General Hospital Fan Fiction:

Liason, Scrubs, D & L

Genre: Romance/Drama

"There's No Place Like Home"

Disclaimer: None of the characters in this story belong to me- I just alter their lives now and then to create storylines I think work better- or that I just like more.

--Chapter One--

--Kelly's--

Elizabeth Webber had never felt like she belonged in her family and now she finally knew why- she wasn't a Webber. Not biologically- and, apparently, that mattered to them. Forget the fact that they had raised her, helped shape her into the person she was today. She gaped at Sarah- the beautiful blond, blue-eyed perfect daughter her parents had always loved. Elizabeth had always thought they were just playing favorites- and they had been. There was just more to it than she'd ever thought.

Well, she thought to herself, you asked- you wanted to know why they've barely spoken to you in the ten years you've been here. You wanted to know why they don't want anything to do with Cameron. Now you know. She wanted to scream and shout and cry- but that wouldn't do her any good. It wouldn't give her the rest of the answers she wanted now- answers to questions that hadn't been there five minutes ago, before Sarah had told her that ten years ago, Jeff had discovered his and Amanda's second daughter had been switched with another baby when she'd been born and had died shortly thereafter. Jeff and Amanda had cut all ties with Elizabeth and urged her siblings to do the same. Steven had, for a long time, but he'd eventually come around when he'd started working at GH. He'd claimed not to know their parents' reasons for practically ceasing to acknowledge her existence, despite the fact that that they'd made it clear to both him and Sarah that they wanted their other children to stop talking to her, too. Had he been lying? She hated to think that, but… She wasn't sure what to think right now.

"Did they at least find out who… Do they knew who ended-up with their daughter?" Elizabeth asked, hoping to find out the names of her biological parents.

Sarah hesitated and bit her lip- she knew she'd pretty much screwed-up her relationship with Liz years ago, and she didn't have any hopes of being able to fix it, but she felt like she owed her this much, at least. Still… She wasn't sure how Liz was going to take this… "Noah and Madeline Drake," she finally replied. She knew from her brother Steven that Noah and his son Patrick both worked at General Hospital with Elizabeth.

"But that… Noah's never said anything… about having another… child… and Patrick… he n-never mentioned having a sis-sister- for any length of time," Elizabeth stammered. It was hard to think, let alone speak- or breathe, for that matter. She thought about asking Sarah about Steven and whether or not he knew, but decided there was no way she wanted to go there.

Sarah just shrugged and replied, "Why would Noah talk about a baby that never really got to live- besides, I doubt Patrick even remembers. He was like two when you were born, Liz." She bit her lip and glanced down at her watch. "Look… I, uh, have to go… I…"

Elizabeth nodded and watched Sarah stroll out of Kelly's. Seconds later, her boyfriend Jason Morgan walked in. She still couldn't believe she and Jason were together. They'd been dating a few months, since after he'd found out that his ex-fiancée Sam had cheated on him with a man he hated. He'd seen Sam and Ric together on Sam's mother's couch- it was no secret that Jason didn't really care much for Alexis Davis, but he'd been sickened by the fact that Sam had slept with her step-father. He'd gone back to his penthouse to get drunk and ease the pain, and Elizabeth had shown up- needing to talk about having walked in on her now-ex-husband Lucky Spencer and his boss's daughter in their bed. It had started out as two friends needing comfort from one another, and ended-up being… more.

It seemed that, no matter what, she and Jason always came back to each other. Generally, it was their friendship that pulled them toward one another, but there had always been more there. They'd sort of tried the couple thing before, but it hadn't worked- they were older and, hopefully, smarter now. They knew more about what it would take to make their relationship work.

Which was good, Elizabeth thought, since she'd discovered she was carrying Jason's baby. They'd talked about marriage a little- they knew they loved each other, but neither of them wanted to rush into anything and get hurt again, so they'd agreed to take it slow. She knew that Jason would want to get married when he found out about the baby- that was just the type of guy he was- but he'd respect her decision if she said she wasn't quite ready for that yet. The thing was, she was ready.

The corners of Jason's mouth tipped up in a smile when he spotted Elizabeth Webber sitting at what had become "their" table at Kelly's, waiting for him. She'd called him from work and said she wanted to meet him for lunch, that she had some good news she wanted to share. "Hey, Beth," Jason greeted her with the nickname only he used, leaning over to kiss her quickly on the lips- keeping in mind the fact that they were in a public place, but not being able to stop himself from doing at least that- and then taking the seat across from her. Her hands rested on the tabletop, and he took them in his without even thinking about it. What did cross his mind, however, was how much he loved her. He'd loved her for years, but the timing had always been off. It had taken him a while to realize that his relationships with both Sam and Courtney had just been about finding a substitute for her to fill the hole she'd left in his heart when she'd left years ago, but once he had… Well, things had just worked out very nicely after that.

