Hey everyone! Well, this story is called "Breaking Bones and Mending Love." I hope you guys read it and enjoy it as much I love writing it. Tell me what you guys think. I'm open to any kind of criticism!
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Chapter 1
Elizabeth sat at Kelly’s at a table by herself, thinking. She was Emily’s best friend, right? Why would they choose to lie to her and keep the real information to themselves? When Emily left the other day, Lucky told Elizabeth that they were faking the pregnancy so Helena wouldn’t try to kill Emily. Elizabeth didn’t understand. She helped them before countless times with things worse than this. Why did they just decide to leave her out of it? But, she hadn’t told how she felt to anyone. True, she was hurt, but Emily’s pain was far more worse, and she didn’t want to make Emily more miserable than she already was. She was lost in her thoughts, when she realized that someone was calling her name. She looked up and saw Jason, standing there, looking at her, obvious concern on his face.
“Jason, hey, I’m sorry, I was just thinking. I didn’t hear you,” Elizabeth said in a rush as he felt a slight blush forming on her face.
“It’s alright. Really. Is everything alright?” Jason asked. He hadn’t seen her in awhile. The last time he saw and actually talked to her was at Kelly’s but they had only talked about Sam and Jason’s relationship. They never really just talked about how they really felt and what was the current problem in their lives. And when he walked in and saw her sitting there alone, he knew she was in pain. It was obvious. Maybe not to anyone else, but it was to him. He knew something was wrong. And if she didn’t tell him how she really felt, then he knew that their friendship was growing more distant than it should have been.
“Yeah-yeah. I’m fine. I was just thinking about Emily and Nikolas and stuff. She doesn’t deserve this mess. Hey, did you know that-,” Elizabeth stopped herself before she could tell him that Emily was pregnant. Why are you thinking that Elizabeth? She asked herself. She isn’t pregnant! Get that through your head!
“She’s what?” Jason asked. He noticed how she abruptly stopped her lighted expression turned dark.
“She’s –uh,” Elizabeth stammered, desperately trying to find an excuse. She didn’t want to spoil Emily’s plans, whatever they were. “She’s really keeping her spirits up. I-I mean, if I was in her position, I would be so nervous and frantic, but she’s so –so calm and collected. I’m really proud of her,” Elizabeth said, wishing she had thought of a better excuse. But she plastered on a small smile anyway, hoping to convince him.
Jason knew that’s not what she meant to say and that she was trying to cover it up. For a moment, he thought that Emily was in trouble when he Elizabeth’s face grow dark, but he was reassured when he knew that if Emily was in trouble, Emily would’ve told him by now. Jason decided to just drop it. He didn’t like to see Elizabeth sad, especially with him.
“Hey, you know what. If-If you don’t have any plans, do you want to go for a ride? to clear your head a little, you know?” Jason asked. He remembered how much Elizabeth had loved the bike and the wind. He wanted her to smile a real smile, not the fake one that she just plastered on a few minutes ago.
“You-you have it with you?” Elizabeth asked, afraid to get her hopes high.
“Yeah, It’s just outside here.” Jason said, wondering if she would accept hs offer. He watched as she bit her lower lip nervously, and debated with herself to whether she should go or not. Her brain was screaming at her not to, afraid that her feelings that she had for him, would pop back out again, ruining everything. But her heart was begging her to go. Elizabeth wanted nothing more than to wrap her arms around him and go to nowhere. Before she knew she even said it, she replied, “I’d love it. Just like old times.” This time she said it with a real smile, which made Jason happy.
“Let’s go,” Jason said quickly, and guided her out the door. As they went out the door, Elizabeth saw Steven and stopped so abruptly, that Jason had to keep his balance so he wouldn’t fall.
“Elizabeth, where are you going?” Steven asked, glancing at Jason behind her. Elizabeth didn’t know what to say. Oh, I just decided to go on bike ride with my ex-boyfriend. It’s so much fun going so fast, you feel like you’re gonna fall, Elizabeth sarcastically thought to herself. It seemed kind of kiddish that a bike ride and the wind would make all her worries go away. But Elizabeth couldn’t think of anything to say, so she tried her best to give as little information as she could.
“Me and Jason are just going somewhere, for old time’s sake, Steven,” Elizabeth answered. Before Steven could say anything, Elizabeth cut him off, saying “Well, we gotta go. We don’t want to be late,” and with that Elizabeth pulled Jason’s arm and they walked towards the bike. Steven looked at them for a second, then shook his head and walked in.
“Sorry about that,” Elizabeth said. She didn’t want to make him feel uncomfortable, but even though she got away from Steven just then, she knew he would talk to her about it when he saw her again.
“For what? Nothing happened. Here,” Jason said, calmly brushing off the subject and handing Elizabeth the helmet.
Elizabeth shook her head. “No, I don’t want the helmet. It just traps my hair. You wear it.”
Jason grinned. “I don’t like the helmet either, but you need to wear it to keep you safe,” Jason said.
“Don’t worry, nothing will happen,” she said, quickly dismissing the subject and putting the helmet back in place, taking her seat.
Knowing he lost, Jason sat down and revved the bike. He felt Elizabeth’s arms slide around his waist. It felt familiar…and good. He felt weird. But when he sensed impatience in Elizabeth’s body behind him, he though nothing more of it as they rode off the road to nowhere.
Elizabeth didn’t realize how much she had missed this feeling. Riding with Jason, feeling the wind, and forgetting everything that had happened in the last few days. It felt so good putting her arms around him. She couldn’t think of anything better. She threw her head back and screamed. It felt good.
Jason loved this feeling. He couldn’t think of anything better. Wait, he though to himself, you can think of something better. Sam. Remember her? Yeah, she’s your girlfriend. You’re living with her. Jason just shrugged those thoughts away. He just wanted to feel the way he wanted to feel right now. All of a sudden, he felt the bike shake under him as he desperately tried to control it. He heard Elizabeth scream again, not out of happiness, but out of fear. Then the bike skidded to the right, never stopping, throwing Elizabeth and Jason off the bike with more force than it should have. Jason felt himself hitting the rocky ground painfully, then feeling everything go dark.
Chapter 2
Jason groaned. His eyes fluttered open and he tried desperately to get up. Pain shot up through his arm causing him to wince, but he ignored it. He needed to get some help. Suddenly, panic set through his body. Where was Elizabeth? He started to move around trying to find her. There were pieces of his bike everywhere, but he didn’t care about that right now. Towards his right, he heard a small, but painful groan. Jason ran towards the direction. He lifted the huge bike piece off of her, and found her bleeding, everywhere. She had a huge gash over her forehead, and it looked like it was never going to stop bleeding. He crouched down. “Elizabeth? It’s Jason. Can you hear me?” he asked, as she started talking to her, pushing away bloody strands of hair.
