Emily runs into Lizzy at the lockers. She's not too sure how to approach Lizzy with the news that she and Lucky are now a couple. She figures just coming out with it would be the best way...

"Hey, Lizzy!" Emily says cheerfully. She notices that Lizzy looks peculiarly happy for a Monday morning.

"Hey Em!" Lizzy responds. She's grinning from ear to ear. "How was your weekend? Better yet, how was your Valentine's Day? I hear you and Lucky spent Valentine's Day together. How was it?"

Emily approaches the subject cautiously. "Well, it was good. We had a great time."

Lizzy slams her locker and faces Emily, grinning. "You know, I've heard through the grapevine that you two are a couple now. I think that's really great, Em. You and Lucky deserve each other.

Emily is floored by Lizzy's genuine sincerity. "Thanks, Lizzy...um, I guess news gets around fast..."

"Good news!" Lizzy interrupts her. "Oh come on, Em, everyone knows that you and Lucky are inseparable. Even when he was going through his little stint of being obsessed with Sarah, I knew he would come around and grab his senses again. You two were made for each other."

"Thanks, Lizzy." Emily is amazed at Lizzy's behavior. "So, what did you do for Valentine's Day?"

Lizzy breaks out in a smile. "I had the most incredible Valentine's Day...you wouldn't believe! I met this guy..."

"Really, who?" Emily cuts her off. "Is he in any of our classes...come one, Liz, who is he?"

Lizzy looks at Emily, shaking her head. "No, dear, he's not in any of our classes. He's already out of High School."

Emily raises her eyebrows. "Really? So...he's older than you, I assume?"

"Yes, he is and he's gorgeous!" Lizzy and Emily both squeal with excitement. " His name is...Alex and he's great!" Lizzy hopes Emily wouldn't know Garcia on a first-name-basis.

"Alex, huh? Well, when can we meet this Alex, or is he going to remain a mystery man?" Emily asks, nudging Lizzy with her elbow. "Come on, you can't keep him a secret forever."

Lizzy defends herself. "Well...see, I don't know, when he'll get time off work to meet you guys..."

"Work!" Emily screams. She realizes she's drawing attention so she leans into Lizzy and whispers, "How old is this guy?"

Lizzy suddenly has extreme interest in her shoes. "Well, he's around...in his late twenties, I don't know reall..."

"Lizzy!" Emily can't believe what she's hearing.

Lizzy looks indignant. "What? What is the problem?

Emily sighs. "Nothing...nothing at all. Well, maybe we'll meet him at your Sweet 16 Party. That's in a few weeks, right?"

"Oh, I don't know..." Lizzy says. "I don't think he would be able to associate or 'fit in' with that adolescent crowd."

Emily laughs. "Yeah, I guess everyone will realize he's older when he's the only guy there with a hairy chest!"

Lizzy turns to her, pleading. "Look, I don't mind if you tell anyone about him, but just don't spill the beans about his age, okay? Especially, not Sarah. She'll blab to Gram and...I mean, everyone might not understand like you..."

"Who said I understood?" Emily asks. "I'm shocked, I'm speechless...understanding is not what I'm doing right now..."

"Don't worry, Em. I can take care of myself. Besides, he's a respected citizen of Port Charles..." Lizzy looks Emily in the eyes. "He's really a great guy, Em. You'll meet him soon, I promise. As a matter of fact," Lizzy digs in her jeans pocket and pulls out a quarter. "I'm going to go give him a call right now. " Just then Lucky walks up to them.

"Hey Lizzy!" Lucky smiles at her. He reaches over and grabs Emily's hand. "Hey you," he says as he leans over and gives Emily a quick peck on the lips. He looks a little uncomfortable with this public display of affection.

Lizzy watches this exchange and longs even more to run to the telephone. "Well, I'll see you guys later." She turns to Lucky. "Congratulations, Lucky!" With that, she bounces off to call Garcia.

Lucky turns to Emily, confusion written on his face. "What was that all about? She looks like she's about to burst..."

"Lizzy's got a boyfriend!" Emily tells him. "His name is Alex and she says..." Emily remembers her pact with Lizzy and quickly covers herself. "...he's really gorgeous. Probably NOT as gorgeous as you, of course." She leans against the lockers, blushing slightly at her own words.

