What Love Overcomes Ch 9
Disclaimer:This story is not written by or affiliated with anyone who works at ABC, General Hospital, Marisa Ramirez, and Coltin Scott.
2 days later......
Gia is in the kitchen cooking up a storm. Tonight is her last night with
Nikolas and she wants everything to be perfect. She's even cooking his
favorite food, something made with fish with some frou-frou French name she
can't pronounce, she got the recipe from Mrs. Landsbury. Nik is due home in
about an hour which doesn't leave her much time to finish getting ready. She
pops the fish thing in the oven and hurries upstairs to get dressed.
As she's getting dressed, her mind drifts back to yesterday. After Nik got
out of the hospital, they went over the Ned and Alexis's house where there
was a little welcoming party for Daniel. Nik spent a lot of time holding the
baby. Gia held him too for a bit, but didn't want Daniel to get used to her
or even a little attached. Same with her, she didn't want to get attached to
the baby, and it broke her heart trying to think of 7 months from now holding
her own child without Nikolas over her shoulder telling her how good she is
with kids. But after they came home, they spent the rest of the day on the
couch watching television, just doing nothing. Gia checks the clock and
realizes she had spent more time daydreaming than she thought and hurries to
get dressed. She is going to wear her wedding dress. It's a simple white
dress with a little beading on the shoulder straps and around the scoop
neckline that goes low enough to just show a hint of cleavage. It falls to
her ankle and has slits up both sides that go up to her knees. With the dress
she's wearing white, strappy, high-heeled sandals, and a sapphire necklace
with a matching bracelet and earrings that Nikolas gave her for her birthday.
After pinning a few flowers in her hair, she looks in the mirror. Gia looks
just as she did the night she and Nikolas wed. She hears the front door open
and soon Nikolas is calling her.
Nik: Gia! (looking around at all the candles and flowers everywhere) Gia,
where are you?
Gia slowly comes down the stairs with a slight smile on her face. Nikolas
stops in his tracks, he didn't expect to be treated to a romantic dinner
tonight, much less to find his wife coming downstairs in her wedding dress,
looking incredible.
Gia(standing at the bottom of the steps): Hi.
Nik(stunned): Hi. What is all this?
Gia: I just thought it would be nice if we had a romantic evening. After all
that's gone on I think it's the least we deserve.
*~How do I
get through a night without you?
If I had to live without you,
what kind of life would that be?
Oh, now,
I need you in my arms, need you to hold,
You're my world, my heart, my soul,
If you ever leave,
baby you would take away everything good in my life*~.
Nik(taking her hand and walking over to the couch): Yeah, it has been a
hectic few days. At least now we can concentrate on each other. You know, I
was talking to Ned today and next month I get my 2 week vacation. I was
thinking, since we didn't have a honeymoon yet, that would be the best time
to take one. What do you think?
Gia(her heartbreaking with every word he says): Yeah, that'd be good. (trying
to keep her emotions in check) Um, why don't you wait until your next
appointment with Dr. Quartermaine next week before you make any arrangements?
Your ribs are still bothering you and the cast on your arm won't be off for
quite a while yet.
Nik: Gia, people can travel with a broken arm and bruised ribs.
Gia: Just don't make any arrangements yet, okay? (deep breath) I'm sorry. I
just worry about you. But promise you'll wait until after you talk to Dr.
Quartermaine next week?
Nik: Okay.
Gia: Good. I should probably bring dinner out.
Nik: It smells great. What is it?
Gia: Some fish thing with a frou-frou French name. Mrs. Landsbury gave me the
recipe, she said it's your favorite.
Nik(smiling): You know me, I can never get enough of my favorite fish thing
with the frou-frou French name. (chuckles)
Gia(also smiling): Shut up! Be right back.
As soon as she gets in the kitchen, she leans on the counter and puts her
head in her hands. How was she going to do this? How could she leave him?
*And tell me now,
How do I live without you?
I want to know
How do I breath without you?
If you ever go.
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?*~
Gia quickly pulls herself together and arranges the food on plates and
carries it to the living room where she finds Nikolas standing at the table
opening a bottle of champagne. Great, she can't drink any. Well, she's not of
age yet, but as drank some before with Nikolas, but now she can't at all. How
was she going to get out of this one?
