AN: Ok! This is my second story which I feel bad for writing now because I'm supposed to be writing on my Jim/John story for Sherlock but I'm just not motivated.

Alright this is my second attempt at writing a Jax/Elizabeth pairing. I tried to about 3-4 years ago. This one I'm hoping will go better. The beginning of this story is starting around mid-2010. I figured it was a good time because it allows for both Josslyn and Jake to be alive! (Because I love him dearly Jake will not be dying in this story. It broke my heart to watch. Oh and Josslyn won't get cancer either)

I can't say exactly when because I haven't hammered out the best time but I'm thinking around July when Jax was using Skye to make Carly jealous. I'll either take out that part altogether, or wait until Jax finds out that Carly slept with Sonny and working it out from there.

Oh and one more thing the Niz affair did happen but it ended in January when lucky found out, and Elizabeth never became pregnant. Nick and Elizabeth decided to mutually end their relationship…I think. Also because of the affair Lucky has basically severed all ties with Elizabeth and neglects his duty as Cam and Jake's father. (I can't remember exactly how he was with his son's during this time but Lucky has never really been the most present father and he isn't later on so I'm really just fast-forwarding the process)

Disclaimer: I do not own GH if I did many things would be different than they are now (though I must admit I love Jerry being Port Charles now with all his evil planning)

Something New

Chapter 1: The Fallout

Jax couldn't believe what had just transpired in the last 30 minutes. He had been so sure that their family would be able to start over and that they could be whole again. He should've known better. Honestly, Carly could never stay away from Sonny for long no matter what the man had done. He just couldn't understand how Carly could forget everything that had happened and allow herself and her children to be around Sonny. It was as if the fact that Michael had been shot and put into a coma wasn't a big deal anymore now that he had finally woken up.

It drove him insane, but he guessed that this was partly his fault as well. His role in trying to put Sonny away for the murder of Claudia and it ultimately ending with Michael being sent to Pentonville was enough for her to turn Sonny into the victim he's sure. In one night Carly changed the villain in her mind from Sonny to him. She decided to sleep with Sonny as a kind of revenge for all the wrong she thought was wrought against her.

He hated how no matter what happen she always turned to Sonny, or if he was what she momentarily declared was what she hated (not that it ever seemed to last, regardless of the fact that she said she would never let him back in) then it was Jason she went to. Never him. Never her husband. And honestly that is what drove him the most crazy, she never came to him with her troubles or problems, there was always someone else; mostly Jason. Carly told him when they first became involved that Jason would always be an important part of her life, her best friend and he wouldn't be going anywhere. Jax thought he understood, after all he viewed Alexis the exact same way. He thought he could handle it, but Jason and Carly's relationship was nothing like his and Alexis's. Carly needed Jason in a way that Jax never needed Alexis. Sure when he was lost and needed a new perspective he would go to Alexis, but Carly had to have Jason, and the only way she thought she could hold onto him was to go to him, tell him things, talk to him, go to comfort for; all of these things that she should've been coming to Jax for.

After nearly five years Jax was finally facing, and accepting, the reality that no matter what he would never truly be number one in Carly's life, and he was rarely even in the top two. It caused a deep, painful, and anguished ache to resonate through him.

Jax wasn't sure why now, in this moment, it affected him so deeply; it was hardly the first time he has ever been confronted with the fact.

But that wasn't entirely true. When he really gives it some thought, and reflects on how each time they break apart and come back together, when he realizes that each time it was harder to find a reason to come back and easier each time to find a reason to leave again, when he looks at all of it it's easy to realize; he's just exhausted.

Each tearing apart and then being carefully being glued back only to be torn again has worn him down. For all his love of Carly he just doesn't think he can take anymore. He can't try to fix his family again, just to have to watch it all be torn apart again. He simply doesn't have the strength or the even the will to try anymore.

He's loves Carly but the fact is that they have reached the point where they are no longer good or healthy for each other. All they do anymore is hurt one another. Well not anymore, to salvage what is left of his family Jax will have to do the hardest thing there is to do, let Carly go so they can still enjoy their family together. After all he doesn't plan on abandoning Morgan or Josslyn, he just now see that the only way for them to still stand a chance of raising and keeping their family whole, is for him and Carly to not be together anymore.

He stands from the bench he was sitting on by the pier and walks over to the edge by the water. It was late and the moon shone quite beautifully on the water, which was still tonight; calming. It helped settle his mind and find a quiet but sure confidence that he was making the right decision.

"I just hope that this one time you will listen to me Carly. Listen and see that this is right."

Elizabeth walked down the stairs and flopped down on the couch with a long sigh. She hated the way things had gone lately. She was constantly carrying around this horrible guilt, which she deserved, but it only seemed to get worse every day because nothing was getting better. She deserved the guilt, she deserved the pain, she deserved the looks, and she most definitely deserved Lucky's loathing; of this she has no doubts on. She knows it's her punishment for the horrible thing she did to Lucky and she bears all of it without complaint because she knows that it's only right, and it could be worse.

