A/N – I cannot even express enough how thankful I am for all of the reviews! I love when you guys get so passionate over the characters! I guess Carly just brings that out in people. She's fierce about her Jase. Guest – rofl re: Jason Q. sorry not this story.
Chapter 3 – Signs of Life
The next morning Elizabeth woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs permeating her nose. She frowned and got up and went to the bathroom so she could get herself together. Walking towards the kitchen, she expected to find Johnny, but the man who had rescued her from Carly was making her an omelet.
"Good morning." He said smiling and handing her some coffee.
Liz took it. "Good morning. Who are you?" She said smiling back.
Sonny chuckled. "I'm Sonny."
She nodded. "Oh, I gather you already know who I am?"
He nodded. "I do. I wanted to apologize on behalf of my wife Carly. She sometimes has an over productive vocabulary."
Liz gave him a small smile. "Is that what they are calling it nowadays?"
He smiled as he put a plate in front of her and Liz began to eat. "This is good. I don't think I've eaten anything in the last few days."
"Understandably, but you need to get your strength up."
"How's…..Jason?"
"The same, but he's tough, I know he's going to wake up."
She stopped eating and put her fork down. The gravity of the situation was hitting her again.
Sonny noticed the change in her demeanor and switched subjects. "So, tell me about your art."
Liz snapped out of it and looked up. "My art?"
"Yeah, Francis used to talk about you all the time. He said you were some big shot in Paris."
Liz smiled. "Francis paid for my education. He insisted on making sure I went to the best schools so I feel like I am what I am because of him."
"Give yourself some credit. If you didn't have the talent, no amount of schooling could have gotten you where you are today."
"Thank you for saying that."
There was a knock on the door and Sonny opened it.
Siobhan was surprised but walked inside. "Good morning. Something smells really yummy."
Sonny smiled. "You hungry?"
She grinned. "Starving."
She took a seat next to Liz. "I'm Siobhan, Liz's assistant."
"I'm Sonny." He said smiling. "Liz was just about to tell me about her art."
Siobhan smiled. "Well that's good because her art is my favorite subject."
Liz smiled. She filled Sonny in and noted that he seemed genuinely interested. They finished up and Siobhan went to take a call so Liz asked Sonny a question. "Why are you being so nice to me?"
Sonny stopped cleaning up and looked over at her. "Because your family. Francis was a part of our family. I heard you say that you had no one but Elizabeth, that isn't true. I'm willing to get to know you and be there for you if you're willing. It's the least that I can do. Francis was valued and will be missed. I know that he would want us to take care of you."
Elizabeth didn't know what to say. She started to cry and Sonny wiped his hands and then gave her a hug. "It's okay." He said softly.
"Thank you." She said pulling back. "That was very nice of you."
He nodded. "I have to go to a meeting, but if you need anything, please tell Milo and he will contact me."
Liz smiled and walked him to the door.
"That was really nice." Siobhan said walking over to her. "What do you want to do today?"
Liz sighed. "I need to go check on Jason Morgan and then maybe we can go to the docks and sit on a bench or something. Francis used to like to do that."
Siobhan smiled. "Okay."
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Elizabeth and Siobhan walked down the hall to Jason's room with Milo in tow. Monica saw her and walked towards her.
"Hi."
"Hello. How's Jason?"
Monica sighed. "He's about the same; still in a coma."
Her head dropped and Monica rubbed her arm. "Heah, listen, sometimes the body needs to heal and being in a coma gives it the time that it needs. We just all have to patient."
All Elizabeth could think was what if he didn't wake up though.
Carly snorted as she walked towards them.
Monica made a face and turned towards her.
"What are you doing here Muffin? Don't you have someone else to guilt into an accident?"
Elizabeth looked up at Carly with a rage so strong that she didn't even know where it came from. It stopped Carly in her tracks. "You know, I'm not going to totally disrespect you because I do understand you're scared, but I have a feeling that if I researched your past, that you've probably have made a lot of mistakes." She said emphasizing few words.
Monica made a noise and muttered, "That would be an understatement." Milo pressed his lips together in an attempt not to laugh.
