The Death of Jason Morgan *updated*

[Mrs. Elizabeth Webber-Morgan]

Jason calls Elizabeth and tells her to meet him at his place. On her way there, she finds he's been in an accident. Will he ever be able to tell her why he called her? Read and Review.
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Jason and Elizabeth parted ways earlier that night, and Jason headed toward the penthouse. He couldn’t shake what she had told him out of his head. He couldn’t stop thinking about what she had said about imagining ways that it could work. The thing he realized is that he did the same thing. All the time. He was always thinking about ways that they could be together. But then things happen like had just happened to Michael. And it was because of that, that he knew they could never be together, despite how much they loved each other.

Then Carly visited him. She had told him she had asked Sonny to give up his parental rights to his children, which reminded him of when Elizabeth had asked him to let Lucky continue being Jake’s father, and then again when they had decided together that Lucky should continue being Jake’s father after he had found out that Jason was actually his father.

It wasn’t until Robin came over. Elizabeth had saved his sanity earlier that night, and then it was Robin who saved his future. She had reminded him how much he exactly how much he did care about the people he loved, which also meant that he would do anything to protect the people he loved. He went to bed after Robin had left and slept amazingly well, considering everything that was going on lately. It must have been the prospect of a brighter future.

He was awoken bright and early by his phone ringing on the table beside the bed. Immediately answering, he instantly sat up in bed.
“Yeah?” he answered.
Over the line came Sonny’s voice, “I need to talk to you now.”
Jason sighed, “I’m on my way.”
He hung up the phone and put it back on the table, rubbing his face, he sighed again and got off the bed, heading to the shower.

A half hour later, he arrived at Casa Corinthos. Max opened the door, “Hey, Jason. Sonny is waiting for you.” Max gestured toward the room behind him.
“Thanks, Max.”

Jason walked into the room and Sonny was staring out the glass doors across the room. Knowing who had entered the room, Sonny began talking.
“I’m sure Carly told you what happened.”
“Yeah, she came to the pent house last night.”
Sonny turned around, “Kate can never find out.”
Jason nodded, even though he didn’t understand.
“Things just happened in the moment. Carly and I are not getting back together or anything like that, especially after she pulled, you know, what she did after.”
Finally, Jason caught on to what Sonny was confessing to him.
“So, here’s what I’m going to do.” Sonny said, walking over closer to him. “I want you to take over the business.”
“Ok, I’ll take over,” Jason said without a moments hesitation, surprising Sonny. Taking Sonny even more by surprise, Jason continued, “If you give up Michael and Morgan.”

Sonny flinched. He couldn’t actually believe that those words had just come out of Jason’s mouth. “Excuse me, Jason. That’s not any of your business.”
“No, you’re right,” Jason admitted. “Neither you nor Carly should bring me into the middle of your messed up lives, and I’m not going to do it any more.”
“You’re damned straight, you’re not!” Sonny yelled at him. “After this, you and I will no longer be friends, you got that.”
“So, you’re saying you’re going to give up Michael and Morgan?”

Sonny glared at him. “Let me get this straight: I give over the business to you, I have to give up my children, and if I continue on as things are, I still can’t be with my children.”
“I’m not the one who made this decision, Sonny.”
“No, you just went behind my back and sided with my conniving ex wife! You‘ve betrayed your loyalty to me!” Sonny yelled at him. “Well, if that’s how it is going to be…” Sonny got gravely silent, “This is the end of our arrangement. From here on out, you and I are enemies.”

Jason shook his head, “No. You’re right that this is the end, but from now on, I will not have any enemies. I no longer choose to be like you, Sonny.”
Sonny went back to yelling at him, “You know it’s not that easy, Jason! You can’t just get out of this business.”
“No! You’re wrong about that, Sonny.” Jason was yelling now as well. “You’re always saying that to me, but it never applies to you. Nothing applies to you. I’m out, and I’m going to stay out.”
“Get out of my home, Mr. Morgan, and I never want to see you here, or anywhere near my property again!”

Sonny ordered him out of his life, which Jason didn’t mind in the least. He turned around on his heel, and exited the room.
“Good bye, Max,” Jason said, walking past the henchman.
Max knew what that good bye meant and hung his head as he replied, “Good bye, Jason.”
Jason walked out the door, leaving it wide open. Max walked up to the door and slowly shut it, not looking forward to what was to come with Mr. Corinthos.

Jason took out his cell phone as he walked down the way toward his bike. He dialed and put the phone to his ear. It rang and rang until reaching the voice mail. “Hey. It’s me. Meet me at my place. I’m headed there right now. I’ve got a surprise for you.” He closed the phone and put it back in his pocket, mounting his bike. He had to see her. He had to hold her in his arms, and this time, nothing was going to make him let go this time.

He sped down the road toward the penthouse. She was all around him, filling his senses. She was in his head and his heart, and she was forever going to be his, and he was forever going to be hers. And he was finally going to be able to claim Jake as his own. And he would step in and be a father for Cam as well. They were going to have the “happily ever after” both of them could only dream about.

He raced down the road, feeling the wind in his face and the scenery rushing by him. Then he thought of the painting she had given him years ago. The Wind. She was right. It was exactly what the wind looked like. She had captured it perfectly, just as she had captured his heart all those years ago. He sighed. When Elizabeth had said she had loved him longer than he had loved her, he wondered just how true that was. He couldn’t remember a time that he didn’t love her.

He took a deep breath, careening his bike around a turn. There, in the road ahead, a vehicle was swerving into the wrong lane, his oncoming lane. He veer off away from the vehicle and it continued on it’s way.


Elizabeth took a deep breath. What could Jason want to see her so much about? What surprise could he have for her. She closed her phone and put it away. Her shift was just about over. She didn’t think anyone would mind if she ducked out early. She’d be sure to check in a little earlier tomorrow.

The elevator ride from the lobby to the parking garage, and the walk from the elevator to her car, seemed to take forever. What seemed to take even longer was the drive from the hospital over to Jason’s place. She just missed him every time she was away from him, and after last night, when they had shared that kiss before she left him on that highway in the rain, she missed him even more.

Being engaged to him for the short time they were was one of the happiest and saddest times of her life. But what did this call mean? What did he wish to talk to her about? What was he going to -- Jason?

There was his bike, just laying on the side of the road like it had been tossed like a toy, but where was Jason? She pulled the car over to the side of the road and got out.
“Jason,” she called out to him.
She walked over to his bike, and then she saw him, a few yards away. Running over to him, she dropped down on her knees beside him. He had hit his head hard. Pretty sure he had been thrown from his bike, she knew she mustn’t move him. She pulled out her phone and dialed 911.
“Yes, this is Elizabeth Webber. There’s been an accident.”
Elizabeth talked to dispatch taking his hand in hers. She whispered to him, “Don’t worry, Jason. I’ll take care of you.”


Elizabeth left her car on the road beside Jason's bike. There was no way she
was going to follow the ambulance down to GH. She didn't want to let him out
of her sight for one minute. She had no idea how long he had been laying
unconscious there beside the road, but he hadn't come to yet, which was
really starting to scare her.

The ambulance pulled into the bay beside the E.R. doors as a medical team,
headed by Dr. Drake, ran out to meet them. Elizabeth stepped out of the back
of the ambulance and helped the EMTs wheel Jason out.
“Elizabeth,” Patrick greeted her. Had this not been a medical emergency, he
would have asked ‘What are you doing here with Jason?’ but instead, he knew
better. “What’s the situation?”
“He crashed his bike,” she told him. “I don’t know how it happened. I was driving by and saw his bike.”
Patrick turned to the paramedics, “Take him in to Trauma 1.”

“I’ll be scrubbing in,” Elizabeth informed him.”
Patrick stopped in his tracks and turned to face her, bracing her by her shoulders. “I can’t allow you to do that, Elizabeth. I know how hard it was for you to be in the O.R. when Michael was brought in. Jason can’t afford you freezing up with him on the table, and I would never forgive myself.”
Elizabeth swallowed the rock-hard lump in her throat. She sighed, bowing her head, “You’re right.”

