Thank you to klj5017a, guest, star-lilac, jen, guest, , terrygyimah, and reina13 for reviewing Chapter 1! It meant so much to know how you liked the story so far and if I did okay. From your reviews, I can tell I'm satisfying you. Thank you to those who follow/favorite. Your reviews, follows, and favorites are what inspire me to keep writing and posting. I will continue to post a chapter once a week to give everyone time to read and leave a review so you're not rushed as well as to give myself time to write more chapters. I wrote Chapter 5 last night but haven't typed it up yet. To respond to your reviews, you're very welcome for posting this story. It was mostly a challenge to see if I could write a story on Niz and so far, I'm enjoying it. Someone told me in the first chapter I misspelled Nikolas' name, so I corrected my mistake. I apologize for the error. If you see any more errors, kindly let me know so I can fix them. Thank you. I'm aware of the fact that not everyone is a Niz fan as I got a guest review trashing Niz. I want to remind you that everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Not everyone is Niz fans, Liason fans, Quiz fans or even JaSam fans. I am personally not a JaSam fan, but I respect those who are. So please respect those who are Niz fans. Thank you. I do my best to portray the longing between the Niz and how they want to be together, but Elizabeth is trying to stay true to AJ. To Jen who guest reviewed, I was a little confused at your review in stating that 'keep writing rather see Elizabeth be with AJ then Nik, especially now that AJ and Liz are not together'. Do you mean you'd rather see Elizabeth with Nik but you accidentally said AJ? I know Quiz aren't always together on the show, but your review confused me. Sorry, I tend to get confused easily so I was hoping in your next review for Chapter 2; you could clarify what you meant. Thanks! As for the guest who trash talked Niz, I understand you're not a fan of them, but please be aware that there are fans of the couple, so if you have nothing respectful to say, please don't review as it's not fair to others. Thank you. I will definitely keep the chapters coming, as long as I continue to get reviews telling me to keep posting as you told me in the first chapter you want more updates. I love getting reviews as they inspire me to continue writing for this couple. I answered this question to after receiving his review, but I will respond to it here in case any of you were wondering. 'GeJo' is Georgie Jones and Johnny Zacchara. I apologize if I spelled Johnny's last name wrong as I have a tendency to do that. There are some stories on 'GeJo' on the site but I haven't read them, so if I did get a request, it would be the first time for me. I have an idea in mind on a possible storyline, but I'm not gonna write it being I don't know who would read/review it. You won't offend me if you don't know who they are or if you're not interested. It's merely for your enjoyment. If you're interested in my other stories, they are located on my profile page. If you choose to read them, I hope you will consider leaving feedback so I know what you think. To Terrygyimah, I understand you're not a Niz fan and I'm not exactly a fan either, but like I said, I wanted to challenge myself to see how good I could do. I appreciate your opinions on what you think of the story as well as the show. I enjoy hearing everyone's thoughts so feel free to keep them coming. I hope that you will continue to read/review this story and give this story a chance. Thank you. As for Reina13, you're very welcome for the story. I'm glad you are enjoying it! I was hoping I did well on this story being you requested it, so I appreciate your approval. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the next chapter. Take care!

Any other questions or concerns, please leave them in a review or PM and I will answer them when I am able to. When writing this story, I realized I forgot to put it in Jake Spencer. Being I'm already done with Chapter 5, he will not be in this story. If this confuses anyone, sorry about that, but I will only use Cameron and Aiden for Elizabeth's boys. I know it was wrong of me to forget one of her kids, but I as I was writing this story, I didn't even realize it. I hope you won't hold it against me and that you'll still enjoy the story. I don't own any rights to GH, just my own stories.

Chapter 2

(Elizabeth is at the Nurse's Station entering data on the computer when AJ comes off the elevator with a bouquet of pink and white roses in his hands. When he sees her, he has a big smile on his face as he approaches her)

AJ: "Hello, beautiful."

(Elizabeth quickly glances away from the computer to smile at AJ)

Liz: "Well, hello yourself there, handsome." (chuckles) "Give me one second so I can finish and then I'm all yours."

AJ: (smiles) "Take your time."

(A minute later, Elizabeth finishes and turns away from the computer to look at her boyfriend)

Liz: "What can I do for you, Mr. Quartermaine?"

AJ: "Well, for starters…"

(AJ hands her the bouquet of flowers, causing her to gasp)

AJ: "These are for you."

(As she's admiring the flowers and briefly sniffs them, she speaks)

Liz: "They are beautiful, AJ! Thank you!"

AJ: (chuckles nervously) "I-I guess they're sort of an apology for the other day when I wasn't able to go with you and the boys to the park. I'm sorry, babe."

Liz: (shakes her head) "No, it's okay. The boys understood." (smiles a little) "They missed you, though. They always have fun around you."

AJ: "Are you free this weekend? I was sort of hoping I could make it up to you guys and take you all out to dinner and a movie. You and the boys can pick the place to eat and the movie."

(Elizabeth smiles at AJ)

Liz: "Well, thank you. That's very sweet."

