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Chapter 2

Jason could hear water, it sounded like the ocean. Which made no sense because Port Charles, while a harbor town was not anywhere near the ocean. Slowly opening his eyes he shut them quickly against the blinding sunlight. Why the hell was it so fucking bright? He slowly opened his eyes again, blinking until they adjusted to the light. Nothing looked right. Especially not the room he was in. There was no room decorated like this at Sonny's penthouse. It looked like he was on… "How did I get on the island?" He asked on a harsh whisper.

"Jason, you're awake." Elizabeth came over and carefully sat next to his hip. She had a glass of liquid with a straw and held it out to him. "Not too much."

Jason sipped while looking at her and trying to piece together what happened. Obviously he was missing some time. "Why are we on the island?"

"Sonny sent you here to heal." Elizabeth explained.

"Why are you here?" It came out harder than he meant it to and she flinched.

"Um. Sonny wanted someone to take care of you." Elizabeth said slowly.

"I told him not to call you." Jason said in a flat tone. "I'm going to kick his ass the minute I'm able to." He didn't ever want her to see him hurt again.

"He said that he didn't think you would let anyone else take care of you." She explained trying to cover the hurt she was feeling. "I can call him and tell him that I should go home."

"That would be for the best." Jason said putting his head back down and closing his eyes. He was trying to figure how to undo the damage Sonny's little stunt had caused. Jason had been slowly getting closer to Elizabeth. He was trying to make her see that he was the kind of guy she could trust her heart to. That he was not the dangerous criminal everyone said he was. Having to care for him because he got jumped while working wasn't going to do that.

"Okay." Elizabeth put the glass down where he could reach it and walked into the kitchen. "I need to call Sonny." She said to Johnny and Francis.

"Is something wrong with Jason?" The older man could see she was upset.

"Can I please call Sonny?" Elizabeth repeated not wanting to tell him what Jason had said.

"In the office." Francis pointed down the hall. Johnny just shrugged not having a clue what was going on.

In the office she dialed Port Charles. "Corinthos." Sonny was going over the books.

"I need to come home." She was barely holding it together.

"Sweetheart, what's wrong?" Sonny could hear the tears in her voice.

"Jason doesn't want me here. My coming down was a mistake." Elizabeth tried to explain. "I'll just make him feel worse."

"The plane is down for repairs." Sonny wasn't lying, he had it decommissioned so that they couldn't fly home. The only way back would be for her to charter a plane or a boat. "It will be ready in two weeks."

"Oh." Elizabeth bit her lower lip.

"Stay at the house as my guest and when the plane is ready I will send it." Sonny compromised.

"Alright." Elizabeth would just make sure to avoid Jason as much as possible. "Bye."

"Bye." Sonny hung up and immediately called Francis. "What did he do to make her cry?"

"Shit. I have no idea. Let me find out and I'll call you back." Francis looked at Johnny. "He made her cry."

"Seriously?" Johnny looked over at his friend. "Ass."

"Take her out, I'll deal with him." Francis said heading over to where Jason was stretched out. He waited until Johnny left with Liz before starting. "You made her cry."

Jason's eyes popped open. "What?" He asked frowning.

"There is nothing wrong with your ears, you heard me." Francis glared at his boss. "She came all this way to take care of you, and you made her feel bad for caring. I get that you don't feel well and that makes you irritable. Take it out on me but you don't get to be an asshole to Liz." The older man laid down the law. "You want to tell me what happened?"

Jason knew that was not a request. "I snapped at her, because I don't want her to see me like this." He was feeling pretty bad now. She was the last person he wanted to hurt.

"So instead of saying thank you for caring and then saying this is a small part of my job, you make her cry." Francis wanted to be clear. "No wonder you haven't moved past friendship. Do you know anything about women other than how to make them have an orgasm?"

Jason actually blushed beneath his bruises. "I'm not talking about my sex life with you." He muttered.

"A sex life is all you are going to have if you don't get your ass in gear. Elizabeth is a great girl. A forever kind of girl, you don't get a shot at many like her in this life. If you screw it up then she'll be someone else's girl before you know it. And for the record the sex is better when you're in love, so think about that." Francis hoped Jason was listening. Otherwise the next two weeks would be painful.

"Where is she?" Jason couldn't even sit up enough to look around.

"Out with Johnny." Francis waited to see how that went over. He was not disappointed.

"O'Brien is here?" Jason frowned. He didn't like that at all. He was pretty certain that Johnny had a thing for Liz. He was always volunteering to guard her when it was necessary. Or stopping by Kelly's to say hi. Nope that was not good.

"Yeah, Sonny sent us both. I'm guarding you and Johnny is on Liz." Francis chose his words carefully.

