The moment they entered what was to be their room, Trina fell into Spencer's arms, clinging to him almost desperately. She just wanted to be with him and forget about the outside world for the rest of the night. She didn't want to think about her mother, Zeke, or the case of her two dads. She just wanted Spencer. That's it.
"Hey, are you ok?" Spencer held her tight against his body, feeling her tremble as she began to sob. "Hey, hey it's ok. It's all going to be ok. We're going to get through this."
"I know. Nothing can be as horrifying as The Haunted Star and Greenland...but...I feel so..broken right now. She broke me, Spencer," Trina pressed her face against his chest as if trying to hide her tears. "I never felt so disrespected."
Keeping his arms around her, Spencer lead her to the bed, where they both lay down and cuddled up against each other. Spencer held her close and kissed her forehead.
"I'm sorry that I'm the cause of all of this. If you weren't with me…"
"It would have been something else she would be unhappy about me having and trying to get rid of. I never noticed how controlling she really is," Trina sighed, resting her head against his chest and linking her hands with his. "I'm the one that's sorry. You're missing out on spending time with Ace and your grandmother because of me."
"There's no reason for you to be sorry. None at all. I'm not. I'm happy that we're together and that we're always going to be together. I'm going to do all I can to make sure that no one can split us up."
"I don't think anyone can. That whole thing with your Uncle...after what we went through...I've never felt closer to anyone than I do to you. I feel...like we're a part of each other," Trina sighed, looking up into his eyes. "I've never felt like this about anyone before."
"Like what?"
"Like I…," Trina blushed and looked away. "I'm too afraid to put a name to it."
"Why?"
"Because...it'll take things to a level that I'm not even sure I'm ready for. It's one thing to feel it in my heart...but when I say it…"
"It makes it real," Spencer nodded, getting what she was saying. "Are you afraid of it becoming real?"
"Yes. I am. It'll give you the power to really hurt me...worse than...before. You know? I don't know if I'm ready for that...yet. But I believe I will be...soon."
Spencer looked into her eyes, getting the gist of what the feeling was, yet too afraid to state it himself. He had been too free with that word and it had led him into trouble plenty of times. Not that he thought that Trina was trouble. He just wanted to make sure that this time, it would last.
"Oh to hell with it, Spencer….I love you. I am in love with you. I don't care what my mom has to say about it, or anyone else for that matter," She tightened her grip around his waist and pressed her face against his chest breathing him in. "You don't have to say it back."
"But I want to," Spencer smiled, feeling something lift off his shoulders at her words. Of course, he suspected. One didn't follow someone onto a boat and get kidnapped and nearly thrown overboard because you just like them! One didn't go on the run like this for someone that you're just attracted to! She loved him just as much as he loved her and he had loved her for such a long time now. It was the deepest thing he has ever felt in his life. "I love you too, Trina. There's nothing that I wouldn't do for you."
"Really?" She smiled up at him through her tears.
He chuckled and gently caressed her soft skin. "Really. I am madly deeply truly in love with you, Trina Robinson."
Trina laughed and leaned in for a deep kiss to seal the words that described the feeling and connection that they shared.
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Joss was going through the drawers and closets, hoping that Sonny had supplied her with a wardrobe of some kind. Hopefully, something fashionable and chick. So far, all she found were women's clothes more suited from the 90s.
"Ugh, he's awful!" Joss huffed, giving up on her search for a high-fashion wardrobe.
"He's a mob boss. He's not going to be on the up and up about the latest fashions for college-age women," Dex laughed.
Joss just rolled her eyes and threw a pillow at him. "I wonder who those clothes belonged to. I bet they're Brenda Barrets. Sonny's true love if the stories are correct."
"Isn't she that model…?" Dex gave her a strange look as if there was something he wasn't telling, but the expression was lost on Joss.
"Yes. She and my mom hate each other," Joss sighed and looked at her hands. "My mom. She must know about us by now. I bet she is pissed."
"She's going to forbid me from seeing you if we ever get to go back. She may even try to put a hit out on me."
"My mom's not like that. She won't like me dating you, that's for sure. But she won't try to do anything to come between us," Joss reached over to press a hand against his cheek. "She knows how much you mean to me. That'll mean something to her."
"I feel sorry for Trina. She seems so hurt. Even though I think Cassadine brings the heat on himself."
