This is I wrote in answer to the question of a storyline getting Jason and Liz back together. I decided to deal with them being apart, Jason learns some very important lessons and, we get our couple moving towards one another and forgiveness. For anyone wondering about Liz's housemate, this is who I pictured. Look up either Torchwood or John Barrowman.
PART ONE
Jason woke up and escaped from a clinging Sam as he realized he had missed taking his morning pill. Swallowing it down, he felt it take away the pain and quickly took a shower knowing he had to meet Sonny at GH.
Why the man insisted on meeting at the hospital he would never get, but then so many things were a mystery to him lately. Walking down the stairs, he smiled when he saw Spinelli being smothered in wedding preparations, hopefully, that would mean soon his home would be his own again.
"Jason, why are you up so early, come back to bed." Suggested Sam as she walked down the stairs.
Jason said, "I have to meet Sonny." And quickly leaving he hopped on his bike and rushed to the waiting area where Sonny was flirting with Olivia.
Feeling the same pain he had felt that morning in his heart, Jason slipped into the bathroom and placed a call. "I think my prescription is failing me like you said it might do."
Grimacing at the answer and knowing if he didn't obey, the pain would get considerably worse Jason took double the dose while making plans to visit his doctor the next day. Listening half-heartedly as Sonny talked about the new threat, Jason felt the pain again just as he saw the various medical staff rushing around and Epiphany Johnson staring at him like he was trash again.
Sonny saw the activity and sighed suggesting Jason take care of things then left to head to the coffee warehouse.
Jason saw Robin outside, talking softly to Patrick then his friend turned. Jason froze at the sudden hatred he saw in her eyes as an ambulance rushed in and the two doctors hurried over.
Once at his bike, he swore as he realized he had left his keys in the bathroom and hurried back inside. Seeing the activity inside, he saw as his mother rushed by, tears in her eyes then heard a statement that cleared everything up.
"Car accident. A nurse here at the hospital. No, she didn't make it. Left two boys, I heard."
Feeling a pain the medicine didn't block, Jason staggered holding his heart, he saw the icy glare from Epiphany and the look of pity in Kelly Lee's eyes, turning he saw that Robin was making a call, hearing what she said killed his last hope. "Mrs. Hardy, can you come down to GH, there has been an accident…"
Backing out the door, Jason found himself pulling out the bottle and throwing it, nothing was going to kill this pain, there was no drug alive to save him from nothing. Getting onto his bike, he rushed over to the house, the place he had managed to avoid for a long time.
Seeing Spencer inside holding Jake as he cried, Jason wanted to scream, he wanted to protest the comfort that the man was clearing finding in the little blond haired boy, but he had lost any right to that, long before the little boy had ever been born.
Staggering back to his bike, he drove away, stopping at the old bridge, then finding the memories comforting in spite of the pain, he went to other places, ignoring the ringing phone, ignoring the calls of either phony sympathy or people too obvious to the pain he felt shearing through him.
Arriving at Vista Point, he found himself hurting again, but he relished the pain, he needed it. Then he saw the rode that led to the safe house, the one he couldn't bring himself to sell but knowing he had to. Arriving he walked around, wallowing in the hurt, finding a sick pleasure then he knew what he had to do, what his last bit of punishment had to be.
Hopping off his bike, he slipped quietly up the stairs, unlocked the door and saw the devastation. At first, believing someone had broken in, the pain went away and pure anger arrived until he saw the pictures that were destroyed and he knew… he knew who did this. Only one woman knew the significance of the destroyed paintings.
The Wind was laying a twisted mess on the ground, with paint poured on top of it, that along gave him the thrilling shot of pain he was finding so enjoyable, but seeing the picture of their son, with black paint blocking him out, he finally collapsed, curled up crying as he finally realized that there were worse feelings than nothing.
It was just about sunrise when Jason got up, his muscles stiff from the way he had been lying in a fetal position on the ground, his chest hurting from the sobs he had let loose. Walking to the door, he turned and sadly left, aware that when she had died, Elizabeth Webber had hated him.
