Chapter 25 Victor helped Alex and Carly off the launch and then he joined them. Jason soon followed him. Alex looked at the launch operator and said, �Just unload the luggage on the docks. Someone from the house will be down to get them shortly.� �Yes, Mrs. Cassadine,� the operator said and he started about his business. �Daddy making his little girl come home?� Luke asked Carly with this cocky grin on his face. �Stick it,� Carly snapped. �Oh, snappy,� Luke said grinning even more. While Luke and Carly were starting to go at it, Sonny walked over to where Jason stood and asked, �What�s going on?� Jason smiled at his friend and said, �Carly is going to have a baby.� �You�re joking,� Sonny said shocked at the idea Jason was going to be a father. �No, I�m not. She going to have a baby,� Jason said. �I get paternity test,� Luke said over hearing Sonny and Jason�s conversation. �Why?� Jason asked confused at Luke�s remark. �Because kid, she is Victor�s daughter and if you think you�re the only male lays with then your crazy,� Luke said giving Carly a cold hard look. �What it Luke,� Victor snapped taking affiance to Luke�s remarks about his daughter. �No, Jason better watch it. If your daughter is anything like you then he is in world of hurt,� Luke said. �I would rather be like my father then my mother,� Carly snapped at Luke. �Who do think taught your mother the ropes,� Luke said pointing to Victor. �She was a hooker before they met,� Carly yelled not believing anything Luke was saying. �Think again. She was sixteen and he was at twenty-five when they hooked up. He was teacher and she was the student. You want know more ask your mother that is if she talks to you yet, after what you did to her,� Luke said. �I didn�t do anything to her,� Carly said. �The hell you didn�t. You walked into her life telling her this sob story about how rotten your childhood was and then you stabbed her in the back. You took her to Victor�s house without a clue at what was going to happen,� Luke said getting right in Carly�s face. Jason went to Carly�s side right then and shoved Luke back a good few feet. �Back off,� Jason yelled. �Boy she has been leading you around by a leach ever since she arrived into town. Why don�t� you wise up and realize that she is using you,� Luke yelled. �Knock it off Luke,� Victor warned getting into Luke�s face right then. Luke looked at Victor and said, �You don�t scare me but I�ll leave your little bastard alone. In fact, I think it was fitting she ended up with you because I know Bobbie sure hell didn�t want her.� Luke smiled at Victor one time and then turned around walked away with Lucky beside him. �I hate him,� Carly said through clinched teeth. �For get Luke, lets go tell the others and figure out what you are going to do next,� Alex said putting a motherly arm around Carly and they headed up toward the house. Jason had gone with Carly leaving Alexis and Sonny alone on the docks. �You keep an eye on him for me. He is a little naive sometimes and I worry about him,� Sonny said. �Don�t worry and I�m sure spite what Luke things the child is Jason�s,� Alexis said hugging Sonny. �Yeah, I haven�t seen her with anyone but Jason. So, I know your right. I just don�t think Luke likes Carly,� Sonny said with a grin on his face. �It might be more Victor then Carly,� Alexis said. �Might be right,� Sonny said and he kissed Alexis. �You better now?� he asked her. �Yeah, and I�m glad the others really didn�t see me. I am not ready for the are ok routine,� Alexis admitted. �You are ok and remember if things get hard and you need to get away. Call me and I�ll come for you,� Sonny told her. �I�ll be alright besides Father is a little worried about Helena and he has ever right to be. This is why all of us live here for now,� Alexis said. �Well, I better get going. Someone has to run the warehouse and the club. Luke, Robert and Jason haven�t been around a lot lately to worry about them,� Sonny said. �Well don�t work to heard and come by. I like seeing you,� Alexis said hugging Sonny. �The same goes for you. Don�t start hiding on this island,� Sonny said and he kissed her again then he got a board the launch. Alexis watched the launch leave then she turned around and headed back up to the house. *********************************************** Jason was looking around the room he was going to share with Carly when the staff brought up their luggage and started to unpack. He watched them for a moment until Carly arrived moments later. �There you are,� she said with a big smile on her face. �What are you doing?� Carly asked as she walked to him and wrapped her arms around him. �Just looking around,� Jason said looking around with amazement at the size of the room. �I thought you lived with the Quartermaines?� Carly asked him seeing the look of amazement on Jason�s face. �I did for a little bit but these place is a lot bigger,� Jason told her. �Well, it isn�t forever. Only until Helena is put out of action for good,� Carly said. �I can live with it and I�m with your father on that point. Helena is a danger to you and you are risking your life every time you leave here unprotected. I can do so much but I�m not match if Helena sends more then a few at me,� Jason told her. �Well, I don�t think I�m in that big of danger but for you and father I�ll be good,� Carly said kissing Jason lightly on the lips. Suddenly the door opened and Mikkos walked inside. �What is this that you are going to have a baby?� he asked her walking over and giving Carly a big hug. �So your happy about this?� Carly asked him glad to know someone is beside Alex and Jason. �Yeah, who wouldn�t be?