Emily stood in front of Lucky’s door weighed down with packages. In one bag she had one of Tammy’s homemade pies from Kelly’s, in another she had enough ribs and cheese fries to make her and Lucky sick and in the last package she had picture for Lucky to hang on his wall. Well actually it was framed poster, she had found it while going through some old things at L&B and she was sure Lucky would love it; she also hoped that it would remind him of the past he seemed to have forgotten about. The past filled with happy memories and people who love him, people who would love to see him now. Unable to knock Emily was unsure of what to do. Eureka, she thought just before she kicked the door. She was thankful that she had decided to wear her tennis shoes instead of sandals.

Lucky had smelled the ribs from his tiny bathroom where he was cleaning up; he had headed for the door before he heard what could pass for as a knock.

Opening the door and seeing Emily loaded down with bags he wondered how she had knock. “Hi, Em.”

“Don’t hi me, Lucky Spencer. Take one of these bags before I drop cheese fries all over the place!”

Lucky moved quickly to save the food from falling out of her hands. “I knew food would get you moving.” Lucky laughed as he took the other bag from her hands leaving her to deal with the framed poster.

“What else did you bring?”

“A pie from Kelly’s,” at that Lucky made a yummy sound “and something to put on your dull walls.”

“Forget the walls let's eat. I’ve been dreaming about Eli ribs for months.”

Emily was going to say something at that, but thought better. He had been gone for a year. He probably craved many things during that time. She would start with food and work her way up to people. She could picture the future--Lucky and Liz reunited, Juan and her happy, Nikolas finding someone and all of them being friends. The thought made her smile.

“Em, are you going to stand there with that silly look on your face or eat?”

“Eat” she said before she fell to the floor to stuff her face with her best friend.

“Nikolas you’ve done a great with the promotion for the concert.”

“Thanks Ned, but it was pretty easy. A lot of people were very happy to hear about the return of Eddie Maine and were very accommodating.”

“Don’t underestimate yourself Nikolas. You’ve done some fine work.”

“Thanks Ned. I really appreciate it. But what I’m really looking forward to is the turn out at the concert.”

Alexis had walked in hearing this remark. “Nikolas you already know that the venue is sold out.”

Nikolas turned and smiled at his aunt. There had been times when he hadn’t trusted her and times when he hated her and of course times when he loved her. The issues of her true parentage and his had effected their relationship, but they had been able to rebuild. He now trusted, respected and admired his aunt. “I know that Alexis, it will just be amazing to see the room packed with all those Eddie Maine fans cheering Ned on.”

“Don’t remind me. I don’t think I ready for it yet.”

“Don’t worry honey. You biggest fan will be back stage cheering you on no matter what the other ones do.”

“Thanks” Ned said sarcastically. Alexis smiled at him deviously before she walked over and planted a kiss one him.

“There’s more of them if you quit acting like your facing a death squad instead of a looming concert.”

Nikolas seeing the sparks light in Ned’s eyes knew he should leave before he ruined the promised fun. “I have to go. See you guys tomorrow.” Nikolas turned and heard murmured good-byes through kisses. He walked out of L&B thinking how lucky Ned and Alexis were and how one day he hoped to find that kind of love and happiness. Of course he had one big problem the one problem, the person he wanted that with was his brother’s girlfriend.

Emily laughed. “Lucky you have sauce on your forehead!”

“So what you have it on your nose.”

“Well at least I don’t have cheese on my shirt.” Emily surveyed the damage. “I can’t believe we ate all that!”

“I can’t believe that’s all you brought!”

“Ugh! I feel like I’m going to explode and you're still hungry. You know there is still pie?”

“Where!?”

“Behind you, you pig.”

Lucky began scaring down the pie. “I’m eating,” another bit of pie went into his mouth before he continued “you talk.” Another fork full of pie made its way into his mouth.

More pie was on its way to Lucky’s mouth when she asked “about what?”

“Anything.” Lucky said has he shoveled more pie into his mouth.