Nik: I thought it would be nice to have some champagne with dinner, you want
any?
Gia: Not right now, but maybe later. So, (setting dinner on the table) how
does the food look?
Nik: It looks good, the question is will it taste good?
Gia(pretending to be offended): It tastes very good, thank you very much. And
the only reason I know that is because I followed Mrs. Landsbury's recipe to
a T...except for one little thing. (sits as Nik pulls her chair out)
Nik(sitting down): What one little thing?
Gia: Taste and find out.
Nik: Gia, Mrs. Landsbury is the best cook. I don't think it's smart to be
messing with her recipes. Especially when it comes to what you call, my
favorite fish thing.
Gia(holds her fork up to his mouth): Here, try it. It came from my plate so
it's not poisoned. (smirks)
Nik: Fine. (takes a bite from her fork) Hey, that's pretty good. What did you
add to this? (thinking) Garlic?
Gia: Mrs. Landsbury may be a great cook, but that was missing something. I
don't know how you ate it all bland. I just seasoned it up with some garlic
and onions. So, how was work?
Nik and Gia ate dinner while talking about Nik's day at work how every 10
minutes Ned was calling home to ask Alexis about Daniel. Then they sat in
silence just enjoying each other's company. Gia is watching Nikolas from
across the table and realizes how much she's going to miss this, just sitting
across the table from him every night for dinner and listening to his day at
work. She was going to miss everything.
*~Without you,
There'd be no sun in my sky,
There would be no love in my life,
There'd be no world left for me.
And I,
Baby I don't know what I would do,
I'd be lost if I lost you,
If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything real in my life,
And tell me now*~
Nik: Gia, is something wrong?
Gia: No. Why would you say that?
Nik(shrugs): I don't know. You're kind of quiet and your eyes look troubled
and sad. Did Helena come over here today?
Gia: No. I haven't seen Helena.
Nik: Okay. (stands up and holds out his hand) May I have this dance?
Gia(smiles): I thought you'd never ask.
Nik puts some music on the stereo and leads Gia to the center of the room.
She wraps her arms around his neck and leans her head on his shoulder and he
wraps his arm around her waist. They aren't exactly dancing, just barely
swaying to the music, neither one cares, they just want to be in each other's
arms.
*~How do I live without you?
I want to know,
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go,
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?*~
Despite her best efforts, while their dancing, Gia starts to cry. She
tries to keep it hidden from Nikolas, but he can hear her sniffling.
Nik(pulling back a little): Gia, what's the matter?
Gia(quickly wiping her eyes): Nothing. Everything's...(voice
cracks)...everything's great.
Nik: No, it's not. Why are you crying?
Gia(wants to tell him, but can't): Nothing, really. It's just....when I saw
you going toward the edge of that cliff I was so scared...then when I saw the
car just slam into the rock, I thought I lost you. That image of the car just
keeps flashing through my mind.
Nik(cups her face in his hands and wipes her tears away with his thumbs):
Gia, look at me. I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere. I'm sorry if that
scared you, I didn't mean to do that to you. God knows I didn't want that to
happen to me or you. I'm here now and I'm not going anywhere. We are going to
be together forever, nothing is standing in our way, Gia. Nothing.
Gia: You're right. We're in this for the long haul. Could you just hold me.
Nik: Gladly.
Nikolas takes Gia in his arms and she holds onto him for dear life. She
can only pray that after tomorrow Nikolas won't hate her. Because she
wouldn't be able to live with herself if he hated her. Gia spends the rest of
the night in Nikolas's arms trying to forget about what's going to happen
tomorrow, while Nikolas stays completely unaware that his heart is about to
be broken into a million pieces.
*~If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything,
I need you with me,
Baby 'cause you know that you're everything,
good in my life.
And tell me now,
How do I live without you,
I want to know,
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go,
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live?
How do I live, without you baby*~
Song is "How Do I Live" by Trisha Yearwood or LeAnn Rhimes, just pick the
version you prefer.
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