Seeing the rain, Jason took pleasure in the late fall storm as he ignored the high-pitched sound of someone calling out his name. Getting on his bike, he revved the engine and sped away, carelessly almost causing an accident.
Slamming on her breaks, Claudia Zachara Corinthos drove the rest of the way to the warehouse cursing Jason's name before entering in time to see her husband kissing another woman. "At least it's not Olivia, this time. What is it with you Falconari women, can't get your own men?"
Kate ignored the woman and said to Sonny. "Don't ever pull a stunt like that again. Oh, one more thing, Sonny, someday, I hope to see you pay for all that you did, the lies, the manipulations, but until that day, I take great pleasure in knowing you are married to this no talent waste of space. I know that you understand the concept of fate, so I hope you find that the idea of Karma is just as strong."
Spinelli hurried back to Kelly's where Sam and Maxie were waiting for him. "I just saw Stone Cold leaving the warehouse, I think he was in a hurry, he never saw me."
Calling his phone again, Sam left a message for him to call her then went to deal with her latest case. Grimacing when she saw that Lucky Spencer was the only detective available, she explained what she needed.
"Fine, but you will have to wait here while I arrange for someone to get you the public access files." Lucky was not in a good mood and seeing the woman who had used him this early in the day was not boding well for the rest of the day.
"Spencer, I need to reach your ex-wife." Said Detective Harper ignoring Sam McCall.
"What's up?" he asked.
"The woman she sold her old car to was killed in an accident last night. A drunk driver crossed the centerline, Mrs. Hardy knew the family but strangely enough, no one knows where this nurse actually lives. She was in the middle of moving when this happened. All the kids could tell me is a blue house with trees in the front yard. Ms. Johnson said Elizabeth might know."
Lucky put the file he was pulling for Sam on the top of the filing cabinet and said "You might have a hard time reaching her. Elizabeth is joining her brother and the rest of her family on vacation in Europe."
"I thought she didn't get along with her family." Asked Sam when Lucky returned. Looking at his ex-lover, he just ignored her question until Harper repeated it. "Sorry, my mind was elsewhere. There was some sort of emergency family meeting called. She doesn't get along with her parents but she does with Steven who asked her for her help with whatever is going on."
Sam took the file and left, annoyed Elizabeth wasn't in town to see that Sam had taken back what belonged to her. Arriving at the penthouse, she thanked Spinelli when he let her in; annoyed she hadn't gotten her key back yet. Looks like she was going to have to do more hinting.
The man swerved to avoid hitting the speeding motorcycle as the rain poured down and called the police.
Mac took the message and sighed, knowing that it was more than likely Morgan. The mobster would often speed on those roads but by the time they arrived, he would be long gone.
Still, he sent out a patrol car, the uniformed officer swearing at driving those roads in this filthy weather.
Nik arrived home and read the note from Elizabeth then crushed it tossing it into the fireplace. His ego didn't want to admit she was right, but he found himself grateful she was away; maybe he could deal once and for all with losing Emily.
When Lucky entered, Nik felt guilty until he realized that Lucky seemed to feel ill at ease. Listening to what his brother was saying, Nik got that Elizabeth's trip was to appear to be temporary but that she was more than likely not coming back. "She is seriously thinking of taking her brother's offer."
At GH, things were moving at their normal pace, Carly Jacks was visiting Kelly Lee, Sam was stalking the doctor having an affair and Patrick and Robin were spending some 'quality time' in his office. When Patrick got the call, he sighed then said, "That is why they are called donorcycles. I will be right up."
"What is it?"
"Head injury complicated by what appears to be a heart attack. The medics said the rider went over the cliff down past the state park. He was lucky he hit a tree or he would be dead."
Robin couldn't help recalling how Jason had liked riding out those roads and thought about how angry she had been the previous day when Elizabeth had made her announcement about her so-called month-long vacation. Her friends were well aware that she was unhappy but the last couple of weeks it had seemed as if there was a shroud of anger as well around their friend.
