It was late in the afternoon when Elizabeth finally awoke. She had worked a double shift at Kelly's the day before, part of that had been with
Courtney, and she had used every ounce of energy to keep herself from hauling off and slapping the man stealing, wo-man. Elizabeth had returned home to her studio and cried herself to sleep. She always thought about Jason, he was an ever present thought, but recently it had become ridiculous. She would dream of him while sleeping. She would walk into the studio and smell his scent. She could see his shy smile and hear his voice. She loved the way he said her name. First, he always called her by her full name. Never once had he called her Liz or Lizzie.
Always Elizabeth, but Jason rarely ever pronounced the first E in her name, so it rolled off of his tongue as "Lizabeth" She felt as if she was crazy for having noticed it. But when a man like Jason Morgan said your name, you couldn't help but pay attention.
Elizabeth looked around her cluttered studio and wondered to herself 'What has Courtney done to deserve having a nice spacious loft bought for her?' 'Duh Lizzie, she slept with the man. Just think what he would have bought if you had done that, not only have you saved his life but then to sleep with him too. I might just have a penthouse suite.'
Elizabeth laughed as she looked at her most recent painting still sitting on the easel. It had been another that she was working on for Jason. It was of Vista Pointe. It showed the city skyline and she knew that he would love it. While living at the penthouse, she had planned to do a series of paintings for Jason or in memory of their love affair. That is, of course, when she thought that they would actually have a love affair. She planned to finish Vista Pointe and then the bridge to nowhere and maybe even something having to do with Jake's. But she no longer had any reason to paint those pictures. There was no need to remember the places they had been together because it was more than obvious to her that they were going nowhere, and they had gotten there fast.
Elizabeth didn't feel like doing anything in particular that day. She didn't have to work at Kelly's 'thank God' and she hadn't planned on going outside of her studio for anything. That was until she looked in her cabinets and saw that she had nothing there to eat. 'Well, not nothing, I have plenty of Ramean Noodles' She laughed at herself then and wondered what Jason was doing right now. 'NO, you are no longer allowed to think about that man. No longer allowed to wonder about that man and what he is doing with Courtney cause they are none of your concern. You are dating a great man, a lawyer on the right side of the law. So stop thinking about that thug'
She decided that she would go to Kelly's for some chili and maybe even a little conversation with Penny.
Jason held the door open for Courtney as they walked into Kelly's, Courtney hadn't been scheduled today but she had a craving for a number 3 and Jason figured he would have the opportunity to check on Elizabeth and make sure that she was doing alright. It had been a few months since she walked out of his life and even though he was with Courtney, he still thought about her and missed her friendship.
Jason looked around and noticed that Penny was the only waitress working. He didn't have to wonder about Elizabeth for long, because as soon as he and Courtney were situated the door opened and Elizabeth Webber breezed in.
'She looks good. She looks like she is taking better care of herself', Jason thought. He didn't mean to stare but he hadn't ever been able to just glance at Elizabeth. She was a woman who captured your attention and held it.
When Elizabeth had seen Courtney and Jason enter Kelly's, she had resigned herself to the fact that she wouldn't be having chili today. But two steps into the walk back to her studio she stopped herself and made herself turn around. 'I will not let Jason and his human attachement deter me from what I want. Be it chili or anything else. Screw them'
She walked in and pretended that the only person in the entire restaurant was Penny, and she headed towards the counter without giving a backwards glance to the pole stroller or her "body guard".
Elizabeth walked around the counter and gave Penny a quick hug. She then stuck her head in the kitchen and called out her hello to Kenny the cook.
"Well don't you look better today?" Penny said grinning at her friend.
"Well thats what about 12 hours of sleep will do to you. And, of course, as soon as I wake up I start craving what?" Elizabeth asked playfully
"Kelly's food" the two women said in unison and then fell into a fit of the giggles.
The other patrons of the restaurant looked over at the two women but both were oblivious to the stares.
"I'm going to get myself a drink while you go wait on the happy couple. I can't believe that they are here", Elizabeth said.
"I can't either, its so strange to me, Courtney can't be bothered to make it to the majoritry of her shifts but she comes in to eat constantly".
