Falling

This is an A/U story.

Background:

- Jason did loose his memory in an accident like the one he had, but he decided to become a doctor like he had planned all along.

- Sam and Jason have never met before this story begins.

- Sam and Elizabeth are half sisters.

- Sam grew up with Cody – she's still a McCall.

Summary: Sam McCall comes back to Port Charles after a long time away, and meets her sister Elizabeth. When she meets Elizabeth's boyfriend, Jason Morgan, the sparks fly and they begin to see each other after Jason broke up with Elizabeth. Then Elizabeth and Sam are in a car accident, and nothing is what it seems anymore.

I don't want to ruin everything so this is all you're going to get.

Please read & review. Thank you!


Chapter 1

June 16

Samantha McCall walked into the little diner named Kelly's to meet her sister. Elizabeth was her half sister, and she hadn't seen her in ages. Sam had left Port Charles when she was younger, because her father wanted her to come with him. She didn't have much of a choice in the matter, because her father could be really persistent – and at that time she was still under aged.

Today she was going to meet her sister's boyfriend, and she hoped he was good enough for her sister. Even though Sam hadn't seen Elizabeth a long time, she still wanted the best for her little sister. Elizabeth was a couple of years younger, and Sam already knew the man she was dating was a couple of years older than Sam was. As she spotted her sister and walked towards her, she kept an eye out for everything. She looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary – for a diner – and she relaxed, but not all the way. She didn't want to be caught of guard.

''Sam!'' Elizabeth exclaimed when she saw her, and Sam smiled at her while Liz stood up and walked towards her. Before Sam knew it, she was in her sister's arms, and she didn't like it one bit. Sam didn't like to be touched, and certainly when she didn't expect it. She realized she should've expected it, but she wrapped her arms around Elizabeth and then stepped back.

''Hello, Elizabeth,'' she said softly, and they sat down again. Sam looked at her little sister and almost frowned when she saw how she had grown up. She had hair a little lighter than Sam's raven colored hair, and she didn't look anything like her sister. ''You look nice,'' Sam tried to be polite to her sister. Elizabeth smiled brightly, but Sam didn't. She couldn't understand why she didn't feel anything, but she shrugged it off when Elizabeth started talking.

''Jason will be here in a couple of minutes – he had a last minute thing at the hospital,'' Elizabeth said, and Sam nodded. Liz had told her Jason Morgan was a doctor at the hospital – a neurologist to be exact – and Elizabeth was impressed with him. Sam didn't know what to think of a doctor – they mostly were cocky. She was looking forward to meeting him and hoped he would be different – she really hoped he would prove her wrong.

She smiled at Elizabeth, ''I'm looking forward to meeting him, I told you on the phone,'' she said, and Elizabeth nodded. ''I don't have a lot of time though – I have to get my stuff in order,'' she added, and her sister nodded again.

''It's ok, Sam – I don't have much time either, but I just wanted to see you,'' she replied, and Sam nodded. Before she had left she loved her sister to death – but even with the small talk right now she annoyed the hell out of Sam. They both had changed a lot, and growing up apart didn't help either. She heard the door open but didn't turn around. She could see on her sister's face it wasn't Jason – it was someone Elizabeth didn't like. ''I hoped she wouldn't come here today,'' she heard Elizabeth whisper, and she turned around to see a tall blonde woman walk passed the table she and her sister were sitting at. The woman smiled brightly at the man behind the counter, and Sam looked at her sister with a frown.

''What did she do to make you not like her?'' she asked, and Elizabeth scoffed.

''What didn't she do? She's Jason's best friend and she hates me – she's always trying to chase me away,'' Elizabeth growled, and Sam noticed it didn't work for her. ''I swear – I always try to accept her, but every time she is around Jason takes her side over mine,'' she added softly, and Sam nodded. She didn't know the woman, but she couldn't say she knew Elizabeth either. She wasn't about to take sides even though Elizabeth was her sister.

''I'm sure you two can find a way to coexist soon,'' she replied, and Elizabeth grumbled something Sam couldn't hear. Sam didn't really care and she hated it. She wanted to like her sister, but the truth was, she liked the blonde better already. ''What's her name?'' she asked her sister, and Elizabeth frowned.

''Carly. Why do you ask?'' she asked in return, and Sam shrugged. The door opened again, and Sam turned to look who it was this time, and blinked a couple of times when she saw the most handsome man she'd ever seen. He had short, spiky blonde hair, and he was tall and buff. She looked up at his face and swallowed – he was gorgeous, with his piercing blue eyes and strong jaw line. ''That's Jason,'' she heard Elizabeth say, and Sam widened her eyes and turned back around.

