Elizabeth was determined to go back to work, since she was bored out of her mind. It was Sunday afternoon, and she had nothing to do, no one to call. Lucky was working, and she had no friends, that she knew of anyway. She had cleaned her entire room, and was left with nothing else. She looked at her watch and jumped. It was only noon!
Putting her music loud and lighting a cigarette, Elizabeth then sat on the couch. Maybe she could read a good magazine or something. At that moment, she heard the doorbell and ran for the door. She didn't care who it was, at least she wouldn't be alone anymore.
She came face to face with the boy from the hospital, Nikolas, and he was with a girl. Two men were down the porch stairs, and waiting.
"-Can we come in? Asked Nikolas
-Sure! Answered Elizabeth
-It's OK now Ada, said Nikolas, and the two men were gone"
Elizabeth lowered the volume and helped the girl get Nikolas down the one stair.
"-Elizabeth, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend Emily. You guys go way back, and we thought, since Lucky was working today, that we'd keep you company, is that ok?
-It's better than OK! Hi Emily, nice to re-meet you, sorry I don't remember you.
-That's no problem Liz, I'm just glad you are OK, so, what shall we do?
-I don't know, Liz answered, taking a cigarette puff, what is there to do around here?"
Emily and Nikolas were staring at her. None of them knew she started smoking again, and Elizabeth laughed.
"-Yeah I know I "stopped", but not for me, and I need my nicotine fix.
-Well, you are the one who knows what you need. Said Nikolas. I've got an idea, Emily, why don't we bug your brother until he lets my brother out for the day, then we could do something the 4 of us?
-Wait, you got me confused! Said Liz. Emily, who is your brother?
-Jason Morgan.
-And who is yours? Asked Liz to Nik
-Lucky!"
Elizabeth nearly dropped her cigarette. This was a joke! Nikolas and Lucky, brothers? How, they looked completely different! But she remembered when she called Lucky yesterday morning, he answered the phone, thinking it was Nikolas, and he told Liz he thought she was his brother. But still, Nikolas was dark, serious and Lucky was light, in every sense of the word.
"-I didn't know the two of you were brothers, Liz said, you really don't look alike
-Yeah well, I'm the handsome one, Nikolas answered with a smile. So, shall we go to Jason's garage? And get Lucky out of there on this beautiful summer day?
-Sure! Said Emily, I'll go get Ada and Alexander, to get you to the car. -Elizabeth? You up for it? Asked Nikolas
-Of course, I was bored to death, and I wouldn't mind seeing Lucky again, she admitted, blushing"
The two men took Nikolas and got him in the car, while Elizabeth locked the door. Something came back to her, a feeling. No, more like a thought. She looked at Nikolas when she got in the car, and laughed.
"-What's so funny? Nikolas asked
-This is amazing. I just remembered something. The first time we met, I called you Nikki right?
-Not the first time no, but you did call me Nikki, and I wanted to kill you! Nikolas laughed, remembering.
-That is so cool, you remember something, Emily said
-Yeah, and I remember flowers too. You came with flowers and you gave them to Gram right?"
Nikolas was stunned. She was really remembering stuff. He brought flowers to Audrey the first night he went out with Sarah. And he told that to Elizabeth. But her face darken a little. Nikolas wondered why, but then thought about it. She was the "old" Elizabeth, always in competition with her sister. Emily asked her what was wrong, and Elizabeth didn't want to answer, but Emily insisted.
"-Well, you probably know it, since you were my best friends, but Lucky told me last night I was raped. We were supposed to go to the Valentine's dance, but he preferred to go with Sarah. And you Nikolas, went out with Sarah as well. I mean, what does she have that makes her so special? Why can't I see it? Is there something wrong with me or something?
-Liz, nothing is wrong with you. But, please know that you thought of your sister the same way before she left for Europe. You are as terrific as she is. And Lucky is just crazy about you.
