Reclaiming Forever - Chapter 8

Lucky and Elizabeth sleep late the next morning and slowly prepare for the ride back to Port Charles in Nik’s Jag. They call Luke and Laura before they leave to let them know they’re coming home. In the car, they sing and laugh to the radio, enjoying these moments of fun and being together. Once they arrive in Port Charles Lucky asks…

Where should we go first, my parent’s house?

No, let's stop by my house so we can shower and change, and then go to Luke’s for dinner.

Ok, but I may need to buy some clothes, what I have won’t do for dinner with the most beautiful girl in the world.

You’ll look great, I asked your mom to get you an outfit for tonight, but we’ll go shopping soon. It should be waiting for us at my place. I hope you don’t mind, I want to show off my gorgeous fiancee but I don’t want to let you out of my sight to go shopping. Besides if I know your father we’ll have a major party waiting for us. Are you ready for that?

As long as you’re with me I’m ready for anything. It will be great to have everyone I love in the same room, even if they all have a million questions.

It should be fun, afterall, parties at Luke’s always are.

That’s true. Sweetie, since everyone will be there do you think we should tell them all at once that we’re getting married?

I think it would be a perfect time to announce our engagement. Everyone will be in a party mood because you’re home; this will give them more to celebrate, not that they need more. Believe me everyone has missed you terribly, and will be so thrilled to have you home.

What about your Grandmother, will she be so thrilled to see me she’ll forget to freak out about us getting married so young?

I think Gram will be supportive, believe it or not. She knows how much we love each other, and she knows all about my Spencer like stubbornness. She’ll know its going to happen no matter what. And she knows we’ll eventually move to New York, I think she’ll be glad we’ll be married before we do.

I hope you’re right, I want her to be there for you, you deserve that.

As Lucky says that, he turns the Jag into the Hardy driveway, and conversation stops. As Lucky notices the tree by Elizabeth’s bedroom window, memories come flooding back of all the times he climbed it either to sleep on her floor, or to say Goodnight, one last time. They make their way inside and go to her room, as promised Lucky’s new outfit, black slacks and a light blue silk shirt are waiting for him on her bed. There’s a note from Laura saying she hopes she fit Elizabeth’s request and one from Audrey welcoming Lucky and Elizabeth both home and that she’ll see them soon. Lucky showers first because Elizabeth wants to make a few calls. She wants to see if everything is setup at Luke’s as she suspected, it was. Luke says "Darlin’, of course there’s a party just get him here whenever you’re ready". Elizabeth laughs and hangs up as Lucky walks out of the bathroom, dressed in his new outfit with his hair still damp from his shower.

I told you that you’d look great.

He smiles and she kisses him on her way to the bathroom. She showers and changes into a pale blue sundress that matches Lucky’s new shirt almost perfectly. Lucky stays in her room looking at the symbols of their love that are all over. The pictures from New York photobooth, and the one from No Name by her bed, the picture of her and LuLu at LuLu's Birthday party and the one of them on Valentines day she'd made Emily take before they left the church. As Elizabeth enters her room, she notices Lucky looking around and knows he’s remembering so she gives him a moment before walking up behind him and hugging him. Lucky soaks in her presence, loving the reality after so many months of just memories. Finally he breaks the silence…

Ready?

I am if you are.

He turns around slowly and smiles and then is struck by how beautiful she looks. Elizabeth had missed Lucky looking at her like that, like there was no one else in the world. They reach for each other's hands and walk downstairs to the car. Outside of Luke’s they prolong going in, savoring each second they have alone before they have to join a roomful of people.