package, he hesitated then went to the locker room, finding the right locker, he pulled out the paper with the combination written on it. Setting the package inside, he left as quietly as possible.
Chapter 37
Elizabeth looked at the dress Carly was holding, then looked at the blond saying "Jason is not going to like this."
"Maybe not, but I guarantee he will love it."
"Carly that doesn't make sense." Said Emily from the other side of the room as she zipped up her own dress.
"He will not like her dressed like that for the public but I think it is safe to say he will love the dress once they are back here for the evening. How are you doing, do you need people with you tomorrow."
"No, but thank you. I want no I need to do this myself." She said resolutely.
As Elizabeth slipped the combs into her hair, an entering Alexis whistled. "Wow, that is some dress."
"It's a good thing there will be plenty of doctors there tonight for when my brother has a coronary." Said a laughing Emily as she got a good look at Elizabeth. "She is correct; you make that dress look wicked."
"I feel like I am wearing my slip tonight." Said a laughing Elizabeth.
"While I have never seen you in a slip, Elizabeth I think that a slip would cover more skin." Said an entering Audrey as she stared stunned at her granddaughter.
Jason was at Sonny's waiting for his best friend. The man had given up the custody case after finding out about Ric, but Jason knew that their troubles were just beginning if Carly was to be believed.
"You should probably do up that tie before we leave." Warned Sonny.
"I have no intention of wearing it until we get there." He admitted. "Why did Elizabeth and I let Carly talk us into this?"
"You slipped away and got married without letting anyone in on it. The two of you should think of it as penance for that." Sonny had been feeling better since the confrontation and subsequent meltdown. Knowing that Ric had been manipulating the custody battle between Carly and him had forced him to agree to the terms his ex-wife had offered this morning.
He was not being pushed out of Michael's life, but AJ was only getting supervised time with the little boy. Sonny had wanted to protest but Carly had stayed firm and Jason had talked him down once they were back at the office.
The party was in full swing, when Mac arrived with Alexis. Felicia was coming with Georgie and Maxie, from the rather heavy-handed way they had forced him to drive Alexis, he got the feeling his daughters were enjoying have Alexis around as well.
Seeing Carly talking to her mother, they joined them for a couple of minutes and then soon found their table. Seeing the various guests, Mac realized that Maxie had arrived but he could not see Georgie anywhere. "I will be right back; Georgie isn't in sight range."
Alexis wanted to tell him to relax but knew that the man would not be relaxing about his daughter for quite a while. Having her ex-fiancee join her, she was talking to Ned about Jax when the man in question showed up. "I thought you were spending time with your mother and father?"
"I am, I came back to town for a couple of business meetings. You look good." He said to his best friend, amazed to realize that pregnancy agreed with her. "How are things on the Carly front?"
"Great, Jax, you don't seem to realize how much she has changed."
"I don't care, she burnt me pretty bad, and I don't trust her." He said firmly.
Skye was talking to her brother, when she saw Jax entering and other than embarrassment about the broken vows, she felt nothing and it gave her the strength to walk over and greet her ex.
Sage watched with narrowed eyes, wanting to see what the blond did.
"You know if your face freezes like that, you are going to have a tough time in school this week." Said Georgie as she walked up to her friend.
"How much do you know about this Jax guy?"
Georgie gave her the scoop, and the dark haired girls estimation of the Aussie went down another notch as she finally realized that his obsession with Brenda was a long standing one. "He is a jerk."
"A cute one, if a little old. Now are you sure you want to do this?" She asked.
"Yes, but not for some altruistic reason, I do admit. I just want as many ties as possible so that if my uncle doesn't want to stay I have reasons to convince him to do so." She said. "I saw your dad arrive with the lady attorney, how is that going?"
Mac had finally reached Georgie but had the bulk of a couple of Morgan's guard between him and the girls. As he listened to her answer, he didn't know whether to ground her or be grateful for her concern.
