Chapter 3
The Next Morning
Carly was pouring herself a cup of coffee when the doorbell rang. She groaned.
She hadn't had a very goodnight's sleep. A certain man with killer dimples had
haunted her dreams. She needed a quick wakeup before going down to see Jerry and
Bobbie off. She called to Michael, who was in the living room watching cartoons.
"Michael, get the door for me."
"But Mo-om," He whined. "This is my favorite part!"
"Good that means you've seen it all ready and that way you won't miss a thing."
She said. "Now get the door!"
She could hear Michael stomping to the door. Probably talking under his breath,
she thought. "Walk like a normal person." She wondered what he was saying about
that.
"Who's at the door, Mikey?"
"It's Dr. Karen and Dr. Eve, Mom." Michael yelled out and she heard him stomp
back into the living room.
"I'm in the kitchen." She called to them. She could hear them giggling to
themselves as they came in. She wondered what was up.
Eve walked in with a box of donuts and Karen was carrying a bottle of champagne.
Carly spotted the donuts first.
"Mm, donuts, bring them over." She reached for the box. "So what are you girls
doing here so early?"
Karen answered. "We just finished up at GH and thought we'd stop by and see how
the party went."
Carly shrugged. "It went fine. Bobbie tried to do everything but I got her to
stop and enjoy the party."
"Great, great." Eve said with a huge grin on her face. She looked like she was
about to burst.
Carly looked at her curiously as she nibbled on a jelly donut. "What are you
smiling about?"
Eve just shook her head. "Nothing, nothing. So nothing exciting happen?"
Michael wandered into the kitchen and grabbed an apple. He took a huge bite and
said. "Uncle Sonny came by late last night. He wanted to spend the night but
Mommy said no."
Carly blushed. "Michael! What did I tell you about adult conversations? And
don't talk with your mouth full. Go back and watch TV." Michael left.
Karen and Eve turned to Carly, wearing twin looks of shock on their faces. Karen
was the first to speak. "Sonny was here? Last night?"
"I thought you and Garcia were exclusive now?" Eve asked. "Was Garcia here?"
Carly nodded. "I am with Alex and no, he wasn't here. Look, Sonny and I are
just friends. Friends visit each other."
"Yeah, all my friends visit late at night after my boyfriend's gone and want to
stay the night." Eve snorted.
Carly threw her hands in the air. "It wasn't that big of a deal!" She noticed
the bottle of champagne that Karen was holding. "Why do you have champagne?"
Eve grabbed the bottle and held it behind her back. "Well, get to that later."
She said with a sly smile. "But tell the truth, why was Sonny here, really?"
Carly knew she couldn't hide it from them. She sighed. "He wants me back."
Karen's jaw dropped. "What? Seriously?"
"Seriously."
"So are you going to go back to him?" Eve asked.
"No! Sonny is out of his mind. He has to be. He can't want me back. We were
barely together."
"So why would he want you back?" Karen wanted to know.
"For the sex. It's the only logical reason. I told him no. I can't go back to
him. I've had enough of relationships based entirely on sex. First Tony, then
Jason, and now Sonny. I can't do it again. I like what I have with Alex, he
treats me like a whole person, not just a body." Carly looked into her coffee
cup.
"Carly, I'm sure that's not the way Sonny treated you." Karen tried to reassure
her. "He's changed a lot. I may not think he's the greatest guy but he would
never just use you."
"Well, that's the way I see it and he knows how I feel." Carly tried to
brighten up. "Now tell me, what's the deal with the champagne?" She needed
something to keep her thoughts happy.
Karen started giggling and Eve smiled. "Chris proposed!"
"No!" Carly shouted.
"Yes!" Eve yelled back.
"Oh my God!" Carly hugged Eve. "I can't believe it! Let me see the ring."
Carly grabbed Eve's left hand. There was now a small but beautiful diamond ring
on her hand.
"Isn't it unbelievable?" Karen demanded.
