Chapter 24 Carly and Jason found Alex in the cafeteria having a cup of coffee with Victor. �Don�t you ever leave her be?� Carly asked her father as her and Jason walked up to Alex table. �I would say that same about you and Jason,� Victor said with a smile on his face. �Two shay,� Carly said as she sat down at the table. �How did the meeting go?� Victor asked. �Next time you do it,� Carly snapped at him. �Edward right?� Victor said with a smile on his face. �Yeah, and you are hiding from him,� Carly said accusingly. �I wouldn�t call it hiding. I would just say that I have better things to do then deal with Edward Quartermaine,� Victor said with a sly smile on his face. �Ok, enough,� Alex said and she looked at Carly. �You look different. You do something new?� �No, but I haven�t feeling good lately. I think I got the flu but I only get sick in the morning,� Carly said. Victor who was just about to take sip from his coffee choked. He looked at Carly and said with his eyes bugged out. �Sick in the morning?� �Oh, no,� Alex said. �What?� Carly said still not picking up what they were thinking about. �Carly, when did you last have a period?� Alex asked her. �I�m only a few days late?� Carly said. �A few days,� Victor said turning white. �Boy, if you got her pregnant,� Victor said threatening Jason. �Easy, now. Let�s� be sure first,� Alex said and she took Carly by the hand and they went up stairs to do a pregnancy test. Victor sat at the table and glared at Jason with hard cold eyes. Jason was a little worried himself. He didn�t think about Carly ever getting pregnant. ***************************************** Luke woke up and headed down stairs just in time to see Lucky storm out of the house. �Nikolas, I hope you fall off that horse of yours and break your neck!� Lucky yelled as he slapped the door behind him. Luke stood at the stairs looked at the crowed of people and asked, �What happened here?� �Your son is a brat that is what happened,� Nikolas snapped and he stormed in the other direction almost running over Mikkos as he went. �What set them off?� Mikkos asked Zander and Mr. Anderson, the boy�s tutor. �You have to ask Zander. I stepped out of the room for a moment,� Mr. Anderson said. �Zander?� Luke asked. �Nikolas was talking about the first time he met Lu and how things were when he first arrived. Lucky got up dumped his drink on Nikolas head and then stormed out as you saw,� Zander said. �Why would do that?� Mikkos asked. �I don�t know but I will find out,� Luke replied and he headed out to find Lucky. Luke found Lucky down by the waters edge throwing a stick into the water to only have Foster bring it right back to him. �Cowboy?� Luke said as he walked up beside his son. Luke only had to give Lucky a quick glance before he realized that Lucky was crying. �Go away,� Lucky, said starting to walk down the waters edge. �I can�t,� Luke said as he walked along beside Lucky. �Mom does,� Lucky snapped as he picked up a rock and flung it into the water. �Does this have to do with your fight with Nikolas and the way you talked to your mother last night?� Luke asked as he sat down on a big bolder. Lucky leaned against the bolder and asked, �Do you really care what I think?� �Of course I care, why would you say something like that?� Luke asked. Lucky shook his head in frustration and said, �I�m tired of people telling me that what happened was because mom dealing with a lot. I�m tired of having Nikolas shove down my throat,� Lucky snapped. Luke was confused. He had no idea what Lucky was talking about. �Ah, can you enlighten me here?� Luke asked her. Lucky sighed and said, �It started after Lu got sick. Mom spent a lot of time in the hospital with her. I understand that because she was so ill. It was when Nikolas arrived as her donor that I stopped understanding.� �What do mean?� Luke asked. �Well, for one. Do you know what Nikolas first words to me where?� Lucky asked tears in his eyes and hate in his voice. �No, what?� Luke asked. He felt Lucky�s pain and wished he had been there to be with the kid or at least heard about all of this sooner. �He was here to see his sister and mother. It made it very clear that I wasn�t worth anything,� Lucky said as he picked up another rock and threw it into the water. �What did your mother say about this?� Luke asked. �She said that Nikolas is angry at her because she left him. I should give him a chance. She was sure we could became good friends,� Lucky said sarcastically. �Didn�t work out that way did it?� Luke asked. �No, it didn�t. Oh, she tired lots of times for us to be friends. We even had dinner together. Of course, all that did was point out how barbaric I was,� Lucky snapped. �Who said to that to you?