Miracles Do Happen
Chapter 1 (Elizabeth's House)
Elizabeth and A.J. are in the living room of Elizabeth's house as they are wondering just what A.J. is going to do now especially that he has lost ELQ to Tracy. Elizabeth then says "A.J. I know how much you must have loved ELQ but even though you may have lost ELQ you still have your son Michael...you still have me and we aren't going anywhere."
A.J. then said "I know that now but at the same time ELQ was my chance to prove myself worthy not just to this whole entire town but to prove myself to my family and to prove myself to you and Michael that I'm not a complete failure."
Elizabeth said "Alan Quartermaine, Jr. you are no failure you hear me...and besides if you are that eager to prove yourself to everyone the way you go about doing that is to continue being the same man that I fell in love with...to continue being the same man that Michael is proud of and respects."
A.J. then said "Since you put it that way Elizabeth...you're right...you're absolutely right and I want to be the type of man not only that you would be proud of but being the type of man my grandparents and my father would be proud of."
Elizabeth then said "Knowing Edward, Lila and Alan if they were all here right now they would have been proud to see the man you have become and that is why if you self-destruct now you would go back to being the same old A.J. that you were before and not only would you be letting a lot of people down...you would be letting me down."
A.J. then looks at Elizabeth longingly until he says "I know I definitely do not want to go back to being the man that I was before...the man who shot his own father in the back...the man who almost killed his own brother not once but twice and the man who kidnapped his own son." A.J. then said "Elizabeth now I know what I have to do."
Elizabeth then said "A.J. what are you going to do?"
A.J. then said "I think it's time...that it is finally time to take a look at my priorities and realize that there are other things besides ELQ because Connie even though she may have destroyed any chance I have of getting ELQ back...I think I should start my own company away from ELQ and as a matter of a fact I will."
Elizabeth then of course is shocked by the fact that A.J. wants to start his own company as she asks him "Are you sure this is what you want to do A.J.?"
A.J. kisses Elizabeth as he takes her into his arms as he says to her "It is about time I move on from ELQ even though it's been my obsession for practically my whole life because it was all I ever thought about...all I ever cared about until not only did Michael come back into my life but since you entered my life Elizabeth I realized there are other things that I should focus on and that building my own company from the ground up gives me a chance to do just that."
A.J. then said to Elizabeth "I really want to continue to rebuild my life not just with you and Michael but with my family and with everyone else but also I do want to eventually build a family with you Elizabeth."
Those words completely take Elizabeth by surprise as she was definitely not expecting A.J. to say that completely shocking her into silence as she eventually ends up processing what A.J. just said as she then said "A.J. I really don't know what to say especially given not just your past but my own especially and I'm afraid that if we ever got married one day I feel like I would hurt you in some way or that you would hurt me in some way."
A.J. then said "Elizabeth there is no way that you could ever hurt me and I know you are no saint and I know I'm no saint either...we've both made mistakes...done things we aren't proud of but the main thing is...is that we've grown from that and because of it we're much stronger people and Elizabeth I would love nothing more than to marry you some day."
A.J. then said "Plus your boys Cam and Aiden I've already grown so close to them that I already see them as my own...and I've seen you with Michael and just how close you two are with one another."
Elizabeth then said "Michael is your son...and he's important to you just like how he is important to me." Elizabeth then said "So A.J. just what are you going to name your company?"
A.J. then smiles at Elizabeth as he says "A.J.Q. Enterprises...A stands for Alan after myself and my father...J stands for James since that's my middle name and Q standing for Quartermaine but since I'm starting A.J.Q. I have to let Michael know about it but if it hadn't been for you being in my corner only Lord knows where I would be."
Elizabeth and A.J. end up kissing even more until Cam and Aiden end up running downstairs into the living room saying "Mommy and A.J. sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G first comes love then comes marriage and then comes Mommy and A.J. in a baby carriage." Elizabeth and A.J. then end up playfully running after Cam and Aiden chasing them all over the house.