Of course seeing Jason chasing after Sam McCall hadn't helped. Robin found herself wondering what it was about the woman, that Jason had found it in him to forgive her for sleeping with his enemy. Carly hadn't gotten back into his good graces and she had slept with his best friend.
When the helicopter arrived, they couldn't see the face, it was torn up with a bad case of road rash, the blood was washed away while Patrick tried to save the young man's life.
"Damn, his blood isn't clotting. Robin run a diagnostic on his blood please."
Rushing away, as Monica rushed in to take over, Patrick ordered her out of the operating room, calling out for them to page Leo. "Patrick, what is it?"
"Dr. Quartermaine, it's Jason, it's your son." Was all he said before Epiphany rushed the woman out of the room, comforting her while she had her breakdown. Seeing Carly Jacks, she called the woman over and soon had the two hysterical women, comforting each other.
Robin ran the tests again and then swore. Rushing back into the room, she said "There is some strange drug cocktail in his system. I am going to have it analyzed."
Ordering plasma, Patrick couldn't help thinking that life for those in this town would be a lot easier and his friend Elizabeth would hurt a lot less if this man died on his operating table but he knew he couldn't play god. While Leo worked on saving the man's heart, Patrick worked to repair the ruptured connections in his brain.
As they hooked up yet another plasma bag, Patrick heard the phone ring, then the sound of Robin's voice. "He is taking a hallucinogenic. That idiot had it prescribed to him."
"What?" asked Patrick not sure why anyone would take something like that deliberately if he didn't need to.
"It is a specific formula, I actually think I have an idea of why, but I need to talk to someone first. You are going to have to run his blood through that new Hemopurifer. It should do the trick."
As Patrick did what she suggested, Robin went to make a call to Paris. "What can you tell me about the test trials for the new formula of Martin's PTSD drug."
"It's was pulled from trials this week. A few patients are finding that they quickly need stronger doses or they relieve the painful memories even more vividly. There were a few test subjects who had heart attacks when the memories seemed to cycle for them as well as feelings of paranoia."
Patrick was amazed; Morgan woke up as they were rolling the gurney to the recovery room. "Where am I?"
"At the hospital, you were found wrapped around a tree."
Thinking on it, Jason recalled that he had just left the house, rushing after a drunk AJ. "How is my brother, is AJ okay?"
Then reaching up, he felt the gauze on his chest and said: "I need to see my parents, and could you have Nurse Brewer call my fiancée, Keesha will be worried when I don't turn up at the country club."
Patrick froze, and then asked Jason what year it was. Getting an unexpected answer, he got nothing more as the machines started beeping and Jason went taut then limp. Using the Glasgow scale regarding comas, he took a minute then called Robin.
Hanging up, Robin hesitated then called Sam and Spinelli. When they had arrived along with Sonny, she sat the whole group down and said "They had stabilized his heart, taken care of the cuts, but I have some bad news. Jason is in what we call a pre-death event coma."
When the tears stopped, she sighed then continued. "The accident was complicated by the heart attack and because his blood isn't clotting."
Carly gripped Monica's hand, both women knowing what it felt like to have a child dealing with this.
"I want the best care possible for him." Announce Sam.
Robin took a deep breath not wanting to deal with this but knowing it had to be taken care of now. "We have a problem with that, you can't authorize his care."
"Why not?" she asked. "I did before when you removed the brain clot."
"See, there is one more thing." She said then taking another deep breath continued. "He woke up for a moment, and asked for someone."
Carly was inwardly sure that it was her or Sonny but was shocked at the answer she was given. "Dr. Quartermaine, he asked for Keesha, he asked for his fiancée."
Stunned the older doctor stared while Sonny got the significance of it.
"So what, he was obviously confused, I am his fiancée." Lied Sam.
"The man lying in that room isn't Jason Morgan, he woke up for a few minutes as Jason Quartermaine. You have no control" said Sonny sighing while looking at Robin for confirmation.
"So, he is one and the same person." Said Spinelli thrilled for the Goddess but wishing Stone Cold had shared the good news with him.