Patrick turned to rush into the E.R., but Elizabeth grabbed his arm. “Please, Patrick. Bring him back to me.”
Again, Patrick wanted to ask her about being with Jason, but now was definitely not the time. He patted her hand, “Don’t worry, Elizabeth. He’ll be fine.”
Elizabeth nodded and slowly let him go. She watched the E.R. doors close in behind him. She knew Patrick was right, but she just wanted to be beside him. She wanted to be there to hold his hand.

Instead, she decided to make her way to the hospital chapel. She needed some time alone to clear her head. As she entered the chapel, the lighters were off. Sitting down on one of the pews without even turning on the lights, she sat there in silence. Looking up at the cross against the wall, she started to cry. Laying her head down on the pew in front of her, she wept into the darkness.

Just when she thought she couldn’t cry any longer, she felt a hand softly befall on her shoulder. She inhaled sharply and turned her head to see the person who kept their hand on her arm. Gasping, the tears seemed to stop instantaneously. Elizabeth couldn’t believe her eyes. Standing in front of her was her best friend. The best friend she buried half a year ago.

“Em?” Elizabeth choked out.
“Shh,” Emily whispered. “It’s going to be ok.”
“What are you doing here?” Elizabeth asked her friend.
Emily sat down beside her and smiled, “I’m here for my brother.”
Elizabeth felt the tears welling up in her eyes again. “Oh, no, Em. Please don’t take Jason away from me. Not now. Don’t take him away from Jake.”

Emily shook her head and smiled brighter, “I’m not taking him anywhere. I just wanted to welcome him back.”
“Welcome him-- What?” Elizabeth didn’t understand.
Emily’s smile didn’t fade as she told her best friend, “Please be patient with him, Liz. He’s going to need you now more than ever.”
“What do you mean?” She pleaded with her. “What are you saying? Em? Em?”

“Elizabeth?” Liz raised her head from the pew to see Robin standing beside her, her hand on her shoulder.
“Jason?” Elizabeth asked Robin, hoping for good news, any news.
Robin bowed her head slightly and then looked up and Elizabeth. “He’s going to be ok. We’ve moved him up to the fourth floor.”
“Oh,” Elizabeth sighed, standing up and throwing her arms around Robin. “Thank you so much, Robin.”
Robin, like Patrick, was slightly confused as to Elizabeth’s behavior. “You can go see him. I don’t know when he’s going to wake up though.”

Elizabeth suddenly thought of Michael. “But he will wake up, right?”
Robin knew where her thoughts were and nodded, “He should. He hit his head pretty hard, Elizabeth. Do you know what happened?”
Elizabeth shook her head, “No. Like I told Patrick, I was just driving by and saw his bike. He was unconscious when I found him.”

“I know now’s not the time, Elizabeth, but… Both Patrick and I were wondering… and I know it’s not any of our business…” Robin could see Elizabeth start to tense up and retreated, “Like I said, now’s not the time. Why don’t you go see Jason?”
Liz smiled shortly and thanked Robin. She stood up and walked out of the chapel, heading to the elevator.


Stepping out of the elevator, she walked over to the nurses station. Nadine was there looking over charts, “Oh, Elizabeth. Patrick said you’d be coming to see Jason Morgan. He’s in room 410. Go ahead and go in.”
“Thank you, Nadine,” Elizabeth nodded and walked passed her and around the hall into the room around the corner.

She stood frozen in the doorway. There was the man she loved, unconscious in the bed in front of her, hooked up to monitors and oxygen. She took a deep breath and walked over to him. Sitting down beside him on the bed, she took her hand in his.
“Jason, I don’t know what to say,” tears started stinging her eyes. “I don’t know what it was you wanted to tell me, and why you called when you said you wouldn’t call me.” She paused, feeling herself getting close to open bawling, not just silent tears. She took a deep breath and lifted his hand to her lips. “I love you so much,” she whispered, feeling the tears start to cascade from her eyes. Looking up into his face through the veil of tears, I vowed, “I promise I will be here for you, and take care of you, and make sure you get better.”

From behind her, Patrick commented, “Well, I’m glad to hear you say that, Elizabeth. He’s going to need you.”
She remembered Emily telling her that-- Emily. She placed Jason’s hand back down on the bed and turned to Patrick. “How is he, Patrick?”
Patrick walked closer to her. “Well, he’s doing a whole lot better than I expected. He hit his head pretty hard when he crashed, but there’s no way to fully tell how he’s going to be until he wakes up.”
“But he will wake up, though?” Elizabeth asked.

Patrick knew that in light of recent events, she was referring to the Corinthos boy. It was apparent to him that she more than just cared about the man she was sitting next to. He nodded his head, “Yes, he will wake up, but let him do it on his own time. He’s just been through a very traumatic accident.” But she didn’t need to be told that. “Listen, Elizabeth. I know you and Jason are closer than you seem to let on. He’s going to need you after all of this. He’s going to need you to be there for him. I know he’s going to protest, because that’s what he does, but as his doctor, I’m telling you to make him let you help him.”
Elizabeth nodded, “I will.”
Patrick nodded as well, “I’ll leave you alone now. You know where to find me if you need me.”
He turned to leave, but Elizabeth calling to him, made him turn around. She was there in front of him, throwing her arms around him. “Thank you, Patrick. You have no idea how much what you’ve done means. Thank you so much.”

“Don’t thank me, Elizabeth,” he told her as a humble doctor, frozen by the hug. “It’s just my job.”
“But it’s not,” Elizabeth shook her head stepping back from him. “Most people would just let him die, not caring. But you care, even if it’s just for me as a fellow employee or as Robin’s best friend, but you care. Thank you for helping him.”
Patrick nodded, “You’re welcome.”
Elizabeth smiled and Patrick left the room.

She turned back to the bed, and walked back over to sit back down by Jason, picking up his hand again. Kissing it slightly, she felt the tears begin to flowing from my eyes. She laid down his arm and laid herself down beside him on the bed, resting her head on his shoulder. “Come back to me, Jason,” she whispered as she drifted off to sleep.

“Elizabeth,” she heard her name being called. Opening her eyes, she looked to the foot of the bed. There she was, standing there with her again.
“Emily,” Elizabeth whispered.
“Don’t worry, you won’t wake him up.” Emily told her best friend.
“What are you doing here?” Elizabeth asked, sitting up.

“Elizabeth, Jason loves you.” Elizabeth already knew that, that didn’t explain what Emily was doing here.
“Em, if you’re not taking Jason with you, why are you here?”
Emily sat down on the other side of Jason, “I just want you to be prepared, Elizabeth.”
“Prepared for what?” Elizabeth wondered.

“Elizabeth,” Elizabeth heard her name called once again. This time, it was a lower, strained whisper. “Elizabeth.”
Elizabeth opened her eyes and blinked at the sound.
“Elizabeth.”
She looked up at Jason. “Jason?”

“You’re here?” Jason whispered again.
“Of course, I’m here,” she reassured him. “Jason, you’re awake!”
Jason opened his eyes slowly, blinking a few times before opening his eyes completely. “Where am I?”
Elizabeth took a deep breath, “You’re at GH. Don’t you remember what happened?”

“My head hurts,” he told him, wincing.
Elizabeth couldn’t stand to see him in pain, “You were in an accident, or something. I was driving by on my way to meet you at the penthouse when I saw your bike tossed aside like a child discarding a toy.”
Jason closed his eyes, grimacing remembering what had happened. “I remember that I just wanted to get to the penthouse to see you,” he told her, opening his eyes to look into hers. “I just wanted to see you. I came around the turn and there was a vehicle, a truck of some sorts… It was in the wrong lane. We both swerved, and I was going too fast. I couldn’t correct myself.”
“I was so scared when I found you,” she told him. “I was so worried.”
Jason lifted a hand to her face and caressed it. Elizabeth turned her head into his hand, closing her eyes.

“The Wind.”
Elizabeth opened her eyes and looked a Jason, slightly confused.
“The Wind,” he repeated himself. “I was thinking about The Wind.”
“The painting?” Liz thought she was catching on.
“It’s amazing. You captured it so perfectly,” he remarked, running his hand through her hair. “It’s truly amazing.”
Elizabeth smiled.