“Mmmm,” Elizabeth answered him with a groan. Jason sighed. She was still conscious. Luckily, Jason’s phone was a couple feet away from them, and he grabbed it and dialed 911. Surprisingly, the phone was still working. “Hello, how can I help you? What kind of emergency is this?” came the operator’s calm and cheery voice.
“There’s been an accident on the road to Vista Point. My friend is badly injured. We need help immediately,” Jason said all in one breath.
“We’re on our way.” And with that, Jason hung up and concentrated on Elizabeth. He saw bruises forming all over her body, especially her arms. Blood was everywhere. Suddenly, he began to think of why his bike broke apart that way. It was obviously tampered with. But he was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard her groan again. This time though, her eyes slowly opened. “Jason?” she said his name in a croaky whisper.
“Elizabeth, I’m right here. Don’t worry, we’re getting help. Where does it hurt the most?” he asked. She looked really bad.
“My head hurts a lot. It really hurts,” she murmured, trying to bring her hand out to her face, but wincing in obvious pain and was forced to put her hand back down.
“Don’t try to move, alright?” Jason said, taking of her smaller and cut hands in his big hard ones.
“Ok,” she said so softy, that he barely heard her. Jason gently caressed her hand, trying to soothe her. If a person was walking by, they’d think that they were a couple.
She was bleeding everywhere. He began to hear the faint sounds of sirens. Finally, he thought. When the ambulance got there, the paramedics jumped out and ran towards Jason and Elizabeth. They carefully picked her up, but unfortunately not too carefully because she let out a painful groan. Jason glared at them and they quickly put her in a stretcher and put her in the truck. Jason climbed in and they drove off calling Sonny on the way.
Penthouse
Sonny sat on the couch watching Michael, Kristina and Morgan. Finally things seemed normal. He had his kids; so far “business” was good. But no matter what he did, he always felt alone. He needed – he needed Carly. He shook his head. No, she lied about Kristina. She kept him away from his daughter.
“Dad?” asked Michael. “Are you ok?”
“What? Oh, y-yeah, buddy. Yeah, I’m sorry. I was just thinking, that’s all. Go continue your game.”
“Ok,” Michael said slowly. He turned around and continued the game with Kristina and Morgan. The ringing of the phone interrupted the children’s play. Sonny quickly got up from the couch and picked it up.
“Yeah,” he answered.
“Sonny, it’s Jason.”
“What happened?” Sonny asked, he sensed something was wrong.
“I’m at the hospital with Elizabeth. We were on the bike then it just suddenly shook and threw us off. I’m ok, but Elizabeth’s unconscious.”
“Do you want me to come?” Sonny asked. Man, this was bad.
“No, that’s ok. Just tell Sam I’m not gonna be home tonight.”
“Alright, keep in touch.”
With that, they both hung up. Sonny went across the hall and told Sam that Jason wasn’t going to come home. Then he went back to the penthouse. He knew that his wasn’t an accident. This was definitely planned.
General Hospital
It had been an hour and still no news. Jason walked up to the front desk fort he millionth time and asked if there was any news on Elizabeth Webber. To his surprise, the nurse said that Elizabeth was still unconscious and had a concussion, a broken arm and a dislocated shoulder, but she should be waking up soon. Jason sighed. She had way too many injuries than he thought she would, but nonetheless she was alive. And that brought a great deal of comfort. He turned around and saw Steven coming towards him.
“What the hell happened to Elizabeth?” Steven asked.
Jason rubbed the back of his neck, trying to release the pressure. “We were just in an accident.”
“I know that, but what the hell was she doing on your bike?”
“Did you expect us to walk?” Jason asked.
“Whatever, this is definitely the last thing she needs right now.” That statement caught Jason off guard. No one was perfect. We all had problems, but he had a feeling something else was going on. “What problems are you talking about?” he asked.
“Don’t you know? Emily and Nikolas, Tom Baker-
“Tom Baker? What about him?” Jason interrupted.
“Haven’t you heard? They released him from Pentonville a week ago. He’s on parole.”
“Where is he now?” Jason asked anxiously. He couldn’t believe that Emily or Elizabeth didn’t tell him.
“I don’t have time for this. I have to go,” Steven said and walked off.
“Holy @#%$,” Jason muttered under his breath. Maybe that’s why Elizabeth was upset at Kelly’s. Who wouldn’t be worried if their rapist was on the loose? Jason headed into Elizabeth’s room. He needed to find out what was really going on.
Elizabeth opened her eyes and looked around the room. She sighed in relief. Thank God that she was in the hospital. She was afraid that hey were both going to die. Suddenly she remembered Jason. Where was he? She shot straight up from her sleeping position, and let out a small scream, but it was loud enough to send Jason running to her room.
“Elizabeth? Are you ok?” he asked. Elizabeth was clutching her arm in pain, but she sighed in relief when she saw Jason. “You’re alive,” she whispered.
“Yeah, wait. I’m going to get some help.”
Elizabeth could only nod her head while Jason left the room, but that made her really dizzy. She felt a blackness coming over her and before she knew it, she was out. Jason and Alan entered the room and saw Elizabeth sprawled on the bed, the color draining from her face. Alan quickly left the room to get help, while Jason went to Elizabeth’s side and holding her hand, whispering soothing words to her. But it was useless, she couldn’t even hear him. Alan returned with Bobbie, and as soon as they got in, they told Jason to leave. Jason left, knowing that they would be able to work better without him there. When they finally got out of the room, they had relief etched on their faces.
“Is she going to be ok?” Jason asked.
“Yes. I’m guessing that when she shot up from the bed, like you told me, the pain came all at once. It just kind of shook her because she’s been lying down and been unconscious for almost a day and the pain just made her pass out. She should be awake in an hour so,” Alan explained and left, with Bobbie giving Jason a warm smile and following Alan. A few minutes later, he felt a hand gently squeeze his shoulder and he turned around to see who it was.
“What are you doing here?” Jason asked, surprised. He told Sonny to tell her that he wasn’t going to come home, not to tell her to come to the hospital.
“I heard there was an accident. Are you ok?” Sam asked, looking over him with concern.
“Yeah, I’m fine. But they had to hospitalize Elizabeth.”
“Oh, my god. Is she ok now?”
“Well, she has a concussion, a dislocated shoulder and a broken arm,” Jason said wearily, rubbing his face with his hand. He felt so bad knowing that Elizabeth got hurt. But what makes it even more worse was that this was a definitely planned accident.
“Well, she seems to be in good hands. Let’s leave.”
Chapter 3
Jason couldn’t believe what she said. Elizabeth was in the hospital because of him, unconscious, and Sam was suggesting that they go home, leaving Elizabeth alone? He hadn’t seen this side of her before. How could she even suggest it?
“Sam, Elizabeth’s in the hospital because of me, how could you ask me to leave her alone?”
