Chapter Two Luke sat on a beach in the Carolina's, talking to Lulu and trying to calm her down. He regretted what he did. Luke doesn't even remember half the things he said or did up until the time Sonny and he drove away in the car. Luke rocked his daughter back and forth. His voice was soft and calm, but inside he was still ready to blow. "Lu! Baby, I'm sorry. Daddy isn't mad at you but mommy. I just didn't think you would safe at the house and Lucky wants to see you," Luke pleaded. "Lucky?" Lu said threw her tears. "Yeah, Lucky. He misses his little sister and I miss you too, baby. Don't you want to stay with me for a while?" Luke asked. "OK. When is mommy coming home?" Lu asked. "I don't know but we will see," Luke said and kissed her on the cheek. Luke, Sonny, and Lu headed to the airport. On the plane back to Port Charles, Lu feel asleep and Luke and Sonny talked. "I feel like a heel," Luke said. "Pointing a gun at Laura or what?" Sonny asked. "I should have never let Lu know what was going on. Sonny, I only remember coming home late this morning. The rest is a blur to me," Luke said honestly. "You're lucky that Bobbie called me. You were going to kill them. Luke, I know you're upset but Lu was in the house," Sonny said. "I know that and I regret it. I am really thankful you stopped me. Sonny, she slept with Stefan and from what the letters say, they have been lovers for a long time, now. I don't know what to think about her anymore. I thought I knew Laura better than I knew myself and I guess I was wrong on both counts. I do know one thing. I am not going to let her near my children again," Luke said coldly. Sonny shook his head. He didn't like what Laura did. If she had it in fact slept with Cassadine, but keeping her away from her kids was wrong, too. Sonny hoped that Luke would calm down and listen to reason. They sat in silence for the rest of the trip and Luke told Sonny to go back to Brenda and forget about his troubles. Luke was going to take Lu back to Bobbie's house and then he was going to blow off some steam some where. Sonny didn't want to but he trusted Luke to be able to handle things from here on out. As the limo headed back to the penthouse, Sonny's mind drifted back to the time him and Brenda broke up because of trust and hoped this was just a bump in the road for the Spencers because to Sonny the two people that belong together were Luke and Laura. *********************************************** Luke walked into the apartment carrying Lu in one hand and her bag in the other. Lucky was sitting at the table trying to eat. Or attempting to, at least. Bobbie was cleaning up. They both dropped what they were doing and ran to him. Lu jumped from her father's arms to Lucky's. He held his sister close and rocked her in his arms. "I will be back later and then we will talk," Luke said and then left again. Bobbie looked up to the ceiling and said, "I hate that man." "Lucky? What is going on?" Lu asked. "I don't know, baby. Mom and Dad are having troubles right now. We just have to let them try and figure things out. I'm glad you’re with me. I don't feel so alone any more," Lucky said and took her to the table. They ate his supper together and then Lucky played with his sister. Finally, Bobbie got both of them to go to sleep and she fell asleep on the couch. She waited up for Luke all night but there was no sign of him. The next day, Bobbie took Lucas and Lu up to Felicia's house. Lucky spent the day in the kitchen trying to work on his homework. He didn't feel like doing anything but at least it kept his mind busy. Bobbie cleaned the house and waited for Luke. She had a few things to tell her brother and none of them were good. Lucky started to doze at the table by suppertime. He didn't sleep too well the night before and so Bobbie ordered him to go to bed. She had just closed the door on the guestroom when Luke walked in. "Well, you decided to show your face," Bobbie said coldly. "Not now, Bobbie." Luke said dropping on the couch. "Now! I don't believe you. You first burnt your house down," Bobbie started in counting down what he did on her fingers. "Then you dump Lucky on my door step without a word. You go to the Carolinas and from what I got from Sonny, you were lucky he showed up. You take Lu and drag her back here and abandon her as you did Lucky. I spent the last few days trying to calm them down. Lu is crying all the time and Lucky walks around here as if he doesn't know what to do with himself. Luke, what in hell were you thinking?" Bobbie demanded. "ENOUGH!" Luke yelled. "I just spent the last few days trying to figure out where in hell I messed up. For over sixteen years, my wife was cheating on me with my worst enemy. Yes, I could have killed them. I still want to but I know that isn't going to help my kids. Hell, I don't even know if Lu is mine or not. I just came from talking to Justice. He is going to file for my divorce tomorrow. Plus, I ran into Taggert and he took me down town. I didn't want to call and worry you . I spent the night in jail until Justice got me out," Luke yelled. They were about to argue more but Luke caught sight of Lucky and his eyes told the entire story. They were filled with pain and confusion. "Lucky?" Luke said but Lucky bolted from the house and ran. He kept on running until his lungs hurt. He wanted to get way from the pain and all the heartache. He thought he was the one that was responsible for all this mess. He kept on thinking, "If I only burnt the box before he got home. My family would still be in one piece." Lucky stopped running and walked around town all night. He just wandered from one side of the town to the other. Luke had everyone he could think of looking for Lucky, but they kept on missing him one way or another. At one time Luke was on one street and Lucky the other. Early the next morning, Nikolas was heading to pick up Sara for school. He was walking on the docks when he and Lucky had a run in. Stefan hadn't made it back