“Can we get out of here, now?” he wondered.
She knew how much Jason hated the hospital and did not liked to be confined to the hospital bed. “Jason, you’ve just been through a tragic accident and life-saving surgery. I doubt Patrick is going to sign off on you going home so quickly.”
Jason sighed. He knew she was right, but he was still going to try. “Do you think you should call Patrick in?”
Elizabeth nodded. That was protocol. She picked up the phone beside the bed and dialed the nurses desk.

“Tenth floor nurses station, this is Nadine.”
“Nadine,” Elizabeth said into the phone. “Page Dr. Drake to Jason Morgan’s room.”
“He’s standing right here. I’ll tell him.”
Elizabeth thanked her coworker and hung up the phone. “He’ll be right in.”

Jason took her hand again and pulled her closer to him. “We need to talk, Elizabeth.”
Elizabeth nodded, “We will, once I know you’re ok.”
“Elizabeth, I am ok,” he tried to reassure her. “I just--” He started before he saw Patrick walk into the room.

“Oh, so you’re awake,” Patrick sounded surprised, but then he shook his head. “I guess I shouldn’t be so astounded. How are you feeling?”
“I just want to get out of here,” Jason told him point blank.
Elizabeth shook her head. ‘Leave it to Jason not to disclose his feelings,’ she thought to herself.
Patrick nodded, having seen that coming from a mile away. “Well, I would like to run some tests, and depending on how that goes, we’ll see.”

Jason looked to Elizabeth, wanting to protest, but after seeing the look in her eyes, decided against it, squeezing her hand and looking back to Patrick. “You can run your tests.
Patrick expected more of a fight from Jason like usual, but simply nodded. “I’ll go get them set up. In the meantime, don’t do anything to strenuous.”
He had to be kidding him. The only thing he felt like doing is taking the woman he loved back to his house and holding her for the rest of his life. Jason nodded in return.
“I’ll be back momentarily,” he told them before leaving the room.

Jason looked back to Elizabeth. He felt terrible for putting her through what she had to go through in the past… How long had he been out, he wondered. “How long have I been here?”
Elizabeth took her phone out of her pants pocket, looking at the display. She couldn’t believe how long they had been there. She must have slept longer than she thought. “I found you just after three in the afternoon yesterday. It’s a quarter past nine a.m.”
Jason looked down and pondered, “At least I wasn’t out as long as last time.”
“Last time?” Elizabeth wondered.
Jason looked back up at Elizabeth. “When I was in the accident with A.J.”
Elizabeth looked even more confused at him.
He furrowed his brow and inhaled deeply, shaking his head in disbelief.
“What?” Elizabeth slightly whispered. She couldn’t believe what she was witnessing.

Patrick walked back into the room with a team of nurses. “Ok, everything’s ready. Let’s get you checked out.”
Elizabeth stood up off the bed, but Jason stopped her by tightening his hold on her hand. She looked back down at him and he took a deep breath, looking back at Patrick.
“Could I please have one more minute with Elizabeth before we go?” he asked the doctor.
The nurses looked to Patrick and he nodded. As they walked out of the room he told Jason and Elizabeth, “I’ll be out in the hall when you need me.”
Jason nodded and looked back to Elizabeth, waiting for Patrick to exit.

After Patrick shut the door behind him, Elizabeth looked back to Jason.
“You really should go get those tests done.”
Jason shook his head, “I will, but not until-- Elizabeth, I love you. I love you now more than ever. Just promise me you’ll be here when I get back. We really need to talk.”
Elizabeth nodded in assurance, “Of course I will. I’m not going anywhere.”
Jason nodded and let go of her hand, which told Elizabeth she could go get Patrick. She stood and walked to the door opening it and poking her head out the door.

“He’s ready,” she told Patrick and the nurses.
Patrick gestured with a nod of his head to the nurses as they walked into the room to get Jason.
Elizabeth took a deep breath and Patrick placed a hand on her arm. “He’s doing better than even I expected,” he admitted to her. “You have no need to worry.”
The nurses came out, wheeling Jason’s bed with them. Jason grabbed Elizabeth’s hand as they were going by. She looked down at him and was about to question him, but was taken back when he pulled her down and pressed his lips to hers. She couldn’t believe he was doing this. This open display of affection startled her. Patrick merely blinked. After a moment later, Jason released her arm again and Elizabeth stood up, looking down at him, more questions in her eyes.
“I love you, Elizabeth,” he declared right there in front of Patrick and the nurses. He didn’t care. He wanted everyone to know.
Elizabeth couldn’t hide her smile. “I love you,” she found herself returning the statement.
Jason nodded, smiling brighter than Elizabeth had ever known him to. Elizabeth stepped back and the nurses continued to wheel him down the hallway. Patrick patted her arm and walked by smiling.


Elizabeth stood there in silence as her coworkers wheeled Jason down the hall. She was in shock, still caught back by Jason’s affirmation of love in front of her associates. What had come over him? Was he aware of what he had said-- what he had done?
Robin slowly walked up beside Elizabeth, a smile brimming from ear to ear. “Wow!”
Elizabeth jumped, “Robin!”
Robin grabbed Elizabeth’s arm to calm her, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you.”

“That’s alright,” Elizabeth sighed. “Jason’s awake.”
Robin nodded, still smiling, “I know, I saw.”
Elizabeth nodded as well and then turned to face her squarely, “You saw that, huh?”
Elizabeth didn’t think she could smile any brighter, Robin’s face lit up even more, “I didn’t know you two were together. Why didn’t you tell me?”

Elizabeth hung her head and Robin wondered what she had said wrong. “What is it, Elizabeth?”
Elizabeth slowly lifted her head and put into words the thoughts jumbling around in her head, thankful for some one to voice it to, “I’m so confused.” She took a deep breath and looked around. “Do you think we could go sit down somewhere a little more private first?”
Robin wrapped her arm around Elizabeth’s waist and walked with her into Jason’s room.

Robin shut the door behind them and Elizabeth sat down in one of the chairs over by the window. Robin crossed the room and went to sit beside her.
“Tell me what’s going on,” Robin prompted.
Elizabeth took a deep breath, “Well, I suppose I should start from the beginning.”
Robin nodded and sat forward, eager to hear the story her friend was beginning to divulge.

Elizabeth looked at Robin straight in her eyes, “Jason is Jake’s father.”
Robin opened her eyes widely, although not quite so stunned at the news as she thought she would be.
“Jason and I didn’t get together though until after Emily’s funeral,” Elizabeth continued. “That was the first night we had actually made love, you know, only after declaring to each other that we loved each other after he was acquitted of Alcazar’s murder.”
Robin continued to nod, smiling at Elizabeth stating their feelings for each other.
“Lucky found out Jake wasn’t his at the Black & White Ball, but we all decided to go on letting the world believe Lucky was his son. So, Jason and I decided to meet in secret. My grams doesn’t even know. And then, about a month ago, Jason proposed to me. We were going to tell everyone everything. He didn’t seem to care about the danger anymore, telling me the threat wasn’t high, and that we could be together. Then we found out Michael had just been shot.”

Robin’s smile faded and continued to listen intently.
“Well, the next time I saw him away from the hospital he called it off. He said he couldn’t take the chance of letting me and the boys get hurt. I didn’t like his decision, but once again, I agreed to protect my boys.”
“I’m so sorry, Elizabeth,” Robin didn’t know what to say.
Elizabeth took another deep breath. “Then last night,“ she shook her head, “well, I guess it was the night before last, I locked my keys in my car, Jason came to my rescue. He told me he couldn’t do all of this because it hurt him too much. And he was just making things so hard-- making me fall more and more in love with him. Imagining a life without Jason kills me.”
“I understand,” Robin told her, placing a hand on her shoulder.
“So, yesterday he called me. Left me a voice mail. He wanted to meet me at the penthouse. He said he had a surprise for me. I left work and headed straight over there. That’s when I found his bike and got him here to the E.R.”