“Jason, they say she’s gonna be ok. Her brother’s here and Lucky and Emily will probably come when they find out. Look-why are you even blaming yourself? This was an accident. This is no one’s fault.” Sam explained.
Jason thought that Sam would get it. She knew about their other “business” and that people are constantly out to get them. He couldn’t believe he was having this conversation with her.
“Sam, I’m staying. It’s late and you should go home. I’m gonna go check on Elizabeth ok?” Jason said and headed towards her room. He faintly heard her footsteps as she entered the elevator. He peered through the door and found her awake, but tired. He opened the door and stepped inside, gently closing the door behind him.
“Hey,” he said softly.
“Hi,” Elizabeth replied wearily. “I’m really glad that you’re not hurt so bad,” she said pointing to the cast he had on his arm. He had gotten it while she was still unconscious.
“I wish I could say the same thing to you,” he answered gravely.
“Jason, I know what you’re thinking and you’re wrong. This accident was definitely not your fault. Don’t even try to blame yourself.”
Somehow, Jason thought, her words felt more comforting and easier to believe than Sam’s. He shuddered inside. Why is he thinking that? She’s your fiancé, how could you be doubting yourself? “I – I just feel bad that you got hurt,” he said.
“Hey, I’m fine now right? You don’t look that bad either. And I know that I’m in pain, but hey, that’s what the pain medication is for right?” Elizabeth quickly added the last sentence before he could say anything. Jason sighed. He knew he couldn’t say anything to argue back with her.
“What hap-happened to the bike?” Elziabeth asked hesitantly. She felt so connected to the bike. It was like where she escaped into her freedom. She felt so free. She imagined the bike all broken and bent in her head. The images shook her, but the question was why would the bike break apart all of a sudden? That’s weird, she thought. She was, however, interrupted in her thoughts when she heard Jason answering her question.
“Well, it’s uh-totaled actually, so I’m going to buy another one soon. I’ve been meaning to sell it anyway.” Elizabeth looked into his eyes and knew he was telling the truth.
“That’s good,” Elizabeth said quietly, lowering her eyes. “You know what, you should get some rest. It’s really late, and I hate to think that you stuck around the hospital for hours because of me ‘cause I know how much you hate them,” Elizabeth said, hoping he’ll listen to her and leave before she began to question the fluttering in her stomach.
Jason shrugged. “I guess, but if you need anything just call me ok?” Elizabeth nodded and gave him a small smile. Jason left the room and Elizabeth sighed into her pillow. She was so tired. Just then the door flew open and in barged a very frantic Lucky and Emily.
“Oh, my God Elizabeth. What the hell happened to you? Who did this?” Lucky and Emily began to ask a million questions.
“You guys, calm down! Catch your breath. D-Don’t worry, I just got into an accident, that’s all,” Elizabeth reassured Lucky and Emily.
“With your car or what?” Emily asked, confused.
“Well, no. I was –uh, actually with Jason. Just for old time’s sake, you know? We used to go on rides years ago, and I loved it. So yesterday, he asked me if I wanted to go probably because I was feeling miserable,” Elizabeth said with a small laugh.
“Oh,” Lucky and Emily said in unison.
“So what happened?” Lucky asked.
“Well, we were on the bike and we were driving around for about 20 minutes already when I felt the bike shake under me and then, well it just- it just threw us off.”
“We’re so glad you’re ok, though,” Emily said, holding Elizabeth’s hand.
Lucky, noticing the weariness in Elizabeth’s voice, stood. “Ok, well, we’ll let you get some rest and we’ll come back to visit you soon.”
“Wait! No, Emily this was very risky for you to come. Just keep yourself safe ok? And Lucky, you too. We don’t want Helena following either one of you, and then, well I don’t want to sound selfish, but then she’ll find out about the accident and I’m positive that she’ll think of a plan that involves my situation,” Elizabeth said.
“I hate to say it, but she’s got a point. We’ll be careful, but keep an eye out too ok?” Lucky said, reluctantly.
“Alright, but call us sometime. At least we’ll talk to each other some way ok?” Emily asked.
“Of course, but not too often. You understand, right?” Elizabeth asked.
“Yeah, sure. Ok, you look tired. We’ll let you get some rest. We’ll see you later ok?” Lucky said.
“Ok, bye,” and with that Lucky and Emily reluctantly left the room and returned to the safehouse.
Elizabeth closed her eyes, and before she knew it, sleep had overcome her.
He stood there, watching her. Even after all these years, he was still fascinated by her breath-taking beauty. Her face, her body, her eyes were just screaming at him to take her. His fingers itched in anticipation. Soon, he thought. He would have her. Soon.
Chapter 4
Penthouse
Sam opened her eyes and felt around Jason’s side of the bed. When she found it empty, she groaned in frustration. She knew he was avoiding her. Ever since the small argument they had at the hospital, he’d been trying to get away from her every chance he got. Why was he acting like this? She still didn’t understand why he thought that he should stay with Elizabeth. They got into an accident, big deal. They can live with it. Do other boyfriends hang out with their ex-girlfriends around here? They better, she thought. Or else something would definitely be going on.
Do I really love him? she thought to herself. Wait, where did that come from? However, as much as she didn’t want to believe it, she realized it. No, she didn’t love him. She had feelings for him, but somehow she knew that even if she stayed to see if those feelings would grow, it would stay or lessen even. Sam sighed. But he loves you. He proposed to you for God’s sake! Why didn’t you think of this earlier? You’re going to break his heart. But I don’t think I will hurt him that bad, she thought. If he really had a problem with me then I think that if he cared about me that much, he would confront me about it, not ignore me. She sighed. She knew what she was supposed to do.
General Hospital
Elizabeth opened her eyes and found Jason there looking at her.
“Hey,” she said with a hoarse voice. She had slept way too long.
“Hi,” he said. “How are you feeling?”
“I’m feeling sore, but a lot better than I was before.” Elizabeth answered as she glanced at the clock. Her eyes widened in surprise. “Oh, my god, I’ve been sleeping for 13 hours! Why didn’t anyone wake me up?”
“You looked very comfortable so no one wanted to wake you,” Jason answered calmly.
“Oh, well. Jason, there’s something I’ve been wanted to tell you, but I just couldn’t bring myself to say it. The – the accident. It was planned wasn’t it?” she asked hesitantly.
Jason was stunned. How did she figure it out? “Well, to tell you the truth, I think it was planned too, but right now, it’s just considered an accident,” Jason said but quickly continued when he saw the worried expression on her face. “But don’t worry about it, I’m taking care of it.”
“Jason, there’s something else I have to tell you. Tom – Tom Baker’s out of prison, and I can’t help but think that he could’ve caused all of this.”
“I know, and I’m not sure if he could actually do that plus –
“How did you know? Did Emily tell you?” Elizabeth asked.