Liz laughed at her friend's observation as she walked into the kitchen to retrieve her drink.
Jason watched her go and wondered what had been so funny. It didn't really matter what the joke was, he hoped that they told more. He wanted more of anything that made Elizabeth smile like that.
"Jason, what are you having for lunch" Courtney asked.
Before Jason could get a word out, Penny answered the question for her, "A number seven 86 the unions with black coffee, right?" she said smiling down at him.
"Thats exactly right", Jason said with a smile of his own.
As Penny walked away she thought to herself, 'you would know that if you ever worked Skipper'
As Penny was walking into the kitchen, Elizabeth was walking out and for brief moment her eyes made contact with Jason's. She quicly turned her back to him and sat at the counter to wait for Penny.
Jason wondered about the look that he had seen in her eyes just now. 'Is something wrong with her? Does she need me but is too afraid to ask for help?' his brain continued to come up with possible scenarios and he finally snapped out of his own thoughts and realized that Courtney was talking to him.
"So, I think Carly and I are going to go shopping for new furniture for the penthouses. I told her that I didn't have any money to redecorate but she told me that you wouldn't mind paying for it. And of course, I wouldn't think about redecorating your house without your permission. Because you know, I have my own place. We have our own place and really don't need the penthouse unless you want me to move in there instead of staying at the loft."
Jason realized that he had been listening for a full minute and Courtney hadn't come up for air once. She was rambling, why was that quality so much more endearing coming from Elizabeth?' he thought to himself.
"Liz, he is totally and completely staring at you" Penny announced to her friend.
"No he isn't. He is probably staring up here wondering where his food is. I bet he can't wait to get Beach Bimbo Barbie back home to their little love nest", Elizabeth spat out.
Penny stepped back laughing so hard she had to put her hands on the counter in order to keep from falling. "Oh my god, Liz that was a good one.
I hadn't heard that one before. Oh god, that was so perfect. That is a dead on description of her. I can't wait to tell the other girls. Oh god, Emily is going to LOVE that one"
Ever heard that laughter was contagious? Well it is, Elizabeth had tried to not laugh at her own joke, but it was funny and to see the sheer joy that her friend and co-worker was receiving because of it, made Liz laugh even harder. The two women, once again, fell into a fit of laughter.
Just then Emily walked through the door. She saw her brother and his 'girlfriend' but then she heard the laughter coming form the front of the restaurant. She walked up unnoticed by either women and asked, "what in the world is so funny?"
The sheer confusion on her face caused a suddenly silent Penny and Elizabeth to start laughing all over again. The two women pulled Emily into the kitchen and told her Courtney's new nickname that Liz had given her. Emily threw her head back and laughed.
Penny grabbed Jason and Courtney's orders and the three women made their way back into the dining room.
Emily and Elizabeth sat at the counter laughing while Penny delievered the plates to the happy couple.
Penny was able to compose herself for all of two seconds while in front of Courtney and Jason but when Courtney asked what was so funny Penny could no longer hold it in. She had opened her mouth in an attempt to say that it was 'nothing' but the look of confusion on Courtney's face forced out nothing more than a guffaw. Penny covered her mouth a moment before she snorted out more laughter.
Elizabeth and Emily had turned to see why Penny had begun to laugh again and when they saw the looks on Jason and Courtney's faces they too could do nothing to hold in the laughter. This caused Penny to laugh even harder, until she was doubled over. But all of the merriment came to an end when she saw the look on Jason Morgan's face. It was obvious that he didn't find anything to be that amusing. Penny quickly took her leave of the table and headed back towards her friends.
"I guess your brother doesn't find 'nothing' funny", said the Vietnamese waitress.
"No, I guess not", answered Emily.
"I wonder what that was all about?", Courtney asked.
"Probably nothing, you know how it can be with friends. Something gets to one person and then passes on to the next person. Emily and
Elizabeth get like that all the time", Jason responded.
"oh..." Courtney said dejectedly.