''That's the doctor?'' she asked her sister, who nodded and smiled. Jason spotted them and made his way over to the table, where he kissed Elizabeth on her cheek and looked at Sam with the intense blue eyes.

''Hello. You must be Sam – I'm Jason,'' he introduced himself, and he held out his hand for her to shake. She did, and widened her eyes and the jolt of electricity she felt at his touch.

''Nice to meet you,'' she replied, and he nodded and smiled at her. She was about to say something when she saw the blonde woman come to the table.

''Jason – I'm glad I ran into you,'' she said, and Sam looked up and frowned. This woman meant trouble, she thought. ''Oh,'' Carly suddenly said, ''hello Elizabeth,'' she snarled, and Sam widened her eyes at the hate in her voice. Carly looked at Sam but didn't say anything.

''What is the problem, Carly?'' Jason asked softly, and Carly pulled him apart and started talking animatedly. Sam watched as Jason tried to calm the woman down and pinch the bridge of his nose often. When Carly finally walked away, Jason turned around and walked back to the table. ''I'm sorry about that. You know how that goes,'' he said to Elizabeth, who nodded with a frown.

''I don't,'' Sam said, and Jason looked at her again with a smile. ''Please explain what the hell she has against my sister,'' she added, and Jason widened his eyes.

''I don't think it has anything to do with Elizabeth. Carly doesn't like any of the woman I dated – she is always this hateful to the woman I like,'' he explained, and when Sam didn't say anything he added, ''we have a difficult relationship, Sam. Don't worry about it.''

''I will worry about it because she is hateful to my sister,'' she said, and raised one eyebrow. He nodded and she could see the respect in his eyes. ''Now, I'm sorry to say this but I have to go. I have some things to take care of before this day is over,'' she added, and she got up. She didn't want to stay here talking about nothing – she had enough to do today. Elizabeth nodded and Jason smiled at her.

''I hope to see you around.''

''I'll call you later, Sam,'' Elizabeth said, and Sam nodded and turned around. She walked out of the diner and sighed when she stood outside. The weather was good and she had taken the opportunity to walk to the diner. She started walking to the apartment complex she had rented an apartment at, and reveled in the beautiful weather.

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When he saw Sam, he had been surprised. She didn't look anything like Elizabeth, and he had always thought they looked a lot alike. Elizabeth was telling him something about the hospital, but he had tuned out as soon as she said something about one of the patients.

When he had touched Sam, he had felt something he'd never felt before, and he wondered what it was. She intrigued him – she hadn't said much but she really was intriguing. ''Jason, are you listening at all?'' he heard Elizabeth ask, and he shook his head to clear his thoughts and looked at her.

''I'm sorry – I was thinking about something I totally forgot earlier,'' he lied, and she smiled at him. ''Elizabeth, I'm sorry to cut this short but I didn't come to lunch right now – I have a surgery in half an hour and I needed to come and tell you,'' he told her, and she sighed. He didn't like it when she pouted.

''I thought you didn't have any scheduled today,'' she said, and he shook his head. He hadn't, but he'd taken one on before because he didn't want to be home already. He had taken a double shift just to stay away from home, and he knew it was pathetic but he couldn't help himself.

''I know, but there was this emergency and I was the one who helped the guy this morning so I wanted to take on the surgery,'' he lied, and she nodded and pouted again.

''I'll make you some dinner tonight and we can spend the night in,'' she said softly, and he nodded.

''I'll be late but I'll try to make it before dinner,'' he replied, ''now, I have to go – I'll see you tonight,'' he added, and she nodded and looked up. He kissed her on the cheek and walked out of the diner, glad to be away from Elizabeth. He didn't know when it happened, but somewhere in the last couple of weeks he really started realizing and noticing that Elizabeth wasn't the woman for him. She was clingy and needy, and he didn't have time for a needy woman. He had his job at the hospital and it took a lot out of him, and he sometimes just wanted some time to himself.

As he walked back to the hospital he thought of Sam. She had been quiet and didn't seem like a needy woman – just the way he liked. He knew she was probably not into him but he now knew what he wanted in a woman. Not someone like Elizabeth, who also worked with him, but someone like Sam, who could stand on her own two feet. He walked in the hospital and made his way to his floor. He wasn't Jason Morgan anymore – in here he was just the neurologist, and he didn't have problems. He turned a switch, and he didn't think about Elizabeth or Sam anymore. He had a surgery to do.

