Elizabeth Webber had everything she wanted. Until her whole world came
apart the day that she turned her back on him. On Jason Morgan. The Love
of Her Life. It didn't really fall apart until she found out that he'd slept
with Courtney. All of her dreams about Jason and her fell apart and this time
she was through picking up the pieces. If Jason wanted to be with her, then
it was his turn to work for it.

But it was now looking as though Liz's life was turning around. Emily was
back and she and Ric were getting closer.

But even if Ric and I get together, it won't be the same as if it were me and
Jason, Liz thought as she began to clean up the tables at Kelly's. Liz sighed
and took off her apron. Just as she was about to grab her coat, Ric came down
from his room.

"Hey, Elizabeth." Ric said as he came up to her.

"Hey, Ric. I was just getting ready to go. Do you want to take a walk with me?"
Liz asked hoping that by being with Ric she could forget everything to do with
Jason.

"Sure." Ric replied, happy to be able to spend more time with Elizabeth. He knew
how hard it was on her to learn about Jason and Courtney. Even though he knew she
only needed a friend right now, he couldn't help but want his relationship or
whatever it was with Elizabeth to be more.

As soon as everything was locked up at Kelly's, Liz and Ric walked hand in hand
towards the park. The snow was glistening around them. Liz and Ric walked over
to the bench and sat down.

As Liz sat down, the impact of what she'd been told about Jason and Courtney hit
her and hard. Silent tears slid down her face, her eyes were clouded with pain.

"Liz." Ric whispered, tired of seeing her like this, with all this pain inside of her.
"Stop crying over him. If he's causing you this much pain than don't cry over him.
He's not worth it."

"I just want the pain to stop." Liz muttered. " I don't want him to matter but he does
and I want it to stop. Why did he do this to me?"

" I don't know but all I want to do is to help make you smile again, he said as he
brought up his hand and brushed his thumb across her tears.

Liz couldn't take it anymore. Her emotions were so conflicting. She was still torn up
about Jason but at the same time she was feeling emotions that she thought she only
felt for Jason but was feeling them for Ric. Maybe it's because they are so similar,
Liz thought, which brought a smile to her face. Maybe it's time to move on, get on
with my life. It's obvious that Jason has moved on with his. I don't want to hurt
anymore. With this in mind, she followed her feelings. She grabbed Ric's head and
brought his lips down to meet hers. Her last thought as she and Ric kissed was
"I'm finally free."



Jason had just left Sonny's when he decided to go to Courtney's. It's funny, he thought
as he walked through Port Charles. The things I'm feeling for Courtney....are just so
confusing. I mean she's Sonny's sister for Christ's sake! He sighed as he crossed the
street to Courtney's apartment.

He'd been so busy lately, trying to keep Brenda safe from being arrested for Alcazar's murder.
Skye ended up the one who killed him and was arrested. Then there was the annulment that he
and Brenda went through and now his relationship with Courtney that they were hiding from
Sonny, who would kill him if he found out. He went to her door and knocked. The door opened
and Courtney came out.

"Jason." Courtney said, a smile spreading on her face.

"Hey, I just stopped by to see if you wanted to go out for dinner." Jason said.

"Sure." Courtney replied "Just let me get my coat."

She got her coat and locked the door. They decided that they'd go through the park to where
there was a nice Italian restaurant on the other side. They walked hand in hand, enjoying each
other's company, when they got to the middle of the park. Some one had just shovelled the path
and there were benches right along the path.

As they were walking, Jason noticed a young couple making out on a park bench. He smiled. But
as they got closer to the couple he realized he knew the man. It was that new guy Ric, who Sonny
had just hired. Jason didn't know why but for some reason, he didn't like the guy. It was like he
was hiding something but Jason didn't know what. All he knew was that he hated the guy.

Soon enough, Jason and Courtney were right in front of the couple, when Jason got his first good
glimpse of the women. She had shoulder length brown hair and even though her eyes were closed he
knew what the colour was. They were blue. The women making out with the guy that Jason hated, maybe
as much as his brother, was Elizabeth.