This is my take on what "Through the Mirror Darkly" has started with in her story "Pointing Fingers Often Get Broken". I do not own this storyline or characters. The storyline belongs to Through the Mirror Darkly and the characters belong to ABC and General Hospital. This is going to be a story of Nik telling Jason at the Nurses' Ball and how he felt about the news that he was Jason Morgan.
The night of the Nurses' Ball was one of Elizabeth's favorite nights of the year. She had loved it when she first came to Port Charles and then Lucy moved away and it ended for a while. When her friend, Sabrina wanted it started again for Emma, it was a great night for everyone all over again. She was excited to see it and even though her and Jake were not together, she was happy that she knew he would be there.
She was dating Ric again and something kept telling her that he was a big mistake. She couldn't quite put her finger on it but sometimes the man just seemed too good to be true and then she finds that he usually isn't that great of a man. She hoped that she was wrong. Cameron was excited because he got to be with Emma that night. Molly and TJ were there and the excitement was building.
Jake was there with Hayden who he believed was his wife. The thing that he didn't understand was the fact that he didn't remember her at all but he felt that he knew Elizabeth. It could be because she was the last person he saw when he went into surgery and the first face he saw when he woke up. He felt like they knew each other and he believed and loved her. She stood by him when no one except Carly would. She trusted him with her children and home. She believed in him when he didn't even believe in himself. Why couldn't she be his wife and not Hayden.
The two of them watched as Ric proposed to Elizabeth. He saw that she was happy but a little sad at the same time. Then Carly came onto the stage and everyone found out that Jake was not Hayden's husband. Carly found the man that posed as Jake before the surgery and he told everyone that Ric paid him and Hayden to pretend to be this couple for the wedding shoot. It was all a ruse to get Jake away from Elizabeth.
Jake saw how devastated Elizabeth was when she realized that she had been tricked again. He watched her run out of the room and he wanted to comfort her. When he got out of the room he saw Nik. Nik wanted to speak to him alone.
"Nik, this isn't the time to talk to me. I have to go see how Elizabeth is and help her get over Ric."
"I think that you need to know who you truly are and then you can do what you need to do. The truth is you are really married but not to Hayden. You are married to my cousin, Samantha Morgan. You are Jason Morgan. I don't know why my grandmother did this to you but I do know that you are Jason Morgan because she told me you were and I have your wedding ring to prove it to you."
"I know that your grandmother had me brainwashed to do her bidding but now you are telling me the reason she did it was because I am Jason Morgan. I have heard enough stories about him that I realize that he could have done all the things that I did without thinking but why would she do this and why are you telling me now. Did you just find out about it?"
"I have known for a little while but I tried to forget about it. I know that it was wrong but when I saw what Ric did to you and to Elizabeth, I knew I had to tell you the truth. I am sorry for holding on to this for so long but you have to understand that I am under a lot of pressure due to my upbringing. Now you can tell everyone or not. I am not here to judge you but I know that you need to know this and I am going now."
Jake just stood there stunned. He couldn't believe that he was truly Jason Morgan. What did that mean now? He realized that he was married to someone that he barely knew and didn't really get along with and that she was happy. He did understand why Danny was so attached to him. It made a lot of sense that his young son would realize who he was and no one else. It was just a feeling that the young boy had about him.
Elizabeth asked Patrick if he could take Cameron home. She just wanted to be alone. She knew that everyone was laughing at her behind her back because she fell for his story again. Her life could never be easy because she kept falling into the same patterns that she had before.
Elizabeth went home and took off her ball gown. She got into her tub and just stayed there trying to erase that night. She thought she heard a knock on the door and went to put something on.
"Wait a minute, I am coming." She reached the door and saw Jake on the other side. She let him in and he could tell that she had been crying.
"I am so sorry about Ric. Well, okay maybe not but I am sorry about what he did to you. You deserve so much better."
"Thank you for that. Jake, you are just the man I needed to see. I guess now you are finally free of Hayden. That must make you feel better. I believed everything the two of them said to me. How stupid can I be? I guess I deserve it because of the things that I have done in my past."
