February 14, 2001..Valentine's Day

Tatiana woke up early, just like she had every morning since she met Johnny. She hated Valentine's Day with a passion..it wasn't that she was some bitter single person. She just thought it was a ridiculus waste of a holiday. She quickly got up and washed and dressed and headed downstairs.

Just like every other morning when she stepped off the elevator she couldn't help but smile when she saw Johnny standing there in the lobby.

"Morning Sunshine" she said as she kissed his cheek

"Morning Moonlight" he told as he kissed her back "ya ready??"

"as i'll ever be" she said as they stepped outside.

Thier stride quickly turned into a jog. 90 mins later Johnny dropped Tatiana off at the hotel. "Same time tomorrow??"

"You got it" she smiled at him " see you later" she kissed him on the cheek

"later" he told her as he opened the door and watched her make her way to the elevator. Damn I forgot to wish her a happy valentine's day, she probably thinks i'm a jerk now

Ever since thier first meeting in the park, Johnny meets Tatiana in the Lobby and two go running together. They never say more than good morning and good bye. Each has thier own reason for liking the retionship just the way it was. Johnny felt that if she wasn't in his life that he would never have to hurt her the way Sonny hurt Carly or Jason hurt Tierney every time they couldn't tell them something or had to leave with no guarantee of thier return. And Tatiana liked it because there was no chance of getting hurt. As much as she tried to deny it, Micheal haunted her always. It was like a part of her past that she just couldn't let go, there were so many unanswered questions. She knew she didn't want him, she just wanted closure.

When Tatiana stepped into her penthouse she was greeted by the sight of her sister wearing a hole in her rug. "What's up Giana??" she asked her

"nothin" Gia told her sister as she flopped her self down on Tatiana's couch.

Tatiana knew something was up, normally Gia hated to be called Giana, when they were growing up she always told Tatiana that it made their names sound to much alike. Gia was always trying to make herself different from her little sister..which wasn't hard to do, the two girls were nothing alike after thier looks.

"Well if there is nothing wrong, mind telling me why you were killing my carpet a minute ago??" Tatiana asked from the kitchen.

"Laura called me this morning, and asked me to meet her at Deception in an hour. There is some kind of big meeting, its gonna be me, her, Liz, Carly, Sonny, Theo and Lucky"

"Wow that sounds like some meeting, so what are you doing here?? she asked sitting on the couch across from her sister.

"I need you to go with me" Gia told her

"Okay" Tatiana told her without even questioning why"let me go get dressed"

Gia thanked God that Tatiana was here. Even though she tried to appear confident, she was afraid she was about to be told she didn't get the job

45 mins later the girls were stepping on the elevator going up to Laura's office. The whole ride over here the two had said nothing. Both curious as to what this meeting was about and both hoping for the best.

"Moonlight" the girls heard as they stepped off the elevator. Tatiana looke up to see Johnny looking at her shocked.