"No, for a few minutes Jason was lucid. He also asked for AJ and his parents. We went through this fifteen years ago, Jason Morgan and Jason Quartermaine in the court's eyes are two different people. Dr. Quartermaine that leaves his care in your hands."
Sam wanted to protest but she would just call Diane, she could deal with this.
Monica suited up and slipped into Jason's room, staring at the man on the gurney. Touching the lines attached to him, she leaned down and kissed him through the mask. "My poor boy, I don't know whether to hope you wake up as yourself or as Jason Morgan."
Robin quietly took Monica aside and said: "There are a few things we need to discuss can you meet Patrick and me outside of the hospital."
Heading to the Drake home, a few hours later, Monica was stunned at what she was told. "Jason was doing this to himself? Why?"
"I don't know for sure, but I talked to the doctor, he has been using Jason as a test subject. I know there was no possible way he should have been involved a previous brain injury would eliminate him as a subject and Jason has had two. However, Jason never told him any of this."
Patrick thought about a small studio and the young woman he had held while she fell apart and got the feeling that he understood the why. "Did they say how long he has been on them?"
Robin meet Patrick's eyes and said: "Since last year."
Monica was convinced that it started with Michael's coma and she left, needing to tell Edward and wanting to visit Alan's grave. The twosome told her no differently about the beginning of the drugs while Robin asked her husband how long he had known about Jake being Jason's son.
"I never knew for sure, but I suspected. I don't get it, they were seeing each other, Morgan was the one who pulled away according to Elizabeth, so why would he do this to himself?" asked Patrick.
"God only knows. He certainly screwed this up, didn't he." Said Patrick a few minutes later. "Do you think that maybe he was still in love with Sam and that it was only infatuation? Elizabeth said she was only infatuated with him, that it had all been a mistake."
Robin thought about it and what she had seen recently and then said "No, I think that something happened, besides the kidnapping. Something we don't know about. Jason has lost a son before, even if Michael wasn't his biologically, he lost him. I think that was about Elizabeth, but what I don't get is why go back to whatever it is he has with Sam, do you think it was the drugs?"
Patrick debated honestly and then, aid "No, I think Morgan was thinking with his dick, you told me he had a history of it and face it Sam McCall would come running in a heartbeat and this way he didn't have to do much work to get her into bed."
Elizabeth hung up the phone and then went back to the terrace where Steven was sitting. "So what is going on in good old Port Charles."
"Nothing new. Jason had a motorcycle accident. For some reason, Carly called and left me a message about it on my home machine." She said not wanting to admit that in spite of the way he had spit on their son by getting involved with the heartless bitch who had endangered him, she was still concerned about him.
Hearing their father, Elizabeth watched as Steven helped him sit down, Jeff had lost weight due to his illness and he looked old and fragile instead of looking like the sixty-year-old man he was. "How are you feeling today?"
"Better thank you." He said looking at his little girl. Sighing at how much time had gotten away from them, he looked at his wedding ring and slowly removed it. Turning to Steven he asked him to throw it into the ocean as hard as he could.
As the waves roared, Steven did as his father asked, amused to see Aunt Annie and Aunt Terry as they played chase with the two little boys on the beach. Walking back, he saw that Jeff seemed to try but that Elizabeth kept rebuffing the old man, making it plain she was here only for her brother.
Jeff watched as she joined her sons, his heart knowing it was time to tell her about her mother. Walking slowly, he joined her while Annie silently took the boys back to the large house he was renting.
"Please Elizabeth, I know you are hurt, god I know. But there are few things you need to hear from me, things you should have been told years ago."
Looking at her father, Elizabeth saw the gray tinge to his skin and gave in. "I cheated on your mother, well on Carolyn. You are the result of that affair."
Steven shook his head; so much for taking his time instead, Jeff had used a sledgehammer instead. "Your mother agreed to keep it a secret then when you were born, she died. I didn't want you to end up adopted, so I told Carolyn the truth. She seemed excited by the idea of another daughter, but I …, in the name of peace, I allowed a lot of things to happen, that shouldn't have."