The rest of the meal went off without a hitch for Jason and Courtney. They couple had no idea that the three women were sitting at the counter eating ice cream and coming up with more fitting nicknames for Courtney. Every once in a while a funny name or a truly fitting one would come up and the girls would dissolve into laughter again. At this point, Courtney and Jason were the only two customers in the diner. At the end of every laughing fit Penny, Elizabeth and Emily would each turn around to the couple and offer their apologizes for being too loud. Jason would only nod his head, as if to say no problem. But Courtney had begun to think that they had to be talking about her and she would either ignore the girls completely or scowl at their apologies.
After a while Bobbie came in and saw that quite a few of her employees were at the restaurant. "Well this is a good surprise, some of my favorite workers are here. I need someone to work the dinner shift for me."
Elizabeth cringed when she heard the words leave Bobbie's mouth. She somehow knew that she would be the one who would close down Kellys that night.
Twenty minutes later, after being turned down by all of the employees that were present Bobbie had finally given Elizabeth enough incentive to work that night. She had guarenteed her 2 days off the next week and a vacation day to spend any way that she chose.
"Well I guess this is what I get for coming in for some of Kelly's famous chili.'
Jason had sat back and watched the exchange. He knew that when it came down to it, Elizabeth would be working that night. Elizabeth was always the one who had to work. But at least this would give him a chance to see her later that night. Hopefully Courtney really was busy and that would leave him to take a walk on the pier and find Elizabeth as she closed Kelly's and convince her to go for a ride with him. He looked over at Elizabeth and could tell that the smile plastered on. Elizabeth never had days off, she worked so hard and never really had anything to show for it.
And people like Courtney never did anything and seemed to have it all. Courtney would tell her brother that she didn't want anything from him but she didn't hesitate to take from Jason. The money came from the same place. She surely wasn't going to work for the money. That had been proven in her few months working at kelly's. 'Well, at least this is a way for me to possibley spend some time with Elizabeth.'
Elizabeth had just finished getting ready. She took one look at herself in the mirror and couldn't believe that she had been talked into working tonight. She had known that no one else would offer. Courtney didn't come to her scheduled shifts so why would she pick up an extra one, especcially at night. As she turned off the light and locked the door behind her she couldn't shake the feeling that she had had since that afternoon. She didn't feel as if soneone would die, just she knew something was going to happen. Something that would change everything, She walked to Kelly's constantly turning around to see if anyone was following her. She never saw anyone. She wondered if the feeling just had to do with being guarded by one of Jason's guards. But she had been guarded before and she never had a feeling like this. once she finally turned into the courtyard at Kelly's the fear and apprehension left her. She walked in a began her shift.
Elizabeth had received a call from Bobbie telling her to close early. The was a snow storm on the way and no one with good sense should be coming to the dinner later than 8 o'clock. Elizabeth had just begun her closing routine when she heard the bells chime, notifying her of a customer.
She peaked her head out to tell the person that they only had desserts and drinks left, when she noticed that the customer was Jason.
'If you're looking for your girlfried she isn't working tonight', Elizabeth said as she walked back into the kitchen.
"I'm not here to see Courtney. I wanted to know what was wrong with you. You looked a little tired earlier and I know there is a flu bug going around, cause Carly got it. And I just wanted to make sure..."
Elizabeth looked a Jason with a smirk on her face. Big bad Jason Morgan was rambling.
"Jason, I didn't know you rambled. Why are you nervous?"
"I am not rambling, thats your job. I was just saying that I wanted to make sure that you were alright."
"Why do you care Jason? Courtney is your responsibility, not me"
"Well, you are my friend and I want to make sure that you are feeling alright. Is that why you're closing early?".
"Friends... right" Elizabeth said distantly as she walked to the door to lock it and turn over the closed sign. "No, there's a snow storm coming,
Jason. Haven't you heard about it on the news?"
Jason hadn't liked the tone of her voice or the inflection she had used when she said the word 'friends'. It was as if she didn't believe him that he was still her friend. OR did it mean that she didn't believe him because they were still more than friends. He was confused. He and Elizabeth had been doing this little dance for the last three years. In the beginning, she had been way too young for him. She was barely 18, she was Emily's friend, and then there was Lucky. When he left, he had thought of her constantly and when he came back, he was ready. She was still 18, but Lucky was back and she wasn't ready... again. They had done this dance and almost gotten it right. Then he had lied and she was hurt and she left.
