AJ and Sarah had spent the morning and early afternoon in bed making love. They fell in and out of sleep in between lovemaking. Sarah woke up in the early afternoon and lightly kissed AJ’s brow and giggled. He smiled and gathered her in his arms. “Oh sweetheart, you wore me out!”

“That’s what newlyweds are supposed to do.” Replied a sated Sarah. She stretched like a cat who was being scratched on her belly.

“I love you Sarah” AJ said tenderly.

“I love you.” She looked deep in his eyes. “You have no idea how much I love you. I am so glad we left Santa Barbara and came back to Port Charles. I had so many demons there.”

AJ kissed her, “Hush. You are with me now. He has no hold over you now. If I ever found that bastard I would kill him.”

Sarah brushed his hair away from his brow, “Which is precisely why I won’t tell you who it is. I am just sorry that, you know.” Sarah hid her face in AJ’s chest.

AJ lifted her chin up and gazed into her eyes, “It’s ok Sarah. I know it’s not your fault.” He leaned over and kissed her passionately several times. When they broke apart, he said, “Brenda told me that Carly is in Australia with Jax. I would like to see Michael. I don’t want to intrude on his life. I have already messed up his life enough. I just want to see him.”

Sarah trailed her hand down his arm, “I know, but it would be nice to see your son.”

“True. I will just extend the olive branch so to speak. Carly has every right not to trust me.” He sighed deeply. “I would also like my father to see him. I know it would cheer him up. I will have to get Carly’s number and call her. Do you want to head over to the hospital with me and see my father?”

“Yes. Do you think we can stop and see Elizabeth too? She gets out of the hospital today. I love the name Ava.” Sarah said, “You should have seen it, Lucky and Nikolas were watching the Super Bowl and trying to talk to Elizabeth. It was pretty funny.”

AJ kissed his bride, “Of course. I love you.”

Sarah kissed him back, “I love you.”

The Spencer House was full of activity. Luke, Laura, Lulu, Lucky, Robert, Robin, Patrick, Dillion, Justus, Lainey, Bobbie, Noah, and Nikolas were there helping with the campaign. Luke was leading the way, telling everyone what to do. Buttons were being made, flyers being drawn up to be passed around and sent out. Nikolas had commissioned a TV director to make commercials with Laura in them, which were going to be shot that day. The commercials were going to be aired on all the channels in the Port Charles area. The air was full of excitement to get Laura elected Mayor.

“Hey mate, what do you want me to do with these buttons? We have quite a few of them done here.” Robert yelled to Luke.

“Scorpio, take your prodigal daughter and her doctor boyfriend and go down to Kelly’s, then MetroCourt and pass them out. Don’t forget to say “Vote for Laura!” Luke yelled. “Give them to everyone you see!”

Robert yelled back, “Spencer, why am I doing this again? It’s freezing out.”

“You are right. Robin, you stay inside. Make the men stay outside. Tell your no good father that we want to beat Baldwin and that my wife can run this city better than any mayor since, well me.” Luke shouted.

Robin laughed, “Was I even born when you were Mayor Luke?”

“Oh but it was an exciting time. Have your father tell you some stories to pass the time. Oh, take some flyers with you as well.” Luke commanded.

When Robert, Patrick and Robin left, Lulu, Dillion, Lainey, and Justus were all calling people to ask to vote for Laura. Nikolas had installed a multi line phone in the house to accommodate the needs of the campaign. He and Lucky were addressing flyers to be sent out in the mail.

The door flew open and Scott came in. “Enemy on the premises!” Luke yelled.

“Can it Spencer.” Scott said. “I want to know why you are doing this. Why the write in campaign.”

Laura came forward, “Scott, I think that I can be a better Mayor than you and Ric. Plain and simple.”

“Oh please.” Scott said disgustedly, “Anyone could see that Luke sprung this on you and you had no idea that he was going to do this.” He looked around the house at all the cameras and electronic equipment. “Must be nice to have a gazillionaire son to finance this.”

“Oh you stop right now Baldwin and get the hell out of my house.” Luke said. “You are just afraid that a woman, your ex wife will do a better job than you.”

“Hardly.” Scott said sarcastically. “But you are right, I will take my leave. May the best person win.” Scott slammed the door to the Spencer House and dialed a number. “Hey, I think it’s time you and I met. How about an hour?” Scott shut his phone and walked off.

Robert was outside the MetroCourt handing out buttons when Tracy approached. “Hey Tracy. How are you?”

Tracy sniffed, “Seeing that my brother is in the hospital, not well. What do you have in your hand there Commissioner?”

Robert passed her a pin. “Vote for Laura.”

Tracy looked at him scornfully and said, “Oh please. You really expect me to vote for Luke Spencer’s wife? You are already the Commissioner. What will this town be coming to if a Spencer is Mayor.”

“Come now Tracy,” Robert smirked, “You know I am a damn good Commissioner. I keep the burglars away from your house.”

Tracy pulled the scarf up on her coat, “Oh please. Your brother is better.”

Robert smiled sideways, “That is yet to be determined Tracy.”

Tracy huffed, “Mr. Scorpio, I am going inside to have a cup of coffee and some soup.”

“Great, I’ll join you.” Robert said, completely forgetting about Laura’s campaign. Surprisingly, Tracy didn’t object.

Emily walked into the Spencer House with one thing on her mind. She saw Lulu and asked where Lucky was. Lulu pointed to the stairs and Emily glanced around. Seeing that no one was noticing her, she stealthy made her way upstairs and towards Lucky’s old bedroom. She opened the door.

Lucky was sitting on the bed and he looked up, “Hi Emily. What are you doing here?”

“Looking for you. I heard Elizabeth had her baby and was wondering how you were taking it.”

Lucky sighed, “You know Emily, I thought I would be ok. I even talked to a shrink about it. But when I saw her and Jason holding that baby, I bolted. I couldn’t take the fact that for six months, I believed that baby was mine.”

Emily sat down next to him on the bed. “I understand. It had to be hard.” Emily said sympathetically, running her hands over his back.

“You have no idea. My heart broke all over again.” Lucky stated.

“I wish that there was something I could do Lucky.” Emily moved closer to him.

Lucky turned to Emily, “Just being my friend is enough. You are the only one who has supported me throughout the whole thing. Not even my brother is supporting me. He and I are barely speaking.”

Emily looked away, upset. “Yeah well, Nikolas broke up with me. We aren’t getting married basically because of Elizabeth.”

Lucky drew Emily into a hug, “Oh Emily, I am so sorry. I know how much you love Nikolas. This has got to be hard. Want me to talk to Nikolas, get him to see reason?”

Emily started to cry softly, “There is no use. Thank you Lucky though.” She looked up at him and gazed into his eyes.

“Um, no problem Emily.” He realized that he was still holding her and brushed her hair back. “Emily, you don’t deserve this. You are too good a person to have to go through all of this.”

“Neither do you. Neither one of us deserves this.” She leaned over and lightly brushed her lips over his. She leaned back to see his reaction. She saw desire in his eyes. He leaned forward, tightened his grasp around her and drew her closer. They started to kiss passionately and fell back onto the bed.