Chapter 10

Nikolas was waiting for Elizabeth to show up. Lucky and Liz were going to spoon island, in the guest house and needed Nikolas to get them there without being seen. Lucky had asked for a rematch of the strip poker game. After everything she told him to do that week, it was his turn to get a little fun. He had to do the dishes all week every night it was her turn. He cleaned her room, had to be at the her house at 7 in the morning to make her bed before school. All day long he had to carry her books, make her lunches, do her homework, and kiss her whenever she wanted, not that he minded the last one. Elizabeth had him do everything she was supposed to do and even Audrey was laughing when she called him up one day to come and clean the soft drink that fell on the floor. Lucky had to get dressed, put his coat and boots on, and head over to Liz’s house just to clean three little drops.

Lucky knew Elizabeth was hard on him to teach him a lesson. Never call her chicken. He said she would back out, he did, that was his punishment. But now he wanted a rematch. The bet would still be on, but the one who backed out would be the slave for a month. They needed a place to play the game no one would show up. They couldn’t do it at Lucky’s place, because Nikolas would have to stay away too long and they didn’t want to go back to the cabin. That’s when Nikolas offered the guest house on spoon island. No one even went there. They would be alone and have all the time they wanted. Nikolas was finding it kinda funny. He knew that his brother wanted to wait before making love to Elizabeth but his pride was greater and he wanted to show her off. She was not letting him forget he chickened out of their bet and he was ready to make her suffer. Elizabeth showed up she was dressed casual, and so was Lucky. She had a turtleneck with a pair of jeans and her boots. Lucky was wearing his "lucky" jeans, like he called them, the ones he was wearing when he met Elizabeth. He had a t-shirt with a sweater.

Arriving at spoon island, devil island as Luke always called it, they went directly to the guest house, Nikolas opened the door and went back to the apartment. They installed the game on the kitchen table, and Lucky took the cards out. Elizabeth asked if she could see them because she thought he would have the guts to rig them. Everything was in order.

"-Ready to start? Lucky asked

-As ready as I’ll ever be. She answered with a smile

-Don’t forget. The loser is the other one’s slave for a month now, not a week

-Will you shut up and draw the cards? Or are you chicken again?"

Elizabeth cut the cards and the game began. Elizabeth won the first hand with a pair for three. He had nothing. His sweater came off. Elizabeth laughed, saying she was surprised he didn’t take one boot off, and Lucky answered he was hot anyway. Elizabeth smiled at him, whispering "that I know", while Lucky blushed.

They were deep into the game, and they now had a new rule. If the loser forgot to kiss the winner of the hand, the loser had to take another piece off. Kisses were going all over the place, as they were both losing their clothes. Lucky was down to his underwear. He lost everything. Elizabeth still had her pants off, but everything else was gone. Lucky was always looking at his cards, because if he looked at her he would jump on her. Elizabeth was teasing him because each time he had to get up and kiss her, he was blushing and looking at her eyes all the time.

Lucky had cards in his hand and he was sweating. He had nothing. Not even a pair of two. He was losing to her again. They put the cards on the table and he cursed out loud. She had a pair of three. He would lose his underwear and the game over a pair of three!

"-I guess you owe me what’s left Spencer! Elizabeth said

-I know, I know"

He got up, gave her the kiss, a long, passionate one and had his hands on the elastic of his boxers when the door of the guest house open. Alexis was walking in and she didn’t even see them yet, but then she looked up. They were all staring at each other, when Alexis started to laugh. Lucky quickly sat down, blushing his head away. Elizabeth had her arms in front of her, but she was laughing too.

"-What the hell is going on here? Alexis asked

-Nikolas told us the guest house was empty, Elizabeth answered, and we had to do a rematch of a strip poker game. We’re really sorry Ms. Davis, we will go"

Elizabeth got up when she saw Alexis put her hand to her mouth, whispering "Oh my God", before running out, crying. Lucky was looking at Elizabeth with questions in his eyes. They got dressed without saying anything, and went home. Lucky would ask the phone number of Alexis Davis to Nikolas to call her and apologize. They didn’t know what she was doing there when it was supposed to be empty, but they didn’t have any business to be there in the first place. Lucky told the indecent to his brother, getting him to laugh to tears. Nikolas was imagining his brother’s face, when he was about to take his boxers down, and he saw Alexis. Talking about it with Nikolas, Lucky was laughing too, but when he remembered how beautiful Elizabeth looked, he got a warm feeling all over his body.