Looking at him she said "Like what? Letting her belittle me until I had no self-confidence, abandoning me with the neighbors, or maybe never so much as calling once in the last fifteen years, which one shouldn't have been allowed to happen, dad?" This was one of the reasons she was horrified by Jason's choice; she would never let her own child be in this position.
"None of it. Elizabeth, I didn't know Steve was my dad until I was an adult; it ruined any chance of a close relationship. He tried, I tried, but in my mind, my father was Lars Webber. I couldn't see how to bridge that gap. I never meant to lie to you, but then it got easier, and I already felt a distance between us, I was afraid telling you would be the last straw."
Elizabeth was listening but her mind was sick with the irony of it all. Looking at her father, she said: "It is amazing how alike we are for two people who have never spent any time together." With that she walked away, needing to breathe.
Steven sat down then looked at Jeff and said "Great job, why didn't you just tell her that she wasn't wanted."
"She already thinks that." He admitted sadly. "God I screwed up my children's lives. Wait until she finds out who her mother was."
Steven was walking inside when he saw Cameron playing with Elizabeth's purse, getting it away he saw that her phone didn't charge and hooked it up to his adaptor for her. Seeing the 49 missed calls, he couldn't help wondering what was going on and when was the last time she had checked her phone.
Seeing it vibrate, Steven picked it up and saw Carly Jacks' name, going back through the missed calls after hitting ignore he saw that fifteen were from the blond, ten were from Lucky and even more were from Robin Drake.
"What are you doing with my phone?" she asked.
Looking up, he explained only for her to toss it into the fish tank. "There is no one or nothing that will drag me back to Port Charles right now. I left nothing behind I want there."
Looking at her as he entered, Jeff slowly and stumbling through things explained that her mother had been a woman he worked with. "She was a peds doctor and she was treating Steven. I didn't mean to fall in love but I did. However, I had made a commitment to Carolyn, and so I ended things. When we found out she was pregnant, I was happy and terrified all at the same time."
Not saying a word, Elizabeth listened to him feeling an even bigger hole growing in her heart. "When you were born, I got to hold you, but then they came in and told me that Beth had died. Who knows, maybe I should have let you go but you were my daughter, and from the moment I knew of your existence, I loved you." He ended softly hurt when without a word she stood.
Standing in the doorway, Elizabeth turned and said: "Why?"
"Why what?" he asked.
"If you loved me, why did you treat me the way you did, why did you let her. Because to me, it looks like I came in second. No that would be last, behind my brother and sister, behind your career, even behind your precious art collection."
Jeff felt his eyes closing at the pain in his daughter's eyes and said "it's strange, but I never could allow myself to get close to you, I still see your mother every time I look at you, I see her lying there, dead because I didn't walk away that first time we kissed. While punishing myself, I am afraid I punished you as well. No matter what, know one thing. I do love you, I always have."
Looking at him, she said with tears in her eyes, "Sometimes, love just isn't enough."
As the days past, Jason didn't improve and when Miss Sneed suggested moving him to long-term care, Edward got her fired. He would not allow them to even discuss it. Monica allowed others to visit him as his body healed, while Patrick monitored the equipment to all visitors hoping to find out who had caused the sudden blimp that had temporary caused Jason's coma to slide to a 3 on the scale from a 12.
Sam had been told by Diane that Monica was in charge of his care, grateful not to have to explain to the volatile woman that in his records, Jason had Elizabeth Webber listed not her.
She had discreetly informed his doctor of this, but since it was a moot point, she just checked on her client every day. Sonny came and talked to him, so did everyone else who loved Jason, but there hadn't been a reaction and Epiphany had been the only person in with him at the time.
When Patrick had her check on the patient again, there was no change and they started to believe it was only a coincidence. Spinelli set up electronic surveillance so they could keep a constant watch on Jason, only for Patrick to rip his head off, pointing out that it was interfering with Jason's medical care.
Meanwhile, Jeff and Elizabeth had reached an understanding. While they would never really be close (too much hurt between them) they were slowly moving to something close to a familial relationship. When Jeff had told her about his past in Port Charles, he had been stunned when his daughter burst into tears upon his question in regards to the friendship that Steven had described between Monica's son and her.
