So let me get this straight. Im a lawyer, I live in Port Charles and you and I, were together

Correct

And how long have we been together?

Well thats kind of a complicated answer

She was fishing for details

Im listening

Ned shuffled himself in the seat next to her

We were together for a few years, we decided to married, we didnt, we broke up, things happened we got back together

You sum it up so nicely why didnt we get married?

Alexis

Why didnt we?

Her past was blank and until now no one had answers, curiosity was getting the best of her

The time wasnt right we just werent meant toget married I guess

His words at that second seemed too realistic for comfort

So how, why did we get back together? You said things happened what happened?

We should talk about this later

He had become noticeably tense

She stood up, it was the first time she had moved in the hours they had been in the air

I caused everything didnt I?

What?

He was confused by her comment

Everything thats happened to me. Caulder, Helena its all my fault
Alexis, no

Caulder wouldnt tell me anything about my life there was a reason wasnt there?

Alexis dontAlexis youre a beautiful and an extremely intelligent woman. You are successful and

So I was so perfect that I was randomly selected to be kidnapped as you say twice?

She was extremely intelligent and she could easily put two and two together

Caulder said he was protecting me from who Helena? Why? Who is she? Why does she want to kill me?

Interrogation

Ned squeezed his eyes shut, the truth would hurt

Alexis can we just get back to Port Charles?

Damn it Ned!

Shes youre step mother she killed your mother when you were a little girl and shes always been after you, this is one of her more elaborate tricks

A lot to handle

She killed my mother?

Alexis sat back down

Im sorry

Tell me the rest of the truth

I think thats the gist of it

No, the rest me and you, what happened?

She was serious

It wasnt that simple. Alexis had lived her whole life trying to accept the fact she had witnessed her mother being murdered. To tell her why they had been brought back together seemed inhumanly harsh

I told you we didnt get married


So people dont get married, you said things happened and we got back together what happened? I seem to be a case of bad luck and youre so hesitant to tell me so what possibly can be worse than my own mothers death?

She didnt know it but she was in lawyer mode

I cant

She laughed, she laughed out loud at him being seemingly absurd

What are you going to do ruin my life? I HAVE NO LIFE!

Theyre dead

Words that fired like a gun

Whos dead

She didnt know, she couldnt remember but her heart had already stopped from the wait of knowing

Ned whos dead?

She watched him try to catch small breaths

Youre sister

My sister?

She couldnt remember her, why did it hurt so much all of the sudden

Alexis bit at her bottom lip

My mother and my sister are dead and my sisters death brought us back together?

Alexis was now unfaltering

Ned nodded his head agreeing

Lying was too painful, he couldnt because of the subject matter

Is that all?

His eyes were glazed over

Alexis leaned towards him taking up what was left of his breathing room

Tell me!

You were pregnant

This threw Alexis off guard

Me?

Yes

Dead?

Yes

She held her palm to her stomach

And Im alive?

Ned didnt expect this to be here reply

Youre strong

She looked at him intently before standing up again

She began to pace in the small space she had

Alexis I didnt want to tell you because

Honestly is good, she said now biting at her fingernails

Its a lot to handle all at once, to handle again

She paced a few more time and then stopped in front of Ned then sitting down purposefully right in front of him

Youre all I have?

A loaded question

No you have friends, family

Who?

She had on her protective skin

You have a brother and a nephew you love very much you have Jax, hes your best friend

I only have you she repeated herself

Alexis

You love me a statement not a question

Very much

Caulder, he kidnapped me

Yes

Puzzle pieces

She was thinking hard

She took her edge off, she was sitting her face in the palm of her hands

Ned questioned if he should touch her, he was a stranger to her now

Her face didnt rise from her hands

He put his hand to her back

Moments, seconds later he could feel her body shake to his palm

The floodgates opened, her tears hidden by her hands

The truth did hurt, she was having to live the agony of her life in a matter on minutes

His hand to her shoulder, he pulled her towards him, she didnt fight him

She was mourning her mother, her sister, her baby all whom she had no clear memory of

His arms held her

She cried

He didnt let go

He was all she had