Joss sighed and crawled into bed to cuddle up with her boyfriend. "Spencer...does bring it upon himself. Portia sat through and saw all the trouble that came into Trina's life because of him. This Uncle Victor thing must have been the straw that broke the camel's back and now she's willing to do anything to get Trina and Spencer apart. It's just sad that she can't see how much she's hurting Trina. By doing this, she's saying that she doesn't trust or respect Trina's decisions. Now she's lost Trina for good. I don't see her ever forgiving Portia now. It's sad because they were so close to reconciling. I wish there was something I could do to make it right for Trina. She doesn't deserve any of this. She should be able to have her mother and the man she loves...even if that man is Spencer Cassadine. The most entitled, immature, person in Port Charles!"
"I don't get why he hates me so much, though. What did I ever do to him?" Dex frowned.
"Cam is his cousin and best friend. Obviously, he put two and two together and figured out that you were the reason I had broken it off with Cam. I'm surprised he hadn't told Trina. If Trina figured it out...I don't know if she'd even want to be my friend anymore."
Dex frowned. "Why would you think that?"
"Spencer barely tolerates me now, because he's so close with Cam. Cam is one of Trina's best friends...not to mention...well…"
"What?"
"Ugh, you're going to think I'm awful," Joss hid her face in her hands. Dex just wrapped his arms around her and held her tight.
"Go ahead. Tell me."
"Well...for a while...Trina and Cam were thinking of getting together. She really liked Cam and was actually considering starting a relationship with him. Well...at the time...I also began liking Cam and I saw that the two of them still hadn't gotten together, so I asked her if anything was going on between them and...she said no. She totally backed off, stating she preferred friendship to romance, giving the go-ahead. Now I've dumped the guy she had crushed on for someone else and there's no telling how she'll react."
"She has Cassadine. Why would she care now?"
"I don't know. Feelings are funny things and she really cared about Cam. She still considers him a close friend. She didn't like that his heart had gotten broken. If she finds out just how bad it was…"
"You really think she'd call off your friendship because you outgrew ole boy?"
"Maybe a few years ago, probably not. But now...I hate to admit it...but our friendship is not the same as it was. We've grown apart some. We're still friends...but...I just feel like I can't be as open with her as I once was. I feel sad about that, but that's how I feel."
"Is she open with you?"
Joss sighed, feeling like the worse friend. "Yes. She tells me everything that goes on in her life. I'm an awful friend, aren't I?"
"It's not my place to say," Dex sighed. "It does suck though. That she tells you everything and you only tell her half of what's going on with you."
"But what's going on with me is highly secretive stuff! Not that I don't trust Trina...but I can't chance it getting out to Sonny. And Sonny is Spencer's beloved Uncle. If he found out what you and Micheal are up to, he'll tell Sonny for sure and I'm not going to put Trina in the position where she'd have to lie to her boyfriend. I won't do that to her."
"And yet, here we are in Sonny's safe house, under his protection," Dex frowned, feeling really guilty for taking the job with Micheal. "Joss...would you mind if we just let it go with Sonny? Micheal's changed his mind anyway and Sonny doesn't have me do anything too bad."
"You want to keep working with Sonny?" Joss frowned, not knowing how to feel.
"He's not as bad as I thought he was."
"Dex! He's done illegal things! He's killed, people! He…."
"And you didn't mind any of that until he and your mother got divorced!"
Joss gasped and stared at Dex as if he had slapped her. "Really, Dex?"
"Really. I mean, Joss. Think about it. Before he and your mom broke up, when you thought he was dead, you mourned him. You were happy when you found out that he was alive, right?"
"Well...yes...but…"
"And Micheal was the same, right?"
Joss sighed and folded her arms. "Right."
"You both were close to that Jason Morgan guy who was Sonny's right-hand man. Am I wrong? Neither of you encouraged him to quit."
"What are you trying to say here, Dex?"
"That staying and working for Sonny is not the worse thing that I can do. He pays well. He doesn't ask me to do anything too dangerous unless I push to be in on it. Like the Pikeman deal. He had kept me at arm's length for the longest because he wanted to give me deniability."
"Okay, fine. He's not a bad boss...but…"
"Not to mention, even if Micheal had turned him in, I would have had to leave anyway, because mob bosses can give orders from jail, may I remind you...and once Sonny's gone...someone much worse will take over and most likely will want to take all of you out. Sonny is keeping your family safe, whether he's with your mom or not."
"Alright, alright. You make valid points. So you're asking me to lay off Sonny?"
"Maybe."
"Ugh...I'll think about it. That's all I can say."
Dex smiled, relieved to have gotten through to her. "Thank you. Look, I'm not saying that I'm going to want to work for Sonny forever. Just that...I don't want to be in a hurry to quit. Not right away."
"Fine. Alright. I won't push you to quit working for Sonny. Just as long as we get to be together."
"Of course, we'll be together. There's no other way I will rather be," Dex smiled, pulling Joss into a passionate kiss.