Getting the whole story, Jeff would love a few minutes with Jason Morgan and a scalpel but instead just held his daughter as she told him about the pain she felt. When he asked why she didn't go to the police about what Sam did. Elizabeth looked at him with sad eyes and said "Why, so I can be like her, not in this lifetime. But if he ever attempts to go for custody I will stop him with it."
Two weeks before Halloween, Elizabeth took the test to be a nurse practitioner in the American hospital in London. The boys were enjoying their time and she had made a new friend. A handsome young doctor who flirted with everyone, unlike Patrick Drake though, he never followed through and Elizabeth was finding him to be a balm to sadly beyond repair heart.
Calling Epiphany's work phone when she knew the woman wouldn't be there, she left the message about having a new job and told the woman she would miss her. When the head nurse heard the news, she found herself wishing the young woman well while wiping tears away knowing she had fled this town as in love with that bastard Morgan who hadn't seemed to even give a damn about his son.
Robin treated Jason, finding the drugs completely out of his system. When Epiphany entered, she asked why she was depressed.
"Missing my favorite nurse, it won't be the same here without Elizabeth." She said as she went about her business. Once Robin had left, Epiphany was on her way out the door when she turned and looked at the man alone in the bed.
"I have never wished a single person harm in my life, but I have to tell you, Mr. Morgan, I can honestly say I think you are getting what you deserve. You broke that sweet innocent woman's heart for what? A lying cheating piece of ungrateful trash like Sam McCall, I hope Elizabeth finds peace wherever she is, and that those little boys never learn that sleeping with that woman was more important than being their father."
The next morning, Patrick called Robin away from her lab and showed her the machine's results. "What was happening then, you were in there."
"Nothing, Epiphany took his vitals, then we left." She said then made a face, "We were discussing Elizabeth's move. Do you think that is what caused it?"
"Maybe." He said then ran an experiment. Nothing changed, not even when he tried to tell the man he had slept with Sam. Then with a smile, Patrick announced he had kissed Elizabeth. Bingo! He thought to himself, it was minuscule but there was a change.
When Epiphany refused to tell them how to locate Elizabeth, Robin found herself agreeing but Carly who had overheard, went to see Spinelli who was down in the dumps. Maxie had canceled their wedding claiming it was about Jason, but he wondered.
Not telling him why Carly said, "I will pay you fifty thousand dollars to find me Elizabeth Webber in the next week."
Sam perked up from her side of the office, then asked: "Why?"
Looking at the woman, Carly smirked as she recalled what she had overheard Patrick Drake telling Epiphany about Jason's reactions and said "Since when do you need to know that to do a job,"
Spinelli went to work, tracing Elizabeth to plane tickets to France, then nothing at first. Then he found a house rental in Jeff Webber's name. Calling the man, he got nowhere as the man stonewalled him. Spinelli then suggested Sam call him.
"Dr. Webber, I am a friend of your daughters and several people in Port Charles are worried about her." She said and then gave him the name Rebecca Shaw.
Looking at his caller ID, he saw it was from the same agency as the last one. "Really Miss Shaw, my daughter didn't describe you as a friend, more like a con artist who was using her good friend Emily Cassadine to hurt people she cared about."
Sam was stymied then made a stupid mistake. "I am sorry Dr. Webber, this isn't Rebecca, I am calling on behalf of Lulu Spencer. She was worried because Elizabeth hasn't been returning any of her calls."
"Well if you aren't Rebecca Shaw who are you?"
"This is Sam McCall, I lied because I was involved with Elizabeth's ex-husband and I didn't want my past to interfere with helping Lulu." She said trying to charm the man.
Jeff laughed rudely. "Miss McCall, if I was you, I would lose this number and tell Jason Morgan that if I ever see him I intend to remove his balls with a dirty scalpel unless sleeping with you has already made them fall off. One more thing, I am going to take great pleasure in seeing you get exactly what you deserve if you or Morgan come close to my daughter. See while I don't have much influence in the states, I have made some very interesting contacts over the years and can't wait for you to meet a few of them."