(All of a sudden, she remembers the boys' plans to go to Nikolas' house this weekend sometime. She closes her eyes and sighs softly, which AJ notices)

AJ: (concerned) "Elizabeth, what's wrong?"

Liz: (sighs) "It-It's just that the boys already made plans this weekend." (moves her head in circles) "Well, I told him I'd talk to you about it."

AJ: (puzzled) "Talk to me about what?"

Liz: "Nikolas' son, Spencer, invited me and the boys to his house to play. I guess he wanted to show off his new toys and Cameron and Aiden were excited."

(AJ nods at Elizabeth, but she can tell he's not happy. He puts on a fake smile)

AJ: "The boys wanted to go to Spencer's, huh?" (chuckles awkwardly) "Well, that's okay. I mean, we can all plan another time to hang out." (shakes his head) "I don't want to interrupt the boys' time with their cousin."

Liz: (sighs) "Are you sure? Because I can tell them no."

AJ: (nods & smiles) "It's okay, really. I'm assuming that, uh, Nikolas will take care of the boys then?"

Liz: (nervously) "Well, actually, Nikolas and Spencer invited me along, too…and you as well. I didn't want to leave you out so Nikolas extended the invitation for you as well."

(AJ briefly turns his head to the side)

AJ: (mutters to himself) "Sure he did."

Liz: (puzzled) "What was that?"

AJ: (shakes his head) "Oh, nothing." (clears his throat & smiles) "That was very nice of Nikolas to invite me along as well. I imagine he wasn't thrilled at the idea of me coming along, too."

(Elizabeth can tell AJ's not thrilled with the idea and tries to smile at him, but she knows she's not doing a very good job. She shakes her head and looks at AJ seriously)

Liz: "You know what? I will cancel the get together. I don't want it awkward between any of us and I know you and Nikolas don't exactly get along very well."

(AJ stops her from picking up the phone and smiles at her)

AJ: "It's okay. Really, I promise. If Nikolas can be good, then I'll be good, too. We'll make it work."

(Elizabeth looks at her boyfriend doubtfully. She knows it will not be easy, especially given the fact that Nikolas and AJ were practically at each other's throats before and after she made her decision. She hates the tension between them, but ever since she chose AJ over Nikolas, things between all of them have never been the same. She wishes she could do something, but she doesn't know what. Nikolas hates the fact that she chose AJ and she privately knew that AJ was probably rubbing it into his enemies face. And to top it off, there were three boys involved and no matter what she decided, someone was going to get hurt. She knew it was a no win-win situation. But she chose AJ and she needed to stick with it, even though she admitted to herself that she had doubts sometimes. She kept thinking to what Laura told her regarding Nikolas and AJ. Nikolas never cheated on her, even when they weren't technically together whereas AJ cheated on her with Carly. Now granted, AJ caught her in a somewhat close moment when Nikolas was comforting her, but what AJ didn't realize and didn't bother to confront her about is what the hug was about. If AJ would have stuck around, he would've known the truth, that Elizabeth heard the recording on Nikolas' cell phone on AJ confessing to his tryst with Carly. After explaining why he had the recording on his phone, Elizabeth eventually understood Nikolas' reasons. But AJ, he never confessed what he did. He got caught. Elizabeth had to admit to herself that there would always be that doubt in the back of her head where if she and AJ ever fought again, would he turn to Carly, like he did before? She knew she needed to have another long talk with AJ about her insecurities, but she also knew that this weekend was not the best time being they'll all be at Nikolas'. She knew AJ wasn't happy about it and she offered to cancel it, but she also knew AJ didn't want to disappoint the boys. AJ knew what ever feelings he felt for Nikolas Cassadine, he would have to put those aside for the sake of the boys because they were innocent in all of this. AJ smiles and pats Elizabeth's hands)

AJ: "It's no problem going with you to Nikolas' place with the boys. If they're looking forward to it, I don't want to disappoint them. We'll make it work."

Liz: (lowers her head a little) "Are you sure?"

AJ: (smiles & nods) "Yep! Don't worry. I'll be okay."

(Elizabeth studies her boyfriend's facial expressions before letting out a small smile across her face)

Liz: (nodding) "Okay, then. I told Nikolas I'd call him before the weekend. I'll call him on my break and tell him." (smiles) "I appreciate you doing this for the boys. It's been awhile since they got to hang out with their cousin."

(Elizabeth puts her hand on AJ's cheek and caresses it)

Liz: "Thank you, by the way. I know it's not easy for you."

AJ: (shakes his head & smiles) "I would do anything for you, Elizabeth."

(They both lean forward and share a kiss before AJ excuses himself and lets her get back to work. When he sees that she's back at the computer working, he walks to the elevator before stopping)

AJ: "I think it's time Nikolas and I had a little chat."

(AJ gets on the elevator with an angry look on his face)

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I apologize for the shortness of this chapter. I hope you're not mad and will still leave feedback as reviews are encouraged. Like I stated in Chapter 1, please let me know if you want another update. I want to make sure that everyone is enjoying this story and I'm not posting it for nothing. Thank you again for those who review/follow/favorite! Thank you for reading. Until next time!