� Luke asked. �Nikolas at are first dinner here. I wasn�t used to all forks and things. I kind of made fool of myself and knocked over my water glass. It didn�t help that mom and Stefan were playing nice to each other,� Lucky snapped. �So, this is why you hate Nikolas?� Luke asked. �No, what got me was every time I said something about it. Mom said, I wasn�t giving him a chance. I should be nicer to Nikolas. She even made me take him to a party at Sly�s,� Lucky snapped. �Made you?� Luke asked puzzled. �Yeah, If I didn�t take Nikky boy then I wasn�t going,� Lucky snapped. �I�m not even commenting on that,� Luke said thinking Laura lost on that point. Shoving Nikolas down Lucky�s throat just made the kid hate him more. �Yeah, well it gets worse,� Lucky said. �Ok, what happened?� Luke asked. �Well, it started at school. I was having trouble with Sam again. I tried to ignore him but it didn�t work. I got mad and decked him. Mom got called in and after we got home. We started fighting. Nikolas so happened was around and pointed out that I was acting just like you would. I hit him as well,� Lucky said. �Oh, boy. What did your mother do?� Luke asked. �Oh, grounded me for life and drugged me off to Gail�s office,� Lucky admitted. �What happened there?� Luke asked. �You know it worked for awhile or that is what I thought until I came home and found the divorce papers on the table and Stefan in bed with her,� Lucky snapped. �She didn�t tell you?� Luke asked. �No, she didn�t. I found out when she was getting ready to sign them. I hit the roof and that is when I took off,� Lucky said. �That�s the real reason you ran away?� Luke asked. �Yeah, Mom convinced me into lying about the reason I lied. Of course that was the last time we really talked to each other. I said I would but don�t ever ask for anything from me ever again,� Lucky said. �I wish you would have said something about all of this sooner. I might have been able to help,� Luke said as he wrapped his arm around Lucky. �I know but I didn�t want to worry you,� Lucky cried. �Lucky, I always worried about you. It was part of the deal of being away. Now, I don�t know happened with Laura on this kick with Nikolas but I do know that it was my idea for divorce,� Luke said. �Yours? Why?� Lucky asked brushing the tears off his cheeks. �Because after Lu got sick and I realized that she was going to have to deal with a lot alone. I knew it wasn�t fair for her to stay married. We talked when Lu was ill and she kept saying that Stefan was a great help. I wasn�t there? I wasn�t going to be. I had life and nothing I did could change it. So, I let her go and excepted that prison was going to be my life from then on,� Luke said. �It might have helped if we knew Damion was sooner,� Lucky snapped. �Yeah, in away you�re running off helped finger that out,� Luke said giving Lucky a quick hug. �You know when I ran into him in Florida I thought I saw ghost or I was going crazy,� Lucky said. �Yeah, well, I always thought that was set up. I think he planned on hurting you but Robert got to your first,� Luke said. �Yeah, I know,� Lucky said. Father and son sat there for a long time talking more about what Luke had missed and how Lucky felt about all of it. ******************************************** Luke and Lucky talked for a bit more until they noticed the launch coming in. Lucky pointed and said, �It looks like someone is moving in with us.� Luke looked over to see, Victor, Alex, Jason and Carly standing around with a lot of luggage at their feet. �Oh, no,� Luke said thinking if he had to deal with Carly twenty four/seven he was going to go nuts. �You want to go see what is going on?� Lucky asked. �Might as well,� Luke, said still dreading what could be going on as they climbed off the bolder and headed towards the dock. As Lucky and Luke stood at the docks waiting for the launch to get docked, Sonny and Alexis showed up and Sonny asked, �What�s going on?� �I don�t know,� Luke said and he looked over at Alexis to see this bright smile on her face. �You the cause of that?� Luke asked Sonny pointing to Alexis� smile. �I hope so,� Sonny said hugging Alexis and kissing her on the cheek. �So, do I,� Luke said and he winked at Alexis. As the group stood on the docks, they got a good look at the crowed on the launch. Victor had this swore look on his face and Alex was smiling nervously. Carly and Jason both looked shocked but something about the smiles they carried confused the group. �What is going on?� Alexis asked puzzled. �I have no clue,� Luke answered for all of them. Chapter 25 Back to A Father's Love |