Sam smirked then rolled her eyes, who the hell did this doctor think he was. Seeing the time, she rushed to GH, knowing that Patrick Drake's father was coming into town to check on Jason.
Telling a waiting Spinelli that she had no luck, they reached to two doctors talking to Jason's mother. "..anyhow, he would be the best at figuring the drugs out. Do you know how to reach Steven?"
"He works for DWB's but I have no idea where. Have you tried asking his father, Monica?" asked Noah.
"Jeff is in Russia and I doubt he knows. He isn't that close to his children as a result of marrying that shrew." She said tiredly. "Could you call him?"
"I can try but he still hasn't forgiven me for what happened a couple of months ago. I didn't know that they were getting help from the rebels to treat the wounded in Kajarav, so when I saw their vehicles, I called the army and they destroyed everything."
"Jeff is taking help from the Cossacks?" asked Monica shocked. "Straight arrow Jeff Webber?"
Noah had a twisted smile on his face as he replied. "He is well known as the person to turn to when you need the impossible done. He has lots of connections that would do anything for him. Chechnyan's, Red Brigade, IRA, he is well-liked for his fairness for all sides."
Sam laughed, so Jeff Webber's contacts were military. Whoop de do.
Heading back with Spinelli after getting the disappointing news, she sat down and went to work calling contacts. Spinelli sat working on his laptop with a squeak sounding every once in a while she heard the word bad dude and looked up and said who?
"Elizabeth Webber's father. He was in Kosovo during the war, after a patient healed, he found out the man was a rapist and let's just say he removed something important." Said the geek turning white. Closing his laptop, he walked slowly to the hospital from the office, needing to think.
Sitting down in the chapel he saw Noah Drake talking to his younger son about joining him. When they were leaving he asked "Dr. Drake, do you have a few minutes?"
Matt looked on surprised at how normal Spinelli sounded. When he heard the questions about Jeff Webber and the answers, Matt was shocked to find out that for some reason Spinelli looked afraid. "Thanks, sir. Sir, do you think he didn't love his kids?"
Laughing wryly, Noah said, "That man loves his family, but he loathes Port Charles, after finding out the truth about his parentage and his brother's affair with his wife, I doubt he will ever step foot here again, no matter what."
Relieved, Spinelli went home to the penthouse and greeted his roommate. Sam had moved in a month ago, saying it was silly to keep two penthouses. Seeing her grunt hello, he went to his room and worked on his computer never finding a trace of Elizabeth Webber or her two boys.
It was the night before Thanksgiving and Alice entered the room, telling Mr. Q is was time to go home. "No, I will be staying. Where are his friends, why aren't there here?" he was muttering. Where was Sonny, where was Carly and where was Sam? When they needed Jason, he was there for them, but they couldn't be bothered to be there for more than five minutes, any of them.
"Sir, I am going to sit with Jason, you go and get some sleep. Mrs. Tracy is waiting for you." She said leading him to the door. Sitting down Alice talked to Jason, telling him about the craziness at the Q's, about her wrestling career and she was slowly running out of topics when she finished discussing the dismal football session the PCU Cougars were having.
Michael slipped in quietly, then agreed to stay while Alice ran to her car. Looking at his uncle, the boy couldn't help wondering if he had looked that peaceful. "We all miss you."
Nothing, no response. Sitting down, Michael told him about his day, complaining about Jax, about Sonny, and about his mother. Telling him about his date the previous evening.
When Alice returned, she sat down and said "Sorry it took so long to come back, I was talking to Mrs. Hardy, she was visiting with an old college, they were talking about her granddaughter. "Seems like she thinks Elizabeth is getting married. Anyhow, here we go. I know that a romance novel is boring for most men, but it is the only thing I read."
Jason heard the woman talking at a distance then slowly fell into his dream life again.
Leaning down, to kiss his wife, he heard their children rushing in to get hugs and kisses. "Daddy, did you bring us anything?"