“Well,” Robin posed, “Maybe his surprise that he wanted to be with you despite everything.”
“I don’t know,” Elizabeth admitted.
“I saw him, Elizabeth. I saw him confess in front of Patrick that he loved you. Oh, my god, Elizabeth, he kissed you in front of Patrick,” Robin’s smile returned to her face.
“But I’m still confused,” Elizabeth conveyed. “Jason said something really weird before Patrick came to get him for tests.”
“What? What was it?” Robin was so focussed on what Elizabeth was telling her, she didn’t want her to stop.

“He commented on not being out as long as he was the last time-- when he and his brother AJ was in that accident together,” Elizabeth related.
Robin’s eyes opened widely, “What? He-- he said that?”
Elizabeth nodded, “What does that mean, Robin? Jason doesn’t remember his life before that accident.”
“Maybe he does now,” Robin projected.
“What if he does?” Elizabeth wondered. “What does that mean, for everybody?”

Robin understood what she was asking. “What about Sonny and the organization and all that? I get it. Well, you love him, right?”
“More than anything!” Elizabeth silently cried out.
“Then you’ll be there for him as he tries to figure things out.”
Elizabeth nodded, “But what if that’s it? What if that’s all he remembers is the accident?”
Robin shrugged. “I don’t know, Elizabeth, but I do know whatever happens, you’ll be there for him.”
“You’re right,” Elizabeth whispered. “I will always be there for him. I love him.”

Robin smiled again, “I’m so happy to hear you say that.”
Elizabeth smiled softly, “It’s so nice to be able to talk to some one about this. Like I said, I haven’t even told Gram any of this… Gram! Oh, I haven’t spoken to Gram since before my shift yesterday.”
“Why don’t you go see her, and I’ll--”
Elizabeth interjected, shaking her head, “Uh-uh, I’m not leaving Jason. I told him I’d be here, and I’m not going to break that promise.”
“Ok, ok,” Robin conceded. “I’ll go check on Jason, you call Audrey.”
Elizabeth smiled again, “Thank you, Robin. I love you.”
Robin smiled brightly again, “Awe, honey… I love you too.” She stood up, “I love you too.”
Elizabeth nodded and took her phone out of her pocket to call her Gram as Robin left the room.

“Gram,” Elizabeth said after Audrey answered the phone.
“Elizabeth, where are you? I’ve been so worried about you. You haven’t come by to pick up the boys You haven’t called. Are you ok?”
“I’m at the hospital, Gram-- but don’t worry. I’m not hurt or anything,” she said quickly to reassure her considering she wasn’t supposed to be working today. “I’m here with Jason.”
“Jason? Jason Morgan?”
Elizabeth took a deep breath, “Yes, Gram. He was in a terrible accident yesterday.”
“Elizabeth, you shouldn’t get too close.”
“It’s too late, Gram,” Elizabeth stated. “Listen, I’ll explain later. I promise. Please. If you can’t take care of the boys longer, you can bring them down here to the day care. I just… I can’t leave Jason.”
“I don’t understand, honey, but I’ll keep the boys as long as you promise to elucidate later.”
“I will, Gram,” she nodded and hung up the phone.

Elizabeth took another deep breath and hung up the phone. As she did, Robin and Patrick came into the room with Jason. She was so happy to see him. Robin and Patrick put the bed back in it’s place.
Patrick turned to Elizabeth, “He’s truly amazing. Tests we ran all came back incredible. He’s very adamant to get out of here. As a doctor, I would prefer that he stay here a little longer so we can monitor him, make sure he is as alright as the tests indicate, but I don’t see Jason being very agreeable to all that.”
Elizabeth looked over to Jason and smiled faintly. Jason only shook his head.
“So, I’ve told him I will release him under one condition, and it was actually him in propositioned the arrangement.”
Elizabeth looked back to Jason, questioning.
He nodded slightly and revealed his idea, “You go home with me and be my private nurse until I’m all better.”
She blinked a few times at the unabashed option he presented. She didn’t take too long to think about it before she nodded her head to agree. She noticed Jason smile vaguely.
“Ok, then,” Patrick yielded. “I will go get the papers.

Robin smiled at Elizabeth and then to Jason as she left the room with Patrick.
Elizabeth looked back to Jason after they left.
“Come sit by me,” he requested.
Elizabeth sat down beside him, facing him. “Are you ok?” she was finally able to ask him.
“I’m ok.” He looked down at her hand and took it in his, “I wanted to tell you how sorry I am.” He started, looking back up into her eyes.
“Sorry?” Elizabeth didn’t know why.
Jason nodded, “Yeah. I should never have… I’ve said some things… I shouldn’t have. And they’ve hurt you. I never wanted to hurt you.”
Elizabeth didn’t want to listen to this, “Don’t worry about it.”
“Just listen to me, ok?” he appealed. After she nodded, he continued. “I love you. And I want to be with you. There’s nothing in the world I would want more than to raise our family with you. I know I said that my life is too dangerous, that I shouldn’t even be near a kid, but things are going to be different now.”

Elizabeth was about to ask him how, but Patrick walked back into the room.
“Ok, then,” Patrick began, “I’ve outlined some protocols, some precaution measures to take while you’re healing. I know you won’t heed these on your own, Jason, so if you don’t mind,” he said, offering the pages to Elizabeth, “I’m going to give these to her. And I also know you won’t check back in with me, so I’m also going to ask Elizabeth to keep me informed of your progress and also to try to get you back in to see me in no more than two weeks from now.”
Jason nodded.
“Alright then,” Patrick said, handing Jason his clipboard, “if you’d just sign here,” he pointed to a line at the bottom of the first page, “and at the bottom of the next one, you’re free to go.” Jason did as he was told and handed back the clipboard. Patrick took it from him and looked over to Elizabeth, “Keep a close eye on him.”
Elizabeth smiled, “I will.”

With that, he left, only to be replaced in the room by Robin. “Nadine gave me these,” she said, holding up a plastic bag. “You might need them.”
She gave Jason the bag which he could tell was full of his clothes. He looked up at her, “Where’s my jacket?”
Robin took a deep breath, “We didn’t think you’d want it back. We tossed it. It was in far worse shape than you, or your bike, I’m told.”
“My bike?” Jason wondered.
“Yeah, when I heard you were coming in, I called Max to go get your bike,” she relayed. “Other than a few dents and scratches, it’s pretty much ok.”
“Thanks, Robin,” he expressed his gratitude to her.
“Not a problem. Just go home and get some rest,” she practically demanded.

Robin left the room and Elizabeth went to do the same.
“Wait,” Jason called to her as she turned back to him. “You said you weren’t going to leave.”
“I’m just going to give you some privacy so you can get dressed.”
He shook his head, “Actually, I kinda need your help. I, uh, don’t have very good balance. You know, head injury and all.” He said with a smirk.
“Jason,” she chided, “you shouldn’t be joking around at a time like this.”
He consented, “You’re right. But I do need your help. My balance isn’t very good.”
She nodded and walked over to the door to shut it for some privacy.


Jason zipped up his pants and fastened the button. “Ok, lets go.”
“I’ll go get a wheelchair,” Elizabeth told him, standing up to leave.
Jason grabbed her arm, pulling her into his arms. Looking down into her eyes, “I don’t want a wheelchair. You’re all I need.”
Elizabeth fell into his embrace and welcomed the kiss he offered. After a moment, she pulled away. Sighing softly, “Jason, it’s hospital policy.”
He nodded his head, knowing she was right, “Then call some one to bring it. I don’t want you to leave my side.”

“You looking for one of these?” Jason and Elizabeth both looked to the door where Robin was walking in the door pushing a wheelchair ahead of her.
“Thank you, Robin,” Jason said, leaving one armed wrapped around Elizabeth’s shoulders as he walked with her closer to Robin.
Both of the women helped Jason sit down delicately. “Are you kidding, it’s the least I could do.”
Jason looked up at her, “But you’re pregnant. You shouldn’t be helping me.”