“N-no, uh, your brother did. Why didn’t you or Emily tell me?” he asked, with tension in his voice.
Elizabeth, noticing this, said, “We didn’t want you to freak out. Plus, maybe he has changed. We don’t know for sure if he’s in Port Charles or even if he is coming to Port Charles. You were busy anyway, you know with Sam, the baby and the custody battle, and we didn’t want you to be burdened with our problems either, especially if they weren’t even real.”
“Elizabeth, no matter what other situation I’m in, I won’t turn you away if you need help. You know that and so does Emily,” Jason answered.
“Look – we do know that, but Sam and the baby, well you finally looked happy, and we just – we didn’t want to ruin your happiness. We haven’t seen you so peaceful before, and we didn’t want to be the reason to end it,” Elizabeth explained.
“We’re friends Elizabeth, and you or Emily will never be a burdon to me.” Jason felt that he needed to protect Elizabeth. The last time he felt like this was when they were – no way, Jason thought. Don’t even think that.
Elizabeth laughed, but to Jason’s surprise and dismay, it was a bitter one. “Me and Emily never a burdon? Wow, Jason you really haven’t seen the problems we have and the ones we’ve caused at all.” Oops, Elizabeth thought. @#%$, how could I have let that slip? Great, more tracks to cover.
“What problems? What are you talking about?” Jason asked, an obvious worried expression on his face.
Elizabeth felt guilty. He’s here trying to help you, and here you are making him worried and left out.
“Oh, um. You know, regular problems that people have. But if Emily wants to tell you, she will. And as for me, you already know most of it.”
Before Jason could answer, the door swung open, and in walked Steven, and at the sight of Jason, his pleasurable smile faded.
“I need to check on Elizabeth, Jason. You need to leave.”
Jason looked at Elizabeth one last time and said, “I’ll talk to you later.” And with that, he left the room.
Steven noticed the tension in the room and asked, “What was that about?”
Elizabeth, shaking her head and dismissing the subject said, “It was nothing, we were just talking.”
Steven checked his watch. He wanted to know what was really going on, but he only had 10 minutes to check on her. He had an appointment after that. “Alright, let’s see what we have here.” And with that, he started examining her.
Penthouse
Jason walked into the penthouse and saw Sam sitting there reading a magazine.
“Hey,” he said, taking his jacket off and setting the keys on the desk.
“It’s about time. Look Jason, we really need to talk,” Sam said as she closed the magazine and put it on the table.
Jason walked over to the couch and sat down. He had a feeling this wasn’t going to be good.
“I’ve been thinking a lot lately, about our relationship. And I – well, I can’t,” Sam started to say, “I can’t marry you. I don’t want to.”
Jason was surprised, but was even more stunned when he didn’t feel any pain or anything else for that matter. Maybe I’m just in shock, he thought.
“Jason, I’m sorry, but I realized that if you really cared about me, you wouldn’t have avoided me. You would’ve wanted to talk with me. I know you feel the same way,” Sam said.
Jason sighed. “Yeah, I – I guess I do, but I don’t know why I didn’t realize it before. I’m sorry. I said I loved you, but I guess I really didn’t. I just had feelings for you, I don’t think it could be anything more than that.”
Sam leaned back on the couch and said, “Yeah, well I think there’s no reason for me to be staying here anymore. I think I’m going to go to Miami. I’m not really used to the cold and I’m kind of getting sick of it,” she said with a small laugh.
“Take your time,” Jason said. Sam got up from the couch and walked towards the stairs, slowly climbing them. When she reached the top of the stairs, she stopped. “Jason, maybe you should talk to Elizabeth. You know – sort out your feelings. You really looked worried at the hospital, and judging from the friendship that I’ve heard about, I’d say there might be more to it than either one of you want or are going to admit,” and with that Sam went to her room and started to pack, leaving a very surprised Jason on the couch.
Elizabeth’s Room
After Steven had finished examining Elizabeth, he left for another appointment. Elizabeth was wide awake and had no desire to go back to sleep again. She picked up the remote control and pointed it to the small t.v. in the corner of the wall, pressing the power button. What she saw on the screen was the very last thing she had ever thought could happen.
Chapter 5
Penthouse
Jason stood there, looking at the top of the stairs where Sam had just said some things that definitely surprised him. Was it that obvious? Did he really have feelings for Elizabeth again? Was I that oblivious, actually thinking that I was in love with another woman? I even asked her to marry me! Wow, Jason thought. This was definitely weird. But what if I tell Elizabeth I want to be more than friends with her and she doesn’t feel the same? She probably won’t. For all you know, she’s still in love with Ric. But Jason hated regretting things, and even though he was nervous and afraid of what she might say, he knew he had to tell her how he really felt. Just then, Sam came down the stairs, packed bags in hand.
She smiled at him. “I’m all set. Port Charles just isn’t my place, you know? I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the snow. I’m going to go back to Miami and relax in the sun a little.”
Jason pulled out his wallet from his back pocket, opened it, and pulled out a wad of bills. “Here,” he said. “Take it. It’s the least I could do. I’m sorry this happened. I mean – Sam, we were engaged. And we never even loved each other. I’m sorry, really.”
She didn’t want to take the money, but she knew she needed it. She hesitantly took the money from Jason’s hand and smiled. “Thanks Jason. And don’t think this was your fault. It was both of ours,” and with that, she left the penthouse. But before she went to the airport, she decided to make a little stop at the hospital.
Jason sighed. He needed to talk to Elizabeth, and find out what was really going on between them. He grabbed his jacket and his keys on the desk, and quickly left. This talk was long overdue.
General Hospital
Steven was looking over a patient’s chart when he accidentally bumped into someone. He automatically apologized, but when he looked up to see who he bumped into, he smiled.
“Are you sure this wasn’t planned?” he asked, with a playful grin on his face.
Carly mockingly rolled her eyes at him, but let out a small laugh. “Believe me. I’m not desperate. But, if you don’t believe me, I came here looking for my mom, but I can’t seem to find her. I’ve been walking around the hospital forever, but I can’t seem to find her so I’m guessing she’s probably busy or something.”
“Great, do you wanna grab something to eat at Kelly’s?” Steven asked. He was always so blunt with her.
“Steven Webber, always the one to take things slow. I’m flattered,” Carly said, and took Steven’s hand when he held it out to her.
“You should be, I don’t do this much often,” he said, as he led them over to the elevator.
“Believe me, it’s not hard to see that,” Carly joked with a laugh.
“Hey, if you want that old lady to move back into “your” apartment, by all means, treat me any way you want.”
“No way, that lady was crazy. I graciously accept your offer to lunch,” and with that, they both entered the elevator and headed towards Kelly’s.
Elizabeth’s Room
Elizabeth couldn’t believe what she was hearing. The reporter’s words were words that she never thought she would ever hear.
