Hello everyone, so I realize what ifs where Alexis raised Sam have already been done countless times in the fanfic world (and all that I've read are amazing), but this is my own little spin on it. Julian and Alexis are married and both Sam and Lucas are their biological children. Sam is 14 and Lucas is 7. I'm going to do multiple points of view in this story to make things easier. This chapter starts in Alexis' POV and finishes in Sam's. Julexis' family will be the central characters, but I will switch to others as well. Enjoy!
Chapter 1- Welcome to Port Charles
Alexis hugged her knees to her chest, as if putting pressure on her womb would change everything. Back in her Briarton Griggs uniform, sitting on a twin bed. Her cries pierced her ears… her sweet baby's cries wouldn't get out of her head. She wasn't in her arms. She wasn't in her womb. She just wasn't. The clinic was in walking distance. She just had to… she had to go get her.
She sprang to her feet and crept up the stairs. She froze. There he sat. Mikkos Cassadine rocking back and forth in his chair with his fingers forming a steeple. Then he spoke to her for the first time ever. "You did the right thing."
Her chest went heavy, weighing her down on those stairs. How could sending her sweet baby girl out in the world all alone be the right thing? Her body ached. Her eyes stung from crying so hard. She stood there for what felt like an eternity. Out or down? Out or down? Those were her options.
With the man whom she feared most of all watching her, she darted passed him and out the front door, not looking back.
"Mommy!" Lucas' voice made her jolt awake. "Sammie took my Game boy!"
"Tattle tale!" Sam said through gritted teeth.
Alexis at the them in the backseat and groaned. "Sam, give it back to Lucas. You have your Walkman that you desperately had to have.
"Why don't you take turns?" Julian suggested as he turned the steering wheel and the Welcome to Port Charles sign appeared.
"Whatever." Sam plopped the Game Boy hard on Lucas' lap, then stared out the window. "You always take his side."
"That's not true, Cookie," Alexis said.
Lucas returned to his game.
"Why do we have to move away?" Sam whined. "All my friends are back in Boston."
"Because your dad and Aunt Ava are starting an art gallery."
Sam huffed. "Dad can't draw squat."
"It's the business aspect, Princess," Julian said. "Plus, you'll be closer to your cousins."
Sam kicked that back of Alexis' seat hard.
"Samantha!" Alexis scolded her.
"Can I live with Aunt Ava?" Sam asked.
"Of course not!" Alexis said.
"Here we are!" Julian said brightly as they pulled into the driveway at the Lakehouse. "Our new home."
They piled their suitcases into the house and Alexis plopped down on the couch. "That car ride was exhausting."
Lucas climbed onto Alexis' lap and wrapped his arms around her waist. She held him tightly. She dreaded the day when he would stop wanting cuddles from her like Sam.
Sam kicked her shoes in the air, and they landed in front of Alexis and Lucas. "I hate this house!" She took off down the hallway.
Alexis rolled her eyes. "Do you want to go check out your room too, Lukey?"
He nodded. "Yeah!" He followed after Sam.
Julian settled in beside Alexis and wrapped an arm around her. "She'll get used to it."
She shook her head. "This attitude… I can't take it. And she won't talk to me like she used to. Not since we told them I'm pregnant."
"Remember? She was the same way when Lucas was born," Julian said. "All those temper tantrums and slamming doors. Lasted about a year."
"That's reassuring."
"Then Lucas choked on a charm from her bracelet…"
She sighed. "That was one of the scariest days of my life."
"That was when she changed. She grew protective of him."
"Now she keeps picking on him."
"She'll grow protective of the new baby too."
"I hope so."
GHGHGH
First day. New School. Freshman. No friends. Thanks a lot Mom. And it didn't help that everyone was taller than her. Much taller. If only she got her mom's height.
Crash
A group of tall prissy girls walked smack into Sam. The blonde grabbed her books from her hands dropped them on the floor. "Oops." She rubbed her hands together and they walked away.
Sam groaned and bent over to pick them up, and another girl with short and wavy brown hair moved away from her locker to help. "She's like that with everyone."
Sam groaned and took a couple books from her girl. "I don't like her."
Sam noticed they were the same height. At least she wasn't the only shrimp there.
"Me neither," the girl said. "But everyone wants to be her friend. She's the most popular girl in school. She's tall. Pretty. All the boys like her." She peeked over at Sam's schedule that sat on top of her books. "We have homeroom together! But anyway," she lowered her voice. "I heard she got jiggy with AJ Quartermaine last year."
"Who's he?" Sam asked.
The girl scrunched her face. "Are you new to town?"
"Yeah."
"Well, everyone here knows the Quartermaines. They're one of the richest families. They have a mansion and everything. I think they're only second to the Cassadines when it comes to being cash-rich."
Sam breathed in deeply. Of course everyone would know the Cassadines. Nikolas had everything she ever wanted.
"Elizabeth!" The blonde girl walked up to them. "Who's your new friend?"
Elizabeth's eyes grew wide as if she were shocked that the blonde girl would be talking to her. "Uh… I don't know actually. What's your name?"
"I'm Sam."
"Well, Sam… Elizabeth… come with us. We're having a ciggy break."
Sam swallowed hard. She'd never skipped class before or had a ciggy… ever… Mom would kill her. Literally kill her.
"Uh… my Gram… uh…" Elizabeth said.
The blonde girl crossed her arms. "If you're too scared, we'll invite someone else."
Elizabeth furrowed her eyebrows. "I'm not scared."
Sam looked at Elizabeth, then at the blonde girl. "We'll do it."
She smiled. "Great. I'm Caroline by the way. But everyone calls me Carly."
She led them out to the parking lot where a group off teenagers stood around smoking. Carly pulled out a box of cigarettes and handed one to each of them. Sam stared at it as Carly lit all them. Sam brought it to her mouth and started coughing right away… it tasted disgusting.
"Where are you from?" Carly asked.
"Boston," Sam said, coughing again.
"Well, here," Carly said slipping the box of cigarettes into Sam's jean pocket. "You need to practice so you won't cough so much."
"Carly!" A skinny blonde boy with blue eyes came over to them carrying a red-headed baby boy. "I can't find the daycare and I'm already late for class."
Elizabeth's mouth dropped slightly as she gazed at him and she dropped her cigarette.
Carly groaned and she blew some smoke out of her mouth. "Jason, I told you specifically where it was! AJ and I are juniors now. We don't have time for such matters."
"You said it was right next to the school building," Jason said. "I've been circling it for a half hour now."
"Then you're just going to have to watch Michael today." She glared at him. "But don't you dare tell Mama or Monica! They'll just go on about responsibility to me and AJ again."
"Well, well, well…" A middle-aged man walked over to them. "What do we have here?"
Carly gasped. "Principal Barrie!" She threw her cigarette on the ground and stomped on it. "I'm so sorry. It's this new girl!"
Sam gaped at her.
"She forced me to smoke with her."
The principal raised an eyebrow. "Forced you?"
"I did not!" Sam said.
"Just look in her pockets."
"Miss, please turn out your pockets," the principal said.
"But… but…" Sam pulled out the cigarette box. "She gave them to me!"
"Come along. We're going to call your parents."