Good night sweet Prince ...

Today was a sad day for this life-long General Hospital fan, it was the day I, along with many other fans had to bid farewell to Tyler Christopher and her character Nikolas Cassadine.

I'm glad that Tyler and Jonathan Jackson, Lucky, wrote Nik's final scenes together because they did the character justice.

To me, Nik is one of those characters that still has so much story arcs in him. The way he handed Aiden over to Lucky today but made sure to tell Lucky that just because he handed Aiden to him didn't mean he wasn't his father, hit home. Nik still does not believe that Liz and Lucky are telling him the truth and he believes that Aiden is his son.

In a way, what Nik did was step aside to allow Lucky and Liz the opportunity to find their way back to each other and become a real family.

Nik's speech about how Emily's death profoundly affected him and that he was simply searching for a replacement brought Nik back to his roots, but to me cheapened his relationship with Liz.

The Lik affair was never just a fling to them, that's not the way it played out on screen, they both valued their friendship and that friendship was taken to another level, not because of pure sexual fantasy, but through their deepened feelings for each other.

But Nik saved it when he told Lucky to imagine who would be on the other side of his out reached hand when Lucky was about to take his last breath. Of course, Nik was talking about Liz. In true fashion, the Prince left Port Charles supporting his brother and the true love he knows is between Lucky and Liz.

But it wasn't just a heartfelt emotional goodbye the two actually shared a laugh during the final scene when Lucky asked Nik why he never spoke with an accent, if you didn't see the scene, Nik did his best Russian accent and simply stated, "who says I haven't."

It was a nice way for the brothers to part ways and even though Emily is dead, Nik does not have to stay gone from Port Charles forever. He really has so much more of a story to be told.

For one, he is the only one that can really stop Helena and two why not have Sam team up with her cousin Nik to find out who her biological father is - now that's a mystery I'd love to see answered without Jason's help.

Thank you Tyler for the many years, tears and laughs you've given this General Hospital fan. You will be missed and I'm already looking forward to your return in August, unfortunately your scenes will be shared with LuLu.