"Okay, but Maxie is worried. Mom is back in town. She has a habit of breaking Mac's heart; I just want her to not play games with him this time. I think that Alexis being pregnant is going to make this easy. He doesn't see her as a woman, just a pregnant mom. I think that the idea of having sex probably scares him, I mean he is getting old and it has been a long time. He might have forgotten how you know."
Johnny O'Brien tried not to laugh, as the police commissioner looked ready to pass out upon hearing what his daughter was saying. Keeping it held in check until the bewildered man went back to Alexis, he thought about his movie buddy and the stalwart police head and admitted the girl was right they would work well together.
As the Alcazar girl and Georgie kept talking, he listened in again. Hearing her say her uncle was coming to town, he went to find Jason to warn his boss about it. As he looked at his watch, he realized that Jason and Elizabeth should be arriving any minute now. Knowing he would not get close to him soon, he went to Francis and told the new enforcer what had been said.
"I will look into it. We can let him know in the morning. ........" Johnny turned to see what had distracted his unflappable friend and knew that Jason was going to kill someone, more than likely Carly which fitted in with his own plans for the blond. The lovely little present from Brenda and her had made life among the guards miserable.
Jason was standing at the foot of the stairs like Carly had ordered, wanting to remove the tie that was strangling him. Hearing a hush, he looked up and saw Elizabeth and immediately started to take off his jacket, but Sonny just grinned and told him to stop.
Elizabeth was dressed in a light green silk dress that while it covered her front, was draped like it was water flowing her incredible body. The sleeveless dress seemed to float to her feet and the tulip hem was embroidered with barely there silk curly cues of a slight darker green.
When she came down the stairs, Jason was shaky from the urge to undress his wife and knew that he was not the only man in the room thinking the same thoughts. When he reached his hand out to take hers, he could hear Carly speaking into the mike on stage but didn't hear a word she said over the buzzing in his ears.
Sonny shook his arm, and pointed towards the dance floor, mentally promising to kill him so call friend as soon as he saw her, he went to embrace his wife only to find the dress had no back. Sliding his hand down the silky side of her body to her hip, he went to dance with his wife well aware of the very low back that ended with a low vee almost to the lowest point of her hip and that there was no way she could be wearing underwear.
Great, this is going to be awkward he thought as he saw his grandmother out of the side of his eye, a hard on in the middle of the dance floor and from the grin on his former partner's face he was well aware of the problem.
Elizabeth looked up into the passion filled eyes of her husband and leaned in closer as they danced together. "Do you like the dress?"
Hearing him groan, she whispered into his ear, "I have literary nothing on underneath but stockings and some tape."
"Elizabeth Morgan if you don't want me to carry you out of here like a caveman and embarrass us in front of our friends and family behave." He said looking down with a soft grin as he tried to keep from letting his hands roam, but they seemed to have developed a mind of their own as he glided them over her back.
"I'm all for the caveman routine, but I think that Grams just might have a heart attack."
"Maybe we can share a room at the hospital, I think I already did have one when you came down those stairs." He admitted. "Your hair, is incredible, it reminds me of the day you showed up at Jake's dressing in the long black dress."
"I wanted to wear it down but Grams and Carly conspired to make me wear it up." She said as she was pulled even closer to him. Groaning at the feel of his erection, she realized that her own body was reacting to him in a tux. "We might have to dance together all night if we want to avoid that embarrassment you were mentioning earlier."
Jason had felt her response and knew that her breast was just as erect as his lower half. "I have no problem with that." He admitted.
Lila sat there with tears in her eyes as she watched Jason and Elizabeth. They were beautiful together outside as well as in. The delicate brunette was the perfect foil for her grandson's rough but pretty exterior. She laughed at the thought of Jason hearing himself being called pretty but the simple fact was that he was a rather gorgeous young man.
When other couples started to join them on the dance floor, AJ stooped down to talk to his grandmother. "I have to head out soon, do you want me to take you home or do you want to stay?"