"On Liz?" Jason repeated. Fuck, no he did not like the way that sounded. "When will they be back?"

"No clue, I think they may have dinner out." Francis told his boss. "He said something about not bringing her back until she was smiling. If anyone can accomplish that it's OB." He could see Jason turning green with envy.

Johnny got to take Liz out and show her the island and he was stuck on the couch like a lump. A lump she probably wouldn't even talk to when she got back because he was stupid earlier. As they spoke Johnny and Liz were probably in one of the convertibles laughing and flirting.

"You should take a nap. Want me to help you out to one of the loungers?" Francis said, like he hadn't just spent the last few minutes poking the wounded bear.

"No, I'm fine here." Jason reached over and picked up the glass Elizabeth had left. He sucked down the cool fluid and began planning on how to get back in Elizabeth's good graces. Johnny was not stealing her away from him. No fucking way.

Johnny took Elizabeth to Main Street and they strolled from shop to shop. "You haven't bought anything yet." He hadn't ever shopped with a woman who went into a store and left empty handed.

"I know you are used to shopping with women who are spending Sonny's cash. I can't just buy whatever I want." Elizabeth just shrugged. She wasn't upset by that fact, it was simply how life was. "I do have to pay my mortgage next month." Her Gram had left her enough for a down payment and to have a small cushion in the bank.

"You could move in with me. I have a ton of space and a roommate would be nice." Johnny told her.

"I don't think so." Elizabeth snorted.

"I'm not hitting on you." Johnny swore. It was true, he wasn't and it didn't have a damned thing to do with her being Jason's girl. It was just he didn't get that vibe from her.

"Wow Johnny, way to make a girl feel good." Elizabeth said laughing. "First Jason stomps all over me and then you take a turn."

"Don't compare me with him." Johnny said offended. "I would never turn down a pretty girl who wanted to nurse me back to health. Maybe we should take him in for a CAT scan." He hope Francis was putting the screws to Jason. "I was serious about the moving in part."

"So was I. I would be scarred for life by the stream of women that you parade in and out at all hours. Unless you want me to move in so I can work the door." Elizabeth said poking fun at her friend.

"I'm not that bad. It's not like I'm Ritchie. He has a different woman almost every night, I'm more a flavor of the month kind of guy." He said grinning. When she smiled he counted it as a victory.

"That's so much better." Elizabeth said shaking her head. "I'm fine where I am."

"It's not the greatest neighborhood." None of them were happy about where she lived. Liz wasn't too far from the docks.

"It's a good investment. The realtor said that this is the next transitional neighborhood. I'm hoping to get in on the ground floor. If I sell for a good price I can move somewhere better. Besides low overhead makes it so I make a bigger profit when I sell my artwork." Elizabeth explained her reasoning.

Johnny had to admit it was sound. He stopped them at a flower vendor. Picking out a bright red bloom he purchased it and placed it in her hair. He couldn't wait until Jason saw it. "Did you bring any of your art supplies?"

"No, I figured I'd be spending my time at Jason's beck and call. I didn't want to be distracted if Jason needed me." Elizabeth explained why. Her art took all her attention.

"Let me buy you some. Sonny would want me to since Jason was such a tool to you." Johnny now had to convince her to forgive the asshat. "Not that you can really blame him."

"Defending your friend?" Elizabeth let Johnny lead her into a general store.

"He's in a lot of pain." Johnny pointed out. "That makes even the sunniest person snappy."

"That's true." Elizabeth looked at the various pads of paper they had on the shelves.

"And don't tell him I said this but he doesn't want you to see that side of our life." Johnny explained. "None of us do."

"I know what you guys do Johnny. I don't think it's like what I've seen on television, but I know that there's violence." Elizabeth tried not to think on the fact that her closest friends were criminals. There was a reason she hadn't googled any of them. "I don't think Jason spends his day walking around trying to convince folks to do what Sonny wants by giving them cookies."

"No one thinks you are dumb." He held up some colored pencils and when she smiled he handed them over. Then he saw a bigger box of colored pencils and grabbed those instead. "Will this be enough? One box of pencils and one pad of paper?"

"I'm only going to be here for two weeks." She told him. "No need to spend a lot of money on things I have back home."

"I can't convince you to stay." Johnny knew that he couldn't. The only person who could change her mind about leaving was Jason. He needed to offer up an apology as soon as they got home. Hopefully after he noticed the flower in her hair.

"Jason doesn't want me here." That still hurt. "I want him happy."

"Let's get this paid for and we'll see what else we can do." Johnny said taking her to the register, hopefully Francis was having better luck.

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