Lucky got a call from Elizabeth the next day. She was asking him to come to the Hardy house right away, she needed him. Lucky knew, from the tone of her voice, that she wasn’t kidding. Something was wrong so he rushed over there.

Elizabeth opened the door, letting him in the living room. He saw a man and a woman sitting on the couch, Audrey next to them. And, on a chair right in front of them, ALEXIS. Lucky thought they were in deep trouble now. Elizabeth got two other chairs from the kitchen and sat on one next to Lucky. She took his hand in hers, and she was shaking.

"-Mom, dad, I’d like you to meet Lucky. And we can explain what happened if you would just listen. See --

-Elizabeth, interrupted Alexis, your parents already know that I accidentally walked in you when you were in the bathroom at my nephew Nikolas’ apartment. They know Lucky live with Nikolas so you really have nothing to explain. That is not the reason why I’m here"

Elizabeth could not believe her ears. If Ms. Davis did not talk to her grandmother about the strip poker game, why her parents were back so soon? They were supposed to get in Port Charles only a month later. And why was Ms. Davis here then? Lucky squeezed her hand, letting her know he was there no matter what.

"-Lizzie, started Jeff Webber, we wanted to talk to you alone, but you insisted for him to be here so --

-His name is Lucky dad!

-Ok, sorry, you insisted for Lucky to be here, even though it’s nothing of his concern. Anyway. What we have to tell you is not easy. A couple of years ago your mother and I were in Greece. We had a job there and we took Sarah with us. One night we were walking down a street when we saw a woman coming towards us. She had nice clothes, you could tell she was a member of a wealthy family. She had a baby in her arms. She stopped us, and begged us to take the kid. We didn’t want to, but she said that the baby would be killed if we didn’t. Madeline and I didn’t believe her, but she was crying and saying incoherent things like "she is watching my every move and one day the baby will be dead". Finally, we accepted and the lady disappeared. We had enough of one child and we wanted to give the kid to an orphanage as soon as we would be back in the United States the next week but, to leave the country, we had to adopt the child. So we did, thinking we could still find the baby a nice family. "

Elizabeth was not understanding a thing his father was saying. Alexis was silently crying, sitting on her chair. Jeff took his wife’s hand and continue.

"-What we didn’t count on was to have my whole family waiting for us at the airport, and, when Audrey saw the baby, she simply fell in love. It was too late for us, so we decided to raise the baby as our own, even though, I have to be honest, I didn’t want to. Sarah was enough for us and I had Steven too, but I didn’t want to pass for a heartless man, because everybody thought the child was ours, own flesh and blood. We never heard from the woman again, we didn’t even know who she was until Ms. Davis came to see your grandmother yesterday, asking to talk to Elizabeth’s parents. Audrey told us to come here right away, that something was wrong."

Jeff took a deep breath, before continuing the story. Elizabeth realized she was holding her breath and hanging on so tight to Lucky’s hands that she cut the blood circulation out of it.

"-Ms Davis saw your birthmark, the one you wanted to have removed. She admitted to us being the woman all those years ago who put the baby in our arms. Her daughter had the same mark, like a little strawberry, in the middle of the back, a little below the shoulders."

Elizabeth started to cry. She now realized where her father was going with this. She didn’t want to know.

"-So you are saying I am her daughter? She said in her tears

-Elizabeth, we are sorry we didn’t tell you this earlier, we didn’t feel we had to, said Madeline, talking for the first time

-Is that why you never loved me? Why you always preferred my sister? Well she’s not really my sister now is she?

-Elizabeth, we loved you, said Jeff, but not in the way we love Sarah, no. We took care of you, raised you, but the truth is, we didn’t want another child. We had no choice but to raise you and we did the best we could.

-That’s just great! She said, getting up, my own mother didn’t want me so she hands me to some strangers in the street, not caring about what would happen to me and my adoptive parents didn’t want me either, they wanted to throw me away as soon as they could! Elizabeth turned to Lucky and said. See why I’m so messed up? Do you understand now? How long will it take for you to throw me away too?"

Lucky quickly got up at these words and took the crying girl in his arms, saying loud enough so everyone would hear;

"-Elizabeth I love you and I will never let you go, no matter what. You are with me now, I am your family, wholeheartedly, with my soul. I don’t care where you are coming from, I just care about where you are going, as long as it’s with me"