"I will stay, Edward isn't here so I think I should be here to make sure that everyone knows we are happy with Jason's choice. Alan and Monica will bring me home later. You go ahead to your meeting."
Kissing Lila on the forehead, he found himself standing next to Carly as the couple of the night tried to slip out to the balcony near where they were standing. "Jason, Elizabeth, I have to head out. But once again congratulations. Grandmother is staying for a while. Elizabeth you looked incredible. Are those grandmother's pearls?"
"She lent them to me for the night." Elizabeth said a little self conscious of the necklace that was around her neck and trailing mainly down her back after the knot between her shoulder blades that the older woman had put in the very long string of pearls.
"They look good. Carly I will see you the day after tomorrow." He said before heading to his AA meeting.
Jason and Elizabeth continued out to the cold winter air but only long enough to cool down, then allowing the various overheated body parts to calm down they went to greet the guests starting with their families.
"Grandmother, you are as lovely as Elizabeth this evening." Said Jason as he kissed his frail grandmother's soft cheek.
"Jason you have been taking lessons from Mr. Corinthos again in how to be charming." She said with a laugh. "I am nowhere as near lovely as your wife tonight, but thank you for saying so."
Alan and Monica greeted the twosome while Emily hugged Elizabeth whispering I think the dress was a hit.
"So anyhow AJ, Ned and your grandmother blackmailed Edward to stay home tonight. Anyone asking is hearing that he has a slight cold and Monica ordered him to bed." Alan told his son.
"Would you please tell Ned and AJ I said thank you?" The old man had been furious about the dropping of the Michael custody case and upset at what he had seen as another lost opportunity to get his great-grandson back into the fold.
Mac and Alexis came over to greet the couple, then headed out. "I have to go to the station. We have a lot of issues usually on New years Eve. Plus I think Alexis has been out longer than her allotted time.
Elizabeth hugged her friend, then told her to call her later, before watching as they left together, the protectiveness of the man over Alexis was starting to become even more obvious. Seeing Georgie, she saw the young woman look around, then seem to shudder.
Walking over she asked if she was going to be staying.
"Yes, I am going to be staying at the mansions with Brooklynn and Sage." She said. "Brooklynn is going home tomorrow. We are also working tomorrow at GH."
"May I have this dance?" Georgie turned and saw Dillon waiting patiently.
"Sure, why not." She shrugged as Sage was dancing with Lucas and Brooklynn with Kyle as Maxie was dancing with Milo. She wanted to snark that it was a shame that Lulu hadn't come, but she knew that the reason for that was Leslie was taking her to visit her mother.
Emily watched Nik, then waited patiently for him to finish talking to his uncle. They had been talking rather secretively all evening. She had her own plan for the end of the evening, now that she had dealt with her old feelings for Zander, it was time to move on and she planned on doing so before her cancer became public knowledge.
When they finally separated she followed her own personal prince charming. Catching him off in a secluded alcove, she nervously asked to speak to him. But instead of the words she had planned to say, she came out with a question about Lucky.
"He is at work; Mac has all cadets working tonight. Plus I think it was a good idea that he isn't here tonight." He said.
"You're probably correct, I mean I am envious of them, so I think it might be too much for Lucky. How is Lulu doing?"
"She will be attending the local school again, since she can't go back to private school. She is seriously floundering; I have no idea what to do for her." He admitted while shaking his head.
"I think she misses Luke, even more than her mother." She said. "What about you, I know that things are tight thanks to Helena."
"We will be fine, I have a few different options, what about you, are you excited to be starting school here. Will you miss Stanford."
"No, I will have Elizabeth with me; we are taking a few classes with each other. I should get back to the party; I just wanted to see if you were okay." She said as she felt disappointment in herself as she slowly walked back.
Nik knew that it was now or never, so he took a deep breath and reached out to stop her. "Em, I...I just wanted to say something."