"What are you smiling about?" Elizabeth asked, a grin curving her own lips.

"You- you're here. We're here. Finally, after all these years," he said with a shrug. "It's just that… We hurt each other, and there were days it seemed like we could never get past that," he continued, "but… Somehow, it just… worked this time, and I'm glad- more than glad," he corrected with a grin. "So, I'm smiling."

Elizabeth chuckled at that, and Jason prodded, "So, you had some good news you wanted to share?"

"I have good news and some… interesting news, I guess would be the way to put it."

Jason raised an eyebrow. "Would this "interesting news" have anything to do with Sarah? She ran out of here so quick that she ran right into me."

She nodded and asked, "Which do you want first?"

"Let's go with… the good news," he said with a smile, wondering what she could have to tell him.

She let go of his right hand long enough to pull a picture out of her purse and hand it to him. He stared at the fuzzy black and white photo- he wasn't very good with photos anyway, but this one really had him confused. He couldn't make anything in it out. He raised his head and looked at her, trying to find a clue in her expression. "Uh…" He cleared his throat. "What's this?"

The grin widened. "Our baby's first picture." The words came out in a happy little giggle that distracted Jason for a moment- he loved it when she laughed like that- before her words sunk in.

"Our baby's…" A smile broke out on his face as it finally hit him. He was up out of his chair in less than a second, and he picked her up and spun her around in circles, drawing the attention of the only other person in the place at the time, Mike. "Beth's pregnant, Mike!" Jason exclaimed, eliciting more shrieks of laughter from Elizabeth, and Mike laughed at the couple's enthusiasm.

Mike came over and slapped Jason on the back. "Congratulations," he told Jason and Elizabeth with a smile. He'd observed both Elizabeth and Jason in several relationships over the years, including Jason's marriage to his daughter, but he had to admit that he'd never seen either of them as happy as when they were together. "This calls for a celebration- chocolate cake on the house," he said as he walked away to retrieve the aforementioned chocolate cake- it had been a favorite of Elizabeth's when she'd been pregnant with her son.

Jason finally set Elizabeth back down and they both took their seats- neither one of them could wipe their matching goofy grins off their faces, though. "So, what's the 'interesting' news?" Jason asked.

"Well… Do you remember when Lucky was accusing me of having an affair with Patrick Drake, and we both kept insisting that we were just friends?" she asked. Jason nodded, sure this was headed in an intriguing direction. "Well, Patrick laughed it off and said that I was more like a sister to him than anything… He just didn't know… Well, he's right- not Lucky," she hastened to clarify, though Jason didn't need it because he'd never doubted Elizabeth's relationship with Patrick was anything other than she'd said, "but Patrick."

The odd comment puzzled Jason for a moment or two before the meaning of the implication dawned on him. "You're Patrick's sister? How is that…" He shook his head in confusion. "How is that possible?"

"Mattie and Noah had another baby about two years after Patrick was born apparently, and Mattie and Amanda Webber both delivered their babies the same night in the same hospital- and the babies got mixed-up. The Webbers ended-up with Noah and Mattie Drake's dark-haired, dark-eyed daughter, and the Drakes ended-up with the Webbers' daughter- who apparently died not long after."

Jason just shook his head some more. "That's amazing," he said. "Are you… I mean, I know you're relationship with Jeff and Amanda hasn't really been… well, it hasn't existed since you moved here ten years ago… So, are you okay with this turn of events? With Noah being your father and Patrick being your brother?" Wow… Now that was weird, he thought.

Elizabeth nodded. "Yeah, you know, it's weird, but I am- I'm happy. I never really felt like I belonged in the Webber family, you know? And Patrick and Noah and I… we get along, you know? And it's like Patrick said- we have the brother-sister relationship now." She laughed. "I can't wait to see the look on Patrick and Noah's faces when I tell them," she said. "I hope they'll be just as happy as I am."

Jason smiled and told her that he hoped so, too. They ate the chocolate cake Mike brought them and Elizabeth declared that she had to get back to work at the hospital. "I'll see you at home," Jason said, kissing her sweetly on the lips.

"Okay," she replied, still grinning- Jason wondered if the grin would ever disappear, and he hoped that it didn't. He loved seeing her so happy.