Disclaimer: Anything remotely recognizable as being a part of the cannon General Hospital.

Claiming any artistic creativity thought up by yours truly. Copy Writers be fore shamed.

~*~
DARK SIDE
~*~

As night falls over the small town, Elizabeth Webber stands in front of her full length mirror, doing a final check on her outfit for the night. A red spaghetti strap blouse topped by her black leather jacket matched with her black leather jeans, form fitted as well as snug, and her black biker boots.

Her boyfriend, Jason Morgan, will be home soon. When he does get there, he'll get ready, and then they'll be on their way to the Nurses' Ball with his two best friends. It was no secret that neither of them liked her, but it was also no secret that she couldn't care less. She loves her boyfriend and - because that's true - she simply tolerates them.

"Hey." she greets her boyfriend at the door, helping him out of his leather jacket.

"Hey." he greets her back, pulling her into his arms once she hangs his jacket up. "Why do you always have to make it so hard for me to take you out?"

"Simply incentive to get back home sooner." she smirks, her eyes sliding closed as his lips come crashing into hers. Each kiss seemed to leave her wanting more, never feeling like enough. "We can always stay in."

"Nice try." he shakes his head, placing a soft kiss upon her forehead. "Tonight's important to both of us, remember?"

"I remember." she sighs, stepping out of his embrace. "Gun."

"Its not going to be that bad tonight." he assures her as he hands over his gun for her to place on the desk. "Promise."

"Making promises you can't keep...for shame, Morgan." she smiles slightly, leaning against the back of the club chair. "If you hurry, we can have a beer before we have to meet them downstairs."

"If they start up, we'll leave." he promises, leaning over and kissing her softly. "Okay?"

"Okay." she agrees, shaking her head. "Now hurry up. I want that beer."

"I won't be long."

Watching him walk up the stairs, Elizabeth waits for him to round the corner before she turns her focus to her sketch pad on the chair. Settling into the chair, she decides to kill time by finishing off a couple of her sketches that needed just a few final touches to be completed. She has an art exhibition in a couple days and these sketches will tie the entire show together.

The sound of a door opening and closing upstairs prompts Elizabeth to set her sketch pad to the side before rising to her feet. Her boyfriend usually takes about five minutes to get dressed, giving her enough time to walk into the kitchen, get the beer, and meet him at the bottom of the steps when he's done.

"You sure you want to go out tonight?" Elizabeth comments, looking him over before handing him a bottle of beer. "Because, dressed like that, it doesn't seem like it."

"We're going out tonight." Jason shakes his head with a slight smirk. "How was your day?"

"Where to start?" she counters, walking over to sit on the couch with him. "Got into a fight with my brother, gossiped about by my sister, and got hit on by Luke's son."

"Lucky?"

"It sure wasn't Ethan." she says plainly, downing half her beer. "I swear, the guy gets creepier every time I see him."

"There was a time that you used to be in love with him."

"Don't remind me." she sighs, looking at him seriously. "Anyway, that pretty much sums up my day."

"Do I want to know why you fought with your brother this time?"

"Same fight, different day." she assures him. "What about you? How was work?"

"Complicated." Jason admits, downing the rest of his beer before setting it down. "Thanks to Vince, I had to reroute our entire shipment log."

"Vince was the mole?" she looks at him curiously. "Can't say I saw that one coming."

"Yeah." he rubs the back of his neck to loosen the tension. "Anyway, when I finally had the shipments settled, two forklifts jammed and we had to clear out the main warehouse for a surprise raid."

"I'm sorry you had a tough day." she says softly, straddling his lap, running her fingers through his hair. "But, knowing you, I know you handled it with a straight face."

"Don't I always?"

"You wouldn't be my boyfriend if you didn't." she counters, kissing him soundly, enjoying the fact that he was giving her control of the kiss. "Tonight, I'll make it worth your while for the day you had."

"You're on." he smirks, kissing her forehead before standing them both up. "Ready to go?"

"Sure."

Handing him his gun, Elizabeth waits for him to secure it at the small of his back before helping him into his jacket, smirking slightly when he turns around to face her. He knows, better than anyone, just how much she hated spending time with his friends, but he also knows that she'd do it all day every day if it made him happy. Just like he'd spend the day with her friends if it meant putting a smile on her face.

Getting downstairs, they met up with the guards, giving Jason the chance to go over the security detail for the event. Once he was sure that everything was set and locked up tight, they moved on to meet up with his best friends, Sonny and Carly Corinthos. Two of Elizabeth's most loyal haters.

"Jason!" Carly says with a bright smile as they approach, her smile dropping when she notices that Jason's in his usual attire. "Why aren't you wearing the tux we bought you?"

"After the day I just had, I'm gonna wear what I'm gonna wear." Jason says plainly, shaking his partner's hand. "Everything's set at the hotel."

"Good." Sonny shakes his head. "Shall we?"

"This is a classy event, Jase." Carly complains further, eyeing him intently. "You're the one that said this event means a lot to you."