“- Helena Cassidine has been captured and has obviously proven her grandson, Nikolas Cassidine, innocent of murder. She has been taken to the Port Charles Police Department, and as for how long she will be staying there, it’s safe to say, that she won’t be seeing broad daylight for years.”
Elizabeth shook her head. This can’t be real. She reached over and called Emily’s cell phone. When she didn’t pick up, Elizabeth hastily left a message congratulating her and telling her how happy she was for her and Nikolas. When she was done, she hung up and sighed. She felt a sudden relief go through her body. Was I always that tense? she asked herself. Just then, the door flew open and in walked a flustered Sam.
“Hey, look. My – my plane leaves in an hour so I’m going to make this quick. I just want you to know, that Jason is probably on his way over and you’re probably going to hear some very surprising news.”
That said, she headed towards the door, leaving a very confused Elizabeth behind. But before she left, Sam said, “Think about your feelings for him Elizabeth. Just – just think about it. I’ve been hearing about your friendship with Jason lately, and it seems like you two will always feel something for each other. You have no idea how worried he was about you when you were unconscious. You obviously mean something to him Elizabeth. Does he mean anything more than friends to you? Do you love him? Just think about it. I have to go. I hope everything works out.”
Without letting Elizabeth say a word, she quickly left and went in the now closing elevator. She sighed. If she was leaving, at least she would be leaving feeling good that she made two people happy. I hope, she thought.
Elizabeth just sat in her bed, not moving after hearing what Sam had said. What the hell was she talking about? Where was she going and why was Jason coming over? Did they break off their engagement? Why else would she be leaving? Plus, she said “my” plane not “our” plane. Elizabeth felt a pang of joy in her heart when she thought of it. Nonononono, she thought. They broke up. Why would you be happy? But then, Sam’s last question rang through her ears. “Do love him?” She knew she had strong feelings for him, and if she told him and if by some wonder, he felt the same way, then their relationship would soon turn out being love.
P.C.P.D.
Emily and Lucky sat wearily in two uncomfortable chairs. They both, however, wouldn’t have cared if they sat on cactuses. They were just too happy to let anything or anyone ruin their happiness. Emily and Lucky had literally thanked Conner a million times. They had bought him a ticket to Canada and also a lot of money. Being Conner, he unhesitantly took the money, and without a backwards glance, left.
Emily’s eyes quickly flew to where the opening doors were. When she saw Nikolas walk in, she forgot where she was. All she could feel for him was love. She ran towards him and threw her arms around him. The officer, realizing how important this reunion was, quickly took off Nikolas’s handcuffs, and the second they were off, Nikolas had his arms around her. Emily’s vision blurred as she felt tears of joy fill her eyes. They did it. They were finally together, and nothing was keeping them apart ever again.
General Hospital
Jason entered the elevator, and waited impatiently as the elevator slowly went to each level. Of course, the elevator stopped at a couple floors. It felt like hours, waiting to get to one level. Part of him wanted to just turn around and go back to the penthouse, but another part of him told him to go to Elizabeth and tell her how he was feeling. He wanted to tell her how he felt, but the thing he feared most was not getting the answer he wanted. He didn’t want to ruin their friendship over a couple of words. They had gone through way too much to throw it all away. But before Jason could think another thought, the elevator door slid open, and he felt his legs walking towards her room as if it were a magnet. They had a mind of their own.
He gently opened the door to her room, and found her watching the news with sudden interest. He remembered her telling him that she never really liked watching t.v. It was too fake and it just made her problems seem even worse. She obviously hadn’t noticed him walk in so he took this chance to study her. Her straight hair laid loosely around her smooth, creamy face. Sure, she had many bruises, but she still looked beautiful. Hell, he thought. She’d look gorgeous in a Halloween costume.
Sensing that someone was there, Elizabeth turned her head and found Jason’s blue eyes looking in her relieved dark blue ones. He noticed that something was up, so he decided to ask her a question instead of going straight to the point, trying to avoid making everything even more uncomfortable.
“What’s happening?” he asked, pointing to the television screen, which was showing a reporter in front of the P.C.P.D.
“It’s – Jason, Helena’s been found. Nikolas is out of prison. Emily and Lucky are probably in the police station already,” she said, surprisingly her voice sounded normal and happy, totally the opposite of how she was feeling inside. “I wish I could be there.”
“What? Are you serious? Wow. This is – great. I’ve never really – you know, liked Nikolas, but as long as she’s happy, then I couldn’t be happier for her.”
“Yeah, they both deserve this. Helena’s going to be spending lots of time in prison, most likely for life. So that’s a relief. I’m so glad this is over. I’ve been worrying about it since we convinced Conner to come back and pose as Nikolas,” Elizabeth said, only realizing after what she said, felt a slight blush rolling up to her cheeks. Maybe she had said a little too much.
“When did this happen? Is this what Emily’s problem was?” Jason asked, hoping the answer was yes. He couldn’t stop worrying over what kind of trouble she was in.
“Yeah. Jason, I’m sorry you found out like this, but we couldn’t tell anyone. The less people who knew about it, the better,” she explained.
“I understand. I’m just glad it’s over and that everyone can stop worrying now,” he said. Realizing that he needed to say what he came here to say, he said the thing that he had been thinking about for hours.
“Elizabeth, we have to talk.”
Chapter 6
What did he say? “What?” Elizabeth asked, surprised.
She had a flicker of hope that he had some feelings for her, and for some reason, that flicker of hope was slowly growing.
Jason took in her surprised expression, and repeated his words, this time saying them with more confidence and strength. “We need to talk about our relationship.”
“Ok,” Elizabeth said slowly, wondering where this was going, all the while knowing exactly what he was going to say.
“Elizabeth, Sam and I – we broke up. We don’t love each other.”
“Then why’d you get engaged? Jason, it’s not like you to do something without thinking about it. So if you asked Sam to marry, you obviously must have felt something for her to ask her such an important question,” Elizabeth said.
“Elizabeth – believe me, I know. I’m just as surprised as you are, but I don’t love her. I don’t know why I said I did. I was totally oblivious to the real things I was feeling inside. Things I was feeling for you. I have feelings for you Elizabeth. This accident – it changed my perspective of our friendship. Realizing that I could’ve lost you, it was like a nightmare for me that I couldn’t wait to get out of. I want to be more than friends with you. Look, I don’t know how you feel, or how you’re going to react to this, but I just wanted to let you know before I regretted anything else. I know this is sudden, and you might not feel the same, I mean, we both got divorced. It’s – it’s hard, but I had to tell you this.”
The words slowly sunk in Elizabeth’s brain. “Jason, I have feelings for you too. I want to be more than friends with you, but now that we admitted how we felt, what do we do from here? I mean, I’m getting out of the hospital tomorrow, what are we supposed to do?” Elizabeth asked.
