Reality is all about Perception

Disclaimer: Characters and settings are the property of ABC/Disney and the writers/producers of General Hospital. No copyright infringement is intended.

AN: Waring… Johnny DeMarco is an old character on GH. He's based more on Sara's interruption of him then what I can remember of him. Jason and Johnny were/are more like best friends than Sonny and Jason ever were. For TessFan… here are your Jarly scenes!

As he wrapped his arm around her slender frame, Jason could feel her turbulent emotions shuddered her frame. Pulling her closer, he was rewarded with a deep sigh that expelled all of the tension from her body. His noise was tickled with her perform.

"Michael and Morgan are sharing a bedroom, tonight. While Josslyn will share our room," Jason stated as he opened the boys bedroom door. Inside he saw Michael pacing the length of the room struggling to calm the fusing infant within his arms, while Morgan looked on in amusement from his bed. "Lost the coin toss?" Jason inquired.

"Yeah… I get the bottom bunk, while Michael gets the top. But he has to take care of Josslyn," Morgan stated as he snickered at his brother.

"Laugh it up," Michael grumbled as winched as Josslyn made her displeasure known.

Jason couldn't help but smirk at the siblings interaction. Hearing Josslyn start to go from just being fussy to downright demanding, Jason shook his head. 'What did you expect, she is Carly's daughter.' Jason glanced at Carly under his lashes, noting that she didn't reach for Josslyn.

"Michael, give Josslyn here and get ready for bed," Jason ordered. "The two of you should already be asleep."

"It's alright, Michael usually helps out with Josslyn, since …" Morgan explained before he cut off his words biting his lower lip. Jason knew from his wounded look that he must have thought that he said something he felt he shouldn't have.

"Carly?" Jason probed.

"Josslyn, is fussy about who she lets hold her. She wouldn't tolerate Jax holding her for long, let alone getting her ready for bed," Carly explained as she fidgeted. "She barely tolerates Mercedes, Michael and Morgan but she really just prefers me."

"Michael, give Josslyn to me and go to bed," Jason ordered as Michael handed over the squalling child. Gazing down at her, Jason cataloged all of her features and filed them away for future reference.

"Enough." Within moments the child settled down amazing the other there occupants. He waited silently for the child to give him her acceptance. He heard Michael huffing as Morgan softly coughed. Taking his gaze off the child and peering at the two boys, Jason was confused until they burst out laughing. As he looked at Carly, he could see that she took was holding back her laughter.

"What?" Jason questioned, which only caused them to laugh all the harder. "Their all crazy, that's another thing that you all get that from your mother," Jason muttered to Josslyn who blew bubbles up at him and clapped her hands happily.

~Jarly~

As he clutched the phone to his ear, Max attempted to take a fortifying breath. With each ring, Max's nerves started to get the better of him. He watched as his hot breath became white clouds of puff. 'I really should take up smoking. That is something I can also carry with me.'

"Where is that fucker?" DeMarco growled unexpectedly in Max's ear causing him to jump.

"Johnny… Jason's busy with Carly…" Max stuttered as he tried to control his shaking.

"When isn't he?" DeMarco dismissed.

"How is the weather down there?" Max choked out trying to stall.

"Quit pussyfooting around. Unlike Sonny, I don't need life sugarcoated," DeMarco ordered. Max could hear a shower being shut off.

"Ah… where do I start?" Max asked right before he heard DeMarco growl again. "We have a possible situation with Jason's potential children. Jax was setting up crap around her, Carly I mean. You did know that she was married to him, right?"

"I live in Puerto Rico, not Siberia," DeMarco commented snidely before taking control. "Let's cut the foreplay here. Has the situation been contained for the next several hours? And what do you mean Jason's kids? I only know of Jake, and just what does Jason want me to do from here?"

"Jason's calling you up. Situation is contained and will remain so until the morning," Max rushed out before whispering. "Hopefully."

"What the hell do you mean hopefully? Either it is or is not," DeMarco snapped.

"We keep finding unexpected situations," Max replied.

"What the hell do you expect? Carly's involved. Nothing is as you expect it," DeMarco dismissed. "Elaborate on Jason having more than one kid."