"It is. Who knew that Chris Ramsey was the settling down type. When did this
happen?"
"Last night. I was on break and Chris showed up with a dozen roses and the
ring. It was so beautiful. He even knelt down on one knee!"
"I almost died from the shock of seeing it." Karen laughed.
"I'm so happy for you. Okay, let's break open that champagne!" Carly laughed.
"It's time to celebrate."
Then she remembered. "Crap, this will have to wait a few minutes. Michael and I
have to run down and say bye to Jerry and Bobbie. I just know that Bobbie has a
ton of last minute things she needs to tell me. Honestly, they're only going
away for a weekend. Lucas, Michael, and I cannot destroy the brownstone in a
weekend no matter what she thinks."
Eve, who had started to open the bottle, paused. "Yeah, sure."
"Don't eat all the donuts while I'm gone." Carly warned. "Michael, come on, its
time to go downstairs."
~*~*~
Elizabeth walked wearily into the kitchen the next morning and sat down at the
small breakfast table. Sly shuffled into the kitchen and saw her. "Morning,
Elizabeth."
Sly popped in a couple of Pop Tarts in the toaster.
"Morning." She said.
Sly looked at her closely. "You looked like you had a tough night."
"Yeah." Elizabeth knew she had to look bad. Her hair was a mess and she was
sure she had bags under her eyes. All night she had agonized over Nikolas'
proposal. "Is Emily up?"
"Yeah, she should be out of the shower soon." Just then Emily wandered into the
kitchen toweling her hair. She walked over to Sly and gave him a kiss. He
poured her a cup of coffee.
"Thanks." She sat down next to Elizabeth. "Do you want to talk about what was
bothering you last night?"
"Well…" She glanced over in Sly's direction.
"I get the hint. I'm gone." Sly grabbed a cup of coffee and his Pop Tarts.
"Don't get crumbs in the bed." Emily called out after him.
"Yeah, yeah." Sly called back.
"So what is it?" Emily reached out and held Elizabeth's hand. "You can tell me."
Elizabeth took a deep breath and said. "Nikolas asked me to marry him last
night."
Emily sat back in shock. Elizabeth and Nikolas getting married, what a shock.
"Wow! That's great!"
"No it's not."
"What?"
"I told Nikolas that I couldn't marry him."
"Why not?" Emily demanded to know. "Nikolas is a great catch. He loves you and
you two were meant to be."
"I know that but…Emily, I'm only 21. I shouldn't be thinking of marriage. We're
too young to be getting engaged."
Emily shrugged. "Why not? Sly and I got engaged our senior year in high
school."
This was news to Elizabeth. "Huh? You never told me."
"We never told anyone. We knew how they'd react."
"But…" Elizabeth didn't know what to say.
"You want to know how it happen?" Emily guessed at what she wanted to know.
Elizabeth nodded. "Well, you know that Sly and I hooked up during senior year.
We knew from the start that we had something that we were meant to be. I
couldn't see myself without him and he felt the same. We were like two halves
of a whole, it was like coming home." Emily said with a far off look on her
face. She blushed. "Listen to me, blathering on and on. "Anyhow, Prom Night,
he asked me and I said yes. Because I knew right then that I wanted to spend
the rest of my life with him. We decided to wait until we were older to get
married and that's why we didn't tell anyone. Elizabeth, you are the first
person I've told. I didn't even tell Carly and I tell her everything."
"I'm…honored. Emily, I can't believe you never said a word."
"Sly wanted to tell the world but I made him promise to wait."
"Did he give you a ring?"
"Yes, it's right here." Emily pulled out the necklace she always wore and
attached to it was a small gold ring with a small diamond. "Sly worked so hard
to save up for it. He wants me to wait until he can afford to give me a bigger
diamond before I put it on my finger but I told him that this was beautiful. He
doesn't believe me. Did Nikolas give you one?'
"It's in my room. I told him I needed time to think and he told me to keep it
and maybe it will influence my decision. He's coming by later for my answer."