"So, I really don't think you are probably in any position to judge me right now. Word of advice, if you don't have anything nice to say, then shut it because I am done watching your mouth move." Liz said still giving Carly her best bitch face.
Carly made a face and rolled her eyes. "My husband said I had to be nicer to you, so I'll let your little diatribe slide for now." She said before turning around and sitting in a chair across the hallway. Sonny had in no uncertain terms warned her that she wasn't to get into a confrontation with Elizabeth. They had a knock down drag out fight about it before she had left the house.
Siobhan smirked. "I guess you told her." She muttered.
Monica led Elizabeth to the room. "You can go in and sit with him if you want."
"Thank you." She slowly walked into the room and sat down. Reaching out her hand, she touched his. "Hi, it's Elizabeth, I'm back again. Maybe I'm just a sucker for punishment, but I had to come see how you are doing." She let go of everything that had happened in the hallway. "You need to wake up Jason. Please don't die. Francis would be so upset with me right now and I think that kills me more than anything; disappointing him. He didn't talk to me a lot about the business, but he did talk about you a few times. He said that you like to travel and he had brought you a travel book for Egypt last Christmas because you love to read them. I've never been to Egypt actually. You'll have to tell me if you ever went when you wake up." She squeezed his hand. "Well, there someone else here to see you, but I'll come back again."
Robin walked into the room. Liz turned and looked at her.
"Hi, I'm Robin." She said looking at Elizabeth curiously.
Liz smiled. "Elizabeth."
"How do you know Jason?"
"My brother is Francis Corelli."
Robin nodded. "Oh. I'm really sorry for your loss. Jason and Francis were really close."
"So I've heard. Are you a doctor?"
"Yes, I am."
"Do you think that Jason will wake up soon?"
"I do. Actually, the reason I came in here was because I noticed a change in his brainwave activities."
Liz frowned. "What do you mean?"
"I wanted to see who was in here because Jason seemed to be unconsciously responding to something and it seems like it may have been your voice."
Liz turned and looked at Jason for a moment. Robin walked forward and pointed to something on Jason's head. "These nodes are basically broadcasting his brain function. He's been the same since they brought him in, but in the last 15 minutes there were some fluctuations."
Monica walked in. "That's great news." She said walking towards them.
"You really think it's helping that I talk to him?" Liz said softly.
"I do." Robin said. "Can you sit down and talk to him again?"
Liz nodded. "Okay."
She sat down and held his hand again as Robin walked over to a monitor. Taking a deep breath, she started talking again. "My favorite place to visit is Italy. I have a friend Brenda who lives there."
Robin frowned but didn't say anything.
"We were in Milan recently, but I still want to go to Rome and Naples. I've just been so busy that I haven't had time to do it. I'm sure that you've probably gone there already. You'll have to tell me all about it." She paused.
"Keep talking, it's working."
Carly walked inside the room. "What's going on?"
Monica looked up at her. "Jason is responding to her voice."
Carly frowned. "Really?"
Liz continued. "I live in Paris. I like it there. There's a little café that I love to get coffee at in the morning. And, sometimes I go to the countryside and set up my easel and paint. It's beautiful there. I love the clouds when the sun is burning through them at sunset. Some people don't like clouds because they think of rain, but to me they are beautifully complex and yet so simple at the same time."
Carly rolled her eyes. She couldn't understand how Jason wasn't bored to death. "Maybe I should talk to him."
Monica looked over at her. "Carly, we're not trying to keep him in the coma."
Robin chuckled. "Good job Elizabeth. I think Jason is trying to wake up."
Liz smiled tentatively. "Well, I'll let Carly sit with him. I'll come back another time."
Carly looked at her with surprise.
She took a deep breath and decided to be the bigger person. "Clearly you love Jason, Carly and that is why you came to his defense. He's lucky to have people around him that will fight so fiercely for him." She said standing up. Taking one last look at Jason, she said, "Goodbye Jason. I'll come visit you soon. Keep fighting."
She hurriedly walked past Carly.
"Wait." Carly said turning around. "Thank you but if you're what Jason needs right now, I will step aside. I just want him back." She said as her eyes filled with tears.
Monica was stunned.
Elizabeth nodded. Robin motioned for her to come back into the room, and Liz sat back down and spoke to him for a little while longer.