“We can take things slow. One day at a time. We’d do what we feel comfortable doing. As far as I know, there isn’t anything we’re supposed to do, except for what we want to do,” he answered with a small smile, as he gently took her hand. He noticed that her cast was off. She still had some bruises and cuts, but nothing major. He was glad she was going to be ok. He didn’t know what he would do if one of her injuries became permanent.
Elizabeth let out a small laugh. “What was I thinking? Of course you would say that. You would always do what we want to do and not do what other people tell you to do.” She turned the television off and said, “Go to the police station, Jason. See Emily. It’ll make her really happy.”
Jason nodded, stood up and said, “Alright, but I’ll be back tomorrow to come and pick you up ok?”
“Believe me, I can’t wait to get out of these scratchy sheets and uncomfortable mattresse. So by all means, come as early as you want,” Elizabeth answered with a grin.
Jason smiled. “Alright, I’ll see you later.”
After Jason left, Elizabeth called Emily, and when she picked up, she spilled everything that just happened just like when they were teenagers.
Front Desk
A tall man with sunglasses and an old sixties hat walked up to the front desk and gave the nurse a fake smile. “Hello, I was just wondering when Elizabeth Webber will be released. Today or tomorrow perhaps?”
The nurse looked at him warily and said, “I’m sorry sir, but we can only give out information about a patient to relatives only.”
“Oh, but I am related. Please, miss,” he paused to check the nurse’s name tag, “Sager, I’m her father, Jeff Webber. Our whole family is living in France, and when I found out about her accident, I had to come and see if she was ok. I haven’t seen her in awhile and I just wanted to surprise her. You know, we never really had a good relationship, partly because I was too busy at the hospital. I just thought that this would sort of make up for it.”
The nurse was touched at the “father’s” sincerity for his daughter, and decided to give him the information. Of course she should. They are related.
The man took one look at the nurse and knew she bought it totally. He even took a risky chance by asking, “If you don’t believe me, then do you want some I.D.? I’d be happy to give it to you,” he said as he slowly reached for his wallet in his back pocket.
All the information and rules that had been drilled into the nurse of 2 years suddenly disappeared.
“Oh, no, sir. I’m sure that won’t be necessary. It’s just so sweet that you want to make your daughter happy, even after all those years of not being able to see your daughter and all,” the nurse said as she opened up Elizabeth’s file.
After taking a quick look, she said, “She will be released tomorrow, at anytime. Her arm has been healing nicely and-,” but when the nurse looked up, she saw the man already in the elevator, giving her a small smile. She thought that he might have wanted to know how his daughter was, but he looked eager to leave. She sighed. Oh, well. There’s no need for me to get involved, she thought.
Police Station
Jason walked in and found Emily in Nikolas’s arms. Surprised and amused faces were turned towards him. Jason Morgan would never step foot in the PCPD unless he was arrested or in for questioning. That definitely surprised everyone in the room.
As soon as Emily saw Jason walk in, she practically flew to him and hugged him. “Jason! Oh my god. I’m so glad you’re here. It’s over Jason. They got Helena. She’s – oh, Jason, she’s never going to be able to hurt anyone again.”
Jason smiled and nodded at Nikolas. They weren’t the best of friends, but he had to congratulate his brother in-law. “I know. I’m happy for you Emily, really. When are you going to get out of here?”
“In about 20 minutes I think. They just have to file some papers, then we could get out of here, but I don’t really care where we go. As long as Nikolas is with me, I’d be happy in a dumpster,” Emily replied with a small chuckle.
“Alright, well, I have to go ok? I’ll talk to you later,” and with that, Jason turned to leave, but he felt Emily’s cool hand on his shoulder.
“Wait, Jason. Did you go see Elizabeth yet? Is she ok? When is she checking out of the hospital?”
“Uh, well. I actually went to see her before I came here. We talked and she told me that Helena was taken into custody. She’s doing really good, so she’ll be checking out tomorrow, and I’ll be picking her up. But I assume you knew that I would be right?” Jason asked with a grin. He knew that Elizabeth and Emily had talked about everything that had just happened, and he couldn’t help but smile at his sister’s eagerness to get them together, despite everything’s she’s been through.
Emily’s face turned bright red as she cocked her head to the side. “Well, yeah. I’m so glad you two are together now. I mean, Jason, me and Elizabeth could practically be sisters if you guys get married –
Before Emily could continue Jason stopped her. “Wow, Emily. Slow down. I think it’ll be a long time before that happens. I made the mistake of rushing into a marriage before and I ruined that relationship, and I really want for me and Elizabeth’s relationship to work out for the best. So yeah – maybe there could be a marriage in the future, but that will be in the future, ok?”
Emily let out a little laugh. “Ok, sorry. I guess I was just so caught up in the idea of me and Elizabeth being sisters because we’ve both always wanted that to happen.”
“Alright, I have to go. Call me if you need anything ok?” Jason said and left the police station. He let out an exasperated sigh. I never thought that I would go there voluntarily, he thought. Things are definitely changing.
Chapter 7
Elizabeth’s Room
Bobbie walked in and handed Elizabeth her clothes. “Here you go, sweetheart. Go get changed and me and Jason will be waiting for you outside ok?”
Elizabeth smiled. “Thanks Bobbie.” She couldn’t wait to get out of there. It was driving her crazy.
“No problem honey.” Bobbie said as she left the room, closing the door softly behind her.
Elizabeth stepped into the bathroom and slowly started to change, careful not to touch the bruises and cuts she had. But considering the amount of bruises and cuts she had, that was a difficult task to do. When she looked into the mirror, she felt the familiar form of disgust in her stomach.
It was from the rape.
But she knew that the injuries she had were from the accident. She couldn’t help but wonder what Tom Baker was doing, now that he was out of prison. Elizabeth couldn’t help but shudder when she thought of him. She had forgotten about him for a couple of days, celebrating that Helena was finally gone. But she wouldn’t ruin the day by thinking about the “what ifs” and Helena rotting in prison. Well, at least one of them would make me happy, she thought.
Shrugging those thoughts aside, she brushed her hair and splashed some cool water onto her face. When she walked out she found Bobbie giving Jason her medication. Elizabeth walked up to Bobbie and gave her the hospital gown she had been wearing for the past week.
“I won’t be needing this anymore,” she said with a grin, “Thanks Bobbie,” she said, as she handed Bobbie the gown.
“I gave your medication to Jason. I wasn’t sure when you were going to come out. Make sure you read exactly how much to take, ok? These pills will have some bad results if you don’t take as prescribed. Take care of yourself and take it easy. I don’t want to see you here again until next week ok? Be careful sweetheart,” Bobbie paused to lean over and whisper in Elizabeth’s ear, “and be on the lookout ok? Take your cell phone with you everywhere and don’t stay out at night by yourself.”
That said, Bobbie leaned back and said cheerfully, “Well, I got to go. Call me if you need anything.”