Handing them the postcards, he saw them rushing off to add them to the growing collage on the family room wall. "Now where were we?" he growled as he pulled his laughing wife back into his arms. "Are you sure you want another one of those heathens?"
"Yes, and I think we started one the other night before you left."
Slowly backing her into the pantry, he was closing the door when he heard his youngest calling out, "Daddy, I need help, I can't reach my map."
As he left, he turned and said: "I love you my snow angel."
Alice screamed, then turned to stare at the man in the bed, rushing to the darkened hallway, she hysterically screamed for a doctor who rushed in and saw that nothing had changed. Ignoring the man's suggestion it was her imagination, she called Dr. Q and had her inform Patrick Drake.
Both doctors arrived quickly as Alice began to doubt herself. When Patrick entered the room, he asked the doctor for the time of the incident. Turning to Alice he said, "Tell me exactly what happened and what you were doing."
"Well, I was reading to him, but the only book I bought was this Harlequin romance. We were about halfway through when he talked."
Carly arrived along with Sonny a nurse at the hospital kept both of them up to date about Jason and any changes. When Sam showed up, Carly rolled her eyes at the high heels and low-cut outfit. "What did he say?" she asked when they were told what was going on."
"He held my hand and asked, "Are you sure you want another one of those heathens." Then he said, "I love you, my snow angel."
Hearing the words out of Alice's mouth amused Sonny but Sam was wondering how to turn this to her advantage. Diane was gently hinting that she should move out of the penthouse and she had no intention of going.
Just as she started to say he called her his snow angel, Alice showed them the page in the book with the scene that was similar and that it was titled a "Christmas Wedding."
Looking at the cover, Sonny made a mental note to have Spinelli locate Elizabeth Webber, he had the funny feeling that Jason would wake up for her.
As the others reacted to Jason's stunning day, Patrick went to check the blood sample they drew. Sure enough, there was a sudden spike in the drugs that were floating around inside of him still months later. Swearing as he called Robin, he went into the patient's room and said: "You certainly screwed yourself good this time, didn't you Morgan."
Elizabeth was laughing as she exited the tube with her well roommate didn't seem like the right word since he owned the house and lived in half of it, while she rented the other half at a ridiculously low amount. "So anyhow, my parents freaked, my dad, saying that I could be gay later, but first I had to do my duty to my family name and begat a few dozen kids so that one could inherit our stodgy family name."
"Really?" she asked. "You know you could still have kids."
"No, I already gave away that dream. The family name will just have to be kept alive by my half-brother's kids. The family title can fade away for all I care. Never gave a fig about it anyhow. Not like my dad. He tricked his first wife into marriage for money, then when he divorced her he had their son declared illegitimate, so as far as I am concerned he is getting what he deserves."
Seeing her brother waiting for her as she arrived, she knew that it wasn't good when after dinner he sent the boys to play. "Sam McCall and her partner are trying to locate you. Dad covered but I wanted you to be aware. You said this Spinelli kid is good. I might have spiked him for a while but eventually, he is going to find a way around it."
Kissing Steven on the cheek, Elizabeth went to watch her sons and vowed she would never let Sam McCall near her little boys and then wished Jason Morgan to hell.
Sonny decided that going to Sam and Spinelli might be a bad idea, so he subtly questioned Lucky when he saw the cop, only to figure out the cop hadn't heard from Elizabeth since she left when he overheard him talking to Nik.
No one had seen or heard from the nurse and he was annoyed, how could she do this to Jason after all he had done for her?
After Bernie struck out, Sonny went to Spinelli only to be told that Carly had hired them and that Spinelli hadn't found out anything but that Jeff Webber was a bad dude. Wanting to show the geek what a bad dude was, he stopped interested in why he would call a respected doctor a bad dude.
Getting his response, Sonny decided to look into matters another way and after a visit to his new mistress he went home and slipped to his wife about Jason's son. Sure enough, Claudia made a call later that evening. Well maybe now they would get somewhere, thought Sonny smugly.
TBC