Then Courtney happened. Courtney probably shouldn't have happened, but she wanted him and he just wanted to be wanted. If felt good to be wanted and that's where he made the mistake.
She was in front of him again. "Jason, what are you doing? Are you alright?" She asked pulling him out of his thoughts.
"Yes, I'm fine. I was just thinking. Once you're finished closing, would you like to go for a ride?"
"Did you hear me earlier?" She asked laughing. "There is a snow storm on its way to the upper New York area. That's here, Port Charles. There is no way I'm going out on a bike in that kind of weather."
"Oh yeah, I did hear you say that. Sorry, I just had it in my head that I wanted to go riding with you. And I guess I had finally worked up the nerve to ask. "Just forget it" he said walking towards the door.
She watched him walk away and was hit with the realization that this must be how it feels to watch the person you love walk away. She had done that to him so many times. How many times had he offered her something and all she had given him was a view of her back walking away?
"Jason, wait!" She screamed running towards the door.
He halted with his hand on the door, ready to walk out of Kelly's and perhaps out of her life for good. She was self sufficient and strong. She didn't need him the way Courtney did. She could live without him in her life, but he desperately needed her. He needed someone to be a strong as he always had to be. And that someone was Elizabeth Webber. When he heard her call his name, he wanted to believe that it was for him to come back and be in her life. But he knew that she probably just wanted to make sure that he wasn't going to do something foolish like go for a ride in the snow.
"Please wait, tell me that you aren't about to go riding in a snow storm" she said with her eyes meeting his.
His hopes and shoulders fell when he heard her statement. She didn't want him to kill himself, but she didn't want him to be there with her either.
She just wanted to make sure that he wasn't about to do something stupid. 'Man, am I that predictable?'
"How about this, Morgan. Since you seem so determined to make sure that I am feeling alright, why don't you come back to the studio with me.
We can bring some chili or soup" she said with a sly smile.
"Ugghhh, no soup, Lizabeth. I swear..." he groaned.
"I was joking, just a joke" she said still laughing. "We can get chili and make some sandwiches and take a thermos of coffee back to the studio and watch a movie or something. I will allow you to take care of me this time."
He watched her walk towards the kitchen of Kelly's and started to follow her when his phone rang. He looked down at the caller ID and saw that it was Courtney. "Morgan" he answered.
"Jason, where are you? Don't you know that there is a storm about to blow in? You should be here at the loft with me. When are you coming home?" Courtney whined into the phone.
"I won't be able to make it tonight. I have some things that I need to work on at the warehouse. I'll see you tomorrow, if the roads are clear". he said before hanging up the phone.
Elizabeth yelled for him to come into the kitchen with her and he did as she asked.
"What type of sandwich would you like, sir?"
"Mmmm, I want a number 7, no onions." Jason said.
"Jason, isn't that what you had for lunch? I know that you are a creature of habit and everything but you can't really eat the same meal twice in one day?" Elizabeth said.
"I could, but I guess I won't tonight. Just fix me one of whatever you are having." Jason said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Alright, two turkey clubs coming right up. Here fill up this thermos with that coffee and then grab those to-go containers with the chili in them. And
I will finish these and we'll be ready to go" she said loking up at him with a smile
The duo walked through the docks to Elizabeth's studio. They kept up a friendly banter as they walked and neither could believe how easy it had been for them to fall right back into that comfortable place where their friendship existed.
In her studio, Liz made Jason look through her box of movies to see if he could find something that he wanted to watch. He looked at all of the films as if they were completely foreign to him. He finally settled on one that he knew had to be a chick flick, but the title had caught his eye. It was
Serendipity. Elizabeth set out a blanket on the floor for them to have a mini picnic. She and Jason sat on the floor eating their food, him with his coffee and her with her hot chocolate in complete bliss.
Jason didn't really understand the point of movies and television shows, maybe because of the accident he didn't have the part of the brain that
was stimulated by such things. The movie was interesting enough. It was about two people who had met and basically fallen in love, but life in the movie, just like in the real world, had a way of coming between two people who meant a lot to each other. In the end, the couple came together despite the fact that they were both engaged to other people. It was sappy and a chick flick but when Jason looked at Elizabeth he could see the tears in her eyes.