“Thanks Bobbie,” Elizabeth said.
“Bye, hon.” She gave Elizabeth a hug and smiled at Jason before she turned and walked into the elevator.
Jason turned towards Elizabeth and asked, “You ready?” he held out his hand.
Elizabeth took his hand unhesitantly and smiled at him. “Oh, yeah. Let’s get out of here.”
Kelly’s
Jason and Elizabeth walked into Kelly’s tired and hungry, even though none of them were complaining. They had been walking everywhere. Jason insisted that they go to Kelly’s for Elizabeth to rest 3 hours ago. He had said she shouldn’t be wasting her energy. She had just gotten out of the hospital and was still healing. But of course, Elizabeth just waved him off, saying that she was feeling fine. She had missed being outside, feeling the fresh air, instead of the air-conditioned hospital air. She had to admit, she was tired, but she didn’t care. She loved being outside. Hell, she would rather be tired and be outside, than be in the hospital feeling fine. That sounded a little harsh since she actually worked there, but it was the truth. She’d rather work there than be a patient.
Putting those thoughts aside, they both walked to a table and sat down. None of them reached for a menu, both knowing what they wanted. Elizabeth practically had it memorized because of all the years she had been working there, even though there were some changes in the menu after she had quit. And as for Jason, he always wanted a cheeseburger, no onions with coffee. He was always simple, never wanting more than he needed. When they got their food, she looked at his dinner with the coffee, with her nose scrunched up as if she was smelling garbage that hadn’t been dumped in two weeks. Jason noticed Elizabeth’s expression and suddenly thought she wasn’t feeling well, and looked at her questioningly.
“What’s wrong? Do you want to go to the hospital? Are you not feeling well?” he began to ask worriedly.
She looked at him, eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “What? N – No, I don’t need to go. I’m feeling fine. What made you think I would want to go to the hospital?”
Jason was confused now too. “Well, you – you looked like you were going to be sick,” he said slowly.
“What? no! It’s just your – your meal,” Elizabeth laughed, “I mean, how could you eat a burger and then drink coffee?” she asked, with a smile on her face.
Jason’s tense body relaxed, and a small grin took over his once –worried features and said, “What’s one thing got to do with another?”
Elizabeth noticed how he relaxed after she had told him what she was really thinking. She felt a little guilty for making him worried for nothing. “I should’ve known that you would say something like that. I must be losing my touch,” she said with a small chuckle as she leaned over and took his hand and said, “Jason, I’m sorry I made you worried. I mean, I’m ok. I’m not gonna break. If I seriously don’t feel good, then I’m not that stubborn. I would get some help if I needed it. I hate being in that room, lying on that stupid mattress, but I don’t hate it that much for me to think that I would rather lie on the floor here and die than be there, ok?”
Jason smiled and held up his hands in mock surrender, “Alright, alright. I’ll drop it.”
They ate the rest of the meal in silence, but not the uncomfortable and awkward silence they had endured barely even two weeks ago, but the comfortable silence that they were both used to, back in the time they had spent in the studio, while Jason was recovering. She smiled, remembering the humorous glint in Jason’s eye when he told her that she sang while she was painting. The weeks that Jason spent recovering at her studio were one of the best moments of her life. She didn’t have to pretend. She was just being herself.
When they were finished and happily content, Jason, being the kind gentleman that he was, paid the bill and he and Elizabeth left the diner. They stepped out into the courtyard and walked towards Elizabeth’s studio, walking through the park. They were in no hurry; they were taking their time, each thinking about different things. Elizabeth was thinking about the situation with Tom Baker, and when they reached the park bench, she stopped walking and stood completely still. When Jason touched her shoulder, she flinched and backed away, her eyes closed. Jason stepped closer, worried about her sudden movements.
“Elizabeth?” Jason again tried to touch her, but she jumped back again, increasing the distance between them.
“Don’t touch me,” she hissed, her whole body was shaking, her head in her hands and her eyes were still closed. “Just get away from me,” Elizabeth said shakily. She looked like she was going to break any second. All the memories of Tom Baker suddenly came flooding back to her, and she moved even farther away from Jason. Her head was out of her hands now, she was shaking her head, and mumbling to herself, while tears were streaming down her face. She couldn’t take it anymore. She could feel his hands all over her, invading her parts that she felt were private to her. She fell to the ground, and started to sob. Jason had to fight the urge to go and wrap his arms around her and tell her that everything’s going to be ok, but he couldn’t. She obviously didn’t want anyone to touch her, and that meant that she was thinking about the rape. He cursed himself for taking the way through the park. He should’ve known that when she stopped in front of the park bench, that only one thing would have come to her mind.
He slowly walked over to her, and bent down and said, “Elizabeth, it’s alright. Let’s go home. Come on.” He knew that she knew where she was and had more control as to what was going on when her sobs subsided and she let him help her get up and walk towards her studio. When they got to the front of the door, Elizabeth avoided Jason’s eyes. “I’m sorry about what happened out there. I just – I don’t know. I just kind of freaked out. I’m – I’m sorry. I don’t want to let it get to me anymore, but every time I do, it feels like I have to start all over again, and it hurts more every time.”
Jason caught her eyes and said, “Elizabeth, don’t apologize. What happened to you was not your fault. It happened and you can’t change it. And it’s alright if you have a breakdown once in awhile. It’s normal. It would be something to expect.”
Elizabeth sighed and wiped a stray tear that had found its way down her cheek. “I know, but Jason, it’s – it’s been almost seven years already. I’ve been pregnant before, I thought that I was getting my life back on track. I thought that I had gotten over it and moved on.”
“You did move on. But no one can get over something like that. It’s something you can’t change, but you can move on and create a new life for yourself, and you have. I’ve seen that,” Jason said.
Elizabeth smiled and hugged him. Jason took this time to smell her hair. Yup, still vanilla. Their bodies fit so perfectly. He could stand in this position forever.
Much to his dismay, Elizabeth stepped back and gave him a small smile. “Thanks, Jason. I’ve really missed the talks we used to have. I feel a lot better.”
“No problem,” Jason replied.
Elizabeth got out her keys, unlocked the door and opened it, but instead of going inside, she leaned against the door way. “You’re – you’re probably going to hear this a lot from me Jason, but thanks, for – for everything.” She reached up and gave him a kiss on the cheek. She wanted to kiss him so bad, but she didn’t want to ruin things by rushing. However, apparently Jason wanted to kiss her too, because when she pulled away, to go back in, he gently yet firmly took her arm and settled his lips on hers. Elizabeth was at first surprised by his sudden moves, but responded quickly. The kiss quickly turned passionate as Jason’s tongue demanded entrance. Elizabeth parted her lips, and their tongues dueled with each other until they both needed some air. They both unwillingly broke the kiss and leaned their foreheads against each other, both panting.