"You're blushing again, Em." Lucky moves in closer to her, draping his arm over her locker door.

"Em, uh...did I embarrass just now...when I came over just now and kissed you in front of Lizzy? I didn't mean to, I just...did it... I guess I wasn't thinking."

Emily looks at him as if though he's lost his marbles. She whispers back to him, "Lucky, I don't care if we were standing in front of the President...you can kiss me anytime, anywhere..."

Lucky moves in closer. "Be careful how much freedom you give me, it may not be good..." He leans in and kisses Emily softly. Lucky temporarily forgets where he is and puts his arm around her waist and pulls her in for a deeper kiss.

They're both brought back to reality when they hear a few whistles and whoops from the other students walking by. Lucky breaks the kiss and, cheeks coloring, peeks over his shoulder at the crowd, then looks down at the floor.

Emily bends down to meet his eyes. "Now, who's blushing?" she says with a smile.

Lucky looks up at her, smiling. "I guess I have to get use to this whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing. You know, the public displays of affection, the hand holding, the kissing..."

Emily smiles at him. "Well, you know what they say about not being used to something...the more you do it the easier it becomes." With that, she lifts his face and kisses him again, and again. She pulls away and looks past him.

"See? The crowd is getting used to us already. Soon we'll reach the 'they're so boring' status and we'll be lost in the crowd just like the other couples in this school."

Lucky looks into her beautiful brown eyes. "Really? Then I guess we'll have to stay together until we reach that old, run-of-the-mill stage.

"I'm not going anywhere..." Emily whispers.

Lucky smiles at her. "Neither am I."

The bell rings, bringing them both back to the moment. Lucky backs away and Emily turns to get her last book from her locker and shuts the locker with a bang. She stands there a second, lost in thought.

Lucky looks at her. "Em? What's up?"

Emily turns to face him. "Do you realize that just one week ago today, we were at this very spot, standing here just like this, and I had no idea that one week later, I would be your girlfriend.

"Talk about fate." Lucky says, smiling. "I'm glad I didn't let you get away." He kisses her again.

The late bell rings and Lucky pulls away from her. "Ooops, come on, let's go." He takes her hand and they rush off to Chemistry together.

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Liz is on the pay phone at Kelly's and she's on hold, again. She's been trying to get through to Detective Garcia since yesterday, but he's been in interrogations and couldn't be interrupted. 'He's so important' Liz thought to herself. She still didn't see why he had to be so tied up on the weekend. 'Don't they EVER give him a break down there?'

Just then, someone returned to the line. "Miss, I'll transfer you to Detective Garcia now."

"Thank you." Lizzy waits, her palms are starting to sweat.

Garcia picks up the other extension, very tense from interrogation, playing 20 questions with a uncooperative burglar. "Detective Garcia." He says in a deep voice.

Lizzy almost faints at the sound of his voice. "Hello, Alex?"

"Speaking..." Garcia says. He recognizes the voice. "Elizabeth?"

Lizzy is thrilled that he remembered her. "You remembered my voice?"

Garcia whole demeanor softens as he remembers the pretty young lady. His voice is velvet smooth. "How could I forget? I didn't know if you would call me or not, I was beginning to wonder if you were just leading me on."

"Oh, I would never..." Lizzy is trying to collect herself. She thought she would be able to handle speaking to him over the phone, but his voice had the same hypnotic effect on her as in person. "I would have called you sooner but, I've been extremely busy. I'm sorry if I made you think otherwise."

Garcia smiles. "Well, I'll forgive you if you agree to have dinner with me tomorrow night? That is, if you can fit me into your busy schedule?"

Lizzy almost squeals with excitement, but then she remembered she is supposed to be a mature adult. She tries to replay the flirtatious attitude she had with him the other night. "How could I possibly refuse such a strong, handsome man such as yourself? I would love to have dinner with you again, Alex."

Lizzy remembers that going out would pose a threat to her undercover identity. She thinks fast and plunges in for the kill. "Alex, is it possible that maybe we could stay indoors for dinner tomorrow night?"

"Sure? What do you have in mind?" Garcia asks, suggestively.

Garcia's tone sends a shiver down her spine. 'I wish he would stop making me melt' Lizzy thought to herself. She turns to see Sarah enter Kelly's and she turns her back to her and tries to hurry the conversation.

