A/N: Howdy doo peoples! It's rhonda hooray. so this is a story me and my sister are working on together. The plot is hers and I may be the tiniest jealous that she came up with it and not me:( but I'll live. This first chapter is all hers, she didn't want me to touch it. Apparently i'm only good at the "dark dramatic stuff" do you believe her? Anyway this story will take a little longer to update but IT WILL GET FINISHED.

Disclaimer: Neither of us own anything or anyone except what you don't recognize. If you don' t recognize the main people I say : "how dare you call yourself a gh fan!"

BreakDown: (and remember the characters involved are due to my loving sister who sees this as too much of a guilty pleasure to actually place by herself under her own name.)

Carly and Sonny are married but she's not pregnant, they just have Michael

Sonny finally accepted journey relationship

And so he doesn't have to be dealt with Ric just plain never came to PC

Never a Jason/Brenda (sorry brazen fans)

Remember if by now ur already upset cuz of the characters remember NOT ME!

Ch. 1 Big and Bad?

He looked in through the window of the small diner. There was hardly anyone inside, so he knew she wouldn't be busy. But rather than going in, he opted to just watch for a while. To anyone just passing by he might seem like an obsessed creep instead of a man in love.

He caught a glimpse of her as she headed back into the kitchen. It still amazed him how just the sight of her caused his heart to skip.

'So this is what love feels like.' he thought in awe.

They told him he would never know the feeling, or much of any feeling. But he did. Because of her. And best of all, they didn't' have to walk around on eggshells anymore. Their relationship was out in the open and her brother not only accepted it, he actually gave them his blessing. They were free to publicly display their emotions to whomever happened to be around to see it, to a certain point at least. He could walk in there right now and show her how much he loved her.

He smiled at the best idea that he'd had all day. The bell above the door rang as he walked in. Some of the few people inside turned and stared at him. A look he was used to, he got it all the time. Fear. All part of being the big and bad Jason Morgan.

She turned around and flashed a smile at the man approaching her.

"Hey there. What are you-" he cut her off, covering her mouth with his. She returned the kiss with the same amount of passion. The couple held on to the moment, completely oblivious to the stares they were receiving from the customers. After a minute they broke apart and for the first time since laying eyes on each other, became very aware of their surroundings.

Courtney looked around the diner and back to him, her face getting redder by the second. It wasn't like him to show emotion in public and it caught her off guard. Usually he only kissed her like that when they were alone. It was a nice change.

"What was that for?" she questioned playfully.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else." he jokingly pulled away but she would have none of it. She smiled seductively and pulled him closer.

"Are you sure? Maybe you should check again." This time before their lips could meet they were interrupted. Elizabeth came up to the two and cleared her throat loudly.

"Courtney has work to do." she said rudely, before walking back behind the counter. Elizabeth was still bitter when it came to Courtney and Jason's relationship.

"I guess I better get back to work."

"Alright. I just wanted to tell you something."

"What's that?"

"I love you."

"I love you, too." she smiled. It felt great to be able to say the words in public and not have to worry about her over bearing brother screaming at the two of them. "I'll see you at home?"

"I'll be waiting." he gave her a quick kiss and squeezed her hand before letting her get back to her job. "Bye."

The rest of the day went by slowly. Courtney found herself looking at the clock every ten seconds. She just wanted to get out and go home. Their home.

Everything was perfect. Or almost perfect. The only problem was she was still at Kelly's and not in his arms. She let out a sigh and took another look at the ticking clock, she still had a little over an hour before her shift was over. There was no way Elizabeth would agree to cover for her so she could go be with Jason so her only choice was to make it through the remaining minutes of her day.

The clock ticked by in a painful slow motion until it finally released her from the prison. Taking of her apron, she grabbed her purse and practically bounced out of the small restaurant. She took the shortcut through the docks and took in the evening air. Hurrying along with a heedful of daydreams she collided into another body.

"Oh I'm so sorry. I wasn't watching--oh it's you." she stopped when she realized who it was she'd ran over.

"That's all I get? Me? Your best friend in the entire world and I don't get a 'Hi Carly it's great to see you.' I get 'Oh it's you?' I'm touched."

"Sorry Carly. I wasn't watching where I was going. I was.....thinking."

"Thinking, hmm? Thinking about a certain blue eyed hottie who happens to be crazy about you?" She couldn't hide the pride in her voice. She didn't plan on letting anybody live down how right she'd been about the two of them.

"Yes I am." Courtney stated matter of factly. "I'm actually on my way home. Where are you headed?"

"I was going to The Cellar for a few things. I could use a hand if you don't mind. Please? To make up for trying to kill me just now?" She watched her sister-in-law bite her lower lip and could tell that she was desperately anxious to get back to her man. However, she agreed to help. And with good reason, with all the time Carly had spent defending their relationship to her husband.

"I promise it won't take long at all. Five minutes tops!" she nearly laughed grabbing her hand and dragging the younger woman off in the direction of her club. "Lets go."