Jason looked into her eyes and for the first time, he knew that he was Jason and that Elizabeth was the one person he wanted to be with. He just didn't know how to tell her the truth and what he expected from her or from Sam. He was totally confused on both parts. He knew that he didn't love Sam and even though his memories were starting to come back, he knew that his true feelings were for Elizabeth.
"I want to know how I can help you right now? Is there any place you would like to go or anything you would like to do?"
"I just want you to hold me Jake. I thought I wanted to be alone but with you here, I know that the only thing that I want right now is you. Can you do that for me? I am not sure what I actually need from you but I want you to sleep with me tonight and just hold me. Tell me that I am going to be okay and I will believe you."
"I can do that for you. Would you like to go away for the day tomorrow? I could take you on my bike and we could go for a ride to nowhere."
Elizabeth just looked at him real funny. "A ride to nowhere? Are you talking about taking a ride and not knowing where you are going to you get there or are you talking about the place "Nowhere" where Jason and I used to ride too? Did I even tell you about that place? I am sorry I didn't mean to say that. It's just a place that Jason and I would go too. I go there alone sometimes but never with anyone else."
"I think I might have heard you say something about "nowhere" when you talking about Jason. It just came right out of my mouth. I hope I didn't overstep." He was going to have to play it cool so he wouldn't give himself away till he was ready.
"It is okay. I was just thrown for a second. Are you ready to go to bed? I think that I have had enough tonight." Just then the doorbell rang. It was Patrick coming over to get some clothes for Cameron to spend the night.
"Hi! I just wanted to get Cam some clothes and when do you want to get him tomorrow. I plan on taking Emma to a movie and we could take Cam and bring him back afterwards. We should be home around three if that sounds good."
"Thanks, Patrick. Jake planned on taking me for a ride on his motorcycle. I am not sure exactly when we are going but we could meet you guys at Kelly's for three tomorrow afternoon. It should give us plenty of time to go for our ride and come back. I appreciate you taking care of my son like this."
"I am glad that Jake is here to keep you company. I am also glad that Ric is out of your life and Hayden too. You never can tell what is going on in that man's head."
Jake brought down the clothes for Cam and Patrick took off. "I think we need to lock up and try this bed thing out again."
Elizabeth and Jake then headed upstairs and fell asleep in each other's arms. Jason started to have a dream but he was not alone in this dream.
"Elizabeth, you need to come here and tell me again what you just said. I think my hearing is a little bit off. It must be because of our sons running around us."
"I told you that I loved you and that we are having another baby. We have our three boys but I think we need a girl too. I need a girl because there are too many boys' things around here and I want a girl to spoil and pamper like you do our sons."
The two of them had fought tooth and nail to get where they were and Jason was not going to let go. He loved his family and was excited because Elizabeth was going to have another child with him. They had been married for a year and it seemed like everything was falling into place.
Elizabeth gave up nursing but when into interior designing and also back to painting. He had a home built for them at Vista Point and it was truly a work of art in itself. Elizabeth had her studio in back of their home and Jason went into the security business with Spinelli.
His first client was ELQ and then it just blossomed from there. His favorite thing to do was putting in security systems in the new houses. There were a couple of new developments and Jason worked his butt off to get the contractors to let him put in his new security systems.
He even got work from Sonny and the five families. They loved the work that Spinelli and Jason did for them and referred them to their friends. Their operation was small at first but now it had grown to ten installers, marketing team and a legal team. They also had secretaries and someone to answer the phones.
Elizabeth helped design their new home and also his office space. The boys were in school so when Elizabeth was doing her interior design work she was painting in her studio.
"I want to tell you that you made the most beautiful bride that I have ever seen. I have seen a lot of them too but you were perfect. I just wish that my dad, sister and grandparents were there to see you."
"I know that they saw us. They just had better seats than everyone else. I told you that I had a dream about Emily right before our wedding. She wanted us to know that she would be there with us. She also told me in a dream last night that I was getting my little girl and we were naming her Lila after your grandmother."
"I love that idea. I know that my grandmother would be very pleased about that. Do you think that we should get you a doctor's appointment so we can see how our little angel is doing?"
