True Loves Never Say Goodbye:
By Carrie
A.N: Please remember this is my first time writing a story on my own and not an adaption.
It was a cold February day. The ground was lightly dusted with snow. All was quiet in the studio other then the soft hum and the soft paint stroke. Elizabeth Webber sat painting a Valentine’s Day Picture for the fun of it. Today was her day off. Ric and anyone who cared about Jason and Brenda Morgan were out trying to find ways to set them free before they are found guilty for the murder of Luis Alcazar.
Liz was so wrapped in her painting that she didn’t hear the soft knock on the door. She was disrupted by a louder knock this time.
“Who is it?” Liz asked as she got up from her work stool.
“It’s Courtney. I need to talk to you.” she said hoping Liz would open the door and not make her talk through it.
The door flew open and there stood Elizabeth Webber ready to kill.
“What do you want?” Liz said in an annoyed voice.
“I came here to talk to you about Jason.” she said hoping the door wont be slammed in her pretty face.
“Well that is nice but I don’t wanna hear anything about him.” she said getting madder by the minute.
Courtney looked at Liz and sighed. “Please you need to help me. I think Jason has moved on from me or never really was with me.”
“Look, like I said before. I want nothing to do with him or you don’t you get that?” she asked again.
“Fine I get it, but you should know we are not together anymore. I dumped him a few weeks ago.” she said trying to make Liz listen to her.
“Why did you dump him? Did he cheat on you or LIE too you? Or did he not come home, or call to let you know he was alive and have to sit up all night and worry.?” Liz said getting rather upset.
Courteny new this was hard on her but Liz had a right to know. “No. I dumped him because, he called me Liz in bed. This is not the first time either.”
Liz was shocked, she never thought Jason was the type to call out another woman’s name in bed. “Ok, so he called me you me, why are you telling me this?”
“Because he still loves you and has never stopped.” she said getting mad that she was not believing her.
Liz’s eyes started to get misty. “Look I can’t deal with this or you right now, so please just leave.”
“Alright, fine but just know that he still loves you and may not say it but he misses you too. I can see it in your eyes as well.” She said as she walked away from the door to head down the stairwell.
Liz closed the door and slid down till her bottom hit the floor. “Could he still love me even though I walked out on him and told him I never wanted to see or talk to him again? I mean this is my fault he moved on. I chose to walk out of the penthouse and his life.”
Tears slid down her face as she tried to figure out what was happening with her life. One minute it was great the next it blow up in her face, and now this. “How much more can she possibly take she said as she eye her face in the small mirror above the sink.”
Liz got up and went to the sink and splashed some cold water on her face, but that did no good to hide the tear. “I need to get out of here and think, there are to many memories here of Jason and me.”
Liz grabbed her jacket and walked out of the door of her studio. She headed to the one place she new that would help her think, Vista Point. This was also that last place she saw Lucky and Jason and Courtney.
As she was walking along the path not watching where she was going, she ran into a hard wall.
“Oh my gosh, I am so sorry_______.” as she looked up she new right away who it was.
“Elizabeth. I’m sorry I was wasn’t watching either. You know it is not safe for you to be out here by yourself.” he said while starring into her beautiful blue eyes that he missed so much.
Liz rolled her eyes. “As you can see I’m not alone am I? You are here, you are everywhere I go. The studio, Kelly’s and the docks and now here.”
“What are you talking about? I haven’t been to your studio in months.” Jason said confused.
“That is not what I meant. Look just forget it ok.” Liz said walking around his leather and jean clad body.
“Liz are you ok? You look like you have been crying.” he said as he pinched the bridge of your nose. “Did something happen to you?”
“No. No I am not ok. Courtney came by my studio to tell me, you two had broken up.” she said as she kept her back to him afraid she may cry or even laugh.
“Courtney told you we broke up. When was this?” he asked as he rubbed the back of his neck trying to get rid of the stress.
Liz swallowed the lump in her throat and slowly turned around. “She even told me why she dumped you. Not that it was any of my business.”
