So, I'm sickened by what they've done to Elizabeth on General lately. This story is how I think things should be going. Purely LIASON! I mean, let's be real, they belong together! This is an AU and I'm starting off by where they left General today and spinning into how I think things should go. Elizabeth has been hiding a secret about Lucky but no one knows what the secret is. Jason and Sam are NOT together. She left after Jake got kidnapped.

Elizabeth sat on the stairs, starring at the destruction she caused throughout the house. Tears slipping down her face, she buried her face in her hands and sobbed. How had her life spiraled out of control? Things hadn't been the same since she and Jason parted ways and her heart never seemed to heal. Lucky was her safety net. He had saved her all those years ago when he found her crawling out of the bushes in the park and somehow, her brain automatically went into Lucky mode when she needed to feel safe. If she was going to be honest with herself, she didn't LOVE Lucky. She loved who he used to be, loved what they had been. But she had to face it, she and Lucky had died in that fire and they just kept trying to make something out of a love that was no longer there. If only people knew what she knew about Lucky. This secret is the thing that had caused her to reach out to Nicholas in the first place and yet she couldn't bring herself to admit it to anyone. The words that Lucky called her kept spinning through her head as she lived the previous 30 minutes over again in her head. What had she been thinking?! Sleeping with Nicholas was the must destructive thing she could have ever done and destroying her life seemed to be her new favorite hobby. She didn't love Nicholas, at least not like that. He was still grieving over Emily and they two of them found what they needed in each other. He needed to be close to Emily and she needed to forget that she could no longer pretend to love Lucky. The man she loved, had loved for the past 9 years, no longer loved her and was back with Sam. Cringing, she thought of how Carly witnessed her downfall.

"Carly, of all people," she thought. "The whole town is going to know what I've done. What am I going to do." There was one person who COULD help her, who always helped her make sense of things, but there was no way she could go to him.

The tears kept coming and Elizabeth picked up one of Cameron's truck and threw it at the door, sobbing. Getting up and going down the stairs, she continued to find more things to throw at the wall and break. Standing in front of the fire place, she swept her hand across the mantel, sending pictures and vases crashing to the ground. Falling to the ground, sobbing, she didn't hear the knock on the door. Picking up the picture of Cameron and Jake, Elizabeth felt his presence before she heard him.

"Elizabeth?," Jason whispered softly.

Without looking at him, Elizabeth softly replied, "Go away, Jason. Leave me alone."

Shutting the door gently behind him, Jason surveyed the room and then quietly stepped over the broken glass and toys all on the floor and slowly sat down next to Elizabeth on the floor. Careful not to touch her, he asked, "Do you want to talk?"

Turning toward Jason, she looked him in the eye. "I should have known Carly would have gone running to you. Are you here to yell at me about how you gave up Jake so that he could have a good family with me and Lucky and that I've ruined it? Are you here to throw that in my face? Did Carly convince you that I'm an unfit mother and that Jake should go live with you? Just leave, I've nothing to say to you."

Looking into Elizabeth's beautiful, blue eyes, Jason was shocked to see how those beautiful orbes that he used to get lost in, were so empty. They were void of anything except pain. Part of him wanted to gather Elizabeth into his arms and tell her how much he still loved her. The other part didn't want to set either of them up to be hurt, yet again, something they were both good at.

"How could you even think that, Elizabeth? You know that I think you are a wonderful mother and I'd NEVER take Jake away from you. Please, talk to me. Let me help," Jason told her.

"No one can help me," Elizabeth replied as she slowly got up. Looking around at the mess surrounding her, the mother in her snapped into gear. "Oh, god, I've got to clean this up. My brother's got the kids and Jake and Cameron will be here in an hour."

"I'll help you," Jason told her. Nodding absently, Elizabeth left the room to get a broom.

Whipping out his cell phone, Jason called Steven Webber.

"Steven, it's Jason Morgn."

Steven Webber glanced at his two nephews playing on his floor and slowly stood up.

"What can I do for you, Mr. Morgan?"

"I've got to make this brief. I'm at Elizabeth's. Lucky found out she was sleeping with Nicholas. Carly found out, came and told me and I came to see if she needed a friend. I got here and she was sitting in the middle of the living room. She trashed the place and has been crying. I'm going to help her clean up, can you keep the boys for a little longer?"

Steven rubbed his hands over his face. Wishing it was anyone but Jason Morgan over at his sisters, he responded, "Yea. I'll keep them until my grandmother comes home. I'll have her watch them and tell her I'm taking Elizabeth out to dinner. I'll come over then. Just don't do anything that's going to hurt my sister. She's been hurt enough."

