AN: In this Fic, Sam didn't sleep with Jax while she was with Sonny. And Lila hasn't passed away yet. As you read, everything will explain it's self.

Summary: Jason's been out of town for a year and now he's back. Nothings what it seems. Especially with his somewhat friend Sam who's the mother to a three month old little girl.

Samantha McCall sat in the wooden rocking chair as she stared at her three month old daughter, Catalina. She heard the water lapping against the steal sides of the large boat. She decided to stay on the boat till she found something more stable because she still wasn't sure if Port Charles was where she needed to stay.

Every night Sam sat and watched her daughter sleep. Amazed to see this tiny little body that she carried for nine months, now this beautiful little human being. It was a bitter sweet feeling because Catalina looked just liker her father. One time Sam thought it would be easy to forget him but now she knew it wasn't possible because of Catalina.

The night she and he shared, haunted her dreams because it wasn't just some night. It was more then she ever wanted it to be. Two months later she found out she was pregnant and he was gone. He left weeks before, something about needing to take care of something in person.

They only shared one night but their had been a special friendship. He was the only one who Sam ever opened up to. She missed that, she missed him.

It just happened one night. She was upset because of everything that happened with Sonny, that night it had only been three weeks that she and Sonny had been over. She wasn't upset because it was over, she was upset because it should've never started.

He listened to her rants with a caring ear, he wiped the tears from her eyes. At that moment she knew what happened and what was going to happen. There's no regret on her part, a beautiful daughter was the result. She did hate the pain in her chest that wouldn't fade, she hated being so alone.

When she became pregnant Sonny thought he was the father but Sam knew better. But she took the test anyway. That was the day Sonny was finally out of her life. Others thought Jax was the father but of course he wasn't, it had been months since she even saw Jax, let alone slept with him.

No one knew the truth of who was Catalina's father. They all figured just some guy she slept with. He wasn't just some guy, he never was.

Jason finally returned home. The business in Miami took longer then he expected, a whole full year. He stepped off the elevator of Harbor View towers and knocked once on Sonny's door. Carly opened.

" Oh my god, Jason. You're finally home." Carly exclaimed as she hugged her best friend. Sonny came out from the kitchen.

" It's good to have you home man." Sonny said with a smile. He was a happy man, Jason called earlier to let him know everything was taken care of. That deal made Sonny a richer man then he already was.

" I hate to cut this short." Carly started. " But I need to get to the club. I'll see you later and you can fill me on Miami." she explained before she left.

It was a good chance for Jason and Sonny to catch up on everything else.

" So how's everything been between you guys?" Jason asked as he and Sonny took a seat on the sofa.

" It's good, better then good. We've moved on from everything that happened. We're a family again." Sonny explained. " She still gets mad when we happen to run into Sam but everything's good."

" Sam decided to stay in town?" Jason asked, flatly. Not letting on that he wanted to know the answer.

" That's right, you've been gone for a long while. She's staying in town, living on her boat with her baby. It turns out some time while we were together and broken up, she had some fling. No one knows who's the father of her kid." Sonny explained. It was the first time he talked about Sam in a long time. For him she was the past, a part of the past he didn't every much like.

" A kid?" Jason asked. He was more then a little shocked. He and Sam had become friends, he called a couple of times while he was away, she hadn't said anything abut being pregnant. But it's been months since they've last spoken. They just moved on from each other but would always stay friends.

" A girl I heard. I haven't really seen or spoken to her. Everything seems to be going good for her though." Sonny explained.

" That's good." Jason said but his mind was else where. " There's some things I have to take care of. I'm gonna go see Grandmother and Emily before everyone knows I'm back in town." he explained as he stood and neared the door.

" Alright, see you later." Sonny said before Jason was gone.

Jason did want to go see his family but there was another place he had to be. He hated lying to Sonny but when it came to Sam, all Jason did was lie.

Jason walked on to the deck then down to the cabin, which wasn't locked. He always told her to lock up because you never know, she never listened. Her answer was always she could take care of her self, stop worrying.

His hand was on the door handle when he heard a soft giggle coming from the inside. Jason slowly opened the door to see Sam, the baby who was laying on a blanket on the ground. She had both of the baby's feet in her hands, planting little kisses that tickled the little girl as she tugged at her mothers loose hair.

Sam looked up and met his eyes when she heard the door close. " Jason?" she said, shocked and glad then overwhelmed. " When-- when did you get back into town?" she asked as she held on to Catalina's feet.

" Just now. I saw Sonny and he told me you were still in town, with a little girl. I wanted to come see you." Jason explained as he stood near the door.

" Yeah, I decided against leaving when I found out about Catalina." Sam explained as she stood from the ground then picked up her little girl Then placed the now sleepy child back in the crib.

" That's her name? Catalina?" Jason asked as he watched Sam's every movement.

" Yeah. Catalina Lorelei McCall." Sam said as she crossed her arms over her chest. Trying to act plain and simple. Not show the butterflies swimming all over her stomach and throat.

" That's a beautiful name." Jason said before he asked the question that's been burning in his mind since he heard about Catalina. " Sam, who's the father?" he softly asked.

Sam sighed. " I know you must be wondering since we had slept together but it seems I was already pregnant when we were together. I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to think bad of me since you were the only friend I had. But a couple of nights after Sonny and I were over I met this guy at this bar and it just happened." she explained. It wasn't so long ago when lying was just so easy but now, it left a bad taste in her mouth. It made her want to be sick. Here she was, lying to her only friend.

" I don't think bad of you Sam, you were hurting. You did something stupid, it happens. I just want you to be happy." Jason explained. For some reason, it actually made him sad that he wasn't the father, minutes ago it seemed so logical.

Sam looked down, she couldn't handle facing him any longer. " I am happy Jason. I have a perfect healthy little girl and everything is good." another lie. " So you're back in town for good?" she asked.

" Yeah." Jason answered as Catalina began to cry.

Sam went to the crib and picked up the crying baby. She stopped crying as soon as Sam held her to her chest.

Jason watched them again. How Catalina placed her little fist on her mothers chest. He saw her eyes for the first time, " Her eyes are really blue." he said before he even thought about it. " That must be a constant reminder of her father since yours are brown." he pointed out.

Sam felt lower then she had in awhile. " You have no idea." she softly said.

Jason kept staring at the child's eyes. It was as if they pulled him and at the same time she was staring at him as well.

Sam saw this. " I guess she must like you." she said with a light smile. Ironic, she thought, Catalina never liked strangers but she was staring at her father, maybe she knew it was him. The words were caught in her throat, she didn't want to necessarily say them but she felt like she had to. " Jason, do you want to hold her?" she asked.

Jason looked into Sam's eyes for a second before he looked back to Catalina. " Yeah." he answered.

Sam stepped closer to Jason and handed Catalina to him. The urge to cry was so strong now but she had to hold it in. She had to.

A couple of minutes Jason handled back the now calm Catalina back to her mother. " I'm gonna leave you two alone. If you need anything, let me know. Bye Sam." he said before he left.

" Bye Jason." Sam whispered as she felt the tears run down her cheeks.

Jason stepped on to the pier. He knew Sam better then she thought, he knew she was flat out lying. But why would she? Jason needed to know the truth, and he was going to find it.

Isabelle