“I’m too full to think! And watching you eat is making me sick.”

After another bit of pie Lucky stopped. “All right I’m done after this last bit.” Emily groaned as more pie found its way into Lucky’s mouth.

Carly sat in the living room of the penthouse playing with Michael. Michael was playing with an airplane and was doing his best to make plane sounds. He was failing miserably, but wasn’t aware. After picking up another airplane Carly join in with the noise. Moving it through the air doing tricks. Michael followed the best he could. Seeing that his arms weren’t long enough, Carly lowered her plane and the two danced in the air. Sonny came and watched the magic of mother and son together with a smile on his face. He still had trouble believing how great a mom Carly was. He knew his daughter would have a mother that would love her, fight for her, protect her and be there for her. He knew that their children would never have to worry about one of their parents walking away from them. No matter what Carly would not leave them and neither would he. They would be a family. And with the friendship he and Carly were building they could be a happy one. Perhaps not one built on love, but one built with respect and trust and those were just as important.

“Sonny, do want to come join the air show or are you just going to stand there and watch” Carly asked. Sonny shook his head at her. He had some paper work to do, but he loved spending time with Michael.

“Why, not. But you do realize that there are only two planes.”

“Don’t worry, you can have mine.”

“I don’t want to interfere...”

“You're not. Michael and I have been playing all day. I think he enjoys a new playmate.” Sonny groaned at the term, but took the plane and began chasing after Michael’s. Carly watched the two men in her life and smiled. In fact she was ready to burst out into laughter when Sonny began making noises to sound like a plane. He shot her look and she waved at him. He winked back and continued to play with Michael except now Michael was chasing Sonny.

Watching this proved to Carly that they could do it. They could get married and be a family. A happy family. Sonny, Michael, their daughter and herself they would be a real family. The thought made Carly happy. All she ever really wanted was a family. She had tried with AJ but she hated him and he hardly ever saw Michael. For all that he talked about Michael being ‘his’ son, AJ never really acted like a father. His drinking now was proving that to her. The most important person to AJ was AJ. Sonny was different. He loved...Michael and the baby. Hell he was even being to like her. She knew that probably drove him crazy, but she had the same reaction at first when she started to like him. She didn’t want to like him, but she did. She trusted and respected him. She cared about and wanted the family he promised. It wouldn’t be love, because he didn’t love her and she loved Jason, but it would be friendship. That was more than she had with AJ and it was something she could live with and be happy with because her children would be happy also.

Carly's thoughts traveled back to the other night with Sonny. It was a good night. After they put Michael to bed they shared the rest of the night with each other, making love. Carly loved the way that Sonny touched her. Patient, sweet, tender and wild all at the same time. She had spent the night in his arms. He had let her sleep late, which was nice but she wondered what it would be like to wake up in his arms. It was silly she knew. She didn’t love him, but she cared about him. It wasn’t the kind of feelings she had with Jason, those only came once in a lifetime, but what she felt for Sonny was more than what she felt for AJ or Tony. Carly also knew that life with Sonny would always be interesting. A great friendship and her children’s happiness would be enough for her.

“It’s time for Michael dinner” Carly said just as Sonny turned the tables on the boy and was pursuer again.

“You’re just saying that so that Michael won’t be caught.”

Carly laughed. “Sonny you're one strange man."

“You're one to talk.”

With an exasperated look on her face Carly replied, “it is time for his dinner.”

“All right. He’ll eat, we’ll put him to bed and then go get some diner at the No Name.”

“Why?”

“We’re celebrating.”

“What?”

“Our daughter. And the beginning of our life together.” Carly smile down at Sonny. She would never figure him out and he would always surprise her. Plus he was so darn cute, mussed up from playing with Michael. Carly leaned down and picked up Michael.

“That sounds perfect.”

“Em are you all right in there,” Lucky yelled.

Emily voice came through the door sounding a bit off, “Lucky there is a door between us not a brick wall you don’t have to yell.”