Robin looked down at him, crossing her arms over her tummy. “I’m pregnant, but I am still a doctor.”
“Right,” he agreed. “You’re a doctor, not a nurse. Let Elizabeth take care of me,” he said, shifting his gaze to his love.
Robin smiled at Elizabeth as well, especially after Elizabeth blushed, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear.
Jason smiled at Elizabeth blushing and softly asked, “Can we go now?”

Elizabeth nodded and took the back of the chair, turning him around and pushing him out of the room. Robin walked with them to the elevator and pushed the button.
“I’ll come by in a few days to check on you,” she told Jason. “But I want you to promise me you’ll be back in to see Patrick for a checkup.”
Jason looked up to Elizabeth, “I’ll be back in.” He promised both of them.
Elizabeth smiled down at him and Robin smiled at the two of them. The elevator doors opened.
“See you,” she told them as Elizabeth pushed the wheelchair into the elevator.

Pushing the ground floor button, she turned to face Jason. He held out his hand to hers and she took it, gasping as he pulled her down to sit on his lap. He kissed her again, very soft and very tender.
Breathing in deeply, she pulled back, looking into his eyes. “I don’t know what’s come over you, but, whatever it is, I like it.”
“I don’t know how this has happened either,” he admitted. “But I remember-- Everything.”
“Everything?” she still wasn’t quite sure how it was possible.
He nodded, “Yeah. Everything. My life before, I mean when I was Jason Quartermaine.” He shook his head, “I don’t understand how it’s possible, but I do. I remember everything.”
Elizabeth took a deep breath. Is this what Emily meant by welcoming her brother back? The elevator doors opened and she got up off his lap, taking control of the chair again. Just after stepping out of the elevator and heading for the doors, she stopped.
Jason looked up at her, “What’s wrong?”
“I just realized… my car isn’t here.”

“Yes it is, Ms. Webber.” They both looked toward the door to see Maxwalking in the door.
“Max,” Jason greeted him, confused. “What are you-- What are you doing here?”
He shrugged, “Just because we don’t work together anymore, and you and Sonny aren’t working together anymore, doesn’t mean I can’t come see you to wish you well.”
Jason sighed, “No, Max. That is exactly what it should mean. I told Sonny I was out. He didn’t have to send you to help me.”
“He didn’t send me, I came by myself. Well, with Diane, but-- She drove your car over here, Ms. Webber.”

Elizabeth and been looking back and forth between the two men, she almost didn’t realize Max was talking to her. “Oh, no, that’s fine, Max. Thank you.”
She saw Diane Miller walk in through the door behind Max. “There you are,” Diane said, placing a hand on Max’s back.
As if Elizabeth wasn’t already confused, this didn’t help matters much more. “Um, thank you, Diane. I appreciate you bringing my car over for me.”

“Are you kidding? It was my pleasure.” She looked over at Max, “Besides, it gave me an excuse to spend more time with Max.”
Elizabeth arched an eyebrow.
“Ok, so can we go now?” Jason interrupted.
“Oh, right,” Diane’s head flipped back to Elizabeth. “I believe these are yours,” she said, handing her the keys to her vehicle.
“I can’t believe I left them in the car.” She took the keys from her.

“I can, considering your mind was on other things,” Max suggested.
Elizabeth looked down at Jason who was staring up at her. He smiled softly and she proposed, “We can go now.”
“Jason,” Max said before they could leave, “I will see you later, ok?”
Jason nodded, “Alright.” Aside from the fact that he had basically been Max’s superior, they had been reasonably close. He realized that most of the time, he and max were actually closer than he was to Sonny. But that was over. He genuinely didn’t care if he ever saw Sonny again.

Elizabeth helped Jason into the car and let the orderly who had come outside behind them take the wheelchair back inside. After shutting Jason’s door, she walked around to the other side and got in. She looked over at Jason before starting the car. He hadn’t said a word since they walked away from Max and Diane. She couldn’t help but wonder what he was thinking. She herself had a lot on her mind as well. The last twenty-some hours had all gone by so quickly and so much had happened, but she still didn’t know what he was going to tell her yesterday.

Earlier had had told her things were going to be different, and then, just now with Max he had said that he was out-- Max had said that they weren’t working together any longer. How could he be out of the business? They had always said it was a business you could never get out of. What had they been talking about?

“Elizabeth,” she heard him call to her, pulling her back from her thoughts. He continued when she glanced over at him, letting him know she was paying attention. “We do really need to talk, but I don’t want to do it in the car, and I don’t want to do it at the penthouse. Do you think we could go to your place?”
“Yeah, of course,” she nodded.
“Why don’t you stop by Audrey’s and pick up the boys?” he suggested.
Elizabeth slightly shook her head, “Are you sure? I mean, I need to take care of you, and you need your rest.”
“I want to see my son, Elizabeth,” he confessed. “I could have died, Elizabeth. I don’t want to waste any more time I could have with you and Jake, and even Cam.”

He was giving her tidbits of what he wanted to talk to her about, she could tell, but she didn’t want to get her hopes up. She really hoped and prayed that he was wanting to tell her that they were going to be together forever and live happily ever after, now that he’d left the organization, but she wouldn’t let herself hope until he told her straight out.

“Please stop by and pick up the boys,” he beseeched her.
“Yeah,” she nodded. “We can pick up the boys.”
“Thank you,” he whispered.

Once arriving, she pulled up the drive and turned to him, “Why don’t you stay here? I won’t be long.” Jason nodded and she got out of the car, and went inside the house.
“Gram?”
Audrey walked into the room from the kitchen holding Jake with Jake bouncing in front of her.
“Mommy!” Cam said, running over to her.
Elizabeth bent down and picked up her little boy, hugging him tightly to her.
“How’s your friend?” Audrey inquired about Jason.
Elizabeth looked straight at her, “He’s fine. Listen, Gram. I know we said we’d talk, and we will. I just can’t. Not right now. I’m on my way home. I just wanted to pick up the boys. I promise, though, I’ll call you.”

“They let him go home and he’s outside in your car, isn’t he?” Audrey knew exactly what was going on.
Elizabeth hung her head, putting Cam down on his feet, “Yes, Gram.”
Audrey nodded her head and handed Elizabeth her other son. “I understand. You can go.”
Elizabeth looked back at her gram. “Thank you.”
“Just make sure you know what you’re doing,” Audrey told her.
Elizabeth nodded, “I do. I really do.”
Audrey stepped back, “Ok.” She kissed the top of Jakes head and leaned down to give her other great-grandson a kiss on the head. “You two be good for your mother. I love you.”
“Love you, Gram,” Cam replied
“Thanks again, Gram,” Elizabeth reiterated. “I promise. I will call you.”
“I know you will. I’ll talk to you later.”

Elizabeth smiled and walked out of the house with the boys.
When Cam saw Jason in the car, he looked up to his mommy. “Jason going home with us?”
Elizabeth smiled down at him, “Yes, he is. Is that ok with you?”
Cam nodded energetically, “Yes! You think he will play Cars with me?”
“Well, honey,” she thought carefully, “I’m sure he’d love to, but he just got out of seeing the doctor, and he’s not feeling too well. Do you think you could wait a while before he played with you?”
Cam pouted somewhat, but understood. “Yes.”

“Good,” she said opening the door. “Now climb in.”
He did as his mother asked and leaned up through the seats to greet Jason. “Hi, Jason!”
Jason smiled over at the kid, “Hey, Cam. Good to see you, buddy.”
“Mommy said you’re coming to our house.”
Jason nodded. “I am, is that ok?”
“That’s what mommy asked,” Cam told him. “Yes, it’s ok. Jason, when you feel better, will you play Cars with me?”
“I’d love to play Cars with you,” Jason told the little tyke.

Cam jumped back into his booster seat and Elizabeth buckled him in after buckling Jake and walking around to the other side of the car. She then shut the door and got in her door. “Ready to go?” she asked the three gentlemen in the car.
“Yes, mommy,” Cam reacted, “let’s go home!”
Elizabeth returned the smile Jason gave her.
“Let’s go home, mommy,” Jason said softly. “Let’s go home.”