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Sam looked around the apartment and sighed. It wasn't her taste but she didn't want to change anything right now. She needed a drink, and on her way in town she had seen a bar named Jake's. She didn't know if it was something she would like, but she had to try once to see if it was. She walked to her car and drove over to the bar, and when she stepped in she smiled. It was seedy but she needed something like that right now, and as she walked to the bar and sat down.

''Hello – what can I get you?'' the bartender asked, and she looked at him smile.

''I want a shot of tequila and a beer,'' she replied, and he nodded and smiled again. He turned and grabbed the bottle of tequila, poured a shot and gave it to her. Then he tapped a beer and gave that to her too.

''Here you go, gorgeous – you sure you're up for it?'' he asked her, and she glared at him before slamming down the shot of tequila. He surrendered and walked away to the other side of the bar. She didn't have time and she didn't want him to talk to her like she was a little girl. Someone sat down next to her and she turned to see who it was. She didn't know the guy, but he was looking at her with a smile and she got chills from him.

''Hey baby – what do you think of going home with me?'' he asked, and she frowned at him. Was he really serious?

''What do you think?'' she asked him, and he grinned and nodded. She widened her eyes and sighed. ''No, thank you – I'm kind of not interested,'' she told him, and he raised an eyebrow.

''How can you know?'' he asked her, and she rolled her eyes. ''I mean you don't even know me,'' he said, and she nodded.

''And that's why I'm not going home with you. Now run away and leave me alone,'' she said softly, and then she saw the anger in his eyes flare up and he grabbed her wrist.

''You're going to come with me, you bitch,'' he whispered in her ear, and she shook her head and tried to pull her hand out of his grip, but he tightened it and she felt her hand started to tingle.

''Ok, you better let her go man, because she's taken,'' she heard another voice say, and she turned her head and saw Jason standing there. She suppressed a sigh of relief and when the man let go of her wrist she looked back surprised. She didn't think he would let go of her right that second, but he walked away fast and she looked back at Jason. He sat down next to her and smiled at her. ''I'm sorry but I didn't think you could handle it,'' he said, and then he widened his eyes when he realized what he'd said.

''It's ok,'' she said when she saw it, and she smiled at him. ''I couldn't handle him – but next time let me try it myself, ok,'' she added with a wink, and he smiled. ''You want a drink – as a thanks?'' she asked him, and he nodded. She ordered him a beer and looked at him again.

''You know I'm dating you're sister and you are wondering why I'm here instead of home with her,'' he said, before she could say anything. When she nodded he smiled, ''I just got out of the OR and I wanted to wind down before I went home – Elizabeth knows I'm going to be later because I just called her,'' he told her, and she nodded.

''Well, that's good. Even though I don't know her all that well and I don't even like her she is still my sister,'' she replied, and then Sam widened her eyes. Jason laughed softly and she shook her head. ''I just gave you way to much information on my feelings for my sister. I'm sorry,'' she added, and he shook his head.

''Hey, everyone is entitled to their feelings,'' Jason replied, and she nodded. ''So you left town when you were younger with your dad – Elizabeth told me,'' he added when he saw the look on her face. When she nodded he sighed, ''she also told me you never returned her calls and stuff,'' he said, and she frowned.

''Listen, not that it's any of your business, but I didn't get any of her calls because until recently when my father died, he always made sure I didn't have any contact with my family,'' she told him, and he nodded. ''So there you go,'' she added, and she got up and wanted to walk away when he gently took her wrist in his hand.

''Wait – I didn't mean to pry,'' he apologized, and she nodded, ''do you play pool?'' he asked, and when she nodded with a frown he added, ''want to play a game with me?''

''Sure, I'd love too,'' she said, and she smiled. She liked Jason, and even though he was prying before she forgave him as soon as she could. She would see what kind a man he was and when she didn't like what she saw when she knew him better, she would tell Elizabeth to dump his ass. ''So, you're a hotshot neurologist,'' she said, and he nodded.

''Yep – well, I don't know about the hotshot, but I am a neurologist and I love my job. I know what you think about those doctors but not everything about what goes around is true,'' he said, and she frowned.

''What do I think about those doctors?'' she asked, and he laughed softly as he racked up the balls.

''You think all these doctors are cocky and arrogant, but I am living proof that that is wrong. I love spending time with the patients and I think I have good bedside manners – I know someone, also a doctor, who is opposite of me and he is just what you think of doctors,'' Jason rambled, and Sam smiled when he finally fell silent.

''You're right I think something like that when I see a doctor – and I speak of experience when I say I've met some of them. You already changed my mind about it – not every doctor is like that and I think I can like you,'' she replied, and he smiled.

''That's great. I think I can like you too. Now let's play,'' he said, and they started to play.