“Sorry about that.”

“It's all right.” Emily stepped out of the bathroom. She hadn’t thrown up, but it was a close call. After she had taken a few deep breaths and washed her face she felt better. “I’m better now.”

“Good.” Lucky backed into the room allowing space to breathe. “I hate to think that I’m so horrible to be around that I make people sick.”

“Shut up Spencer” she replied wearily.

“I put the rest of the food away so you won’t have to look at it or smell it.”

Her face softening, “thanks Lucky. I really appreciate that.”

“You're welcome.”

Emily looked at the clock on the wall. “Damn!”

“What?” Lucky asked, surprised by the words and tone that she had used.

“I have to go soon and we haven’t had a chance to really talk. All I got was grunts through a full mouth.”

“Sorry about that Em. Next time...”

“I know next time we can talk and I'll make sure of it the only thing walking through that door will be me. Now open your present.”

“We will talk. Promise.” Lucky went over and picked up the flat, long object. “Finally! I’ve been waiting afternoon to open this.” Lucky tore open the paper eagerly, missing the look of joy on Emily’s face.

He looked so happy. So much like the Lucky he was last year. Emily knew that nothing could erase last year, but seeing Lucky like this gave her hope that they could move on from there. That soon Lucky would want to see Liz, Nikolas, Lulu, his parents and the rest of his family and friends. She knew that it would take time for everything to get back on track, but seeing his face while he opened the package gave her hope that everything would turn out as it was meant to--as it should have last year.

Lucky looked at the poster of Mary Mae Ward, it brought mixed feelings. He remembered her and her voice and how much he liked and admired her. And while the poster brought these memories back it also brought back the past with his parents. The good and the bad all together and he was unsure what to feel. “It’s...”

“Mary Mae.”

“I knew that. I was going to say that it’s nice. She looks beautiful.”

“Yeah. I remember going to the church to hear her sing with you. And then again at Luke’s after Lois convinced her to sing.”

“I remember that you were always afraid that we'd get in trouble for being at the club.”

“I'm better about that now.”

“Really?”

“Yes. The summer that you were de...gone we went to a lot of concerts. 98 degrees was at Jake’s, Claud had Boyzone at the club while Luke was gone and SheDasiy was at Luke’s when he was there.”

“How did SheDasiy end up playing Luke’s with him being there?”

“Well it was part tricking Luke and part that the group knew B.B. and he told them about the club and since they knew-”

“B.B. he let them play.”

“Yep. Well I gotta get going. You’ll hang it up?”

“Sure will.”

“See ya in a few days.”

“Bye Em.”

A young woman with dark brown hair that almost seemed black with a beautiful face laid in a coma.The doctors had no idea who she was or where she came from. She was admitted as Jane Doe, but the nurses found that name too plain for such a stunning woman, they nicknamed her Helen, for Helen of Troy. The name wasn’t much better but it was the ideal that the name inspired that the nurses were going for. It had been over year since a fisherman brought in the young woman and no one knew anything about her.

Her beauty brought the elderly fisher by once a week. He had taken on the role of father and protector and was this time conducting a search trying to find out who the silent woman was. Some of the nurses hoped that he wouldn’t succeed, they liked taking care of her. There was something about her, a inner beauty that was greater than her outward appearance. It shined through her state of unconsciousness.

One of the nurses once said that she looked like some model she saw in a magazine, of course if that was true there would be people out looking for her and she wouldn’t be Jane Doe known as Helen to the nurses. She wouldn’t be laying friendless and nameless in room 306 in a small Maryland hospital.

“Sir, we have been unable to locate the Spencer boy.”

“That is unexpected.”

“Mr. Cassadine we are trying our best but so far the boy as eluded everyone including your mother’s men and Luke Spencer.”

“A boy can not simply disappear off the face of the earth. He must be found. You and your team must find him before anyone else does.”

“We are doing our best, Sir.”

“Then do better. The boy must be found soon and he must be found by me.”