Jason looked up, and said, “I don’t regret it.” Elizabeth smiled, and said, “Me either.” She leaned up and gave him a quick kiss and went inside her studio, closing the door behind her, locking the deadbolt out of habit, more out of protection for herself and her studio. She walked towards her stretched canvases and noticed the blinking light on the machine. She was confused at what she saw, but in the back of her mind, she knew exactly what it was.
It was meant to terrify her, and Elizabeth was definitely terrified.
She was just scared because once she clicked the button…
It would all begin…
Chapter 8
Studio
Elizabeth backed away from the answering machine and grabbed her purse and started to rummage through it. Call her a chicken, she didn’t care.
She was scared shitless.
She had no desire to know who had called and what they had said, even though in the back of her mind, she knew exactly who it was. She did not want to be that naïve fifteen year old again. She had gotten it, and she didn’t need anyone to remind her of one of the darkest moments of her life.
Especially the person who was the cause of it all.
When she finally found her pain killers, Elizabeth pulled the bottle out of her purse and let out a triumphant sigh. She held onto it as if it was the last piece of candy a child would ever have. Feeling a headache coming, she quickly popped open the lid, and put a number of pills in her mouth and swallowed checking her watch. She didn’t even pay attention to the amount of pills she was taking. Quite frankly, she didn’t care. She just wanted to feel numb. She didn’t want to feel the pain and fear all over again.
Elizabeth was just sick of it.
She was too soon to be taking the pills, but she didn’t care. For some reason, she felt herself change. For just one night, one night, she didn’t want anything to matter. She didn’t want to think of the consequences. She just wanted to do what she wanted to do at the moment.
A wicked grin came to Elizabeth’s face. And what I want, she thought…
Is to have a little fun.
Docks
Jason walked to the docks after going to Elizabeth’s studio, and sat down on the bench. He hated to see her suffer, and not being able to do anything about it. She was obviously in pain, and he could do nothing to stop it. He was a man, and it would make her more vulnerable and scared. Maybe… he thought.
Jason quickly pulled out his phone and dialed Emily’s number, an idea in mind. Emily was a woman after all, and he felt that Elizabeth could really use her best friend right now. She was going through a crisis, and maybe Emily’s cheerful mood ever since Nikolas came back, would make Elizabeth a little less sad, and a little happier.
After a few rings, Jason was about to hang up, when he heard Emily’s breathless “hello.”
“Emily?” Jason asked, his eyebrows furrowing. “Is everything alright?”
“Oh, h-hey Jason,” she replied quickly. “Yeah, yeah. Everything’s fine.”
There was some muffled giggling in the background, which caused Jason’s curiosity to heighten. When Emily’s not so quiet protests managed to stop, Jason realized that she was probably, uh, well, he really didn’t want to go into details, but he was guessing that she was getting it on with Nikolas.
“I’m – I’m sorry Jason. What’s up?” Emily finally said.
Jason didn’t want to ruin his sister’s happiness. After all she had been through, he didn’t want to worry her over a little breakdown. So he said something else than what he had intended to say.
“I – I just wanted to see how you were doing. I hadn’t seen you in awhile,” Jason covered. I’ll call her tomorrow morning, he thought. What would she do to help Elizabeth at ten o’clock at night? Elizabeth would probably be sleeping by now, he thought. He wouldn’t want to disturb her. Yeah, he concluded, I’ll talk to Emily tomorrow.
“This late?” Emily asked, her eyes clouded in confusion, causing Nikolas to stop his torturous movements and look at her, mirroring her confusion.
Jason didn’t want to lie to her. She had enough lies to last her a lifetime. So he told her the truth, in a brief manner. “I was pretty busy today, so I didn’t get a chance to call you til now.”
Emily smiled. “Thanks Jason. It really means a lot. But I’m fine, and so is Nikolas. Wait, wasn’t Elizabeth released today?” Emily detached her body from Nikolas’s and sat up in bed, slapping her forehead. “Ughh,” she groaned. “I should call her… wait, no, she’s probably sleeping.” Realizing that she was talking to herself more than she was talking to Jason said, “How is she? Was she tired? Maybe we should bring her here,” she said.
Jason, amused at Emily muttering to herself said, “It’s ok. Elizabeth won’t be mad. She knows that you want to be alone with Nikolas since he just got back, so I picked her up, and we just went walking. And I think that Elizabeth would want to stay at her studio for now. She needs to feel confident and in control, but you could ask her to stay with you if you want.”
Emily sighed. “I know that she won’t be mad, but still Jason. She’s my best friend. I should’ve been there for her, like she was for me. Do you have any idea how strong she was when I was so weak? She helped everyone go through with their grief, and she didn’t let herself go through hers. And here I am, sitting in bed with my husband, while her rapist is on the loose.” After that last comment, Emily snapped her mouth shut, and slowly turned her head towards Nikolas. He had a surprised as well as worried expression on his face, and she realized that he didn’t know, since nobody had told him. They definitely needed a talk.
“Uh, Jason. I have to go I’ll talk to you later ok?” And with that, Emily hung up, without letting Jason say anything.
The second she pressed the “off” button on the phone, Nikolas said, “Tom Baker’s out? Emily, why didn’t you tell me?”
“I’m – I’m sorry. I was just really happy that you finally came back, I – I guess I just didn’t want to ruin the happy mood. I know that sounds stupid and selfish, but maybe he’s changed.”
Emily said those last words in a way that wasn’t believable to either of them. A rapist was a rapist, and a blackmailer was a blackmailer. That would never change.
“Elizabeth should come stay with us. She’ll be a lot safer,” Nikolas said.
“I – I know she will be, but Jason says that she needs to build up her confidence and I agree with him. And it probably won’t be a wise decision for Tom Baker to come back to Port Charles. I doubt he’s that stupid,” Emily said.
Studio
Elizabeth opened up her closet and took out her white halter top, and her black miniskirt. In less than 10 minutes, she was dressed… to kill that is. The halter top gave way to lots of cleavage, and well as a clear mid drift, just the way Elizabeth wanted. She wanted to look sexy, and she was. She smirked at herself in the mirror. She hadn’t seen herself look that way since she was a teenager. She had to admit, she looked hot. The skirt was so short, that one little blow from the wind, would send signals to whoever was watching, and she guaranteed that a lot of people will be watching. Red lipstick shone on her lips, as well as the dark, smoky makeup around her eyes. Her wavy hair hung around her shoulders in a natural way, which made her even sexier. After one more look in her long length mirror, Elizabeth triumphantly picked up her purse and keys, and just to ward off any potential headaches, she popped a couple more pain killers in her mouth. With one more look in the mirror, and after checking to make sure she had her make up just in case, she opened the door to her studio freely and closed it as she headed out. Tonight was going to be lots of fun alright, she thought, as a sinful grin slid on her face.
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