"Jason's a grown ass man. What he wears is none of your damn business." Elizabeth states plainly, walking over to where one of the guards, Johnny, was opening the door. "Hey, John."

"Hey, Liz." Johnny replies, smiling slightly. "You look beautiful."

"Thanks." she returns his smile before sliding into the limo.

"Do you seriously have to bring her with you?" Carly asks Jason, looking at him irritably. "I mean, come on, what the hell do you see in that?"

"Don't start." Jason says sternly before sliding into the limo and taking his seat beside Elizabeth.

Slipping his hand into hers, they wait for Sonny and Carly to get into the limo before giving the driver the okay to head to the hotel. While Sonny and Jason start talking about pretty much anything, Elizabeth stares out the window at the passing scenery while Carly glares at her from her spot beside Sonny. Clearly it was going to be a long night.

"I don't care what it takes." Carly states, snapping her bread stick in half, watching Jason and Elizabeth as they get a drink at the bar. "I'm going to split them up if its the last thing I do!"

"Not another one of your plans." Sonny sighs, downing his glass of scotch. "Do we really need to go through another one?"

"Shut up." Carly snaps, turning her attention to him. "Besides, its already be set into motion."

"Do I even want to know?"

"Not really." Carly smirks, rising to her feet. "Dance with me."

While Carly's mind began to think up more phases to her plan, Jason and Elizabeth return to the table to enjoy some time alone and couple bottles of beer. So far, the night has yet to progress any further than the normal back and forth snide comments between Carly and Elizabeth. Something Jason was glad about because he really wanted to enjoy the night out with his girlfriend.

"I can hear you thinking." Jason teases when they finally settle their chairs in an angle where she's sitting in front of him and laying back against his chest. "What's on your mind?"

"My Grams." she sighs, setting her beer down on the table. "She hasn't responded to my invitation yet."

"You're afraid she won't come?"

"Kind of." she admits, smiling slightly when his hands come around to rest on her abdomen. "I know we haven't been on the best of terms lately, but I thought we were starting to get past things."

"Give her time." Jason kisses her temple. "She'll come around."

"I hope so." she sighs, turning her focus to the stage when Alan Quartermaine walks on stage. "I really want her to be there."

"And she will be." Jason promises, making a silent promise to do whatever it took to get that old lady to Elizabeth's art exhibition.

While the night continued on, Jason and Elizabeth were starting to feel comfortable in saying that the night was turning out to be better than they had expected. Whenever going out into public on a double date with Sonny and Carly, they usually wait until the end of the night to decide whether it had been a good night or not. And when its not a good night, well, they spend the remainder of the night turning it into a good one on their own.

"Hi, you're Jason, right?" a blonde comes up to him at the bar, Elizabeth having gone to the ladies' room.

"Yeah." Jason replies, gesturing to the bartender before holding up the two empty bottles of beer.

"Aren't you gonna ask who I am?" she counters, smirking seductively.

"I would if I cared." he retorts, wishing the bartender would hurry up with the beer.

"Well, I'm Courtney." she says simply, hopping up onto the bar stool. "I'm a friend of Carly's."

"Of course you are." Jason says plainly, taking the beer from the bartender before turning to walk away, only for the blonde to block his way. "Move."

"No need to be so rude." she says softly, reaching up and touching his arm. "Wow, you're built."

"Take your hand off my boyfriend." Elizabeth states from behind Courtney.

"What, afraid of a little competition?" Courtney counters. "With a man like him, you should be expecting it by now."

"I don't see any competition." Elizabeth states plainly. "All I see is a woman too desperate to realize she couldn't stand a chance even if she was standing in front of him with nothing but a smile on."

"Big talk from a small girl." Courtney counters, getting into Elizabeth's personal space. "You're all bark, no bite."

"Of course you'd use a dog reference." Elizabeth scoffs, rolling her eyes. "Seeing as you are one."

"Ready to get out of here?" Jason asks, pushing past Courtney and slipping his hand into hers.

"More than ready." Elizabeth states, taking the beers and putting it on the bar before walking with Jason to the table.

"Pull something like that again, Carly and you won't like what happens." Jason states, glaring at his best friend. "We're leaving."

Handing over their donation, Jason and Elizabeth have one of the guards take them home before they set off on a bike ride up the winding road. It was no surprise to either of them that Carly would try to have someone seduce him, it was kind of expected by now. Jason was just angry with the fact that she couldn't leave tonight alone and screw with them some other day. Tonight meant a lot to both of them and they were forced to leave because of Carly's childish tactics.

"If I remember correctly, I'm pretty sure you promised to make my crappy day worth my while." Jason whispers as they lay down on the blanket spread over the bridge to nowhere.

"Oh, you remembered correctly." she smirks, looking up at him with love in her eyes. "You know I love you, right?"

"I know." he assures, kissing her softly before brushing her bangs from her face. "I love you!"

Reviews politely encouraged! :D Hope you enjoyed!