“Yes, Sir.” The man walked out of Stefan's office quietly and quickly.

Stefan sighed, before getting up to poor himself a drink. He did not want to find the boy so that he could deliver him to Laura and be the victor, he needed to find the boy before he did whatever Helena programmed him to do. He was certain that his mother altered Lucky’s mind in some way and it was not safe for the boy to be out in the world until he was free for Helena’s influence. He would find Lucky, cure him and send him on his way, his named would be cleared and then he could put the entire Spencer family behind him. He would finally give up the last remaining hold that his obsession with Laura had on him, but to that he would have to find her son.

Alexis smiled over at Ned as she buttoned up her blouse. “We have to stop doing this.”

“Are you nuts?”

“Ned! Get your mind out of the gutter. I meant we have to stop doing this here at L&B anyone could walk in.”

“Exciting isn’t it?” Before she could reply he dragged her into his arms and kissed her. “Want to go another round?”

The door opened and Chloe walked in. “Maybe it would be better if I was blind.”

“That’s not funny Chloe.”

“Sorry but as much as I love you guys this isn’t a scene I wanted to see.”

“Hey! I’ve had to walk in on you and Jax and I’ve never complained” Alexis stated.

“What!? You’ve walked in on them...Alexis.” Ned voice, which had started off in a strong tone, ended in a weak one.

“Oops!”

“I think I’ll leave while you guys talk about this.”

Alexis ran over and grabbed her. “Not on your life Chloe. I think we need you here to keep things...well sane.”

“Things will remind sane,” Ned shouted.

“Don’t take that Quartermaine tone with me” Alexis shot back.

“Sorry.” The room was quite. “You’ve seen them, Chloe’s seen us will just call it even and remember to lock the doors.”

“Sounds good to me.”

Alexis walked over to Ned and kissed him. “Me too. How about dinner?”

“Okay.”

“Chloe?”

“I’m meeting Jax.”

“Perfect we'll eat together.”

Chloe who was still a bit uneasy smiled at her friends. “Why not? PC Grill in an hour?”

“We'll be there and I promise that Ned will have his shirt on.”

Ned groaned. Chloe laughed. Alexis just stood and enjoyed the moment.

Jax stood and looked out of the penthouse window, the view of Port Charles was amazing. With everything that was going on it was nice to have a moment of calm where he could allow everything to slip from his mind.

A knock on the door broke the silence surround Jax. He hoped that it wasn’t Edward he was in the mood to deal with him now. Jax swung the door open to find a porter. “Yes?”

“A letter just arrived for you Mr. Jax. It was marked urgent.” The porter handed Jax the thin envelope.

Jax took the package. “Thank you.” Jax handed the man his tip and shut the door. By the outward appearance of the letter he had no idea whom it was from. Hoping that it was from a research doctor Jax tore the letter open. It was from Jerry. Jax’s eyes scanned over the paper and he laughed as he finished the letter. God, he missed Jerry. Jax walked over towards the window so he could look out at the city. His thoughts turned towards all of their escapades throughout the years.

When Chloe walked in Jax was standing near the window laughing. She noticed the piece of paper in his hand and wondered if that’s what had made him laugh. “Good news?”

Jax turned and saw Chloe; with a smile on his face he raced over and kissed. “A letter from Jerry.”

“Is that safe?”

“He made sure that there was no way to track it back to him and there is nothing in the letter that would harm me.”

“Good.”

Jax kissed her again. “So are you ready for a romantic dinner for two.”

Chloe smiled up at him sheepishly. “How about four?”

“Huh?”

“Ned and Alexis asked us to dinner and I said yes. They’ll be at the Grill in about an hour. I hope that’s all right.”

“It will be fine as long as they don't mind me not paying them any attention because I’ll be looking at you all night.”

Chloe laughed. “I don’t think that will be a problem since Ned will be doing the same with Alexis.”

“Sounds like a perfect evening, being with the woman I loved and ignoring a Quartermaine.