"It looks like when Jason had the brain surgery, Sonny or Sam, made sure Jason had made a donation to a local fertility clinic, which there are now two possible babies," Max rushed out. "When Jax somehow found out about it and decided to use in place of his own, we think."

"My god, it's like straight from a horror movie," DeMarco stated as he burst out laughing. "The only thing that could make this worst is for Carly to find out."

"One of the kids, is hers," Max whispered as he looked around him.

"Oh this is too much! Just stop I'm getting stomach pains!" DeMarco laughed hard before he abruptly stopped. "Get that fucker on this phone."

"Yes sir," Max answered as he swallowed hard. As Max entered the house, he could hear Carly and her children laughing. Shooting his brother a probing look, he wasn't surprised to see him shrug his shoulders. Gnawing his teeth, Max quickly made his way towards the laughter.

"Ahm, Boss he wants to speak to you," Max interrupted softly.

"Thanks Max," Jason snorted as he took the phone. "I need to take this. Michael watch your mother, she's a wily one."

"Jason!" Carly admonished as she casted a pleading face towards Michael.

"You got it, come on Mom. Let's move you away from the temptation," Michael laughed as he wrapped his arms around his mother. Carly in turn quickly turned it into a hug.

"Hey, don't leave me out!" Morgan stated as he wrapped his arms around both his mother and Michael.

Jason watched the scene for a few seconds before quickly moving into Carly's bedroom and closing the door. Looking down at the little girl in his arms, he smirked as he put the phone to his ear. "Ok, fucker what did you want?"

"I hear congratulations might be in order," DeMarco taunted. "Do you want me to bring you a gift?"

"Depends, what type of gift are we talking about? Am I going to like or is Carly?" Jason probed as he placed Josslyn down on the bed.

"I'll give you a few clues," DeMarco teased. "Its name starts with an 'f' as in fucker and ends in an 'o' as in oh my poor ass."

"Franco," Jason whispered in awe. "How?"

"What do you mean how?" DeMarco snapped. "You're a mob boy; it's not a matter of how but when. Has cleaning up for Sonny turned you stupid?"

"Maybe," Jason answered as he sat down on the bed. He ran a tired hand over his face. "It's getting worst up here. Jax was setting her up for jail time at the very least and Sonny has decided that he wants to protect Michael by going on trail for him."

"Yeah I heard, but rest assured I'll be there in five hours," DeMarco snickered.

"And then there is …"

"What, the horror movie that is your life? The real possibility that Sam or Sonny deliberately took away your choice on who gets to have your kids? Or that Jax, that pansy, somehow got a hold of that bit of you and used it to his own end. On the bright side, be happy that Carly didn't know she could bare your children at any point in time," DeMarco summed up. "Because we both know that sure as shit there would have been a hell of a lot more than two by now."

"Your right, she still does nothing in moderation," Jason laughed as he looked down at Josslyn. "I'll have Francis pick you up and I have arranged for you to use penthouse one."

"Damn, it's going to be good to be home. I'll call him next and give him my itinerary. It's going to be just like old times, huh?" DeMarco laughed.

~Jarly~

"You can't keep me here! Call Jason! Just call him," Sam demanded as she ranted at the guard who stand silently at the doorway to her prison. "I demand that you call Jason right now!" She rushed up to the door slamming both of her hands on it, in a vain attempt to get the guards attention.

"Do you know what Jason is going to do to you when he finds out that you have locked me up here? He's going to kill you! I guarantee it," Sam screamed as she pounded on the door. "Let me out!"

"Ethan, she giving you trouble?" Francis inquired as he approached the guard.

"A headache, yeah, trouble no," the guard laughed as he greeted Francis. "Rumor has that DeMarco will be joining us soon. Ah, good times are a coming…"

"Just remember not to get on his bad side," Francis stated as he confirmed the rumor. Staring at the door, Francis smirked as the woman inside continued to scream herself hoarse. "Do you think it's just temporary?"

"Hell no! I was over at Carly's earlier tonight. That place went up faster than a matchbox car," Ethan summarized. "But he has taken the territory back before and gave it back to Sonny."