But that's just it she deserved all of those things, but her boys didn't. No matter what Lucky felt towards her, no matter how much she hated her, it shouldn't affect the way he interacted and treated the boys. They hadn't done anything wrong, and most definitely didn't deserve the complete ignorance that Lucky was giving them right now. But Lucky hadn't even as so much as called the boys; much less keep up with the planned weekend visits he was supposed to make. With each missed weekend visit she could see the look of confusion and sadness increasing on her eldest son's face.

It that night that finally her eldest son, Cameron, asked her about his daddy. He waited until it was just him and her in his room (I'm not sure if Cam and Jake have separate bedrooms or not but for now they will.) and then asked her if daddy was mad at them, and if he was what he could do to prove to daddy that he was sorry and still loved him.

It had broken her heart that her baby could ever think that it was anything he had done that had caused the man he knew as his father to act this way. She had reassured him that Lucky was not mad at him or Jake and that it was nothing they had done, but that he was having a hard time and needed to have some space till he was ok again. Her little boy nodded his head and then proceeded to climb into bed where Elizabeth tucked him in. She had kissed him on the cheek, wished him goodnight, and then proceeded to go where she was now.

She had no idea what to do. She had tried to call Lucky multiple times, which went unanswered, and had left voice mails each time begging to call her back or at least to show up this weekend for the boy's time to visit with him. Her latest call been to plead with to at least call and talk to Cameron, who missed his dad more than anything. It all seemed to be in vain, she hadn't heard anything from Lucky the entire time, not even to yell or scream at her like he had the night he found out about the affair. Her attempts to convince his family to talk to him for her were all met with resistance, Luke even going as far as to say that Lucky wasn't obligated to take care of two children who weren't even biologically his, and if he wasn't going to do it any more than that was his decision.

His words horrified her. At this point how could Lucky not be obligated? Jake was young enough that he could probably forget Lucky after a while, but Cameron had known Lucky as his father since he was an infant; he had never known another father. She prayed Lucky didn't adopt the ideology that Luke seemed to have, it would destroy her, but more importantly it would destroy her little boy's entire world. How would she tell her baby that his father no longer wanted the title? What could she say at all?

Yes she prays that Lucky doesn't think that way.

Her thoughts whirl around the horrifying idea until she finally drifts off to sleep and is confronted with nightmares of Lucky destroying what was left of their family.

Lucky looked into the now empty glass of bourbon. No matter how hard he tried he never could seem to kill the pain he felt by drowning himself in liquor. The anger and feelings of betrayal were just too strong for them to be dulled down. If anything the liquor only seemed to intensify them, which was fine by him. Why should he feel any different? His fiancé and his brother got together behind his back. He had a right to be angry. He couldn't even look at Nikolas without seeing red and the last time ended with him punching him right in the face, again. He hadn't really seen much of his slut of an ex-fiancé but he had gone out of his way to avoid her. He made sure he never came up to the hospital unless absolutely necessary, and even then he made sure she was either home or preoccupied when he did.

He didn't think he had the self-control to see her. His blood would boil at the mention of her name. He couldn't believe when she had the audacity to come to the Haunted Star to ask his family to talk to him about the boys. She had no right to ask his family for anything, but he had to admit he had felt some guilt when she mentioned it.

Until his dad said something he had never considered before.

He had seen the look of outrage and hurt on Elizabeth's face when Luke said that he wasn't obligated to take care of the children she had conceived with other men, and while he felt a small bit of anger at him, another part of him realized that he was right. He had no obligation to children who really weren't even his to begin with. Honestly, he wanted nothing more to do with Elizabeth and being around Cameron and Jake would make it mandatory.

He knew it was horrible but he just didn't want to have to work children that weren't his into his life any longer. How would he ever be able to start over if he had a constant reminder of what was and what had repeatedly failed? He didn't need that with him now. Elizabeth had her chance for them to live their life as a happy family and she shoved it right back in his face.

Well that was fine, but she had to live with the consequences.

Carly held her little girl closer to her, as she rocked her back to sleep. She had been so sure this morning that her Jax were going to be able to fix their marriage and be the happy family she wanted her, Morgan, Josslyn, Michael, and Jax to be. She just couldn't keep her mouth closed though. She naturally had to get all jealous when Jax started sharing his adventure with Skye to Morgan. She had been so sure he had slept with that woman; of course part of her wanted him to have so they would be even, but of course he hadn't. Then he asked her if she had slept with Sonny again and she just couldn't lie to him.

She doesn't know if she'd ever seen Jax look so defeated, so crushed. She could tell he had wanted to be back with her as much as she wanted to. If only he hadn't asked they would be in her taking care of their baby girl together.

Now she doesn't even know if their family can be fixed. They had been through so much these last five years, and she's afraid that Jax has finally reached his breaking point. He hadn't even yelled at her when she confessed, he just talked calmly but sadly, until he finally left.

Carly didn't want this to be the end. She had to convince Jax to give it one more try. After all she had really slept with Sonny months ago, it didn't change how they felt now. And it wasn't like they couldn't be good together, they did have some wonderful happy memories. Like this afternoon. She would remind him of how much fun he had today with her and Morgan and he would have to give them at least one more shot.

She knows she'll be able to convince them. She has to if she's going to keep her family together.

AN: Alright this is the first chapter! Let me know what you guy's think. I am open to corrections and ideas so if you have any let me know!

Thank you for reading!