She saw him watching her and she did not want Jason Morgan to see her cry, but he had chosen the one movie that hit closest to home. She had just recently bought the movie because she heard the plot. She knew that the Jonathan and Sara were incarnations of her and Jason. In true girlie fashion she had bought the movies thinking that it would be a good luck charm in her real life. If they could do it, then she and Jason could definitely be togther. It was a hokie but she was a self proclaimed Christmas freak and what was hokier than that?
"Elizabeth, is something wrong?" Jason asked.
"No, just the movie, its really sweet. I liked it. It's nice to know it all works out in the end; at least for some people" she said the last part in less than a whisper hoping that Jason wouldn't hear it. But he had.
All he could do was stare at her. He wanted to pull her to him in a hug, but he knew that wasn't right. He was with Courtney. He had made the decision that he wanted to bed his best friend and partner's little sister. And that had hurt Elizabeth. 'I am such an idiot' he thought to himself.
"Anyway, would you like to watch another movie?" Elizabeth asked
"Umm, I actually think that I should be getting home" he said looking away from her.
'Home', she knew what that meant. He was going to his precious Courtney. 'Why did I think that he actually would want to stay here in this cramped little studio with me when he could be with her. She got up and started cleaning up their mess.
Jason looked at her and could tell that in an instant, things had changed. She had withdrawn into herself as soon as the words had left his mouth.
He hadn't meant to hurt her. He knew she was thinking that he was going home to Courtney and he actually hadn't decided where he would go.
He got up and went to the window. He had seen, from his place on the floor, that the snow was still falling hard. He hadn't thought that it would accumulate so fast. "Uh, Elizabeth, how would you feel about having company for the rest of the night?' Jason asked.
"Please Jason, you don't have to because you feel sorry for me. Go home to your girlfriend."
"I can't. I wasn't going to Courtney anyway" he didn't know why he had added that fact. "But I think I might be snowed in. I didn't think that snow could get that deep that fast. We left Kelly's around 8:30 and now its quarter till 1 and I don't think I could make it home, walking. Let alone, on my bike.
She walked to the window and looked out. 'Crap', she thought to herself. She looked up at Jason and saw apprehension in his eyes. 'He doesn't want to stay here anymore than I want him to'.
"Wouldn't one of the guards come get you, if you needed them to? You guys have SUVs that could make it through a snow storm.'
"But its not an emergency, Elizabeth. I don't need to be there. Its not even that I want to be there. I just thought that I should probably go, you know?" He looked down at her and saw the question in her eyes. "how about we watch another movie? Not a chick flick. Do you have anything else?" Jason asked
"Of course I have other movies besides romantic comedies" she said emphasizing the words. "We could watch a horro film. How about ... Freddie vs. Jason?"
"What on earth is that?" Jason asked.
"Well its Freddie Krueger, he's this guy who kills you through your dreams while you're sleeping is going against Jason VorHees is this... well he is hard to explain." Elizabeth said. "But basically they are both like serial killers and then fight each other. Its really not scary just kinda funny".
"Oh.". was all that he could manage to get out.
"Don't worry about it Jason, you can pick the next movie too".
"I kinda wish I had a travel book", Jason said.
"OH, that reminds me. I bought this movie the other day and I haven't had the chance to watch it yet. Its a French film that everyone is crazy for.
Penny told me about it and then Emily told me about it and I saw it on sale at the Movie Bin and thought 'what the hay'.
Jason couldn't contain his smile. He loved it when she was excited and rambled. It was definitely an endearing quality.
"Fine, no movie. How about we go out and enjoy the snow" she said raising an eyebrow.
"What did you have in mind?" Jason asked quirking an eyebrow, mimicking her.
"Put on your coat and gloves and follow me" Elizabeth said.
Jason did as he was told. Once they were outside, Elizabeth ran ahead of Jason through the snow. He watched as she turned a corner and was
out of sight. He knew that they were in the middle of a blizzard and she should be ok, but he really didn't feel comfortable with her out of his site for even a second. As he rounded the corner, SPLAT. One second he was looking for Elizabeth and the next he had gotten a snow ball in the face.