just yet. Helena had arranged matters so that Stefan was delayed, so that her plans had time to take affect. Lucky looked up and saw Nikolas walking toward him. He snapped. The pain and anger took over and he charged Nikolas. Lucky hit him at a running charge and the two hit the ground. Lucky punched and beat Nikolas. He was angry and Nikolas was taken so off guard that he was just trying to defend himself. Ned and AJ were out looking for Lucky. They offered after Luke called to see if Emily had seen him. Ned and AJ saw the fight and quickly pulled the two apart. Nikolas held his bleeding lip and demanded. "What the hell is your problem?" "You!" Lucky said coldly. "That isn't anything new. I meant what did the Cassadines do to you this time?" Nikolas said, very coldly. "You don't know? Nikky boy, I have a news flash for you. Our mommy has been lying to us all this time. You're not Stavros' son but Stefan's. Our mother and Stefan have been lovers for years now. I guess daddy dearest didn't want to claim you either," Lucky said, coldly trying to get free but Ned wasn't letting go. "Lucky! Stop!" Ned said. "You don't know the facts." "I know them. I read the love letters and so did Dad. He burnt the only home I ever had because of them. I wish the Cassadines were dead. The entire worthless family," Lucky yelled. "Come on." AJ said, pulling him to the car. Lucky tried to get to Nikolas one more time but AJ wasn't going for it. He held Lucky by the neck and then walked to Ned's car. Ned was going to try and talk to Nikolas, but he just turned around and headed back to the island. Alexis was just leaving the island and Nikolas ran to his cousin. Ned watched them for a few minutes. Alexis looked up and nodded her head. Ned left and went to catch with AJ and Lucky. They drove Lucky back to Bobbies. Ned wanted to get rid of AJ as soon as possible. AJ had come over to see grandmother and she forced them to go looking for Lucky together. They drove in silence to the brownstone. Lucky got out and tried to walk away but Ned stopped him. They walked up to the brownstone and knocked. Bobbie opened the door and quickly pulled Lucky into her arms. "Thanks Ned. I will take it from here," Bobbie said. Lucky went into the house while Ned and Bobbie talked. "We found him fighting with Nikolas. Lucky dumped the entire thing on Nikolas at once," Ned said. "Thanks again, Ned. I'll look after him," Bobbie said wondering what to say to Lucky at all. Bobbie walked inside and found Lucky pouring water over his hands. "Let me look at those," Bobbie said taking a hold of his hands. "I can look after myself," Lucky said. "I know you can but I want to help. Lucky, why did you tell Nikolas like that?" Bobbie asked as she doctored up his hands. "I thought he should know the truth. I mean, why should he be the only one still in the dark?" Lucky said coldly. "That's enough." Bobbie said. "You didn't like how you found out, so why did you hurt Nikolas?" "Get off my case. You don't give a damn about the way I feel like. You only care about Nikky boy, the blood prince. Let me tell you this, Aunt Bobbie," Lucky said sarcastically. "You can worry about the fake prince all you want but to me his is just a Cassadine that needs to be gotten rid of." Lucky turned and went into the other room. He refused to look at or talk to Bobbie after that. Bobbie got a hold of Luke and the others. Luke arrived a little while later and tried to talk to Lucky. Lucky wasn't going for it at all. He wasn't in the mood to talk and he stayed out of sight of the others for the rest of the day. Tuesday, Luke called the school and said Lucky wasn't going to be there for the rest of the day. Bobbie rented Luke Simmon and Tom's old apartment. She moved out a few weeks ago and it was ready to rent. Luke didn't really care about anything but knew he needed a place for them to stay. He went to deal with the problems he was having because of his little stunt of burning down the house. Bobbie took Lu and dragged Lucky along to get furniture for the apartment. Lucky wasn't in the mood to do anything. He just took the first things Bobbie pointed out and left it at that. By lunchtime Bobbie was ready to kill Lucky. She took him to Kelly's to at least give Ruby a shot at him. Ruby smiled and kissed Lu on the cheek. When she tried to kiss Lucky, he just turned his head away. Ruby smiled and said. "I have just the thing to cheer you up." Ruby went into the kitchen and placed plates in front of them. Lucky played with his food and it took a lot of arm twisting to get him to eat anything. Luke showed up to see how things were going and the look on his sister and aunt's faces told him everything. Lucky had walked out when Luke arrived and sat alone out front. "Luke, you have to talk to him." Ruby said. "I tried all night and this morning. He just isn't talking to anyone. Leave him be. Lucky will come around when he is ready. The kid is just upset and has every right to be at this moment." Luke said taking a stool. "You better be right. Lucky isn't dealing with this. He is hiding from it," Ruby said and went to get him a plate. "She is right. Luke, maybe Lucky should talk to Gail or someone," Bobbie said. "No. He is fine, now drop it. He did tell me you were more worried about the count prince than him. Lucky had every right in telling the demon seed the truth. I hope the kid leaves town and never comes back," Luke said coldly. "Luke, it isn't Nikolas' fault," Bobbie said. "I don't want to hear about that kid's name again. Drop it. I heard about him from Laura and I'm not taking it from you," Luke glared at him. Lulu's bottom lip started to tremble. Luke glared at Bobbie and then turned his attention to Lu. "I'm sorry, baby. Daddy isn't mad at you. I just had a bad week. How about me, you and Lucky go to the park and play for awhile?" Luke asked. Lu brightened up and Luke grabbed a sandwich off the plate Ruby laid down. He then put Lulu on his shoulder and walked out to get Lucky.