"What's your address?" Lizzy blurted out, taking her order pad and pencil from her apron.

Garcia was taken aback by her boldness. "Well, since you just came right out and asked for it I guess I'll just come right out and give it to you..."

"Oh, I'm sorry, was I being too forward?" Lizzy apologized.

Garcia laughs. "No problem. You are being forward...but I like a woman who knows what she wants."

Lizzy smiles as she writes down his address. "Okay, I got it. 7:00pm tomorrow night, okay?"

"Okay, tomorrow night it is." Garcia says. Then he asks, "How would you like me to cook dinner for you?

"You? Cook for me? That would be perfect." Lizzy thought the suggestion was so sweet.

"Great! Then we're on for tomorrow night." Garcia says. "Hey, will this be casual attire?"

Lizzy thinks for a moment, then decides to throw it at him. "Sure, I can do casual...but just make sure you're as gorgeous and as sexy as I remember you."

Garcia loved the way this woman flirted. He whispers into the phone. "Till then, Cara Mia."

Lizzy almost looses her footing at the sensual Spanish dialect. No guy had ever called her 'My Dear' before. Lizzy found it so...sexy.

"Okay, uh...maņana! Bye!" Lizzy hangs up just in time to turn and practically knock Sarah over.

"Oh, Lizzy, gosh...hi. Have you seen Nikolas? I'm supposed to meet him here."

Lizzy, trying to stop smiling, says, "No, haven't seem the Greek god today at all!"

Sarah looks at Lizzy strangely, "Lizzy, why are you standing here grinning at me? What's going on? You've been in an incredibly good mood since like, all week."

Lizzy walks past Sarah, concealing Garcia's address on her notepad. "Oh, no reason, really. Just happy for a change." Lizzy starts clearing tables. Nikolas walks in.

"Oh Sarah, your highness is here!" She smiles at Nikolas, who smiles back and waves his hand at her, ignoring her bashing. He walks over to Sarah and wraps his arms around her. Lizzy watches this and, for the first time, doesn't feel a pang of lonely jealousy.

She walks over to them, carrying a tray of dishes. She clears her throat. "Ahem, excuse me, but I think you're making the customers ill...could you please take this elsewhere?" She laughs and runs off as Nikolas attempts to strangle her with his scarf. He and Sarah take a table and sit.

When they're settled, Sarah takes Nikolas' hand and asks him, "So, how are you today?"

"Fine." Nikolas says. He realizes that, the more relaxed and happier he is, the easier it is for him to speak. "And you?"

Sarah smiles at him. "I'm doing fine. I've bought you something..." She releases his hands and reaches down in her bag.

Nikolas peers over the table. "I...I hope, not a...nother sweater."

Sarah looks at him and playfully slaps his hand, remember the condom incident. "Very funny, Nikolas!" She pulls out a video cassette and hands it to him.

Nikolas takes the video and looks at the cover. "Gone With...the Wind?" He looks up at her, puzzled.

"It's an American classic." Sarah looks at him sincerely. "I thought, maybe after all the therapy you're going through and the reading you're doing...maybe you would just want to, you know, sit and watch a movie. That way, you won't have to read or talk...we can just sit and enjoy each other...no stress, no obligations..." Sarah looks at him, hoping for approval. "I hope I'm not being too pushy..."

Nikolas takes her by the hands and pulls her to him across the table in a kiss. Sarah takes this as approval.

Lizzy comes out from the kitchen, seeing the two joined in the kiss. "Oh, please...come on, you're making the customers wanna heave!" She laughs and walks back into the kitchen.

Sarah and Nikolas pull away from each other, staring into each other's eyes.

Sarah speaks first. "Maybe Lizzy's right, we should get out of here."

Nikolas smiles at her, He holds up the video. "Movie?"

"Popcorn?" Sarah stares at him, reveling in how much she loves this guy.

Nikolas stands. "Let's go." With that, they both grab their coats and leave.

Sarah calls out to Lizzy. "Bye Lizzy, Tell Gram I'll be home later."

Lizzy comes from the kitchen. "Don't worry, I'll cover for you. Bye!" Lizzy watches them walk out, smiling and laughing. She felt genuine happiness for Sarah and Nikolas, she hoped she would have that kind of love one day.

She thought about her date tomorrow night. "We'll see..."

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