Emily looked up at her love, only to find herself pulled gently into his arms, and then he lowered his head to kiss her. A soft feathery kiss like he was trying to see what her response would be.
Emily closed her eyes thinking it was now or never, then deepened the kiss until she found herself wrapped up in his arms as they found themselves getting out of control. Feeling safe and secure as they slowly opened their eyes and started at each other. "I should say I'm sorry." He said ever the gentleman.
"I'm not." She said with a grin, "In fact I think that if you say you are sorry, I may have to strangle you."
Jason had gone looking for his sister while Elizabeth talked to her co-workers. Amy Vining had dropped the fact she was leaving GH and the nurses were all telling her they would miss the gossipy nurse.
When he came to the quiet and remote corner of the room, he thought about breaking Cassidine's fingers, but knew that Emily would be rather upset with him. Glowering as he walked back into the room, he ran into his young cousin Dillon who had just faced glares from Maxie when he returned Georgie to her.
Dillon turned pale and rushed off, wondering what he had done that his godfather like cousin was so pissed at.
Seeing the little scene playing out, Elizabeth tried not to smile as she watched Emily and Nik return to the main part of the ballroom, not as neatly as they had both left it. Bout time, she thought. Going over she placed her hand onto Jason's arm and leaned in saying: Emily is old enough to know what she wants, you need to take a deep breath."
"I know, but right not I am regretting saving the little creeps life. He had his hand on her rear." He spit out.
"So, it's not like you have never had your hand on mine." She said with a mischievous grin.
Jason looked at Elizabeth trying not to smile but saying "You are not helping, the thought of a man doing the things we do together to my little sister is not a good idea."
"But it is okay for you to do things like that with me?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"That's different, I love you, I adore you." He said slowly as he pulled her into his arms.
"That's good, because I love you too, now I say that we spend the last five minutes of the old year outside, I grabbed my cape that goes with this dress."
Leaning back against Jason, Elizabeth relaxed as she spent the time imagining what the new year would hold.
Carly was doing the same but she was heading to the small alcove where she had seen Emily and Nik exit. Closing the doors, she sat down and compared the year.
Michael was alive and well, making plans to spend time helping Bobbie and Monica take down the various trees, not in an endless coma. His life had been changed minutely but she knew that the changes would keep coming and hopefully her son would not want to grow up to be a mini gangster any more
Jax was free from Skye and Brenda, but was still standoffish; she could live with that for now. It gave her the time to grow some more and make sure that when they got together it was forever. She was still having Morgan, while he would not be the same little boy; he would still be loved.
Alexis was having a baby girl, like before but this time there would be no fear from Sonny. She had not killed Luis so she would not lose her little girl and hurt her friendship with Ned. From the looks of things she would be finding happiness with Mac, something that had not happened before but it was a good change. She only wished that her sister had not died.
Sonny was officially now a restaurateur instead of a mob boss. She wished he hadn't learned the truth about Ric but she was starting to think that it was destiny for that truth to come out. At least Sam was being dealt with. She could not play the sympathy card and what had happened to her daughter had made Carly wonder about the baby she had lost in the other timeline.
Elizabeth and Jason were happy and moving forward. That is one thing she was upset about. If she had not interfered in the previous timeline they would have had this time together. She did have to say that she was glad to have come to know Elizabeth, the young woman that had for so long represented the girls she had grown up with that had hated her, was now someone she considered a very close friend.
The only regret she had was the loss of Courtney. She could not help regretting that the young blond had taken her life. She could not help wondering if she had ever really known the girl in the previous timeline. Her friend had turned on her and cost Elizabeth her child. When she thought back on the hit and run, what had happened then? She got the sick feeling that they had helped her for the wrong reasons.
Courtney had more than likely been as sick then, but because Carly had been desperate to keep Jason away from Elizabeth, she had not wanted to see the truth that had been right under her eyes.
Rubbing her belly, she looked at the twinkling north star and vowed that she would keep up with maturing, but now she had one more worry, what to do about the actions of the coming year.