Jason was pissed now. How could Courtney go and tell Liz that they broke up and why she dumped him. “ Look about what she told you. Can you and I go sit______”
“Jason stop right there. I don’t want to hear it, or the lies you may tell with it. I don’t want to hear that Courtney lied to me and made it up or anything.” Liz said trying to keep herself from not crying.
“What did she tell you Liz?” Jason asked not sure if he wanted to hear her say the words.
“She told me that it _______happened only a few times but let them all slide till now. But that is all.” she was getting very uncomfortable talking about this with him.
“Look Liz, ummm. I am sure you don‘t want to talk about this as much as I do.” he said looking away from her.
“So it is true. You did call out my name in the middle of sex. I mean come on Jase you called another womans name while having sex, that is pretty bad.” Liz said while really thinking that it was down right funny, but didn’t tell him that.
Jason was trying to think of something to say when his cell phone rang. “Morgan. Yeah fine I will meet you there in 10 minutes. Look Elizabeth I need to go. Sonny needs to talk to me at the warehouse.”
“That is fine. Saves me from having to talk about your sex life.” she said a little said that his sex life was with Courtney and not her.
“Look Liz do you think it would be ok if I came by your place later to talk to you? I wanna keep talking to you as long as you are willing to talk and listen to me that is.” he said hoping that she would say yes and not no.
“I guess you can, but why do you feel the need to talk to me? I mean shouldn’t you be with your wife at home? Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and all.” she said hoping he would change his mind and not come at all.
“No, she is spending the night with Jax. She said something about him having the whole two days planed for them. I do still want to come over as long as you still want me to come by” he said while walking past her and up the stairs.
“Alright, I guess I will see you when you get there.” she said as he vanished from sight.
:FEW HOURS LATER:
Liz was finishing up her Valentine’s painting when there was a knock on her door. She got up and went to answer it. She didn’t ask who it was because she new by the knock that it was Jason.
She flung the door open. “Hey, come on in.” she said as she opened the door and let him walk in.
“Looks like I caught you at a bad time, I can come back later when you are not busy?” he said as he took in her appearance.
“No. No this is fine. I was just finishing off my painting, but I am not sure if I really like it at all.” she said as she looked away from him.
Jason was watching her and noticed how she was not looking at him. So he looked over to the painting, but all he saw was lines and colour. “Can you show me what it is that you are painting?”
Liz was not sure if she wanted anyone to see it, let alone Jason. She new she would have to explain it to him, because that was the way he saw things like that. Through her eyes. “I guess, but it is not what I was planning to do. It just kind of happened.”
They walked over to where the painting was by the window. Liz was looking at it again and realized what she really painted. With a soft sigh she turned to Jason and said. “Well all I am going to say is that, it is the WIND and the RED GLASS you brought me from Italy the second time you came back. I put them together in the painting without really knowing it till now.”
Jason looked over and Liz and asked. “You still remember the red glass I brought back for you?”
“Yes. You gave it to me when you came back the second time. It was Valentine’s Day and you told me that is was from Italy and that the light there looked better then anywhere else in the world.” she said getting a far off look in her eyes.
“Do you still have the glass?” he asked not sure if she kept it or not.
Liz put her hand up to her neck and pulled out a chain that held the red glass. “I had it put on a chain. I wanted to keep it safe and I felt close to you when you left the last time.” she said smiling at him.
“Yeah, that would be the one. You still have it after everything that has happened. I figured you would have thrown it away after everything we have been through.” he said sighing and looking away.
“Look Jason, do we really have to bring all this up? Please just leave it alone. It hurts thinking about it.” she sighed while moving away from him.
“Damn it Liz, I have told you over and over again how sorry I am. I should never have lied, I should have called, I should have come home. There are a million things I should have done but I didn’t and I can’t change it now can I? he said getting mad.
“Look Jason, what happened when I was staying with you can not be change I get it. You left me to think the worst. When you were flying around Port Charles helping protect Brenda and Sonny and even Courtney. God, you even promised me that you would try to make things work and you gave up the minute you walked out the door every time.” she said with tears in her eyes.