-Yeah, I had to get rape for him to notice me. I'm sorry, let's have fun today!"
Nikolas squeezed her hand and smiled at her. Emily got out of the car first and ran for Jason. Elizabeth was looking for Lucky and found him next to a bike, his clothes and face covered with grease and motor oil.
While Emily talked to her brother, Elizabeth was looking at Lucky working on that bike. He hadn't see her yet, and Liz thought he was so handsome, he was so concentrated on what he was doing, the blue of his eyes was darker, with all the black in his face. Feeling someone was staring at him he looked up, and his whole face lighted up when he saw Elizabeth. She waved at him, not wanting to get dirty, and he waved back, with a wrench in his hand.
"-Lucky, get the hell out of here, said Jason
-What? Why? Asked Lucky
-Well, these lovely young ladies are requesting your presence, and I'm a sucker for puppy dog eyes.
-Great, if you're sure, I'm out of here. Guys, I'll run upstairs to take a quick shower. You are welcome to wait in my room if you'd like.
-It's Ok, Lucky, I'll stay downstairs, joked Nikolas.
-Oh right, sorry man, said Lucky
-And I'll stay with him, said Emily
-Elizabeth? You coming? Asked Lucky
-Oh, sure!"
When she walked in his room, she looked at the walls, turning on herself.
"-WOW! She said
-You like it? He asked
-I love it. Who did this?
-You did"
Elizabeth was stunned. She did this? How? No one, not even Sarah or her parents, or the Johnson's knew she painted. Lucky must really be someone special, really special, for her to paint his whole apartment like this. While she was looking at the murals, Lucky had already taken his shirt off, and, when Elizabeth saw his bare chest she blushed, staring at him.
"-Oh I'm sorry Elizabeth, I should've waited to be in the bathroom for me to take my shirt off, I kinda forgot "you" never saw me bare-chest, while the other Elizabeth did.
-That is no problem Lucky, really, I was just surprised
-At my manly feature? He asked, throwing his shoulder back like Tarzan while Elizabeth laughed
-Not really Spencer!"
Lucky hit her with his shirt, before going in the bathroom. Liz waited until she heard the shower and started taking a look around. She found a shoe box under his bed, full of pictures. Slowly, she started to look at them. They were mostly about Lucky and her, and, behind each one, a little note was written, saying when and where it was taken. She saw a couple with him, Nikolas and a little girl, and behind was written "gift for mom, December 1998". One of Lucky, her, Emily and Nikolas on his bed, written " Christmas Eve, 1998". A couple was written "Nurse's ball, 1998", with them, dressed up as police officers, and another couple with "Nurse's ball 1999". There was a couple of others, like "Nikolas' birthday, 1998", "Christmas at the Hardy house 1998", "Just hanging around, March 1999", "Valentine's day, 1999"...
She heard Lucky singing at the top of his lungs, mostly off-key, and she knew he was doing that to make her smile. Elizabeth put the pictures back under his bed and knocked on his bathroom door.
"-Hey Handsome, need someone to wash that dirty back of yours?"
He didn't answer, she just heard him chuckle, before he started singing again. He was singing Jailhouse Rock at the top of his lungs, while Elizabeth was laughing. He was so silly, you couldn't help but love him.
"-What did you just say? She thought to herself
-I said I couldn't help but love him, she answered herself
-You can't risk you heart girl, no matter how cute he is
-Oh Shut up!"
Lucky got out of the shower, still singing, and he stopped, smiling at Elizabeth. Without saying anything he took the same shoe box from under his bed, and showed her the pictures of the Nurse's ball 1998, and explained to her their number, all while getting a clean shirt on and combing his wet hair.
Lucky took Elizabeth's hand and they ran downstairs, both in a really good mood, to find Emily sitting on Nikolas' lap, in a tender kiss. Lucky coughed to show they were ready, Emily quickly got up, and they went for a day filled with fun.
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