Jason looked up as Elizabeth came into the room. Speaking as quietly as possible, he told Steven, "I understand," and hung up the phone.

Elizabeth handed Jason a garbage bag and the two began to silently clean up. Jason didn't want to push Elizabeth to talk and the good thing was, she hadn't kicked him out. The two cleaned in silence for about twenty minutes. Bending down to start picking up the glass on the floor, Jason watched as Elizabeth bent over to sweep the glass into the pan and saw her shirt slip up in the back. Noticing a black mark on her back, he quietly inched closer and the anger started to rise. The black mark was a deep bruise, in the shape of a hand print.

Going into his "stone cold mode," he asked quietly, "Who hit you?"

Elizabeth stopped what she was doing and froze. "How does he know," she thought to herself. Standing up, she turned and looked at him. "I don't know what your talking about." Elizabeth went to walk away but Jason, knowing not to grab her, side stepped her and wound up in front of her.

Looking her right in the eye, Jason reminded her, "I always know when you're lying. You're bad at it. And I just saw the proof."

Tears pooled into Elizabeth's eyes as she looked, really looked, at Jason. Starting to tremble, Elizabeth dropped the broom and said, "It was an accident. He didn't mean to."

Taking a deep breath, Jason asked, "Who?"

Avoiding Jason's eyes, she whispered, "Lucky."

Jason's breath quickened. The anger rose in his body and he clenched his fists at his sides.

"How many times, Elizabeth? How many times did he hit you?"

Not wanting to answer, Elizabeth mumbled, "I lost track."

Anguish running through her eyes, Elizabeth looked up at the man she truly loved and whispered, "I'm sorry."

Something inside of Jason broke and he cupped his hands around Elizabeth's face.

"What do you have to be sorry for," Jason asked her.

Turning her head so her cheek landed in Jason's hand, she took a deep breath.

"When Lucky was going through rehab, everyone kept telling me I had to help him. That I was his rock. That he needed me in order to get sober. Then, you and I were so close to being together. We were engaged for 2 wonderful minutes before that happy ending came crashing down around us. You made the decision to let Lucky raise Jake. You wanted Jake to have a happy, normal, childhood. Everyone kept pushing me back to Lucky. I've always loved Lucky. But our LOVE died in that fire. You were the one I LOVED, the one that so help me god, I STILL LOVE. But everoyone just kept pushing me back to Lucky. And part of me wanted to go back. He's my safety net. But it all changed. He's angry. He's got all this pent up anger about everything and I was a good sounding block. Only he didn't use words, he used his hands. The first time, he was so sorry and he broke down and cried and swore it wouldn't happen again. Then it happened again and again. I learned to hide the evidence. And I slowly started to die inside. Then, Nicholas kissed me. And it was like something in me shut down. It was a way to hide the pain and embarrassment. I mean, I'm a nurse, I council people on getting help from domestic abuse. And I found myself right smack in the middle of it. I know better yet I couldn't get away from it. I didn't want anyone to know. When Nicholas and I slept together, it took my mind away from it and then I felt so guilty that when Lucky hit me, I felt like a deserved it. I would make excuses for the bruises when Nicholas would see them and I've learned to cover them up with makeup. I didn't know what else to do," she finished, the tears rolling down her face.

Jason took a deep breath and wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm sorry, Elizabeth. I never meant to push you back with Lucky. Why didn't you come to me? You know I would have helped you. What if Lucky had done this to Cam? Or Jake? You've got to let people know and you've got to let me help you."

Swallowing, Elizabeth looked at Jason. "I know. I can't believe I let this happen. I'm such an idiot.

Leaning his chin on top of her head, Jason rubbed her back. "You're not an idiot. Lucky is the idiot and he's going to pay for what he did to you."

Elizabeth asked quietly, "Why are you being so nice to me? Why are you helping me? I let you give up Jake and then I kept him in an unsafe environment, exactly what you didn't want for him."

Tipping her head up so he could see her, he looked deep into her eyes. "It's because I love you Elizabeth. I never stopped. Giving up you and Cam and Jake was the hardest thing I've ever done. I've regretted it ever since and then you got back with Lucky and I didn't want to disrupt your life. But I love you Elizabeth, always have and always will. We will get through this.

Elizabeth looked into Jason's eyes and saw that he meant every word he just said. Starting to cry again, she whispered, "I love you too."