“Look the main reason I came here tonight was to tell you how sorry I am, and that when the trial is over, me and Brenda are getting divorced. I am also leaving Port Charles. he said hoping to make some leeway with her.
“I am also wanted to tell you first before you hear it from someone else other then me. That I quit, I am leaving right after the trail is over tomorrow. I wanna leave for Italy the minute the I get out of the court room.” he said hoping that she would clue into what he was implying.
Liz stared at Jason not sure if she was hearing him right. “What are you saying Jason? That you quit what? That you gave up on everything? What?”
“I quit working for Sonny. I am done doing his dirty work. I want to start a life, get married, have kids. Lots of them. I wanna be with you when I have all of this.” he said looking right into her eyes.
Liz looked at him with tears in her eyes. “You want me in your life even after I walked away from you and told you I never wanted to see or hear from you again?”
“Yes, I want you as my lover, my friend, my wife and the mother of my future children.” As he was saying this to her, it was finally registering with him that he was in love with her.
Liz was not sure what to say to him, she new she had tears running down her face. She finally looked up into the eyes that never lie, and saw all the love and promise that he was offering her. “I want that too Jason, all of it. But I am not sure if I will be able to keep this to myself, I will have to tell somebody about this.”
Jason was not sure what she meant by telling somebody? “What do you have in mind about telling somebody?” he asked smiling.
“Well that all depends on if I say yes or no to you.” she said a small smile playing on her lips.
“So are you going to tell me if you will be coming with me or not? Cause I would really love to know.” he said watching the smile play on her oh so kissable lips.
Liz looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was 11:59pm. One minutes to Valentine’s Day. She slowly walked over to him and looked him square in the eyes as she put her arms around his waist. “Happy Valentine’s Day Morgan.” and he leaned into her and kissed her on her lips knowing this is what he wanted for the rest of his life.
“So I take this as a yes then?” he said smiling down at her with all the love in his eyes, and the biggest smile he has had in months.
“That is a yes Morgan. I plan to spend the rest of my life with you, but god help you if you ever lie to me again. Cause I wont be so nice next time.” she said as she kissed his jaw.
“Happy Valentine’s Day Webber.” he said as he pulled her tighter.
Ring Ring. “Jason pulled his cell phone out of his pocket. “Morgan. Yeah, fine I will be right there.” He turned off his phone and put it back in his jacket. Turning Liz’s head to him he kissed her nose.
“What was that for?” she asked smiling up at him.
Jason just smiled and pulled away. “I need to head out. Benny wants me to finalize the divorce papers on my half, that way he can get them to Brenda right away. So that tomorrow right after the court hearing, I become Jason Morgan and not Jason and Brenda Morgan.”
Liz just smiled and backed away. “When will I see you again? Do you want me to come to the court house with you tomorrow?”
‘As much as I would love for you to be there, it might not be such a good idea. Carly will be there and you never know what she might say or do.” he said and he gave her hand a tug.
“Ok. So what do you want me to do? Wait here for you or something? I mean I am going to go crazy waiting for you to tell me that you are a free man.” she said looking away from his blue eyes.
“I want you to wait here with your a bag packed. Then you and I will be on our way to Italy to see the lights and everything else it has to offer.” he said as he walked to the door holding her hand.
“Ok, so I will see you when your done. What about clothes? What should I pack?” she asked with a little smirk.
“Just a small bag for now. And whatever else you may need we can get it there.” he said watching her blush.
Jason bent down and kissed her nose. “I will see you later.” and he was gone.
Liz went to bed that night with a smile on her face that would not go away. She never thought she was going to be this happy again. Even after walking away from Jason, the thought of being with him alone in Italy made her tingle all over.
Morning came to soon for Liz. She need to write letters to some of the people she cared about. Her Gram, Bobbie, Emily and even Lucky. When she finished them she left to deliver them. As she dropped the letter off at the Spencer house, she saw that she still had Emily’s letter. She went to the hospital in search of Monica, knowing that the letter would get to Emily. She hoped her best friend would understand what she was doing and be happy for her.