"I have an appointment with Kelly this coming Friday. I made it for that day because the boys will be in school and you have a light day at work. Spinelli already informed me that you have no appointments that afternoon. I give him his orange soda and he tells me everything."
"I am going to have to take his orange soda away because I could accidently tell him about a Christmas present I have for you and then you would know before you unwrap it at Christmas. I am not having that happen again."
"Oh, you need to give Spinelli a break. Remember he left Washington to be here with you. Although it makes it easier for him to co-parent with Maxie and Nathan. I am so happy that Ellie got a new job here so he didn't have to leave her."
"You are too sweet. I think that we should see if the boys want to go swimming in our pool. It is the surest way to get out all of their excess energy. I am so glad that you talked me into having a swimming pool indoors and outdoors. The weather maybe frightful outside but it is delightful in here."
"If you let me have my way, I would decorate down here too. I guess I can't do that to your man-cave. I am looking forward to Christmas this year. It is just two weeks away. The boys have already written to Santa, so we know what to get them. I also have your present planned and it is perfect. Just you wait and see."
"I have yours too. I think that we need a family vacation before we have our little girl. I was thinking that we could take a ride to California, so you can see Robin and Cam can see Emma. I know how much he misses her."
"That sounds great but can we also stop in Vegas. I want to check out the new hotel that Sonny built. I heard that it is absolutely beautiful and the design was by Carly. I have to go check that out."
"It is opening the first week of March. We can fly to Vegas first and then go to California. I think that would be the best. I just have to ask if you mind if we take Danny. He loves to fly and I know that he would love to see everything with us. Sam is being nice for a change so I need to bring Danny while I have a chance. She usually is not in this good of a mood but I think that is because she finally found someone who gets her and loves her anyway."
"You know I love Danny and have no problems taking him with us. I did talk to Sam the other day and she is going to let Danny spend a few hours with us on Christmas Eve. She also asked if we could watch him New Year's Eve because she has a date that night. I told her that we would love that. We like low-key New Year Eve's anyway so it will work out perfectly."
Jason just looked at her and pulled her into him for a long hot kiss. She was so sweet but when they kissed she was hot. The two of them gathered the boys and went into their home. The boys changed into their swimsuits and so did their parents. There was a tiny bump already that Jason could see. The boys just thought that mom was gaining some weight. They would never tease her about that because they believed their mom was the most awesome mom in the world. They also thought that their dad was the smartest because he picked their mom over Sam.
Then his phone rang and woke Jason out of his dream.
He saw that the call was from Carly and she wondered how he was doing. "I hope that I didn't wake you but I was worried about you. Are you okay? Just answer me and I will let you go back to whatever you were doing."
"I am fine Carly. I am over at Elizabeth's house. I am trying to make sure that she is okay after what happened with Ric. I can't believe that he would do something like this again to her."
"What do you mean, again? Did she tell you that he has done this to her before, many times over but in different ways? He even kidnapped me and chained me to a wall in their home. That man will never learn."
"I can't remember exactly but I can tell by the way she acted that he has hurt her before. I have to go. I will call you later, Carly."
He got off the phone and got out of her bed. He went downstairs and tried to think. He was remembering more and he wished he could say something but what would he say. He saw her come downstairs with a strange look on her face.
"Jake, are you leaving or just trying to put your thoughts together? You have that look that I have seen before on Jason, when he wanted to tell me something but wasn't sure how too. I am sorry, you aren't him. It's just that you have some of the same mannerisms as he does. Do you want to have a drink? I think I could use a cup of hot chocolate. I could get you a beer. I have some in the fridge."
"Yeah, I could use a beer. Do you really think that I act like him? I mean with everything that he has done to hurt you and others in this town. I am not sure how I feel about that."
"I didn't mean it like that. It is just when you are thinking about saying something, you look like he did when he was trying to say something not to hurt anyone's feelings and you could almost feel what he was trying to say even before he said it."
"Oh, I guess I understand that. I want you to know that I love you Elizabeth. You are my best friend and I hope someday that you will think of me that way too."
"I already do. You are the sweetest, kindest man that I know. Just be you and we will be fine."