He could hear Elizabeth laughing.
"Oh my god,... Jason. I am so sor..." she couldn't finish for the laughter bubbling out of her. "I swear I didn't mean to hit you in the f... fa... face" she said doubling over with the giggles.
Jason calmly wiped the snow from his face. He looked at Elizabeth who was still laughing uncontrollably. He bent down and picked up a handful
of snow. He methodically patted the snow into a ball, never taking his eyes off of Elizabeth's giggling form. He saw Elizabeth lift her head and saw the look on her face as she realized what he was doing.
"Jason, what are you doing?" she asked with fear in her voice.
Jason didn't respond, she could see the look in his eyes. It was the "frozen cement block" look. She knew that she was in trouble. She thought about trying to run but it was slippery and icey and she knew she would bust her butt within seconds.
"Jason? What are you doing?"
He still said nothing, just started walking towards her. When he was within five feet of her, he threw the snowball in her direction. At the last second, she dodged out of the way. Jason simply bent down and picked up another handful of snow. This time, he made more than one snowball.
He packed the extra into his pockets and walked towards her again. He threw the first one and missed again. Next he took out two snowballs, one for each hand and threw them in rapid succession. Elizabeth tried to move to her left then her right but she didn't know which one he would throw first. Both caught her in the chest. Jason saw the look of total surprise on Elizabeth's face. Jason couldn't hold the roll of laughter in.
"Jason Morgan, are you laughing at me?" Elizabeth asked while she picked up handfuls of snow, packing them tightly and stuffing them into her pockets.
He cleared his throat to cover the laugh that he hadn't been able to hold in. "Of course not, would I laugh at you, eLizabeth?"
"Yes you would, Jaaayysonn" she said tauntingly as she started tossing snowballs at his head.
"Oh you're not playing fair Webber", Jason said as he made a run for her.
Elizabeth screamed and tried to run from Jason but he caught her from behind and lifted her up, tickling her the whole time. "Where ya going eLizabeth? Huh?"
"JASE.. Jason, stop, please. I can't ..." she trailed off into another fit of giggles as she and Jason fell to the ground.
"Can't what, Elizabeth? What can't you do?" Jason asked tauntingly as he leaned over her.
"Can't breaaaaattthhhhheeee"Elizabeth said while laughing.
Jason stopped tickling her but still held her hands together over her stomach so that she couldn't retaliate. "I'll let you up, but first you have to
promise that you won't throw anymore snowballs at me. Do you promise?"
Elizabeth looked up into Jason's cerulean eyes and tried to fight the urge within her. She bit down on her lip. Jason watched and knew what she was thinking, unconsciously he licked his bottom lip. He leaned in closer, until he was mere inches away from her face.
"I promise", Elizabeth said before he could press his lips to hers.
Jason shook his head in confusion. "Promise what?"
"Promise to not retaliate if you let me up" Elizabeth said. She knew that she had taken him by surprise. He was no longer focused on her lips, and that was exactly what she wanted. The last thing that Elizabeth needed was to kiss Jason. He would be leaving tomorrow to go back to Courtney
and she didn't need to spend the next few weeks wondering if the kiss actually meant something. It was better this way. She would let him off the hook before things got too out of hand.
Jason had no idea what just happened. One second he was about to kiss Elizabeth and the next ... he wasn't. He sat up, pulling her with him. He stood and reached out his hand to her. She looked at his hand and then attempted to get up on her own. When she was almost to her feet,
Elizabeth hit a patch of ice and her foot slid out from under her, and she landed face first in the snow.
"Elizabeth, Elizabeth, are you alright. Oh god, are you ok?" Jason asked, his voice full of concern.
Elizabeth propped herself up on her elbows and looked at Jason. He was trying hard not to laugh. She was covered with snow. It was all over her face, it was in her hair, hell it was even down her shirt. He reached out his hand to her again. She had learned her lesson about being stubburn.
She took Jason's outstretched hand and allowed him to pull her to her feet. When they were standing facing each other, Elizabeth looked into his eyes again. "Thank you, Jason".
He looked down at her, wiping away the snow from her forehead and hair. He ran his hand down her cheek and then turned and walked away.