Cam ran inside the house in front of Jason and Elizabeth who was holding Jake.
“Why don’t you run upstairs and play in your room, Cam?” she advised. “Jason and I need to talk. I’ll come get you later and we’ll have dinner ok?”
“Ok, mommy.” He started running up the stairs and then turned back, “Jason, I hope you feel better soon.”
Jason smiled at the little boy, “Thank you, buddy.”
“Then we can play Cars!” he screamed, turning around and running up the stairs.

Jason laughed at Cameron and walked with Elizabeth over to the couch. She helped him sit down on the couch and turned to put Jake in his playpen. Turning back to him, she sighed heavily.
He patted the seat cushion beside him, “Come.”
She did as he requested, facing him as she sat.
“When you were inside Audrey’s getting the boys, I had some time to think.”

That was all he was able to say before Elizabeth started shaking her head and stood up from the couch, walking over to the fireplace mantle. “No. No. I am not going to listen to this again.”
“What?” Jason was confused.
She turned back to face him, tears already forming in her eyes. “I may not know exactly what you wanted to tell me when you wanted to meet me at the penthouse, but you’ve given me enough to imagine what it could be. I can’t listen to you tell me that it can’t happen again, just when you seemed so hell bent on telling me and making it a reality this time. I can’t do it, Jason.”
Jason shook his head. “Elizabeth, come sit back down. Please.” He couldn’t get up to easily and walk over to her himself.
She complied to his appeal.
“I’m not going to take back what I haven’t even said. I want to tell you everything.” He waited for her to nod and then continued, “I had left Sonny’s business. We didn’t leave on that great of terms, either. That’s why when I saw Max show up, I was a little nervous.”
“You were nervous?” she inquired. “Jason Morgan doesn’t get nervous.”

“No, you’re right,” he nodded. “So yesterday when I called you and told you I wanted to meet with you, and that I had a surprise for you. Well, that was it. I had left and I wanted to tell you that I wanted to be with you… That is… If you still want to be with me.”
Elizabeth tried to keep herself calm, “Of course I do, Jason. Are you sure, though?”
He hung his head, “I’ve done so many things. I’ve said so many things to hurt you.”
“But you didn’t do or say any of those things to deliberately hurt me.”
He nodded, looking back up at her, “No, I haven’t. I would never want to hurt you. But I just really hope you’ll still want to be with me when I tell you what I was thinking about in the car.”

She didn’t like the sound of that, but she continued to listen in silence anyhow.
Jason took a deep breath. “I had told Sonny I wanted out. And I left. But I’m going to go back.”
Elizabeth looked at him in bewilderment.
“I’m going to go back and take him up on his offer to take over the business.”
Elizabeth wasn’t sure what that meant. How could they be together if he was still in the business. He’d end up pulling away from her again.
“I know, I know. I said I was getting out,” he started to try to assuage her confusion. “I’m going to go back, feign an apology, and tell him I will take over for him. But,” he continued, seeing Elizabeth get even more baffled. “I’m going to take over and I’m going to dismantle it from the inside. I’m going to make it a force for good, instead of the danger and destruction it’s left in it’s path already.”
Elizabeth couldn’t believe her ears. Was he really thinking about doing this?

“And then -- and I’m really going to need your support in this the most -- I’m going to go back to medical school.”
Elizabeth’s mouth dropped wide open. “Med-Medical school?”
“Yeah,” he nodded. “Before I lost my memory, I was studying to be a doctor, just like Alan.”
“Yeah, I knew that. Jason, does this mean what I think it means?”
Jason sighed, “I don’t know how or -- or why, but yes. I think I remember everything. The accident. My life before the accident. Everything.”

Elizabeth took a deep breath, “I know Alan and Emily would be proud of you. And Monica. She’ll be thrilled to hear this.”
Jason shook his head, “I don’t want to tell anyone yet. I want to get the organization cleaned up, and then I’ll look into enrolling for the fall semester.”
Elizabeth nodded and he continued, “Can I ask something of you?”
“Of course,” she nodded. “Anything.”
“First of all, I need to know if you are ok with all this.”
Elizabeth took his hands in hers, “I will support you in anything you choose to do.”
Jason smiled, sighing heavily as though a heavy weight had been lifted off his heart. “That's exactly what I was going to ask of you.”

Elizabeth smiled brightly. She couldn’t remember the last time she had seen him smile quite so, so happy.
“There’s one more thing,” he started again.
Elizabeth leaned closer to him, not wanting to miss a moment of this.
“I’m a little apprehensive to tell you the last thing, though,” he admitted.
“Tell me. I promise you, I’ll be able to handle whatever else you have to say.”
Jason took deep breath and looked deep into her eyes. “I love you, Elizabeth, more than my life itself.” He lifted his hand to run his fingers through her hair. There is nothing I would love more than to be with you and Jake and Cameron forever. You’re my life. Without you, it’s not worth living. So, I’m taking a chance here, and I’m going to ask again. Will you marry me?”
That was exactly what she was hoping he was going to say. She took a deep breath and took his hand in hers, kissing the palm. “There’s nothing in this world I would ever want more.” She nodded, “Yes, I will marry you, Jason!”

Jason sighed even heavier than last time. He couldn’t believe she loved him so much that she was so easily able to forgive him. He threw his arms around her, pulling her closer to him. She felt so good in his arms, he never wanted to let her go. Elizabeth held on to him just as tightly as he held her. His arms felt so perfectly wrapped around her. She pulled her head back to look at him, thanking God that for him. Then he kissed her.

Elizabeth looked into his eyes after their kiss ended and softly questioned, “You’re not going to take it back again, are you?”
Jason held her in his embrace, wanting to comfort her and take all the pain away. “I know I hurt you, Elizabeth, when I said there wasn’t a chance that I would back out and then I did. I never should have done that. I was a stupid fool.” He hung his head, “I never want to give you up, Elizabeth. I want to marry you. I want you to be my wife.” Looking back up at her, she noticed he was crying. “I’m asking you to have faith in me, in our love.”
“I do,” she told him assuredly, wiping away his tears.”

With that, he kissed her again before they heard Jake giggle from his playpen. They both looked over at him and laughed. Elizabeth walked over to him and picked him up, bringing him back to Jason.
“Do you think that’s funny, little man?” Jason asked, playing with him. “Do you think me kissing your mommy is funny?”
Jake laughed again, causing Elizabeth to turn red.
Jason tried not to laugh, “Look at that now, buddy, you made your mommy blush.”
“It wasn’t him,” she argued. “It was your daddy,” Elizabeth said to Jake.

Cam came up beside them after sneaking down the stairs, “What’s so funny?”
“What’s so funny?” Elizabeth repeated his question. “What’s so funny? Jake laughed at your mommy, so I guess I’m what’s so funny.”
“Yeah, you’re pretty funny,” Cam agreed with his little brother.
Elizabeth laughed, “I am, huh?”
Cam nodded just before Elizabeth swept him up into her arms and started tickling him. “I’ll show you who’s funny.”

Elizabeth looked over at Jason who was silently watching her with Cam. She smiled softly at him and quickly grew concerned, “Is Jake heavy? I don’t want to wear you out, or hurt you. Do you want me to take him?”
“No,” he quickly told her. “I’m used to going so long between times when I get to hold him, but now that I’m going to be able to hold him any time I wish, I’m not going to take it for granted.”
“Which means, you wouldn’t tell me if it was bothering you, would you?”
He smiled tenderly at her, “You’re right.”
She smiled and looked back at Cam, “Hey, why don’t you go get your Cars and come play with Jason and Jake here on the couch while I get dinner ready.” She turned to Jason, “Is there anything you’d like me to make for you?”
He shook his head, “No. Just having a home-cooked meal is going to be heavenly.”
She nodded and stood up, setting Cam down on the floor. He ran over to the toy box and took out some cars, running back over to the couch.

