Posted by Kim on 11/11/2001, 12:06 pm Wary about what they were going to do, Lucy wavered, "Felicia, I don't know. You know that I want to do anything I can to help you and Mac get back together. But I'm trying to work out things with Kevin and I don't want to do anything right now that will make Kevin mad." "Lucy, you know that I wouldn't ask this favor unless I really, really needed you, and I do. Mac may be mad at you but you're going to speak the truth and even though Kevin is Mac's friend, he's my friend too. Initially he may be angry in support of Mac but the truth is the truth, and he loves you. It will all work out. I just want us all back together again. Please don't let me down now; I need your help." Felicia pleaded. Knowing that Felicia was in dire straits, Lucy sighed and relented, "O.K. Let's do it." ~~~~*~~~~~ "I know that you're looking forward to seeing Maxie and Georgie tomorrow." Dara was snuggled in Mac's strong arms as she relaxed with her back against his chest in a reclining position on the leather sofa. They had eaten a very late supper and were waiting to watch the 11 p.m. news before turning in for the night. "I am anxious to see them," Mac confessed. He nuzzled his nose behind Dara's left ear and his light kisses sent shivers throughout Dara's body. Dara's increasingly labored breathing and the way her hand tightly gripped Mac's thigh encouraged Mac to try to convince Dara to skip watching the news tonight. "Tell me once again what's so important to see tonight on the news?" he whispered seductively as one of his hands slid under her light cashmere top to gently massage her breasts. With the fingers of Dara's other hand running through his curly brown hair and while he continued to kiss her neck and cheek, Mac himself fought to maintain some type of control as Dara began to writhe and move against him. Struggling to remember what was important in the news tonight, Dara moaned when Mac unsnapped the top of her jeans and started to unzip them. "The trial," she said with a gasp. "I give my closing argument to the jury tomorrow. I...I just want to see what they're reporting on ... on the news.....ahhhhh!" Dara moaned again as Mac continued to arouse her and knew if she didn't get off of the couch in the next few seconds she could forget completely about television tonight. Twisting her head to kiss Mac passionately on the lips, Dara took advantage of Mac's loosened grip on her and she leaped off of the couch. Mac groaned fiercely as he watched Dara disappear into the kitchen. "We'll only watch it for a few minutes," she promised as she tried to compose herself. "Turn on the TV." Grabbing the remote control, Mac did as Dara requested. "They had better say 'something' about that trial in the first 15 minutes or else the VCR will start taping," Mac shouted to Dara from the living room. Dara laughed in response and joined him again on the couch again just as the news started. February sweeps period was just beginning and the local stations were doing their best to get higher ratings. Sometimes this meant broadcasting shocking and headline grabbing news, and tonight the ABC affiliate news station was leading the program with 'a local political scandal'. Bonnie Fitzgerald, a former weathergirl and aspiring network news anchor, was the reporter. "You don't have to go to Washington D.C. or New York City to see public officials shamelessly flaunt their mistresses in front of unsuspecting constituents. Bill Clinton and Rudy Giuliani have nothing on Port Charles' own local police commissioner Mac Scorpio. Commissioner Scorpio is in the process of divorcing his wife and has left his home and two children. He's currently seen about town with Assistant District Attorney Dara Jensen." A photo of Mac and Dara smiling and with their arms around each other, probably taken at the New Years Eve party, was flashed in the background on the screen as Ms. Fitzgerald continued her commentary. "Apparently the commissioner doesn't mind mixing business with pleasure. He recently insisted on expensive extra round-the-clock security for his girlfriend, at the taxpayers' expense of course. The round-the-clock security does seem a bit redundant since the commissioner is known to be spending almost every night in Ms. Jensen's apartment these days." The news program then displayed a brief videotaped comment of City Councilman Reynolds stating how he opposed the extra security details for A.D.A. Jensen but Commissioner Scorpio had ignored his concerns. Ms. Fitzgerald returned to the screen stating that several Port Charles citizens were asked to comment on the topic of public servants and private behavior. The first citizen to comment was a burly, half-drunk man in a bar identified as Ralph Harden who said, "Whatever a man does after hours or behind closed doors is his own (bleep, bleep) business! A man's got to do what a man's got to do." The second citizen to comment was the prominent local entrepreneur Lucy Coe. "While generally everyone has a right to privacy I do believe that it is the responsibility of public servants to be role models for the community," was Ms. Coe's civic-minded response. The news segment ended with Ms. Fitzgerald urging viewers to call the number listed on the screen and respond to the poll on whether the commissioner's and ADA affair was their own business or whether they were an embarrassment to the community. Stunned and shocked into deadly silence, Mac held Dara tightly in his arms. He picked up the remote control again and turned off the television. Across town, Felicia Scorpio smiled to herself as she also turned off the television. She definitely owed Bonnie for the story that was just broadcast; in her opinion it was fantastic. Thinking that step one was a success, Felicia started planning her next actions to bring Mac back home. "Poor thing," she slyly mused as she prepared for bed, "he'll never know what hit him."
For the first time since she agreed to help Felicia in her scheme, Lucy Coe was having second thoughts. She and Felicia were walking to the building where the local ABC news station was located for an on-camera interview to be conducted by a reporter who was also a friend of Felicia's. It wasn't as if she was going to actually lie during the interview. And any publicity or anytime she would be on TV would be good for her new fledgling cosmetic company. But Kevin and Mac were best friends; the outcome of this interview may hurt her attempts to get back together with Kevin. Felicia noticed that Lucy was deep in thought and was slowing the pace of her steps. "Come on," encouraged Felicia as she linked her arm in Lucy's. "We're almost there and this interview won't take fifteen minutes, especially if they're already set up and waiting for us."
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