"What are you going to tell him?"
"I don't know. It's too much right now. I like how things are going between us
and maybe in the future I would like to marry him but right now…" She trailed
off.
"You're not ready." Emily nodded. "You should tell him that."
"I will but what if he doesn't accept it? What if I drive him away?"
~*~*~
Carly knocked lightly on the door before opening it with the key Bobbie had
given her when she had moved into the brownstone. "Mom? Jerry?" She called.
Michael skipped in ahead of her, looking for his favorite Uncle Lucas. Carly
walked in and looked around but there was no one there. "Lucas? Hello?"
Lucas came out of the kitchen clutching a bowl of cereal. "Nobody's here."
Carly placed her hands on the waist. "They left before we could say good-bye?
How rude."
Lucas shook his head. "They didn't go on the trip."
"Then where'd they go?" Carly gritted her teeth. Sometimes it was like torture
just to get some information out of the boy.
"Uncle Luke came by late last night and I overheard them say something about
Cassadine."
"Which Cassadine? Never mind that, where are they?"
"They went over to Spoon Island."
~*~*~
Nikolas was on the phone with Lucky. He was sitting in the family room telling
him all about Elizabeth's reaction to his proposal. "I asked her, Lucky, and she
acted like she didn't want to marry me."
"You sure?"
"She spelled it out. She claimed it was too sudden and…" The doorbell rang
again. Nikolas looked around and saw that Mrs. Landsbury wasn't around to
answer the door. "Hold on Lucky, I have to get the door."
"Call me back later." Lucky said instead.
"Okay."
Nikolas was shocked to see Jerry, Bobbie, and Luke standing outside his door.
"What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be a on a trip?" He asked
Jerry and Bobbie, ignoring Luke.
"Never mind that now, Prince. Is Stiff home?" Luke asked as he pushed past
Nikolas and walked into Wyndemere as if he owned it.
"I am right here. Why are you here?" Stefan came up behind them. He looked from
face to face. Bobbie seemed afraid, Jerry seemed annoyed, and Luke, well one
could never tell with Luke.
"We got some news for ya. Looks like you're about to have a family reunion."
Luke turned to him with a smile.
"I beg your pardon?"
"Stefan, last night I got a call from…" Bobbie began to explain but Luke cut her
off. He wanted the honors.
"Victor Cassadine's not dead." Luke said with a grim smile.
~*~*~
Victor Cassadine sat alone in his room in the Port Charles Hotel waiting for
right hand man, Higgins to come to him. There was a knock on the door. Victor
called out. "Who?"
"Higgins, sir." Said a muffled voice from the other side.
"Come in."
Higgins, a small dark-haired man, scurried in. Victor watched him in amusement.
Higgins always reminded him of a rat. "What did they do?" He asked.
Higgins knew whom he was speaking of. "Immediately after your call, Spencer
showed up. They waited until this morning and then they ran off to Spoon
Island."
Victor nodded. "I knew they would. Probably demanding to know if my nephew
knew of my being alive. Predictable."
"Yes sir."
"And what about my daughter and grandson?"
Higgins looked down at the report. "After your call, Ms. Spencer…"
"Cassadine!" Victor corrected sharply. "Do not call her by that name. She is a
Cassadine."
Higgins gulped. "Sorry, sir. Detective Alejandro Garcia accompanied Ms.
Cassadine to her apartment, he stayed only for a few minutes before leaving.
Five minutes later, Sonny Corinthos, Port Charles' local mob boss visited. He
stayed about 15 to 30 minutes before leaving. Both men kissed her. This
morning, Dr. Eve Lambert and Dr. Karen Wexler-Scanlon visited her with donuts
and champagne. Some sort of celebration took place. By the way, the door was
opened by your grandson, pictures were taken and they should be developed and
brought to you shortly." Higgins added.
"Good, good." Victor nodded. "Find me more information about this Corinthos
character. I'm not sure I want a crime boss around my daughter and grandson.
Not a good role model for the boy."
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