Elizabeth stood in that spot for a moment. Wondering what Jason was thinking. Hell she was always wondering what Jason was thinking. When she was finally able to move, she headed back towards the studio. She could see Jason up ahead. He held the door open for her and her
shoulder brushed his chest as she passed under the arm he was holding the door open with. She looked back at him while she was heading up the stairs. Jason's head was down so she couldn't see his face. When they reached her door, the door that he had bought her, she opened the door and allowed him to go in first. When he was in front of her, she pulled the last of her snowballs out of her pocket, simultaneously pulling back the collar of his jacket and shoved the iceball down his shirt. Jason let out a screech that had Elizabeth rolling on the floor.
"Oh you think you are so funny, dontcha Webber? Thats it, you're gonna get it now. You don't even know how bad you're going to get it now."
Jason said as he tried to corner Elizabeth. She moved in one direction, he moved in that direction. She tried to go the other way. Suddenly she stopped. Jason stopped also, a little confused.
"I just realized that I have the advantage. I'm closest to the door. I can just walk out. It would be stupid for me to try to get over there cause then you have an easier time of getting to me" Elizabeth said
While Elizabeth was rationalizing, Jason took that opportunity to rush her. Before she knew it, her back was to the door and there was a very amused Jason Morgan pressed up against her.
"What was that, Webber?" Jason asked sarcastically.
"I said, I think I like you better as a mute" she said laughing.
Jason's hands were around her waist and he began to tickle her. She squirmed in his grip and against his body.
"Jason, please…" she said laughing. "I can't breathe, please baby, please"
"What's wrong, Webber? I can't hear you. What are you trying to say", Jason asked continuing to tickle her.
Elizabeth went from trying to curl into herself, to whipping her head around nearly connecting with jason's jaw. Jason pressed her hard against the door. He stopped tickling her and just looked at her, taking it all in. She was bright red from the laughter and exertion she had used to get out of his grip. She was laughing so hard that she was having a hard time catching her breath. Her blue eyes were sparkling and Jason knew, in that moment what had to happen. He leaned down to her and took her mouth under his. He kissed her the way he had wanted to for the last three years.
Elizabeth saw Jason watching her and then he was on her. And she was loving every second of it. They had kissed like this once before. It was the night she had caught Lucky with Sarah. She wanted revenge and now she just wanted. She continued to kiss him as if life itself depended on it. Then one thought crept into her mind, Courtney. The blonde's face was embedded in her brain now and even kissing someone like Jason Morgan, couldn't make it go away. She pushed heavily against Jason's chest.
"We have to stop. You have a girlfriend and I have a boyfriend. This is not what was supposed to happen tonight", she said angrily as she walked past him.
"I didn't plan for this to happen. I just … it felt right."
"It did, but it isn't right. We are both with other people and we need to respect that. I think we should just go to sleep and forget that any of this happened. Deal?" she asked looking up at Jason.
He looked at her suspiciously for a moment. "Fine" he said as he helped her pull out the sofa into a bed.
They worked in silence, and in the end she got into the bed and scooted to the furthest edge. Jason saw what she was doing and cursed himself for one again losing contol. He slipped under the sheets. He covered himself and turned towards her. She was sleeping on her side, with her back to him. He wanted to pull her to him and sleep with her in his arms, but he knew that she would fight it and she would be right. They were both with others and they needed to respect the decisions they made. He wouldn't pull her to him, but he wanted Elizabeth Webber to be the first thing he saw when he awoke the next morning. Jason's last thought before he closed his eyes was of how beautiful Elizabeth would be with the sun shining on her face and reflecting off of her beautiful blue eyes. He smiled and slipped into a dreamless sleep.
During the night, Elizabeth wasn't as lucky. Her sleep was filled with dreams. The main character in every single one, was the man asleep on the other side of the bed. She and Jason were in Italy, and they had just seen the glass blowers and Jason bought her the most incredible blood red glass vase. Next they were standing on a bridge, in the middle of nowhere staring at the sky.
"Jason"
He had heard her whisper his name. He looked over at her and noticed that she was still asleep. He smiled and couldn't resist the urge to pull her close. He held her against his chest. He kissed forehead and then went back to sleep.