“Thank you for playing Cars with me, Jason,” Elizabeth heard him say, turning back to smile at the three most important people in her life. She smiled happily and turned back to continue to the kitchen.
“You’re welcome, Cameron,” Jason said as Cam sat down beside where Jason had sat Jake down on the couch beside him. “Hey, do your cars have names?”
“A-huh!” Cam nodded. He held up the red one, “This is Lite Neen M’Cweem.” He put the red one down and picked up the tow truck, “And this is Mater, y’know, like in toe-Mater.”
Jason laughed at the boy. He could really get used to this. He couldn’t think of anything more perfect than spending time with the three people in the world he loved the most. He and Elizabeth and the boys were going to be happy, no matter what it required of him. He didn’t care what it took, he was going to do anything he could to keep the three of them safe, and cleaning up the organization was the first step.


Liz had made spaghetti for dinner. It was a simple meal, but a hearty one. Plus, it didn’t take too long to make it. She put the kids to bed before coming back down stairs and washing the dishes. Jason had remained in the same seat at the table he had sat in at dinnertime. He simply watched her do the dishes. There was something so natural about the way things all seemed so normal around here, how easy he felt it was going to be for him to move into this life.

When Liz finished washing the dishes, she turned to look at him, drying her hands on the dishtowel. “Penny for your thoughts?”
“I love how domestic this all is,” he owned up.
Elizabeth smiled, “Domestic? That’s not a word you hear every day.” She hung the towel back up.
Jason unsteadily got up from the chair and walked over to her, taking her in his arms, “You know what I mean. You know, mom, dad, two wonderful little boys.”
Elizabeth wrapped her arms around him. “It’s perfect.” She felt his uneasiness in her arms and looked up at him. “Let’s go get you sitting back down. You’re still very weak.”

Jason agreed. He knew he was in no condition to be out of the hospital, but Elizabeth needed to be home with her boys, and he didn’t want to be away from Elizabeth. They walked into the living room and sat down beside each other on the couch.
“This is perfect,” he agreed.
“The four of us together. One house. One family.”
“Exactly,” he agreed. “It’s just what I’ve always wanted for us.” Elizabeth smiled faintly and Jason considered. “I mean, it was hard for me before, you know, to allow myself to think about what this could be like, but now, I can’t picture things being any other way.”
“It’s just the way it should be,” she finished his train of thought. “I know. I’ve always dreamt about what living with you and the boys would be like. All four of us together. But before, it was always with a sense of ‘How is your business going to affect us?’ But now-”
Jason nodded, tucking a lock that had fallen from the bun she’d pulled her hair up into before dinner of hair behind her ear, “I meant what I said, Elizabeth. We can make this work.”
Elizabeth smiled again. “I know we can. And I can’t wait to really begin my life with you, Jason. I just hope its as easy convincing Sonny that this is how things are.”

With that being said, she leaned closer to him, laying her head on his shoulder. He held her tightly against him and looked off into the distance. Easy with Sonny? How easy was it going to be to just show back up in Sonny’s office and tell him he’s going to accept his deal? Of course Jason could be convincing, that wasn’t the problem. It’s just that when he left, he and Sonny weren’t on the best of terms. Sonny had even gone so far to declare him an enemy. Would Jason live long enough to tell Sonny that he’ll accept? Tomorrow will tell.

“Could you help me, I’m looking for a nurse.”

“Well, you’ve come to the right place,“ Robin remarked, looking up from a medical chart behind the nurses station counter. She froze. There, standing in front of her was a dear friend she thought had been buried half a year ago. Her voice slowly returned and she questioned, “Emily?”

The woman’s eyes flinched, “I’m sorry. I know my appearance may startle you. I was actually looking for a particular nurse.” Robin remained at a loss for words and the woman continued, “I’m looking for an Elizabeth. She’s a nurse here, yes?” Robin nodded. The woman smiled, “Well, is she here?”

Robin swallowed a hard lump in her throat. “No. Today-- Today’s her day off.”

The woman’s shoulder’s slumped. “First Jason wasn’t home and now I don’t know where to find Elizabeth. I wasn’t told that Elizabeth and Lucky Spencer were divorced, you see,” the woman began explaining. “So I don’t know where she lives.”

“I can have her paged,” Robin suggested.

“Oh you can?” The woman sighed, “That would be wonderful.”

“Just one moment,” Robin said, picking up the phone to call Elizabeth.

Elizabeth’s eyes slowly opened as her cell phone on her nightstand began to vibrate. Closing her eyes again in silent annoyance, she reached up out of the warm covers to look at the display on front. ‘It’s the hospital,’ she thought to herself, reading the number. Flipping open the phone, she quietly answered, “Hello?”

“Elizabeth, it’s Robin,” she said, finally able to pull her eyes away from the woman who she could have sworn was her recently-deceased friend. “I know it’s your day off and with what happened yesterday here with you and Jason, I wouldn’t want to bother you, but there’s some one here at the hospital looking for you and Jason too, I think.”

Elizabeth’s eyes opened widely, “What? Who is it?”

Robin slowly looked back over at the woman, “I have no idea, but I’m sure you want to talk to her.”

“Is she standing right there?” Elizabeth wondered. “Why don’t you just hand her the phone?”

Robin held out the phone, “You can speak to her right here if you want?”

The woman took the phone from Robin and answered, “Hello?”

Elizabeth couldn’t believe her ears. She thought for a moment she was dreaming again, like she had at the hospital when she had seen Emily. But this time, she was hearing her voice across the line. How could this be? “Emily?”

The woman sighed. 'Not again,' she thought, but then again, she should have expected it. Emily must have been well known in this little town of hers. “Sorry, is this Elizabeth Webber?”

Of course it couldn’t be Em. She took a deep breath, “Yes, I’m Elizabeth.”

“Finally. I’ve been looking all over for you.” The woman smiled, “I need to speak with you. I was told that if I ever needed anything I could just call you or Jason Quartermaine. And since I couldn’t get a hold of Mr. Quartermaine, I went looking for you.”

Elizabeth was confused. She hadn’t heard Jason be referred to Jason Quartermaine but only in reference to who he used to be, not in reference to who he was now. “Who told you you could just call me?”

“Emily,” she stated clearly. “Emily Quartermaine, my sister.”

Robin’s mouth dropped open.

“What?” Elizabeth asked. She really couldn’t believe what she was hearing. First, she could have sworn it was Emily’s voice she heard on the line and now she was saying she was Emily’s sister.

“I’m sorry. I know I’ve come as a shock to everyone here, but I really need to talk to you, Elizabeth.”

“Ok,” Elizabeth agreed. “Can I meet you somewhere?”

The woman sighed, “Of course. I noticed this cute little café as I got into town. Kelly’s. Maybe you know it. Of course you know it. You used to work there.”

For some one she didn’t know, this person seemed to know Elizabeth quite well. “I’ll meet you there in an hour.”

“Thank you, Elizabeth,” the woman handed the phone back to Robin. “Thank you very much.” And with that, she walked back into the elevator and left.

Elizabeth looked down at her phone as she shut it, more confused at the conversation now than she was when she was in the conversation. Putting the phone back on the nightstand, she turned onto her back and found that Jason was laying in bed beside her just as she thought she had dreamt he had been. It must not have been a dream-- everything that happened yesterday. He was there with her and they were engaged again. She smiled and lovingly reached over to caress his face, being careful to avoid any bruising he may have sustained from the accident.

Jason smiled and opened his eyes, “Good morning.”

“Good morning,” Elizabeth returned.

“This is nice,” he stretched, wincing in slight pain.

Elizabeth’s brow furrowed, wanting to take all that pain away. “What is?”

“Waking up with you,” he told her, pulling her into his arms.

She willingly moved against him, being careful not to hurt him anymore. “Yes, it is.”

“Who do you have to go meet?” Jason inquired.

Elizabeth arched an eyebrow at him. “How long have you been awake?”

“Just since you asked if you could meet them.” He informed her. “So, who was it?”

Elizabeth shook her head, “I don’t know, honestly.” She thought about it for a moment and slowly continued, “Some one who knew Emily.”

Jason took a deep breath, “Oh. … Well, would you like me to go with you?”

Elizabeth smiled, caressing his face again, “No. I think you should just get some rest.”

He shook his head, “Can’t do that either. I need to get back to Sonny.”

“Are you sure you wouldn’t like me to go with you to do that?” Elizabeth asked him again for what seemed like the tenth time since they had had that conversation last night.