Once she got back to the studio she noticed a envilop attached to her door. She grabbed it and tore it open.
“Dear Elizabeth,
I had Francis drop this off to you this morning. I hope you are still coming with me, I can’t see myself back there without you. If you can be ready to go by 12:00pm, because Francis will be by to pick you up. I will see you as soon as the trial is over.”
Jason.
As she read the last of the note she unlocked the door and ran to the closet for her bag. She grabbed clothes, shoes, make-up and whatever else she could get in the bag. She new she needed to hurry cause when ever Francis was gardening her he was always early. And she new he would be today. As she through the last of her things in her bag there was a strong knock on the door.
“Who is it?” she asked as she made her way to answer it.
“Miss. Webber. It is me Francis. Mr. Morgan asked me to come and get you.” he said through the door.
“Come in Francis the door is unlocked. I will be ready in a minute. I just need to make sure I have all that I will need.” she said and she looked around the room making sure she had what she really needed.
“Ok, I am ready to go.” she said as she made her way to where Francis was standing at the door.
“Good, cause Jason said that if I was late bringing you to him, he was going to fire me.” he said with a chuckle.
They walked out the door and Liz locked it not knowing how long it would be, before she would be back.
They made their way to the limo that was waiting just out side the door of her building. She got in and pulled out the Red Glass necklace from around her neck and smiled. “Who would have thought a few years later Jason and I would be on out way to Italy.”
As they drove she noticed it was taking longer to get to the penthouse then normal. “Francis where are you taking? Cause this is not the way to the penthouse?” she asked looking out the window.
“We are going to the private air strip that Sonny owns. Jason is meeting use there.” he said looking though the mirror.
“We are going on Sonny’s jet? But I thought we were going on a normal plain.” she said confused as to why Jason never told her this.
They pulled through the gates, and drove down the long narrow driveway to the jet. As they got closer she saw Jason standing by his bike talking to the man that was loading it onto the jet. The car came to a halt, and Jason opened the door offering her his hand.
“Hey.” he said as he gave her a big smile.
“Hi, I thought I was meeting you at the penthouse and that we were flying on a normal plane, and not Sonny’s jet? she said as she climbed out of the limo.
“Yeah that was the plan, but they changed when Sonny got word of it. He said that he would rather have us fly there on the jet to be safe.” he said smiling at her.
“So are we going to stand around here all day and make small talk, or are we going to see the light?” she said with a cocky voice.
He grabbed her hand and lead her to the jet, while Francis handed their bags to the guy loading his bike. As they went up the stair’s and into the jet Liz saw a bottle of Champain and a dozen red Roses sitting on the table.
“Are these for me?” she asked looking down at the ground.
“Yeah they are for you. I had them brought here because there would be no one to look after them at the studio or Penthouse. I hope you don’t mind? he said as he watched her pull the card out.
As Liz opened the card she felt Jason move away from her. As she began to read the card.
“Dear Liz,
You mean the world to me and I wanna spend the rest of my life showing you. Please make me the happiest man in the world and say you will MARRY ME?
Happy Valentine’s Day,
I love you.
Jason.
When she finished reading the card she had tears of joy running down her face. She turned to look at Jason and noticed that he was on one knee. In his left hand he held a little black box carrying a Princess Cut Diamond ring.
She looked up into his eyes that has also glossed over. “Yes. YES I will marry you.” she said as Jason stood and slipped the ring on her finger.
Pulling her into his arms he told her the three words that she would never get tired of hearing. “I love you. I love you, now and forever.” he said and kissed her with so much passion, her knee’s went weak and she had to brace herself against him.
Pulling away from him, Liz smiled with tears in her eyes. “And I love you Jason, now and forever.” All the while thinking that “True Loves never say Goodbye.”
THE END:
~HUGS~
Carrie's Jason and Liz -A LOVE EVER LASTING
Carrie's Shawn & Belle -MEANT TO BE