"Yeah, but we both saw the return of the Boss tonight and calling for his right hand man. I bet it won't be long before he takes back everything that was once his, the territory, the power and that does include his woman and son," Francis stated as pointed his finger at the door in front of him. "He's cleaning house."

"Let us hope that he remember to let us help," Ethan laughed before he rolled his eyes at the screech that came from behind him. "Carly would have been a lot more creative."

"Hell, LuLu is more creative," Francis stated comparing the older woman to the teenager. "Carly would have been out of there by now and giving us pointers."

"I'll show you. I'll make you take me seriously! Jason will kill you!" Sam bellowed as something ripped and ripped again.

Raising his eyebrow at Ethan, Francis peered into the room. Shaking his head, he pulled out his cell phone. Hitting the speed dial, he grumbled as he waited for the other person to pick up the phone.

"Yeah?"

"Boss, she's ripping off her clothes," Francis stated making sure to cover to his ass should the Boss not take back the territory.

"Jason! Jason help me!" Sam bellowed from within the confined space. "They have me locked up. Jason, they're ripping off my clothes! Help me, Jason!"

"DeMarco contact you?" Jason asked softly.

"Yes sir," Francis said as he held his breath.

"Bring him to me when he gets in," Jason ordered. "But until then enjoy the floor show."

"Yes Boss," Francis snickered as he hung up the phone. Nodding to Ethan, Francis stepped into Sam's direct line of vision. "Boss says we're to enjoy the floor show. Is this how you got Ric all hot and bothered? Cause I gotta tell ya, it's doing nothing for me."

~Jarly~

"Who was that on the phone?" Carly questioned softly as she sneaked into her bedroom that she was sharing with Jason and Josslyn. She could hear Jason in the bathroom. 'He still likes to take his showers in the evenings. So if I don't want to get caught I'll have to be extra quite.' With cat like grace she approached the bed. Looking over at her daughter, Carly smiled at her sleeping daughter. 'Finally someone else, Josslyn will let help her get her ready for bed.'

Spying the phone on the bed, Carly reaches for it, only to jump a bit when Jason's hand wrapped around hers. "Oh come on, it's on…"

"Francis was on the phone," Jason answered as his blue eyes danced with amusement. He smiled slowly at her antics.

Gazing at him, Carly marveled at his body that was on display. The only thing that marred his perfection was the towel that hung stubbornly to his waist. Droplets of water ran down his sculpted chest. Following one trail of water with her eyes, Carly sucked in her lower lip and gently started to gnaw on it.

Jason watched Carly's breathing begin to pick up as her chocolate brown eyes started to darken. He noticed that her eyes were fascinated with his chest. His stomach clenched when she bit her lower lip. Taking his right hand he, gently ran his thumb over her lower lip.

"Don't do that, your poor lips have been abused enough tonight." With his left hand he pulled her closer. Lowering his head his lips, he wasn't surprised when Carly meet him half way.

~Jarly~

Epiphany strode into the blood laboratory holding four new vials of blood. She saw that Robin was still testing the blood in the vials already there. Placing new the vials into the designated slots, Epiphany shook her head. 'It remains to be seen if she can keep her mouth shut or will her need to have a go at Carly override her ethical standards. And if she goes running to Jason, please Lord let me be on the floor to see how that man reacts.'

"Doctor Scorpio, these just came in. The two new vials on top need to be test against the blood you're currently working on for paternity and then the last vial also needs to be tested to establish paternity," Epiphany ordered as she wrote up the work order. "Parents are requesting that the results be rushed and sealed."

"Sealed?" Robin doubted. "We only do that on court orders."

"Yes and we have one," Epiphany stressed. "The judge has also issued a gag order on the results."

"What does that mean?" Robin questioned.

"It means if you talk about these results, will result in either high fines or your medical license being revoked," Epiphany stated as she left her coworker get back to business. "And the judge means business, you talk you're going to lose your medical license."

"Well, medical personnel can talk to medical personnel. Therefore I can tell my husband, oh and maybe even Liz, since she's a nurse. Any good gossip will cheer her up," Robin dismissed Epiphany's warning.

Until Next Time