Jason shook his head, “I’m sorry. I know you want to help me, and all. I know I’m not at full strength, but I can do this I’m just going down there to talk and probably sign a few papers. All that can be done sitting down.”

Elizabeth relented, “Alright. But I want you to call me as soon as you’re done. I need to know you’re alright. Can you do that?”

Jason realized that he people are used to him not checking in with them. He realized he had been a go your own way, make your own decisions kind of guy, but that was who Jason Morgan was, not Jason Quartermaine. Now, he was both. Both personalities rolled into one. ‘How hard is this going to be?’ he wondered to himself. How hard was it going to be to integrate the two personalities. He was sure it would just come, but it confused him just as much as he was sure it confused Elizabeth. “I will call,” he promised her.

Elizabeth smiled, knowing he would. “So,” she started, “You didn’t get a shower yesterday, not even a sponge bath at the hospital. Would you like to take one now?”

“I need one, yes, but--” he nodded before Elizabeth cut him off.

“I’ll help you.”

Jason’s eyes flicked in amazement. “Are you sure that’s such a good idea?”

Elizabeth partly blushed, but seemed to hold her composure. “Well, I know you don’t have enough strength or energy for that, I just also know you don’t have enough to take a shower on your own either. I assure you, it will be a solely caregiver procedure.”

Jason’s eyebrows grew closer together, “Oh, please don’t make those type of promises.”

Elizabeth laughed, “I’ll take good care of you, I can promise you that.”

And Jason kissed her, soft at first, only growing into a more passionate, more yearning kiss. He wanted to make love to her, but knew how hard it would be for him. He knew he didn’t have the strength or energy to be that intimate with her if even this simple act of kissing was wearing him out.

They showered together which turned out to be an equal undertaking of care giving and a more intimate interaction, but they did not make love. They both agreed that it was for his health that they refrained from doing such until they knew he could handle it. They could both wait, especially since they could make up for it just by spending as much time together as they wanted to. Nothing was going to pull them away from each other. Nothing was going to interfere.

Elizabeth dropped the boys off at Audrey’s house before heading over to Kelly’s. She had gotten there early, sitting down at the counter to chat with Mike for a few minutes.

“I’m so sorry about Michael,” Elizabeth said to Mike.

Mike took a deep breath and nodded, “It was a tragic thing.”

“I just hope that things will go back to normal for his family, somehow. All of you.”

“Thank you, Elizabeth,” Mike accepted, patting her hand. “Listen, can I get you anything? On the house.”

Elizabeth smiled, “No. Not yet, at least. I’m meeting some one.”

“Oh,” Mike nodded. “Do I know him?”

Elizabeth shook her head. “No. I don’t even know her. I’m meeting with some one who knew Emily.”

“Emily? Wow. Good luck,” he offered. “Just let me know if you need anything.

Elizabeth smiled again, “I will. Thank you, Mike.”

The woman Elizabeth had been talking to earlier on the phone walked into the café. She saw a lady sitting at the bar who looked, at least from behind, like the woman Emily had described to her as Elizabeth, so she walked up behind her.

“Elizabeth Spencer?”

Elizabeth turned around and practically turned as white as a sheet. “Oh, my god!”

The woman took a step back, “I’m so sorry. I guess it wasn’t until today I realized just how much Emily and I did look alike. I suppose that’s only natural considering we are twins.”

Elizabeth’s eyes widened, “Excuse me, did you just say… twin?”

The woman nodded, “Yes. My name is Evelyn. You can call me Eve.”

Elizabeth stood and offered her a seat at one of the tables, “Would you like to sit down and grab a late breakfast?”

Eve nodded. “Sure. I haven’t eaten yet. Thank you very much.

They both sat down. Elizabeth was unable to take her eyes off of Evelyn. How could Em have had a twin sister and not have told her. ‘Well, I guess even best friends do keep some secrets,’ she reminded herself. ‘I didn’t tell her about Jason and Jake until it was too late for her.’ Elizabeth shook her head. She didn’t like thinking about that night, but with this woman sitting in front of her looking exactly like Emily, it was almost hard for her not to.

“Like I said,” Eve cut into Elizabeth’s thoughts, “Emily said if I ever needed anything that I should look for her brother or you. You are Elizabeth Spencer, right?”

Elizabeth nodded shortly, then shook her head, “I was. I’m divorced.”

“Oh,” Eve swallowed. “Emily didn’t tell me. I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. It’s for the best,” Elizabeth assured her. “But I still don’t know why you’re here.”

“It’s been six months,” Evelyn started. “You see, Emily and I talked to each other quite often. Telephone, e-mail, IM. All that. Well, one day they just stopped. She had been telling me that she had been having emotional problems with Nikolas Cassadine, you know, her ex-husband.” Elizabeth nodded and Evelyn continued, “Well, he’d been sick and he was having some really bad mood swings, so to put it.”

“I’m aware of what Nikolas was going through,” Elizabeth informed her.

“Well, anyway, Emily was really excited for this ball that Nikolas was going to throw for her. I received an email from her that morning, and then… Nothing. I don’t know why I haven’t heard from her, Elizabeth. Her phone number’s been disconnected. I don’t understand.”

Elizabeth didn’t know how to tell her this. How could Emily’s own sister not have known what happened. Elizabeth took a deep breath, “Emily died that night.”

“What?” Evelyn sat back in her seat. “What happened?”

“She was murdered,” Elizabeth’s voice came out only in a whisper.

“By whom?” Eve’s voice was equally quiet.

Elizabeth took a deep breath, “Some kid who had it out to destroy her brother’s life.”

“But why go after Emily?” Evelyn wondered, still trying to wrap her head around it.

Elizabeth looked down at the table, “This kid blamed Jason and Jason’s associate for ruining his father’s life.”

“So that’s why he killed a perfectly innocent woman?” Evelyn couldn’t believe it.

Elizabeth nodded, “Yes. I’m sorry, Evelyn. If only I had known about you, I would have called or something.”

Evelyn sat up, shaking her head. “No. That’s ok. I’m sorry. I don’t think I’m in the mood to eat anymore.”

Elizabeth understood. She wasn’t in a mood to eat anymore either. “Of course.”

“Can I call you later?” Evelyn asked.

“Yeah,” Elizabeth said, taking a pen out of her purse. She wrote her cell number down on a napkin and handed it to Evelyn.

Evelyn took it and they both stood up. “I’m sorry,” Evelyn repeated herself. “Now I know exactly why everyone has been giving me odd looks.”

“I can understand why that would be so unsettling.”

Evelyn held up the napkin. “Thank you. I’ll call you later.”

Elizabeth nodded and watched Evelyn turn around and walk out the door. She sat back down in silence.

Jason was standing in the middle of Sonny’s office when Sonny walked though the door. “You here to tell me you‘ve decided to take over the organization?”

Jason gathered his thoughts. “Yeah, I’ll take over,” he said looking down at the papers Carly had given him to get Sonny to sign. “Getting out of this business gives you a safe life.”

“Carly has no power here,” Sonny said, referring to the business, “but you’re giving her the power.”

“No, you know what. You know what. Let’s just stop-- Let’s just stop right now!” Jason cut him of. “Ok, because… No. No. We can go back and forth all day long. In and out of the business. Guards no guards. I’m going to give it to you straight right now. Ok, Carly’s ready to run with Morgan. She thinks that going to hiding is the only way to save Morgan’s life. So if you want to see your kid again-- Sign the papers!”

“Carly’s running away with my-- with my -- with Morgan?” Sonny sighed and walked over to his desk, taking his cell phone out of this pocket. Dialing a number, he waited for an answer. “Ok …. Diane. Listen, can you bring over the papers and a notary? Uh, yeah. Jason and I have, a, have reached an agreement.”

Jason didn’t think it would be that easy. It hurt him to think that he was loosing Sonny as a friend in all this, but things had been deteriorating between them over the past few years. It was time they went their separate ways, and with him taking over the organization, Sonny wouldn’t be around to see what Jason had planned for the whole operation. As soon as Diane got there, signing those papers would be the beginning of a whole new life for all of them.

To Be Continued...