� Mikkos asked her. �Well father for one. He wasn�t happy when he found out that I was pregnant then there is Luke. I think he hates me,� Carly said with a grin. �Well, your father will come around. He just hates the idea of growing old and as for Luke. Give him time, he will light as well,� Mikkos told her. �I hope so,� Carly said not believing anything Mikkos was telling her at this moment. �Things will work out,� Mikkos promised her and he kissed Carly on the cheek then turned and walked out of the room. Carly waited until the staff left before addressing their next problem. Jason and her laid on the bed together with his hand resting on her stomach. �Jason, I have problem,� Carly said finally. �What�s that?� Jason asked her looking over at her with a look of love and worry all at the same time. �Luke�s remark. I am Victor�s bastard daughter. My parents were never married and I hurt when people pointed that out to me when I was growing up. I know father didn�t ever think anything off it but I did. I also promised myself that I wasn�t going to do that to my child. Now, I did,� Carly said and she laid her head against Jason�s shoulder and cried. �We have time,� Jason told her. �Time for what?� Carly asked him puzzled at what Jason was getting at. �Well, from what I gather from what you told me. You were bastard because your parents married then we get married,� Jason said with a grin on his face. �Jason, I didn�t want to force that on you,� Carly said defensively. �Your not. Carly, I care a great deal about you. Do I love you? I don�t know. I don�t love feels like. I do know that I want you happy and I want this baby to be happy. So, if getting married makes you happy then we do it. I�m not promising you that we will last forever but who knows,� Jason told her as he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly. ********************************************* After leaving the docks, Luke and Lucky went back to the house; they were walking around back when they ran into Laura, Stefan and Nikolas. Lucky almost hissed at the kid. �Lucky, where have you been?� Laura demanded. �Talking to dad,� Lucky snapped. �That�s good. Did you explain to him why you dumped your drink your brother�s head?� Laura demanded. �Because he is a jerk,� Lucky snapped. Laura sighed and asked Lucky feeling very frustrated at this moment, �Why can�t get along with Nikolas?� Luke saw a fight coming and he cut it off right then and there. �Lucky, go up stairs clean Foster up. I want to talk to your mother for a moment,� Luke told his son. �Sure,� Lucky said and he gave Nikolas one more hard look then he was gone. Luke walked to Laura and held out his hand to her. �How about the garden,� Luke said and the pair headed off. Nikolas looked at his father and said, �He is going to talk her into dropping all of it,� Nikolas said. �Nikolas, you did help with this. Can you remember that part,� Stefan said to his son. �Why is it when Lucky messes up everyone says forgive him. I get walked on?� Nikolas said. �I�m not walking on you. All I�m telling you is that you provoke Lucky most of the time. You know it and I know it. So, why not just leave Lucky alone and stop all of this,� Stefan asked him. �I don�t know why,� Nikolas said and he stormed off. Stefan was frustrated and had no idea what to do about Lucky and Nikolas� constant fighting. The problem was Stefan knew he started it. He raised Nikolas to blame Luke on Laura�s leaving. He also didn�t in force any love or understanding for Lucky. Now, with how things changed, Stefan was forced to live with those decisions. ************************************************ Luke and Laura walked in the garden and talked. �Luke, before you start. I want to say that Lucky and Nikolas have been going at it for awhile. I have avoiding doing anything about it but dumping that drink on Nikolas head was wrong,� Laura said. �I know and so is forcing Lucky to take Nikolas to a party,� Luke said. He was frustrated and you could tell that from the tone of his voice. �What are you getting at?� Laura asked him. �I�m saying you started this and now your going to sit back and let it happen. Forcing Nikolas on Lucky was a dumb move. All you did was add to the tension between the two of them. Now, Lucky is angry with you. He hates Stefan and he can�t stand the sight of Nikolas. Now, if you want your son to love you again. Then back off and give him the room to deal with his way,� Luke told her. �They are brothers. I just wanted them to get along that is it,� Laura said not understanding what Luke was trying to tell her. �Laura, Stefan and I are brother or that is the general idea around here. If Mikkos tried to get us to bond like you did Lucky and Nikolas, we would be killing each other right now. So, back off and let it happen. You want them to get long then leave them be. You keep at it and Lucky will not only hate the sight of Nikolas but he will start hating you,� Luke told her. Laura turned her back on Luke and said, �He already does.� �No, he is just angry. He does try to get long with you sometimes. IT is when you wave Nikolas in his face is when gets upset. Just back off and let them go at it. It might cool things off enough for them start talking,� Luke told her. �It might make it worse,� Laura said. �Yeah, but we will know until it happens. So, just let them go. Alright?� Luke asked her. �Ok, we will try it your way,� Laura told him. �Good,� Luke said giving her a hug, �And I�ll work on getting him to light on you,� Luke promised her. �Good luck. I kind of blew it with him,� Laura said. �Yeah, but I�ll take the stress you were as a reason,� Luke said. �So, you�re not mad at me?� Laura asked him. �Upset that you didn�t you tell me but no I�m not mad,� Luke said. Chapter 26 Back to A Father's Love |