The women were in the elevator back to their homes. Unlike Carly had promised it had taken quite a while to get everything done. Courtney would have complained to her but there was no point.

"Oh shoot." Carly piped up stillness in the air outside the penthouses. "I think Michael might have left his jacket at your place. Mind if I get it?"

"Alright." she opened the door to let her in and froze in her steps. "Oh my god."

The place was hardly recognizable. Every inch of the floor was covered in rose petals and candles lit up every crevice of the room. It was overwhelmingly beautiful, and she was in a state of shock. Courtney looked back at the woman behind her who held a huge smile across her face.

"I just had to see the look on your face. My work is done." Before she could reply, the older woman shut the door leaving Courtney to admire her environment. She slowly spun in a circle taking it all in.

"You like it?" Hearing his voice, she turned to see Jason, now standing in the middle of the with a single long stemmed rose in his hand.

"Of course. I love it! You did all this?" she asked closing the space between them.

He smiled sheepishly and handed her the flower he'd been admiring.

"Carly was totally in on this wasn't she." she stated realizing that she had been duped. "This is incredible."

"It's not over yet. There an important question I need to ask you."

Jason couldn't help but smile at her as she began to blush completely understanding what he meant. The moment was better then he'd anticipated, less then a year ago he never would have imagined doing this , yet here he was. He took her hands in his and gazed into her deep blue eyes as he spoke.

"You know words aren't' my specialty. Most of the time I say as little as possible, so bear with me on this. I don't know anything about Jason Quartermaine's life or his feelings, and none of that has ever mattered to me. As far as I know, my life only began a few years ago and in my whole life I have loved one person. I have opened up to one person and only let one person touch my soul. That person is you. I fall more in love with you every second of everyday, and it blows my mind when you tell me how lucky you are. When it's really the other way around. I know my life isn't the easiest or the safest or the most acceptable, and I know that it's dangerous to bring you into it. But I'm selfish, and I want you in it with me."

He paused and wiped away the few tears she had rolling down her cheek. Taking a deep breath he bent to one knee and pulled the square box out of his pocket. Opening it he continued.

"So what I'm trying to say is. Will you, knowing all the good and bad of my life, will you still have me? Will you take my name as yours? Courtney Matthews will you marry me?"

By now the tears were cascading down her face and she looked at him lovingly. No matter what he said she would always be the lucky one. Before she could answer they heard a voice through the wood of the door.

"Just say yes I'm dying out here!" Carly exclaimed. She laughed through her tears and finally managed to speak.

"Yes. I'd love to marry you." Both their smiles grew wider as he slipped the ring on her finger and wrapped her up in his arms.

"Can I come in now?"

"Yes. Come in Carly." the dirty blonde swooped into the penthouse grabbing both of her friends in a tight hug.

"I'm so happy for you guys. Oh my god you know what this means? I get to plan a wedding! It'll be so much fun."

"Slow down Carly. We haven't even told Sonny yet." Courtney reminded her.

"Actually he knew I planned on proposing tonight. I asked for his blessing." the only man in the room admitted.

"Mr. Morgan. You did that for me." she giggled.

"Yes I did, soon- to-be Mrs. Morgan." He loved the way sounded and thought it suited her perfectly.

"Alright, I'll leave you to alone to celebrate. Congrats!"

Once Carly left, Jason scooped up his fiancé in his arms and began to ascend the stairs.

"Wait. Wait. Who's going to clean all this up?" Courtney questioned. He set her on the couch while he zipped around the room putting out all the candles. The he proceeded to the door and called out across the hall to the guard.

"Marco. Have some cleaners come by tomorrow afternoon."

"Yes sir." With that taken care of he returned to where he'd left Courtney on the couch admiring the rose he'd given her earlier.

"Where were we?" he asked as he began to cover her neck with soft kisses.

"Well, I think we were on our way to celebrate our engagement. Am I right?"

"Yes, ma'am." Their lips met for an intimate embrace that was intended to be just enough to entice them into getting to bed. It started out soft and soon became full of fiery passion as they ached for each other. Feeling the hunger that could only be filled when two puzzle pieces came to fit together perfectly.

The goal of making it upstairs forgotten, the couple melted into each other. He laid her back on the couch and stripped his shirt over his head, throwing it carelessly to the ground. Indulging himself in her kisses once more, he could feel her hands running over the muscles in his back.

Their kisses continued to grow in intensity and Courtney could literally feel her breath being taken away. They pulled apart momentarily to catch a breath, their forehead laying against the others. She found herself speaking in between breaths.

"Jason?"

"Yes."

"I can't wait to marry you."

A/N: HOLY LORD that was a long chapter huh? Yeah I know my sister (she doesn't want me to say her actual name so I'll call her "betty") doesn't know when to stop and emailed me this whole thing and made me swear to keep it all one chapter so once again if you have a problem with the length or something NOT RHONDA!